Circulating carnosine dipeptidase 1 associates with weight loss and poor prognosis in gastrointestinal cancer.

<h4>Background</h4>Cancer cachexia (CC) is linked to poor prognosis. Although the mechanisms promoting this condition are not known, several circulating proteins have been proposed to contribute. We analyzed the plasma proteome in cancer subjects in order to identify factors associated w...

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Main Authors: Peter Arner, Frauke Henjes, Jochen M Schwenk, Spyros Darmanis, Ingrid Dahlman, Britt-Marie Iresjö, Peter Naredi, Thorhallur Agustsson, Kent Lundholm, Peter Nilsson, Mikael Rydén
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0123566