Altered immune pathway activity under exercise challenge in Gulf War Illness: An exploratory analysis

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 28, Issue , 2013, Pages 159-169

  Broderick, Gordon ^a   Ben Hamo, Rotem ^b   Vashishtha, Saurabh ^a   Efroni, Sol ^b   Nathanson, Lubov ^c   Barnes, Zachary ^d   Fletcher, Mary Ann ^d   Klimas, Nancy ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^e affiliation with Nova Southeastern College of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise challenge; Gene expression; Gulf War Illness; Mathematical immunology; Pathway activity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXERCISE TEST; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GULF WAR ILLNESS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INFLAMMATION; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; EXERCISE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNITY; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PERSIAN GULF SYNDROME;

EID: 84872177830     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.11.007     Document Type: Article

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