Bidirectional communication between the pineal gland and the immune system

Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 342-349

  Skwarlo Sonta, Krystyna ^a   Majewski, Pawel ^a   Markowska, Magdalena ^a   Oblap, Ruslan ^b,c   Olszanska, Bozenna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GENETICS AND ANIMAL BREEDING   (Poland)

^c Ukrainian Academy of Agrarian Sciences Kiev   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Immunity; Melatonin; Melatonin receptor transcripts; Melatonin receptors; Pineal gland

Indexed keywords

2 IODOMELATONIN; MELATONIN; MELATONIN RECEPTOR;

CELL ACTIVATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL FUNCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PINEAL BODY; PINEALOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MELATONIN; PINEAL GLAND; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037864088     PISSN: 00084212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/y03-026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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