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Pentraxin 3 Reactivity to Acute Exercise in Obese Individuals
Type: Text
Year: 2014, 2014
Member of: FAU Undergraduate Student Research
Contributors: Fisher, Craig B., Huang, Chun-Jung, Maharaj, Arun, Mock, J. Thomas, Slusher, Aaron L., Urtula, Alyssa M.
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) has been demonstrated as a vital biomarker for chronic inflammatory diseases. Decreased plasma PTX3 has been observed in obese populations. However, no studies have examined the impact of obesity on PTX3 reactivity to exercise. Therefore, our study sought to investigate PTX3 plasma response to maximal exercise in obese and normal-weight subjects, and its relationship with… more
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