Exercise, stress, and the immune conversation.

Author: Moseley PL.
Affiliation:
Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. pmoseley@salud.unm.edu
Conference/Journal: Exerc Sport Sci Rev.
Date published: 2000 ul
Other: Volume ID: 28 , Issue ID: 3 , Pages: 128-32 , Word Count: 57


The role of exercise in meaningful alterations in immune function is unclear. The recent demonstration that stress proteins are potent modulators of immune cell activation and cytokine production, coupled with the role of exercise in stress protein production, suggest that exercise-associated alterations in immune function may be related to exercise associated alterations in the cellular stress response.

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