Plasma concentration of interleukin-6 was upregulated in cancer cachexia patients and was positively correlated with plasma free fatty acid in female patients

• Published in: Nutrition & metabolism Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 80
• Main Authors: Han, Jun, Lu, Chaocheng, Meng, Qingyang, Halim, Alice, Yean, Thong Jia, Wu, Guohao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 15.11.2019; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Albumin; Analysis; Apolipoproteins; Cachexia; Cancer patients; Fatty acids; Glycosylated hemoglobin; Hemoglobins; Inflammation; Interleukins; Lymphocytes; Medical research; Physiological aspects; Women's health

Cancer cachexia is a clinical manifestation in various advanced cancers that characterized by muscle atrophy and fat loss as its main features; it is frequently associated with systemic inflammatory response. However, the differences in inflammatory response and lipid metabolism of different genders...