Batokine in Central Nervous System Diseases
Ming Shen1,2,3,4, Min Zhang1,2,3,4, Niping Mao1,2,3,4
1Department of Neonatology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University and Yuying Children's Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China.
Abstract:
Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a special type of fat tissue in mammals and is also a key endocrine organ in the human body. Batokine, the endocrine effector of BAT, plays a neuroprotective role and improves the prognosis by exerting anti-apoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects, as well as by improving vascular endothelial function and other mechanisms in nerve injury diseases. The present article briefly reviewed several types of batokines related to central nervous system (CNS) diseases. Following this, the potential therapeutic value and future research direction of batokines for CNS diseases were chiefly discussed from the aspects of protective mechanism and signaling pathway.
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