Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 237-247 , June 2008

Exposure-dependent effects of ethanol on the innate immune system

  • Joanna Goral

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Midwestern University, Downers Grove, IL, USA
    • Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • ,
  • John Karavitis

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • Alcohol Research Program, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • ,
  • Elizabeth J. Kovacs

      Affiliations

    • Burn and Shock Trauma Institute, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • Department of Surgery, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • Alcohol Research Program, Loyola University Chicago Medical Center, 2160 South First Avenue, Maywood, IL 60513, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Loyola University Medical Center, Departments of Cell Biology, Neurobiology, and Anatomy and Surgery, 2160 South First Avenue, Building 110, Room 4237, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. Tel.: +1-708-327-2477; fax: +1-708-327-2813.

Received 2 November 2007 ,Revised 22 February 2008 ,Accepted 22 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2008.02.003

Alcohol
Volume 42, Issue 4 , Pages 237-247 , June 2008

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