ReviewFrontiers in physiology2018
Physical Exercise-Induced Myokines and Muscle-Adipose Tissue Crosstalk: A Review of Current Knowledge and the Implications for Health and Metabolic Diseases.
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- Myokine Signaling in Sarcopenia-Associated Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review of Inflammatory Mechanisms.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Lifestyle interventions targeting adiposity in adults with psoriasis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of exercise on inflammatory biomarkers: an umbrella review of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Exercise, myonectin response, and insulin resistance among overweight, obese and healthy individuals: a systematic review and narrative synthesis.Journal of medicine and life · 2025Pooled it
- Interleukin-15 responses to acute and chronic exercise in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Pooled it
- Changes in Cytokines Concentration Following Long-Distance Running: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in physiology · 2022Pooled it
- Preclinical techniques to investigate exercise training in vascular pathophysiology.American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2021Pooled it
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- Exercise intensity regulates cytokine and klotho responses in men.Nutrition & diabetes · 2021Trial
- Effects of dapagliflozin on the serum levels of fibroblast growth factor 21 and myokines and muscle mass in Japanese patients with type 2 diabetes: A randomized, controlled trial.Journal of diabetes investigation · 2020Trial
- Voluntary versus forced exercise modulates anxiety‑like behaviors and hippocampal inflammation gene expression following traumatic stress in rats.IBRO neuroscience reports · 2026Article
- Age-related change in skeletal muscle strength, size, and adiposity over 18 years in Caribbean men.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Effects of six weeks of hypoxia and hypoxic SIT on oxidative stress and myokine responses in skeletal muscle of high-fat-fed ApoEEuropean journal of applied physiology · 2026Article
- Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries with an Inflammatory Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern (DAMP) Etiology.Pain and therapy · 2026Review
- Associations of physical fitness with brain structure, pathology and cognition in cognitively normal older adults.npj aging · 2026Article
- Pre-Dialysis Serum Myostatin Concentration Is Independently Associated with Intradialytic Muscle Cramps in Hemodialysis Patients.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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Abstract
Physical exercise has beneficial effects on metabolic diseases, and a combined therapeutic regimen of regular exercise and pharmaceutical treatment is often recommended for their clinical management. However, the mechanisms by which exercise produces these beneficial effects are not fully understood. Myokines, a group of skeletal muscle (SkM) derived peptides may play an important part in this process. Myokines are produced, expressed and released by muscle fibers under contraction and exert both local and pleiotropic effects. Myokines such as IL-6, IL-10, and IL-1ra released during physical exercise mediate its health benefits. Just as exercise seems to promote the myokine response, physical inactivity seems to impair it, and could be a mechanism to explain the association between sedentary behavior and many chronic diseases. Myokines help configure the immune-metabolic factor interface and the health promoting effects of physical exercise through the release of humoral factors capable of interacting with other tissues, mainly adipose tissue (AT). AT itself secretes proinflammatory cytokines (adipokines) as a result of physical inactivity and it is well recognized that AT inflammation can lead to the development of metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and atherosclerosis. On the other hand, the browning phenotype of AT has been suggested to be one of the mechanisms through which physical exercise improves body composition in overweight/obese individuals. Although, many cytokines are involved in the crosstalk between SkM and AT, in respect of these effects, it is IL-6, IL-15, irisin, and myostatin which seem to have the decisive role in this "conversation" between AT and SkM. This review article proposes to bring together the latest "state of the art" knowledge regarding Myokines and muscle-adipose tissue crosstalk. Furthermore, it is intended to particularly focus on the immune-metabolic changes from AT directly mediated by myokines.
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