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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2017

Continuous Release of Tumor-Derived Factors Improves the Modeling of Cachexia in Muscle Cell Culture.

Robert W Jackman, Jess Floro, Rei Yoshimine, Brian Zitin, Maythita Eiampikul, Kahlid El-Jack, Danielle N Seto, Susan C Kandarian

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Robert W JackmanDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Jess FloroDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Rei YoshimineDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Brian ZitinDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Maythita EiampikulDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Kahlid El-JackDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Danielle N SetoDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Susan C KandarianDepartment of Health Sciences, Boston UniversityBoston, MA, United States.
Boston University · US

Funding

The Molecular Basis of Muscle Wasting in Cancer CachexiaR01AR060217 · NIAMS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY (CHARLES RIVER CAMPUS) · PI JACKMAN, ROBERT W, KANDARIAN, SUSAN · 2011 to 2015
$1.8M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR060217
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cachexia is strongly associated with a poor prognosis in cancer patients but the biological trigger is unknown and therefore no therapeutics exist. The loss of skeletal muscle is the most deleterious aspect of cachexia and it appears to depend on secretions from tumor cells. Models for studying wasting in cell culture consist of experiments where skeletal muscle cells are incubated with medium conditioned by tumor cells. This has led to candidates for cachectic factors but some of the features of cachexia

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C2C12cachexiacancerLIFmuscle atrophymuscle wastingmyotubestranswell

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PMID28993738
PMCPMC5622188
OpenAlexW2756309519

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