Increased chitotriosidase activity in serum of leprosy patients : association with bacillary leprosy

Human phagocyte-specific chitotriosidase is associated with several diseases involving macrophage activation. Since macrophage activation plays an important role in the control of Mycobacterium leprae infection, we studied the association of chitotriosidase with leprosy both in serum and in situ in...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.). - 1999. - 131(2009), 3 vom: 15. Juni, Seite 501-9
1. Verfasser:	Iyer, Anand (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	van Eijk, Marco, Silva, Eliane, Hatta, Mochammad, Faber, William, Aerts, Johannes M F G, Das, Pranab Kumar
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	Clinical immunology (Orlando, Fla.)
Schlagworte:	Journal Article Adrenal Cortex Hormones Biomarkers Cytokines Neopterin 670-65-5 Hexosaminidases EC 3.2.1.- chitotriosidase