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. 2023 May 5;14:1036925. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2023.1036925

TABLE 1.

Effect of exercise on immune markers in COVID-19 condition.

Suitable markers for COVID-19 from immunological perspectives Physical exercise influences the immunological markers in a dose-dependent manner References
Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) An increase of TNF-alpha can aggravate the severity of COVID-19 MacNeil et al. (2021); Guo et al. (2022)
Interleukin 17 (IL-17) Targeting IL-17 can decrease the covid-1o Sugama et al. (2013); Pacha et al. (2013)
Interferon gamma inducible protein-10 (IP-10) and Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) Increase the COVID-19 disease severity Docherty and Harley (2022); Chen and Wang (2020)
Macrophage inflammatory protein-1 alpha (MIP-1) Risk factor of mortality in COVID-19 Middelbeek et al. (2021); Pons et al. (2021)
Type I interferons (IFN-I) Decrease of IFN can severe the COVID-19 Buang et al. (2021); Palermo et al. (2021)
IL-4 IL-4 level is elevated for tissue remodeling in COVID-19 Conroy et al. (2016); Vaz de Paula et al. (2020)
IL-10 IL-10 level is linked with poor health and severity in COVID-19 Cabral-Santos et al. (2019); Lu et al. (2021)
IL-13 Elevated level of IL-13 is linked with the requirement of mechanical ventilation in COVID-19 Knudsen et al. (2020); Donlan et al. (2021)
CD4 and CD8 Increased level of CD4 and CD8 worsen the COVID-19 Bernal et al. (2021); Remy et al. (2020)