Molecular mechanisms involved in muscle wasting in cancer and ageing: Cachexia versus sarcopenia

International Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 1084-1104

  Argilés, Josep M ^a   Busquets, Sílvia ^a   Felipe, Antonio ^a   López Soriano, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ageing; Cancer cachexia; Cytokines; Mediators; Metabolic changes; Muscle wasting; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; GALANIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; HUMORAL ANTIBODY; INTERLEUKIN 6; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; SOMATOMEDIN C; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR;

ADVANCED CANCER; AGING; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ASTHENIA; CACHEXIA; CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXERCISE; FOOD INTAKE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERMETABOLISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPID STORAGE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR GROWTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 14644404350     PISSN: 13572725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocel.2004.10.003     Document Type: Review

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