Immunomodulation by two potent analogs of met-enkephalin

Immunopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 213-220

  Bajpai, K ^a   Singh, V K ^a,c   Dhawan, V C ^b   Haq, W ^b   Mathur, K B ^b   Agarwal, S S ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CENTRAL DRUG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c LRCMB ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

enkephalin; immunomodulator; interleukin 2; T cell proliferation; T cell rosette

Indexed keywords

CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; METENKEPHALIN; METENKEPHALIN DERIVATIVE; NALOXONE; OPIATE ANTAGONIST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; OLIGOPEPTIDES; STIMULATION, CHEMICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0031059007     PISSN: 01623109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0162-3109(96)00147-6     Document Type: Article

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