Physiological functions of the cholinergic system in immune cells

• Main Authors: Takeshi Fujii (Author), Masato Mashimo (Author), Yasuhiro Moriwaki (Author), Hidemi Misawa (Author), Shiro Ono (Author), Kazuhide Horiguchi (Author), Koichiro Kawashima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2017-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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T and B cells, macrophages and dendritic cells (DCs) all express most of the components necessary for a functional cholinergic system. This includes choline acetyltransferase (ChAT), muscarinic and nicotinic acetylcholine (ACh) receptors (mAChRs and nAChRs, respectively) and acetylcholinesterase (AC...