Expression of immunoreactive activin A protein in remodeling lesions associated with interstitial pulmonary fibrosis

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 707-713

  Matsuse, Takeshi ^a   Ikegami, Akira ^a   Ohga, Eijiro ^a   Hosoi, Takayuki ^a   Oka, Teruaki ^a   Kida, Kozui ^b   Fukayama, Masashi ^c   Inoue, Satoshi ^a   Nagase, Takahide ^a   Ouchi, Yasuyoshi ^a   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^c Kanto Teishin Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; GROWTH PROMOTOR; INHIBIN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG FIBROSIS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STAINING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ACTIVINS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; PULMONARY ALVEOLI; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; STAINING AND LABELING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030091573     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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