Microglia play a role in mediating the effects of cytokines on the structure and function of the rat pineal gland

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 303, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 423-431

  Tsai, S Y ^a   O'Brien, T E ^b   McNulty, J A ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

IFN ; IL 1 ; Pinealocyte; Rat (Sprague Dawley); TGF 1, TNF

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; SEROTONIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MICROGLIA; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CYTOKINES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-1; MALE; MICROGLIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PINEAL GLAND; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SEROTONIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0035079355     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410000330     Document Type: Article

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