Immunoregulation by sympathetic nervous system
Immunoregulation by sympathetic nervous system
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交感神经系统的免疫调节
DOI:
10.1016/0165-6147(81)90324-2
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
13.8
通讯作者:
E. Sorkin
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文献类型:
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作者:
H. Besedovsky;M. Prada;A. Rey;E. Sorkin
In mammals, the immune system consists of the multiple regulatory mechanisms of B-and T lymphocytes comprising in involved in the immune response. Followman about 10'g cells each, and accessory cells such as macrophages. While B-lymphocytes are mainly committed to produce antibodies, different subsets of T lympht) cyles possess, am~ mg others, helper, suppressor or killer functions, These two populations of cells are subdivided into clones with differing specificities. Both cell types express a huge repertoire of cellsurface receptors which allows recognition of several millions of antigens. The immune system behaves as a complex recognition machine, organized in a genetically determined network of interacting cells which exchange a variety of specific and non-specific signals. As a consequence of the increasing knowledge of the cellular and humoral elements of the immune system, major efforts are directed now to the elucidation ing antigenic challenge, at least four autoregulatory mechanisms have been proposed for the control of the immune system:(1) helper and suppressor T cells and their products,(2) antibody feedback system (s),(3) idiotypic-anti-idiotypic network of interacting antibodies,(4) genes specifying regulatory factors fi) r response. To date, the experimental findings obtained indicate that the immune system could have a degree of autonomy similar to that of other systems of the body. It is therefore not surprising that the immtlne system can operate hi vitro outside its physiological and anatomical environment. Hormones and neurotransmitters, however, are normally present in the environment of immunological cells and influence their performance. Moreover, dynamic interactions between the immune~, ystem