Progesterone up-regulates anandamide hydrolase in human lymphocytes: Role of cytokines and implications for fertility

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 166, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 7183-7189

  Maccarrone, M ^a   Valensise, H ^a   Bari, M ^a   Lazzarin, N ^a   Romanini, C ^a   Finazzi Agro A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

2 ARACHIDONOYLGLYCEROL; ANANDAMIDE; CANNABINOID RECEPTOR; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR; PALMIDROL; PROGESTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 0035877059     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.166.12.7183     Document Type: Article

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