Acute and chronic effects of exercise on markers of mucosal immunity

Decreased secretion rate of salivary markers of mucosal immunity, and in particular salivary immunoglobulin A (s- IgA), have been implicated as risk factors for subsequent episodes of respiratory infection in athletes. IgA is the predominant Ig in mucosal secretions and acts with innate mucosal defe...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nicolette Bishop, Michael Gleeson
Format: Default Article
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2134/10582
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!