Tryptase enzyme activity is correlated with severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 224, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 179-187

  Zhang, Xiaojun ^a,b   Zheng, Honggao ^c   Ma, Wenjing ^a   Wang, Fang ^a   Zeng, Xiaoning ^a   Liu, Changting ^b   He, Shaoheng ^a,c  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^c Allergy and Inflammation Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Cigarette smoke; Lung function; Tryptase; Tryptic enzyme

Indexed keywords

TRYPTASE;

AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LUNG FLUID; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RAT; REMISSION; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CELL COUNT; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MAST CELLS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RATS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPUTUM; TRYPTASES;

EID: 79959660889     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.224.179     Document Type: Article

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