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SUBMITTER: Hogan KA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5916328 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hogan Kelly A KA Cho Dong Seong DS Arneson Paige C PC Samani Adrienne A Palines Patrick P Yang Yanan Y Doles Jason D JD
Cytokine 20171117
Muscle wasting is a decline in skeletal muscle mass and function that is associated with aging, obesity, and a spectrum of pathologies including cancer. Cancer-associated wasting not only reduces quality of life, but also directly impacts cancer mortality, chemotherapeutic efficacy, and surgical outcomes. There is an incomplete understanding of the role of tumor-derived factors in muscle wasting and sparse knowledge of how these factors impact in vivo muscle regeneration. Here, we identify sever ...[more]