title: The importance of beta-adrenergic receptors in immune regulation: a link between neuroendocrine and immune system.
abstract: Our knowledge of autoimmunity and autoimmune diseases has been advanced in the past decades. Receptors present on the immune cells may potentially regulate the immune system, among them, beta-adrenergic receptors are of special interest. As neurotransmitter receptors which are also present on lymphocytes, beta-adrenergic receptors play an important role as the linkage of two important systems, neuroendocrine and immune systems. Here I summarize several lines of evidence of the importance of the beta-adrenergic receptors in immune regulation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA. bx@gusun.georgetown.edu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015551:Autoimmunity; D006706:Homeostasis; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009490:Neurosecretory Systems / Q000502:physiology*; D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D011943:Receptors, Adrenergic, beta