Title | Bilateral Communication Between the Endocrine and Immune Systems [electronic resource] / edited by Charles J. Grossman |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1994 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2616-1 |
Descript | X, 227 p. online resource |
1 The Role of Sex Steroids in Immune System Regulation -- 2 Hormonal and Immunologic Interactions Between Thymus and Ovary -- 3 Effects of Estrogens/Androgens on the Immune Response -- 4 Sex Hormone, Glucocorticoid, and Cytokine Regulation of Mucosal Immunity in the Male and Female Reproductive Tract -- 5 Suppressive and Permissive Actions of Glucocorticoids: A Way to Control Innate Immunity and to Facilitate Specificity of Adaptive Immunity? -- 6 Hormonal Interactions Between the Pituitary and Immune Systems -- 7 Hormonal Interactions Between the Thymus and the Pituitary -- 8 NeuroendocrineโThymus Interactions During Development and Aging -- 9 Effects of Cytokines on the HypothalamicโPituitaryโAdrenal Axis on the Rat -- 10 Role of Growth Factors and Cytokines in the Therapy of Immune Deficiencies