Immune dysregulation and glucocorticoid resistance in minority and low income pregnant women

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1786-1796

  Corwin, Elizabeth J ^a   Guo, Ying ^b   Pajer, Kathleen ^c   Lowe, Nancy ^d   McCarthy, Donna ^e   Schmiege, Sarah ^d   Weber, Mary ^d   Pace, Thaddeus ^a   Stafford, Brian ^f  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cytokine glucocorticoid feedback circuit; Cytokines; Glucocorticoid resistance; Health disparity; Minority; Pregnancy; Psychoneuroimmunology

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOID RESISTANCE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HORMONE RESISTANCE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DYSREGULATION; IMMUNOREGULATION; LOW RISK POPULATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

CORTISOL; CYTOKINE-GLUCOCORTICOID FEEDBACK CIRCUIT; CYTOKINES; GLUCOCORTICOID RESISTANCE; HEALTH DISPARITY; MINORITY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHONEUROIMMUNOLOGY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CYTOKINES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INCOME; INFLAMMATION; MINORITY GROUPS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84883654936     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.02.015     Document Type: Article

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