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Abstract
Engineering of mice deficient in neutrophil elastase (NE) has allowed us to demonstrate the role of this protease in host defense against bacteria and to begin to understand its killing mechanism. Strategies to inhibit NE because of its involvement in tissue-destructive diseases should be reconsidered, while preserving its beneficial properties.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 12467768 DOI: 10.1016/s1286-4579(02)01654-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Microbes Infect ISSN: 1286-4579 Impact factor: 2.700