Naslov
Stressin and natural killer cell activity in professional soldiers

Autori
Lauc, Gordan ; Dabelić, Sanja ; Dumić, Jerka ; Flögel, Mirna

Izvornik
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (0077-8923) 851 (1998); 526-530

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
stressin ; stress ; glycoprotein

Sažetak
Chronic stress causes multiple biochemical and physiological changes in human organism. Recently we have identified stressin, a human serum glycoprotein which was significantly increased in sera of prisoners released from Serbian concentration camps. To eliminate malnutrition and maltreatment as possible causes for the increased stressin concentration we have analyzed stressin in sera of 40 professional soldiers after involvement in major military activity and compared it to stressin in sera of 20 control individuals. As expected sera of professional soldiers contained more than 2, 2 times higher concentrations of stressin than control sera. It is interesting that contrary to expectations, natural killer cells activity of professional soldiers was normal or even increased. We hypothesize that this might be an effect of winning the war what could have, at least temporary, erased immunosuppressive effects of stress.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Biologija

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