Cytokines play an important role in granuloma formation, but the extent that cytokine profiles
are similar in different granulomatous diseases and whether differences in the …

Sarcoidosis is a chronic granulomatous disease that may be considered to be a human
model for the delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction. The expression of cytokine genes in …

In four cases of sarcoidal and five cases of tuberculous lymphadenitis, the cellular
composition of hypersensitivity-type granulomas was investigated by the application of …

In order to examine the immune response at the site of pathology in tuberculosis, we
analysed cytokines present in lung granulomas, their associations with each other and with …

To investigate the possible role of endogenous cytokines in the immunopathogenesis of
sarcoidosis, a study of cytokines in lymph nodes obtained from patients with active …

Human tuberculous granulomas from five adults undergoing surgery for hemoptysis were
analyzed by nonradioactive in situ hybridization for tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) …

The principal defense of the human host against a Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection is
the formation of granulomas, organized collections of activated macrophages, including …

Summary Levels of IL‐12p40, TNFα, TGFβ, IFNγ and IL‐10 mRNA were assessed by laser
capture microdissection followed by quantitative real‐time PCR in the pulmonary …

Although the cause of sarcoidosis is still unknown, the combination of the characteristic
morphologic aspect and the immunohistologic pattern of the sarcoid granulomatous lesions …

The immunophenotypic characteristics of lymphocyte sub-populations in tissue lesions of
human tuberculosis were investigated in 18 cases. Frozen sections of affected cervical …