Enhanced mRNA expression of Th1 cytokines and IL-12 in active pulmonary sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 151-157

  Shigehara, Katsunori ^a,b   Shijubo, Noriharu ^b   Ohmichi, Mitsuhide ^c   Kon, Shinichiro ^b   Shibuya, Yoshie ^b   Takahashi, Ryuji ^b   Morita Ichimura, Shiho ^b   Tatsuno, Tachio ^a   Hiraga, Youmei ^c   Abe, Shosaku ^b   Sato, Noriyuki ^b  

^a FUKUJUJI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c Sapporo General Hospital of Hokkaido Railway Company   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage cells; Interleukin 12; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; T helper 1

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; JAPAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS; TH1 CELL;

ADULT; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-12; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0034046924     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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