Correlation between the severity of clinicopathological parameters and whole blood interferon-α production capacity in active phase IgA nephropathy patients

Nephron

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 24-30

  Shirakawa, Kiichi ^a   Muso, Eri ^a   Nogaki, Fumiaki ^a   Maeda, Mari ^a   Kawamura, Takahide ^a   Ono, Takahiko ^a   Yoshimoto, Miwa ^b   Uno, Kazuko ^b   Kishida, Tsunatarou ^b   Sasayama, Shigetake ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Louis Pasteur Center for Medical Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histological phases; IFN production capacity; IgA nephropathy; Macrophage infiltration; Th1 inducible capacity

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; N ACETYL BETA GLUCOSAMINIDASE; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URINARY TOTAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; LATENT PERIOD; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KIDNEY; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

EID: 18244403553     PISSN: 00282766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000046310     Document Type: Article

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