HISTAMINE AND PROTEOLYTIC ENZYMES

Proteolytic enzymes.

Leipner, J. and R. Saller (2000). "Systemic enzyme therapy in oncology: effect and mode of action." Drugs 59(4): 769-80. Plant extracts with a high content of proteolytic enzymes have been used for a long time in traditional medicine. Besides proteolytic enzymes from plants, 'modern' enzyme therapy additionally includes pancreatic enzymes. The therapeutic use of proteolytic enzymes is partly ba...

Proteolytic enzymes.

Proteolytic enzymes and airway diseases.

For some 30 yrs proteolytic enzymes have been implicated in the pathogenesis of destructive lung diseases, with particular emphasis on their role in the development of emphysema. However, in recent years our concepts and views about proteolytic enzymes have increased dramatically. It is now recognized that some enzymes are exquisitely selective in their substrate specificities and may play a ro...

Proteolytic enzymes, past and future.

Today's knowledge is based on yesterday's research, which, for me, started some 60 years ago. In the introduction to this colloquium, the past history of proteolytic enzymes is briefly reviewed against the background of simultaneously developing concepts and methodologies in protein chemistry. This history is followed by a sketch of more recent developments of the role of proteolytic enzymes in...

Proteolytic enzymes of lung.

The lung usually is considered to be a passive tissue whose main function is to permit gaseous diffusion to and from the blood; however, the lung is also an organ of defense. Its phagocytes remove inhaled dust particles and bacteria. A considerable part of the lung parenchyma consists of mononuclear phagocytes and potential mononuclear phagocytes. Since these cells are not readily available in ...