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Genetic variants of alpha1-antitrypsin.
Current protein & peptide science - 1 Mar 2010
Salahuddin Parveen
Abstract excerpt
Alpha1-antitrypsin (alpha1-AT) is a 52 kDa sialoglycoprotein. The function of alpha1-antitrypsin is to protect the lower respiratory tract of lungs from proteolytic degradation by neutrophil elastase. Severe genetic deficiency of alpha1-AT is associated with early onset emphysema and liver diseases. alpha1-AT also exhibits anti-inflammatory activities independent of its protease inhibitor function. There are over...
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