Impaired immune function in a homeless population with stress-related disorders

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 251-260

  Arranz, Lorena ^a   De Vicente, Aída ^a   Muñoz, Manuel ^a   De La Fuente, Mónica ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cytokines; Homelessness; Immune functions; Psychoimmunology; Stress related disorders; Total antioxidant levels

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 2; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; SUPEROXIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ACTIVITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INTERLEUKIN-2; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149128075     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212386     Document Type: Article

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