First ever bone-derived hormone to affect exercise capacity identified.

During exercise, muscle function needs to significantly increase; this requires that the uptake and breakdown of the two main nutrients of myofibers, glucose and fatty acids (FAs), markedly rise.  The ability of bone to sense mechanical forces, the physical proximity of the two tissues, and the fact that exercise capacity and bone mass decline at the same time has long suggested that a crosstalk between … Continue reading First ever bone-derived hormone to affect exercise capacity identified.