Neuroimmunoendocrine circuitry of the 'brain-skin connection'
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Neuroimmunoendocrine circuitry of the 'brain-skin connection'. / Paus, Ralf; Theoharides, Theoharis C; Arck, Petra Clara.
In: TRENDS IMMUNOL, Vol. 27, No. 1, 01.2006, p. 32-9.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Review article › Research
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T1 - Neuroimmunoendocrine circuitry of the 'brain-skin connection'
AU - Paus, Ralf
AU - Theoharides, Theoharis C
AU - Arck, Petra Clara
PY - 2006/1
Y1 - 2006/1
N2 - The skin offers an ideally suited, clinically relevant model for studying the crossroads between peripheral and systemic responses to stress. A 'brain-skin connection' with local neuroimmunoendocrine circuitry underlies the pathogenesis of allergic and inflammatory skin diseases, triggered or aggravated by stress. In stressed mice, corticotropin-releasing hormone, nerve growth factor, neurotensin, substance P and mast cells are recruited hierarchically to induce neurogenic skin inflammation, which inhibits hair growth. The hair follicle is both a target and a source for immunomodulatory stress mediators, and has an equivalent of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Thus, the skin and its appendages enable the study of complex neuroimmunoendocrine responses that peripheral tissues launch upon stress exposure, as a basis for identifying new targets for therapeutic stress intervention.
AB - The skin offers an ideally suited, clinically relevant model for studying the crossroads between peripheral and systemic responses to stress. A 'brain-skin connection' with local neuroimmunoendocrine circuitry underlies the pathogenesis of allergic and inflammatory skin diseases, triggered or aggravated by stress. In stressed mice, corticotropin-releasing hormone, nerve growth factor, neurotensin, substance P and mast cells are recruited hierarchically to induce neurogenic skin inflammation, which inhibits hair growth. The hair follicle is both a target and a source for immunomodulatory stress mediators, and has an equivalent of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Thus, the skin and its appendages enable the study of complex neuroimmunoendocrine responses that peripheral tissues launch upon stress exposure, as a basis for identifying new targets for therapeutic stress intervention.
KW - Animals
KW - Brain/immunology
KW - Hair Follicle/cytology
KW - Humans
KW - Neurons/immunology
KW - Neurosecretory Systems
KW - Skin/immunology
KW - Stress, Physiological/immunology
U2 - 10.1016/j.it.2005.10.002
DO - 10.1016/j.it.2005.10.002
M3 - SCORING: Review article
C2 - 16269267
VL - 27
SP - 32
EP - 39
JO - TRENDS IMMUNOL
JF - TRENDS IMMUNOL
SN - 1471-4906
IS - 1
ER -