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Inflammation Based Regulation of Cancer Cachexia

Author(s) -

Jill K. Onesti,

Denis C. Guttridge

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

biomed research international

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772

H-Index - 126

eISSN - 2314-6141

pISSN - 2314-6133

DOI - 10.1155/2014/168407

Subject(s) - cachexia , wasting , cancer cachexia , skeletal muscle , inflammation , medicine , tumor necrosis factor alpha , cancer , immune system , systemic inflammation , bioinformatics , cytokine , cancer research , immunology , oncology , biology

Cancer cachexia, consisting of significant skeletal muscle wasting independent of nutritional intake, is a major concern for patients with solid tumors that affects surgical, therapeutic, and quality of life outcomes. This review summarizes the clinical implications, background of inflammatory cytokines, and the origin and sources of procachectic factors including TNF- α , IL-6, IL-1, INF- γ , and PIF. Molecular mechanisms and pathways are described to elucidate the link between the immune response caused by the presence of the tumor and the final result of skeletal muscle wasting.

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