A secreted peptidase involved in T cell β-endorphin metabolism

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 151-161

  Miller, B C ^a   Thiele, D ^a   Hersh, L B ^b   Cottam, G L ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

T cell peptidase; Endorphin metabolism; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; CYCLOSPORIN A; INTERLEUKIN 2; PEPTIDASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMOMA;

EID: 0029986139     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0162-3109(95)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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