Sick and tired: does sleep have a vital role in the immune system?

PA Bryant, J Trinder, N Curtis - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2004 - nature.com
It is a common belief that we are more susceptible to infections when deprived of sleep.
Consistent with this, there is increasing evidence that sleep deprivation has detrimental …

Effects of sleep and sleep deprivation on immunoglobulins and complement in humans

L Hui, F Hua, H Diandong, Y Hong - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2007 - Elsevier
Evidence from preclinical and clinical studies indicates that concentrations of cytokines are
altered in sleep deprivation. However, data on the impact of sleep deprivation on …

Effects of sleep and circadian rhythm on the human immune system

T Lange, S Dimitrov, J Born - Annals of the New York Academy …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Many immune parameters show systematic fluctuations over the 24‐h day in human blood.
Circulating naive T‐cells and production of proinflammatory cytokines, like interleukin‐12 (IL …

[PDF][PDF] Neural-immune interactions in the regulation of sleep

MR Opp, LA Toth - Front Biosci, 2003 - researchgate.net
[Frontiers in Bioscience 8, d768-779, May 1, 2003] 768 NEURAL-IMMUNE INTERACTIONS IN
THE REGULATION OF SLEEP Mark R. Opp 1 and L Page 1 [Frontiers in Bioscience 8 …

Effects of sleep and sleep loss on immunity and cytokines

M Irwin - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2002 - Elsevier
Sleep is hypothesized to be a restorative process that is important for the proper functioning
of the immune system. Severity of disordered sleep in depressed-and alcoholic subjects …

Sleep, sleep deprivation and infectious disease: studies in animals

LA Toth - Advances in neuroimmunology, 1995 - Elsevier
Common perceptions that the desire for sleep is increased during mild infectious diseases
like colds and 'the flu'have fostered beliefs that sleep promotes recovery from infectious …

Effects of 48 hours sleep deprivation on human immune profile.

L Oztürk, Z Pelin, D Karadeniz, H Kaynak… - Sleep research online …, 1999 - europepmc.org
It is a common belief that sleep deprivation increases the susceptibility to diseases. In order
to evaluate the effects of sleep deprivation on immune profile in humans, peripheral venous …

Sleep and host defenses: a review

RM Benca, J Quintans - Sleep, 1997 - academic.oup.com
Although the specific functions of sleep are not known, an increasing body of literature has
suggested that sleep is important for the proper functioning of host defense systems. Sleep …

Cytokines in sleep regulation

JM Krueger, S Takahashi, L Kapás, S Bredow… - Advances in …, 1995 - Elsevier
The central thesis of this essay is that the cytokine network in brain is a key element in the
humoral regulation of sleep responses to infection and in the physiological regulation of …

Brain-immune interactions in sleep

L Marshall, J Born - International review of neurobiology, 2002 - Elsevier
This chapter discusses various levels of interactions between the brain and the immune
system in sleep. Sleep-wake behavior and the architecture of sleep are influenced by …