Cachexia

From Molecular Insights to Clinical Strategies: Delve into the complexities of cachexia, encompassing cancer cachexia, molecular mechanisms, and evolving therapeutic approaches. Discover the forefront of research aimed at understanding and combating this debilitating condition.

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Prevalence and Prognostic Impact of the Coexistence of Cachexia and Sarcopenia in Patients With Chronic Liver Diseases.

BACKGROUND

Cachexia and sarcopenia are prevalent, inflammation-linked syndromes in chronic liver disease that worsen outcomes. To our knowledge, their coexistence in a single chronic liver disease cohort has not been systematically examined. In this study, we evaluated the prevalence, clinical features...

🗓️ 2026-05-06
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MorePrevalence and Prognostic Impact of the Coexistence of Cachexia and Sarcopenia in Patients With Chronic Liver Diseases.

Micheliolide ameliorates colon cancer cachexia by modulating gut microbiota-immune signaling via Phocaeicola vulgatus enrichment.

BACKGROUND

Cancer cachexia profoundly impacts patient survival and quality of life. Current treatments fail to halt this trajectory, highlighting an urgent clinical need for host-directed therapies capable of uncoupling skeletal muscle wasting from tumor progression. This study investigated the therapeutic potential...

🗓️ 2026-05-06
📰 Publication: Microbiome
Read MoreMicheliolide ameliorates colon cancer cachexia by modulating gut microbiota-immune signaling via Phocaeicola vulgatus enrichment.

The Eubacterium Rectale Derived Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Cancer Cachexia Induced Lipolysis by Inhibiting Macrophage Polarization.

Cancer cachexia (CC) is a complex pathological condition associated with cancer progression and poor prognosis, particularly in gastrointestinal cancers, and is closely linked to the gut microbiota. Lipolysis in CC may play a key role in driving cachexia progression. However,...

🗓️ 2026-05-06
📰 Publication: Journal Of Extracellular Vesicles
Read MoreThe Eubacterium Rectale Derived Extracellular Vesicles Alleviate Cancer Cachexia Induced Lipolysis by Inhibiting Macrophage Polarization.

Biosacetalin (1,1-Diethoxyethane) Prolongs Survival and Alleviates Cachexia in the NSG Mice Bearing Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells.

Neuroblastoma remains a formidable pediatric malignancy characterized by profound metabolic plasticity and limited therapeutic responsiveness in high-risk disease. Emerging evidence positions the interplay between Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) and the metabolic sentinel AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) as a critical regulator...

🗓️ 2026-05-04
Read MoreBiosacetalin (1,1-Diethoxyethane) Prolongs Survival and Alleviates Cachexia in the NSG Mice Bearing Neuroblastoma SH-SY5Y Cells.

Ageing-Associated Dysregulation of Myogenic Differentiation in Inclusion Body Myositis.

Skeletal muscle is a postmitotic tissue dependent on a complex and tightly regulated regeneration process involving numerous intracellular and extracellular factors, including myogenic regulatory factors (MRFs), cytokines and myokines. Quiescent satellite cells are activated by physiological stimuli, injury or other...

🗓️ 2026-05-04
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAgeing-Associated Dysregulation of Myogenic Differentiation in Inclusion Body Myositis.

Cancer cachexia induces senescent reprogramming of brown adipose tissue and pro-cachectic S100A9 secretion by adipocytes.

Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a multifactorial wasting syndrome characterized by progressive loss of fat and lean mass, systemic inflammation, and poor therapeutic responsiveness. While brown adipose tissue (BAT) is traditionally considered a protective, energy-dissipating organ, its qualitative remodeling in CAC...

🗓️ 2026-05-03
📰 Publication: Cell Death & Disease
Read MoreCancer cachexia induces senescent reprogramming of brown adipose tissue and pro-cachectic S100A9 secretion by adipocytes.

The pathology and diagnosis of cancer cachexia and a treatment insight from natural products: A review.

Cancer cachexia, which is characterized by weight loss and muscle wasting with or without fat depletion, is a complex syndrome that commonly seen in patients with advanced cancer. The underlying pathophysiological mechanisms of cancer cachexia involve in systemic inflammation, abnormal...

🗓️ 2026-04-30
📰 Publication: Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta-Reviews On Cancer
Read MoreThe pathology and diagnosis of cancer cachexia and a treatment insight from natural products: A review.

Cancer IDO1-Mediated Tryptophan-Kynurenine Metabolic Reprogramming to Drive Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Cachexia Acceleration.

BACKGROUND

Cancer cachexia is a debilitating syndrome characterized by severe skeletal muscle wasting, which significantly impairs patient quality of life and survival. Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase 1 (IDO1), a key enzyme in tryptophan (Trp) metabolism, is often upregulated in cancers, but its specific...

🗓️ 2026-04-24
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreCancer IDO1-Mediated Tryptophan-Kynurenine Metabolic Reprogramming to Drive Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Cachexia Acceleration.

Whole Genome Sequence Analysis of Weight Loss in 16 972 Participants With COPD Reveals Novel Risk Loci in DRAIC and RFX3.

BACKGROUND

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with musculoskeletal comorbidities, including cachexia. Weight loss (WL) is the major criterion for cachexia and increases risk for mortality in COPD. Risk factors for WL in COPD are incompletely understood. We performed this...

🗓️ 2026-04-24
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreWhole Genome Sequence Analysis of Weight Loss in 16 972 Participants With COPD Reveals Novel Risk Loci in DRAIC and RFX3.

A comprehensive review of cancer-induced cardiac wasting.

Cancer is frequently accompanied by cachexia, a systemic syndrome characterized by progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, with or without loss of fat mass. Increasing evidence indicates that cancer can also induce cardiac muscle wasting, which is associated with structural...

🗓️ 2026-04-23
📰 Publication: British Journal Of Pharmacology
Read MoreA comprehensive review of cancer-induced cardiac wasting.

Associations of Body Composition and Physical Function With Incident Diabetes in Older Adults: A 14-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND

Longitudinal associations between age-related changes in body composition, physical performance and incident diabetes mellitus (DM) in older adults and the mediating role of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) remain understudied.

METHODS

This prospective cohort study included 4000 community-dwelling older adults at baseline. Longitudinal...

🗓️ 2026-04-20
📰 Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAssociations of Body Composition and Physical Function With Incident Diabetes in Older Adults: A 14-Year Prospective Cohort Study.

Cancer cachexia: A tumor-driven disorder of whole-body homeostasis.

Cancer cachexia is a systemic metabolic syndrome driven by tumor-induced disruption of whole-body homeostasis. Characterized by skeletal muscle atrophy and adipose tissue loss, cachexia leads to functional decline, impaired quality of life, reduced treatment tolerance, and poor survival across multiple...

🗓️ 2026-04-18
📰 Publication: Cancer Cell
Read MoreCancer cachexia: A tumor-driven disorder of whole-body homeostasis.

Development of a spatially defined 3D in vitro coculture construct modelling pancreatic cancer-associated cachexia.

Pancreatic cancer-associated cachexia is marked by adipose tissue wasting, thermogenic remodeling, and a state of hypermetabolism, yet robust preclinical models to study these phenomena are lacking. In this study, we present a spatially defined three-dimensional (3D) coreshell microcuboid coculture platform...

🗓️ 2026-04-16
📰 Publication: Biofabrication
Read MoreDevelopment of a spatially defined 3D in vitro coculture construct modelling pancreatic cancer-associated cachexia.

PBK-Loaded secretory autophagosomes drive radiotherapy-induced systemic adipose depletion via MAPK/ERK-PRKA/PKA-LIPE/HSL signaling: a therapeutic target for esophageal cancer cachexia.

Radiotherapy, while a cornerstone treatment for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), is paradoxically associated with significant weight loss that portends poor patient outcomes. The mechanisms driving this metabolic complication remain elusive. Here, we identified adipose depletion - rather than muscle...

🗓️ 2026-04-16
📰 Publication: Autophagy
Read MorePBK-Loaded secretory autophagosomes drive radiotherapy-induced systemic adipose depletion via MAPK/ERK-PRKA/PKA-LIPE/HSL signaling: a therapeutic target for esophageal cancer cachexia.

CACHEXIA DEFINITION

Cachexia has been defined as a loss of lean tissue mass, involving a weight loss greater than 5% of body weight in 12 months or less in the presence of chronic illness or as a body mass index (BMI) lower than 20 kg/m2. In addition, usually three of the following five criteria are required: decreased muscle strength, fatigue, anorexia, low fat-free mass index, increase of inflammation markers such as C-reactive protein or interleukin (IL)-6 as well as anaemia or low serum albumin.

Cachexia can occur in most major diseases including infections, cancer, heart disease, chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and stroke.

REFERENCES
Evans WJ, Morley JE, Argiles J, Bales C, Baracos V, Guttridge D, et al. Cachexia: a new definition. Clin Nutr 2008;27:793–799

Fearon K, Strasser F, Anker SD, Bosaeus I, Bruera E, Fainsinger RL, Jatoi A, Loprinzi C, MacDonald N, Mantovani G, Davis M, Muscaritoli M, Ottery F, Radbruch L, Ravasco P, Walsh D, Wilcock A, Kaasa S, Baracos VE. Definition and classification of cancer cachexia: an international consensus. Lancet Oncol 2011;12:489–495.

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