Untangling the fibers of sarcopenia: activin A in chronic kidney disease-associated muscle wasting

Kidney Int. 2022 Feb;101(2):211-213. doi: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.08.034. Epub 2021 Oct 27.

Authors

Andrew S Terker¹, T Alp Ikizler²

Affiliations

¹ Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
² Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA. Electronic address: alp.ikizler@vanderbilt.edu.

PMID: 34718004
DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2021.08.034

No abstract available

Keywords: anabolism; chronic kidney disease; nutrition; wasting.

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MeSH terms

Activins
Humans
Muscles
Muscular Atrophy
Renal Insufficiency, Chronic* / complications
Sarcopenia* / etiology

Substances

activin A
Activins