Neurotrophin system activation in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid immune cells in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Sarcoidosis Vasculitis and Diffuse Lung Diseases

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 186-194

  Ricci, Alberto ^a   Mariotta, Salvatore ^a   Saltini, Cesare ^b   Falasca, Carlo ^a   Giovagnoli, Maria Rosaria ^a   Mannino, Francesco ^a   Graziano, Paolo ^c   Sciacchitano, Salvatore ^a,c   Amenta, Francesco ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunocytochemistry; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Molecular biology; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE A;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG GRANULOMATOSIS; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG SARCOIDOSIS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 27944470589     PISSN: 11240490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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