Systemic lupus erythematosus in African-American women: Cognitive physiological modules, autoimmune disease, and structured psychosocial stress
| dc.creator | Wallace, Rodrick | |
| dc.date | 2003-11-20 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T05:57:59Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T05:57:59Z | |
| dc.description | Examining elevated rates of systemic lupus erythematosus in African-American women from perspectives of immune cognition suggests the disease constitutes an internalized physiological image of external structured psychosocial stress, a 'pathogenic social hierarchy' involving the synergism of racism and gender discrimination in the context of policy-driven social disintegration which has particularly affected ethnic minorities in the USA. The disorder represents the punctuated resetting of normal immune self-image to a self-attacking excited state, a process formally analogous to models of punctuated equilibrium in evolutionary theory. Both onset and progression of disease may be stratified by a relation to cyclic physiological responses which are long in comparison with heartbeat period: circadian, hormonal, and annual light/termperature cycles. | |
| dc.description | 18 pages, 1 figure | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0311028 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0311028 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/88197 | |
| dc.subject | Neurons and Cognition | |
| dc.subject | Molecular Networks | |
| dc.title | Systemic lupus erythematosus in African-American women: Cognitive physiological modules, autoimmune disease, and structured psychosocial stress | |
| dc.type | text |