Genetics of sarcoidosis: Role of co-stimulatory genes?

Respiration

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-228

  Grutters, J C ^a  

^a ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

B7 ANTIGEN; CD28 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN 4; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CHROMOSOME 6P; DENDRITIC CELL; EDITORIAL; GENE ACTIVITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOME ANALYSIS; GRANULOMA; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD80; ANTIGENS, CD86; DENDRITIC CELLS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 22144433741     PISSN: 00257931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085360     Document Type: Editorial

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