Stress and acquired glucocorticoid resistance: A relationship hanging in the balance

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 831-832

  Wright, Rosalind J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoid resistance; psychological stress; social disparities; toll like receptors

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; INTERLEUKIN 5;

ASTHMA; CONTROL GROUP; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL STRESS; STRESS;

ASTHMA; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

EID: 63449131134     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaci.2009.02.017     Document Type: Editorial

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