Reduced thymic output in elite athletes

Athletes undergoing intensive training schedules have chronic exposure to stress-induced hormones such as cortisol that can depress immune function. We compared the circulating levels of T cell receptor excision circles (TREC), a marker of recent thymic emigrants, as well as the levels of naïve and...

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Main Authors:	Adria Prieto-Hinojosa, Andrea Knight, Claude Compton, Michael Gleeson, Paul J. Travers
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Immunology not elsewhere classified Other health sciences not elsewhere classified Exercise immunology Thymus Naïve T cell Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified Immunology
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15713
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