title: Does reduced alpha(1)-antitrypsin activity explain the link between cigarette smoking and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis?
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA. chane@njc.org
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Ralston
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000378:metabolism; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000378:metabolism*; D012907:Smoking / Q000378:metabolism*; D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000515:alpha 1-Antitrypsin; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase; D052247:Nitric Oxide Synthase Type II