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A Recent Perspective on Alcohol, Immunity, and Host Defense
Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research · 2008 · Vol. 33(2) · pp. 220–232
Gyöngyi Szabó✉(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)Pranoti Mandrekar(University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School)
Abstract
Altered inflammatory cell and adaptive immune responses after alcohol consumption result in increased incidence and poor outcome of infections and other organ-specific immune-mediated effects.
Alcohol Consumption and Health EffectsAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic DiseasesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated ReceptorsImmune systemImmunityImmunologyInnate immune systemMedicineAcquired immune systemInflammation
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Alcohol DrinkingEthanolAnimalsCentral Nervous System DepressantsHumansImmune SystemInfectionsInflammation
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