Melatonin modulation of lymphocyte proliferation and Th1/Th2 cytokine expression

Journal of Neuroimmunology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 51-57

  Kühlwein, Eva ^a   Irwin, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Humans; Immunity; Melatonin; T helper lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD69 ANTIGEN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0035796677     PISSN: 01655728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-5728(01)00325-3     Document Type: Article

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