Stress and Autoimmunity

Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-18

  McCray, Courtney J ^a   Agarwal, Sandeep K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Neuroendocrine system; Rheumatoid arthritis; Stress

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 22; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; AUTOIMMUNITY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STRESS; STRESS MANAGEMENT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TAI CHI; TH1 CELL; TH17 CELL; TH2 CELL; TISSUE INJURY; YOGA;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; AUTOIMMUNITY; HUMANS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649368635     PISSN: 08898561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iac.2010.09.004     Document Type: Review

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