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Clin Immunol Immunopathol
; 36(3): 259-65, 1985 Sep.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2410170
RESUMO
Over the past few years increasing attention has been given to the relationship between the immune response and proteases. The aim of our present study was to examine the dose-response effect of purified alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2M) with varying degrees of protease (trypsin) saturation on natural killing (NK) and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). The results demonstrated that alpha 2M with 50% trypsin saturation (fast alpha 2M) was more inhibitory in both assays than alpha 2M with no bound protease (slow alpha 2M).