Lower subjective social status exaggerates interleukin-6 responses to a laboratory stressor

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2676-2685

  Derry, Heather M ^a,b   Fagundes, Christopher P ^c   Andridge, Rebecca ^b   Glaser, Ronald ^a   Malarkey, William B ^a   Kiecolt Glaser, Janice K ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Inflammation; Interleukin 6 (IL 6); Laboratory stressor; Subjective social status

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RESPONSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; LABORATORY STRESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPEECH RATE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST;

INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6 (IL-6); LABORATORY STRESSOR; SUBJECTIVE SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84886099782     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2013.06.026     Document Type: Article

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