The interaction between pro-inflammatory cytokines and the nervous system

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 224-

  Molfino, Alessio ^a   Rossi Fanelli, Filippo ^a   Laviano, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; ETANERCEPT; INTERLEUKIN 1; MELANOCORTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANOREXIA; CACHEXIA; CALORIC INTAKE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; LETTER; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEOPLASM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TUMOR GROWTH; VAGUS NERVE;

ANOREXIA; CACHEXIA; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 60749128593     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc2507-c1     Document Type: Letter

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