Neuroendocrine-immune mechanisms of behavioral comorbidities in patients with cancer

AH Miller, S Ancoli-Israel, JE Bower… - Journal of Clinical …, 2008 - ascopubs.org
Patients with cancer experience a host of behavioral alterations that include depression,
fatigue, sleep disturbances, and cognitive dysfunction. These behavioral comorbidities are …

Sleep and rheumatologic disorders

VC Abad, PSA Sarinas, C Guilleminault - Sleep medicine reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Arthritis is the leading cause of chronic illness in the United States. Seventy-two percent of
the adults aged 55 years and older with arthritis report sleep difficulties. This review …

A functional genomic fingerprint of chronic stress in humans: blunted glucocorticoid and increased NF-κB signaling

GE Miller, E Chen, J Sze, T Marin, JMG Arevalo… - Biological …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Chronic stressors are known to increase vulnerability to medical illness, but
the mechanisms underlying this phenomenon are poorly understood. METHODS: To identify …

Sleep loss activates cellular inflammatory signaling

MR Irwin, M Wang, D Ribeiro, HJ Cho, R Olmstead… - Biological …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests that sleep disturbance is associated with
inflammation and related disorders including cardiovascular disease, arthritis, and diabetes …

Sleep disturbance and depression recurrence in community-dwelling older adults: a prospective study

HJ Cho, H Lavretsky, R Olmstead… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: A prior depressive episode is thought to increase the risk of depression. However,
among older adults with prior depression, it is unclear whether sleep disturbance predicts …

Human psychoneuroimmunology: 20 years of discovery

MR Irwin - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2008 - Elsevier
An important component of psychoneuroimmunology research is to reveal the myriad ways
that behaviors and health are inter-related, with a focus on the immunological mechanisms …

Sleep and recovery from critical illness and injury: a review of theory, current practice, and future directions

RS Friese - Critical care medicine, 2008 - journals.lww.com
Objective: The objectives of this article were to describe the deleterious effects of sleep
deprivation, characterize sleep in patients cared for in an intensive care unit (ICU) …

Intermittent hypoxia and sleep-disordered breathing: current concepts and perspectives

P Lévy, JL Pépin, C Arnaud, R Tamisier… - European …, 2008 - Eur Respiratory Soc
There are three major types of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) with respect to prevalence
and health consequences, ie obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS), Cheyne–Stokes …

Cross-sectional versus prospective associations of sleep duration with changes in relative weight and body fat distribution: the Whitehall II Study

S Stranges, FP Cappuccio, NB Kandala… - American journal of …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
A cross-sectional relation between short sleep and obesity has not been confirmed
prospectively. The authors examined the relation between sleep duration and changes in …

Inflammation, oxidative stress, and the vascular endothelium in obstructive sleep apnea

S Jelic, TH Le Jemtel - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2008 - Elsevier
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 25% of the Western adult population. It is an
independent but seldom-recognized risk factor for hypertension, myocardial infarction …