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Biological age-acceleration in relation to muscle mass, strength and function: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study.

INTRODUCTION

Sarcopenia, the accelerated loss of muscle mass, strength and function with age, is associated with adverse health outcomes. DNA methylation accumulates across life and methylation clocks (which provide a measure of biological age) could potentially be used to predict individuals...

📰 Journal: Aging Clinical And Experimental Research
Read MoreBiological age-acceleration in relation to muscle mass, strength and function: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study.

Association between GDF-15 and sarcopenia progression in older adults: results from a population-based study.

BACKGROUND

Growth differentiation factor-15 (GDF-15), a stress-induced cytokine, has been implicated in pathways related to muscle degeneration, although findings regarding its association with sarcopenia remain heterogeneous. This study investigated the association between serum levels of GDF-15 and sarcopenia progression in community-dwelling...

📰 Journal: Ebiomedicine
Read MoreAssociation between GDF-15 and sarcopenia progression in older adults: results from a population-based study.

Understanding cachexia and muscle dysfunction in the context of metastatic breast cancer.

Cancer cachexia significantly impacts the quality of life of cancer patients, predicting therapy response and survival. Cachexia prevalence and severity increases over the course of disease progression, affecting up to 80% of patients with metastatic cancer. Despite this, cachexia is...

📰 Journal: Cancer And Metastasis Reviews
Read MoreUnderstanding cachexia and muscle dysfunction in the context of metastatic breast cancer.

Pre-clinical cancer cachexia causes glucose hypermetabolism prior to overt weight loss.

PURPOSE

Cancer cachexia is a life-threatening complication of advanced malignancies, driven by profound systemic metabolic reprogramming and anorexia. Insulin action is markedly impaired in patients with cancer and may contribute directly to cachexia pathogenesis. However, the interplay between weight loss, food...

📰 Journal: Molecular Metabolism
Read MorePre-clinical cancer cachexia causes glucose hypermetabolism prior to overt weight loss.

Sex-divergent skeletal muscle remodeling emerges early in cancer cachexia.

Cancer cachexia is characterised by progressive skeletal muscle wasting and dysfunction, yet the early events that precede overt muscle wasting remain poorly defined. Here, we utilised a time-coursed C26 carcinoma model in male and female mice to define the pre-cachectic...

📰 Journal: American Journal Of Physiology-Cell Physiology
Read MoreSex-divergent skeletal muscle remodeling emerges early in cancer cachexia.

Pancreatic cancer cachexia promotes cardiac dysfunction through altered adrenergic signalling in the heart.

Cancer cachexia is a metabolic syndrome commonly observed in patients with pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), characterized by wasting of skeletal and cardiac muscle. This condition is associated with the neurohormonal stress response and activation of the sympathetic nervous system. However...

📰 Journal: Journal Of Physiology-London
Read MorePancreatic cancer cachexia promotes cardiac dysfunction through altered adrenergic signalling in the heart.

Sarcopenia Predicts Postoperative Cognitive Impairment and Poor Surgical Outcomes in Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND

Sarcopenia is a progressive skeletal muscle disorder prevalent in older adults, yet its role as a risk factor for acute postoperative cognitive decline-an early manifestation within the spectrum of perioperative neurocognitive disorders (PND)-remains underexplored. We hypothesize that preoperative sarcopenia increases...

📰 Journal: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreSarcopenia Predicts Postoperative Cognitive Impairment and Poor Surgical Outcomes in Older Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Body Mass Index and Risks of More Than 40 Cause-Specific Mortality in Chinese Women: A Prospective Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND

The health consequences of being underweight are less well-studied than obesity. We aimed to examine the association between body mass index (BMI) and mortality from a wide range of diseases across the full BMI spectrum, with particular focus on how...

📰 Journal: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreBody Mass Index and Risks of More Than 40 Cause-Specific Mortality in Chinese Women: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Genome-Wide Association Study of Lean Body Mass Response to Resistance Training in Young Asians.

BACKGROUND

Resistance training (RT) is an established intervention for increasing lean body mass (LBM), individual hypertrophic responses exhibit significant heterogeneity, largely influenced by genetic factors. This genome-wide association study (GWAS) aimed to identify novel genetic variants associated with changes in lean...

📰 Journal: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreGenome-Wide Association Study of Lean Body Mass Response to Resistance Training in Young Asians.

Improving Hip Fracture Prediction by Using Sarcopenia-Specific Cut-Offs of T-Scores for Osteosarcopenia: A Prospective Cohort Study.

BACKGROUND

Older adults with osteosarcopenia, defined as the coexistence of osteopenia/osteoporosis and sarcopenia, have been associated with an increased risk of fractures compared with those with normal bone mineral density (BMD) and without sarcopenia. However, the conventional definition of osteosarcopenia has...

📰 Journal: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreImproving Hip Fracture Prediction by Using Sarcopenia-Specific Cut-Offs of T-Scores for Osteosarcopenia: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Prognostic performance of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 and 2025 sarcopenia definitions in cirrhosis.

BACKGROUND/PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia (AWGS) updated its criteria in 2025, adding a body mass index (BMI)-adjusted muscle index (ASM/BMI) to the conventional skeletal muscle index (SMI). We aimed to compare the prognostic performances of the...

📰 Journal: Hepatology International
Read MorePrognostic performance of Asian Working Group for Sarcopenia 2019 and 2025 sarcopenia definitions in cirrhosis.

Defining Healthy Weight Loss and Target Weight in the Era of Highly Effective Treatment of Patients With Obesity.

BACKGROUND

Highly effective anti-obesity medications (AOMs) induce substantial weight loss and have renewed debate on appropriate treatment targets. Weight loss comprises reductions in fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM), with skeletal muscle (SM) as the major component of FFM. Clinical...

📰 Journal: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreDefining Healthy Weight Loss and Target Weight in the Era of Highly Effective Treatment of Patients With Obesity.

Differential impact of cancer- and chemotherapy-induced cachexia: a comparative analysis in a pre-clinical model of colorectal cancer by biological sex.

Cancer cachexia is a wasting condition characterized by muscle loss and reduced quality of life in cancer patients. Although biological sex differences in the progression of cancer cachexia have been increasingly recognized, their role during chemotherapy-treated cancer cachexia remains largely...

📰 Journal: American Journal Of Physiology-Endocrinology And Metabolism
Read MoreDifferential impact of cancer- and chemotherapy-induced cachexia: a comparative analysis in a pre-clinical model of colorectal cancer by biological sex.

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