Expression of genes in the skeletal muscle of individuals with cachexia/sarcopenia: A systematic review.

Cecily A ByrneAmy T McNeilTimothy J KohAmelia F BrunskillGiamila Fantuzzi

Published in: PloS one (2019)

Currently available evidence on gene expression in the skeletal muscles of humans with chronic disease-associated cachexia and/or sarcopenia is not powered appropriately and is not homogenous; therefore, it is difficult to compare results across studies and diseases.

Keyphrases

skeletal muscle
gene expression
poor prognosis
insulin resistance
dna methylation
genome wide
case control
binding protein
genome wide identification
long non coding rna
community dwelling
type diabetes
metabolic syndrome
transcription factor