Physical exercise for a healthy pregnancy: the role of placentokines and exerkines

Abstract Complications such as diabetes and preeclampsia can occur during pregnancy. Moderate-intensity exercise can prevent such complications by releasing placentokines and exerkines, such as apelin, adiponectin, leptin, irisin, and chemerin. Exercise and apelin increase thermogenesis and glucose...

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Main Authors: Hamed Alizadeh Pahlavani, Ismail Laher, Katja Weiss, Beat Knechtle, Hassane Zouhal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:Journal of Physiological Sciences
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12576-023-00885-1