Mechanisms and Therapeutic Relevance of Neuro-immune Communication

Immunity

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 927-942

  Chavan, Sangeeta S ^a   Pavlov, Valentin A ^a   Tracey, Kevin J ^a  

^a Northwell Health   (United States)

Author keywords

afferent nerves; autoimmune and inflammatory disease; bioelectronic medicine; cytokines; efferent nerves; inflammation; inflammatory reflex; neuro immune communication; reflexes in immunity; vagus nerve

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EFFERENT NERVE; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROSCIENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; SENSORY NERVE CELL; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE; INNATE IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; IMMUNOREGULATION;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

EID: 85029208825     PISSN: 10747613     EISSN: 10974180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2017.06.008     Document Type: Review

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