The neuropeptide α-MSH in host defense

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 917, Issue , 2000, Pages 227-231

  Catania, Anna ^a   Cutuli, Mariagrazia ^a   Garofalo, Letizia ^a   Carlin, Andrea ^a   Airaghi, Lorena ^a   Barcellini, Wilma ^a   Lipton, James M ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIRUS EXPRESSION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033670373     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2000.tb05387.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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