Neuropeptides accentuate interleukin-4 induced human immunoglobulin E synthesis in vitro

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 38-44

  Aebischer, Iwan ^a   Stämpfli, Martin R ^a   Miescher, Sylvia ^a   Horn, Michael ^a   Zürcher, Adrian W ^a   Stadler, Beda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ACTH; Endorphin; IgE synthesis; POMC; Substance P

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ENDORPHIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BETA ENDORPHIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GAMMA ENDORPHIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEUCINE ENKEPHALIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; SUBSTANCE P;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALPHA-ENDORPHIN; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; B-LYMPHOCYTES; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG SYNERGISM; ENKEPHALIN, LEUCINE; GAMMA-ENDORPHIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INTERLEUKIN-4; MICE; NEUROPEPTIDES; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 0030031160     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.1996.tb00091.x     Document Type: Article

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