Profiling endogenous airway proteases and antiproteases and measuring proteolytic activation of Influenza HA using in vitro and ex vivo human airway surface liquid samples
Stephanie A. Brocke, Boris Reidel, Camille Ehré, Meghan E. Rebuli, Carole Robinette, Kevin D Schichlein, Christian A Brooks, Ilona Jaspers
This study profiles airway proteases and antiproteases in human samples and measures proteolytic activation of viral proteins, finding significant differences in cleavage rates between smokers and non-smokers.
PLoS ONE · Dec 31, 2024Peer-reviewedImmunology