Fascicolo Monotematico "Stress e Malattie Gastrointestinali"
Valentina Talarico, Licia Pensabene
1Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche e Chirurgiche, Università "Magna Græcia", U.O. di Pediatria Ospedale "Pugliese" di Catanzaro
Corticotropin releasing factor signaling plays a major role in the gastrointestinal response to stress and is involved in a large number of stress- related disorders. Therefore, understanding the stress signaling pathways seems to be relevant in unraveling the contributing mechanisms of various gastrointestinal disorders related to stress and inflammation, and identifying possible new therapeutic targets.