The presence and effects of mammalian signal molecules in immunocytes of the insect Leucophaea maderae

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 283, Issue 1, 1995, Pages 93-97

  Scharrer, Berta ^a   Paemen, Liesbet ^b   Smith, Eric M ^c   Hughes, T Kley ^d   Liu, Yu ^b,e   Pope, McElvin ^b   Stefano, George B ^b  

^a Departments of Epidemiology Population Health and Psychiatry Behavioral Sciences Albert Einstein   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^d University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^e Shandong Medical College (Jinan)   (China)

Author keywords

ACTH; Cytokines; DAMA; Immunocytes; Leucophaea maderae (insecta); Morphine; MSH

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; METENKEPHALIN DERIVATIVE; MORPHINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; HEMOLYMPH; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INSECT; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; DAMA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LEUCOPHAEA; LEUCOPHAEA MADERAE; MAMMALIA; MYTILUS EDULIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030066778     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050516     Document Type: Article

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