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NK-cells have an impaired response to acute exercise and a lower expression of the inhibitory receptors KLRG1 and CD158a in humans with latent cytomegalovirus infection.
Brain, behavior, and immunity - 1 Jan 2012
Bigley Austin B, Lowder Thomas W, Spielmann Guillaume, Rector Jerrald L, Pircher Hanspeter, Woods Jeffrey A, Simpson Richard J
Abstract excerpt
NK-cells and γδ T-cells are cytotoxic effectors of the immune system that are preferentially mobilized into the blood compartment in response to acute stress and exercise. While infection history is known to alter the phenotype and exercise-responsiveness of CD8+ T-cells, the influence of latent cytomegalovirus (CMV) and Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infections on the phenotypes and exercise-responsiveness of NK-cells...
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