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- noun biochemistry A
polypeptide inhibitor of somepeptidases andelastases
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Examples
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In these patients, a protein called elafin showed up at concentrations three times greater than in people who did not have GVHD.
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"These are often difficult to treat but we have found that a protein called elafin can not only reduce the inflammatory response, but also kills the infecting bacteria."
‘Bloodhound’ Cells Designed to Hunt Disease and Dispense Drugs | Impact Lab 2006
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But by using the modified monocytes to release a molecule called elafin, which can dampen the inflammation and kill the bacteria, Simpson hopes it is possible to help patients recover.
‘Bloodhound’ Cells Designed to Hunt Disease and Dispense Drugs | Impact Lab 2006
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Evolution's Bad Girl: Ardi shakes up the fossil record New test could discern serious condition early after bone marrow transplant Skin cells from people who underwent a bone marrow transplant show excess elafin protein
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Up-regulation of elafin/SKALP gene expression in psoriatic epidermis.
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Those with lower blood elafin levels when GVHD was diagnosed were 71 percent more likely to be alive five years after transplant than those with higher levels.
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Those with GVHD had nearly four times as much elafin circulating in their blood as did the others.
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Increased elafin levels in the blood may indicate who has GVHD and predict its severity.
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The outer skin of GVHD patients also showed elevated elafin concentrations.
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