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.

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title = "Neuroimmunoendocrine circuitry of the 'brain-skin connection'",
abstract = "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.",
keywords = "Animals, Brain/immunology, Hair Follicle/cytology, Humans, Neurons/immunology, Neurosecretory Systems, Skin/immunology, Stress, Physiological/immunology",
author = "Ralf Paus and Theoharides, {Theoharis C} and Arck, {Petra Clara}",
year = "2006",
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language = "English",
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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

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