Summer-type hypersensitivity pneumonitis. T-cell receptor V gene usage in BALF T-cells from 3 cases in one family

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-177

  Shigematsu, Michio ^a   Nagai, Sonoko ^a   Nishimura, Koichi ^a   Izumi, Takateru ^a   Eklund, Anders G ^b   Grunewald, Johan ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Family occurrence; HLA type; Japanese population; Summer type hypersensitivity pneumonitis; TCR expression in BAL fluid T cells

Indexed keywords

CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC PNEUMONITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEASONAL VARIATION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE; TRICHOSPORON CUTANEUM;

ADULT; ALVEOLITIS, EXTRINSIC ALLERGIC; BIOPSY; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; SEASONS;

EID: 0031719153     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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