Medical Definition of Alpha-1 antichymotrypsin
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Glycoprotein found in alpha(1)-globulin region in human serum. It is an inhibiter of the digestive protease, chymotrypsin and other chymotrypsin-like proteinases in vivo and has cytotoxic killer-cell activity in vitro.
The protein also has a role as an acute-phase protein and is active in the control of immunologic and inflammatory processes, and as a tumour marker. It is a member of the serpin superfamily.
Pharmacological action: serine proteinase inhibitors.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alpha-1 Antichymotrypsin
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