Steroid Hormones and the T-Cell Cytokine Profile edited by G.A.W. Rook, S. Lightman.

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Rook, G.A.W (Editor), Lightman, S. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Springer London : Imprint: Springer, 1997.
Edition:1st ed. 1997.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1 Mechanisms of action of cytokines on the central nervous system. Interaction with glucocorticoids
  • 2 Signals from the hypothalamus to the pituitary during chronic immune responses
  • 3 The role of the innervation of lymphoid tissue in the regulation of the Th1/Th2 dichotomy
  • 4 Modulation of glucocorticoid activity by metabolism of steroids in non-lymphoid organs
  • 5 Microenvironmental control of glucocorticoid functions in immune regulation
  • 6 Immunological consequences of inhibiting dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) sulfatase in vivo
  • 7 Corticosterone and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in autoimmune diseases
  • 8 Glucocorticoid regulation of Nramp1 in host resistance to mycobacteria
  • 9 Human and murine tuberculosis as models for immuno-endocrine interactions.