Reduced telomerase activity in human T lymphocytes exposed to cortisol

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 600-605

  Choi, Jenny ^a   Fauce, Steven R ^a   Effros, Rita B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Human; Stress; T lymphocytes; Telomerase; Telomeres

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; TELOMERASE; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL STIMULATION; CHROMOSOME SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; TELOMERE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CELLS, CULTURED; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RNA, MESSENGER; TELOMERASE;

EID: 41349094993     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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