Exercise and regulation of adipokine and myokine production

SW Görgens, K Eckardt, J Jensen, CA Drevon… - Progress in molecular …, 2015 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle and white adipose tissue are the largest organs in the human body and
both tissues act as endocrine organs capable of secreting many bioactive molecules. There
has been some confusion about nomenclature and we suggest that the name myokine
should be restricted to a protein or molecule secreted from myocytes, whereas the term
adipokine should be used to describe proteins and molecules secreted from adipocytes. In
fact, many myokines are also produced by adipocytes and we propose to name them adipo …