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 liver as an endocrine organ—linking NAFLD and insulin resistance

MJ Watt, PM Miotto, W De Nardo… - Endocrine …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The liver is a dynamic organ that plays critical roles in many physiological processes,
including the regulation of systemic glucose and lipid metabolism. Dysfunctional hepatic …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin action at a molecular level–100 years of progress

MF White, CR Kahn - Molecular metabolism, 2021 - Elsevier
The discovery of insulin 100 years ago and its application to the treatment of human disease
in the years since have marked a major turning point in the history of medicine. The …

The role of exercise in the interplay between myokines, hepatokines, osteokines, adipokines, and modulation of inflammation for energy substrate redistribution and …

AM Gonzalez-Gil, L Elizondo-Montemayor - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Exercise is an effective strategy for preventing and treating obesity and its related
cardiometabolic disorders, resulting in significant loss of body fat mass, white adipose tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Hepatokines and metabolism: Deciphering communication from the liver

SO Jensen-Cody, MJ Potthoff - Molecular metabolism, 2021 - Elsevier
Background The liver is a key regulator of systemic energy homeostasis and can sense and
respond to nutrient excess and deficiency through crosstalk with multiple tissues. Regulation …

Metabolic communication during exercise

RM Murphy, MJ Watt, MA Febbraio - Nature metabolism, 2020 - nature.com
The coordination of nutrient sensing, delivery, uptake and utilization is essential for
maintaining cellular, tissue and whole-body homeostasis. Such synchronization can be …

Upregulation of WDR6 drives hepatic de novo lipogenesis in insulin resistance in mice

Z Yao, Y Gong, W Chen, S Shao, Y Song, H Guo… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Under normal conditions, insulin promotes hepatic de novo lipogenesis (DNL). However,
during insulin resistance (IR), when insulin signalling is blunted and accompanied by …

Elevated circulating follistatin associates with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes

C Wu, Y Borné, R Gao, M López Rodriguez… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
The hepatokine follistatin is elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and promotes
hyperglycemia in mice. Here we explore the relationship of plasma follistatin levels with …

Liver fat as risk factor of hepatic and cardiometabolic diseases

M Demir, SR Bornstein, CS Mantzoros… - Obesity …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Non‐alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a disorder characterized by excessive
accumulation of fat in the liver that can progress to liver inflammation (non‐alcoholic …

A round trip from nonalcoholic fatty liver disease to diabetes: molecular targets to the rescue?

A Lonardo, S Lugari, S Ballestri, F Nascimbeni… - Acta …, 2019 - Springer
Evidence suggests a close relationship between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
and type two diabetes (T2D). On the grounds of prevalence of disease, both conditions …