Serine Proteases and their Inhibitors in Human Airway Epithelial Cells: Effects on Influenza Virus Replication and Airway Serine Proteases and their Inhibitors in Human Airway Epithelial Cells: Effects on Influenza Virus Replication and Airway Inflammation

Mutsuo Yamaya^1*, Yoshitaka Shimotai², Yukimasa Hatachi³, Morio Homma⁴ and Hidekazu Nishimura⁴

¹Department of Advanced Preventive Medicine for Infectious Disease, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan

²Department of Infectious Diseases, Yamagata UniversityFaculty of Medicine, Yamagata, 990-9585, Japan

³Division of Oncology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, 650-0047, Japan

⁴Virus Research Center, Clinical Research Division, Sendai Medical Center, Sendai, 983-8520, Japan

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