Cachexia in cancer--zeroing in on myosin

N Engl J Med. 2004 Nov 11;351(20):2124-5. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcibr042889.

Author

Jeffrey S Chamberlain¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, and the Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Cooperative Research Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, USA.

PMID: 15537911
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr042889

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Cachexia / metabolism*
Cell Line, Tumor
Colonic Neoplasms / metabolism*
Disease Models, Animal
Interferon-gamma / pharmacology
Mice
Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
Myosin Heavy Chains / biosynthesis*
Myosin Heavy Chains / genetics
Transcription, Genetic / drug effects
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / pharmacology

Substances

Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Interferon-gamma
Myosin Heavy Chains