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ReviewPeerJ2024

Exploring exercise-driven exerkines: unraveling the regulation of metabolism and inflammation.

Nihong Zhou, Lijing Gong, Enming Zhang, Xintang Wang

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Review in PeerJ, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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22citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. Exercise, Exerkines, and Sarcopenia.Diabetes & metabolism journal · 2026
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  14. Physical Activity, Exerkines, and Their Role in Cancer Cachexia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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  16. Exerkines and myokines in aging sarcopenia.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Nihong ZhouKey Laboratory of Physical Fitness and Exercise, Ministry of Education, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.
Lijing GongKey Laboratory of Physical Fitness and Exercise, Ministry of Education, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.ORCID 0000-0003-3502-0901
Enming ZhangDepartment of Clinical Sciences in Malmö, Lund University Diabetes Centre, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
Xintang WangKey Laboratory for Performance Training & Recovery of General Administration of Sport, Beijing Sport University, Beijing, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercise has many beneficial effects that provide health and metabolic benefits. Signaling molecules are released from organs and tissues in response to exercise stimuli and are widely termed exerkines, which exert influence on a multitude of intricate multi-tissue processes, such as muscle, adipose tissue, pancreas, liver, cardiovascular tissue, kidney, and bone. For the metabolic effect, exerkines regulate the metabolic homeostasis of organisms by increasing glucose uptake and improving fat synthesis. For the anti-inflammatory effect, exerkines positively influence various chronic inflammation-related diseases, such as type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis. This review highlights the prospective contribution of exerkines in regulating metabolism, augmenting the anti-inflammatory effects, and providing additional advantages associated with exercise. Moreover, a comprehensive overview and analysis of recent advancements are provided in this review, in addition to predicting future applications used as a potential biomarker or therapeutic target to benefit patients with chronic diseases.

Indexed as

ExerciseInflammationAdipose TissueDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansMuscle, SkeletalChronic diseasesExercise factorsExerkinesInflammationMetabolism

Identifiers

PMID38699186
PMCPMC11064867

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