Mammalian chitotriosidase and its role in innate immunity

The main aim of this thesis was to characterize mammalian chitotriosidase in terms of its function in innate immunity. This was achieved using several different approaches. In terms of gene expression, it was demonstrated that chitotriosidase is highly expressed in human peripheral blood monocyte-de...

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Main Author: Hall, Andrew J.
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/10993/