Effects of psychological stress on innate immunity and metabolism in humans: a systematic analysis.

ABSTRACT: Stress is perhaps easiest to conceptualize as a process which allows an organism to accommodate for the demands of its environment such that it can adapt to the prevailing set of conditions. Psychological stress is an important component with the potential to affect physiology adversely as has become evident from various studies in the area. Although these studies have established numerous effects of psychological stress on physiology, a global strategy for the correlation of these effects has yet to begin. Our comparative and systematic analysis of the published literature has unraveled certain interesting molecular mechanisms as clues to account for some of the observed effects of psychological stress on human physiology. In this study, we attempt to understand initial phase of the physi

SUBMITTER: Priyadarshini S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3446986 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature