Therapeutic potential of elafin in airway inflammatory disease
Elafin, which is derived from trappin-2 or pre-elafin by proteolysis, is an endogenous serine protease inhibitor with a low molecular weight. Its inhibitory activity is dependent on anchoring to the extracellular matrix by forming covalent bonds with its distinctive N-terminal domain via tissue tran...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2024-02-01
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Series: | European Journal of Inflammation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1721727X241237437 |