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The Ever-Expanding Myokinome: Discovery Challenges and Therapeutic Implications

Whitham, Martin, Febbraio, Mark A.·2016·Nature Reviews Drug Discovery

Abstract

Exercise reduces the risk of a multitude of disorders, from metabolic disease to cancer, but the molecular mechanisms mediating the protective effects of exercise are not completely understood. The realization that skeletal muscle is an endocrine organ capable of secreting proteins termed 'myokines', which participate in tissue crosstalk, provided a critical link in the exercise-health paradigm. However, the myokine field is still emerging, and several challenges remain in the discovery and validation of myokines. This Review considers these challenges and highlights some recently identified novel myokines with the potential to be therapeutically exploited in the treatment of metabolic disease and cancer.

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Authors
Whitham, M., & Febbraio, M. A.
Affiliations
Garvan Institute of Medical Research (AU)
Corresponding author
Febbraio, Mark A.
Venue
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery
Published
2016-09-12
Volume
15
Issue
10
Pages
719-729
ISSN
  • 1474-1776 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1784
OpenAlex
W2518700063
Cited by
279
References
142
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FWCI
3.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Nature Reviews Drug Discovery (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • University of Birmingham Research Portal (University of Birmingham) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Rehabilitation › Exercise and Physiological Responses
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
Keywords
myokines, physical activity, skeletal muscle endocrine function, cancer therapy, metabolic disease treatment, tissue crosstalk
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Metabolic Diseases, Muscle Proteins, Neoplasms, Exercise, Interleukin-6, Muscle, Skeletal, Drug Discovery

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