Open AccessExercise Increases Mucosal-associated Invariant T Cell Cytokine Expression but Not Activation or Homing Markers
Author(s) -
Erik D. Hanson,
Eli Danson,
W. P. Evans,
William A. Wood,
Cláudio L. Battaglini,
Samy Sakkal
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0000000000001780
Subject(s) - cytokine , immunology , chemokine , peripheral blood mononuclear cell , stimulation , flow cytometry , immune system , population , homing (biology) , medicine , inflammation , t cell , endocrinology , biology , ecology , biochemistry , environmental health , in vitro
Mucosal-associated invariant T (MAIT) cells have properties of both the innate and adaptive immune systems but are an understudied population within exercise immunology. These lymphocytes aggregate at the mucous membranes, but it is unknown if submaximal exercise alters their circulating numbers or function.