α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone suppresses antigen-induced lymphocyte proliferation in humans independently of melanocortin 1 receptor gene status

Journal of Immunology

Volumn 175, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4806-4813

  Cooper, Ashley ^a   Robinson, Samantha J ^a   Pickard, Chris ^a   Jackson, Claire L ^a   Friedmann, Peter S ^a   Healy, Eugene ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CYCLIC AMP; INTERLEUKIN 10; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; N ACETYL ALPHA INTERMEDIN[4-10]CYCLO[4 NORLEUCINE 5 ASPARTIC ACID 7 [3 (2 NAPHTHYL)ALANINE] 10 LYSINAMIDE]; STREPTODORNASE; STREPTOKINASE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; GENE; GENE INDUCTION; GENOTYPE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MC1R GENE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 25444467154     PISSN: 00221767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.175.7.4806     Document Type: Article

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