A Treatment with a Protease Inhibitor Recombinant from the Cattle Tick (Rhipicephalus Boophilus microplus) Ameliorates Emphysema in Mice

AIMS: To determine whether a serine protease inhibitor treatment can prevent or minimize emphysema in mice. METHODS: C57BL/6 mice were subjected to porcine pancreatic elastase (PPE) nasal instillation to induce emphysema and were treated with a serine protease inhibitor (rBmTI-A) before (Protocol 1)...

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Autores principales: Lourenço, Juliana D., Neves, Luana P., Olivo, Clarice R., Duran, Adriana, Almeida, Francine M., Arantes, Petra M. M., Prado, Carla M., Leick, Edna Aparecida, Tanaka, Aparecida S., Martins, Mílton A., Sasaki, Sergio D., Lopes, Fernanda D. T. Q. S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4041648/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24886716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0098216

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