The lymphocytic cholinergic system and its biological function

Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 18-19, 2003, Pages 2101-2109

  Kawashima, Koichiro ^a   Fujii, Takeshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; c fos; Choline acetyltransferase; Lymphocyte; mRNA; Muscarinic acetylcholine receptor; Nicotine; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; Phytohemagglutinin; Spontaneously hypertensive rat; Staphylococcus aureus Cowan I

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CALCIUM ION; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL SURFACE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS NEPHRITIS; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

ANIMALIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037470612     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0024-3205(03)00068-7     Document Type: Article

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