Adipokines: new potential therapeutic target for obesity and metabolic, rheumatic, and cardiovascular diseases

L Recinella, G Orlando, C Ferrante… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Besides its role as an energy storage organ, adipose tissue can be viewed as a dynamic
and complex endocrine organ, which produces and secretes several adipokines, including …

Role of myokines in regulating skeletal muscle mass and function

JH Lee, HS Jun - Frontiers in physiology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength has recently become a hot research topic with the
extension of life span and an increasingly sedentary lifestyle in modern society …

[HTML][HTML] Exercise and dietary intervention ameliorate high-fat diet-induced NAFLD and liver aging by inducing lipophagy

Y Gao, W Zhang, LQ Zeng, H Bai, J Li, J Zhou, GY Zhou… - Redox biology, 2020 - Elsevier
Exercise and dietary intervention are currently available strategies to treat nonalcoholic fatty
liver disease (NAFLD), while the underlying mechanism remains controversial. Emerging …

[HTML][HTML] Metabolic control of autophagy

L Galluzzi, F Pietrocola, B Levine, G Kroemer - Cell, 2014 - cell.com
Macroautophagy (herein referred to as autophagy) is an evolutionarily conserved
mechanism of adaptation to adverse microenvironmental conditions, including limited …

The potential of endurance exercise-derived exosomes to treat metabolic diseases

A Safdar, A Saleem, MA Tarnopolsky - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2016 - nature.com
Endurance exercise-mediated multisystemic adaptations are known to mitigate metabolism-
related disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). However, the …

The ever-expanding myokinome: discovery challenges and therapeutic implications

M Whitham, MA Febbraio - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2016 - nature.com
Exercise reduces the risk of a multitude of disorders, from metabolic disease to cancer, but
the molecular mechanisms mediating the protective effects of exercise are not completely …

Erythroferrone structure, function, and physiology: Iron homeostasis and beyond

DN Srole, T Ganz - Journal of cellular physiology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Erythroferrone (ERFE) is the main erythroid regulator of hepcidin, the homeostatic hormone
controlling plasma iron levels and total body iron. When the release of erythropoietin from …

Myonectin protects against skeletal muscle dysfunction in male mice through activation of AMPK/PGC1α pathway

Y Ozaki, K Ohashi, N Otaka, H Kawanishi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
To maintain and restore skeletal muscle mass and function is essential for healthy aging. We
have found that myonectin acts as a cardioprotective myokine. Here, we investigate the …

Myokines mediate the cross talk between skeletal muscle and other organs

W Chen, L Wang, W You, T Shan - Journal of cellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Myokines are muscle‐derived cytokines and chemokines that act extensively on organs and
exert beneficial metabolic functions in the whole‐body through specific signal networks …

Role of skeletal muscle in insulin resistance and glucose uptake

KE Merz, DC Thurmond - Comprehensive Physiology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
The skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the body, by mass. It is also the regulator of
glucose homeostasis, responsible for 80% of postprandial glucose uptake from the …