Immune-modulating effects of melatonin, N-acetylserotonin, and N-acetyldopamine

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1053, Issue , 2005, Pages 386-393

  Perianayagam, Mary C ^a   Oxenkrug, Gregory F ^a   Jaber, Bertrand L ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ELIZABETH'S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lipopolysaccharide (LPS); Melatonin; Monocytes; N acetyldopamine (NAD); N acetylserotonin (NAS); Neutrophils; Superoxide; Tumor necrosis factor (TNF )

Indexed keywords

CALCITRIOL; CYTOKINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FORMYLMETHIONYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; MELATONIN; N ACETYLDOPAMINE; N ACETYLSEROTONIN; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; RETINOIC ACID; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CELL STRAIN HL 60; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOMODULATION; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; SEPSIS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 29744433964     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1344.033     Document Type: Conference Paper

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