Brain-body physiology: local, reflex, and central communication

M Sammons, MC Popescu, J Chi, SD Liberles… - Cell, 2024 - cell.com
Behavior is tightly synchronized with bodily physiology. Internal needs from the body drive
behavior selection, while optimal behavior performance requires a coordinated …

The area postrema: a critical mediator of brain–body interactions

D van de Lisdonk, B Li - Genes & Development, 2024 - genesdev.cshlp.org
The dorsal vagal complex contains three structures: the area postrema, the nucleus tractus
solitarii, and the dorsal motor nucleus of the vagus. These structures are tightly linked, both …

Cancer Cachexia and the Brain Stem

VE Baracos - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
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Interleukin-2 improves insulin sensitivity through hypothalamic sympathetic activation in obese mice

S Moon, Y Park, S Jang, S Kim, DG Song… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Background IL-2 regulates T cell differentiation: low-dose IL-2 induces immunoregulatory
Treg differentiation, while high-dose IL-2 acts as a potent activator of cytotoxic T cells and …

Levofloxacin Preventive Therapy for Persons Exposed to MDR Tuberculosis

SE Dorman - New England Journal of Medicine, 2024 - Mass Medical Soc
The use of preventive tuberculosis treatment after Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection,
historically with isoniazid and more recently with shorter-duration rifamycin regimens, is a …

Tocilizumab for Advanced Non‐Small‐Cell Lung Cancer With Concomitant Cachexia: An Observational Study

Y Du, XY Liu, RL Pan, XT Zhang, XY Si… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Cancer cachexia significantly contributes to morbidity and mortality in patients
with non‐small‐cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Inflammatory pathways mediated by interleukin‐6 …

Metabolic interplays between the tumour and the host shape the tumour macroenvironment

P Altea-Manzano, A Decker-Farrell, T Janowitz… - Nature Reviews …, 2025 - nature.com
Metabolic reprogramming of cancer cells and the tumour microenvironment are pivotal
characteristics of cancers, and studying these processes offer insights and avenues for …

Peripheral, central, and chemotherapy-induced neuropathic changes in pancreatic cancer

L Jiang, S Cai, Z Weng, S Zhang, SH Jiang - Trends in Neurosciences, 2024 - cell.com
In pancreatic cancer, significant alterations occur in the local nervous system, including
axonogenesis, neural remodeling, perineural invasion, and perineural neuritis. Pancreatic …

Cancer neuroscience at the brain–body interface

JC Borniger - Genes & Development, 2024 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Our approaches toward understanding cancer have evolved beyond cell-intrinsic and local
microenvironmental changes within the tumor to encompass how the cancer interfaces with …

Bridging brain and body in cancer

M Cross, A Dillin… - Genes & …, 2024 - genesdev.cshlp.org
Recent work has highlighted the central role the brain–body axis plays in not only
maintaining organismal homeostasis but also coordinating the body's response to immune …