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Table 3 Effects of 3-hydroxybutyrate on migratory and invasive abilities

From: Differential utilization of ketone bodies by neurons and glioma cell lines: a rationale for ketogenic diet as experimental glioma therapy

 

U87MG

U251MG

LNT-229

T98G

A172

migration

94.3 ± 7.8

80.7 ± 31.2

98.4 ± 18.6

100.8 ± 5.7

95.6 ± 10.0

invasiveness

121.4 ± 17.0

104.0 ± 18.6

95.3 ± 14.3

111.4 ± 21.8

108.4 ± 9.2

  1. U87MG, U251MG, LNT-229, T98G or A172 cells were exposed to 3-hydroxybutyrate (5 mM) and migration or invasiveness were assessed. Data are expressed as mean percentages relative to control cultures and standard error of the mean.
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BMC Cancer

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