ReviewSports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.)2013
Effects of exercise training on chronic inflammation in obesity : current evidence and potential mechanisms.
Review in Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.), 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 150 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Synergy Effect of the Appetite Hormone GLP-1 (LiragluTide) and Exercise on Maintenance of Weight Loss and Health After a Low Calorie Diet - the S-LiTE Randomized Trial
Cycle Study:an Exercise Intervention to Prevent Gestational Diabetes in Overweight and Obese Chinese Pregnant Women
Exercise Program and Diet Intervention Attenuated Inflammation Through Down-regulation of ASC Gene and Inflammatory Markers in Obese Adults
Who cites it
150 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 281 citations in OpenAlex.
- The effects of hypoxic versus normoxic exercise training on body composition, cardiometabolic health markers, and functional performance in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of concurrent training on fat mass and its distribution in individuals with overweight or obesity: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and exploratory regression analysis.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The intensity of exercise and inflammation markers in women with overweight & obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of various exercise types on inflammatory response in individuals with overweight and obesity: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025Pooled it
- Combined training in hypoxic environments improves cardiometabolic health in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Assembly and activation of the NLRP3 inflammasome and cytokine quantification in response to exercise in adults with different metabolic conditions: a systematic review.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of combined exercise training on glucose metabolism and inflammatory markers in sedentary adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- The effects of exercise training on circulating adhesion molecules in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Resistance Exercise on Inflammatory Biomarkers in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2023Pooled it
- Effect of Exercise Training on Body Composition and Inflammatory Cytokine Levels in Overweight and Obese Individuals: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Exercise Training on Low-Grade Systemic Inflammation in Adults with Overweight and Obesity: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Modulations of obesity-related microRNAs after exercise intervention: a systematic review and bioinformatics analysis.Molecular biology reports · 2021Pooled it
- Epigenetic Modifications as Outcomes of Exercise Interventions Related to Specific Metabolic Alterations: A Systematic Review.Lifestyle genomics · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of regular endurance exercise on GlycA: Combined analysis of 14 exercise interventions.Atherosclerosis · 2018Pooled it
- Managing fatigue with methylphenidate and physical activity during cancer immunotherapy treatment.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Trial
- Preliminary effects and feasibility of online interactive Baduanjin exercise in adults with overweight and obesity: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Trial
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- Supplementation with spinach-derived thylakoid augments the benefits of high intensity training on adipokines, insulin resistance and lipid profiles in males with obesity.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Trial
- Effects of combined physical exercise on plasma lipid variables, paraoxonase 1 activity, and inflammation parameters in adults with obesity: a randomized clinical trial.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2022Trial
- Concurrent alteration in inflammatory biomarker gene expression and oxidative stress: how aerobic training and vitamin D improve T2DM.BMC complementary medicine and therapies · 2022Trial
90 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Chronic, systemic inflammation is an independent risk factor for several major clinical diseases. In obesity, circulating levels of inflammatory markers are elevated, possibly due to increased production of pro-inflammatory cytokines from several tissues/cells, including macrophages within adipose tissue, vascular endothelial cells and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Recent evidence supports that adipose tissue hypoxia may be an important mechanism through which enlarged adipose tissue elicits local tissue inflammation and further contributes to systemic inflammation. Current evidence supports that exercise training, such as aerobic and resistance exercise, reduces chronic inflammation, especially in obese individuals with high levels of inflammatory biomarkers undergoing a longer-term intervention. Several studies have reported that this effect is independent of the exercise-induced weight loss. There are several mechanisms through which exercise training reduces chronic inflammation, including its effect on muscle tissue to generate muscle-derived, anti-inflammatory 'myokine', its effect on adipose tissue to improve hypoxia and reduce local adipose tissue inflammation, its effect on endothelial cells to reduce leukocyte adhesion and cytokine production systemically, and its effect on the immune system to lower the number of pro-inflammatory cells and reduce pro-inflammatory cytokine production per cell. Of these potential mechanisms, the effect of exercise training on adipose tissue oxygenation is worth further investigation, as it is very likely that exercise training stimulates adipose tissue angiogenesis and increases blood flow, thereby reducing hypoxia and the associated chronic inflammation in adipose tissue of obese individuals.
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