Cancer cachexia: lessons from Drosophila
Disease Models & Mechanisms, 2022 Cachexia, a wasting syndrome that is often associated with cancer, is one of the primary causes of death in cancer patients. Cancer cachexia occurs largely due to systemic metabolic alterations stimulated by tumors.
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Determining the role of tumor-derived leukemia inhibitory factor in cancer cachexia using a genetic approach [PDF]
, 2018 Cachexia is a multifactorial metabolic wasting syndrome that affects a large percentage of cancer patients and results in the involuntary loss of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue.
Ganey, John
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Increased risk of wasting syndrome in HIV-infected travellers: prospective multicentre study [PDF]
, 2017 HIV-infected patients from moderate regions who travel in tropical countries may experience clinical disease progression due to exposure to bacteria (including mycobacteria), fungi and parasites.
Chan, Phil +3 more
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Cerebral salt wasting following tuberculous meningoencephalitis in an infant
Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, 2012 In patients with central nervous system disease, life-threatening hyponatremia can result from either the syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone or cerebral salt wasting.
Syed Ahmed Zaki +2 more
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Clinical utility of dronabinol in the treatment of weight loss associated with HIV and AIDS
HIV/AIDS: Research and Palliative Care, 2016 Melissa E Badowski,1 Sarah E Perez2 1Department of Pharmacy Practice, Section of Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA; 2Infectious Diseases Clinic, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA,
Badowski ME, Perez SE
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Cancer-induced cachexia, characterized by muscle wasting, is a lethal metabolic syndrome with undefined etiology. Current consensus is that multiple factors contribute to cancer-induced muscle wasting, and therefore therapy requires combinational ...
Guohua Zhang +5 more
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Development of Central Diabetes Insipidus in a Female Victim with Severe Brain Injury
Общая реаниматология, 2009 Case report. A pregnant woman with severe brain injury developed cerebral salt-wasting syndrome concurrent with diabetes insipidus. Placental enzymatic destruction of antidiuretic hormone and thyroid, adrenal, and renal dysfunction were excluded ...
N. V. Nikiforova +5 more
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Tumor loss-of-function mutations in STK11/LKB1 induce cachexia
JCI Insight, 2023 Cancer cachexia (CC), a wasting syndrome of muscle and adipose tissue resulting in weight loss, is observed in 50% of patients with solid tumors. Management of CC is limited by the absence of biomarkers and knowledge of molecules that drive its phenotype.
Puneeth Iyengar +19 more
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A case of acanthosis nigricans in a HIV-infected patient [PDF]
, 2020 Background: To date, very little information is available concerning the relationship between acanthosis nigricans (AN) and infection with human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1).
De Vincentiis, Ludovica +5 more
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High Prevalence of Tuberculosis among Adults with Fever Admitted at a Tertiary Hospital in North-western Tanzania [PDF]
, 2012 Tuberculosis is a leading cause of death in developing countries where HIV is endemic. This hospital based study was done to estimate the magnitude of pulmonary and extra-pulmonary tuberculosis and to determine predictors of tuberculosis among febrile ...
Kabangila, Rodrick +4 more
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