Potential Th1/Th2 predominance in children with newly diagnosed IgA nephropathy

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1584-1586

  Tsuruga, Kazushi ^a   Oki, Eishin ^a   Aizawa Yashiro, Tomomi ^a   Yoshida, Hidemi ^b   Imaizumi, Tadaatsu ^b   Tanaka, Hiroshi ^a  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR T BET;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; KIDNEY BIOPSY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; GATA3 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, IGA; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; T-BOX DOMAIN PROTEINS; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 77956368490     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01881.x     Document Type: Article

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