Mit Joshi
mitjoshi256.bsky.social
Mit Joshi
@mitjoshi256.bsky.social
Ph.D. Scholar.
Cancer cachexia and adipose tissue research.
#Cancercachexia #cachexia #Sarcopenia #adiposetissue
Interesting study and findings ✅
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thank you Jane Goodall.
October 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
A seemingly small but significant milestone.
#100citations
September 12, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Dasgupta Lab is hiring! 🚀 Great opportunity, amazing mentor. Don’t miss it! @aneedasgupta.bsky.social @cancercachexia.bsky.social
Dasgupta Lab at UNC Charlotte is hiring!
This space needs to be filled with laughter, breakthroughs, failures, high fives and everything in between! (Of course equipment!😛)
We will be studying cancer-induced muscle wasting!
DM or email for more info!
@cancercachexia.bsky.social
#myoblue
August 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Researchers found brain lithium levels drop early in Alzheimer’s. In mice, Li loss worsened amyloid, tau, inflammation & memory loss. Lithium orotate restored function. Maintaining Li balance could be a new path for prevention & treatment of Alzheimer’s.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lithium deficiency and the onset of Alzheimer’s disease - Nature
Lithium has an essential role in the brain and is deficient early in Alzheimer’s disease, which can be recapitulated in mice and treated with a novel lithium salt that restores the physiological level...
www.nature.com
August 14, 2025 at 2:14 PM
The hidden secrets of adipose tissue:

Subcutaneous adipose tissue-secreted proteins as endocrine regulators of physical and cognitive function in older adults.
#adiposetissue
#adiposeresearch

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Subcutaneous adipose tissue-secreted proteins as endocrine regulators of physical and cognitive function in older adults
Declines in skeletal muscle and cognitive function in older adults have been linked to abnormalities in abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue (ASAT), …
www.sciencedirect.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Cancer cachexia drives ~1/3 of cancer deaths. In mice, cancer-induced inflammation disrupts vagal tone, impairing the brain–liver axis via HNF4α loss. Restoring vagal function slowed cachexia, eased symptoms & boosted chemo efficacy.

www.cell.com/cell/abstrac...
Vagal blockade of the brain-liver axis deters cancer-associated cachexia
Vagal dysfunction mediates the impact of tumor on liver metabolism, leading to cachexia. Blocking the right cervical vagus nerve with various invasive or non-invasive approaches alleviates cachexia, d...
www.cell.com
August 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Histamine signaling, driven by increased histamine decarboxylase activity, contributes to muscle wasting in cancer cachexia, and inhibition of this pathway using α-fluoromethylhistidine protects against muscle atrophy in aged, tumor-bearing mice. From @jdoles.bsky.social & @aneedasgupta.bsky.social
Cachexia is a devastating cancer comorbidity that impacts numerous cancer outcomes. In @jem.org, @aneedasgupta.bsky.social, @jdoles.bsky.social et al describe a novel metabolic pathway/target w/ clinical implications for the treatment of cachectic #PancreaticCancer rupress.org/jem/article/...
August 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
And the biggest question is whether these drugs are truly effective in older patients and in conditions of wasting or not. Thanks to @katsufunai.bsky.social ‬for highlighting such questions.
August 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
In cancer cachexia, liver dysfunction drives body wasting. Researchers identified REV-ERBα as a key regulator in hepatic reprogramming. Restoring it reduced wasting by lowering harmful hepatokines—offering a new therapeutic target. #CancerCachexia #Liver #REVERBα

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Functional liver genomics identifies hepatokines promoting wasting in cancer cachexia
Cancer-induced liver changes promote body wasting through secreted factors, with circadian regulators and hepatokines being important contributors to cancer cachexia.
www.cell.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Reposted by Mit Joshi
July 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Homemade Espresso and Red-bull combo summer drink 🧋🧋🧋
June 15, 2025 at 6:07 AM
🌍 Historic first: A child with CPS1 deficiency has been successfully treated using personalized CRISPR gene editing by @ChildrensPhila & @PennMedicine.

The age of gene editing + personalized medicine has officially begun. 💊🧬

#CRISPR #Genomics #MedTwitter

www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
Patient-Specific In Vivo Gene Editing to Treat a Rare Genetic Disease | NEJM
Base editors can correct disease-causing genetic variants. After a neonate had received a diagnosis of severe carbamoyl-phosphate synthetase 1 deficiency, a disease with an estimated 50% mortality ...
www.nejm.org
May 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
This is a commendable initiative. It is our collective responsibility to spread awareness and educate others about cachectic syndrome.

CANCER CACHEXIA AWARENESS DAY = 4TH FRIDAY OF EVERY SEPTEMBER.
📣 Big News! The Cancer Cachexia Society is launching the first-ever Cancer Cachexia Awareness Day! 🗓️ Starting this year, the 4th Friday of every September = Cancer Cachexia Awareness Day! #CancerCachexiaAwarenessDay2025
May 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
What emoji is Reviewer #2 going to choose? 🧐🧐
Can't wait for reviewer #2 🤬
May 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
A new era for GLP-1 therapy?

Eli Lilly's oral drug orforglipron shows promise for weight loss & type 2 diabetes. If approved, it could be the first oral GLP-1 agonist, offering a convenient alternative to injectables like Ozempic & Mounjaro.
#obesity #GLP1

time.com/7278429/weig...
How a New Weight-Loss Pill Could Transform Health
The first truly revolutionary oral drug for obesity, made by Eli Lilly, may soon be on the way.
time.com
April 19, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looks like many more awards are on the horizon for GLP-1 related basic and applied research.

Congratulations to everyone involved!
April 7, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Fueling up with coffee because it’s time to wrestle with my thesis. Wish me luck—I’ll need caffeine and divine intervention 😅😅
February 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Over the past five years, I’ve read many articles on the struggles of PhD researchers worldwide, yet little has changed to encourage young minds in science. I hope that one day, society will see science as a long-term investment and give it the support it deserves.

www.firstpost.com/explainers/i...
Is the PhD dream dying? Why fewer students are enrolling in doctoral programmes
PhD enrolments are declining globally as financial hardships, limited job prospects, and shifting perceptions of academia deter students. Australia, Japan, Brazil, the UK, and India are witnessing a d...
www.firstpost.com
February 17, 2025 at 8:58 AM
DO-HEALTH trial (777 participants) found that omega-3 (1 g/day) slowed biological aging based on DNAm clocks, with additive benefits from vitamin D (2,000 IU/day) and exercise. Over 3 yrs, aging slowed by 2.9–3.8 months, suggesting a small but good protective effect.

www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Individual and additive effects of vitamin D, omega-3 and exercise on DNA methylation clocks of biological aging in older adults from the DO-HEALTH trial - Nature Aging
Applying epigenetic clocks to samples from the DO-HEALTH trial, Bischoff-Ferrari et al. report a small protective effect of omega-3 supplementation over 3 years on several clocks and an additive prote...
www.nature.com
February 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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January 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
BCL6, a transcriptional repressor, is crucial for maintaining muscle mass by sustaining anabolic actions of GH. This finding could lead to therapeutic strategies for preserving muscle mass and combating muscle-wasting diseases.

www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
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January 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
A newly discovered myokine, Feimin, plays a crucial role in glucose homeostasis. Secreted by skeletal muscle after feeding, Feimin binds to the MERTK receptor, promoting glucose uptake and contributing to metabolic regulation.

www.nature.com/articles/s42...
A feeding-induced myokine modulates glucose homeostasis - Nature Metabolism
The authors identify feimin as a feeding-induced myokine that regulates glucose homeostasis via the MERTK–AKT signalling axis in mice and humans.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Wishing you a joyful holiday season filled with peace, happiness, and prosperity. Looking forward to continued success in the coming year.
December 25, 2024 at 3:09 AM
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky.

Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky
Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.
www.nature.com
November 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM