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. 2019 Feb 4;8(2):183. doi: 10.3390/jcm8020183

Table 1.

Pathophysiological activity of endocrine FGFs.

Up-Regulation Down-Regulation Increase Decrease
FGF19
Glycogen synthesis Bile acid synthesis Extrahepatic cholestasis IBD
Gluconeogenesis Chronic hemodialysis NAFLD
Primary bile acid malabsorption
Obesity
FGF21
Hepatic fatty acid oxidation Ovulation Type 2 diabetes Anorexia
Ketogenesis Growth hormone signaling Metabolic syndrome Nervosa
Glucogenesis NAFLD
Thermogenesis Coronary heart disease
WAT browing
Growth hormone resistance
Weight loss
Ovulation
FGF23
Calcium secretion Renal phosphate absorption ADHR Hemodialysis
Life span Bone and renal calcium reabsorption XLH rickets Familial tumoral calcinosis
Vitamin D synthesis TIO
PTH secretion Cardiac hypertrophy

ADHR, autosomal dominant hypophosphataemic rickets; FGF, fibroblast growth factor; IBD, irritable bowel disease; NAFLD, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; PTH, parathyroid hormone; TIO, tumor-induced osteomalacia; WAT, white adipose tissue; and XLH, X-linked hypophosphataemic.