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 IL...

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Main Authors: Romano Endrighi, Mark Hamer, Andrew Steptoe
Format: Default Article
Published: 2016
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Mental stress
Pro-inflammatory reactivity
Interleukin-6
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/20495
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