Effects of sulphurous water on human neutrophil elastase release

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 333-340

  Braga, Pier Carlo ^a   Dal Sasso, Monica ^a   Culici, Maria ^a   Spallino, Alessandra ^a   Marabini, Laura ^a   Bianchi, Tiziana ^b   Nappi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Avis Comunale Milano   (Italy)

Author keywords

human neutrophil elastase; hydrogen sulphide sulphide; sodium hydrosulphide; sulphurous water

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; AGAR; ANTIOXIDANT; ERDOSTEINE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MESNA; METHYLSUCCINYLALANYLPROLYLVALYLMETHYLCOUMARIN AMIDE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; PRODRUG; SODIUM; SULFUR; TIOPRONIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; GEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; NEUTROPHIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY;

ADULT; HOT SPRINGS; HUMANS; MINERAL WATERS; N-FORMYLMETHIONINE LEUCYL-PHENYLALANINE; NEUTROPHILS; PANCREATIC ELASTASE; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 78649980052     PISSN: 17534658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1753465810376783     Document Type: Article

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