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TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 2, Pages 55-64Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2007.11.005
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- NIMH NIH HHS [MH-50431] Funding Source: Medline
- Wellcome Trust [064488/Z/01/Z] Funding Source: Medline
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A holistic approach to understanding the mechanisms by which stress influences the pathogenesis of infectious disease has resulted in the development of the field of microbial endocrinology. This transdisciplinary field represents the intersection of microbiology with mammalian endocrinology and neurophysiology, and is based on the tenet that microorganisms have evolved systems for using neurohormones, which are widely distributed throughout nature, as environmental cues to initiate growth and pathogenic processes. This review reveals that responsiveness to human stress hormones is widespread in the microbial world and documents recent advances in microbial endocrinology.
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