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Interaction between cytokine gene polymorphisms and the effect of physical exercise on clinical and inflammatory parameters in older women: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
Trials - 8 Aug 2012
Pereira Daniele S, Queiroz Bárbara Z, Mateo Elvis C C, Assumpção Alexandra M, Felício Diogo C, Miranda Aline S, Anjos Daniela M C, Jesus-Moraleida Fabianna, Dias Rosângela C, Pereira Danielle A G, Teixeira Antônio L, Pereira Leani S M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Aging is associated with chronic low-grade inflammatory activity with an elevation of cytokine levels. An association between regular physical activity and reduction of blood levels of anti-inflammatory cytokines is demonstrated in the literature pointing to an anti-inflammatory effect related to exercise. However, there is no consensus regarding which type of exercise and which parameters are the...
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