Further insights into the regulation of human FAAH by progesterone and leptin: Implications for endogenous levels of anandamide and apoptosis of immune and neuronal cells

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 811-817

  Gasperi, Valeria ^a,b   Fezza, Filomena ^a,b   Spagnuolo, Paola ^a,c   Pasquariello, Nicoletta ^a   MacCarrone, Mauro ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^d C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anandamide; Apoptosis; FAAH; Immune cells; Leptin; Neuroimmune axis; Neurons; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANANDAMIDE; DNA FRAGMENT; FATTY ACID AMIDASE; LEPTIN; PROGESTERONE;

APOPTOSIS; CELL LEVEL; CELL STRAIN U937; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOMA CELL; NEUROBLASTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

AMIDOHYDROLASES; APOPTOSIS; ARACHIDONIC ACIDS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEPTIN; LYMPHOCYTES; NEURONS; POLYUNSATURATED ALKAMIDES; PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 26444607495     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2005.08.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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