Proteases and protease inhibitors in chronic obstructive lung disease.

Bronchitis/enzymology Chronic Disease Humans Lung/enzymology Lung Diseases, Obstructive/enzymology,therapy Macrophages/enzymology Peptide Hydrolases/metabolism Protease Inhibitors Pulmonary Alveoli/enzymology Pulmonary Emphysema/enzymology,etiology Smoking/complications Substrate Specificity alpha 1-Antitrypsin/physiology alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency alpha-Macroglobulins/physiology

Protease Inhibitors alpha 1-Antitrypsin alpha-Macroglobulins Peptide Hydrolases