Cytokines and their role in hyperthermia and heat stroke

Journal of Basic and Clinical Physiology and Pharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 85-96

  Heled, Yuval ^a,b   Fleischmann, Chen ^a,b   Epstein, Yoram ^a,c  

^a HELLER INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b MEDICAL CORPS   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Exercise; Heat stroke; Heat wave; Hyperthermia; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLYCOGEN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR ACCESSORY PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PYROGEN; QUERCETIN; STRESS HORMONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ACCLIMATIZATION; AEROBIC EXERCISE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; BODY TEMPERATURE; BRAIN DISEASE; CATABOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CORE TEMPERATURE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DEHYDRATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HEAT INJURY; HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE; HEAT STRESS; HEAT STROKE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIA; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEUKOCYTE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MUSCLE INJURY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; CYTOKINES; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEVER; HEAT STROKE; HUMANS; PHYSICAL EXERTION;

EID: 84888123016     PISSN: 07926855     EISSN: 21910286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jbcpp-2012-0040     Document Type: Review

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