Increased thymidylate synthase mRNA concentration in blood leukocytes following an experimental stressor

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-103

  Ehrnrooth, Eva ^a   Zacharia, Robert ^a   Svendsen, Gunner ^b   Jørgensen, Michael M ^a   Yishay, Maya ^a   Sørensen, Boe S ^a   Hjelm Poulsen, Jørgen ^a   Von Der Maase, Hans ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Absorption; Lymphocytes; Monocytes; Neutrophil cells; Psychoneuroimmunology; Stress; Thymidylate synthase mRNA; Total leukocyte count

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIMENTATION; FEMALE; GENE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LEISURE; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; CELL DIVISION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 0036175197     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000049352     Document Type: Article

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