Real-imaging cDNA-AFLP transcript profiling of pancreatic cancer patients: Egr-1 as a potential key regulator of muscle cachexia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Cancer cachexia is a progressive wasting syndrome and the most prevalent characteristic of cancer in patients with advanced pancreatic adenocarcinoma. We hypothesize that genes expressed in wasted skeletal muscle of pancreatic cancer...

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Main Authors: Skorokhod Alexander, Bachmann Jeannine, Giese Nathalia A, Martignoni Marc E, Krakowski-Roosen Holger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-06-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/265