[Alpha(1)-antichymotrypsin is another important serine proteinase inhibitor that protects the lung against proteolytic attack, and point mutations in the alpha(1)-antichymotrypsin gene that result in plasma deficiency are associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE