title: Cachexia: a basic biochemical mechanism.
authors.affiliation: Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Beutler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000855:Anorexia / Q000209:etiology; D002100:Cachexia / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D015228:Hypertriglyceridemia / Q000150:complications; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000209:etiology; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha