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

V. B. Matthews, M.-B. Åström, Stanley M. H. Chan, +13

Diabetologia

Skeletal Muscle CellsMolecular PhysiologySkeletal MuscleAmp-activated Protein KinasePhysiology +8

Supplementation with vitamins C and E inhibits the release of interleukin‐6 from contracting human skeletal muscle

Christian P. Fischer, Natalie Hiscock, Milena Penkowa, +5

The Journal of Physiology

Muscle FunctionImmunologyVitamins CDoppler UltrasonographyInflammation +17

Expression of interleukin‐15 in human skeletal muscle – effect of exercise and muscle fibre type composition

Anders R. Nielsen, Rémi Mounier, Peter Plomgaard, +5

The Journal of Physiology

InflammationMuscle PhysiologyMuscle FunctionKinesiologyMuscle Injury +12

Strongly compromised inflammatory response to brain injury in interleukin-6-deficient mice

Milena Penkowa, Torben Moos, Javier Carrasco, +4

Glia

ImmunologyCell DeathNeuroinflammationInflammationBrain Injury +16

Impaired inflammatory response and increased oxidative stress and neurodegeneration after brain injury in interleukin-6-deficient mice

Milena Penkowa, Mercedes Giralt, Javier Carrasco, +2

Glia

Astrocytic expression of the Alzheimer's disease β‐secretase (BACE1) is stimulus‐dependent

Maike Hartlage‐Rübsamen, Ulrike Zeitschel, Jenny Apelt, +8

Glia

Astrocyte-targeted expression of IL-6 protects the CNSagainst a focal brain injury

Milena Penkowa, Mercedes Giralt, Natalia Lago, +6

Experimental Neurology

InflammationNeuro-oncologyTraumatic Brain InjuryAstrocyte-targeted ExpressionMedicine +13

Immunohistochemical detection of interleukin‐6 in human skeletal muscle fibers following exercise

Milena Penkowa, Charlotte Keller, Pernille Keller, +2

The FASEB Journal

Skeletal Muscle CellsMuscle FunctionImmunologyHuman Muscle TissueCellular Physiology +15

CNS Wound Healing Is Severely Depressed in Metallothionein I- and II-Deficient Mice

Milena Penkowa, Javier Carrasco, Mercedes Giralt, +2

Journal of Neuroscience

Brain MacrophagesImmunologyCell DeathIi-deficient MiceDermatology +20

Interleukin-6 deficiency reduces the brain inflammatory response and increases oxidative stress and neurodegeneration after kainic acid-induced seizures

Milena Penkowa, Amalia Molinero, Javier Carrasco, +1

Neuroscience

InflammationNeurodegenerative DiseasesBrain Inflammatory ResponseMedicineImmunology +10