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Rapid gene expression changes in peripheral blood lymphocytes upon practice of a comprehensive yoga program

Qu S, Olafsrud SM, Meza-Zepeda LA, Saatcioglu F. · PloS one · 2013

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“there are rapid (within 2 hours of start of practice) and significant gene expression changes in PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells of practitioners during a comprehensive yoga program. These data suggest that previously reported effects of yoga practices have an integral physiological component at the molecular level which is initiated immediately during practice and may form the basis for the long term stable effects”

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23613970/ · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061910 · https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3629142/

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Rapid gene expression changes in peripheral blood lymphocytes upon practice of a comprehensive yoga program
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Qu S, Olafsrud SM, Meza-Zepeda LA, Saatcioglu F.
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“there are rapid (within 2 hours of start of practice) and significant gene expression changes in PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells of practitioners during a comprehensive yoga program. These data suggest that previously reported effects of yoga practices have an integral physiological component at the molecular level which is initiated immediately during practice and may form the basis for the long term stable effects”

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23613970/ · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061910 · https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3629142/

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        “there are rapid (within 2 hours of start of practice) and significant gene expression changes in PBMCs peripheral blood mononuclear cells of practitioners during a comprehensive yoga program. These data suggest that previously reported effects of yoga practices have an integral physiological component at the molecular level which is initiated immediately during practice and may form the basis for the long term stable effects”
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    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23613970/ · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061910 · https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3629142/

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© 2013 Qu et al 2013 Qu et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.

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