Adipose depot gene expression and intelectin‐1 in the metabolic response to cancer and cachexia

• Main Authors: Janice Miller (Author), Gillian Dreczkowski (Author), Michael I. Ramage (Author), Stephen J. Wigmore (Author), Iain J. Gallagher (Author), Richard J.E. Skipworth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cancer cachexia is a poorly understood metabolic consequence of cancer. During cachexia, different adipose depots demonstrate differential wasting rates. Animal models suggest adipose tissue may be a key driver of muscle wasting through fat-muscle crosstalk, but human studies in...