Searching for the exercise factor: Is IL-6 a candidate?

Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility

Volumn 24, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 113-119

  Pedersen, B K ^a   Steensberg, A ^a   Fischer, C ^a   Keller, C ^a   Keller, P ^a   Plomgaard, P ^a   Febbraio, M ^a   Saltin, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; EXERCISE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GLYCOGEN MUSCLE LEVEL; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID OXIDATION; LIPOLYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE EXCITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; LIPID METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0142187317     PISSN: 01424319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026070911202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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