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Withaferin A attenuates ovarian cancer-induced cardiac cachexia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Kelm Natia Q, Straughn Alex R, Kakar Sham S
Abstract excerpt
Cachexia is a common multifactorial syndrome in the advanced stages of cancer and accounts for approximately 20-30% of all cancer-related fatalities. In addition to the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, cancer results in impairments in cardiac function. We recently demonstrated that WFA attenuates the cachectic skeletal muscle phenotype induced by ovarian cancer. The purpose of this study was to...
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