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Immunoregulation by Neuropeptides Other than Corticotropin and Melanotropin

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Neuropeptides and Immunoregulation

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This chapter reviews current information on the participation of neuropeptides other than the pro-opiomelanocortin peptides in immunoregulatory processes. These activities include the transmission of signals via the neuroendocrine system to the immune system and of other, directly or indirectly acting signals addressed by various neuropeptides to the immune system. Thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) and the other mediators of the hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid (HPT) axis, i.e., thyrotropin (TSH), prolactin, and the thyroid hormones triiodothyronine and thyroxine, are discussed in some detail. In addition, the effects of certain hypophysiotropins other than TRH, of the hypothalamic nonapeptides vasopressin and oxytocin, and of several extrahypothalamic neuropeptides are reviewed.

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  1. Dept. of Anatomy and Structural Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, 10461-1736, Bronx, NY, USA

    Berta Scharrer

  2. Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Medical Branch, 77550, Galveston, TX, USA

    Eric M. Smith

  3. Neuroscience Institute, State University of New York, College at Old Westbury, 11568, Old Westbury, NY, USA

    George B. Stefano

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Harbour, D.V. (1994). Immunoregulation by Neuropeptides Other than Corticotropin and Melanotropin. In: Scharrer, B., Smith, E.M., Stefano, G.B. (eds) Neuropeptides and Immunoregulation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78480-4_5

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