URI in athletes: Are mucosal immunity and cytokine responses key risk factors?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 148-153

  Gleeson, Michael ^a   Bishop, Nicolette C ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

athletes; cytokines; exercise; immunoglobulin A; lymphocytes; mucosal immunity; upper respiratory tract infection

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE;

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION;

ATHLETES; CYTOKINES; EXERCISE; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, MUCOSAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY;

EID: 84880243960     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: 15383008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3182956ead     Document Type: Article

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