HLA allele associations and V-beta T-lymphocyte expansions in patients with psoriasis, harboring toxin-producing Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology

Volumn 2005, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 310-315

  Ajib, Rola ^a   Janbazian, Lori ^a   Rahal, Elias ^a   Matar, Ghassan M ^a   Zaynoun, Shukrallah ^a   Kibbi, Abdul Ghani ^a   Abdelnoor, Alexander M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROTOXIN A; ENTEROTOXIN C; HLA ANTIGEN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DNA DETERMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION RISK; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSORIASIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; V BETA T LYMPHOCYTE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 31144440343     PISSN: 11107243     EISSN: 11107251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/JBB.2005.310     Document Type: Article

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