Contraction-induced myokine production and release: Is skeletal muscle an endocrine organ?

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 114-119

  Febbraio, Mark A ^a   Pedersen, Bente K ^b,c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Hepatic glucose production; Interleukin 6; Lipolysis; Metabolic processes

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYOKINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CYTOKINE RELEASE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXERCISE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; LIPOLYSIS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

CYTOKINES; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-6; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 22244477735     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003677-200507000-00003     Document Type: Review

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