Effect of aerobic exercise on neutrophil function in judoka and untrained women
| Judoka (n=8) | Untrained (n=7) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before | After | 24 h after | Before | After | 24 h after | |
| Values are mean (SD). Bactericidal activity is expressed as exponential decrease in number of colonies. PMA, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate; FMLP, N-formylmethionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine; PMN, polymorphonuclear leucocyte. | ||||||
| Bactericidal activity- autologous serum | 1.26 (0.2) | 1.26 (0.3) | 1.17 (0.2) | 1.39 (0.3) | 1.4 (0.1) | 1.27 (0.2) |
| Bactericidal activity- homologous serum | 1.15 (0.3) | 1.1 (0.3) | 0.96 (0.1) | 1.23 (0.1) | 1.18 (0.2) | 1.14 (0.3) |
| PMA induced superoxide anion release (mmol O2−/106 PMNs/min) | 3.29 (0.8) | 3.14 (1.0) | 3.72 (0.4) | 3.71 (0.4) | 3.74 (0.3) | 3.39 (0.5) |
| FMLP induced superoxide anion release (mmol O2−/106 PMNs/min) | 1.43 (0.4) | 1.58 (0.5) | 2.3 (1.3) | 1.72 (0.9) | 1.54 (0.5) | 1.64 (0.3) |