Resistance Exercise’s Ability to Reverse Cancer-Induced Anabolic Resistance

Skeletal muscle has the dynamic capability to modulate protein turnover in response to anabolic stimuli, such as feeding and contraction. We propose that anabolic resistance, the suppressed ability to induce protein synthesis, is central to cancer-induced muscle wasting. Furthermore, we propose that resistance exercise training has the potential to attenuate or treat cancer-induced anabolic resistance through improvements in oxidative metabolism.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  Exercise and sport sciences reviews

• Publication date

  2018-07-11

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1249/JES.0000000000000159PMID 30001273PMCID PMC6138526
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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