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Studies done with ARDS patients have shown that there is an increase in the number of PMNs in the lung and bronco-alveolar fluid, which cause an increase in elastase and other lysozomal enzymes [ 12 ] . Kopolovic et al.
Their data indicated that of PCT, IL-6 and C3a concentrations are more reliable parameter for differentiating between septic and SIRS patients than are CRP and elastase.
Second, the principal Th1 chemokines, MIG and IP-10, are linked to a pro-elastolytic lung environment because these cytokines upregulate the elastase MMP12, which is associated with emphysema.
Interestingly, in addition to solubilizing elastin, MMP12 is the MMP most efficient at degrading α1-antitrypsin, the primary physiological inhibitor of human leukocyte elastase [51,52].
3D = three-dimensional; MMP = matrix metalloproteinase; NE = neutrophil elastase; PGE 2 = prostaglandin E 2 .