Myostatin Levels and the Risk of Myopenia and Rheumatoid Cachexia in Women with Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Fabiola Gonzalez-PonceJorge Ivan Gamez-NavaEli Efrain Gomez-RamirezMelissa Ramirez-VillafañaHeriberto Jacobo-CuevasNorma Alejandra Rodriguez-JimenezEva Maria Olivas-FloresEsparza-Guerrero YussefAlejandro Martelli-GarcíaAline Priscilla Santiago-GarciaNava-Valdivia Cesar ArturoAlejandra Martínez-HernándezSergio Antonio Gonzalez-VazquezAlfredo CelisCarlos Enrique Cabrera-PivaralSylvia Elena Totsuka-SuttoErnesto German Cardona MuñozGonzalez-Lopez LauraPublished in: Journal of immunology research (2022)
High serum myostatin levels increase the risk of LSMM and rheumatoid cachexia. We propose that high myostatin levels are useful biomarkers for the identification of patients in risk of rheumatoid cachexia and myopenia.