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chymase
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chymase
[kī′mās]
a serine proteinase present in human mast cells, most prominent in skin and connective tissue, where it can cleave angiotensin and stimulate mucous glands.


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Dipeptidyl peptidase I is essential for activation of mast cell chymases, but not tryptases, in mice.
 
 
 
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