Not exact matches
Enquist agreed and gave the bottom line: «We identified the class of viral proteins that supercharge the neuronal
stress response to wake up sleeping herpes
virus genomes.»
Many human diseases have a genetic component, whether inherited or resulting from the body's
response to environmental
stresses like
viruses or toxins.
Kiecolt - Glaser JK, Glaser R, Gravenstein S, et al: Chronic
stress alters the immune
response to influenza
virus vaccine in older adults.
Stressed people's immune cells become less sensitive
to cortisol and so they are unable
to regulate the inflammatory
response, and therefore, when they're exposed
to a
virus, they're more likely
to develop a cold.