Cis-9,10-octadecenoamide, an endogenous sleep-inducing CNS compound, inhibits lymphocyte proliferation

Research in Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 389-396

  Langstein, J ^a   Hofstadter F ^a   Schwarz, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

anandamide; brain; cannabinoids; cis 9,10 octadecenoamide; immunosuppression; lipid; lymphocyte; neuroimmunology; sleep induction; stereospecificity

Indexed keywords

9,10 OCTADECENOAMIDE; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; LIPID; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MONOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOSPECIFICITY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029814507     PISSN: 09232494     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0923-2494(96)82047-5     Document Type: Article

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