Impact of Exercise Physiology and Diet on Adipokines in Health and Diseases
A special issue of Biomolecules (ISSN 2218-273X). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Factors".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 180
Special Issue Editors
Interests: adipose tissue; adiponectin; physical exercise; nutrition; health
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
You are kindly invited to contribute with your work to the present Special Issue entitled “Impact of Exercise Physiology and Diet on Adipokines in Health and Diseases”.
Physical activity in the form of exercise is an important integrative therapy in metabolic, inflammatory, and chronic diseases, as well as for the maintenance of one’s health status. Exercise impacts several organs (including muscle and adipose tissue), causing long-term adaptations that enable efficient oxygen delivery, muscle capacity, and metabolic response, thus improving performance, body composition, and promoting healthy living. Adipokines, expressed by adipose tissue, have been associated with such positive effects of exercise. Adipose tissue, indeed, is recognized as an active endocrine organ secreting several adipokines capable of acting both in an autocrine/paracrine and endocrine manner and implicated in energy balance regulation, insulin sensitivity, and pro- and anti-inflammatory processes. Importantly, adipokines have gained attention and interest with respect to physical activity and exercise in both healthy subjects and those in a diseased state. Indeed, their serum levels and receptor expression seem to be differently regulated in response to exercise, although data are still inconclusive. Nutrition is a key component in a healthy lifestyle. Adhering to different dietary patterns strongly induces several organ responses, including adipose tissue endocrine function. Thus, adipokines secretion is strictly related to nutrition, representing a hormonal signal controlling lipid and glucose metabolism, body composition, and inflammatory responses.
The aim of this Special Issue is to elucidate the connections among adipokines, exercise, and diet in both health and disease.
Our Special Issue will be open for submissions until 31 March 2025.
Prof. Dr. Aurora Daniele
Dr. Ersilia Nigro
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- adipose tissue
- adiponectin
- adiponectin receptors
- physical exercise
- exercise
- health
- disease
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