Reduced thymic output in elite athletes

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 39, Issue , 2014, Pages 75-79

  Prieto Hinojosa, Adria ^a   Knight, Andrea ^a   Compton, Claude ^b   Gleeson, Michael ^c   Travers, Paul J ^a,d  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exercise immunology; Na ve T cell; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYCLING; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE INTENSITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUNNING; STRESS; SWIMMING; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; ADOLESCENT; EXERCISE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; IMMUNOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; T LYMPHOCYTE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATHLETES; EXERCISE; GENE REARRANGEMENT, T-LYMPHOCYTE; HUMANS; T-LYMPHOCYTES; THYMUS GLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902341372     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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