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Trial reportPhysiological reports2018

Muscle Fn14 gene expression is associated with fat-free mass retention during energy deficit at high altitude.

Stefan M Pasiakos, Claire E Berryman, John W Carbone, Nancy E Murphy, Christopher T Carrigan, Marcas M Bamman, Arny A Ferrando, Andrew J Young, Lee M Margolis

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Trial report in Physiological reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 36% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Associations between the gut microbiota and host responses to high altitude.American journal of physiology. Gastrointestinal and liver physiology · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Stefan M PasiakosMilitary Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts.
Claire E BerrymanMilitary Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts.
John W CarboneOak Ridge Institute of Science and Education, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Nancy E MurphyMilitary Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts.
Christopher T CarriganMilitary Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts.
Marcas M BammanDepartment of Cell, Developmental, and Integrative Biology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
Arny A FerrandoDepartment of Geriatrics, The Center for Translational Research in Aging & Longevity, Donald W. Reynolds Institute of Aging, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas.
Andrew J YoungMilitary Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts.
Lee M MargolisMilitary Nutrition Division, U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Natick, Massachusetts.
United States Army · USU.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine · USEastern Michigan University · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USUniversity of Arkansas for Medical Sciences · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intramuscular factors that modulate fat-free mass (FFM) loss in lowlanders exposed to energy deficit during high-altitude (HA) sojourns remain unclear. Muscle inflammation may contribute to FFM loss at HA by inducing atrophy and inhibiting myogenesis via the tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-like weak inducer of apoptosis (TWEAK) and its receptor, fibroblast growth factor-inducible protein 14 (Fn14). To explore whether muscle inflammation modulates FFM loss reportedly developing during HA sojourns, muscle inflammation, myogenesis, and proteolysis were assessed in 16 men at sea level (SL) and following 21 days of energy deficit (-1862 ± 525 kcal/days) at high altitude (HA, 4300 m). Total body mass (TBM), FFM, and fat mass (FM) were assessed using DEXA. Gene expression and proteolytic enzymatic activities were assessed in muscle samples collected at rest at SL and HA. Participants lost 7.2 ± 1.8 kg TBM (P < 0.05); 43 ± 30% and 57 ± 30% of the TBM lost was FFM and FM, respectively. Fn14, TWEAK, TNF alpha-receptor (TNFα-R), TNFα, MYOGENIN, and paired box protein-7 (PAX7) were upregulated (P < 0.05) at HA compared to SL. Stepwise linear regression identified that Fn14 explained the highest percentage of variance in FFM loss (r

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Energy MetabolismAdultAltitude SicknessHumansMaleMuscle, SkeletalMyogeninPAX7 Transcription FactorReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTWEAK ReceptorWeight LossMyogeninPAX7 protein, humanPAX7 Transcription FactorReceptors, Tumor Necrosis FactorTNFRSF12A protein, humanTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaTWEAK ReceptorHypoxiainterleukin-6myogeninnegative energy balanceTWEAK

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PMID30009538
PMCPMC6046641
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