Jadual Kandungan:
  • 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.