Analysis of the T cell receptor Vβ repertoire in human aortic aneurysms

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-36

  Yen, Hwei Chen ^a,b   Lee, Fan Yen ^c   Chau, Lee Young ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Lymphocytes; T cell antigen receptor

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS;

EID: 0030815367     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(97)00138-X     Document Type: Article

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