Upper respiratory illnesses in athletes: Are mucosal immunity and cytokine responses key risk factors?

(Erkrankungen der obere Atemweg bei Sportlern: Sind mukosale Immunität und Zytokinreaktionen entscheidende Risikofaktoren?)

Infection incidence among athletes is highest during periods of intensified training and competition and after strenuous long-distance events. Which aspects of depressed immune function are responsible for this increased infection risk are not known, but our hypothesis is that lower salivary immunoglobulin A (IgA) secretion and a higher antiinflammatory cytokine response to antigen exposure are key determinants of infection risk.
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Notationen:Biowissenschaften und Sportmedizin
Veröffentlicht in:Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Online-Zugang:http://doi.org/10.1097/JES.0b013e3182956ead
Jahrgang:41
Heft:3
Seiten:148-153
Dokumentenarten:Artikel
Level:hoch