Catecholamines and acetylcholine are key regulators of the interaction between microbes and the immune system

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1351, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 39-51

  Islas Weinstein, Leon ^a   Revuelta, Alberto ^a   Pando, Rogelio Hernandez ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Adrenergic; Catecholamines; Cholinergic; Dopamine; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CATECHOLAMINE DERIVATIVE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC RECEPTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; CATECHOLAMINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CYTOKINE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; EFFERENT NERVE; ENZYME REGULATION; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOREGULATION; LIVER; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; SCIATIC NERVE; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPLEEN; VAGUS NERVE; ANIMAL; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BACTERIUM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MACROPHAGE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BACTERIA; CATECHOLAMINES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC NEURONS; CYTOKINES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 84941802974     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.12792     Document Type: Article

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