HIV/AIDS Endocrinology

Immunologic response to psychological stress altered in HIV patients

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 4th, 2003

The immunologic response to psychological stress is altered during HIV infection.

"Acute psychological stress in humans induces sudden alterations in catecholamine plasma levels and in the distribution of peripheral blood lymphocytes," researchers in Germany explained.

U.R. Hengge and colleagues at the University of Essen Gesamthsch conducted a study "to investigate whether infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) had an impact on the psychoneuroimmunologic axis."

"Twelve asymptomatic HIV-positive homo- or bisexual men (CD4 cell counts >400/mm³) and 13 healthy HIV-negative control subjects were exposed...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2003-08-04)

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