The role of chitin, chitinases, and chitinase-like proteins in pediatric lung diseases

Chitin, after cellulose, the second most abundant biopolymer on earth, is a key component of insects, fungi, and house-dust mites. Lower life forms are endowed with chitinases to defend themselves against chitin-bearing pathogens. Unexpectedly, humans were also found to express chitinases as well as...

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Autores principales: Mack, Ines, Hector, Andreas, Ballbach, Marlene, Kohlhäufl, Julius, Fuchs, Katharina J, Weber, Alexander, Mall, Marcus A, Hartl, Dominik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2015
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Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26542293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40348-015-0014-6

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4530573/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26542293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40348-015-0014-6

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