Obesity and ageing place a tremendous strain on the global healthcare system. Age-related
sarcopenia is characterized by decreased muscular strength, decreased muscle quantity …

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 …

Myokines are molecules produced and secreted by skeletal muscle to act in an auto‐, para‐
and endocrine manner to alter physiological function of target tissues. The growing number …

The skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the body and secretes circulating factors,
including myokines, which are involved in various cellular signaling processes. Skeletal …

The prevalence of obesity continues to rise worldwide despite evidence-based public health
recommendations. The promise to adopt a healthy lifestyle is increasingly important for …

Sarcopenic obesity (SO) is a condition characterized by the occurrence of both sarcopenia
and obesity and imposes a heavy burden on the health of the elderly. Controversies and …

Physical activity has been found to aid the maintenance of health in the elderly. Exercise-
induced skeletal muscle contractions lead to the production and secretion of many small …

Recently, it was suggested that β-aminoisobutyric acid (BAIBA) is a myokine involved in
browning of fat. However, there is no evidence for an acute effect of exercise supporting this …

As both L-and D-BAIBA are increased with exercise, we sought to determine if circulating
levels would be associated with physical performance. Serum levels of L-and D-BAIBA were …

Arthropod-borne pathogens are responsible for hundreds of millions of infections in humans
each year. The blacklegged tick, Ixodes scapularis, is the predominant arthropod vector in …