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Management of Children Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Sarcopenia, Cholestasis and Beyond.

Sarcopenia has been increasingly recognized as a risk factor for worse outcomes in liver transplantation; however, the data remain limited on pediatric-specific outcomes. These gaps in knowledge are in part due to the lack of a standardized definition, challenges inherent...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-11-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Pediatric Transplantation
Read MoreManagement of Children Awaiting Liver Transplantation: Sarcopenia, Cholestasis and Beyond.

Silencing Myostatin Using In Vivo Self-Assembled siRNA Protects Against Cancer- and Dexamethasone-Induced Muscle Atrophy.

Maintaining skeletal muscle mass is crucial for health, as muscle atrophy caused by drugs, cancer, or aging poses serious risks. However, there are few effective pharmacological interventions targeting muscle atrophy, highlighting the need for new therapeutic strategies. In this study,...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-10-03
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Advanced Healthcare Materials
Read MoreSilencing Myostatin Using In Vivo Self-Assembled siRNA Protects Against Cancer- and Dexamethasone-Induced Muscle Atrophy.

Type II fibre atrophy and nuclear disruption in decompensated cirrhosis.

Loss of skeletal muscle mass is a common complication in cirrhosis that is associated with higher morbidity and mortality. Since the specific pathophysiology of cirrhosis-related muscle loss is unclear, we performed histological evaluation of muscle tissue from patients with cirrhosis...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-05-24
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Jhep Reports
Read MoreType II fibre atrophy and nuclear disruption in decompensated cirrhosis.

Vagal blockade of the brain-liver axis deters cancer-associated cachexia.

Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a multifactorial and currently incurable syndrome responsible for nearly one-third of cancer-related deaths. It contributes to therapy resistance and increases mortality among affected patients. In this study, we show that cancer-induced systemic inflammation alters vagal tone...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-07-29
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Cell
Read MoreVagal blockade of the brain-liver axis deters cancer-associated cachexia.

Cancer therapy and cachexia.

A central challenge in cancer therapy is the effective delivery of anticancer treatments while minimizing adverse effects on patient health. The potential dual impact of therapy is clearly illustrated in cancer-associated cachexia, a multifactorial syndrome characterized by involuntary weight loss,...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-08-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Clinical Investigation
Read MoreCancer therapy and cachexia.

Functional liver genomics identifies hepatokines promoting wasting in cancer cachexia.

In cancer cachexia, the presence of a tumor triggers systemic metabolic disruption that leads to involuntary body weight loss and accelerated mortality in affected patients. Here, we conducted transcriptomic and epigenomic profiling of the liver in various weight-stable cancer and...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-07-18
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Cell
Read MoreFunctional liver genomics identifies hepatokines promoting wasting in cancer cachexia.

Impact of physical activities in metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease, sarcopenia, and cardiovascular disease.

There are no comprehensive studies that investigated differential effects of physical activity (PA) types on metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and their associations with sarcopenia and cardiovascular disease. A cross-sectional analysis using data from 66,021 participants from the...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-04-28
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Diabetes Research And Clinical Practice
Read MoreImpact of physical activities in metabolic dysfunction associated steatotic liver disease, sarcopenia, and cardiovascular disease.

Integrated Multiomics Analyses of the Molecular Landscape of Sarcopenia in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease.

Skeletal muscle is a major target for ethanol-induced perturbations, leading to sarcopenia in alcohol-related liver disease (ALD). The complex interactions and pathways involved in adaptive and maladaptive responses to ethanol in skeletal muscle are not well understood. Unlike hypothesis-driven experiments,...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-06-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreIntegrated Multiomics Analyses of the Molecular Landscape of Sarcopenia in Alcohol-Related Liver Disease.

Severe Dietary Energy Restriction for Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Compensated cirrhosis due to metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (CC-MASLD) increases morbidity and mortality risk but has no aetiology-specific treatment. We investigated the safety and efficacy signals of severe energy restriction. In this randomised controlled trial, adults with CC-MASLD and...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-06-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreSevere Dietary Energy Restriction for Compensated Cirrhosis Due to Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Low Visceral Adipose Tissue Predicts the Outcome of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Multicentre Real-World Study.

Visceral obesity (VO), associated with excessive visceral adipose tissue (VAT), has been extensively studied in cancer. However, whether low VAT can predict the prognosis of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) undergoing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC) remains unknown. This multicentre real-world cohort study...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-04-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreLow Visceral Adipose Tissue Predicts the Outcome of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Multicentre Real-World Study.

Comment on "Myosteatosis and Muscle Loss Impact Liver Transplant Outcomes in Male Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma" by Lu etย al.-The Authors' Reply.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-04-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreComment on "Myosteatosis and Muscle Loss Impact Liver Transplant Outcomes in Male Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma" by Lu etย al.-The Authors' Reply.

Association Between Handgrip Strength and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in MASLD: A Prospective Study From UK Biobank.

This study aimed to investigate the association between handgrip strength (HGS) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in individuals with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) using data from the UK Biobank cohort. A total of 201โ€‰563 participants were enrolled in this...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-04-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreAssociation Between Handgrip Strength and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in MASLD: A Prospective Study From UK Biobank.

Fat-Free Mass: Friend or Foe to Metabolic Health?

Fat mass (FM) and fat-free mass (FFM) are body composition estimates commonly reported in research studies and clinical settings. Recently, fat-free mass indexed to height (fat-free mass index; FFMI) has been shown to be positively associated with impaired insulin sensitivity...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-02-01
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreFat-Free Mass: Friend or Foe to Metabolic Health?

Effects of exercise and nutrition in improving sarcopenia in liver cirrhosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sarcopenia is highly prevalent in patients with liver cirrhosis (LC), adversely affecting their quality of life and life expectancy. Exercise and nutrition represent common interventions to ameliorate sarcopenia in these patients, although there exists inconsistency in the reported effectiveness of...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2024-07-05
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Hepatobiliary Surgery And Nutrition
Read MoreEffects of exercise and nutrition in improving sarcopenia in liver cirrhosis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

The microbiota-derived bile acid taurodeoxycholic acid improves hepatic cholesterol levels in mice with cancer cachexia.

Alterations in bile acid profile and pathways contribute to hepatic inflammation in cancer cachexia, a syndrome worsening the prognosis of cancer patients. As the gut microbiota impinges on host metabolism through bile acids, the current study aimed to explore the...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2025-01-08
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Gut Microbes
Read MoreThe microbiota-derived bile acid taurodeoxycholic acid improves hepatic cholesterol levels in mice with cancer cachexia.

Skeletal Muscle P MR Spectroscopy Surpasses CT in Predicting Patient Survival After Liver Transplantation.

Skeletal muscle alterations are associated with higher mortality and morbidity in patients with liver cirrhosis. Assessing these changes seems to be a promising method for identifying patients at a high risk of poor outcomes following liver transplantation (LT). This is...

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 2024-11-23
๐Ÿ“ฐ Publication: Journal Of Cachexia Sarcopenia And Muscle
Read MoreSkeletal Muscle P MR Spectroscopy Surpasses CT in Predicting Patient Survival After Liver Transplantation.

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