Sentences with phrase «called lysozyme»

The protease enzyme in egg whites that those with the autoimmune disease do not respond well to is called lysozyme.

For years, the ocular surface was thought to be sterile because of the presence of an enzyme called lysozyme that destroys bacteria, antimicrobial peptides, and other factors that rid the eye of microbes that may land from the air (or from our fingers) onto the surface of the eye.

Saliva contains immune factors known as IgA and other factors called lysozymes.