Skeletal Muscle Is an Endocrine Organ

The influence of skeletal muscle on systemic aging and lifespan

(2013) Fabio Demontis et al.   AGING CELL

Exercise Intolerance in Chronic Heart Failure

(2013) Koichi Okita et al.   CIRCULATION JOURNAL

Adipokines in obesity

(2013) Viviane de Oliveira Leal et al.   CLINICA CHIMICA ACTA

Irisin mRNA and circulating levels in relation to other myokines in healthy and morbidly obese humans

(2013) Maria T Vamvini et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Myostatin knockout drives browning of white adipose tissue through activating the AMPK-PGC1α-Fndc5 pathway in muscle

(2013) Tizhong Shan et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Interleukin-6 myokine signaling in skeletal muscle: a double-edged sword?

(2013) Pura Muñoz-Cánoves et al.   FEBS Journal

BMP4 Is a Peripherally-Derived Factor for Motor Neurons and Attenuates Glutamate-Induced Excitotoxicity In Vitro

(2013) Hui-Ju Chou et al.   PLoS One

Dietary strategies to reduce metabolic syndrome

(2013) Catherine J. Andersen et al.   REVIEWS IN ENDOCRINE & METABOLIC DISORDERS

Regulation of follistatin-like protein 1 expression and secretion in primary human skeletal muscle cells

(2013) Sven W. Görgens et al.   ARCHIVES OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Serum Biomarkers for Detecting Ectopic Pregnancy

(2012) MARY E. RAUSCH et al.   CLINICAL OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Interference with Myostatin/ActRIIB Signaling as a Therapeutic Strategy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(2012) Helge Amthor et al.   CURRENT GENE THERAPY

Effects of the activin A–myostatin–follistatin system on aging bone and muscle progenitor cells

(2012) Matthew Bowser et al.   EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY

Myonectin (CTRP15), a Novel Myokine That Links Skeletal Muscle to Systemic Lipid Homeostasis

(2012) Marcus M. Seldin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Fibroregulation of Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells by BMP-4 After Traumatic Muscle Injury

(2012) Matthew W. Kluk et al.   JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC TRAUMA

Impact of dietary fat quantity and quality on skeletal muscle fatty acid metabolism in subjects with the metabolic syndrome

(2012) Anneke Jans et al.   METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL

A PGC1-α-dependent myokine that drives brown-fat-like development of white fat and thermogenesis

(2012) Pontus Boström et al.   NATURE

Follistatin-derived peptide expression in muscle decreases adipose tissue mass and prevents hepatic steatosis

(2011) Masashi Nakatani et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Exercise-induced muscle-derived cytokines inhibit mammary cancer cell growth

(2011) Pernille Hojman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Endogenous Bmp4 in myoblasts is required for myotube formation in C2C12 cells

(2011) Takenao Umemoto et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-GENERAL SUBJECTS

Ameliorating Effect of Hypothalamic Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Against Impaired Glucose Metabolism After Cerebral Ischemic Stress in Mice

(2011) Shinichi Harada et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Role of TGF-β signaling in inherited and acquired myopathies

(2011) Tyesha N Burks et al.   Skeletal Muscle

Reversing Cachexia

(2010) Michael J. Tisdale   CELL

Muscles and their myokines

(2010) B. K. Pedersen   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Analysis of the effects of androgens and training on myostatin propeptide and follistatin concentrations in blood and skeletal muscle using highly sensitive Immuno PCR

(2010) Patrick Diel et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

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

(2009) V. B. Matthews et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Evidence for a release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor from the brain during exercise

(2009) Peter Rasmussen et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Inhibition of myostatin with emphasis on follistatin as a therapy for muscle disease

(2009) Louise R. Rodino-Klapac et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

FGF21 is an Akt-regulated myokine

(2008) Yasuhiro Izumiya et al.   FEBS LETTERS

Basic and Clinical Aspects of Non-neuronal Acetylcholine: Overview of Non-neuronal Cholinergic Systems and Their Biological Significance

(2008) Koichiro Kawashima et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Transforming growth factor-β and myostatin signaling in skeletal muscle

(2007) Helen D. Kollias et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY