Th1/Th2 cytokine pattern in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and induced sputum in pulmonary sarcoidosis

BACKGROUND: Sarcoidosis is thought to be a T-helper type 1 cytokine (Th2 cytokine) mediated disorder. Induced sputum (IS) has been proposed as a useful non-invasive method, mainly for the assessment of the airway diseases. The aim of this study was to explore induced sputum (IS) CD4(+)Th1 T-lymphocy...

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Autores principales: Tsiligianni, Ioanna, Antoniou, Katerina M, Kyriakou, Despina, Tzanakis, Nikolaos, Chrysofakis, George, Siafakas, Nikolaos M, Bouros, Demosthenes
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15978129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-5-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1175094/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15978129
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2466-5-8

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