Effects of lipid-lowering drugs on irisin in human subjects in vivo and in human skeletal muscle cells ex vivo.

The myokine irisin has been proposed to regulate energy homeostasis. Little is known about its association with metabolic parameters and especially with parameters influencing pathways of lipid metabolism. In the context of a clinical trial, an exploratory post hoc analysis has been performed in hea...

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Main Authors: Ioanna Gouni-Berthold, Heiner K Berthold, Joo Young Huh, Reena Berman, Nadine Spenrath, Wilhelm Krone, Christos S Mantzoros
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3759413?pdf=render