ey0016.8-1 | Mechanism of the Year: Endogenous glucocorticoids suppress immunopathology and promote host resistance to viral infection without compromising protective immunity | ESPEYB16
L Quatrini
, E Wieduwild
, B Escaliere
, J Filtjens
, L Chasson
, C Laprie
, E Vivier
, S Ugolini
To read the full abstract: Nat Immunol. 2018; 19(9): 954962.The immune system protects the host organism against infectious diseases, however, pathogen elimination frequently entails collateral tissue damage and inflammation, which decrease host fitness (1). Neuroendocrine-immune interactions play an important role in these regulatory processes (2, 3). Endogenous glucocorticoids (c...