Opposing effects of alcohol on the immune system

T Barr, C Helms, K Grant, I Messaoudi - Progress in Neuro …, 2016 - Elsevier
Several studies have described a dose-dependent effect of alcohol on human health with
light to moderate drinkers having a lower risk of all-cause mortality than abstainers, while …

A recent perspective on alcohol, immunity, and host defense

G Szabo, P Mandrekar - Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Multiple line of clinical and experimental evidence demonstrates that both
acute, moderate, and chronic, excessive alcohol use result in various abnormalities in the …

[HTML][HTML] Impact of alcohol abuse on the adaptive immune system

S Pasala, T Barr, I Messaoudi - Alcohol research: current reviews, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol exposure, and particularly chronic heavy drinking, affects all components of the
adaptive immune system. Studies both in humans and in animal models determined that …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol's effect on host defense

G Szabo, B Saha - Alcohol research: current reviews, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol affects many organs, including the immune system, with even moderate amounts of
alcohol influencing immune responses. Although alcohol can alter the actions of all cell …

[HTML][HTML] Focus on: alcohol and the immune system

PE Molina, KI Happel, P Zhang, JK Kolls… - Alcohol Research & …, 2010 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcohol abuse suppresses multiple arms of the immune response, leading to an increased
risk of infections. The course and resolution of both bacterial and viral infections is severely …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol's contribution to compromised immunity

G Szabo - Alcohol health and research world, 1997 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Alcoholics frequently suffer from infectious diseases and have increased rates of some
cancers, indicating that alcohol impairs the immune system, which protects the body against …

Consequences of alcohol consumption on host defence

G Szabo - Alcohol and alcoholism, 1999 - academic.oup.com
This communication reviews recent literature and summarizes current views on the
immunomodulatory effects of acute and chronic alcohol consumption. Chronic and even …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol and the immune system

D Sarkar, MK Jung, HJ Wang - Alcohol research: current reviews, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Clinicians have long observed an association between excessive alcohol consumption and
adverse immune-related health effects such as susceptibility to pneumonia. In recent …

[HTML][HTML] Alcohol use as a risk factor in infections and healing: A clinician's perspective

G Trevejo-Nunez, JK Kolls, M De Wit - Alcohol research: current …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Physicians have recognized for more than a century that alcohol use is associated with
infections and that alcoholics are especially at risk for pneumonia. Clear evidence now …

Dose-dependent effects of chronic alcohol drinking on peripheral immune responses

S Sureshchandra, A Raus, A Jankeel, BJK Ligh… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
It is well established that chronic heavy alcohol drinking (CHD) results in significant organ
damage, increased susceptibility to infections, and poor outcomes following injury. In …