A New Dimension to the Mechanisms Causing Muscle Loss in CKD

J Am Soc Nephrol. 2020 Nov;31(11):2495-2496. doi: 10.1681/ASN.2020091341. Epub 2020 Oct 9.

Authors

S Russ Price^{1

2}, James L Bailey³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina Pricest17@ecu.edu.
² Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina.
³ Renal Division, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.

No abstract available

Keywords: cachexia; chronic kidney disease; muscle atrophy; skeletal muscle.

Publication types

Editorial
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MeSH terms

Humans
Muscle Proteins*
Muscle, Skeletal
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic* / etiology

Substances

Muscle Proteins