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SUBMITTER: Loef B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6890754 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Loef Bette B Nanlohy Nening M NM Jacobi Ronald H J RHJ van de Ven Chantal C Mariman Rob R van der Beek Allard J AJ Proper Karin I KI van Baarle Debbie D
Scientific reports 20191203 1
The immune system potentially plays an important mechanistic role in the relation between shift work and adverse health effects. To better understand the immunological effects of shift work, we compared numbers and functionality of immune cells between night-shift and non-shift workers. Blood samples were collected from 254 night-shift and 57 non-shift workers employed in hospitals. Absolute numbers of monocytes, granulocytes, lymphocytes, and T cell subsets were assessed. As read out of immune ...[more]