Salivary antimicrobial protein responses during multistage ultramarathon competition conducted in hot environmental conditions

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 977-987

  Gill, Samantha Kirsty ^a   Teixeira, Ana Maria ^b   Rama, Luis ^b   Rosado, Fátima ^b   Hankey, Joanne ^a   Scheer, Volker ^c   Robson Ansley, Paula ^d   Costa, Ricardo Jose Soares ^a,e  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

amylase; Immunoglobulin A; Lysozyme; Running; Upper respiratory; Water

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; RUNNING; SALIVA; SALIVATION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; RUNNING; SALIVA; SALIVATION;

EID: 84881013225     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2013-0005     Document Type: Article

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