The effect of melatonin on cellular activation processes in human blood

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 50-55

  Fjaerli O ^a   Lund, T ^a   Østerud, Bjarne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Melatonin; Monocytes; PKC; Tissue factor

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; THROMBOPLASTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LEUKOCYTE ACTIVATION; MONOCYTE;

EID: 0033036121     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079x.1999.tb00566.x     Document Type: Article

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