RECORDED WEBINAR

Apelin to GDF15: Understanding Exercise-Derived Signaling Molecules in Modulating Metabolic Health

OVERVIEW

Watch a 2-speaker webinar to learn about the latest published developments in exercise physiology research. We take an integrative approach as we explore the role of exercise-derived signaling molecules in mediating improvements in metabolic health in obesity and diabetes.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

Understand how obesity in mothers impairs placental and fetal development
Explore how the exerkine, apelin, can improve fetal and placental development and offspring metabolic health
Overview how exercise positively influences glucose-stimulated insulin secretion through direct interorgan communication between the skeletal muscle and the pancreas
Understand the mechanistic role of skeletal muscle-derived growth differentiation factor 15 (GDF15) in enhancing glucose-stimulated insulin secretion and β-cell function in type 2 diabetes

EXPIRATION DATE

July 24, 2025

FACULTY

Min Du, PhD
Regents Professor, Laboratory of Nutrigenomics and Growth Biology, Washington State University Pullman
Pullman, WA, USA

Christopher L. Axelrod, MEd
Director, Integrated Physiology and Molecular Metabolism Laboratory Director, Mitochondrial Phenotyping Facility, Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Ryan D. Russell, PhD
Associate Professor of Exercise Science and director of the CardioMetabolic eXercise Lab (CMX-Lab) at University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX, USA

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