Analysis of TCR Vβ repertoire and cytokine gene expression in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Journal of Autoimmunity

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 3-13

  Luppi, Patrizia ^a   Licata, Anna ^a   Haluszczak, Catherine ^a   Rudert, William A ^a   Trucco, Giuliana ^b   McGowan Jr , Francis X ^c   Finegold, David ^a   Boyle, Gerard J ^a   Trucco, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Coxsackie virus B; Cytokine; Myocarditis; T cell receptor

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DQALPHA ANTIGEN; HLA DQBETA ANTIGEN; HLA-DQALPHA ANTIGEN; HLA-DQBETA ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROVIRUS; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; HEART MUSCLE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOLOGY; PICORNAVIRUS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIROLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CYTOKINES; ENTEROVIRUS B, HUMAN; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-4; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MYOCARDITIS; MYOCARDIUM; PICORNAVIRIDAE; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL, ALPHA-BETA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034745660     PISSN: 08968411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jaut.2000.0462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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