Interactive functional specificity of the stress and immune responses: The Ying, the Yang, and the defense against 2 major classes of bacteria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 551-555

  Chrousos, George P ^a,b,c   Kino, Tomoshige ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; AFFECT; ANOREXIA; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; EDITORIAL; EFFECTOR CELL; FATIGUE; FEVER; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPERALGESIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; METABOLIC RATE; NAUSEA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL PNEUMOVIRUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS;

GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; STRESS;

EID: 23244454186     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/432135     Document Type: Editorial

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