Brief exercise increases peripheral blood NK cell counts without immediate functional changes, but impairs their responses to ex-vivo stimulation
Regular light-to-moderate physical activity is associated with a reduction of mortality. However, how exercise affects innate immunity remains a matter of debate. It has been know for a long time that physical as well as psychological stress increases the number of circulating peripheral blood NK ce...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2013-05-01
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| Series: | Frontiers in Immunology |
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| Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2013.00125/full |