Reduction in glucocorticoid receptors in renal biopsies of patients with lupus nephritis

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 16-17, 2007, Pages 1188-1193

  Tziraki, Anna A ^a   Sotsiou, Flora K ^b   Tzirakis, Michael A ^c   Kominakis, Antonios P ^d   Hadjiconstantinou, Valsamakis F ^b   Nikolopoulou, Nikoletta I ^b   Moutsatsou, Paraskevi C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid receptor; Glucocorticoids; Immunocytochemical method; Lupus nephritis; Renal biopsy; SLE

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PREDNISOLONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY TUBULE; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; PARENCHYMA; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOPSY; CHILD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LUPUS NEPHRITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PODOCYTES; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35248846611     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2007.07.026     Document Type: Article

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