Article
Probing the Biology of Zinc Alpha 2-Glycoprotein and the role it plays in cachexia
2023-08-08
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<h4>Background: </h4> Cachexia is a metabolic disease characterized by significant weight loss and muscle wasting, and it is responsible for a substantial number of cancer-related deaths. Zinc-alpha-2-glycoprotein (ZAG) plays a role in the regulation of weight and body fat through the metabolism of lipids and glucose. In healthy individuals, ZAG promotes homeostasis by inducing the breakdown of adipose tissue, lea...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 86f10cc7-112e-5945-a8a5-0fbce3efbe76
- DOI
- 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3226721/v1
