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Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Issue 4/2014

Content (14 Articles)

Review

Cachexia: a problem of energetic inefficiency

Josep M. Argilés, Cibely Cristine Fontes-Oliveira, Miriam Toledo, Francisco J. López-Soriano, Sílvia Busquets

Review

Skeletal myopathy in patients with chronic heart failure: significance of anabolic-androgenic hormones

Krystian Josiak, Ewa A. Jankowska, Massimo F. Piepoli, Waldemar Banasiak, Piotr Ponikowski

Original Article

Ventricular assist device implantation improves skeletal muscle function, oxidative capacity, and growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 axis signaling in patients with advanced heart failure

Tuba Khawaja, Aalap Chokshi, Ruiping Ji, Tomoko S. Kato, Katherine Xu, Cynthia Zizola, Christina Wu, Daniel E. Forman, Takeyoshi Ota, Peter Kennel, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Isaac George, Donna Mancini, Christian P. Schulze

Original Article

Does IGFR1 inhibition result in increased muscle mass loss in patients undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer?

David R. Fogelman, Holly Holmes, Khalil Mohammed, Matthew H. G. Katz, Carla M. Prado, Jessica Lieffers, Naveen Garg, Gauri R. Varadhachary, Rachna Shroff, Michael J. Overman, Christopher Garrett, Robert A. Wolff, Milind Javle

Original Article

Formoterol in the treatment of experimental cancer cachexia: effects on heart function

Míriam Toledo, Jochen Springer, Sílvia Busquets, Anika Tschirner, Francisco J. López-Soriano, Stefan D. Anker, Josep M. Argilés

Original Article

Modeling human cancer cachexia in colon 26 tumor-bearing adult mice

Erin E. Talbert, Gregory A. Metzger, Wei A. He, Denis C. Guttridge

Original Article

Anamorelin HCl (ONO-7643), a novel ghrelin receptor agonist, for the treatment of cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome: preclinical profile

Claudio Pietra, Yasuhiro Takeda, Naoko Tazawa-Ogata, Masashi Minami, Xia Yuanfeng, Elizabeth Manning Duus, Robert Northrup

Original Article

Attenuation of muscle wasting in murine C2C12 myotubes by epigallocatechin-3-gallate

Kamran A. Mirza, Suzette L. Pereira, Neile K. Edens, Michael J. Tisdale

Letter to the Editor

Synemin: an evolving role in tumor growth and progression

Shailendra Kapoor

Erratum

Erratum to: Ventricular assist device implantation improves skeletal muscle function, oxidative capacity, and growth hormone/insulin-like growth factor-1 axis signaling in patients with advanced heart failure

Tuba Khawaja, Aalap Chokshi, Ruiping Ji, Tomoko S. Kato, Katherine Xu, Cynthia Zizola, Christina Wu, Daniel E. Forman, Takeyoshi Ota, Peter J. Kennel, Hiroo Takayama, Yoshifumi Naka, Isaac George, Donna Mancini, P. Christian Schulze

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Obesity Clinical Trial Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

A round-up of the STEP phase 3 clinical trials evaluating semaglutide for weight loss in people with overweight or obesity.

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Highlights from the ACC 2024 Congress

Year in Review: Pediatric cardiology

Watch Dr. Anne Marie Valente present the last year's highlights in pediatric and congenital heart disease in the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Pulmonary vascular disease

The last year's highlights in pulmonary vascular disease are presented by Dr. Jane Leopold in this official video from ACC.24.

Year in Review: Valvular heart disease

Watch Prof. William Zoghbi present the last year's highlights in valvular heart disease from the official ACC.24 Year in Review session.

Year in Review: Heart failure and cardiomyopathies

Watch this official video from ACC.24. Dr. Biykem Bozkurt discusses last year's major advances in heart failure and cardiomyopathies.