Article: Recent studies from Yeungnam University, Medical Department add new data to nasal polyps.

In this recent study, researchers in South Korea conducted a study "To investigate the expression and localization of neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL), an antimicrobial peptide, in the normal nasal mucosa and human nasal polyps. Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin has been identified as a key element in the innate host defense system."

"However, scant knowledge exists about the expression of NGAL in the human sinonasal tract. Prospective study. Academic medical center. Normal inferior turbinate mucosa was obtained from 10 patients who were undergoing augmentation rhinoplasty. The nasal polyps were obtained from 10 patients who were ...

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