1. The functional activity of basophil granulocytes is modulated by acute mental stress and sympathetic activation in vivo and in vitro 
Ulrike Raap, MD, Gerhard Schmid-Ott, MD, Manuela Bruder, Katja Wichmann, MD, Alexander Kapp, MD, Thomas Werfel, MD 
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 
Volume 122, Issue 6, Pages (December 2008)
DOI: /j.jaci
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2. Fig 1
A and B, CD63 expression of basophils at baseline (B) compared with levels at stress (S) and follow-up (F) in unstimulated (A) and fMLP-stimulated (B) basophils (n = 15). ∗P < .05, ∗∗P < .01, and ∗∗∗P < Columns represent means ± SEMs. C, CD63 expression in fMLP-stimulated basophils of 4 donors who did not participate in the TSST coincubated with 1 different serum in each experiment of 4 individuals who did undergo the TSST (final concentration 50% vol/vol) obtained at stress (S-serum, squares) compared with sera obtained at baseline (B-serum, circles). ∗∗P <0.01. D, Serum epinephrine levels at stress (S) compared with levels at baseline (B) and follow-up (F). ∗P < .05 (n = 15). E, CD63 expression of basophils from 6 donors who did not participate in the TSST after stimulation with fMLP, stress serum (Serum) of 6 individuals participating in the TSST, epinephrine (Epin), and butoxamine (Butox). ∗∗P < .01 and ∗∗∗P < .001.
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