Arginase-1 expression in granulomas of tuberculosis patients

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-268

  Pessanha, Ana P ^a   Martins, Rodrigo A P ^b   Mattos Guaraldi, Ana L ^a   Vianna, Albanita ^a   Moreira, Lilian O ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Arginase 1; Macrophages; Mycobacterium; Type II pneumocytes

Indexed keywords

ARGINASE 1;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG GRANULOMA; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ARGINASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOMA; HUMANS; LUNG; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PNEUMOCYTES;

EID: 84867701267     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2012.01012.x     Document Type: Article

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