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  dgn-np:NP359850.RACxHZdxGRwsPHLNll8vct56acV22LQtEE_0Cx2rHpTxA130_assertion dct:description "[These studies demonstrated that: (a) alpha 1-antitrypsin is the major antielastase of the normal human lower respiratory tract; (b) alpha 2-macroglobulin, a large serum antielastase, and the bronchial mucous inhibitor, an antielastase of the central airways, do not contribute to the antielastase protection of the human alveolar structures; (c) individuals with PiZ alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency have little or no alpha 1-antitrypsin in their lower respiratory tract and have no alternative antiprotease protection against neutrophil elastase; and (d) the lack of antiprotease protection of the lower respiratory tract of PiZ individuals is a chronic process, suggesting their vulnerability to neutrophil elastase is always present.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en ;
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    rdfs:comment "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en ;
    rdfs:label "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en .
}