β-Glucan, immune function, and upper respiratory tract infections in athletes

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1463-1471

  Nieman, David C ^a   Henson, Dru A ^a   McMahon, Mary ^a   Wrieden, Jenna L ^a   Davis, J Mark ^b   Murphy, E Angela ^b   Gross, Sarah J ^a   Mcanulty, Lisa S ^a   Dumke, Charles L ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycling; Cytokines; Natural killer cells; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCAN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR AGONIST; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; MESSENGER RNA; PHYTOHEMAGGLUTININ; PLACEBO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BEVERAGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE SPORT; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; INCIDENCE; INGESTION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MALE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATORY BURST; SELF REPORT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; EXERCISE TEST; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SPORT;

BETA-GLUCANS; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MALE; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SPORTS;

EID: 58149340281     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e31817057c2     Document Type: Article

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