In people who haven't trained recently, a single intense workout doesn't raise FNDC5 gene levels in muscle, but after 20 days of intense training, the same workout does increase it, showing the...

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Impact of a single bout of high-intensity interval exercise and short-term interval training on interleukin-6, FNDC5, and METRNL mRNA expression in human skeletal muscle

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2018 Apr

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Impact of a single bout of high-intensity interval exercise and short-term interval training on interleukin-6, FNDC5, and METRNL mRNA expression in human skeletal muscle

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DOI: 10.1016/j.jshs.2017.01.003