"Cachexia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
General ill health, malnutrition, and weight loss, usually associated with chronic disease.
MeSH Number(s)
C23.888.144.243.963.500.500
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Cachexia".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Cachexia".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cachexia" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Cachexia" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1999 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2000 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2001 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2010 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| 2015 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2016 | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2017 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2020 | 10 | 3 | 13 |
| 2021 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2023 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Below are the most recent publications written about "Cachexia" by people in Profiles.
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Feeding practices and growth patterns of moderately low birthweight infants in resource-limited settings: results from a multisite, longitudinal observational study. BMJ Open. 2023 02 15; 13(2):e067316.
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How Can Nutrition Research Better Reflect the Relationship Between Wasting and Stunting in Children? Learnings from the Wasting and Stunting Project. J Nutr. 2023 01 14; 152(12):2645-2651.
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Oropharyngeal dysphagia and cachexia: Intertwined in head and neck cancer. Head Neck. 2023 04; 45(4):783-797.
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Muscle weakness precedes atrophy during cancer cachexia and is linked to muscle-specific mitochondrial stress. JCI Insight. 2022 12 22; 7(24).
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Adipose Tissue Remodeling in Pathophysiology. Annu Rev Pathol. 2023 01 24; 18:71-93.
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PGC-1a overexpression is not sufficient to mitigate cancer cachexia in either male or female mice. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2022 Sep 01; 47(9):933-948.
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Polygonum cuspidatum Extract (Pc-Ex) Containing Emodin Suppresses Lung Cancer-Induced Cachexia by Suppressing TCF4/TWIST1 Complex-Induced PTHrP Expression. Nutrients. 2022 Apr 05; 14(7).
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Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis activation and glucocorticoid-responsive gene expression in skeletal muscle and liver of Apc mice. J Cachexia Sarcopenia Muscle. 2022 06; 13(3):1686-1703.
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Cancer cachexia: lessons from Drosophila. Dis Model Mech. 2022 03 01; 15(3).
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Leucine-Rich Diet Improved Muscle Function in Cachectic Walker 256 Tumour-Bearing Wistar Rats. Cells. 2021 11 23; 10(12).