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Post-menopausal Women Exhibit Greater Interleukin-6 Responses to Mental Stress Than Older Men

BACKGROUND: Acute stress triggers innate immune responses and elevation in circulating cytokines including interleukin-6 (IL-6). The effect of sex on IL-6 responses remains unclear due to important limitations of previous studies. PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine sex differences in...

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Autores principales: Endrighi, Romano, Hamer, Mark, Steptoe, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer US 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933724/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26943141
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12160-016-9783-y