Pitt team reports in Nature that unique portion of enzyme fights lung infection
Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - 13:42
in Health & Medicine
PITTSBURGH, June 17 -- An enzyme known to play a key role in the development of emphysema serves as the first line of defense against bacterial infection of the lung, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. They also found that the antimicrobial activity comes from a small portion of the enzyme that is structurally and sequentially unique in nature.