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How Physical Activity Affects the Immune System

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Exercise and Health-Related Quality of Life".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024 | Viewed by 3047

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Patrícia Maria Lourenço Dutra

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Laboratório de Bioquímica de Protozoários e Imunofisiologia do Exercício, Disciplina de Parasitologia/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, Brazil
Interests: exercise Immunology; parasite-host relationship
Dr. Juliana Pereira Borges

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Institute of Physical Education and Sports, State University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, Brazil
Interests: exercise physiology; exercise immunology
Dr. Silvia Amaral Gonçalves Da Silva

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Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia, Disciplina de Parasitologia/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, Brazil
Interests: immunology of the parasite-host relationship; immunopharmacology; exercise immunology
Dr. Joanna Reis Santos Oliveira

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Lab. Interdisciplinar de Pesquisas Médicas, Instituto Osvaldo Cruz, IOC- Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, Brazil
Interests: immunology of the parasite-host relationship
Dr. Andréia Carolinne De Souza Brito

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Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia Parasitária, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, Brazil
Interests: parasitology; immunology; chemotherapy
Dr. Rosiane Freire dos Santos

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Laboratório de Imunofarmacologia Parasitária, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20550-170, Brazil
Interests: parasitology; chemoterapy; immunology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce a Special Issue from the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, entitled "How Physical Activity Affects the Immune System". Physical activity is essential for maintaining our health, with important effects on the immune system. Thus, studies that seek to understand how these effects occur are essential.

All papers will be published with full open access after peer review.

We would like to invite you to contribute your work on topics that include, but are not limited to, the following:

  1. Effect of physical activity (or exercise training) on the immune response to infections;
  2. Vigorous exercise, overtraining, and vulnerability to opportunistic infections;
  3. Effect of physical activity and exercise training on vaccination;
  4. Effect of physical activity and lifestyle on chronic noncommunicable diseases.

Dr. Patrícia Maria Lourenço Dutra
Dr. Juliana Pereira Borges
Dr. Silvia Amaral Gonçalves Da Silva
Dr. Joanna Reis Santos Oliveira
Dr. Andréia Carolinne De Souza Brito
Dr. Rosiane Freire dos Santos
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • immune system
  • physical activity
  • infections
  • vaccination
  • chronic noncommunicable diseases
  • arduous exercise

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Long-Term Physical Activity Mitigates Inflammaging Progression in Older Adults Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Carlos André Freitas dos Santos, Ariane Nardy, Renato Jimenez Gomes, Brenda Rodrigues Silva, Fernanda Rodrigues Monteiro, Marcelo Rossi, Jônatas Bussador do Amaral, Vitória Paixão, Mauro Walter Vaisberg, Gislene Rocha Amirato, Rodolfo P. Vieira, Juliana de Melo Batista dos Santos, Guilherme Eustaquio Furtado, Ana Paula Ribeiro, Patrícia Colombo-Souza, Alessandro Ferrari Jacinto and Andre Luis Lacerda Bachi
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(11), 1425; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21111425 - 27 Oct 2024
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Background: Inflammaging and physical performance were investigated in older adults before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Older women (n = 18) and men (n = 7) (mean age = 73.8 ± 7.1) were evaluated before the COVID-19 pandemic (PRE), 12 [...] Read more.
Background: Inflammaging and physical performance were investigated in older adults before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods: Older women (n = 18) and men (n = 7) (mean age = 73.8 ± 7.1) were evaluated before the COVID-19 pandemic (PRE), 12 months after the lockdown (POST), and 10 months after resuming exercise training (POST-TR). Physical tests [gait speed (GS) and timed-up-and-go (TUG)]; muscle strength (handgrip—HG); and serum cytokine levels were assessed. Results: Older women showed higher GS and TUG at POST than PRE and POST-TR but lower HG at POST-TR than PRE, whereas older men exhibited lower HG at POST and POST-TR than PRE. Both groups presented (1) lower IL-10 and IL-12p70 values in contrast to higher IL-6/IL-10 and IL-8/IL-10 ratios at POST than PRE; (2) higher IL-10 values and lower IL-8/IL-10 ratio at POST-TR than POST; (3) higher IL-12p70/IL-10 ratio at POST-TR than PRE and POST. Particularly, older women showed (4) lower IL-6 values at POST and POST-TR than PRE; (5) lower IL-8 and IL-10 values at POST-TR than POST; (6) and higher TNF-α/IL-10 and IFN-γ/IL-10 ratios at POST than PRE and POST-TR. Significant correlations between the variables were found in both groups. Discussion: During the COVID-19 pandemic, detraining and resumption of exercise training promoted distinct alterations in physical capacity and inflammaging among older women and older men. Full article
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Inflammatory Status in Trained and Untrained Mice at Different Pollution Levels
by Roberta Foster, Mariana Matera Veras, Andre Luis Lacerda Bachi, Jonatas Bussador do Amaral, Victor Yuji Yariwake, Dunia Waked, Ana Clara Bastos Rodrigues, Marilia Farrajota, Robério Pereira Pires, Karina Pantaleão, Juliana de Melo Batista dos Santos, Francys Helen Damian, Paulo Hilário Saldiva and Mauro Walter Vaisberg
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2024, 21(7), 821; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph21070821 - 23 Jun 2024
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Atmospheric pollution can be defined as a set of changes that occur in the composition of the air, making it unsuitable and/or harmful and thereby generating adverse effects on human health. The regular practice of physical exercise (PE) is associated with the preservation [...] Read more.
Atmospheric pollution can be defined as a set of changes that occur in the composition of the air, making it unsuitable and/or harmful and thereby generating adverse effects on human health. The regular practice of physical exercise (PE) is associated with the preservation and/or improvement of health; however, it can be influenced by neuroimmunoendocrine mechanisms and external factors such as air pollution, highlighting the need for studies involving the practice of PE in polluted environments. Herein, 24 male C57BL/6 mice were evaluated, distributed into four groups (exposed to a high concentration of pollutants/sedentary, exposed to a high concentration of pollutants/exercised, exposed to ambient air/sedentary, and exposed to ambient air/exercised). The exposure to pollutants occurred in the environmental particle concentrator (CPA) and the physical training was performed on a treadmill specially designed for use within the CPA. Pro- and anti-inflammatory markers in blood and bronchoalveolar lavage (BALF), BALF cellularity, and lung tissue were evaluated. Although the active group exposed to a high concentration of pollution showed a greater inflammatory response, both the correlation analysis and the ratio between pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines demonstrated that the exercised group presented greater anti-inflammatory activity, suggesting a protective/adaptative effect of exercise when carried out in a polluted environment. Full article
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