enhancing versus suppressive effects of stress on immune function implications for immunoprotection versus immunopathology增强和抑制的影响对immunoprotection与免疫病理应激对免疫功能的影响.pdfVIP

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Enhancing versus Suppressive Effects of Stress on Immune Function: Implications for Immunoprotection versus Immunopathology Firdaus S. Dhabhar, PhD It is widely believed that stress suppresses immune function and increases susceptibility to infections and cancer. Paradoxically, stress is also known to exacerbate allergic, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases. These observations suggest that stress may have bidirectional effects on immune function, being immunosuppressive in some instances and immuno