Fibroblast growth factor 21 as a novel stress-responsive hormone during starvation and physical exercise
FGF21 is a stress-inducible hormone predominantly secreted from the liver. FGF21 acts as a downstream target gene of hepatic transcription factor PPARα that plays an obligatory role in mediating metabolic adaptation responses to prolonged fasting. However, the physiological roles of FGF21 in regulat...
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| Language: | English |
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The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/208608 |