Reduced thymic output in elite athletes
Athletes undergoing intensive training schedules have chronic exposure to stress-induced hormones such as cortisol that can depress immune function. We compared the circulating levels of T cell receptor excision circles (TREC), a marker of recent thymic emigrants, as well as the levels of naïve and...
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2014
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/2134/15713 |
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