04/09/2023
Interesting news for lupus patients, and I would suspect, other autoimmune diseases as well.
“Previous studies have found that a person’s interferon (IFN) gene signature can trigger lupus disease development and progression. However, researchers have never focused on looking at exercise as a potential treatment to target immune response and IFN signature production. Researchers found that exercise decreases the levels of cytokines (small proteins that regulate inflammation in the body) related to IFN signature. Exercise safely limited autoimmune over-reaction in people with lupus, thereby boosting their aerobic fitness and physical energy, minimizing disease flare activity, helping to reduce symptoms such as pain, and can potentially be an effective non-pharmacologic therapy in lupus.”
In a recent study, researchers examined the role of exercise as a non-pharmacological therapy (therapies that do not involve drugs) for lupus management.
