Elevated α-defensin levels in plasma of patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis

Respirology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 339-345

  Ashitani, Jun Ichi ^a   Matsumoto, Nobuhiro ^a   Nakazato, Masamitsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

BAL; Defensin; Neutrophil; Sarcoidosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA DEFENSIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; LYSOZYME; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SARCOIDOSIS; BLOOD; BONE MARROW; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-DEFENSINS; BONE MARROW; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MURAMIDASE; NEUTROPHILS; PEPTIDYL-DIPEPTIDASE A; SARCOIDOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 34547467242     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2007.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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