A pilot study of immune network remodeling under challenge in Gulf War Illness

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-313

  Broderick, Gordon ^a   Kreitz, Andrea ^a   Fuite, Jim ^a   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^b   Vernon, Suzanne D ^c   Klimas, Nancy ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CFIDS Association of America   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Exercise challenge; Gulf War; Immune signaling; Mathematical immunology; Network theory; Propagation of influence; Sequential networks

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CD16 ANTIGEN; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD2 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTIGENS, CD2; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; CYTOKINES; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE 4; EXERCISE; EXERCISE TEST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME; PILOT PROJECTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS; VETERANS;

EID: 78651417654     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2010.10.011     Document Type: Article

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