Objective: This article presents a new formulation of the relationship between stress and the
processes leading to disease. It emphasizes the hidden cost of chronic stress to the body …

The present review assesses the current state of literature defining integrative autonomic-
immune physiological processing, focusing on studies that have employed …

The type 2 inflammatory response is induced by various environmental and infectious
stimuli. Although recent studies identified group 2 innate lymphoid cells (ILC2s) as potent …

Hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC), attracted by the chemokine CXCL12,
reside in specific niches in the bone marrow (BM). HSPC migration out of the BM is a critical …

I. Introduction THE existence of mechanisms that provide immunity to an infective agent was
inferred from empirical observations obtained through the ingenuity and deductive capacity …

Recent contributions of sociologists and others have brought a new awareness and new
theoretical understanding of the extent to which human aging and life-course patterns are …

The immune system and the nervous system maintain extensive communication,
including'hardwiring'of sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves to lymphoid organs …

Surgery is of paramount importance in the management of solid tumors as definitive
resection can be totally curative. Nonetheless, metastatic recurrence after surgery remains a …

The old notion that stress exacerbates the progression of physical illness via its
corticosteroid-mediated immunosuppressive effects must be revised. Experimental and …

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a healing modality involving a patient, an animal therapist,
and handler with a goal of achieving a specified therapeutic outcome. Despite the myriad of …