FGF21 as Modulator of Metabolism in Health and Disease
2019
Fibroblast growth factor21 (
FGF21) is a hormone that regulates important
metabolic pathways.
FGF21is expressed in several metabolically active organs and acts on different tissues. The
FGF21action is complicated and debated because of the different sites of production and action.
Striated musclesare plastic tissues that undergo adaptive changes of their structural or functional properties to meet different stresses and, recently, were found to be an important source of
FGF21. The
FGF21expression and secretion from skeletal muscles happens during different physiological and pathological conditions such exercise or mitochondrial dysfunction both in mouse and humans. Here we discuss the recent findings that identify FG21 as a beneficial or detrimental cytokine that acts in autocrine or endocrine way to modulate cellular function, metabolism and senescence.
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