Reduction of neutrophil elastase load in the lungs of patients with emphysema by reducing neutrophil enzyme secretion or chemotaxis

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1991:624:244-56. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1991.tb17023.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Chemotaxis, Leukocyte / drug effects*
  • Colchicine / pharmacology
  • Humans
  • Leukocyte Elastase
  • Lung / enzymology*
  • N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine / pharmacology
  • Neutrophils / drug effects*
  • Neutrophils / enzymology
  • Pancreatic Elastase / analysis*
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / drug therapy
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / enzymology*

Substances

  • N-Formylmethionine Leucyl-Phenylalanine
  • Pancreatic Elastase
  • Leukocyte Elastase
  • Colchicine