Granuloma formation in pulmonary sarcoidosis

Frontiers in Immunology

Volumn 4, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Broos, Caroline E ^a   van Nimwegen, Menno ^a   Hoogsteden, Henk C ^a   Hendriks, Rudi W ^a   Kool, Mirjam ^a   Van den Blink, Bernt ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Formation; Granuloma; Integrity; Pulmonary sarcoidosis; Regulatory T cells; T helper 1 cells; T helper 17 cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892150017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16643224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2013.00437     Document Type: Short Survey

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