An exploratory approach demonstrating immune skewing and a loss of coordination among cytokines in plasma and saliva of Veterans with combat-related PTSD

Human Immunology

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 652-657

  Wang, Zhewu ^a,b   Mandel, Howard ^a   Levingston, Corinne A ^a   Young, M Rita I ^a,b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Immune regulation; Inflammation; Plasma; Post traumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Saliva

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; IRAQ; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SALIVA LEVEL; SALIVA LEVEL; SAMPLE SIZE; TH1 CELL; VETERAN; WAR; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; TH1 TH2 BALANCE;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; COMBAT DISORDERS; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TH1 CELLS; TH1-TH2 BALANCE; VETERANS;

EID: 84971613743     PISSN: 01988859     EISSN: 18791166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humimm.2016.05.018     Document Type: Article

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