Tumor induces muscle wasting in mice through releasing extracellular Hsp70 and Hsp90

Cachexia affects many cancer patients causing weight loss and increasing mortality. Here, the authors identify extracellular Hsp70 and Hsp90, either in soluble form or secreted as part of exosomes from tumor cells, to be responsible for tumor induction of cachexia.

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Guohua Zhang, Zhelong Liu, Hui Ding, Yong Zhou, Hoang Anh Doan, Ka Wai Thomas Sin, Zhiren J. Zhu, Rene Flores, Yefei Wen, Xing Gong, Qingyun Liu, Yi-Ping Li
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
Subjects:
Q
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e1eba5b33bfe496a995e5d12f008fd11
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!