A corticoid-sensitive cytokine release assay for monitoring stress-mediated immune modulation

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 290-299

  Feuerecker, M ^a   Mayer, W ^b   Kaufmann, I ^a   Gruber, M ^a   Muckenthaler, F ^a   Yi, B ^a   Salam, A P ^c   Briegel, J ^a   Schelling, G ^a   Thiel, M ^d   Chouker A ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Immumed GmbH   (Germany)

^c NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cytokine; DTH; Hydrocortisone; in vitro; Stimulation

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 2; STRESS HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; SUPERNATANT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; FUNGI; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; INTERFERON-GAMMA; INTERLEUKIN-2; MALE; MONITORING, IMMUNOLOGIC; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA; VIRUSES;

EID: 84876087909     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: 13652249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cei.12049     Document Type: Article

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