The neuroendocrine-immune interactions in systemic lupus erythematosus: A basis for understanding disease pathogenesis and complexity

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 161-175

  Szyper Kravitz, Martine ^a,b   Zandman Goddard, Gisele ^a,b   Lahita, Robert G ^c,d   Shoenfeld, Yehuda ^a,b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c 355 Grand Street   (United States)

^d Rheumatology Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYTOKINE; ESTRADIOL; GLUCOCORTICOID; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ANTAGONIST; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC ASTHMA; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; UPREGULATION;

GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HORMONES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 11444261827     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2004.10.004     Document Type: Review

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