Mechanisms of muscle atrophy and hypertrophy: implications in health and disease

R Sartori, V Romanello, M Sandri - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Skeletal muscle is the protein reservoir of our body and an important regulator of glucose
and lipid homeostasis. Consequently, the growth or the loss of muscle mass can influence …

Cancer-associated cachexia—understanding the tumour macroenvironment and microenvironment to improve management

JM Argilés, FJ López-Soriano, B Stemmler… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cachexia is a devastating, multifactorial and often irreversible systemic syndrome
characterized by substantial weight loss (mainly of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue) that …

Tumour extracellular vesicles and particles induce liver metabolic dysfunction

G Wang, J Li, L Bojmar, H Chen, Z Li, GC Tobias, M Hu… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer alters the function of multiple organs beyond those targeted by metastasis,. Here we
show that inflammation, fatty liver and dysregulated metabolism are hallmarks of …

Release mechanisms of major DAMPs

A Murao, M Aziz, H Wang, M Brenner, P Wang - Apoptosis, 2021 - Springer
Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) are endogenous molecules which foment
inflammation and are associated with disorders in sepsis and cancer. Thus, therapeutically …

The biology, function, and biomedical applications of exosomes

R Kalluri, VS LeBleu - Science, 2020 - science.org
BACKGROUND All cells, prokaryotes and eukaryotes, release extracellular vesicles (EVs)
as part of their normal physiology and during acquired abnormalities. EVs can be broadly …

Cancer-associated cachexia

VE Baracos, L Martin, M Korc, DC Guttridge… - Nature reviews Disease …, 2018 - nature.com
Cancer-associated cachexia is a disorder characterized by loss of body weight with specific
losses of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue. Cachexia is driven by a variable combination …

Cancer-cell-secreted miR-204-5p induces leptin signalling pathway in white adipose tissue to promote cancer-associated cachexia

Y Hu, L Liu, Y Chen, X Zhang, H Zhou, S Hu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Cancer-associated cachexia is a multi-organ weight loss syndrome, especially with a
wasting disorder of adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. Small extracellular vesicles (sEVs) …

Development of extracellular vesicle therapeutics: Challenges, considerations, and opportunities

B Claridge, J Lozano, QH Poh… - Frontiers in Cell and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) hold great promise as therapeutic modalities due to their
endogenous characteristics, however, further bioengineering refinement is required to …

Extracellular vesicles and particles impact the systemic landscape of cancer

S Lucotti, CM Kenific, H Zhang, D Lyden - The EMBO journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Intercellular cross talk between cancer cells and stromal and immune cells is essential for
tumor progression and metastasis. Extracellular vesicles and particles (EVPs) are a …

Metal drugs and the anticancer immune response

B Englinger, C Pirker, P Heffeter, A Terenzi… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The immune system deploys a multitude of innate and adaptive mechanisms not only to
ward off pathogens but also to prevent malignant transformation (“immune surveillance”) …