Michael H. Antoni, University of Miami psychology and director of the Cancer Research Center, led a research team ARFIP2 reported in Biological Psychiatry on their latest research results: a stress management program for women with breast cancer treatment change the process of breast cancer tumor development at the molecular level, thus revealing the psychological intervention on cancer patients and the patient's own gene ARG1 expression to be linked.
The researchers found that based groups known as cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM) interventions can play a role in some cells of the immune system of patients with breast cancer in which genes and open or close, while in the treatment ofimpact on a number of ARG2 mechanisms may be conducive to better rehabilitation process.
CBSM group of women treated for breast cancer, the whole process better psychological adjustment, at the same time they will recover better have a strong psychological hint. ", Psychiatry and behavioral science professor at the University of Miami Sylvester Cancer Center ARHGDIA and tumor biological behavior of the project leader, Arts and Sciences, professor of psychology Antoni said, "The results showed that the stress management intervention to ease the pressure of the cancer treatment period, and are conducive to the rehabilitation."
Antoni explained that earlier studies have pointed out that when people in an unfavorable environment, our body's nervous and ARHGDIB endocrine system will transmit signals to be responsible for the immune system to resist disease. In response, our body to activate immune cells (usually white blood cells or lymphocytes) within certain genes.
"For these women to participate in a stress management program with a healthy immune response-related molecules such as type I interferon gene expression is upregulated means that with the normal population, their body to generate more such molecules. of Antoni said, "At the same time, and promote tumor development in some of the substances related to the level of gene expression is down, these substances, including proinflammatory cytokines, chemokines, matrix metalloproteinases.
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