Diurnal variation of circulating interleukin-6 in humans: A meta-analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Nilsonne, Gustav ^a,b   Lekander, Mats ^a,b   Åkerstedt, Torbjörn ^a,b   Axelsson, John ^a,b   Ingre, Michael ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; IL6 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ACROPHASE; ARTICLE; BATHYPHASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; DATA BASE; HUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SLEEP PARAMETERS; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; TIME ASLEEP; TIME AWAKE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; META ANALYSIS; SLEEP;

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SLEEP;

EID: 84994784104     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0165799     Document Type: Article

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