title: The potential of irisin as a therapeutic for diabetes.
authors.affiliation: Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: Po Sing
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Leung
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002470:Cell Survival; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism; D005353:Fibronectins / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism; D008660:Metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; C577593:FNDC5 protein, human; D005353:Fibronectins; D007328:Insulin
keywords: AMPK; FNDC5; adipose; exercise; insulin resistance; irisin; liver; myokine; obesity; pancreatic islet; skeletal muscle