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Nature 449, 721-725 (30 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/nature06185;

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Phagocyte-derived catecholamines enhance acute inflammatory injury

It is becoming increasingly clear that the autonomic nervous system and the immune system demonstrate cross-talk during inflammation by means of sympathetic and parasympathetic pathways. We investigated whether phagocytes are capable of de novo production of catecholamines, suggesting an autocrine/paracrine self-regulatory mechanism by catecholamines during inflammation, as has been described for lymphocytes.

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