In vitro effects of melatonin on mitogen-induced lymphocyte proliferation and cytokine expression in young and old rats

Immunopharmacology and Immunotoxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 327-337

  Pahlavani, Mohammad A ^a   Harris, Melissa D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCANAVALIN A; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; IONOMYCIN; MELATONIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030873857     PISSN: 08923973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08923979709046979     Document Type: Article

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