Hans Selye, who discovered the stress reaction, recognized that animals exposed to stress showed resistance to a variety of “nocuous” agents. This was a form of immunity, he thought, and he called it the general adaptation syndrome (GAS). GAS is virtually identical with the acute phase reaction. Indeed, APR is an acute host defense reaction mediated by the innate immune system.
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(2012). General Adaptation Syndrome. In: Mooren, F.C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Exercise Medicine in Health and Disease. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29807-6_2431
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