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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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Zain B. Malik

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1 h-index 13 pubs 1 cited

  • Adenocarcinoma
  • Cachexia
  • Colonic Neoplasms
  • Physical Conditioning, Animal
  • Muscle, Skeletal
  • GADD45 Proteins
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Male
  • Mice, Inbred BALB C
  • Muscle Proteins
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Tumor Burden
  • Mice

Biography and Research Information

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Zain B. Malik's research investigates the impact of exercise on cancer progression and associated molecular changes. His work, primarily conducted in mouse models, examines how exercise preconditioning influences skeletal muscle plasticity and helps preserve muscle mass during cancer development. Malik's studies also focus on suppressing the molecular mediators of cachexia, a condition characterized by significant weight loss and muscle wasting in cancer patients. His recent publications include detailed raw data sets related to muscle physiology, body weight, and metabolic markers in mice undergoing exercise interventions. Malik collaborates with Micah Goeke at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, with whom he has co-authored 11 publications.

Metrics

  • h-index: 1
  • Publications: 13
  • Citations: 1

Selected Publications

  • Exercise preconditioning confers skeletal muscle myometaplasticity (2026)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) 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 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Satellite Cell Content and Muscle Memory in Retrained and Naïve Trained Skeletal Muscle (2026)
    Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science OpenAlex

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