Immunoendocrinology is an important field that studies the connection between the immune and endocrine systems. Hormones, including molecules like vitamin D and metabolic components, and neurotransmitters are compounds produced by different cell types that are capable of regulating the cross talk among cells from different tissues. During the last years, it became evident that hormones and neurotransmitters are specific modulators of cells of the immune system by fine-tuning their activation and key functions. The main scope of this edition is to publish articles that help to understand how hormones are able to regulate the recruitment of immune cells to an inflammatory site as well as to explain the hormonal impact on the intracellular signaling cascades that follow after tissue injury. The mechanisms by which hormones can influence inflammatory process, or vice versa, and how this can lead to brain and body illnesses will be described.

Potential topics include, but are not limited to:

• Role of hormones in inflammatory processes
• How metabolic components influence inflammatory processes
• The influence of the neuroendocrine system on immune cell activation
• Neurotransmitters besides the action of hormones
• The influence of vitamin D on inflammatory process
• The enteric nervous system, for signaling between the gut and the brain
• Metabolic disease (diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular disease) such as obesity on the immune system has been recognized as having the influence of inflammation