Statins: Novel weapons against granulomatous disorders and HIV infection? [1]

Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Pannonica et Adriatica

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 137-

  Namazi, M R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; CD4 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; PURINE P2X7 RECEPTOR; STATINE DERIVATIVE; TRANILAST;

CELL AGGREGATION; DRUG MECHANISM; GRANULOMATOSIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 11244318351     PISSN: 13184458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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