Chronic alcohol-related myopathy: a closer look at the role of lipids

Muni Swamy Ganjayi, Thomas A. Krauss, Craig R. G. Willis, Cory W. Baumann · 2024

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Muni Swamy Ganjayi and co-authors argue that fats hold a key to alcohol-linked muscle loss in this 2024 review. Long heavy drinking shrinks and weakens muscle, yet the chain of cause is not fully mapped. The authors gather past work on how alcohol reshapes fats in muscle tissue.

They sort proof on fat shifts in patients and in animal models of the condition. Cases where fats seem to drive wasting are set out in detail. Both direct hits on muscle fats and side routes through the body get covered. The authors pitch fat imbalance as a lead suspect and urge studies and care plans built around that claim.

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CREATORMuni Swamy Ganjayi, Thomas A. Krauss, Craig R. G. Willis, Cory W. Baumann
YEAR2024
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE16 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC11609217

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