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    for elastase: Some bacteria (including Pseudomonas aeruginosa) also produce elastase. In bacteria, elastase is considered a virulence factor. Elastase breaks...
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    Neutrophil elastase (EC 3.4.21.37, leukocyte elastase, ELANE, ELA2, elastase 2, neutrophil, elaszym, serine elastase, subtype human leukocyte elastase (HLE))...
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  • Pancreatic elastase is a form of elastase that is produced in the acinar cells of the pancreas, initially produced as an inactive zymogen and later activated...
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  • Pancreatic elastase II (EC 3.4.21.71, pancreatic elastase 2) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Preferential cleavage:...
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    CELA3B (redirect from Fecal elastase)
    Chymotrypsin-like elastase family member 3B also known as elastase-3B, protease E, or fecal elastase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CELA3B...
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  • Macrophage elastase (EC 3.4.24.65, metalloelastase, human macrophage metalloelastase (HME), MMP-12) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical...
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  • Elaszym (redirect from Serine elastase)
    Elaszym may refer to one of two enzymes: Pancreatic elastase Neutrophil elastase This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Elaszym...
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    'moderate' EPI is when fecal elastase levels are <200 ug/g, whereas 'severe' EPI is considered to be when fecal elastase levels is <100 ug/g. The exocrine...
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    breakdown of the connective tissue of the lungs by proteases (particularly elastase) that are insufficiently inhibited by protease inhibitors. The destruction...
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    only binds to neutrophil elastase from inflammatory cells but also to elastase on the cell surface. In this latter role, elastase acts as a signaling molecule...
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