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. 2003 Feb 10;100(4):1920–1925. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0438019100

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Psychosocial stress induces the transcription factor NF-κB in healthy volunteers undergoing the TSST. (a) ACTH, salivary cortisol (Upper) and AD and NA levels (Lower), expressed as mean ± SEM, of healthy volunteers exposed to the TSST (shaded area). (b and c) NF-κB-binding activity was monitored by EMSA in PBMC before (−1 min), immediately after (10 min), and 60 min after stress induction in 19 volunteers (b) and four spectators of the TSST (c) and evaluated by densitometry. The mean ± SEM is reported. (d) Ten occasionally selected nuclear extracts studied in b were assayed for Oct-1-binding activity and evaluated by densitometry. The mean ± SEM is reported.