Relationship between stress hormones and immune response during high-altitude exposure in women

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 889-894

  Ermolao, A ^a   Travain, G ^a   Facco, M ^a   Zilli, C ^a   Agostini, C ^a   Zaccaria, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

High altitude; Hormone; Immune system; Sympathetic nervous system; Women

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IMMUNOMODULATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; URINALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD56; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; NOREPINEPHRINE; RECEPTORS, IGG; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77649212150     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: 17208386     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3275/6297     Document Type: Article

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