Khalil M, Zhang Z, Engel M (2019)
Publication Type: Journal article, Review article
Publication year: 2019
Book Volume: 35
Pages Range: 52-60
Journal Issue: 1
DOI: 10.1159/000496838
Tissue homeostasis is controlled by multilateral cell interactions. Established in autoimmune diseases of the central nervous system, growing evidence shows a fundamental role of bidirectional communication between the nervous and immune systems in various gastrointestinal disorders. Primarily the primary sensory nervous system seems to play an important role in this cross talk because of its ability for transducing inflammatory signals and to convey them to the central nervous system, which in turn responds in an efferent manner (gut-brain axis vs. brain-gut axis). Moreover, sensory neurons that play a central role in pain processing immediately respond to inflammatory stimuli through releasing a myriad of immunomodulatory neuropeptides and neurotransmitters whose receptors are expressed in different immune cell populations. Thus, a better understanding of neuro-immune networks will pave the way to novel therapeutic strategies in inflammatory as well as functional gastrointestinal disorders. (C) 2019 S. Karger AG, Basel
APA:
Khalil, M., Zhang, Z., & Engel, M. (2019). Neuro-Immune Networks in Gastrointestinal Disorders. Visceral Medicine, 35(1), 52-60. https://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000496838
MLA:
Khalil, Mohammad, Zehua Zhang, and Matthias Engel. "Neuro-Immune Networks in Gastrointestinal Disorders." Visceral Medicine 35.1 (2019): 52-60.
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