Mechanisms of antiinflammatory action of α-MSH peptides

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 885, Issue , 1999, Pages 173-182

  Lipton, J M ^a   Zhao, H ^a   Ichiyama, T ^a   Barsh, G S ^b   Catania, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERMEDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; NITRIC OXIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0032787655     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08674.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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