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Last published 2026
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Ana Regina Cabrera

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Graduate Assistant

Faculty Researcher

9 h-index 51 pubs 223 cited

  • Cachexia
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • Animals
  • Male
  • Mice
  • Female
  • Muscular Atrophy
  • Neoplasms
  • Transcriptome
  • Humans
  • Carcinoma, Lewis Lung
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
  • Colorectal Neoplasms
  • Adenocarcinoma

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Ana Regina Cabrera investigates the mechanisms and temporal progression of cancer cachexia, focusing on its impact on skeletal muscle. Her research has explored the biphasic nature of transcriptional disruptions in skeletal muscle during cachexia onset, noting distinct patterns in female mice compared to males. Cabrera has examined sex-dependent differences in muscle quality preservation and the role of specific microRNAs, such as miR-16, in regulating insulin sensitivity and muscle contractility. Her work also touches upon the influence of mitochondrial antioxidants and the potential of PGC-1α overexpression in mitigating cachexia. Furthermore, she has studied the regulation of myotube diameter by mechanosensitive genes like arrestin domain containing 2, with implications for disuse atrophy and aging.

Metrics

  • h-index: 9
  • Publications: 51
  • Citations: 223

Selected Publications

  • Differential impact of cancer- and chemotherapy-induced cachexia: a comparative analysis in a preclinical model of colorectal cancer by biological sex (2026)
    American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism DOI OpenAlex
  • Exercise training prior to and during cancer in mice preserves muscle mass, reduces tumour weight and suppresses molecular mediators of cachexia (2026)
    The Journal of Physiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Combined senolytics induce varied phenotypic and functional responses on senescent phenotypes of mesenchymal stromal cell populations (2026)
    Biochimie DOI OpenAlex
  • The Age‐Dependent Resident Myonuclear Multi‐Omic Response to an Acute Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophic Stimulus in Mice (2026)
    Advanced Science 6 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Skeletal muscle methylome-transcriptome disruptions during the onset and progression of colorectal cancer-induced cachexia (2025)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Age-Dependent Resident Myonuclear Multi-Omic Response to a Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophic Stimulus (2025)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transcriptomic analysis demonstrates moderators of muscle quality are altered in age-related sarcopenic obesity (2025)
    BMC Genomics 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Aerobic Exercise Training Does Not Attenuate Fibrosis In Autologous Repaired Vml-injured Skeletal Muscle (2025)
    Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise DOI OpenAlex
  • Promoting mitochondrial fusion is protective against cancer-induced muscle detriments in males and females (2025)
    BMC Cancer 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Landscape of clinical trials in cancer cachexia: assessment of trends from 1995–2024 (2025)
    BMC Cancer 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Global mitophagy inhibition via BNIP3 ablation is not sufficient to alleviate skeletal muscle impairments in male and female tumor-bearing mice (2025)
    Journal of Applied Physiology 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Myocellular adaptations to short‐term weighted wheel‐running exercise are largely conserved during C26‐tumour induction in male and female mice (2025)
    Experimental Physiology 4 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Landscape of Clinical Trials in Cancer Cachexia: Assessment of Trends From 1995-2024 (2025)
    medRxiv 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Transcriptional analysis of cancer cachexia: conserved and unique features across preclinical models and biological sex (2024)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Mitochondrial antioxidant SkQ1 attenuates C26 cancer-induced muscle wasting in males and improves muscle contractility in female tumor-bearing mice (2024)
    American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology 17 citations DOI OpenAlex

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