Chronic stress and immunosenescence: a review.
Neuroimmunomodulation
; 15(4-6): 241-50, 2008.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19047801
This paper reviews recent work suggesting that human immunosenescence may be closely related to both chronic stress and stress hormones. The age-related immunological changes are also similarly found during chronic stress or glucocorticoid exposure. These data further suggest that endogenous glucocorticoids could be associated with immunosenescence. When compared with young subjects, healthy elders are emotionally distressed in parallel to increased cortisol/dehydroepiandrosterone ratio. Furthermore, chronically stressed elderly subjects may be particularly at risk of stress-related pathology because of further alterations in glucocorticoid-immune signaling. Age-related increase in cortisol/dehydroepiandrosterone ratio could be understood as a major determinant of immunological changes observed during aging. Strictly healthy elders are somewhat protected from chronic stress exposure and show normal cortisol levels and increased T cell function. This information adds a new key dimension to the biology of aging and stress.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Estresse Psicológico
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Envelhecimento
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Neuroimmunomodulation
Assunto da revista:
ALERGIA E IMUNOLOGIA
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NEUROLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2008
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
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