Strenuous exercise activates growth factors and chemokines over-expression in human serum of top-level triathlon athletes during a competitive season.
Regular exercise offers protection against all-cause mortality, primarily by protection against atherosclerosis and insulin resistance. There is evidence that physical training is effective as a treatment in patients with chronic heart diseases and type 2 diabetes. With excessive repetition of the training stimulus, local inflammation can generate a systemic inflammatory response. Cytokines play an important role in these processes. Our data confirm that cytokines that are considered to induce systemic bioactivity following exercise are not alone, but also growth factors and chemokines, which are secreted in exercise without the involvement of traditional proinflammatory cytokines, could be potent angiogenic factors.
Banfi
Giuseppe
G
IRCCS Galeazzi Hospital, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Migliorini
Sergio
S
Pedroni
Francesca
F
Galliera
Emanuela
E
Dogliotti
Giada
G
Malavazos
Alexis E
AE
Corsi
Massimiliano M
MM
D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D018925:Chemokines / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000097:blood*; D005082:Physical Exertion; D013177:Sports
D018925:Chemokines; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins