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