Physiology and role of irisin in glucose homeostasis

N Perakakis, GA Triantafyllou… - Nature reviews …, 2017 - nature.com
Irisin is a myokine that leads to increased energy expenditure by stimulating the'browning'of
white adipose tissue. In the first description of this hormone, increased levels of circulating …

Use of human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) as a model to study cardiovascular disease: A review

DJ Medina-Leyte, M Domínguez-Pérez, I Mercado… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death worldwide, and extensive
research has been performed to understand this disease better, using various experimental …

The emerging role of irisin in cardiovascular diseases

J Fu, F Li, Y Tang, L Cai, C Zeng, Y Yang… - Journal of the American …, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Irisin, a novel hormone like polypeptide, is cleaved and secreted by an unknown protease
from a membrane‐spanning protein, FNDC5 (fibronectin type III domain‐containing protein …

Irisin alleviates pressure overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy by inducing protective autophagy via mTOR-independent activation of the AMPK-ULK1 pathway

RL Li, SS Wu, Y Wu, XX Wang, HY Chen, J Xin… - Journal of Molecular and …, 2018 - Elsevier
In hypertrophic hearts, autophagic flux insufficiency is recognized as a key pathology
leading to maladaptive cardiac remodeling and heart failure. This study aimed to illuminate …

Effects and underlying mechanisms of irisin on the proliferation and apoptosis of pancreatic β cells

S Liu, F Du, X Li, M Wang, R Duan, J Zhang, Y Wu… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Pancreatic β cell dysfunction and reduction due to glucose toxicity play a crucial role in the
development of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Irisin, a novel exercise-induced myokine …

Epigenetic landscape reveals MECOM as an endothelial lineage regulator

J Lv, S Meng, Q Gu, R Zheng, X Gao, J Kim… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
A comprehensive understanding of endothelial cell lineage specification will advance
cardiovascular regenerative medicine. Recent studies found that unique epigenetic …

Irisin lowers blood pressure by improvement of endothelial dysfunction via AMPK‐Akt‐eNOS‐NO pathway in the spontaneously hypertensive rat

J Fu, Y Han, J Wang, Y Liu, S Zheng… - Journal of the …, 2016 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Exercise is a major nonpharmacological treatment for hypertension, but its
underlying mechanisms are still not completely elucidated. Irisin, a polypeptide containing …

Oxidative stress, reductive stress and antioxidants in vascular pathogenesis and aging

M Mladenov, L Lubomirov, O Grisk, D Avtanski… - Antioxidants, 2023 - mdpi.com
This review is focused on the mechanisms that regulate health, disease and aging redox
status, the signal pathways that counteract oxidative and reductive stress, the role of food …

Irisin a novel metabolic biomarker: present knowledge and future directions

IY Martinez Munoz… - International journal …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The rising prevalence of chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular
diseases owing to fat mass excess has been described. In recent years, muscle …

Integrin-ligand interactions in inflammation, cancer, and metabolic disease: Insights into the multifaceted roles of an emerging ligand irisin

EJ Park, PK Myint, A Ito, MG Appiah… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Integrins are transmembrane proteins that mediate cellular adhesion and migration to
neighboring cells or the extracellular matrix, which is essential for cells to undertake diverse …