Melatonin in rheumatoid arthritis: Synovial macrophages show melatonin receptors

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 966, Issue , 2002, Pages 271-275

  Maestroni, Georges J M ^a,c   Sulli, Alberto ^b   Pizzorni, Carmen ^b   Villaggio, Barbara ^b   Cutolo, Maurizio ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Patologia   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Melatonin; Melatonin receptors; Rheumatoid arthritis; Synovial macrophages

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; NEUROHORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0036303799     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04226.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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