D Y Twumasi

A Rapid Procedure for the Large Scale Purification of Elastase and Cathepsin G from Human Sputum

Raymond R. Martodam, Robert J. Baugh, D Y Twumasi et al. · Preparative Biochemistry · 1979 · 126 citations

Proteases from purulent sputum. Purification and properties of the elastase and chymotrypsin-like enzymes.

D Y Twumasi, I. E. Liener · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1977 · 117 citations · Full text

Purulent Sputum, Glycobiology, Proteasome +16

Activation of human leukocyte elastase by human α2-macroglobulin

D Y Twumasi, Irvin E. Liener, Morton Galdston et al. · Nature · 1977 · 48 citations

Inflammation, Molecular Immunology, Cell Signaling +7

Albumin microspheres as carrier of an inhibitor of leukocyte elastase: potential therapeutic agent for emphysema.

Raymond R. Martodam, D Y Twumasi, I. E. Liener et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1979 · 35 citations · Full text

Pharmaceutical Science, Immunology, Pharmacotherapy +24

Degradation of tropoelastin and elastin substrates by human neutrophil elastase, free and bound to alpha2-macroglobulin in serum of the M and Z (Pi) phenotypes for alpha1-antitrypsin.

Morton Galdston, Vera Levytska, I. E. Liener et al. · PubMed · 1979 · 26 citations

Lung Inflammation, Lung Elastin, Immunology +16