Exercise metabolism and adaptation in skeletal muscle

JAB Smith, KA Murach, KA Dyar… - Nature Reviews Molecular …, 2023 - nature.com
Viewing metabolism through the lens of exercise biology has proven an accessible and
practical strategy to gain new insights into local and systemic metabolic regulation. Recent …

Gut microbial metabolites as multi-kingdom intermediates

KA Krautkramer, J Fan, F Bäckhed - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2021 - nature.com
The gut microbiota contributes to host physiology through the production of a myriad of
metabolites. These metabolites exert their effects within the host as signalling molecules and …

An exercise-inducible metabolite that suppresses feeding and obesity

VL Li, Y He, K Contrepois, H Liu, JT Kim… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Exercise confers protection against obesity, type 2 diabetes and other cardiometabolic
diseases,,,–. However, the molecular and cellular mechanisms that mediate the metabolic …

Exerkines in health, resilience and disease

LS Chow, RE Gerszten, JM Taylor… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The health benefits of exercise are well-recognized and are observed across multiple organ
systems. These beneficial effects enhance overall resilience, healthspan and longevity. The …

The microbiota-gut-brain axis

JF Cryan, KJ O'Riordan, CSM Cowan… - Physiological …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
I. INTRODUCTION 1877 II. STUDYING THE... 1881 III. MICROBIOTA-GUT-BRAIN AXIS...
1907 IV. PATHWAYS OF COMMUNICATION 1911 V. MICROBIOTA AND SYNAPTIC... 1929 …

Tryptophan metabolism in depression: a narrative review with a focus on serotonin and kynurenine pathways

AS Correia, N Vale - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Depression is a common and serious disorder, characterized by symptoms like anhedonia,
lack of energy, sad mood, low appetite, and sleep disturbances. This disease is very …

Genome-wide meta-analysis of depression identifies 102 independent variants and highlights the importance of the prefrontal brain regions

DM Howard, MJ Adams, TK Clarke, JD Hafferty… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Major depression is a debilitating psychiatric illness that is typically associated with low
mood and anhedonia. Depression has a heritable component that has remained difficult to …

Physical activity and sports—real health benefits: a review with insight into the public health of Sweden

C Malm, J Jakobsson, A Isaksson - Sports, 2019 - mdpi.com
Positive effects from sports are achieved primarily through physical activity, but secondary
effects bring health benefits such as psychosocial and personal development and less …

Physical activity and muscle–brain crosstalk

BK Pedersen - Nature Reviews Endocrinology, 2019 - nature.com
Neurological and mental illnesses account for a considerable proportion of the global
burden of disease. Exercise has many beneficial effects on brain health, contributing to …

The kynurenine pathway: a finger in every pie

J Savitz - Molecular psychiatry, 2020 - nature.com
The kynurenine pathway (KP) plays a critical role in generating cellular energy in the form of
nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+). Because energy requirements are substantially …