A role for NK cells in greater susceptibility of young rats to metastatic formation

Cancer statistics, 1998

1998 • 2,407 citations

Effects of stress on immune cell distribution. Dynamics and hormonal mechanisms.

1995 • 719 citations

Monoclonal antibody to a triggering structure expressed on rat natural killer cells and adherent lymphokine-activated killer cells.

1989 • 365 citations

Trends in cancer incidence among children in the U.S.

1996 • 325 citations

Direct evidence for the role of LGL in the inhibition of experimental tumor metastases.

1985 • 279 citations

The development of the glucocorticoid receptor system in the rat limbic brain. I. Ontogeny and autoregulation

1985 • 214 citations

beta-Endorphin augments the cytolytic activity and interferon production of natural killer cells.

1986 • 213 citations

Endorphins stimulate normal human peripheral blood lymphocyte natural killer activity

1984 • 189 citations

Morphine inhibition of lymphocyte activity is mediated by an opioid dependent mechanism

1990 • 185 citations

Role of natural killer cells in cancer.

1993 • 154 citations

The role of natural killer cells in the control of tumor growth and metastasis

1985 • 130 citations

The Role of LGL/NK Cells in Surgery-Induced Promotion of Metastasis and Its Attenuation by Morphine

1994 • 127 citations

Direct suppression of natural killer activity in human peripheral blood leukocyte cultures by glucocorticoids and its modulation by interferon.

1983 • 121 citations

A mechanism of action for morphine-induced immunosuppression: corticosterone mediates morphine-induced suppression of natural killer cell activity.

1994 • 120 citations

Effect of Gonadectomy and Gonadal Steroid Replacement on Pituitary and Plasma β-Endorphin Levels in the Rat

1982 • 106 citations

In vivo treatment with monoclonal antibody 3.2.3 selectively eliminates natural killer cells in rats.

1990 • 89 citations

Studies of murine large granular lymphocytes. II. Tissue, strain, and age distributions of LGL and LAL.

1982 • 84 citations

Interplay in Vitro Between ACTH, β-Endorphin, and Glucocorticoids in the Modulation of Spontaneous and Lymphokine-Inducible Human Natural Killer (NK) Cell Activity

1993 • 67 citations

Effect of morphine and β-endorphin on human Fc receptor-dependent and natural killer cell functions

1992 • 66 citations

Estrogen and antiestrogen modulation of the levels of mouse natural killer activity and large granular lymphocytes

1987 • 61 citations

Restraint stress-induced elevations in plasma corticosterone and β-endorphin are not accompanied by alterations in immune function

1990 • 53 citations

Increased susceptibility to metastasis during pro-oestrus/oestrus in rats: possible role of oestradiol and natural killer cells

1996 • 51 citations

The β-endorphin response to stress during postnatal development in the rat

1987 • 40 citations

Cortisol at physiological concentrations and prostaglandin E2 are additive inhibitors of human natural killer cell activity

1986 • 35 citations

Increased surgery-induced metastasis and suppressed natural killer cell activity during proestrus/estrus in rats

1997 • 35 citations

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1983 • 27 citations

Effects of endogenous and exogenous opioids on splenic natural killer cell activity.

1986 • 22 citations

The development of sexual dimorphism in natural killer cell activity and resistance to tumor metastasis in the Fischer 344 rat

1995 • 22 citations

Natural killer cells: history, relevance, and clinical applications.

1990 • 21 citations

Natural killer cell profile of two random-bred strains of athymic rats.

1984 • 12 citations

Age-related changes of natural antitumor resistance in spontaneously hypertensive rats with T-cell depression.

1987 • 9 citations

Opposing influence of age on the growth and colony-forming ability of mouse melanoma B16 and mammary adenocarcinoma: Correlation with natural killer activity

1990 • 8 citations

Age-related decrease of pulmonary metastasis of rat mammary carcinoma by activated natural resistance

1990 • 8 citations

Murine Inter-Sex Difference in Methylcholanthrene Induced Tumor and its Correlation with NK Activity

1991 • 7 citations