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Josep M. Argilés

Josep M. Argilés

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Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
31502
World Ranking
9737
National Ranking
139

Overview

Josep M. Argilés is affiliated with the University of Barcelona in Spain and focuses research within the broad domain of Medicine. Their work primarily centers around Physiology, with notable contributions also to Molecular Biology, Rheumatology, Cancer Research, and Psychiatry and Mental Health as subfields of study.

The research topics addressed by Argilés include Nutrition and Health in Aging, Muscle Physiology and Disorders, GDF15 and Related Biomarkers, Adipose Tissue and Metabolism, Exercise and Physiological Responses, Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, and MicroRNA in disease regulation.

Their research output includes recent papers such as:

  • Cancer-associated cachexia - understanding the tumour macroenvironment and microenvironment to improve management, 2023, Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Effect of Cancer-Related Cachexia and Associated Changes in Nutritional Status, Inflammatory Status, and Muscle Mass on Immunotherapy Efficacy and Survival in Patients with Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, 2023, Cancers
  • Effects of Cigarette Smoke on Adipose and Skeletal Muscle Tissue: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies, 2022, Cells
  • The atypical β-blocker S-oxprenolol reduces cachexia and improves survival in a rat cancer cachexia model, 2022, Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle
  • Skeletal muscle atrophy and dysfunction in obesity and type-2 diabetes mellitus: Myocellular mechanisms involved, 2025, Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

The scientist has frequently published in several academic venues, notably:

  • Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle (5 publications)
  • Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology
  • Cancers
  • Cells
  • Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Frequent collaborators in their work include Sílvia Busquets, Francisco J. López-Soriano, Queralt Jové, Edson Alves de Lima, and Natalia Álvarez Ladrón, with collaboration counts ranging from three to ten joint publications.

Best Publications

  • Cachexia: a new definition.

    William J. Evans;John E. Morley;Josep Argilés;Connie Bales

  • Consensus definition of sarcopenia, cachexia and pre-cachexia: joint document elaborated by Special Interest Groups (SIG) "cachexia-anorexia in chronic wasting diseases" and "nutrition in geriatrics"

    M. Muscaritoli;S. D. Anker;J. Argiles;Z. Aversa

  • Cancer cachexia: understanding the molecular basis

    Josep M. Argilés;Sílvia Busquets;Britta Stemmler;Francisco J. López-Soriano

  • Sarcopenia With Limited Mobility: An International Consensus

    John E. Morley;Angela Marie Abbatecola;Josep M Argiles;Vickie Baracos

  • Nutritional Recommendations for the Management of Sarcopenia

    John E. Morley;Josep M. Argiles;William J. Evans;Shalender Bhasin

  • Cancer-associated malnutrition.

    J.M. Argilés

  • Skeletal Muscle Regulates Metabolism via Interorgan Crosstalk: Roles in Health and Disease

    Josep M. Argilés;Nefertiti Campos;José M. Lopez-Pedrosa;Ricardo Rueda

  • LPS induces apoptosis in macrophages mostly through the autocrine production of TNF-α

    Jordi Xaus;Moònica Comalada;Annabel F. Valledor;Jorge Lloberas

  • Tumor necrosis factor-alpha mediates changes in tissue protein turnover in a rat cancer cachexia model.

    Paola Costelli;Neus Carbo;Luciana Tessitore;Gregory J. Bagby

  • Resveratrol, a Natural Product Present in Wine, Decreases Tumour Growth in a Rat Tumour Model

    Neus Carbó;Paola Costelli;Francesco M. Baccino;Francisco J. López-Soriano

  • Cachexia and sarcopenia: mechanisms and potential targets for intervention.

    Josep M Argilés;Silvia Busquets;Britta Stemmler;Francisco J López-Soriano

  • The role of cytokines in cancer cachexia.

    Josep M. Argilés;Francisco J. López‐Soriano

  • Oversecretion of interleukin-15 from skeletal muscle reduces adiposity.

    LeBris S. Quinn;Barbara G. Anderson;Lena Strait-Bodey;Ashley M. Stroud

  • Overexpression of interleukin-15 induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy in vitro: implications for treatment of muscle wasting disorders.

    LeBris S. Quinn;Barbara G. Anderson;Rolf H. Drivdahl;Belén Alvarez

  • The role of cytokines in cancer cachexia.

    Josep M Argilés;Sílvia Busquets;Miriam Toledo;Francisco J López-Soriano

  • Inter-tissue communication in cancer cachexia

    Josep M Argilés;Britta Stemmler;Francisco J López-Soriano;Silvia Busquets

  • Leptin expression in colorectal and breast cancer patients.

    L Tessitore;B Vizio;O Jenkins;I De Stefano

  • The metabolic basis of cancer cachexia

    Josep M. Argilés;Belén Alvarez;Francisco Javier López-Soriano

  • Interleukin-15 stimulates adiponectin secretion by 3T3-L1 adipocytes: evidence for a skeletal muscle-to-fat signaling pathway.

    LeBris S. Quinn;Lena Strait-Bodey;Barbara G. Anderson;Josep M. Argilés

  • Cross-talk between skeletal muscle and adipose tissue: a link with obesity?

    Josep M. Argilés;Joaquín López-Soriano;Vanessa Almendro;Sílvia Busquets

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco J. López-Soriano
Francisco J. López-Soriano University of Barcelona
Neus Agell
Neus Agell University of Barcelona
Kenneth C. H. Fearon
Kenneth C. H. Fearon University of Edinburgh
John E. Morley
John E. Morley Saint Louis University
Josep Roca
Josep Roca University of Barcelona
William J. Evans
William J. Evans University of California, Berkeley
Andrew J.S. Coats
Andrew J.S. Coats The Heart Research Institute
Wolfram Doehner
Wolfram Doehner Charité - University Medicine Berlin
Mark V. Boekschoten
Mark V. Boekschoten Wageningen University & Research
Annemie M. W. J. Schols
Annemie M. W. J. Schols Maastricht University

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