Angiotensin II receptor on BALF macrophages from Japanese patients with active sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Disease

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 67-74

  Nagai, Sonoko ^a   Takeuchi, Minoru ^a   Morita, Koji ^a   Mikuniya, Takeshi ^a   Satake, Norio ^a   Mio, Tadashi ^a   Izumi, Takateru ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiotensin II receptor; BALF macrophages; BALF T lymphocytes; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Receptor binding assay; RT PCR methods

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; BETA ACTIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGIOTENSIN II; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, ANGIOTENSIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032908430     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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