The immunomodulating role of exercise in metabolic disease
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A lack of physical activity is linked to the development of many chronic diseases. It is now well established that the immune system and inflammation play a central role in the development of numerous chronic metabolic diseases including insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and specific types of cancer. Physical exercise elicits potent anti-inflammatory effects that are likely to account for many of the salutary actions of regular exercise on chronic metabolic diseases. Here we review the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory mechanisms by which the beneficial effects of exercise on chronic metabolic diseases may be mediated.
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The mechanisms involved in the benefits generated by physical exercise against metabolic diseases are related to the increase in total energy expenditure and consequent reduction in the accumulation of fat mass, including a reduction in total body mass.
“The mechanisms involved in the benefits generated by physical exercise against metabolic diseases are related to the increase in total energy expenditure and consequent reduction in the accumulation of fat mass, including a reduction in total body mass (Lancaster and Febbraio, 2014).”
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- Authors
- Lancaster, G. I., & Febbraio, M. A.
- Affiliations
- Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute (AU)
- Venue
- Trends in Immunology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2014-06
- Volume
- 35
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 262-269
- ISSN
- 1471-4906 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1987498610
- Cited by
- 193
- References
- 20
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 13 · 2023: 18 · 2022: 21 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 21 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 13 · 2017: 20 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 20 · 2014: 1
- FWCI
- 2.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Trends in Immunology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Medical Research Council
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
- Keywords
- physical activity, immunomodulation, anti-inflammatory activity, chronic metabolic diseases, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, cancer, physical inactivity, inflammation
- MeSH terms
- Adipose Tissue, Animals, Humans, Immunity, Inflammation, Interleukin-1, Liver, Metabolic Diseases, Obesity, Signal Transduction, Exercise, Muscle, Skeletal, Lipid Metabolism, Toll-Like Receptors, Immunomodulation
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