Biochemistry of pulmonary emphysema /

Pulmonary emphysema is a disease which develops because of a localized imbalance between endogenous proteinase inhibitors and proteinases leaking from neurophils during phagocytosis at inflammatory foci within the lung. This volume not only reviews at a biochemical level what is known about the natu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Workshop "Update in Biochemistry of Pulmonary Emphysema" Pavia, Italy, SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors:	Grassi, Carlo, 1926- (Editor)
Format:	Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Springer-Verlag, [1992]
Series:	Current topics in rehabilitation.
Subjects:	Protease Inhibitors > metabolism > Congresses. Pulmonary Emphysema > Congresses. Emphysema, Pulmonary > Pathophysiology > Congresses. Clinical biochemistry > Congresses. Proteinase > Pathophysiology > Congresses. Proteinase > Inhibitors > Pathophysiology > Congresses. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

From the Contents: Pulmonary Emphysema: What's going on
Elastin and the Lung
An Introduction to the Endopeptidases
Lung Proteinase and Emphysema
Multiple Functions of Neutrophil Proteinases and their Inhibitor Complexes
Kinetics of the Interaction of Human Leucocyte Elastase with Protein Substrates
Proteinase Inhibitor Candidates for Therapy of Enzyme-Inhibitor Imbalances
Antileucoprotease (Secretory Leucocyte Proteinase Inhibitor), A Major Proteinase Inhibitor in the Human Lung
Development and Evaluation of Antiproteases as Drugs for Preventing Emphysema
Genetic Control of Human Alpha-1-Antitrypson and Hepatic Gene Therapy
Neutrophils, Neutrophil Elastase and the Fragile Lung.