Endogenous opioids modulate allograft rejection time in mice: Possible relation with Th1/Th2 cytokines

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 465-469

  Sacerdote, P ^a   Di San Secondo, V E M R ^c   Sirchia, G ^b   Manfredi, B ^a   Panerai, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b University Hospital   (Italy)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

endorphin; Allograft rejection; Cytokines; Naloxone; Opioids

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; NALOXONE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HELPER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLOGRAFT; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NALOXONE; SKIN TRANSPLANTATION; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 0031710593     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.1998.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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