Stress and obesity as risk factors in cardiovascular diseases: A neuroimmune perspective

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 212-226

  Ippoliti, Flora ^a   Canitano, Nicoletta ^a   Businaro, Rita ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipokines; Cardiovascular diseases; Immune system; Insulin; Obesity; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; CERAMIDE; CHAPERONIN 60; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; FATTY ACID; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HEPARIN BINDING EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LEPTIN; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NORADRENALIN; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR INHIBITOR 1; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RESISTIN; SPHINGOSINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ABSENTEEISM; ACUTE STRESS; ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOGENESIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ALERTNESS; ALLOSTASIS; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN REGION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CHRONIC STRESS; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMOTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FAMILY STRESS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GLYCOGENOLYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMIC PARAVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; HYPOXIA; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTEGRATION; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; JOB STRESS; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOLYSIS; LOCUS CERULEUS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MATERNAL STRESS; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; METABOLISM; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NEUROGENIC INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OBESITY; OSTEOPENIA; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PLASTICITY; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RESTING METABOLIC RATE; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STRESS; THERMOGENESIS; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ZONA FASCICULATA;

ALLOSTASIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEPTIN; MACROPHAGES; NEUROIMMUNOMODULATION; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84874650261     PISSN: 15571890     EISSN: 15571904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11481-012-9432-6     Document Type: Review

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