Hostile Marital Interactions, Proinflammatory Cytokine Production, and Wound Healing
Archives of General PsychiatryPublished 1 December 2005
Janice K. Kiecolt‐Glaser, Timothy J. Loving, Jeffrey R. Stowell, William B. Malarkey, Stanley Lemeshow, Stephanie Dickinson
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These data provide further mechanistic evidence of the sensitivity of wound healing to everyday stressors and provide a window on the pathways through which hostile or abrasive relationships affect physiological functioning and health.
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These data provide further mechanistic evidence of the sensitivity of wound healing to everyday stressors. Moreover, more frequent and amplified increases in proinflammatory cytokine levels could accelerate a range of age-related diseases. Thus, these data also provide a window on the pathways through which hostile or abrasive relationships affect physiological functioning and health.
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