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Recently updated role of Chitinase 3-like 1 on various cell types as a major infuencer of chronic inflammation
2024-02-28
Abstract excerpt
Chitinase 3-like 1 (also known as CHI3L1 or YKL-40)is a mammalian chitinase that has no enzymatic activity, but has the ability to bind to chitin, the polymer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc). Chitin is a component of fungi, crustaceans, arthropods including insects and mites, and parasites, but is completely absent from mammals, including humans and mice. In general, chitin-containing organisms produce CHI3L1 to p...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 5bd148ba-6cba-5b86-b142-9f894567649a
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202402.1627.v1
