Exercising Immunity: Interleukin-13 Flexes Muscle

Lauren M Webb; Elia D Tait Wojno

doi:10.1016/j.immuni.2020.05.012

Exercising Immunity: Interleukin-13 Flexes Muscle

Immunity. 2020 Jun 16;52(6):902-904. doi: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.05.012.

Authors

Lauren M Webb¹, Elia D Tait Wojno²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
² Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32553179
DOI: 10.1016/j.immuni.2020.05.012

Abstract

Endurance exercise drives physiological changes in the muscle to optimize performance. In a recent study in Science, Knudsen et al. report a role for the type 2 cytokine interleukin-13 in orchestrating metabolic reprogramming that drives adaptation to endurance exercise.

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MeSH terms

Adaptation, Physiological
Exercise
Interleukin-13*
Muscle, Skeletal
Physical Endurance*

Substances

Interleukin-13