A recently identified molecule produced by skeletal muscle in response to exercise, has been shown to increase bone mass, according to a study. According to a collaborative study between researchers at the Mount Sinai Bone Program, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, the Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine at University of Ancona in Italy, and the Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sense Organs at the University of Bari in Italy, a molecule produced by skeletal has been shown to increase bone mass.
Although exercise is a well-known stimulus for new bone formation, it has remained unclear how muscle "talks" to bone, despite their close proximity. "This is a novel finding, and offers promise in the lab, and in the clinic," said co-lead study author Mone Zaidi, MD, PhD., Professor of Medicine and of Structural and Chemical Biology at the Icahn School…
