In vitro melatonin treatment enhances splenocyte proliferation in prairie voles

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-40

  Drazen, Deborah L ^a   Klein, Sabra L ^a   Yellon, Steven M ^b   Nelson, Randy J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Day length; Immune; Immunity; Lymphocyte; Microtus; Photoperiod; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; FEMALE; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPLEEN CELL; VOLE;

ANIMALS; ARVICOLINAE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DIVISION; CONCANAVALIN A; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MELATONIN; PHOTOPERIOD; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SEASONS; SPLEEN; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0033979211     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-079X.2000.280105.x     Document Type: Article

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