Alterations in lymphocyte subsets and pituitary-adrenal gland-related hormones during fasting

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 147-152

  Komaki, Gen ^a   Kanazawa, Fumitaka ^a   Sogawa, Hiroshi ^a   Mine, Kazunori ^a   Tamai, Hajime ^a   Okamura, Seiichi ^a   Kubo, Chiharu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute starvation; Adrenal gland; B lymphocyte; Corticotropin; Cortisol; Cytokine; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Flow cytometry; Natural killer cell; Neuroimmunoendocr ine connection; Pituitary gland; Psychosomatic disorder; T lymphocyte

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER;

EID: 0030927519     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/66.1.147     Document Type: Article

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