posted on 2022-03-25, 16:07authored byTom Cullen, Andrew ThomasAndrew Thomas, Richard Webb, Michael G Hughes
IL-6 plays a mechanistic role in conditions such as metabolic syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome and clinical depression and also plays a major role in inflammatory and immune responses to exercise. The purpose of this study was to investigate the levels of resting and post exercise IL-6 when measured in venous plasma, saliva and capillary plasma. Five male and five females completed 2 separate exercise trials, both of which involved standardized exercise sessions on a cycle ergometer. Venous blood and saliva samples were taken immediately before and after Trial A, venous and capillary blood samples were taken immediately before and after Trial B. IL-6 values were obtained using a high-sensitivity enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
Cullen, T., Thomas, A.W., Webb, R. and Hughes, M.G. (2015) 'The relationship between interleukin-6 in saliva, venous and capillary plasma, at rest and in response to exercise', Cytokine, 71(2), pp.397-400