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. 2024 Sep 30;14(10):1241. doi: 10.3390/biom14101241

Table 3.

Exercise-induced myokines detected in blood following aerobic exercise or resistance training. Arrows describe an increase (↑) or decrease (↓) in exerkine levels from exercise.

Aerobic Exercise
[Reference(s)]
Resistance Training
[Reference(s)]
Apelin ↑ [253,337]
BAIBA ↑ [338]
BDNF ↑ [339,340]
CTSB ↑ [341]
FGF21 ↑ [342]
Fractalkine ↑ [343]
IGF-1 ↑ [285,344]
IL-6 ↑ [345,346]
IL-15 ↑ [347]
Irisin ↑ [229]
Lactate ↑ [348]
LIF ↑ [349]
MCP-1 ↑ [343]
Musclin ↑ [350]
Myonectin ↑ [351]
Myostatin ↓ [352]
PGC-1α ↑ [353,354]
SDF1 ↑ [355]
SPARC ↑ [356]
RANTES ↑ [216]
VEGF ↑ [357]
Angiopoietin-like 4 ↑ [358]
BDNF ↑ [359]
BMP7 ↑ [360]
CTSB ↑ [361]
Decorin ↑ [362]
FGF21 ↑ [363,364]
IGF-1 ↑ [283,365]
IL-6 ↑ [346]
IL-15 ↑ [366]
Irisin ↑ [364,367]
Lactate ↑ [368]
Myostatin ↓ [352]
PGC-1α ↑ [369]
VEGF ↑ [370]