A Review on the Role of Irisin in Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

• Main Authors: Mamo Gizaw (Author), Pandi Anandakumar (Author), Tolessa Debela (Author)
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• 出版: Korean Pharmacopuncture Institute, 2017-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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Irisin is a novel hormone like polypeptide that is cleaved and secreted by an unknown protease from fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5), a membrane- spanning protein and which is highly expressed in skeletal muscle, heart, adipose tissue, and liver. Since its discovery in 2012,...