Biased T cell receptor Vβ gene expression in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from japanese patients with sarcoidosis

Respirology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 339-347

  Yoshitomi, Atsushi ^a,b   Sato, Atsuhiko ^a   Hayakawa, Hiroshi ^a   Chida, Kingo ^a   Toyoshima, Mikio ^a   Uchijima, Masato ^a   Yoshida, Atsushi ^a   Koide, Yukio ^a  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Sarcoidosis; T cell receptor chain variable region

Indexed keywords

T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR BETA CHAIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, T-CELL RECEPTOR BETA; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033398335     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1843.1999.00202.x     Document Type: Article

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