Antarctic Harsh Environment as Natural Stress Model: Impact on Salivary Immunoglobulins, Transforming Growth Factor-β and Cortisol Level

• Published in: Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry
• Main Authors: Mishra, K. P., Yadav, A. P., Ganju, Lilly
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Springer-Verlag 2012
• Subjects: Original Article; Antarctic; Indian; Maitri; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477453; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24082460; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12291-012-0213-z

The Antarctic continent on the planet Earth is full of environmental extremes. It is considered as natural stress model. Therefore, the present study examined the effect of harsh environment on the certain salivary markers of 28th Indian Antarctic expeditioners. Thirty healthy men and women (median...