Density of dendritic cells in the human tracheal mucosa is age dependent and site specific

Thorax

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 986-991

  Tschernig, T ^a   De Vries, V C ^a   Debertin, A S ^a   Braun, A ^b   Walles, T ^c   Traub, F ^a   Pabst, R ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^c Heidehaus Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS INJURY; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; TRACHEA DISEASE; TRACHEA INJURY; TRACHEA MUCOSA; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DENDRITIC CELLS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; TRACHEA;

EID: 33751216848     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2006.060335     Document Type: Article

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