Does a Vegetarian Diet Affect the Levels of Myokine and Adipokine in Prepubertal Children?

ABSTRACT: Myokines are cytokines secreted by muscle and exert autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine effects. Myokines mediate communication between muscle and other organs, including adipose tissue. The aim of the study was to assess serum myokines and their relationships with adipokines and anthropometric and nutritional parameters in children following vegetarian and omnivorous diets. One hundred and five prepubertal children were examined. Among them there were 55 children on a vegetarian diet and 50 children on an omnivorous diet. Concentrations of myokines (myostatin, irisin) and adipokines (leptin, adiponectin, omentin, visfatin) in serum were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). We observed comparable median values of serum myokines and adipokines (except of leptin concentrat

SUBMITTER: Ambroszkiewicz J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8432473 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature