Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples.
Amick AK, Liu Q, Gautam S, Chupp G, Dela Cruz CS, Sharma L. Measurement of Chitinase Activity in Biological Samples. Journal Of Visualized Experiments 2019 PMID: 31498326, DOI: 10.3791/60159.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDisease severityType 2 inflammatory diseasesPulmonary fibrosisAllergic diseasesInflammatory diseasesHost immunityReliable biomarkersTherapeutic effectivenessGaucher diseaseHost defenseSerum samplesDiseaseChitinase-like proteinsGenetic disordersHuman subjectsPrecise roleImportant biomarkerBiomarkersSeverityImportant roleChitinase levelsAsthmaPatientsFibrosisMice