Skeletal muscle is a crucial tissue for movement, gestural assistance, metabolic
homeostasis, and thermogenesis. It makes up approximately 40% of the total body weight …

Sarcopenia is defined as an age associated decline in skeletal muscle mass. The
pathophysiology of sarcopenia is multifactorial, with decreased caloric intake, muscle fiber …

Background Weight loss and cachexia are common, reduce tolerance of cancer treatment
and the likelihood of response, and independently predict poor outcome. Methods A group …

The original definition of sarcopenia refers to the age‐related loss of muscle mass. The
literature suggests that the prevalence of sarcopenia in 60‐to 70‐year‐olds is in the range of …

Sarcopenia is a complex multifactorial condition that can by treated with multimodal
approaches. No pharmacologic agent to prevent or treat sarcopenia has proven to be as …

Muscle atrophy is the loss of muscle mass and strength, and it occurs in many diseases,
such as cancer, AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), congestive heart failure …

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To review original research studies and reviews that present data
on changes of body compartments and its mutual cross-talk with respect to the failing heart …

Pacientes com insuficiência cardíaca frequentemente desenvolvem estado de caquexia,
que constitui fator independente de redução da sobrevida. Caquexia pode ser …

Heart failure (HF), being a disease of the elderly, is associated with several noncardiac
comorbidities, defined as chronic conditions coexisting with HF that play an integral role in …

Objective and methods To better understand acylghrelin plasma stability, human synthetic
acylghrelin was spiked into plasma and tracked by liquid chromatography tandem mass …