Skip to main content
. 2021 Jan 8;10(1):1. doi: 10.1038/s41389-020-00288-6

Fig. 1. Multi-organ alterations in cancer-induced cachexia.

Fig. 1

Cancer cells, together with the activation of the inflammatory response and the toxic effects of chemotherapy, contribute to concomitant and interconnected alterations in multiple distant organs, including the cardiac and skeletal muscles and the gut, in the course of cancer-induced cachexia. ILs interleukins, TNF tumor necrosis factor, TGF transforming growth factor, TLRs toll-like receptors, DAMPs damage-associated molecular patterns, FAO fatty acid oxidation, PAMPs pathogen-associated molecular patterns.