Alcohol inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced tumor necrosis factor alpha gene expression by peripheral blood mononuclear cells as measured by reverse transcriptase PCR in situ hybridization

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 392-398

  Nair, M P N ^a,c   Kumar, N M ^a   Kronfol, Z A ^b   Greden, J F ^b   Lwebuga Mukasa, J S ^a   Schwartz, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c BUFFALO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KILLER CELL; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0029862148     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.4.392-398.1996     Document Type: Article

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