Cancer anorexia/cachexia: Mechanisms for anorexia and appetite regulation by tumour derived MIC-1/GDF15

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1057910

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

We have recently discovered that MIC-1 is a new appetite suppressive agent which when overproduced in some diseases like cancer, causes severe weight loss. This project sets out to determine the mechanisms it employs in regulation of appetite centres in the brain.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Project Grants

Funding Amount: $643,060.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

anorexia | appetite regulation | brainstem | cachexia | cancer sequelae | energy intake | hypothalamus | macrophage inhibitory cytokine 1 (MIC-1) | obesity

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