Glucocorticoid sensitivity of immune cells in severely fatigued adolescent girls: A longitudinal study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 375-385

  ter Wolbeek, Maike ^a,b   van Doornen, Lorenz J P ^b   Schedlowski, Manfred ^c   Janssen, Onno E ^d   Kavelaars, Annemieke ^a   Heijnen, Cobi J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cortisol; Cytokines; Dexamethasone; Fatigue; Glucocorticoid receptor; Stability

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 10; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFECT; EX VIVO STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNE FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNE STATUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROID RELEASE; SYMPTOM; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DEXAMETHASONE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MITOGENS; MONOCYTES; PUBERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEASONS; SMOKING; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 39149083403     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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