Neuropeptides as Pleiotropic Modulators of the Immune Response

Ghrelin Protects against Experimental Sepsis by Inhibiting High-Mobility Group Box 1 Release and by Killing Bacteria

(2014) A. Chorny et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Inhaled Vasoactive Intestinal Peptide Exerts Immunoregulatory Effects in Sarcoidosis

(2010) Antje Prasse et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Neuropeptides as Therapeutic Approach to Autoimmune Diseases

(2010) Elena Gonzalez-Rey et al.   CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN

Ghrelin and obestatin promote the allergic action in rat peritoneal mast cells as basic secretagogues

(2010) Tatsuya Hirayama et al.   PEPTIDES

Vasoactive intestinal peptide loss leads to impaired CNS parenchymal T-cell infiltration and resistance to experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

(2010) C. Abad et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Ghrelin inhibits foam cell formation via simultaneously down-regulating the expression of acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase 1 and up-regulating adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette transporter A1

(2009) Bei Cheng et al.   CARDIOVASCULAR PATHOLOGY

Diverging effects of cortistatin and somatostatin on the production and release of prostanoids from rat cortical microglia and astrocytes

(2009) Cinzia Dello Russo et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Small but powerful: Short peptide hormones and their role in autoimmune inflammation

(2009) F. Lühder et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Pituitary adenylyl cyclase-activating polypeptide is an intrinsic regulator of Treg abundance and protects against experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis

(2009) Yossan-Var Tan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Neuropeptides Rescue Mice from Lethal Sepsis by Down-regulating Secretion of the Late-Acting Inflammatory Mediator High Mobility Group Box 1

(2008) Alejo Chorny et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Differential expression of vasoactive intestinal peptide and its functional receptors in human osteoarthritic and rheumatoid synovial fibroblasts

(2008) Yasmina Juarranz et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Genetic association of vasoactive intestinal peptide receptor with rheumatoid arthritis: Altered expression and signal in immune cells

(2008) Mario Delgado et al.   ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM

Anti-inflammatory neuropeptides: A new class of endogenous immunoregulatory agents

(2008) Mario Delgado et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY

Neuropeptides kill African trypanosomes by targeting intracellular compartments and inducing autophagic-like cell death

(2008) M Delgado et al.   CELL DEATH AND DIFFERENTIATION

Enhanced Intracellular Calcium Induced by Urocortin Is Involved in Degranulation of Rat Lung Mast Cells

(2008) Yuqing Wu et al.   CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Deficient Ghrelin Receptor-mediated Signaling Compromises Thymic Stromal Cell Microenvironment by Accelerating Thymic Adiposity

(2008) Yun-Hee Youm et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Anti-Candida activity of α-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (α-MSH) peptides

(2008) Isabella Rauch et al.   JOURNAL OF LEUKOCYTE BIOLOGY

Antimicrobial activity of neuropeptides against a range of micro-organisms from skin, oral, respiratory and gastrointestinal tract sites

(2008) Ikhlas A. El Karim et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROIMMUNOLOGY

Ghrelin treatment suppresses neutrophil-dominant inflammation in airways of patients with chronic respiratory infection

(2008) Tsuyoshi Kodama et al.   PULMONARY PHARMACOLOGY & THERAPEUTICS

Morphological relationships between peptidergic nerve fibers and immunoglobulin A-producing lymphocytes in the mouse intestine

(2007) Maiko Shibata et al.   BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND IMMUNITY