Anorexia/cachexia of chronic diseases: a role for the TGF-β family cytokine MIC-1/GDF15

Macrophage Inhibitory Cytokine 1 (MIC-1/GDF15) Decreases Food Intake, Body Weight and Improves Glucose Tolerance in Mice on Normal & Obesogenic Diets

(2012) Laurence Macia et al.   PLoS One

The TGF-β superfamily cytokine, MIC-1/GDF15: A pleotrophic cytokine with roles in inflammation, cancer and metabolism

(2011) Samuel N. Breit et al.   GROWTH FACTORS

Growth differentiation factor 15 deficiency protects against atherosclerosis by attenuating CCR2-mediated macrophage chemotaxis

(2011) Saskia C.A. de Jager et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE

GDF-15 is an inhibitor of leukocyte integrin activation required for survival after myocardial infarction in mice

(2011) Tibor Kempf et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 (MIC-1/GDF15) and mortality in end-stage renal disease

(2011) S. N. Breit et al.   NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

The role of amylin in the control of energy homeostasis

(2010) Thomas A. Lutz   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Plasma MIC-1 correlates with systemic inflammation but is not an independent determinant of nutritional status or survival in oesophago-gastric cancer

(2010) R J E Skipworth et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF CANCER

The Relationship between Insulin Resistance and the Cardiovascular Biomarker Growth Differentiation Factor-15 in Obese Patients

(2010) G. Vila et al.   CLINICAL CHEMISTRY

Increased serum concentrations of macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 in patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the influence of very low calorie diet

(2009) Ivana Dostálová et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Progressive Postnatal Motoneuron Loss in Mice Lacking GDF-15

(2009) J. Strelau et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

Expression of macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1 in prostate cancer bone metastases induces osteoclast activation and weight loss

(2009) Savita Wakchoure et al.   PROSTATE

Long-term effects of calorie or protein restriction on serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 concentration in humans

(2008) Luigi Fontana et al.   AGING CELL