Analysis of the T cell receptor Vγ region gene repertoire in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and peripheral blood of atopic asthmatics and healthy subjects

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 144-153

  Molfino, N A ^a,b   Doherty, P J ^a   Suurmann, I L ^a   Yang, S X ^a   Kesten, S ^a   Chapman, K R ^a   Slutsky, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

asthma; hsp; inflammation; lung; T cells

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0029988907     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1996.d01-645.x     Document Type: Article

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