Revisiting skeletal myopathy and exercise training in heart failure: Emerging role of myokines
Exercise intolerance remains a major unmet medical need in patients with heart failure (HF). Skeletal myopathy is currently considered as the major limiting factor for exercise capacity in HF patients. On the other hand, emerging evidence suggest that physical exercise can decrease morbidity and mortality in HF patients. Therefore, mechanistic insights into skeletal myopathy may uncover critical aspects for therapeutic interventions to improve exercise performance in HF. Emerging data reviewed in this article suggest that the assessment of circulating myokines (molecules synthesized and secreted by skeletal muscle in response to contraction that display autocrine, paracrine and endocrine actions) may provide new insights into the pathophysiology, phenotyping and prognostic stratification of HF-related skeletal myopathy.
Source: Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Robinson Ram írez-Vélez, Arantxa González, Antonio García-Hermoso, Iñigo Latasa Amézqueta, Mikel Izquierdo, Javier Díez Tags: Review Source Type: research
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