ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0016.15-15 | (1) | ESPEYB16

15.15. Irisin mediates effects on bone and fat via [alpha]V integrin receptors

H Kim , CD Wrann , M Jedrychowski , S Vidoni , Y Kitase , K Nagano , C Zhou , J Chou , VA Parkman , SJ Novick , TS Strutzenberg , BD Pascal , PT Le , DJ Brooks , AM Roche , KK Gerber , L Mattheis , W Chen , H Tu , ML Bouxsein , PR Griffin , R Baron , CJ Rosen , LF Bonewald , BM Spiegelman

To read the full abstract: Cell. 2018 Dec 13;175(7):1756–1768.e17.Irisin, a cytokine secreted by muscle during exercise, effects bone resorption and the differentiation of preadipocytes into thermogenic brown fat cells by displacing tethers between the cell and extracellular matrix molecules. Physical activity can reverse age-dependent decline in skeletal muscle, preventing osteopor...