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 wonder exerkines—novel insights: a critical state-of-the-art review

L Magliulo, D Bondi, N Pini, L Marramiero… - Molecular and cellular …, 2022 - Springer
Several benefits can be acquired through physical exercise. Different classes of
biomolecules are responsible for the cross-talk between distant organs. The secretome of …

Exercise, exerkines, and cardiometabolic health: from individual players to a team sport

JM Robbins, RE Gerszten - The Journal of clinical …, 2023 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Exercise confers numerous salutary effects that extend beyond individual organ systems to
provide systemic health benefits. Here, we discuss the role of exercise in cardiovascular …

Exercise and metabolic health: beyond skeletal muscle

JP Thyfault, A Bergouignan - Diabetologia, 2020 - Springer
Regular exercise is a formidable regulator of insulin sensitivity and overall systemic
metabolism through both acute events driven by each exercise bout and through chronic …

Factors mediating exercise‐induced organ crosstalk

R Sabaratnam, JFP Wojtaszewski… - Acta …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Exercise activates a plethora of metabolic and signalling pathways in skeletal muscle and
other organs causing numerous systemic beneficial metabolic effects. Thus, regular exercise …

Exosomes as mediators of the systemic adaptations to endurance exercise

A Safdar, MA Tarnopolsky - Cold Spring …, 2018 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Habitual endurance exercise training is associated with multisystemic metabolic adaptations
that lower the risk of inactivity-associated disorders such as obesity and type 2 diabetes …

[HTML][HTML] Growth and differentiation factor 15 is secreted by skeletal muscle during exercise and promotes lipolysis in humans

C Laurens, A Parmar, E Murphy, D Carper, B Lair… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We hypothesized that skeletal muscle contraction produces a cellular stress signal,
triggering adipose tissue lipolysis to sustain fuel availability during exercise. The present …

[HTML][HTML] Exerkines and long-term synaptic potentiation: Mechanisms of exercise-induced neuroplasticity

WAJ Vints, O Levin, H Fujiyama, J Verbunt… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Physical exercise may improve cognitive function by modulating molecular and cellular
mechanisms within the brain. We propose that the facilitation of long-term synaptic …

Distinctive exercise-induced inflammatory response and exerkine induction in skeletal muscle of people with type 2 diabetes

NJ Pillon, JAB Smith, PS Alm, AV Chibalin… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Mechanistic insights into the molecular events by which exercise enhances the skeletal
muscle phenotype are lacking, particularly in the context of type 2 diabetes. Here, we …

Edward F. Adolph distinguished lecture: muscle as an endocrine organ: IL-6 and other myokines

BK Pedersen - Journal of applied physiology, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Skeletal muscle is an endocrine organ that produces and releases myokines in response to
contraction. Some myokines are likely to work in a hormone-like fashion, exerting specific …