Defective expression of Fas messenger RNA and Fas receptor on pulmonary T cells from patients with asthma

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 363-369

  Spinozzi, Fabrizio ^a,b   Fizzotti, Marco ^a   Agea, Elisabetta ^a   Piattoni, Simonetta ^a   Droetto, Sara ^a   Russano, Anna ^a   Forenza, Nicolino ^a   Bassotti, Gabrio ^a,b   Grignani, Fausto ^a   Bertotto, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b POLICLINICO MONTELUCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD3 ANTIGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0032030828     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-5-199803010-00004     Document Type: Article

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