Immunoendocrinology in Health and Disease

by Geenen; Vincent

• ISBN13: 9780824750602
• ISBN10: 0824750608
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-08-30
• Publisher: CRC Press

Summary

One of the first comprehensive references dealing specifically with this new field of interdisciplinary research in medicine, Immunoendocrinology in Health and Disease offers a full scientific picture of where the immune and neuroendocrine systems intersect-placing current understanding of system components, mechanisms, and functions side by side with clinical results illustrating the many ramifications of their interaction in human health and disease management.

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Contributors	xi
Fundamental Aspects
A Global View of Immunological Development and Biology	1	(20)
Rachel Allen
Anne Cooke
Common Signaling in the Neuroendocrine and Immune Systems	21	(30)
Nithya Krishnan
Arthur R. Buckley
Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis Effects on Innate and Adaptive Immunity	51	(14)
Emmanouil Zoumakis
Ilia Elenkov
George Chrousos
Glucocorticoids and the Immune System	65	(18)
G. Jan Wiegers
Ilona E.M. Stec
Pia U. Muller
Georg Wick
Cytokines and Leptin as Mediators of the Hypothalamo-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis	83	(24)
Rolf-Christian Gaillard
Role of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Regulating the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis of the Male Rat	107	(20)
Catherine Rivier
Sex Hormones and B Cells	127	(18)
Christine M. Grimaldi
Elena Peeva
Betty Diamond
Vitamin D3 in Control of Immune Response	145	(18)
Chantal Mathieu
Evelyne van Etten
Lut Overbergh
Roger Bouillon
The Growth Hormone/Insulin-like Growth Factor-I Axis and the Immune System	163	(30)
Ron Kooijman
Somatostatin Control of Immune Functions	193	(14)
P. M. van Hagen
V. Dalm
L. J. Hofland
D. Ferone
S. W. J. Lamberts
Prolactin and the Immune System	207	(34)
Robert Hooghe
Nele Martens
Elisabeth L. Hooghe-Peters
VIP and PACAP Immune Mediators Involved in Homeostasis and Disease	241	(22)
Rosa P. Gomariz
Carmen Martinez
Catalina Abad
Mario Delgado
Maria Guillerma Juarranz
Javier Leceta
Neurotransmitters Talk to T Cells in a Direct, Powerful, and Contextual Manner Affecting Key Immune Functions	263	(26)
Mia Levite
Role of Neuropeptides in T-Cell Differentiation	289	(16)
Doina Ganea
Mario Delgado
Natriuretic Peptides and Inflammation	305	(14)
Angelika M. Vollmar
Alexandra K. Kiemer
Neuroendocrinology of the Thymus	319	(18)
Wilson Savino
Mireille Dardenne
The Central Role of the Thymus in the Development of Self-Tolerance and Autoimmunity in the Neuroendocrine System	337	(20)
Vincent Geenen
Fabienne Brilot
Isabelle Hansenne
Celine Louis
Chantal Charlet-Renard
Henri Martens
Two-Way Communication Between Mast Cells and the Nervous System	357	(24)
Hanneke P. M. van der Kleij
Michael Blennerhassett
John Bienenstock
Peripheral Nervous System Programming of Dendritic Cell Function	381	(12)
Georges J. M. Maestroni
Neuroendocrine Host Factors in Susceptibility and Resistance to Autoimmune/Inflammatory Disease	393	(24)
Jeanette I. Webster
Esther M. Sternberg
Clinical Aspects
Autoimmune Type 1 Diabetes	417	(22)
Edwin A. M. Gale
Polly J. Bingley
Autoimmune Central Diabetes Insipidus	439	(22)
Annamaria De Bellis
Antonio Bizzarro
Antonio Bellastella
Autoimmune Thyroid Disease	461	(30)
Marian Elizabeth Ludgate
Gherardo Mazziotti
Addison's Disease and Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndromes	491	(46)
Corrado Betterle
Premature Ovarian Failure	537	(34)
Annemieke Hoek
Hemmo A. Drexhage
Myasthenia Gravis	571	(22)
Alexander Marx
Philipp Strobel
Hans Konrad Muller-Hermelink
Rheumatoid Arthritis	593	(14)
Maurizio Cutolo
Rainer Straub
Aging and Neuroimmunoendocrinology	607	(12)
Rainer Straub
Maurizio Cutolo
Quality of Life in Asthma and Rhinitis	619	(12)
Jean Bousquet
Philippe J. Bousquet
Pascal Demoly
Atopic Dermatitis	631	(16)
Markus Bohm
Thomas Luger
Neuroendocrine Control of Th1 and Th2 Responses: Clinical Implications	647	(26)
Ilia Elenkov
HIV Infection and the Central Nervous System	673	(20)
Marcus Kaul
Stuart A. Lipton
Opioid Receptors and HIV Infection	693	(14)
Burt M. Sharp
Mechanisms of Cytokine-Induced Sickness Behavior	707	(14)
Robert Dantzer
Jan-Pieter Konsman
Patricia Parnet
Immunotherapy of Neuroendocrine Tumors	721	(16)
Matthias Schott
Jochen Seissler
Werner A. Scherbaum
Glucocorticoid Resistance in Inflammatory Diseases	737	(10)
Denis Franchimont
George Chrousos
Index	747