Pineal indoles stimulate the gene expression of immunomodulating cytokines

Journal of Neural Transmission

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 397-405

  Liu, F ^a   Ng, T B ^a   Fung, M C ^b  

^a Departments of Biochemistry and   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cytokine; Gene expression; Pineal indoles

Indexed keywords

5 METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; 5 METHOXYTRYPTOPHOL; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MELATONIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERITONEAL EXUDATE CELL; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN CELL;

5-METHOXYTRYPTAMINE; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CYTOKINES; DNA PRIMERS; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; GENE EXPRESSION; INDOLES; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; MACROPHAGE COLONY-STIMULATING FACTOR; MALE; MELATONIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; PERITONEUM; PINEAL GLAND; SPLEEN; STEM CELL FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0034896128     PISSN: 03009564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007020170061     Document Type: Article

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