Induction of choline acetyltransferase mRNA in human mononuclear leukocytes stimulated by phytohemagglutinin, a T-cell activator

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 101-107

  Fujii, Takeshi ^a   Yamada, Shin ^a   Watanabe, Yoshihiro ^a   Misawa, Hidemi ^b   Tajima, Sonoko ^a   Fujimoto, Kazuko ^a   Kasahara, Tadashi ^a   Kawashima, Koichiro ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Choline acetyltransferase; Interleukin 2; Mononuclear leukocytes; Radioimmunoassay; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUROIMMUNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-2; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0032006012     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(97)00195-1     Document Type: Article

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