Human peripheral blood-derived dendritic cells express functional melanocortin receptor MC-1R

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 885, Issue , 1999, Pages 188-195

  Becher, E ^b   Mahnke, K ^b   Brzoska, T ^b   Kalden, D H ^b   Grabbe, S ^b   Luger, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CD86 ANTIGEN; ENDOTOXIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MONOCYTE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032796330     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08676.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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