Myokine

Myokine are hormone-like messengers that are released by the muscles of individuals with movement and contraction. The Origin of the name derives from the Greek " Mys ": from movement: muscle and " cinema ". They are since 2007 as a subspecies of interleukins (IL -x), counting the cytokines peptide hormones, classified, ie they are classified as endogenous mediators of muscle cells. Its discovery dates back to the Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Department of Infectious Diseases and Copenhagen Muscle Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Health Sciences, in Denmark. 400 are given different species, not all fully elucidated. Make a current research field of cell biology dar.

Effect

So far, effects on type II diabetes, cardiovascular system, metabolism, the brain basis of the growth factor BDNF and the extensibility of vessels are known.

Swell

Media and Web Links

• 3sat nano medicine
• WDR quarks
• 3sat hitec
• The Journal of Physiology - graphics available that contribute to the visualization (English ).

• Cytokine
• Protein group
• Immunology
• Metabolism
• Cell Biology
• Neurobiology
• Neurophysiology
• Growth factor