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      The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise: mechanisms and implications for the prevention and treatment of disease

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          Regular exercise reduces the risk of chronic metabolic and cardiorespiratory diseases, in part because exercise exerts anti-inflammatory effects. However, these effects are also likely to be responsible for the suppressed immunity that makes elite athletes more susceptible to infections. The anti-inflammatory effects of regular exercise may be mediated via both a reduction in visceral fat mass (with a subsequent decreased release of adipokines) and the induction of an anti-inflammatory environment with each bout of exercise. In this Review, we focus on the known mechanisms by which exercise - both acute and chronic - exerts its anti-inflammatory effects, and we discuss the implications of these effects for the prevention and treatment of disease.

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                Journal
                Nature Reviews Immunology
                Nat Rev Immunol
                Springer Science and Business Media LLC
                1474-1733
                1474-1741
                September 2011
                August 5 2011
                September 2011
                : 11
                : 9
                : 607-615
                Article
                10.1038/nri3041
                21818123
                07453e37-d884-4c86-961e-50b904903190
                © 2011

                http://www.springer.com/tdm

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