Critical roles of acetylcholine and the muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in the regulation of immune function

Life Sciences

Volumn 91, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 1027-1032

  Kawashima, Koichiro ^a,b   Fujii, Takeshi ^c   Moriwaki, Yasuhiro ^d   Misawa, Hidemi ^d  

^a MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DOSHISHA WOMEN'S COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

B cell; Choline acetyltransferase; Cytokine; IgG; IL 6; T cell

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G1; INTERLEUKIN 6; MUSCARINIC M1 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M3 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M4 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC M5 RECEPTOR; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA10; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA3; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA5; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR ALPHA9; OVALBUMIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYTOKINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MONOCYTE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN CELL; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 84872770975     PISSN: 00243205     EISSN: 18790631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lfs.2012.05.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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