Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Espanha
Estefania Simoes Fernandez in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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Cancer caquexia is defined as a multifactorial syndrome characterized by continued loss of skeletal muscle mass (with or without loss of fat mass), associated with the presence of systemic inflammation, with the following symptoms: asthenia, anorexia, anemia, and fatigue. It is believed that metabolic changes are triggered by tumor factors, factors secreted by the host and also their inte…
Cancer cachexia is a multifactorial and systemic syndrome whose aetiology remains elusive. Clinically, cancer cachexia has been defined as a "muscle-wasting syndrome that compromises therapeutic approaches, leads to a poor prognosis, reduced survival and is directly correlated with death in up to 40% of cancer patients". Available evidence suggests that systemic inflammation which charact…
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DE CASTRO, GABRIELA S.; SIMOES, ESTEFANIA; LIMA, JOANNA D. C. C.; ORTIZ-SILVA, MILENE; FESTUCCIA, WILLIAM T.; TOKESHI, FLIVIO; ALCANTARA, PAULO S.; OTOCH, JOSE P.; COLETTI, DARIO; SEELAENDER, MARILIA. Human Cachexia Induces Changes in Mitochondria, Autophagy and Apoptosis in the Skeletal Muscle. CANCERS, v. 11, n. 9, SEP 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0. (16/02780-1, 12/50079-0, 16/13810-9, 16/12508-7, 17/12260-8)