Close apposition of dynorphin-positive nerve fibres to lymphocytes in the liver suggests opioidergic neuroimmunomodulation

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 213-221

  Kaiser, Matthias J T ^a   Tiegs, Gisa ^a   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Liver innervation; Neuroimmune interaction; Opioid peptides; Opioid receptors; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DELTA OPIATE RECEPTOR; DYNORPHIN A; ENDOMORPHIN 1; ENDOMORPHIN 2; EPSILON OPIATE RECEPTOR; FLUOROCHROME; KAPPA OPIATE RECEPTOR; METENKEPHALIN; OPIATE RECEPTOR;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; INNERVATION; LIVER; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD4; ANTIGENS, CD8; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; DYNORPHINS; ENDORPHINS; ENKEPHALIN, METHIONINE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NERVE FIBERS; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, OPIOID; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ALEXA; ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS;

EID: 0141993523     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-003-0561-0     Document Type: Article

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