Steroid Hormones and the T-Cell Cytokine Profile

1 Mechanisms of action of cytokines on the central nervous system. Interaction with glucocorticoids.- 2 Signals from the hypothalamus to the pituitary during chronic immune responses.- 3 The role of the innervation of lymphoid tissue in the regulation of the Th1/Th2 dichotomy.- 4 Modulation of glucocorticoid activity by metabolism of steroids in non-lymphoid organs.- 5 Microenvironmental control of glucocorticoid functions in immune regulation.- 6 Immunological consequences of inhibiting dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) sulfatase in vivo.- 7 Corticosterone and the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis in autoimmune diseases.- 8 Glucocorticoid regulation of Nramp1 in host resistance to mycobacteria.- 9 Human and murine tuberculosis as models for immuno-endocrine interactions.