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ArticleeLife2022

Genetic variation of putative myokine signaling is dominated by biological sex and sex hormones.

Leandro M Velez, Cassandra Van, Timothy Moore, Zhenqi Zhou, Casey Johnson, Andrea L Hevener, Marcus M Seldin

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Article in eLife, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 27 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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27citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

27 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 35 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Circulating Myokine Responses to Acute Endurance Exercise and Their Role in Immunoregulation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  14. Hallmarks of Cancer Cachexia: Sexual Dimorphism in Related Pathways.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Leandro M Velez *Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8371-2633
Cassandra Van *Department of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8434-0189
Timothy MooreDepartment of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, United States.
Zhenqi ZhouDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, United States.
Casey JohnsonDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, United States.
Andrea L HevenerDepartment of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1508-4377
Marcus M SeldinDepartment of Biological Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-8026-4759
University of California, Irvine · USUniversity of California, Los Angeles · USNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Transgenic & Knock-out MouseP30DK063491 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Andrea L Hevener · 2003 to 2026
$40.4M
NIDDK Network Coordinating UnitU24DK097771 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI Shuibing Chen, Jeffrey S. Grethe · 2013 to 2026
$20.9M
Sex Differences in the Metabolic SyndromeU54DK120342 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI REUE, KAREN · 2018 to 2022
$7.6M
UCLA Medical Genetics Training ProgramT32GM008243 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Julian Martinez-Agosto, STANLEY F. NELSON · 1987 to 2026
$6.8M
Integrative approaches to dissection of endocrine communicationDP1DK130640 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI SELDIN, MARCUS MICHAEL · 2021 to 2025
$3.2M
Role of dynamin-related protein 1 in the regulation of metabolism and skeletal muscle massR01DK125354 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI ZHOU, ZHENQI · 2021 to 2025
$2.5M
Mechanisms controlling skeletal muscle mitochondrial function and metabolic healthR01DK109724 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI HEVENER, ANDREA L · 2016 to 2020
$2.4M
A strategy for discovery of endocrine interactionsR00HL138193 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-IRVINE · PI SELDIN, MARCUS MICHAEL · 2020 to 2022
$745k
Development of a strategy for endocrine axis discoveryK99HL138193 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI SELDIN, MARCUS MICHAEL · 2018 to 2019
$268k
NHLBI NIH HHS K99 HL138193NHLBI NIH HHS R00 HL138193NIDDK NIH HHS DP1 DK130640NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK063491NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK109724NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK125354NIDDK NIH HHS U24 DK097771NIDDK NIH HHS U54 DK120342NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008243
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle plays an integral role in coordinating physiological homeostasis, where signaling to other tissues via myokines allows for coordination of complex processes. Here, we aimed to leverage natural genetic correlation structure of gene expression both within and across tissues to understand how muscle interacts with metabolic tissues. Specifically, we performed a survey of genetic correlations focused on myokine gene regulation, muscle cell composition, cross-tissue signaling, and interactions with genetic sex in humans. While expression levels of a majority of myokines and cell proportions within skeletal muscle showed little relative differences between males and females, nearly all significant cross-tissue enrichments operated in a sex-specific or hormone-dependent fashion; in particular, with estradiol. These sex- and hormone-specific effects were consistent across key metabolic tissues: liver, pancreas, hypothalamus, intestine, heart, visceral, and subcutaneous adipose tissue. To characterize the role of estradiol receptor signaling on myokine expression, we generated male and female mice which lack estrogen receptor α specifically in skeletal muscle (MERKO) and integrated with human data. These analyses highlighted potential mechanisms of sex-dependent myokine signaling conserved between species, such as myostatin enriched for divergent substrate utilization pathways between sexes. Several other putative sex-dependent mechanisms of myokine signaling were uncovered, such as muscle-derived tumor necrosis factor alpha (

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CytokinesReceptors, EstradiolAnimalsFemaleGenetic VariationGonadal Steroid HormonesMaleMiceMuscle, SkeletalCytokinesGonadal Steroid HormonesReceptors, Estradiolbiochemistrychemical biologycomputational biologyendocrinologyhumanmyokinephysiologysystems biologysystems genetics

Identifiers

PMID35416774
PMCPMC9094747
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