IS ORAL LEVAMISOLE IMMUNOSTIMULATION IN RATS MEDIATED BY REDUCED LEVELS OF FREE PLASMA-CORTICOSTERONE

被引:10
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作者
STOGAUS, R
KING, MG
机构
[1] Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle, Callaghan
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澳大利亚研究理事会;
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10.1016/0192-0561(95)00049-8
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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100102 ;
摘要
A brief review of the immunostimulative and anti-inflammatory properties of levamisole is followed by a research report which indicates that in rats under antigenic challenge by ovalbumin, oral levamisole (18 mg/kg) decreases corticosterone levels. This previously unreported finding may belie the immunostimulative effect of levamisole.
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页码:635 / 640
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