The immunosuppressive effects of chronic morphine treatment are partially dependent on corticosterone and mediated by the μ-opioid receptor

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 782-790

  Wang, Jinghua ^a   Charboneau, Richard ^b,c   Balasubramanian, Sudha ^a   Barke, Roderick A ^b,c   Loh, Horace H ^a   Roy, Sabita ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Neuroimmunomodulation; Sympathetic nervous system

Indexed keywords

CHLORISONDAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GANGLION BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; MORPHINE; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG INHIBITION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHLORISONDAMINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYTOKINES; DRUG IMPLANTS; GANGLIONIC BLOCKERS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MORPHINE; NITRIC OXIDE; RECEPTORS, OPIOID, MU; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0036587745     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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