FORMULATIONS COMPRISING NUTRITIVE POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS FOR TREATING CACHEXIA, SARCOPENIA AND MUSCLE ATROPHY

摘要

Nutritive polypeptides are provided herein. Also provided are various other embodiments including pharmaceutical formulations containing the nutritive polypeptides, nucleic acids encoding the polypeptides, recombinant microorganisms that make the polypeptides, vectors for expressing the polypeptides, methods of making the polypeptides using recombinant microorganisms, compositions that comprise the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides to treat or prevent diseases, disorders and conditions associated with muscle wasting, and of using the polypeptides to improve and maintain muscle health.