Integrated evolutionary, immunological, and neuroendocrine framework for the pathogenesis of chronic disabling inflammatory diseases

FASEB Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 15, 2003, Pages 2176-2183

  Straub, Rainer H ^a   Besedovsky, Hugo O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic inflammatory disease; Endocrine system; Immune system; Nervous system; Reproductive system

Indexed keywords

CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; HLA ANTIGEN; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; HLA DR2 ANTIGEN; HLA DR3 ANTIGEN; HLA DR4 ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN; PROGESTERONE; SUBSTANCE P; TESTOSTERONE; VASCULOTROPIN; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DERMATITIS HERPETIFORMIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HASHIMOTO DISEASE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A NEPHROPATHY; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; JUVENILE DIABETES MELLITUS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REITER SYNDROME; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; EVOLUTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, IMMUNOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0345529921     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.03-0433hyp     Document Type: Review

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