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Conducting Maximal and Submaximal Endurance Exercise Testing to Measure Physiological and Biological Responses to Acute Exercise in Humans
Published on: October 17, 2018
[The activation processes of the immune system during low intensity exercise without relaxation]
Abstract:
The activation processes of T-, B- and NK-cells were studied during 8-week low intensity strength training without relaxation. After the long-term training, no changes occurred in the peripheral blood contents of the main subpopulations of immunocompetent cells (CD3+, CD4+, CD8+, CD19+ and CD16+/CD56+ lymphocytes) and serum levels of immunoglobulin A, M, and G. At the same time, training was accompanied by positive activation of the immunocompetent cells which was evident from increased percentage of CD3+, CD19+ and /CD56+ cells expressing CD69 after activation (PHA, PW and II.2, respectively). The final period of the training course was also associated with a decrease in the level of lymphocyte apoptosis and increase of proliferative responses of lymphocytes.
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