Applications of the role of α-MSH in ocular immune privilege

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 681, Issue , 2010, Pages 143-149

  Taylor, Andrew W ^a   Lee, Darren ^b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOPTIVE TRANSFER; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; CELL ACTIVATION; CORNEA INJURY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFECTOR CELL; GENE THERAPY; GRAFT REJECTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; UVEITIS; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MELANOCYTE-STIMULATING HORMONES; RECEPTORS, MELANOCORTIN;

EID: 79959550398     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6354-3_12     Document Type: Article

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