Publication Date:
2016-04-14
Description:
Article FDNC4 is a poorly characterized homologue of FNDC5/irisin, a myokine induced by exercise. Here the authors show that FDNC4 increases macrophage survival in growth factor deprivation, inhibits phagocytosis and transcriptional responses to M1 and M2 polarizing stimuli, and protects mice from DSS-induced colitis. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms11314 Authors: Madeleen Bosma, Marco Gerling, Jenny Pasto, Anastasia Georgiadi, Evan Graham, Olga Shilkova, Yasunori Iwata, Sven Almer, Jan Söderman, Rune Toftgård, Fredrik Wermeling, Elisabeth Almer Boström, Pontus Almer Boström
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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