tissue
Endocrine Immune Ecosystem
Hormone-producing organs as immune-modulating tissues linking HPA tone, thyroid signaling, insulin biology, gonadal hormones, and inflammatory thresholds
Review layer
Last reviewed 2026-05-17
Systems teaching draft. Content is structured for education and graph expansion, with formal source tagging ready for the next review pass.
State signature
Systems profile
System effects
Primary mapped axes from existing Atlas data.
Tissue
Organ, barrier, stromal, vascular, or local niche behavior.
Inflammation
Inflammatory alarm, recruitment, mediator release, or tissue-damaging amplification.
Neuroimmune
Nerve, neuropeptide, autonomic, microglial, pain, itch, fatigue, or sickness-behavior coupling.
Tissue ecosystem
Spatial immune niche
niche
Endocrine
Barrier
Cells
Cytokines
Neuroimmune
Graph neighborhood
Direct relationships
Arrow shows upstream source toward receiving target.
Stress hormones and neuroendocrine signals can shift mast-cell activation thresholds
Context link: no causal arrow.
IL-6, cortisol rhythm, thyroid context, and metabolic stress interact in systemic inflammatory states
Context link: no causal arrow.
Stress-axis and catecholamine physiology co-travel with systemic immune threshold and trafficking changes
Immune niche
Tissue Ecology
Endocrine tissues shape immune behavior through cortisol, catecholamines, thyroid hormones, insulin, leptin, sex steroids, and local immune surveillance. Immune inflammation can also reshape endocrine output, creating bidirectional immune-hormone loops.