Muscle wasting in cancer

N Johns, NA Stephens, KCH Fearon - … journal of biochemistry & cell biology, 2013 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle loss appears to be the most significant clinical event in cancer cachexia and
is associated with a poor outcome. With regard to such muscle loss, despite extensive study …

Targeting the cytoskeleton against metastatic dissemination

C Ruggiero, E Lalli - Cancer and Metastasis Reviews, 2021 - Springer
Cancer is a pathology characterized by a loss or a perturbation of a number of typical
features of normal cell behaviour. Indeed, the acquisition of an inappropriate migratory and …

Molecular pathways leading to loss of skeletal muscle mass in cancer cachexia–can findings from animal models be translated to humans?

TC Mueller, J Bachmann, O Prokopchuk, H Friess… - BMC cancer, 2016 - Springer
Background Cachexia is a multi-factorial, systemic syndrome that especially affects patients
with cancer of the gastrointestinal tract, and leads to reduced treatment response, survival …

Muscle regeneration is disrupted by cancer cachexia without loss of muscle stem cell potential

S Inaba, A Hinohara, M Tachibana, K Tsujikawa… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Cancer cachexia is a severe, debilitating condition characterized by progressive body
wasting associated with remarkable loss of skeletal muscle weight. It has been reported that …

[HTML][HTML] Myosins as fundamental components during tumorigenesis: diverse and indispensable

YR Li, WX Yang - Oncotarget, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Myosin is a kind of actin-based motor protein. As the crucial functions of myosin during
tumorigenesis have become increasingly apparent, the profile of myosin in the field of …

Down-regulated MYH11 expression correlates with poor prognosis in stage II and III colorectal cancer

RJ Wang, P Wu, GX Cai, ZM Wang, Y Xu… - Asian Pacific Journal …, 2014 - koreascience.kr
The MYH11 gene may be related to cell migration and adhesion, intracellular transport, and
signal transduction. However, its relationship with prognosis is still uncertain. The aim of this …

Muscle health and performance in monozygotic twins with 30 years of discordant exercise habits

KE Bathgate, JR Bagley, E Jo, RJ Talmadge… - European journal of …, 2018 - Springer
Introduction Physical health and function depend upon both genetic inheritance and
environmental factors (eg, exercise training). Purpose To enhance the understanding of …

Spontaneous physical activity downregulates Pax7 in cancer cachexia

D Coletti, P Aulino, E Pigna, F Barteri… - Stem cells …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Emerging evidence suggests that the muscle microenvironment plays a prominent role in
cancer cachexia. We recently showed that NF‐kB‐induced Pax7 overexpression impairs the …

Clinical and biological characterization of skeletal muscle tissue biopsies of surgical cancer patients

A Anoveros‐Barrera, AS Bhullar… - Journal of cachexia …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Researchers increasingly use intraoperative muscle biopsy to investigate
mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy in patients with cancer. Muscles have been …

Skeletal muscle regeneration in cancer cachexia

M Bossola, E Marzetti, F Rosa… - Clinical and Experimental …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Muscle wasting is the most important phenotypic and clinical feature of cancer cachexia, and
the principal cause of impaired physical function, fatigue, and respiratory complications …