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Glia-Pinealocyte Network: The Paracrine Modulation of Melatonin Synthesis by Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)

The pineal gland, a circumventricular organ, plays an integrative role in defense responses. The injury-induced suppression of the pineal gland hormone, melatonin, which is triggered by darkness, allows the mounting of innate immune responses. We have previously shown that cultured pineal glands, wh...

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Autores principales: da Silveira Cruz-Machado, Sanseray, Pinato, Luciana, Tamura, Eduardo Koji, Carvalho-Sousa, Cláudia Emanuele, Markus, Regina P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3388049/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22768337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0040142