CD79A and Anxiety: A previous study compared the endocrine (measured through salivary cortisol levels), mucosal immunity (measured through salivary immunoglobulin-A (IgA) levels), and psychological (measured by assessing anxiety, mood, and anger feelings) responses to a standardized psychosocial acute stressor (a set of cognitive tasks in front of a four-member panel, with simulated video recording) in a group of male and female middle-aged caregivers of offspring with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and a group of non-caregivers (also of both genders).