title: Human macrophage function and physical exercise: phagocytic and histochemical studies.
abstract: Macrophages derived from human connective tissue were assayed for their enzyme content and phagocytic activity after physical exercise. A single exhaustive endurance-running test caused increased phagocytic and enzymatic activities of the macrophages. Thus, an exercise challenge activates the functional status of the cells. This effect of physical exercise on macrophages is inconsistent with the practical experience that high performance athletes suffer more frequently from harmless infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Experimentelle Morphologie der Deutschen Sporthochschule, Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany.
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Fehr
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lötzerich
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Michna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015444:Exercise; D005080:Exercise Test; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D008264:Macrophages / Q000201:enzymology / Q000276:immunology*; D008297:Male; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D010587:Phagocytosis; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013997:Time Factors; D001616:beta-Galactosidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase; D001616:beta-Galactosidase