Significance of Elevated Procollagen-III-Peptide and Transforming Growth Factor-β Levels of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluids from Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 181, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 285-295

  Hiwatari, Nanako ^a   Shimura, Sanae ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a   Nara, Masayuki ^a   Hida, Wataru ^a   Shirato, Kunio ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

BALF; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; P III P and TGF

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; PROCOLLAGEN; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III N TERMINAL PEPTIDE; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE III-N-TERMINAL PEPTIDE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROCOLLAGEN; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0031062773     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.181.285     Document Type: Article

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