Human chitotriosidase is a chitinolytic enzyme and mainly produced by activated macrophages...
Keywords: chitotriosidase, cytokines, human monocyte/macrophages, immune response
05/2005 | Clinical Chemical Laboratory Medicine, Walter de GruyterHepatitis C virus (HCV) causes chronic infection in approximately two-thirds of cases, leading to chronic hepatitis, liver cirrhosis, liver disease, liver failure, and hepatocellular carcinoma in a substantial proportion of the 170 million HCV-infected individuals worldwide...
Keywords: hepatitis, immune response, T-cells, viral escape
05/2008 | Biological Chemistry, Walter de Gruyter