Beta-endorphin modulates human immune activity via non-opiate receptor mechanisms.
Beta-endorphin modulates human immune activity via non-opiate receptor mechanisms.
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β-内啡肽通过非阿片受体机制调节人体免疫活性。
DOI:
10.1016/0024-3205(82)90054-6
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发表时间:
1982
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
J. Grbic
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作者:
H. W. McCain;Ira B. Lamster;J. Bozzone;J. Grbic
Here we report that B-endorphin is a potent and efficacious suppressor of phytohemagglutinin induced T-lymphocyte blastogenesis when human leukocytes are exposed early in the course of mitogenic activation. This suppression becomes more difficult to observe, however, if blastogenesis is established by prior exposure to mitogen. Suppression by B-endorphin is not blocked by pretreatment with the opiate antagonist naloxone. These results, therefore, suggest that neuroendocrine modulation of human immune expression may be a peripheral physiological function of B-endorphin which is mediated by mechanisms distinct from traditional opiate receptors.