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ReviewOxidative medicine and cellular longevity2018

Modulating Metabolism to Improve Cancer-Induced Muscle Wasting.

Fabio Penna, Riccardo Ballarò, Marc Beltrá, Serena De Lucia, Paola Costelli

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Review in Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 47 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Fabio PennaDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
Riccardo BallaròDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
Marc BeltráDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
Serena De LuciaDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.
Paola CostelliDepartment of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Torino, Turin, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1216-7230
Institut de Myologie · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscle wasting is one of the main features of cancer cachexia, a multifactorial syndrome frequently occurring in oncologic patients. The onset of cachexia is associated with reduced tolerance and response to antineoplastic treatments, eventually leading to clinical conditions that are not compatible with survival. Among the mechanisms underlying cachexia, protein and energy dysmetabolism play a major role. In this regard, several potential treatments have been proposed, mainly on the basis of promising results obtained in preclinical models. However, at present, no treatment yet reached validation to be used in the clinical practice, although several drugs are currently tested in clinical trials for their ability to improve muscle metabolism in cancer patients. Along this line, the results obtained in both experimental and clinical studies clearly show that cachexia can be effectively approached by a multidirectional strategy targeting nutrition, inflammation, catabolism, and inactivity at the same time. In the present study, approaches aimed to modulate muscle metabolism in cachexia will be reviewed.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueAMP-Activated Protein KinasesCachexiaEnergy MetabolismHumansMuscle, SkeletalNeoplasmsPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaReactive Oxygen SpeciesSirtuin 1AMP-Activated Protein KinasesPeroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma Coactivator 1-alphaReactive Oxygen SpeciesSirtuin 1

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PMID29785246
PMCPMC5896402
OpenAlexW2789950188

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