Pro-opiomelanocortin-derived peptides, cytokines, nitric oxide in immune responses and stress: An evolutionary approach

International Review of Cytology

Volumn 170, Issue , 1997, Pages 79-141

  Ottaviani, Enzo ^a   Franchini, Antonella ^a   Franceschit, Claudio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Evolution; Immune responses; Inflammation; Nitric oxide; POMC products; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN DERIVATIVE; NITRIC OXIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; STEROID HORMONE;

CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOTOXICITY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INVERTEBRATE; MACROPHAGE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRESS; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; NITRIC OXIDE; OPIOID PEPTIDES; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; STRESS;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031033484     PISSN: 00747696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/s0074-7696(08)61621-6     Document Type: Article

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