Evidence for μ opioid receptor on mouse spleen lymphocytes

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 835-838

  Wu, Tong ^a   Li, Xiao Yu ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Concanavalin A; Fentanyl; Lipopolysaccharides; Mu opioid receptors; Naloxone; Radioligand assay; Spleen; T lymphocytes; Thymidine

Indexed keywords

BETA HYDROXYMEFENTANYL; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NALOXONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; FEMALE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; FENTANYL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NALOXONE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032885727     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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