Unlocking the wasting enigma: Highlights from the 8th Cachexia Conference

This article highlights pre‐clinical and clinical studies into the field of wasting disorders that were presented at the 8th Cachexia Conference held in Paris, France December 2015. This year some interesting results of clinical trials and different new therapeutic targets were shown. This article p...

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Autores principales: Ebner, Nicole, von Haehling, Stephan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
Materias:
Meeting Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799863/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27128291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12106
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spelling pubmed-47998632016-04-08 Unlocking the wasting enigma: Highlights from the 8th Cachexia Conference Ebner, Nicole von Haehling, Stephan J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle Meeting Report This article highlights pre‐clinical and clinical studies into the field of wasting disorders that were presented at the 8th Cachexia Conference held in Paris, France December 2015. This year some interesting results of clinical trials and different new therapeutic targets were shown. This article presents the biological and clinical significance of different markers and new drugs for the treatment of skeletal muscle wasting. Effective treatments of cachexia and wasting disorders are urgently needed in order to improve the patients' quality of life and their survival. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-02-17 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4799863/ /pubmed/27128291 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12106 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of the Society of Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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