title: Editorial overview: Special section: effects of endogenous immune stimulants: from a defence system against infection to a homeostatic mechanism linking metabolism with inflammation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA 01605, USA; Institute of Innate Immunity, University Hospitals, University of Bonn, Sigmund-Freud-Str. 25, 53127 Bonn, Germany. Electronic address: Eicke.Latz@umassmed.edu.
authors.forename: Eicke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Latz
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokanedai, Minato ku, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: kmiyake@ims.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Kensuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyake
mesh_terms: D006706:Homeostasis; D007113:Immunity, Innate; D007249:Inflammation / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism