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Project Number: | I01BX002764-05A1 |
| Title: | Mechanisms associated with systemic effects of cancer |
| Principal Investigator: | Harikrishna Nakshatri |
| Location: | Indianapolis, IN |
| Congressional District Code: | 7 |
| Research Service: | Biomedical Laboratory R&D |
| Project Period: | October 2019 - September 2023 |
| FY 2021 Funding Amount: | $156,800 |
| Total Award Amount (all years): |
$763,269 |
| Abstract: |
View full abstract and other project information on NIH RePORTER Go To NIH RePORTER Excerpt: Problems noted: Functional limitation, sarcopenia, sarcopenic obesity, and cachexia in the metastatic setting are common across many cancers. Functional limitation is mechanistically concomitant to the paracrine effects of cancer and is likely due to skeletal muscle dysfunction including aberrant stem-progenitor-differentiated cell myogenesis hierarchy. Although cachexia is rare in breast cancer, cancer- and/or treatment-induced skeletal muscle dysfunction and sarcopenia are common in breast can... |