As observed in Figure 1, animals from the CC group displayed a series of additional characteristics of cachexia, when compared to the SC mice, including reduced relative mass of gastrocnemius muscle, morphometric changes in adipose tissue (decreased adipocyte area), and increased expression of marker genes for muscular atrophy and inflammation (Atrogin and IL6R, respectively) [16,20]. The gene discussed is IL6R; the disease is Cachexia.