Neuropeptide Urocortin and Its Receptors Are Expressed in Rat Kupffer Cells
Neuropeptide Urocortin and Its Receptors Are Expressed in Rat Kupffer Cells
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Basel, Switzerland: Karger
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Basel, Switzerland: Karger
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The stress neuropeptides, corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and urocortin (UCN), modulate the inflammatory response via the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis and locally, in a paracrine manner, act on mast and macrophage cells. Kupffer cells (KCs) are the resident macrophages of the liver. They represent the bulk of tissue macrophages in the...
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Neuropeptide Urocortin and Its Receptors Are Expressed in Rat Kupffer Cells
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TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_17090973
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmed_primary_17090973
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0028-3835
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1423-0194
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10.1159/000096827
