Pharmacological AMPK activation induces transcriptional responses congruent to exercise in skeletal and cardiac muscle, adipose tissues and liver.

Physical activity promotes metabolic and cardiovascular health benefits that derive in part from the transcriptional responses to exercise that occur within skeletal muscle and other organs. There is interest in discovering a pharmacologic exercise mimetic that could imbue wellness and alleviate dis...

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Main Authors: Eric S Muise, Hong-Ping Guan, Jinqi Liu, Andrea R Nawrocki, Xiaodong Yang, Chuanlin Wang, Carlos G Rodríguez, Dan Zhou, Judith N Gorski, Marc M Kurtz, Danqing Feng, Kenneth J Leavitt, Lan Wei, Robert R Wilkening, James M Apgar, Shiyao Xu, Ku Lu, Wen Feng, Ying Li, Huaibing He, Stephen F Previs, Xiaolan Shen, Margaret van Heek, Sandra C Souza, Mark J Rosenbach, Tesfaye Biftu, Mark D Erion, David E Kelley, Daniel M Kemp, Robert W Myers, Iyassu K Sebhat
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211568