Immunohistochemical classification of the localization of laminin in the thickened bronchial epithelial basement membrane of deceased bronchial asthma patients

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 688-694

  Saotome, A ^a   Kanai, N ^b   Nagai, T ^a   Yashiro, T ^b   Tokudome, Shogo ^a  

^a DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epithelial basement membrane; Immunohistochemistry; Laminin; Severe bronchial asthma

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT MEMBRANE ANTIBODY; LAMININ;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUTOPSY; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRONCHUS MUCOSA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MUCOSA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037974908     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/rmed.2003.1502     Document Type: Article

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