Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology

Journal of Clinical and Cellular Immunology
Open Access

ISSN: 2155-9899

Research Article - (2015) Volume 6, Issue 1

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 Vlodavsky2*
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:

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