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| Title |
Treating cancer cachexia to treat cancer
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Skeletal Muscle, January 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/2044-5040-1-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Se-Jin Lee, David J Glass |
| Abstract |
Skeletal muscle wasting is a major component of cachectic states found in a variety of disease settings, including cancer. As increasing caloric intake often provides little benefit in combating muscle loss in cachectic patients, a major research focus has been to develop strategies stimulating muscle anabolic pathways - in an attempt to fight the catabolic pathways induced during cachexia. Two recent papers have reported the beneficial effects of blocking the myostatin/activin signalling pathway in mouse models of cancer cachexia. We discuss the implications of their findings both with respect to the role that this signalling pathway may play in the aetiology of cachexia and with respect to the prospects for targeting this pathway as a therapeutic strategy in patients with cachexia. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 60 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| Hungary | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 55 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 20% |
| Researcher | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 7 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 10% |
| Other | 13 | 22% |
| Unknown | 6 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 37% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 15 | 25% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 12% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 3% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 3 | 5% |
| Unknown | 10 | 17% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 10. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 November 2017.
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#3,608,734
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Outputs from Skeletal Muscle
#84
of 388 outputs
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#21,717
of 193,904 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Skeletal Muscle
#4
of 8 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 388 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 8.2. This one has done well, scoring higher than 78% of its peers.
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