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Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines
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Physical activity decreases the risk of a network of diseases, and exercise may be prescribed as medicine for lifestyle-related disorders such as type 2 diabetes, dementia, cardiovascular diseases, and cancer. During the past couple of decades, it has been apparent that skeletal muscle works as an endocrine organ, which can produce and secrete hundreds of myokines that exert their effects in either autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine manners. Recent advances show that skeletal muscle produces myokines in response to exercise, which allow for crosstalk between the muscle and other organs, including brain, adipose tissue, bone, liver, gut, pancreas, vascular bed, and skin, as well as communication within the muscle itself. Although only few myokines have been allocated to a specific function in humans, it has been identified that the biological roles of myokines include effects on, for example, cognition, lipid and glucose metabolism, browning of white fat, bone formation, endothelial cell function, hypertrophy, skin structure, and tumor growth. This suggests that myokines may be useful biomarkers for monitoring exercise prescription for people with, for example, cancer, diabetes, or neurodegenerative diseases.
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Skeletal muscle acts as an endocrine organ, releasing myokines in response to exercise that mediate crosstalk with brain, adipose tissue, bone, liver, gut, pancreas, vascular bed, skin, immune system, and tumors. This review updates myokine biology, emphasizing IL-6 and the potential for myokines as exercise biomarkers and therapeutic targets, while noting that specific human functions remain defined for only a small fraction of myokines.
Key findings
- Myokines are defined as cytokines and other peptides produced, expressed, and released by muscle fibers that exert autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine effects; more than 650 myokines have been identified, but biological function has been described for only 5% of known myokines.
- IL-6 is a central exercise-induced myokine: it mediates anti-inflammatory effects by increasing IL-1ra and IL-10 and inhibiting endotoxin-induced TNF, delays gastric emptying, stimulates GLP-1 and insulin secretion, contributes to hepatic glucose output during exercise, and in a 12-week randomized controlled trial in abdominally obese humans, IL-6 receptor blockade abolished exercise-induced reduction in visceral adipose tissue mass.
- Muscle–organ crosstalk includes brain effects via cathepsin B and irisin, which may cross the blood–brain barrier and stimulate BDNF; aerobic exercise training for 3 months increased hippocampal volume by 12% in healthy individuals and by 16% in patients with schizophrenia.
- Other reported roles include browning of white adipose tissue (irisin, meteorin-like, IL-6), bone regulation (decorin, IL-6, IGF-1, FGF-2 positively; myostatin negatively), skin aging via IL-15, endothelial/revascularization effects via FSTL1, and anticancer effects in mice, where running reduced tumor volume and incidence across 6 tumor models via natural killer cell mobilization and IL-6-dependent redistribution.
Methods
- Narrative review/update of recent advances in the myokine field; no systematic review protocol, meta-analysis, or primary data collection is described.
- Synthesizes preclinical and human literature across multiple organs, including cited human infusion studies, exercise trials, and a randomized controlled trial of abdominally obese humans receiving tocilizumab or placebo with aerobic exercise or no exercise for 12 weeks.
- Main analysis is qualitative synthesis of published findings; no statistical analysis or formal evidence grading is reported.
Limitations
- The paper states that biological function has been described for only 5% of known myokines; many browning findings are largely restricted to rodents and have not been consistently demonstrated in humans; the exercise-induced rise in plasma irisin in humans is controversial, partly due to unspecific commercial ELISA kits; whether cathepsin B mediates enhanced cognitive function in humans is unknown; the role of meteorin-like in humans remains to be identified; and it remains to be shown that physiological exercise-released IL-6 concentrations have browning effects.
- Evident from the text: as a narrative review, it lacks a systematic search strategy, explicit inclusion criteria, risk-of-bias assessment, and quantitative synthesis, and many mechanistic conclusions rely on animal or preclinical models.
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“Exercise prior to endotoxin totally blunted the increase in circulating levels of TNF‐α that was observed during a resting situation.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [113] Starkie, 2003, Exercise and IL-6 infusion inhibit endotoxin-induced TNF-alpha production in humans, FASEB J. source
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“It was therefore expected that an infusion of rhIL-6 prior to endotoxin administration would also blunt the TNF‐α response in humans and this was in fact what was found (113).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [113] Starkie, 2003, Exercise and IL-6 infusion inhibit endotoxin-induced TNF-alpha production in humans, FASEB J. source
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“Our finding in 2000 that skeletal muscle produced and released interleukin-6 (IL-6) into the circulation (5)”
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What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [5] Steensberg, 2000, Production of interleukin-6 in contracting human skeletal muscles can account for the exercise-induced increase in plasma interleukin-6, J Physiol. source
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“research during the subsequent years, demonstrating that IL-6 has multiple metabolic effects in other parts of the body (6)”
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What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [6] Pedersen, 2008, Muscle as an endocrine organ: focus on muscle-derived interleukin-6, Physiol Rev. source
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“Thus, it was obvious that 1 or several humoral factors had to be released from contracting muscles to the blood (3).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [3] Goldstein, 1961, Humoral nature of hypoglycemia in muscular activity, Am J Physiol. source
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“It was clear that signaling pathways from exercising skeletal muscle to other organs were not solely mediated via the nervous system, since electrical stimulation of paralyzed muscles in patients with no efferent or afferent nerve impulses induced the same types of physiological changes as were found in healthy human beings (1, 2).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [1] Kjaer, 1996, Hormonal and metabolic responses to electrically induced cycling during epidural anesthesia in humans, J Appl Physiol (1985). source
- Not checked yetcites [2] Mohr, 1997, Long-term adaptation to electrically induced cycle training in severe spinal cord injured individuals, Spinal Cord. source
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“During the past couple of decades, it has been apparent that skeletal muscle works as an endocrine organ, which can produce and secrete hundreds of myokines that exert their effects in either autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine manners.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [5] Steensberg, 2000, Production of interleukin-6 in contracting human skeletal muscles can account for the exercise-induced increase in plasma interleukin-6, J Physiol. source
- Not checked yetcites [6] Pedersen, 2008, Muscle as an endocrine organ: focus on muscle-derived interleukin-6, Physiol Rev. source
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“Although the myokine IL-6 is mostly recognized for its regulatory effects in lipid and glucose metabolism, IL-6 also plays important roles in myogenesis.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [49] Serrano, 2008, Interleukin-6 is an essential regulator of satellite cell-mediated skeletal muscle hypertrophy, Cell Metab. source
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“Myokines are also involved in muscle proliferation, differentiation, and regeneration independent of exercise (39, 40).”
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“Physical inactivity is associated with high circulating basal levels of IL-6 in humans (55).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Metabolic actions
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [55] Fischer, 2006, Interleukin-6 in acute exercise and training: what is the biological relevance?, Exerc Immunol Rev.
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In the paper
“The myokine IL-6 mediates the exercise-associated anti-inflammatory effects both acutely with each bout of exercise and as a consequence of training adaptation, including reduction in abdominal adiposity.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [136] Wedell-Neergaard, 2019, Exercise-induced changes in visceral adipose tissue mass are regulated by IL-6 signaling: a randomized controlled trial, Cell Metab. source
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“Myokines can be useful biomarkers for monitoring the type and amount of exercise that are required for the prescription of exercise for people with, for example, cancer, diabetes, or neurodegenerative diseases”
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“identified IL-6 as an exercise factor and skeletal muscle as a secretory organ with endocrine functions.”
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What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [5] Steensberg, 2000, Production of interleukin-6 in contracting human skeletal muscles can account for the exercise-induced increase in plasma interleukin-6, J Physiol. source
- Not checked yetcites [6] Pedersen, 2008, Muscle as an endocrine organ: focus on muscle-derived interleukin-6, Physiol Rev. source
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“Myokines mediate communication between muscle and other organs, including brain, adipose tissue, bone, liver, gut, pancreas, vascular bed, and skin, as well as within the muscle itself”
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“During exercise, myokines signal within the muscle and mediate muscle–organ crosstalk to the brain, adipose tissue, bone, liver, gut, pancreas, vascular bed, and skin (7, 29, 30).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [7] Pedersen, 2012, Muscles, exercise and obesity: skeletal muscle as a secretory organ, Nat Rev Endocrinol. source
- Not checked yetcites [29] Benatti, 2015, Exercise as an anti-inflammatory therapy for rheumatic diseases-myokine regulation, Nat Rev Rheumatol. source
- Not checked yetcites [30] Pedersen, 2019, Physical activity and muscle-brain crosstalk, Nat Rev Endocrinol. source
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“Myokines exert their effects on, for example, cognition, lipid and glucose metabolism, browning of white fat, bone formation, endothelial cell function, hypertrophy, skin structure, and tumor growth”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Abstract
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“identifying more than 650 myokines (38).”
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What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [38] Khan, 2019, Myokines: discovery challenges and therapeutic impediments, J Pak Med Assoc.
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“During exercise, myokines signal within the muscle and mediate muscle–organ crosstalk to the brain, adipose tissue, bone, liver, gut, pancreas, vascular bed, and skin (7, 29, 30).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Abstract
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [7] Pedersen, 2012, Muscles, exercise and obesity: skeletal muscle as a secretory organ, Nat Rev Endocrinol. source
- Not checked yetcites [29] Benatti, 2015, Exercise as an anti-inflammatory therapy for rheumatic diseases-myokine regulation, Nat Rev Rheumatol. source
- Not checked yetcites [30] Pedersen, 2019, Physical activity and muscle-brain crosstalk, Nat Rev Endocrinol. source
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“Myostatin is a member of the transforming growth factor β (TGF-β) superfamily and negatively regulates myogenesis in an autocrine manner (43).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [43] McPherron, 1997, Regulation of skeletal muscle mass in mice by a new TGF-beta superfamily member, Nature. source
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“LIF protein has been shown to be secreted from human cultured myotubes; when electrically stimulated (50) LIF stimulates satellite cell proliferation (51).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [50] Broholm, 2008, Exercise induces expression of leukaemia inhibitory factor in human skeletal muscle, J Physiol. source
- Not checked yetcites [51] Broholm, 2010, Leukaemia inhibitory factor–an exercise-induced myokine, Exerc Immunol Rev.
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“Some myokines exert their effect within skeletal muscle itself and are involved in the regulation of muscle mass (14) (Fig. 1).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [14] Lee, 2019, Role of myokines in regulating skeletal muscle mass and function, Front Physiol. source
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“It is well documented that IL-6 increases both basal glucose uptake and glucose transporter GLUT4 translocation (58).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Metabolic actions
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [58] Carey, 2006, Interleukin-6 increases insulin-stimulated glucose disposal in humans and glucose uptake and fatty acid oxidation in vitro via AMP-activated protein kinase, Diabetes. source
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“Massive muscle hypertrophy is seen in myostatin knockout mice, cattle, sheep, and dogs (43-45) that demonstrate an increase in fiber cross-sectional area and in fiber number.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [43] McPherron, 1997, Regulation of skeletal muscle mass in mice by a new TGF-beta superfamily member, Nature. source
- Not checked yetcites [44] Mosher, 2007, A mutation in the myostatin gene increases muscle mass and enhances racing performance in heterozygote dogs, PLoS Genet. source
- Not checked yetcites [45] Grobet, 1997, A deletion in the bovine myostatin gene causes the double-muscled phenotype in cattle, Nat Genet. source
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“In contrast, the muscular expression of the IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) is elevated in trained human muscle (57), suggesting that muscular sensitivity to IL-6 is increased by training adaptation.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Metabolic actions
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [57] Keller, 2005, Effect of exercise, training, and glycogen availability on IL-6 receptor expression in human skeletal muscle, J Appl Physiol (1985). source
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“Musclin, LIF, IL-4, IL-6, IL-7, and IL-15 promote muscle hypertrophy. Myostatin inhibits muscle hypertrophy.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
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“Decorin has been identified as a myokine that is regulated by exercise and acts as an antagonist to myostatin (46).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [46] Kanzleiter, 2014, The myokine decorin is regulated by contraction and involved in muscle hypertrophy, Biochem Biophys Res Commun. source
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“Genetic loss of IL-6 impaired muscle hypertrophy in vivo, whereas myotube-produced IL-6 stimulated muscle cell proliferation in a paracrine fashion (49).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [49] Serrano, 2008, Interleukin-6 is an essential regulator of satellite cell-mediated skeletal muscle hypertrophy, Cell Metab. source
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“Circulating levels of decorin are increased in response to exercise in humans (46), whereas exercise training reduces the levels of myostatin within muscles and blood (47, 48).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Myogenesis
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [46] Kanzleiter, 2014, The myokine decorin is regulated by contraction and involved in muscle hypertrophy, Biochem Biophys Res Commun. source
- Not checked yetcites [47] Saremi, 2010, Effects of oral creatine and resistance training on serum myostatin and GASP-1, Mol Cell Endocrinol. source
- Not checked yetcites [48] Hittel, 2010, Myostatin decreases with aerobic exercise and associates with insulin resistance, Med Sci Sports Exerc. source
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“Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is also expressed in human skeletal muscles, but BDNF is not released into the circulation and does not work in an endocrine way.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Muscle Crosstalk > Metabolic actions
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [63] Matthews, 2009, Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase, Diabetologia. source
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“Physical activity and exercise training decrease the risk of dementia (69-71) and appear to play a role in the treatment of this disease (72).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Brain Crosstalk
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [69] Aarsland, 2010, Is physical activity a potential preventive factor for vascular dementia? A systematic review, Aging Ment Health. source
- Not checked yetcites [70] Williams, 2010, Preventing Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive decline, Evid Rep Technol Assess (Full Rep).
- Not checked yetcites [71] Santos-Lozano, 2016, Physical activity and Alzheimer disease: a protective association, Mayo Clin Proc. source
- Not checked yetcites [72] Pedersen, 2015, Exercise as medicine - evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases, Scand J Med Sci Sports. source
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“Studies in rodents (81) and humans (82) have shown that exercise increases hippocampus volume and the blood flow to this part of the brain (81).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Brain Crosstalk
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“The finding that muscle contraction is sensed by the brain suggests that peripheral factors induced by exercise may be involved in direct crosstalk between working muscle and brain function (7, 29, 30, 83) (Fig. 2).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Brain Crosstalk
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [7] Pedersen, 2012, Muscles, exercise and obesity: skeletal muscle as a secretory organ, Nat Rev Endocrinol. source
- Not checked yetcites [29] Benatti, 2015, Exercise as an anti-inflammatory therapy for rheumatic diseases-myokine regulation, Nat Rev Rheumatol. source
- Not checked yetcites [30] Pedersen, 2019, Physical activity and muscle-brain crosstalk, Nat Rev Endocrinol. source
- Not checked yetcites [83] Leardini-Tristao, 2019, Beneficial effect of exercise on cognitive function during peripheral arterial disease: potential involvement of myokines and microglial anti-inflammatory phenotype enhancement, J Clin Med. source
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“In particular, exercise has been shown to influence neurogenesis in the dentate gyrus (67, 68) and to increase synapse plasticity (67, 68).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Brain Crosstalk
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [67] Cotman, 2007, Exercise builds brain health: key roles of growth factor cascades and inflammation, Trends Neurosci. source
- Not checked yetcites [68] Mattson, 2012, Energy intake and exercise as determinants of brain health and vulnerability to injury and disease, Cell Metab. source
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“Carbohydrate ingestion during exercise blunted the exercise-induced IL-6 response, the increase in lymphocyte number as well as the cortisol (204, 205).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > Lymphocyte and neutrophil trafficking
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- Not checked yetcites [204] Nieman, 1997, Carbohydrate supplementation affects blood granulocyte and monocyte trafficking but not function after 2.5 h or running, Am J Clin Nutr. source
- Not checked yetcites [205] Nehlsen-Cannarella, 1997, Carbohydrate and the cytokine response to 2.5 h of running, J Appl Physiol (1985). source
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“Following long-duration exercise of high intensity, the concentration of lymphocytes falls below pre-exercise values whereas the neutrophil number continues to increase (202, 203).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > Lymphocyte and neutrophil trafficking
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“IL-6 stimulates cortisol production and thereby induces neutrocytosis and lymphopenia.”
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“Moreover, antioxidant supplementation totally inhibited the release of IL-6 from exercising human muscle as well as the exercise-induced increase in systemic levels of cortisol (206).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > Lymphocyte and neutrophil trafficking
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [206] Fischer, 2004, Supplementation with vitamins C and E inhibits the release of interleukin-6 from contracting human skeletal muscle, J Physiol. source
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“IL-6 has anti-inflammatory effects as it inhibits TNF production and stimulates the production of IL-1ra and IL-10.”
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“The infusion of IL-6 to mimic the effects of exercise led to an increase in cortisol and, consequently, a decrease in the lymphocyte number accompanied by an increase in neutrophil number (112).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > Lymphocyte and neutrophil trafficking
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [112] Steensberg, 2003, IL-6 enhances plasma IL-1ra, IL-10, and cortisol in humans, Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. source
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“FSTL1 has been shown to possess cardioprotective effects, promoting endothelial cell function and thereby revascularization in animal models of cardiac injury through a mechanism that includes nitric oxide synthase (194, 195).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Vascular Bed Crosstalk
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- Not checked yetcites [194] Ouchi, 2008, Follistatin-like 1, a secreted muscle protein, promotes endothelial cell function and revascularization in ischemic tissue through a nitric-oxide synthase-dependent mechanism, J Biol Chem. source
- Not checked yetcites [195] Oshima, 2008, Follistatin-like 1 is an Akt-regulated cardioprotective factor that is secreted by the heart, Circulation. source
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“The acute exercise effect on lymphocytes and neutrophils is mediated by adrenaline, but the post-exercise reduction in lymphocyte number and the continuous increase in neutrophil number are mediated by both adrenaline and cortisol.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > Lymphocyte and neutrophil trafficking
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“Lack of exercise provokes accumulation of more visceral fat and thereby further enhances inflammation and hence a network of chronic diseases.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
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“It is obvious, that many cancers are accompanied by systemic low-grade chronic inflammation and that such inflammation may drive tumor progression.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Cancer Crosstalk
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“Using a mouse model with conditional expression of the Il6 gene, it was found that IL6 derived from adipocytes increased, while IL6 derived from myeloid cells and muscle suppressed, macrophage infiltration of adipose tissue.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [215] Han, 2020, Regulation of adipose tissue inflammation by interleukin 6, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. source
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“In humans, exercise training can induce anti-inflammatory effects both acutely with each bout of exercise and via long-term training adaptation including reduction in abdominal adiposity.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
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“Accumulation of visceral fat, which is more inflamed than subcutaneous fat, leads to chronic systemic inflammation that predisposes to atherosclerosis, elevated blood lipids, insulin resistance, neurodegeneration, muscle waste, and anemia, factors that are likely to lead to decreased physical activity.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
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“Exercise training will lead to a decrease in visceral and cardiac fat mass (136, 138, 221) and hence a decrease in circulating inflammatory molecules via a mechanism that involves exercise-induced increase in IL-6 (136), as described above.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Muscle–Immune Inflammation Crosstalk > The anti-inflammatory effects of exercise
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [136] Wedell-Neergaard, 2019, Exercise-induced changes in visceral adipose tissue mass are regulated by IL-6 signaling: a randomized controlled trial, Cell Metab. source
- Not checked yetcites [138] Christensen, 2019, Aerobic exercise induces cardiac fat loss and alters cardiac muscle mass through an interleukin-6 receptor-dependent mechanism: cardiac analysis of a double-blind randomized controlled clinical trial in abdominally obese humans, Circulation. source
- Not checked yetcites [221] Christensen, 2019, Effect of aerobic and resistance exercise on cardiac adipose tissues: secondary analyses from a randomized clinical trial, JAMA Cardiol. source
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“Lack of physical activity is associated with a large network of diseases, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, dementia, and osteoporosis (72, 121)”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Myokines and Other “Kines”: Adipokines, Hepatokines, and Batokines
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [72] Pedersen, 2015, Exercise as medicine - evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases, Scand J Med Sci Sports. source
- Not checked yetcites [121] Pedersen, 2019, The physiology of optimizing health with a focus on exercise as medicine, Annu Rev Physiol. source
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“These hepatokines increase in the circulation after muscle work and appear to be involved in mediating some of the metabolic effects of exercise.”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Myokines and Other “Kines”: Adipokines, Hepatokines, and Batokines
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [232] Weigert, 2019, Hepatokines-a novel group of exercise factors, Pflugers Arch. source
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“Hepatokines include FGF-21, follistatin, angiopoietin-like protein 4, heat shock protein 72, and IGF binding protein, which are all released from the liver during or immediately after an exercise bout (232).”
§ Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines > Myokines and Other “Kines”: Adipokines, Hepatokines, and Batokines
What the sources say
- Not checked yetcites [232] Weigert, 2019, Hepatokines-a novel group of exercise factors, Pflugers Arch. source
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The paper relies on this without support.
Recombinant human IL-6 infused to mimic exercise-induced plasma IL-6 levels has the same physiological effects as endogenous muscle-derived IL-6 during exercise.
“Healthy young males underwent 2 hours of bicycle exercise on 3 separate occasions at (1) a relatively high intensity; (2) a low intensity, and (3) a low intensity + infusion of IL-6 to mimic the plasma levels of IL-6 observed during high-intensity exercise.”
The paper relies on this without support.
IL-6 receptor blockade with tocilizumab specifically isolates IL-6's role in exercise-induced visceral fat loss.
“Abdominally obese humans were randomized to tocilizumab (IL-6 receptor antibody) or placebo during an intervention of 12 weeks with either aerobic exercise or no exercise (136, 137).”
“However, this effect was abolished by IL-6 receptor blockade (136).”
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IL-6 infusion mimics the effects of exercise.
“The infusion of IL-6 to mimic the effects of exercise led to an increase in cortisol and, consequently, a decrease in the lymphocyte number accompanied by an increase in neutrophil number (112).”
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“Skeletal muscle also functions as an endocrine organ.”
From Strategies for minimizing muscle loss during use of incretin‐mimetic drugs for treatment of obesity (2025) · cites this paper as [109]
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“Though human research on this topic is limited, preclinical studies suggest that loss of muscle mass or function can detrimentally affect numerous physiological systems.”
From Strategies for minimizing muscle loss during use of incretin‐mimetic drugs for treatment of obesity (2025) · cites this paper as [109]
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“Muscle contraction during exercise triggers the release of numerous autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine mediators collectively known as myokines.”
From Strategies for minimizing muscle loss during use of incretin‐mimetic drugs for treatment of obesity (2025) · cites this paper as [109]
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“skeletal muscle also functions as an autocrine, endocrine, and paracrine tissue, especially during physical exercise, via the secretion of myokines [35].”
From Exercise-Induced Muscle–Fat Crosstalk: Molecular Mediators and Their Pharmacological Modulation for the Maintenance of Metabolic Flexibility in Aging (2025) · cites this paper as [35]
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“Dysregulation in myokine secretion can arise in the pathogenesis of age-related conditions, such as sarcopenia [104,105].”
From Exerkines and Sarcopenia: Unveiling the Mechanism Behind Exercise-Induced Mitochondrial Homeostasis (2025) · cites this paper as [105]
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GLP-1-producing pancreatic cells differ between the text and its cited reference
MinorThe gut section attributes IL-6-stimulated GLP-1 secretion to pancreatic β-cells, whereas the title of the cited reference attributes it to alpha cells.
“A classic study by Ellingsgaard et al. (108) elegantly showed that acute elevations in IL-6 stimulates GLP-1 secretion from both intestinal L‐cells and pancreatic β‐cells, leading to improved secretion of insulin.”
“108. Ellingsgaard H, Hauselmann I, Schuler B, et al. Interleukin-6 enhances insulin secretion by increasing glucagon-like peptide-1 secretion from L cells and alpha cells. Nat Med. 2011; 17(11): 1481- 1489. 22037645 PMC4286294”
IL-6 is said to both stimulate and inhibit appetite
MinorThe figure says IL-6 stimulates appetite, while the appetite section says it suppresses feeding and may inhibit appetite.
“Figure: Figure 2. Cathepsin B and irisin cross the blood–brain barrier and stimulate BDNF production, which leads to hippocampal neurogenesis. IL-6 stimulates appetite.”
“Thus, it is likely that muscle-derived IL-6, elicited by exercise of long duration and high intensity, may inhibit appetite.”
Myostatin is assigned opposite effects on bone resorption
MinorThe same paragraph says myostatin reduces osteoclast formation and bone destruction, then calls it a positive regulator of bone resorption.
“myostatin reduces osteoclast formation and bone destruction in a TNF-α transgenic mouse model of rheumatoid arthritis (162).”
“Thus, whereas myostatin is a negative regulator of bone, it is a positive regulator of bone resorption.”
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“Skeletal muscle can produce different types of myokines that have endocrine and paracrine actions to exert multiple beneficial effects on human health [46].”
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“Current studies have indicate that exercise-induced skeletal muscle contraction may trigger the synthesis and secretion of myokines, thus connecting muscles with other human organs such as gut, bone and brain, and also acting on themselves through myokines [7].”
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“There are more than 650 types of muscle hormones involved [70].”
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“Skeletal muscles closely communicate with other organs via the production and secretion of various myokines, which are involved in the regulation of cognition, lipid and glucose metabolism, browning of white fat, and endothelial function.(1) Sarcopenia is a chronic age-related disease characterized by a progressive re…”
BackgroundKugler, B. A., Lourie, J., BERGER, N. J. A., Lin, N., Nguyen, P., DosSantos, E., Ali, A. S., Sesay, A., Rosen, H. G., KALEMBA, B. L., et al. (2023) · Molecular Metabolism · doi:10.1016/j.molmet.2023.101802 · Cited by 21
“One possible explanation is that partial Drp1 knockout in skeletal muscle may alter myokine secretion in skeletal muscle, which are known to affect systemic glucose metabolism and crosstalk with other tissues/organs [36].”
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Malvandi, A. M., Gerosa, L., Banfi, G., & Lombardi, G. (2025) · Molecular Aspects of Medicine · doi:10.1016/j.mam.2025.101367 · Cited by 22
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“…muscle, beyond its role in locomotion, functions as an endocrine organ that releases growth factors and cytokines collectively known as myokines, metabolites, and signaling molecules that influence brain function, hepatic metabolism, and adipose-tissue dynamics, especially during exercise [53,54].”
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The endocrine role of hepatokines: implications for human health and disease
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“Hepatokines are synthesized almost entirely in hepatocytes (4, 7).”
Myokine-mediated exercise effects: the role of myokine meteorin-like hormone (Metrnl)
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The Role of IL-6 Released During Exercise to Insulin Sensitivity and Muscle Hypertrophy
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The Potential Roles of Myokines in Adipose Tissue Metabolism with Exercise and Cold Exposure
Jiang, S., Bae, J. H., Wang, Y., & Song, W. J. (2022) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms231911523 · Cited by 20
“Previous researchers have revealed that several myokines participate in the crosstalk between skeletal muscle and adipose, including irisin, fibroblast growth factor 21 (FGF21), interleukin 6 (IL-6), Meteorin-like (Metrnl) and myostatin [7,8,10,11] (Figure 1).”
BackgroundIrisin and Bone in Sickness and in Health: A Narrative Review of the Literature
Tsourdi, E. A., Anastasilakis, A. D., Hofbauer, L. C., Rauner, M., & Lademann, F. (2022) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm11226863 · Cited by 19
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Polyamines and Physical Activity in Musculoskeletal Diseases: A Potential Therapeutic Challenge
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“As a response to exercise, it interfaces with the whole body through the secretion of myokines, soluble cytokines, or chemokines [4].”
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Physical Activity, Obesity and Weight Loss Maintenance
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The dawn of the functional genomics era in muscle physiology
Seaborne, R. A. E., & Ochala, J. (2023) · The Journal of Physiology · doi:10.1113/jp284206 · Cited by 19
“In the context of SkM,much focus has revolved around identifyingmyokines that are secreted from muscle fibres during stress (e.g. environmental or genetic), that act in paracrine or endocrine capacity (Severinsen & Pedersen, 2020).”
BackgroundApelin as a Potential Regulator of Peak Athletic Performance
Ligetvári, R., Szokodi, I., Far, G., Csöndör, É., Móra, Á., Komka, Z., Tóth, M., Olah, A., & Ács, P. (2023) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms24098195 · Cited by 24
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“Furthermore, decreased muscle mass, known as sarcopenia, has also been identified as a risk factor for MAFLD, as skeletal muscle influences glucose disposal and insulin resistance (11–13).”
BackgroundZare, N., Bishop, D. J., Levinger, I., Febbraio, M. A., & Broatch, J. R. (2025) · Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions · doi:10.1002/trc2.70056 · Cited by 24
“7 During exercise, skeletal muscle cells secrete myokines, which are cytokines and peptides with autocrine, paracrine, and endocrine effects.”
InfluentialLian, W., Wu, R., Chen, Y., Ko, J., Wang, S.-Y., Jahr, H., & Wang, F. (2021) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms22179135 · Cited by 18
“Bone tissue plays an endocrine role in producing a plethora of molecules, including hormones, growth factors, neuropeptides, and exosomes, regulating marrow fat homeostasis, peripheral adipose metabolism, and energy expenditure [1,2].”
BackgroundWillis, C. R. G., Deane, C. S., Ames, R. M., Bass, J. J., Wilkinson, D. J., Smith, K., Phillips, B. E., Szewczyk, N. J., Atherton, P. J., & Etheridge, T. (2021) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/s41598-021-03393-7 · Cited by 18
Diabetes Mellitus Should Be Considered While Analysing Sarcopenia-Related Biomarkers
Rentflejsz, J., & Wojszel, Z. B. (2024) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm13041107 · Cited by 18
“Thanks to some myokines’ regulative function, physical exercise may improve insulin sensitivity, but it still needs to be established whether training can enhance insulin secretion [47].”
BackgroundExtracellular vesicles contribute to the beneficial effects of exercise training in APP/PS1 mice
Fuller, O. K., McLennan, E. D., Egan, C. L., Perera, N., Terry, L. V., Pyun, J., de Mendonca, M., Telles, G. D., Smeuninx, B., Burrows, E. L., et al. (2025) · iScience · doi:10.1016/j.isci.2025.111752 · Cited by 17
“38 Recently, the paradigm of small extracellular vesicle (EV) tissue cross-talk during exercise has gained traction as a pathway through which cargo, including proteins, micro RNA (miRNA), and metabolites, can enter circulation, enabling inter-organ communication independently of classical…”
Obi, P. O., Souza, T. F. G., Özerkliğ, B., Seif, S., Bydak, B., Klassen, N., Duhamel, T. A., West, A. R., Gordon, J. W., & Saleem, A. (2025) · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles · doi:10.1002/jev2.70045 · Cited by 22
“Exercise affects almost all the tissues in the body, but the key organ systems that beneficially adapt include skeletal muscle, adipose tissue, brain, bone marrow, heart, gut, pancreas and liver (Severinsen and Pedersen 2020).”
Cui, X., Liu, H., Liu, Y., Yu, Z., Wang, D., Wei, W., & Wang, S. (2025) · Frontiers in Medicine · doi:10.3389/fmed.2025.1665708 · Cited by 24
A Bibliometric Analysis on the Research Trend of Exercise and the Gut Microbiome
Deng, R., Wang, M., Song, Y., & Shi, Y. (2023) · Microorganisms · doi:10.3390/microorganisms11040903 · Cited by 21
“Skeletal muscle can act as an endocrine organ and release myokines such as irisin and myonectin into the bloodstream, which may act on appetite and lead to changes in the gut microbiome [82,83].”
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The Structural Adaptations That Mediate Disuse-Induced Atrophy of Skeletal Muscle
Sayed, R. K. A., Hibbert, J. E., Jorgenson, K. W., & Hornberger, T. A. (2023) · Cells · doi:10.3390/cells12242811 · Cited by 20
“Skeletal muscles are not only the motors that drive basic movements, but also serve numerous physiological functions (e.g., regulation of body temperature and metabolism) and can function as endocrine organs via the secretion of myokines [2–5].”
BackgroundKnapp, M., Supruniuk, E., & Górski, J. (2023) · Biomolecules · doi:10.3390/biom13121777 · Cited by 17
“Skeletal muscle is now considered an endocrine organ based on its secretion of a number of bioactive factors collectively called myokines [1,2].”
BackgroundCerebral Benefits Induced by Electrical Muscle Stimulation: Evidence from a Human and Rat Study
Chaney, R., Leger, C., Wirtz, J., Fontanier, E., Méloux, A., Quirié, A., Martin, A., Prigent‐Tessier, A., & Garnier, P. E. (2024) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms25031883 · Cited by 19
“2024 , 25 , 1883 2 of 23 contracting muscles to synthesize and secrete molecules termed “myokines” into the bloodstream [9–11].”
BackgroundIGF1 promotes human myotube differentiation toward a mature metabolic and contractile phenotype
Dreher, S. I., Grubba, P., von Toerne, C., Moruzzi, A., Maurer, J. A., Goj, T., Birkenfeld, A. L., Peter, A., Loskill, P., Hauck, S. M., et al. (2024) · American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology · doi:10.1152/ajpcell.00654.2023 · Cited by 20
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Global consensus for sarcopenia
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“More recently, the endocrine role of skeletal muscle in communicating with other physiological systems has been somewhat elucidated (Chow et al., 2022; Severinsen & Pedersen, 2020).”
BackgroundZhang, Y., Luo, C., Huang, P., Cheng, Y., Ma, Y., Gao, J., & Ding, H. (2024) · The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry · doi:10.1016/j.jnutbio.2024.109780 · Cited by 22
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Optimised Skeletal Muscle Mass as a Key Strategy for Obesity Management
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“Although the majority of adipokines are implicated in promoting IR within the SM stemming from excessive AT mass, around half have also been demonstrated in vitro to have effects on myogenesis and/or SM hypertrophy [55].”
Skeletal muscles and gut microbiota-derived metabolites: novel modulators of adipocyte thermogenesis
Tang, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, Y. Y., Liao, Z., & Xiao, X. (2023) · Frontiers in Endocrinology · doi:10.3389/fendo.2023.1265175 · Cited by 17
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“Skeletal muscles release proteins and other factors during exercise that help communicate with and support the function of other organs [12].”
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“Besides these myokines, SKM-EVs can also mediate interorgan communication between skeletal muscle and extra-muscular organs or tissues 59 , such as muscle fiber– muscle 60 , muscle–bone 61,62 and muscle–adipose tissue 63 cross-talk.”
Weaver, L. N., & Drummond‐Barbosa, D. (2021) · Development · doi:10.1242/dev.198663 · Cited by 15
“Muscles have recently emerged as an endocrine organ that helps maintain energy homeostasis through the secretion of myokines (muscle-derived cytokines) that act on various organs (Severinsen and Pedersen, 2020).”
BackgroundBeaudry, K. M., Binet, E. R., Collao, N., & Lisio, M. D. (2022) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.915390 · Cited by 16
“Further, the role of skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ regulating multiple body systems is emerging (Severinsen and Pedersen, 2020).”
BackgroundMyokines: Novel therapeutic targets for diabetic nephropathy
Yang, M., Luo, S., Yang, J., Chen, W., He, L., Liu, D., Zhao, L., & Wang, X. (2022) · Frontiers in Endocrinology · doi:10.3389/fendo.2022.1014581 · Cited by 18
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“Collateral tissue systems known to respond to the actions of the muscle secretome include the bone and joints, the immune system, the central nervous system, the digestive system, the microbiome, and, in particular, adipose tissue [3].”
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“These myokines regulate the tumor micro-environment through crosstalk with other tissues, affecting cancer cell proliferation, apoptosis, and metabolic reprogramming [6].”
BackgroundSkeletal muscle-derived exosomes prevent osteoporosis by promoting osteogenesis
Xing, Z., Guo, L., Li, S., Huang, W., Su, J., Chen, X., Li, Y., & Zhang, J. (2024) · Life Sciences · doi:10.1016/j.lfs.2024.123079 · Cited by 20
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von Korn, P., Keating, S. E., Mueller, S., Haller, B., Kränkel, N., Dinges, S. M.-T., Duvinage, A., Scherr, J., Wisløff, U., Tjønna, A. E., et al. (2020) · Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders · doi:10.1089/met.2020.0105 · Cited by 18
“32,33 Overall, it seems plausible to combine exercise and dietary interventions for improving cardiometabolic risk in patients with MetS.”
Does a Vegetarian Diet Affect the Levels of Myokine and Adipokine in Prepubertal Children?
Ambroszkiewicz, J., Gajewska, J., Mazur, J., Klemarczyk, W., Rowicka, G., Ołtarzewski, M., Strucińska, M., & Chełchowska, M. (2021) · Journal of Clinical Medicine · doi:10.3390/jcm10173995 · Cited by 16
“The relationships between muscle and adipose tissues are very important [23,24], especially in children who are in the developmental period.”
BackgroundMechanisms Underlying Anti-Inflammatory and Anti-Cancer Properties of Stretching—A Review
Król, M., Kupnicka, P., Bosiacki, M., & Chlubek, D. (2022) · International Journal of Molecular Sciences · doi:10.3390/ijms231710127 · Cited by 16
Exercise-Induced Biomarker Modulation in Sarcopenia: From Inflamm-Aging to Muscle Regeneration
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“It plays a central role in regulating muscle mass and function by antagonizing myostatin, a negative regulator of muscle growth [51,53,60].”
SIRT3-Mediated Mitochondrial Regulation and Driver Tissues in Systemic Aging
Šešelja, K., Šimunić, E., Sobočanec, S., Podgorski, I. I., Pinterić, M., Hadžija, M. P., Balog, T., & Belužić, R. (2025) · Genes · doi:10.3390/genes16121497 · Cited by 19
“Certain myokines regulate lipid metabolism and promote the browning of WAT [121].”
Histone Deacetylases as Modulators of the Crosstalk Between Skeletal Muscle and Other Organs
Renzini, A., D’Onghia, M., Coletti, D., & Moresi, V. (2022) · Frontiers in Physiology · doi:10.3389/fphys.2022.706003 · Cited by 15
“exercise training as a preventive and therapeutic strategy in several diseases has already been proposed (Leal et al., 2018; de Lima et al., 2020; Severinsen and Pedersen, 2020).”
BackgroundMechanisms of interorgan crosstalk in health and disease
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Mimicking exercise in vitro: effects of myotube contractions and mechanical stretch on omics
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L‐BAIBA Synergizes with Sub‐Optimal Mechanical Loading to Promote New Bone Formation
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“Recently, myokines— factors secreted by exercised muscle which determine the beneficial effects of exercise on nonmuscle tissue such as brain, liver, and adipose tissue—have also been identified to promote skeletal health.((1,37,38)) We previously discovered that L-BAIBA, a metabolite secreted by contracted muscle, pr…”
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- Authors
- Severinsen, M. C. K., & Pedersen, B. K.
- Affiliations
- University of Copenhagen (DK)
- Corresponding author
- Pedersen, Bente Klarlund
- Venue
- Endocrine Reviews
- Publisher
- The Endocrine Society
- Published
- 2020-05-11
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 594-609
- ISSN
- 0163-769X (ISSN-L)
- 1945-7189
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- PMC7288608
- OpenAlex
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- Funders
- TrygFonden
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Exercise and Physiological Responses
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Muscle Physiology and Disorders
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism › Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
- Keywords
- myokines, skeletal muscle endocrine function, physical activity, paracrine signaling, autocrine signaling, hormone signaling, type 2 diabetes, glucose metabolism, lipid metabolism, white adipose tissue browning, bone formation, endothelial function, muscle hypertrophy, skin anatomy, tumor growth, exercise medicine, exercise biomarkers, neurodegenerative diseases
- MeSH terms
- Brain, Diabetes Mellitus, Humans, Neoplasms, Exercise, Cytokines, Muscle, Skeletal, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Muscle Cells
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