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Maximal Exercise Alters the Inflammatory Phenotype and Response of Mononuclear Cells.
Medicine and science in sports and exercise - 1 Apr 2018
Slusher Aaron L, Zúñiga Tiffany M, Acevedo Edmund O
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Monocytes express the CD14 receptor that facilitates lipopolysaccharide (LPS) ligation to toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) to elicit production of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-10, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α). However, proinflammatory conditions, such as strenuous exercise, increase the percentage of monocytes expressing CD16, a receptor that enhances LPS stimulated TNF-α production. Therefore, we...
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