Detection of antivimentin antibody in sera of patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and non-specific interstitial pneumonia

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 169-174

  Yang, Y ^a,b   Fujita, J ^a   Bandoh, S ^a   Ohtsuki, Y ^e   Yamadori, I ^d   Yoshinouchi, T ^c   Ishida, T ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION OKAYAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^e KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody; Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; MRC5; Non specific interstitial pneumonia; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

CELL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AUTOANTIBODIES; CELL LINE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MUSCLES; PULMONARY FIBROSIS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0036248415     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2002.01811.x     Document Type: Article

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