Angiotensin II regulates cellular immune responses through a calcineurin-dependent pathway

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1693-1701

  Nataraj, Chandra ^a   Oliverio, Michael I ^a   Mannon, Roslyn B ^a   Mannon, Peter J ^a   Audoly, Laurent P ^a   Amuchastegui, Carmen S ^b   Ruiz, Phillip ^c   Smithies, Oliver ^d   Coffman, Thomas M ^a,e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0033369510     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI7451     Document Type: Article

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