Cytokines: Stress and Immunity

Published:
December 21, 1998 by CRC Press - 384 Pages
Editor(s):
Robert E. Faith, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA; Anthony J. Murgo, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA; Robert A. Good, University of South Florida All Children's Hospital, St. Pet; Nicholas P. Plotnikoff, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA

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Features

  • Reviews changes in immune system function as a result of cytokine-hormone interactions
  • Presents interactions from cytokine-hormone effects on endocrine and immune systems
  • Examines clinical implications of interactions between cytokines and hormones on immune, endocrine, and central nervous systems

    • Summary

    Studies indicate that the well-known effects of stress hormones-ACTH and corticosteroids-are modulated to a large degree by various cytokines-interferons and interleukins. Cytokines: Stress and Immunity provides a comprehensive overview of contemporary knowledge of the role of cytokines in interreactions between the neuroendocrine and immune systems, and the clinical implications of these interactions. This book examines all cytokines, including interleukins, interferons, enkephalins, and endorphins. With its focus on the immune, central nervous, and endocrine systems, this book will impact a broad range of scientists, including both basic researchers and clinicians.

    Table of Contents

    Cytokines, Stress and Immunity, R.Weizman and H. Bessler
    Neuroendocrine Regulation of the Immune Process, G. Mastorakos, C. Bamberger, and G. P. Chrousos
    Immune and Clinical Correlates of Psychological Stress-Induced Production of Interferon-l and Interleukin-10 in Humans, M. Maes
    Depression and Immunity: The Role of Cytokines, Z. Kronfol
    Bacterial Infections Due to Emerging Pathogens, Cytokines, and Neuroaids, V. Covelli, A.Bruna Maffione, G. Giuliani, S. Pece, and E. Jirillo
    The Anitcytokine Peptide a-MSH in Infectious and Inflammatory Disorders, A. Catnaia, L. Airaghi, and J.M. Lipton
    Methionine Enkephalin in the Treatment of AIDS-Related Complex, B. Bihari and N.P. Plotnikoff
    Central Nervous System Toxicities of Cytokine Therapy, R.C. Turowski and P.L. Triozzi
    Stress and the Inflammatory Response, P.H. Black and A.S. Berman
    Neuropeptides, Cytokines, and Cancer: Interrelationships. Cytokines, Stress Hormones, and Immune Function, R.E. Faith, N.P. Plotnikoff, and A.J. Murgo
    Bidirectional Communication between the Immune and Neuroendocrine Systems, D.A. Weigent and J.E. Blalock
    The Thymus-Pituitary Axis: A Paradigm to Study Immunoneuroendocrine Connectivity in Normal and Stress Conditions, W. Savino and E. Arzt
    New Insights into the Hypothalamic Control of FSH and LH by Cytokines and Nitric Oxide, S.M. McCann, M. Kimura, A. Walczewska, S. Karanth, V. Rettori, and W.H. Yu
    Cytokines-Stress and Immunity Interferon and the Central Neurons System, N. Dafny
    Opioid Systems, Cytokines and Immunity, H.N. Bhargava
    Opioid Growth Factor, [MET5]-Enkephalin, and Etiology, Pathogenesis, and Treatment of Gastrointestinal Cancer, I.S. Zagon, J.P. Smith, and P.J. McLaughlin
    The Control of Pain in Peripheral Tissue by Cytokines and Neuropeptides, M. Schafer and C. Stein
    Interleukins and Immunocyte-b-Endorphin, P. Sacerdote
    Opiatergic Modulation of the Immune System II, R. Gomez-Flores and R.J. Weber
    Methionine Enkephalin-Induced Immune Modulation and Cytokines, R. Bowden-Elkes and S.C. Specter
    The Immune System and the Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal (HPA) Axis, P. Falschi, A. Martocchia, A. Proietti, R. D'Urso

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