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  • Title: Two decades of research in the pathogenesis of emphysema.
    Author: Snider GL.
    Journal: Schweiz Med Wochenschr; 1984 Jun 23; 114(25):898-906. PubMed ID: 6379868.
    Abstract:
    Alpha 1 antiprotease is the major antiprotease (or antielastase) in the lungs. Neutrophils are the major source of elastase. Elastases damage interstitial elastic fibers giving rise to elastase-antielastase imbalance and to emphysema. Lung volume and volume-pressure (VP) curve is shifted up and to the left in elastase treated hamsters compared to the controls; quasi-static compliance increases from 0.52 ml/cm to 0.92 ml/cm in the elastase treated animals. The histologic, stereologic and physiologic data of hamster's emphysema are all similar to the changes observed in human emphysema. Cigarette smoke is rich in oxidants inactivating alpha 1 antiproteases. There is also a decrease in the level of alpha 1 antiproteases in lavage fluid of smokers. An intensive search is now underway for synthetic antielastases which might be safely given to persons who are at risk of developing emphysema.
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