A potential mechanism of local anti-inflammatory action of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone within the brain: Modulation of tumor necrosis factor-alpha production by human astrocytic Cells

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-41

  Wong, KitYue ^a   Rajoraa, Nilum ^a   Boccoii, Giovanni ^a   Catania, Anna ^b   Lipton, James M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CNS disorders; Inflammation; Neurological disorders; Tumor necrosis factor ; Melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL SURVIVAL; GLIOMA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION;

ALPHA-MSH; ASTROCYTES; BRAIN; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0002858431     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: 14230216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000097313     Document Type: Article

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