[Retracted] Myostatin is a novel tumoral factor that induces cancer cachexia

• Main Authors: Lokireddy, Sudarsanareddy, Wijesoma, Isuru Wijerupage, Bonala, Sabeera, Wei, Meng, Sze, Siu Kwan, McFarlane, Craig, Kambadur, Ravi, Sharma, Mridula
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/98861; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12677
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Humoral and tumoral factors collectively promote cancer-induced skeletal muscle wasting by increasing protein degradation. Although several humoral proteins, namely TNFα (tumour necrosis factor α) and IL (interleukin)-6, have been shown to induce skeletal muscle wasting, there is a lack of infor...