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J M Petitto

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Petitto J, Repetto M, Hartemink D
CNS Spectr . 2005 Jul; 6(5):383-8, 391. PMID: 15999026
Unraveling the significant complexity of brain-immune interactions could provide essential new insights and potential treatment considerations for the clinical neurosciences. Despite considerable research relating immunological changes to major neuropsychiatric disorders,...
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Leserman J, Petitto J, Gu H, Gaynes B, Barroso J, Golden R, et al.
Psychol Med . 2002 Sep; 32(6):1059-73. PMID: 12214787
Background: The primary aim of this study is to examine prospectively the association of stressful life events, social support, depressive symptoms, anger, serum cortisol and lymphocyte subsets with changes in...
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Murphy T, Petitto J, Voeller K, Goodman W
Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry . 2001 Oct; 6(4):266-76. PMID: 11607922
During the last few years, an increased interest in the possibility of immune mediated pathophysiology of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related disorders has been seen. In the late 1980s,...
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Cruess D, Leserman J, Petitto J, Golden R, Szuba M, Morrison M, et al.
Semin Clin Neuropsychiatry . 2001 Oct; 6(4):241-51. PMID: 11607920
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is now commonly viewed as a chronic disease, which often consists of a wide array of recurrent and sometimes severe psychosocial stressors. An individual's response to...
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Douglas S, Ho W, Gettes D, Cnaan A, Zhao H, Leserman J, et al.
AIDS . 2001 Oct; 15(15):2043-5. PMID: 11600835
The neuropeptide, substance P, is a potent modulator of neuroimmunoregulation. Substance P and its receptor modulate HIV infection. HIV-seropositive men had significantly higher plasma substance P levels compared with uninfected...
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Petitto J, Huang Z
Regul Pept . 2001 Feb; 98(1-2):77-87. PMID: 11179782
Numerous studies have implicated interleukin-2 (IL-2) in various brain processes, and more recently, several studies have also attributed neurobiological actions to interleukin-15 (IL-15). On lymphocytes, receptors for IL-2 and IL-15...
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Gendreau P, Petitto J, Petrova A, Gariepy J, Lewis M
Behav Brain Res . 2000 Sep; 114(1-2):107-17. PMID: 10996052
Following isolation housing, mice typically exhibit heightened emotional reactivity to mild social stimulation. Aggression, social avoidance and a variety of defensive behaviors that differ in terms of motor activation (e.g....
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Leserman J, Petitto J, Golden R, Gaynes B, Gu H, Perkins D, et al.
Am J Psychiatry . 2000 Jul; 157(8):1221-8. PMID: 10910783
Objective: This study examined prospectively the effects of stressful events, depressive symptoms, social support, coping methods, and cortisol levels on progression of HIV-1 infection. Method: Eighty-two homosexual men with HIV...
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Petitto J, Leserman J, Perkins D, Stern R, Silva S, Gettes D, et al.
Behav Med . 2000 May; 25(4):143-51. PMID: 10789020
The authors hypothesized that HIV-infected men with high basal cortisol secretion would exhibit greater stress-related reductions in the ratio of Th1/Th2 cell-derived cytokines and numbers of CD8+ T and NK...
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Petitto J, Streit W, Huang Z, Butfiloski E, Schiffenbauer J
Neurosci Lett . 2000 May; 285(1):66-70. PMID: 10788709
Dysregulation of interleukin-2 (IL-2), the prototypical T cell growth factor and immunoregulatory cytokine, may modify self-tolerance and predisposition to autoimmunity. The available literature suggested that IL-2 could be hypothesized to...