MC1 receptors are constitutively expressed on leucocyte subpopulations with antigen presenting and cytotoxic functions

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 441-446

  Neumann Andersen, G ^a   Nagaeva, O ^a   Mandrika, I ^b   Petrovska, R ^b   Muceniece, R ^b   Mincheva Nilsson, L ^a   Wikberg, J E S ^b,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Box 591 BMC ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

B lymphocytes; Constitutive expression; Cytotoxic T lymphocytes; MC1 receptor; Monocytes; Natural killer cells

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; RABBIT ANTISERUM;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HELPER CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; MACROPHAGE; MONOCYTE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-PRESENTING CELLS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LEUKOCYTES; RABBITS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; T-LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, CYTOTOXIC;

EID: 0035657298     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2249.2001.01604.x     Document Type: Article

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