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Reflex control of immunity
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Inflammation can cause damage and even death. What controls this primitive and potentially lethal innate immune response to injury and infection? Molecular and neurophysiological studies during the past decade have revealed a pivotal answer: immunity is coordinated by neural circuits that operate reflexively. The afferent arc of the reflex consists of nerves that sense injury and infection. This activates efferent neural circuits, including the cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, that modulate immune responses and the progression of inflammatory diseases. It might be possible to develop therapeutics that target neural networks for the treatment of inflammatory disorders.
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“Interestingly, evidence suggests that activation of the parasympathetic nervous system also can modulate the activity of the immune system via alterations in vagal release of acetylcholine from T cells (Tracey, 2009).”
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“Additional evidence suggests that the parasympathetic nervous system modulates immune responses at a regional level through both the efferent and afferent fibers of the vagus nerve, enabling it to prevent excessive inflammation”
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“For example, motor vagus nerve stimulation attenuates the activation of NFκB following an immune challenge (Tracey, 2009).”
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“ACh binds to α-7-nicotinic ACh receptors of those macrophages to inhibit the TNF-α (69).”
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“with evidence that vagal activity can modulate immune responses at a regional level through both the efferent and afferent fibers of the vagus nerve, to prevent excessive inflammation”
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“Multiple non-exclusive pathways participate in the activation of the HPA axis upon cerebral or peripheral immune challenges. When an immunogenic insult takes place in the brain, various inflammatory mediators produced locally may trigger the HPA axis.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tracey, K. J.
- Affiliations
- Feinstein Institute for Medical Research (US)
- Corresponding author
- Tracey, Kevin J.
- ORCID
- Tracey, Kevin J.
- Venue
- Nature Reviews Immunology
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 9
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 418-428
- ISSN
- 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
- 1474-1741
- PMC
- PMC4535331
- OpenAlex
- W2029051866
- Cited by
- 1,154
- References
- 102
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 4.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM057226)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Vagus Nerve Stimulation Research
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuropeptides and Animal Physiology
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
- Keywords
- cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway, acetylcholine, inflammatory cytokines, neural circuits, innate immunity, neuroimmune regulation, inflammatory diseases
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Cardiovascular Physiological Phenomena, Catecholamines, Efferent Pathways, Homeostasis, Humans, Hypertension, Immunity, Innate, Inflammation, Receptors, Cholinergic, Reflex, Neuroimmunomodulation
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