Articles by Holly Kell in JoVE

Finger-stick Blood Sampling Methodology for the Determination of Exercise-induced Lymphocyte Apoptosis

JoVE 2595 2/24/2011

James Navalta¹, Brian McFarlin*², Richard Simpson², Elizabeth Fedor¹, Holly Kell¹, Scott Lyons¹, Scott Arnett¹, Mark Schafer¹

¹Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport, Western Kentucky University, ²Department of Health and Human Performance, University of Houston

Exercise is capable of inducing apoptosis in immune cells. There are various measurement limitations, particularly relating to the amount of time required to isolate and treat a blood sample prior to the assessment. Demonstrated is a rapid and minimally invasive procedure for the analysis of exercise-induced lymphocyte apoptosis.