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Cytokines and resistive breathing

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The results of recent experimental studies indicating the involvement of the immune system in the control of breathing are analyzed and summarized. The hypothesis on the role of cytokines in the mechanisms of respiratory muscle fatigue and a decrease in the ventilatory sensitivity to hypercapnia during respiration with the added resistive load is justified. Possible ways of implementation of the respiratory cytokine effects are discussed.

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Original Russian Text © N.P. Aleksandrova, 2012, published in Fiziologiya Cheloveka, 2012, Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 119–129.

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Aleksandrova, N.P. Cytokines and resistive breathing. Hum Physiol 38, 217–225 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119712020028

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