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Title: Modulatory Effects of Physical Activity Levels on Immune Responses and General Clinical Functions in Adult Patients with Mild to Moderate SARS-CoV-2 Infections-A Protocol for an Observational Prospective Follow-Up Investigation: Fit-COVID-19 Study
Authors: Lira, Fábio Santos de 
Pereira, Telmo
Guerra Minuzzi, Luciele
Figueiredo, Caique
Olean-Oliveira, Tiago
Figueira Freire, Ana Paula Coelho
Silva, Manuel João Coelho e 
Caseiro, Armando
Thomatieli-Santos, Ronaldo Vagner
Dos Santos, Vanessa Ribeiro
Gobbo, Luis Alberto
Seelaender, Marília
Krüger, Karsten
Pinho, Ricardo Aurino
Rosa-Neto, José Cesar
de Alencar Silva, Bruna Spolador
Keywords: SARS-CoV-2; Adipose tissue; Exercise; Immunity; Inflammation; Long-COVID
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: MDPI
Serial title, monograph or event: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume: 18
Issue: 24
Abstract: Background: This proposal aims to explain some of the gaps in scientific knowledge on the natural history of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), with a specific focus on immune, inflammatory, and metabolic markers, in parallel with temporal assessment of clinical and mental health in patients with COVID-19. The study will explore the temporal modulatory effects of physical activity and body composition on individual trajectories. This approach will provide a better understanding of the survival mechanisms provided by the immunomodulatory role of physical fitness. Methods: We will conduct a prospective observational cohort study including adult patients previously infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus who have expressed a mild to moderate COVID-19 infection. Procedures will be conducted for all participants at baseline, six weeks after vaccination, and again at 12 months. At each visit, a venous blood sample will be collected for immune phenotypic characterization and biochemistry assays (inflammatory and metabolic parameters). Also, body composition, physical activity level, cardiovascular and pulmonary function, peripheral and respiratory muscle strength, functional exercise capacity, and mental health will be evaluated. Using the baseline information, participants will be grouped based on physical activity levels (sedentary versus active), body composition (normal weight versus overweight or obese), and SARS-CoV-2 status (positive versus negative). A sub-study will provide mechanistic evidence using an in-vitro assay based on well-trained individuals and age-matched sedentary controls who are negative for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Whole blood will be stimulated using recombinant human coronavirus to determine the cytokine profile. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from healthy well-trained participants will be collected and treated with homologous serum (from the main study; samples collected before and after the vaccine) and recombinant coronavirus (inactive virus). The metabolism of PBMCs will be analyzed using Respirometry (Seahorse). Data will be analyzed using multilevel repeated-measures ANOVA. Conclusions: The data generated will help us answer three main questions: (1) Does the innate immune system of physically active individuals respond better to viral infections compared with that of sedentary people? (2) which functional and metabolic mechanisms explain the differences in responses in participants with different physical fitness levels? and (3) do these mechanisms have long-term positive modulatory effects on mental and cardiovascular health? Trial registration number: Brazilian Registry of Clinical Trials: RBR-5dqvkv3. Registered on 21 September 2021.
URI: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/96928
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 1660-4601
34948858
10.3390/ijerph182413249
Rights: openAccess
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