Conroy M C, Bander N H, Lepow I H
Proc Soc Exp Biol Med. 1975 Dec;150(3):801-6. doi: 10.3181/00379727-150-39128.
Purified streptococcal proteinase and Serratia proteinase are potent permeability factors in rat skin and initiate histopathological evidence of an acute inflammatory response. These effects appear to be largely independent of terminal components of complement, histamine, and polymorphonuclear leukocytes.