Restricted usage of T-cell receptor Vα-Vβ genes in infiltrating cells in aortic tissue of patients with Takayasu's arteritis

Circulation

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1788-1790

  Seko, Yoshinori ^a,b,c   Sato, Osamu ^a   Takagi, Atsuhiko ^a   Tada, Yusuke ^d   Matsuo, Hiroshi ^e   Yagita, Hideo ^b   Okumura, Ko ^b   Yazaki, Yoshio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ADULT DISEASES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; immunology; polymerase chain reaction; Takayasu's arteritis

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGENETICS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029929025     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.93.10.1788     Document Type: Article

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