Melatonin Enhances IL-2, IL-6, and IFN-γ Production by Human Circulating CD4+ Cells: A Possible Nuclear Receptor-Mediated Mechanism Involving T Helper Type 1 Lymphocytes and Monocytes

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 574-581

  Garcia Mauriño, Sofia ^a   Gonzalez Haba, Maria G ^a   Calvo, Juan R ^a   Rafii El Idrissi, Mohammed ^a   Sanchez Margalet, Victor ^a   Goberna, Raimundo ^a   Guerrero, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELATONIN;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE; TH1 CELL;

ANTIGENS, CD4; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-2; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MELATONIN; MONOCYTES; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; TH1 CELLS;

EID: 0031570820     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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