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• Nutritional supplementation with branched-chain amino acids in advanced cirrhosis: a double-blind, randomized trial.

  BACKGROUND & AIMS: The role of oral supplementation with branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) in advanced cirrhosis is far from settled. A nutritional ap…

  Authors: Giulio Marchesini, Giampaolo Bianchi, Manuela Merli, Piero Amodio, Carmine Panella, Carmela Loguercio, Fillipo Rossi Fanelli, Roberto Abbiati, Italian BCAA Study Group

  Source: Gastroenterology. 2003 Jun

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• Malnutrition and wasting in renal disease.

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Malnutrition and accelerated catabolism frequently complicate chronic kidney disease and end-stage renal disease. This review provi…

  Authors: Maurizio Muscaritoli, Alessio Molfino, Maria Rosa Bollea, Filippo Rossi Fanelli

  Source: Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. 2009 Jul

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• Tryptophan in wasting diseases: at the crossing between immune function and behaviour.

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Wasting diseases are characterized by progressive deterioration of nutritional status that negatively influences patients' outcome.…

  Authors: Alessandro Laviano, Michael M Meguid, Antonia Cascino, Alessio Molfino, Filippo Rossi Fanelli

  Source: Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. 2009 Jul

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• Body mass index is related to autonomic nervous system activity as measured by heart rate variability.

  Autonomic nervous system activity is involved in body weight regulation. We assessed whether the body mass index (BMI) is related to the autonomic ner…

  Authors: A Molfino, A Fiorentini, L Tubani, M Martuscelli, F Rossi Fanelli, A Laviano

  Source: European journal of clinical nutrition. 2009 Oct

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• Oxidative stress and wasting in cancer.

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome is becoming a critical component in the comprehensive approach to cancer patients because it infl…

  Authors: Alessandro Laviano, Michael M Meguid, Isabella Preziosa, Filippo Rossi Fanelli

  Source: Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. 2007 Jul

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• Muscle myostatin signalling is enhanced in experimental cancer cachexia.

  BACKGROUND/AIMS: Myostatin belongs to the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily and negatively regulates skeletal muscle mass. Its deletion indu…

  Authors: P Costelli, M Muscaritoli, A Bonetto, F Penna, P Reffo, M Bossola, G Bonelli, G B Doglietto, F M Baccino, F Rossi Fanelli

  Source: European journal of clinical investigation. 2008 Jul

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• Increased muscle proteasome activity correlates with disease severity in gastric cancer patients.

  OBJECTIVE: To investigate the state of activation of the ATP-ubiquitin-dependent proteolytic system in the skeletal muscle of gastric cancer patients.…

  Authors: Maurizio Bossola, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Paola Costelli, Gabriella Grieco, Gabriella Bonelli, Fabio Pacelli, Filippo Rossi Fanelli, Giovanni Battista Doglietto, Francesco Maria Baccino

  Source: Annals of surgery. 2003 Mar

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• Antimyopathic effects of carnitine and nicotine.

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The clinical course of most chronic diseases is associated with declined energy intake and nutrient-resistant progressive myopathy,…

  Authors: Alessandro Laviano, Michael M Meguid, Ana Guijarro, Maurizio Muscaritoli, Antonia Cascino, Isabella Preziosa, Alessio Molfino, Filippo Rossi Fanelli

  Source: Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. 2006 Jul

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• Therapy of muscle wasting in cancer: what is the future?

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: The aim of the present review is to provide insights into the future therapeutic approaches to cancer-related muscle wasting that f…

  Authors: Maurizio Muscaritoli, Maurizio Bossola, Rocco Bellantone, Filippo Rossi Fanelli

  Source: Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. 2004 Jul

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• Improving food intake in anorectic cancer patients.

  PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Anorexia and reduced food intake are important issues in the management of cancer patients. This article discusses the currently pr…

  Authors: Alessandro Laviano, Michael M Meguid, Filippo Rossi-Fanelli

  Source: Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care. 2003 Jul

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