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Cancer Causes Cardiac Atrophy and Autophagy in a Sexually Dimorphic Manner

Approximately one-third of cancer deaths are caused by cachexia, a severe form of skeletal muscle and adipose tissue wasting that affects men more than women. The heart also undergoes atrophy in cancer patients but the mechanisms and the basis for apparent sex differences are unclear. In a mouse col...

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Main Authors: Cosper, Pippa F., Leinwand, Leslie A.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3049989/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21163868
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-10-3145
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