Activation-induced expression of vascular permeability factor by human peripheral T cells: A non-radioisotopic semiquantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction assay

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 199-209

  Iijima, Kazumoto ^a   Yoshikawa, Norishige ^a   Nakamura, Hajime ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction; T cell activation; Vascular permeability factor vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0030604009     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-1759(96)00129-9     Document Type: Article

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