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. 2024 Jun 21;11:40. doi: 10.1186/s40779-024-00544-5

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5

Fibroblast growth factors (FGFs) in sarcopenia. FGF2 and FGF19 increase muscle mass through the RAS-MAPK signaling pathway, and FGF2 promotes IMAT. FGF21 promotes autophagy of muscle tissue and decreases muscle mass. FGF23 accelerates the senescence of muscle tissue and maintains muscle function. IMAT intramuscular adipose tissue, FOXO forkhead box protein O, BNIP3 Bcl-2/E1B-19 kD interacting protein 3, HS heparan sulfates, FRS2α FGFR substrates 2α, SOS son of sevenless, MEK mitogen-activated extracellular, MAPK mitogen-activated protein kinase, ERK extracellular signal-regulated kinase