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Pituitary 8: 25–30, 2005 C 2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. Manufactured in The Netherlands. DOI: 10.1007/s11102-005-5082-5 Prolactin and Autoimmunity 1 1 Annamaria De Bellis , Antonio Bizzarro , Rosario 2 2 Pivonello , Gaetano Lombardi , and Antonio Bellastella 1 1Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine and Surgery “F. Magrassi, A. Lanzara”, Second University of Naples, Italy; 2Department of Molecular and Clinical Endocrinology and Oncology. “Federico II” University of Naples, Italy Abstract. The interrelationship between prolactin (PRL) Introduction and the immune system have been elucitaded in the last decade, opening new important horizons in the field of the Prolactin (PRL) is a versatile hormone produced not immunoendocrinology. PRL is secreted not only by ante- only