Protease-antiprotease balance [electronic resource] / Rob Stockley.
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FilmSeries: Henry Stewart talksBiomedical & life sciences collection. Advances in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Publisher: London : Henry Stewart Talks, 2012Description: 1 online resource (1 streaming video file (39 min.) : color, sound)Other title: Protease antiprotease balanceSubject(s): Emphysema, Pulmonary -- Pathophysiology | Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive -- Pathophysiology | Protease inhibitors | Smoking -- Adverse effects | alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency | Leukocyte Elastase -- physiology | Protease Inhibitors -- metabolism | Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive -- physiopathology | Pulmonary Emphysema -- physiopathology | Smoking -- adverse effectsOnline resources: Click here to access online | Series Animated audio-visual presentation with synchronized narration.
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Contents: Pathophysiology of COPD and Emphysema -- Carl-Bertil Laurell -- Alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency -- Effects of neutrophil elastase -- Augmentation therapy -- Anti inflammatory effects -- Testing emphysema progression -- Emphysema with normal lung function -- Alternative approach for assessing emphysema -- The complexity of neutrophil biology -- Processes of neutrophil movement -- Elastase concentration change -- Quantum proteolytic events of neutrophils -- Destructive potential of neutrophils -- Chemotaxis -- Neutrophils and COPD -- Monitoring neutrophil elastase activity in vivo -- Elastase inhibitors -- Role of proteinases in emphysema -- The other neutrophil serine proteinases -- The smoking mouse -- Alveoli in smokers vs. non smokers -- Effects of TNF alpha polymorphisms -- The roles of MMPs.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.