| abstract |
A system enabling the molecular biological visualization and quantitative detection of events in a stress-exposed living organism and a means enabling the management of stress are provided. An indicator agent for non-inflammatory stress responses mediated by superoxide, which comprises IL-18, a visualizing agent for non-inflammatory stress responses for detecting the aforementioned indicator agent, a method of measuring the degree of non-inflammatory stress, which comprises using the aforementioned visualizing agent, a method of preventing, ameliorating or predicting a change in immune status based on a non-inflammatory stress response, which comprises applying the aforementioned visualizing agent to an animal, and a therapeutic agent for a change in immune status based on a non-inflammatory stress response for reducing the amount or activity of the aforementioned indicator agent. |