| Literature DB >> 21343449 |
Stephane Desgranges1, Florie Le Prieult, Alan Daly, Jennifer Lydon, Marian Brennan, Dilip K Rai, Anusha P Subasinghage, Chandralal M Hewage, Sally-Ann Cryan, Catherine Greene, Noel G McElvaney, Timothy P Smyth, Deirdre Fitzgerald-Hughes, Hilary Humphreys, Marc Devocelle.
Abstract
The antimicrobial and hemolytic activities of a host defense peptide can be controlled by its modification as a propeptide of reduced net charge, which can then be processed by neutrophil elastase, a serine protease involved in chronic airway inflammation and infections associated with cystic fibrosis.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID: 21343449 PMCID: PMC3088215 DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01384-10
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Antimicrob Agents Chemother ISSN: 0066-4804 Impact factor: 5.191