Is bcl-2 a key molecule in the abnormal immune response of hemodialysis patients?

Blood Purification

Volumn 24, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 540-541

  Martin Malo, A ^a   Ramirez, R ^a   Aljama, P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REINA SOFÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ERYTHROPOIETIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN BCL 2;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; EDITORIAL; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UREMIA;

APOPTOSIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; KIDNEY DISEASES; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 33845929860     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097076     Document Type: Editorial

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