Extracellular vesicles derived from tumour cells as a trigger of energy crisis in the skeletal muscle

• Main Authors: Fabrizio Pin (Author), Marc Beltrà (Author), Lorena Garcia‐Castillo (Author), Barbara Pardini (Author), Giovanni Birolo (Author), Giuseppe Matullo (Author), Fabio Penna (Author), Denis Guttridge (Author), Paola Costelli (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cachexia, a syndrome frequently occurring in cancer patients, is characterized by muscle wasting, altered energy and protein metabolism and impaired myogenesis. Tumour‐derived microvesicles (TMVs) containing proteins, messenger RNAs (mRNAs), and non‐coding RNAs could contribute t...