Modulation of IL-18 production in the adrenal cortex following acute ACTH or chronic corticosterone treatment

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-7

  Conti, Bruno ^a   Sugama, Shuei ^a   Kim, Yoonseong ^a   Tinti, Cristina ^a   Kim, Hocheol ^a   Baker, Harriet ^a   Volpe, Bruce ^a   Attardi, Barbara ^a   Joh, Tong ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

ACTH; Adrenal cortex; Corticosterone; Cytokines; Glucocorticoids; HPA axis; IL 18; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 18; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

EID: 0034046775     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026445     Document Type: Article

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