The anti-inflammatory effect of exercise.

A. M. Petersen; B. Pedersen

DOI:10.1152/JAPPLPHYSIOL.00164.2004

Corpus ID: 4776835

The anti-inflammatory effect of exercise.

@article{Petersen2005TheAE,
  title={The anti-inflammatory effect of exercise.},
  author={A. M. Petersen and B. Pedersen},
  journal={Journal of applied physiology},
  year={2005},
  volume={98 4},
  pages={
          1154-62
        }
}

A. M. Petersen, B. Pedersen

Published 2005

Medicine

Journal of applied physiology

Regular exercise offers protection against all-cause mortality, primarily by protection against cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes mellitus. The latter disorders have been associated with chronic low-grade systemic inflammation reflected by a two- to threefold elevated level of several cytokines. Adipose tissue contributes to the production of TNF-alpha, which is reflected by elevated levels of soluble TNF-alpha receptors, IL-6, IL-1 receptor antagonist, and C-reactive protein. We… CONTINUE READING

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