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SUBMITTER: van Westerloo DJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3060977 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar-Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
van Westerloo David J DJ Choi Goda G Löwenberg Ester C EC Truijen Jasper J de Vos Alex F AF Endert Erik E Meijers Joost C M JC Zhou Lu L Pereira Manuel P F L MP Queiroz Karla C S KC Diks Sander H SH Levi Marcel M Peppelenbosch Maikel P MP van der Poll Tom T
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) 20101210 3-4
Although a relation between diminished human immunity and stress is well recognized both within the general public and the scientific literature, the molecular mechanisms by which stress alters immunity remain poorly understood. We explored a novel model for acute human stress involving volunteers performing a first-time bungee jump from an altitude of 60 m and exploited this model to characterize the effects of acute stress in the peripheral blood compartment. Twenty volunteers were included in ...[more]