The vagus nerve, macrophages, and nicotine

Lancet. 2003 Mar 29;361(9363):1069-70. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12902-9.
No abstract available

MeSH terms

  • Acupuncture Therapy
  • Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / immunology*
  • Alveolitis, Extrinsic Allergic / therapy
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance / immunology
  • Interleukin-1 / metabolism
  • Macrophage Activation / drug effects*
  • Macrophage Activation / immunology
  • Nicotine / adverse effects*
  • Receptors, Nicotinic / drug effects*
  • Receptors, Nicotinic / physiology
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / immunology*
  • Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary / therapy
  • Smoking / adverse effects*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / metabolism
  • Vagus Nerve / drug effects*
  • Vagus Nerve / physiopathology
  • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor

Substances

  • Chrna7 protein, human
  • Interleukin-1
  • Receptors, Nicotinic
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor
  • Nicotine