title: Influence of Propionibacterium avidum KP-40 on the cellular immune system after intensive sport activity.
abstract: Intensive sport activities resulted in temporary downregulation of defined immune functions. To check its influence on the cellular immune system, 15 male professional ice hockey players of a German first league club were observed and a decrease of lymphocyte subset counts and activities was found after anaerobic exercise. To stabilize cellular immune functions, the players were orally treated with Propionibacterium avidum KP-40 (10 mg per administration; twice a day; 7 days), a well documented bacterial immunmodifier. After administration of Propionibacterium avidum KP-40, lymphocyte counts and activities after anaerobic exercise resembled normal values. For some subjects, defined lymphocyte subset counts and activities even exceeded normal values.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie und Hygiene, Universität zu Köln, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pottkämper
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Randerath
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beuth
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pulverer
mesh_terms: D005080:Exercise Test; D006688:Hockey / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D018655:Lymphocyte Count; D008297:Male; D011424:Propionibacterium / Q000276:immunology*