Human Lymphocytes Produce Urocortin, But Not Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone
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Corticotropin-releasing hormone and its structurally related urocortin are synthesized and secreted by human mast cells.
Stress activates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis through CRH, leading to production of glucocorticoids that down-regulate immune responses. However, acute stress also has proinflammatory effects. We previously showed that restraint stress, as well as CRH and its structurally related urocortin (Ucn), could activate mast cells and trigger mast cell-dependent vascular permeability. Here we...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0021-972X
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.2.708