Involvement of Heparanase in Empyema: Implication for Novel Therapeutic Approaches

Moshe Lapidot¹, Uri Barash², Yaniv Zohar³, Yuval Geffen⁴, Inna Naroditsky³, Neta Ilan², Lael Anson Best¹ and Israel Vlodavsky^2*

¹Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

²Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

³Department of Pathology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

⁴Department of Microbiology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel

^*Corresponding Author: Israel Vlodavsky, Cancer and Vascular Biology Research Center, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, P.O. Box 9649, Haifa 31096, Israel, Tel: 972-4-8295410, Fax: 972-4-8510445 Email: