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... infections are altered. Nonspecific as well as specific cellular and humoral defense mechanisms are affected. The interaction of defined microbial pathogenicity factors with immune effector cells results in the activation of a variety of inflammatory mediators; they are a prerequisite for protective immunity...

...Ahmet Ursavaş; Mehmet Karadağ; Erkan Rodoplu; Arzu Yılmaztepe; Haluk Barbaros Oral; R. Oktay Gözü Background: Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS)-induced hypoxic stress modulates circulating inflammatory mediators causing accelerated atherogenesis. Objectives: We hypothesized that OSAS-induced...