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Bente Klarlund Pedersen

Researcher Next ID · RN-021303

Researcher · Medicine

University of Copenhagen

Copenhagen, Denmark

Not currently recruitingFunding unknown
Works count
1,069
Citation count
101,719
H-index
151
i10-index
635

Research interests

Medicine
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Exercise and Physiological Responses
Adipose Tissue and Metabolism
Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases
Muscle metabolism and nutrition
Cardiovascular and exercise physiology

Publications

  • Exerkines in health, resilience and disease

    Nature Reviews Endocrinology · 2022 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41574-022-00641-2

  • Muscle–Organ Crosstalk: The Emerging Roles of Myokines

    Endocrine Reviews · 2020 · 10.1210/endrev/bnaa016

  • Physical activity and muscle–brain crosstalk

    Nature Reviews Endocrinology · 2019 · 10.1038/s41574-019-0174-x

  • Voluntary Running Suppresses Tumor Growth through Epinephrine- and IL-6-Dependent NK Cell Mobilization and Redistribution

    Cell Metabolism · 2016 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2016.01.011

  • Exercise as medicine – evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.12581

  • Interleukin‐6 myokine signaling in skeletal muscle: a double‐edged sword?

    FEBS Journal · 2013 · 10.1111/febs.12338

  • Muscles, exercise and obesity: skeletal muscle as a secretory organ

    Nature Reviews Endocrinology · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nrendo.2012.49

  • Gut Microbiota in Human Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Differs from Non-Diabetic Adults

    PLoS ONE · 2010 · https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009085

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is produced by skeletal muscle cells in response to contraction and enhances fat oxidation via activation of AMP-activated protein kinase

    Diabetologia · 2009 · 10.1007/s00125-009-1364-1

  • Evidence for a release of brain‐derived neurotrophic factor from the brain during exercise

    Experimental Physiology · 2009 · 10.1113/expphysiol.2009.048512

  • Muscle as an Endocrine Organ: Focus on Muscle-Derived Interleukin-6

    Physiological Reviews · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1152/physrev.90100.2007

  • Role of myokines in exercise and metabolism

    Journal of Applied Physiology · 2007 · 10.1152/japplphysiol.00080.2007

  • Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and type 2 diabetes

    Diabetologia · 2006 · 10.1007/s00125-006-0537-4

  • Evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in chronic disease

    Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports · 2006 · 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2006.00520.x

  • Interleukin-6 Increases Insulin-Stimulated Glucose Disposal in Humans and Glucose Uptake and Fatty Acid Oxidation In Vitro via AMP-Activated Protein Kinase

    Diabetes · 2006 · 10.2337/db05-1404

  • The anti-inflammatory effect of exercise

    Journal of Applied Physiology · 2005 · https://doi.org/10.1152/japplphysiol.00164.2004

  • IL-6 mediates hypoferremia of inflammation by inducing the synthesis of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin

    Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · 10.1172/jci20945

  • IL-6 mediates hypoferremia of inflammation by inducing the synthesis of the iron regulatory hormone hepcidin

    Journal of Clinical Investigation · 2004 · 10.1172/jci200420945

  • IL-6 enhances plasma IL-1ra, IL-10, and cortisol in humans

    American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2003 · 10.1152/ajpendo.00074.2003

  • Interleukin-6 Stimulates Lipolysis and Fat Oxidation in Humans

    The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2003 · 10.1210/jc.2002-021687

  • Exercise and IL‐6 infusion inhibit endotoxin‐induced TNF‐α production in humans

    The FASEB Journal · 2003 · 10.1096/fj.02-0670fje

  • Muscle‐derived interleukin‐6: mechanisms for activation and possible biological roles

    The FASEB Journal · 2002 · 10.1096/fj.01-0876rev

  • Production of interleukin‐6 in contracting human skeletal muscles can account for the exercise‐induced increase in plasma interleukin‐6

    The Journal of Physiology · 2000 · 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00237.x

  • Exercise and the Immune System: Regulation, Integration, and Adaptation

    Physiological Reviews · 2000 · 10.1152/physrev.2000.80.3.1055

  • Pro‐ and anti‐inflammatory cytokine balance in strenuous exercise in humans

    The Journal of Physiology · 1999 · 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.287ad.x

Current projects

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