The Role of Serine Proteases and Antiproteases in the Cystic Fibrosis Lung

• Main Authors: Matthew S. Twigg (Author), Simon Brockbank (Author), Philip Lowry (Author), S. Peter FitzGerald (Author), Clifford Taggart (Author), Sinéad Weldon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Cystic fibrosis (CF) lung disease is an inherited condition with an incidence rate of approximately 1 in 2500 new born babies. CF is characterized as chronic infection of the lung which leads to inflammation of the airway. Sputum from CF patients contains elevated levels of neutrophils and subsequen...