Plasma Cytokine Profiles in Long-Term Strenuous Exercise

Table 1

Individual cytokine analyses before and after half-marathon race. .

Cytokine	Unstimulated samples (pg/mL)			LPS-stimulated samples (ng/mL)
	Pre	Post	value	Pre	Post	value
IL-1β	0.40 ± 0.02	0.5 ± 0.13	NS	72.7 ± 8.1	56 ± 8.0	0.05
IL-6	1.1 ± 0.2	36 ± 6	0.001	74 ± 5	45.4 ± 6.2	0.001
IL-8	1.7 ± 0.1	15.5 ± 1.1	0.01	4.4 ± 0.5	9.5 ± 1.30	0.001
IL-10 (pg/mL)	8.0 ± 0.2	71.8 ± 11.1	0.001	165 ± 28	275 ± 32	0.01
TNF-α	7 ± 3	5.3 ± 0.1	NS	53 ± 6	28.9 ± 4.5	0.001

Data are expressed as mean and standard error of the mean. NS: nonsignificance.