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Abstract
Cortisol is the main stress hormone and fundamental to human survival. Acute stress is capable of influencing anti-inflammatory responses to the detriment of pro-inflammatory responses. On the other hand, chronic stress causes an imbalance of important pathways such as NFkB, deregulating immune responses, and production of interleukins such as IL-1² (by IL-17), IL-6, and IL-8, which can c…