Acidic mammalian chitinase (AMCase) is a specialised enzyme primarily responsible for the degradation of chitin, a naturally occurring polysaccharide found in the exoskeletons of arthropods and the ...

Chitin, which provides crucial exoskeletal structure and protection to soft-bodied arthropods such as crustaceans, spiders and insects, may have a surprising role in being able to modulate metabolism ...

“These types of immune responses are involved in many more functions in humans and mammals than just torturing us with allergies,” said Steven Van Dyken, an immunologist at Washington University and ...