Extraneuronal cholinergic system in lymphocytes

Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 29-48

  Kawashima, Koichiro ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine (ACh); Acetylcholinesterase (AChE); Choline acetyltransferase (ChAT); Lymphocyte; Muscarinic receptor; Nicotinic receptor

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BETHANECHOL; CARBACHOL; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; MUSCARINIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC AGENT; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; OXOTREMORINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034104866     PISSN: 01637258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0163-7258(99)00071-6     Document Type: Review

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