Evidence map›Paper›PMID 33255345›Full record

ReviewCells2020

Nutraceuticals and Exercise against Muscle Wasting during Cancer Cachexia.

Giorgio Aquila, Andrea David Re Cecconi, Jeffrey J Brault, Oscar Corli, Rosanna Piccirillo

Open access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cells, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
31citing papers in PubMed
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Review
  5. Review
  6. Physical Activity, Exerkines, and Their Role in Cancer Cachexia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
    Review
  7. Review
  8. Review
  9. Article
  10. Review
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Review
  14. Review
  15. Article
  16. Review
  17. Article
  18. Article
  19. Review
  20. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Giorgio AquilaNeuroscience Department, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3936-8895
Andrea David Re CecconiNeuroscience Department, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1502-9108
Jeffrey J BraultIndiana Center for Musculoskeletal Health, Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3503-0528
Oscar CorliItalian Institute for Planetary Health, IIPH, 20156 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5282-8657
Rosanna PiccirilloNeuroscience Department, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research IRCCS, 20156 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1613-9352
Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research · ITIndiana University School of Medicine

Funding

CELLULAR ENERGETICS AS A REGULATOR OF MUSCLE MASS AND MITOCHONDRIAL CONTENT DURING MUSCLE ATROPHYR01AR070200 · NIAMS · INDIANA UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS · PI BRAULT, JEFFREY J · 2017 to 2021
$1.6M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR070200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cancer cachexia (CC) is a debilitating multifactorial syndrome, involving progressive deterioration and functional impairment of skeletal muscles. It affects about 80% of patients with advanced cancer and causes premature death. No causal therapy is available against CC. In the last few decades, our understanding of the mechanisms contributing to muscle wasting during cancer has markedly increased. Both inflammation and oxidative stress (OS) alter anabolic and catabolic signaling pathways mostly culminating with muscle depletion. Several preclinical studies have emphasized the beneficial roles of several classes of nutraceuticals and modes of physical exercise, but their efficacy in CC patients remains scant. The route of nutraceutical administration is critical to increase its bioavailability and achieve the desired anti-cachexia effects. Accumulating evidence suggests that a single therapy may not be enough, and a bimodal intervention (nutraceuticals plus exercise) may be a more effective treatment for CC. This review focuses on the current state of the field on the role of inflammation and OS in the pathogenesis of muscle atrophy during CC, and how nutraceuticals and physical activity may act synergistically to limit muscle wasting and dysfunction.

Indexed as

AnimalsCachexiaDietary SupplementsExerciseHumansMuscle, SkeletalMuscular AtrophyNeoplasmsbimodal approachcancer cachexiaexerciselifestyle interventionsmuscle atrophymuscle wastingmyokinenutraceuticalnutrition

Identifiers

PMID33255345
PMCPMC7760926
OpenAlexW3109011084

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.