Relationship between Inflammatory Cytokines and Indices of Cardiac Dysfunction following Intense Endurance Exercise
Fig 1
Post endurance race cytokine concentrations comparing athletes according to the presence or absence of myocardial dysfunction.
The post-endurance exercise levels of the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-6 (a) and IL-8 (c) and the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10 (e) did not differ according to the presence or absence of myocardial dysfunction whereas the pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-12p70 (d) and TNFα (f) were greater in those with cardiac dysfunction and a similar trend was evident for IL-1β (b).