Role of immunological stressors in immunodefiency

Abstract

After a brief description of the main postulates of the two current hypotheses to explain the causes of AIDS, namely: The infectious-viral and the toxic.nutritional, the modern concept of immunotoxicology is analyzed. The adverse actions of chemical, physical, biological, mental and nutritional stressors upon immunocompetent cells and metabolic reactions are described. The principal toxic-degenerative effects of immunological stressors upon the immune system network are carried out through a variety of oxidation-reduction mechanisms, which are described in detail; a biblio. graphy is suggested for those interested in studying these issues in depth, as a form of preparation for the discussion of the causes of AIDS, which is one of the most fascinating scientific polemics of our times.