Do the cysteine proteinases cathepsin B and S contribute to cystic fibrosis lung disease?

Pediatric Pulmonology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 845-846

  Grasemann, Hartmut ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN S;

CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME INACTIVATION; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REVIEW; SPUTUM ANALYSIS;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSINS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LUNG DISEASES; SPUTUM;

EID: 77957279086     PISSN: 87556863     EISSN: 10990496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.21298     Document Type: Review

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