A human lung mast cell chymotrypsin-like enzyme. Identification and partial characterization.
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A human lung mast cell chymotrypsin-like enzyme. Identification and partial characterization.
We have used a high performance liquid chromatography assay, which detects chymotryptic cleavage of the phe8-his9 bond of angiotensin I to yield angiotensin II, in order to examine human lung mast cells for the presence of chymotryptic activity. Mast cells, purified from human lung by enzymatic dispersion, countercurrent elutriation, and Percoll gradient centrifugation, were lysed or challenged...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Investigation
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0021-9738
DOI: 10.1172/jci112276