Cytokine profiles in paraffin-embedded biopsy samples of lepromatous leprosy patients: Semi-quantitative measure of cytokine mRNA using RT-PCR

International Journal of Leprosy and Other Mycobacterial Diseases

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 204-214

  Shabaana, Abdul Khader ^a   Venkatasubramani, Rajendran ^a   Shanker Narayan, Nallakandypanangadan ^c   Hoessli, Daniel C ^b   Dharmalingam, Kuppamuthu ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Leprosy Project   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 5; MESSENGER RNA; PARAFFIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIZOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEPROMATOUS LEPROSY; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SKIN BIOPSY; TISSUE FIXATION;

BIOPSY; CYTOKINES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPROSY, LEPROMATOUS; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM LEPRAE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0035717501     PISSN: 0148916X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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