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Can I read Skeletal Muscle as an Endocrine Organ: The Role of Myokines in Exercise Adaptations on EtoBox?
Skeletal Muscle as an Endocrine Organ: The Role of Myokines in Exercise Adaptations by Christoph Hoffmann; Cora Weigert is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Skeletal Muscle as an Endocrine Organ: The Role of Myokines in Exercise Adaptations about?
Exercise stimulates the release of proteins with autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine functions produced in skeletal muscle, termed myokines. Based on the current state of knowledge, the major physiological function of myokines is to protect the functionality and to enhance the exercise capacity of skeletal muscle. Myokines control adaptive processes in skeletal muscle by acting as paracrine regulators of fuel oxidation, hypertrophy, angiogenesis, inflammatory processes, and regulation of the extracellular matrix. Endocrine functions attributed to myokines are involved in body weight regulation, low-grade inflammation, insulin sensitivity, suppression of tumor growth, and improvement of cognitive function. Muscle-derived regulatory RNAs and metabolites, as well as the design of modified myokines, are promising novel directions for treatment of chronic diseases.
Who reads Skeletal Muscle as an Endocrine Organ: The Role of Myokines in Exercise Adaptations?
It is typically read by researchers, students, and practitioners in Medicine.
- Author
- Christoph Hoffmann; Cora Weigert
- Publisher
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)