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Elastase and Lysozyme Activities in Human Alveolar Macrophages

Lois M. Hinman, Cynthia A. Stevens, Richard A. Matthay, J. Bernard L. Gee

American Review of Respiratory Disease · 2015 · 19 citations · 7 references

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Abstract

We compared the elastase and lysozyme activities of cells obtained by bronchoalveolar lavage from normal smokers and nonsmokers. After total and differential cell counts were obtained for the initi...

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