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Circulating irisin concentration

Circulating irisin concentration. Species, exposure and limitations are retained in each linked claim.

1 recorded relationships. Experimental role, claim status and evidence remain attached to each record.

How nutrients influence it

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What it does

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What acts on it

  1. Cold exposure increased circulating irisin and FGF21, with irisin secretion induced in proportion to shivering intensity and of similar magnitude to exercise-stimulated secretion.

    Experimental context and source evidence
    evidence_span
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    experimental_model
    Human cold exposure with circulating myokine measurement and human adipocyte treatment
    exposure
    Cold exposure sufficient to induce shivering; FNDC5 and FGF21 treatment of human adipocytes
    limitations
    The proportionality to shivering intensity is the mechanistic link. Depot-specific adipocyte responses mean this is not a uniform browning effect.
    nutrient_topic
    Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. · Cold water immersion
    organism
    Human
    plain_language
    Shivering muscle releases the same messenger exercising muscle does, in proportion to how hard it shivers.
    primary_references
    [cold-p24506871] Irisin and FGF21 are cold-induced endocrine activators of brown fat function in humans. (2014). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24506871/ DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.017
    tissue_or_cell_type
    Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue

    Cold water immersion: cold sensing, heat production, the catecholamine axis and what repeated exposure changes (2026-09-19) · lines 481–492

    AI-assisted literature curation; primary study URLs and scope retained in the document and extraction. Not publisher full text. · supports · Human cold exposure with circulating myokine measurement and human adipocyte treatment · source_derived_draft · unverified_draft

    ### cold-irisin-shivering Cold exposure increased circulating irisin and FGF21, with irisin secretion induced in proportion to shivering intensity and of similar magnitude to exercise-stimulated secretion. Condition category: normal nutrient_topic: Cold water immersion research collection; topical membership is not evidence of a direct clinical effect, and a therapeutic exposure is not a dietary intake. plain_language: Shivering muscle releases the same messenger exercising muscle does, in proportion to how hard it shivers. organism: Human tissue_or_cell_type: Skeletal muscle and adipose tissue experimental_model: Human cold exposure with circulating myokine measurement and human adipocyte treatment limitations: The proportionality to shivering intensity is the mechanistic link. Depot-specific adipocyte responses mean this is not a uniform browning effect. exposure: Cold exposure sufficient to induce shivering; FNDC5 and FGF21 treatment of human adipocytes evidence_span: {"source_cache": "artifacts/cold-research/24506871.abstract.txt", "locator": "Indexed abstract; zero-based, end-exclusive Unicode character offsets", "file_sha256": "980c2630ed13bf2a55f813a6df483edb68a1d6370c0f1afdfcbc7df7817eb610", "start_char": 0, "end_char": 1149, "text_sha256": "980c2630ed13bf2a55f813a6df483edb68a1d6370c0f1afdfcbc7df7817eb610"} [cold-p24506871] Irisin and FGF21 are cold-induced endocrine activators of brown fat function in humans. (2014). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24506871/ DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.12.017
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