Cerebrosides from sea cucumber ameliorates cancer-associated cachexia in mice by attenuating adipose atrophy

Cancer-associated cachexia (CAC) is a multifactorial wasting syndrome which impairs quality of cancer patients' life. Cerebrosides, a principal class of sphingolipids, have various biological actions such as anti-tumour effects. In this study, we found that a continuous oral administration of c...

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Main Authors: Lei Du, Jie Xu, Yong Xue, Koretaro Takahashi, Chang-Hu Xue, Jing-Feng Wang, Yu-Ming Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of Functional Foods
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1756464615002790