Immunohistochemical distribution of epithelioid cell, myofibroblast, and transforming growth factor-β1 in the granuloma caused by Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex pulmonary infection

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Fujita, Jiro ^a   Ohtsuki, Yuji ^b   Suemitsu, Ichizo ^c   Yamadori, Ichiro ^d   Shigeto, Eriko ^e   Shiode, Masahiko ^f   Nishimura, Kazutaka ^g   Hirayama, Takeshi ^g   Matsushima, Toshiharu ^h   Ishida, Toshihiko ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e National Hiroshima Hospital   (Japan)

^f Uwajima City Hospital   (Japan)

^g National Ehime Hospital   (Japan)

^h KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelioid cells; Mycobacterium avium intracellulare complex (MAC) infection; Myofibroblasts; Pathological and immunohistochemical findings; Surgical treatment; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DEATH; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG RESECTION; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE INFECTION; NECROSIS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VIMENTIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX (MAC); MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE;

EID: 0036191994     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1348-0421.2002.tb02660.x     Document Type: Article

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