Methionine enkephalin: A new cytokine - Human studies

Clinical Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-101

  Plotnikoff, Nicholas P ^a   Faith, Robert E ^b   Murgo, Anthony J ^c   Herberman, Ronald B ^d   Good, Robert A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; METENKEPHALIN; PROENKEPHALIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CANCER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0031081059     PISSN: 00901229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/clin.1996.4287     Document Type: Review

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