Increased percentages of regulatory T cells are associated with inflammatory and neuroendocrine responses to acute psychological stress and poorer health status in older men and women

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 233, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 1661-1668

  Ronaldson, Amy ^a   Gazali, Ahmad M ^b   Zalli, Argita ^a   Kaiser, Frank ^c   Thompson, Stephen J ^b   Henderson, Brian ^c   Steptoe, Andrew ^a   Carvalho, Livia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; HPA axis; Inflammatory response system; Psychological stress; Regulatory T cell

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 6; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RATING SCALE; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; SHORT FORM 36; SMOKING; T LYMPHOCYTE; WELLBEING; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84922697099     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-015-3876-3     Document Type: Article

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