Anterior pituitary hormones, stress, and immune system homeostasis
Anterior pituitary hormones, stress,
and immune system homeostasis
Kenneth Dorshkind1* and Nelson D. Horseman2
Summary
An extensive, and controversial, literature concluding
that prolactin (PRL), growth hormone (GH), insulin-like
growth factor-I (IGF-I), and thyroid hormones are critical
immunoregulatory factors has accumulated. However,
recent studies of mice deficient in the production of these
hormones or expression of thei
