Letter to the Editor
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2025.
World J Hepatol. Feb 27, 2025; 17(2): 101165
Published online Feb 27, 2025. doi: 10.4254/wjh.v17.i2.101165
Table 1 Classification of myokines according to their effects on muscle growth, differentiation and repair
Positive regulators
Negative regulators
IrisinGrowth differentiation factor 8 (myostatin)
Insulin growth factor 1Transforming growth factor β
FollistatinActivins
Bone-morphogenic proteins-
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor-
Meteorin like factor (metrnl)-
Fibroblast growth factor 21-
Β-aminoisobutyric acid-
Apelin-
Interleukin 10Interleukin 6
Interleukin 15-