The importance of beta-adrenergic receptors in immune regulation: a link between neuroendocrine and immune system |
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Authors: | Xu B |
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Affiliation: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. bx@gusun.georgetown.edu |
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Abstract: | Our knowledge of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases has been advanced in the past decades. Receptors present on the immune cells may potentially regulate the immune system, among them, beta-adrenergic receptors are of special interest. As neurotransmitter receptors which are also present on lymphocytes, beta-adrenergic receptors play an important role as the linkage of two important systems, neuroendocrine and immune systems. Here I summarize several lines of evidence of the importance of the beta-adrenergic receptors in immune regulation. |
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