The immunopathobiology of T cells in stress condition: a review

Cell Stress Chaperones. 2020 Sep;25(5):743-752. doi: 10.1007/s12192-020-01105-0. Epub 2020 Apr 21.

Abstract

Several factors impact the immune responses such as the chemical nature of antigens, the physiologic and metabolic condition of the responsive cells, the site of antigen recognition, and neuroendocrine and pharmacological received agents. Incompatibility of host immune responses to the entrapped antigens leads to an immune pathological manner instead of an immune protection which results in the disharmony of the immune effective factors. Besides the fact that stress is one of the most common effective factors in human life, it also contributed to the protection, suppression, and pathology of the immune system. In this review article, the direct and indirect effects of the stress on the function of T cells and the contributed mechanism of action will be discussed.

Keywords: CNS; Pathology; Stress; T cell.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Humans
  • Immune Tolerance*
  • Stress, Physiological*
  • T-Lymphocytes / cytology
  • T-Lymphocytes / immunology*