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ReviewFrontiers in physiology2020

The Important Role of Adiponectin and Orexin-A, Two Key Proteins Improving Healthy Status: Focus on Physical Activity.

Rita Polito, Vincenzo Monda, Ersilia Nigro, Antonietta Messina, Girolamo Di Maio, Maria Teresa Giuliano, Stefania Orrù, Esther Imperlini, Giuseppe Calcagno, Laura Mosca and 11 more

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Review in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

21 authors at 10 institutions in 1 country.

Rita PolitoDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Vincenzo MondaDipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana e Unità di Dietetica e Medicina dello Sport, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Ersilia NigroDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Antonietta MessinaDipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana e Unità di Dietetica e Medicina dello Sport, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Girolamo Di MaioDipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana e Unità di Dietetica e Medicina dello Sport, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Maria Teresa GiulianoDipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana e Unità di Dietetica e Medicina dello Sport, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Stefania OrrùDipartimento di Scienze Motorie e del Benessere, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Parthenope", Naples, Italy.
Esther ImperliniIRCCS SDN, Naples, Italy.
Giuseppe CalcagnoDipartimento di Medicina e Scienze della Salute "Vincenzo Tiberio", Università degli Studi del Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Laura MoscaDipartimento di Biologia, Universitá degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Maria Pina MollicaDipartimento di Biologia, Universitá degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Giovanna TrincheseDipartimento di Biologia, Universitá degli studi di Napoli Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Alessia ScarinciDipartimento di Scienze della Formazione, Psicologia, Comunicazione, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy.
Francesco SessaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Monica SalernoDepartment of Medical, Surgery Sciences and Advanced Technologies "G.F. Ingrassia", University of Catania, Catania, Italy.
Gabriella MarsalaStruttura Complessa di Farmacia, Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria - Ospedali Riuniti, Foggia, Italy.
Pasqualina BuonoCeinge Biotecnologie Avanzate S. C. a R. L., Naples, Italy.
Annamaria ManciniCeinge Biotecnologie Avanzate S. C. a R. L., Naples, Italy.
Marcellino MondaDipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Fisiologia Umana e Unità di Dietetica e Medicina dello Sport, Università degli Studi della Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Aurora DanieleDipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Ambientali Biologiche e Farmaceutiche, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Giovanni MessinaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITParthenope University of Naples · ITSDN Istituto di Ricerca Diagnostica e Nucleare · ITCeinge Biotecnologie Avanzate (Italy) · ITOspedali Riuniti di Foggia · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Catania · ITUniversity of Molise · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exercise represents the most important integrative therapy in metabolic, immunologic and chronic diseases; it represents a valid strategy in the non-pharmacological intervention of lifestyle linked diseases. A large body of evidence indicates physical exercise as an effective measure against chronic non-communicable diseases. The worldwide general evidence for health benefits are both for all ages and skill levels. In a dysregulated lifestyle such as in the obesity, there is an imbalance in the production of different cytokines. In particular, we focused on Adiponectin, an adipokine producted by adipose tissue, and on Orexin-A, a neuropeptide synthesized in the lateral hypothalamus. The production of both Adiponectin and Orexin-A increases following regular and structured physical activity and both these hormones have similar actions. Indeed, they improve energy and glucose metabolism, and also modulate energy expenditure and thermogenesis. In addition, a relevant biological role of Adiponectin and Orexin A has been recently highlighted in the immune system, where they function as immune-suppressor factors. The strong connection between these two cytokines and healthy status is mediated by physical activity and candidates these hormones as potential biomarkers of the beneficial effects induced by physical activity. For these reasons, this review aims to underly the interconnections among Adiponectin, Orexin-A, physical activity and healthy status. Furthermore, it is analyzed the involvement of Adiponectin and Orexin-A in physical activity as physiological factors improving healthy status through physical exercise.

Indexed as

Adiponectinhealthy statusobesity regulationOrexin-Aphysical exercise

Identifiers

PMID32390865
PMCPMC7188914
OpenAlexW3018085888

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