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From the Editors

Nature Reviews Immunology 9, 385 (1 June 2009) | doi:10.1038/nri2585

From the editors

Understanding the reciprocal relationship between the nervous and immune systems has become an important area of research and is the focus of this month's issue. This relationship, influenced by neural circuits, can regulate innate immune responses, thereby preventing immune-mediated damage in the periphery, as described by Kevin Tracey (page 418).