Fig. 3

Energy homeostasis in athymic mice carrying pancreatic cancer cells MiaPaCa2 and AsPC1 cells were transplanted subcutaneously in different athymic mice for 8 weeks, giving group M (n = 10) and group A (n = 13), respectively. Normal athymic mice were used for control (group N, n = 14). a Tumour weight. b Weekly food intake was plotted. The data of 8 individual weeks were averaged and the results are shown in the inset. c Nutritional states in 3 mice representative of groups N (left), A (central), and M (right), respectively. d Body weight was plotted for the 8 weeks. The final body weight is shown in the inset. e The weight of subcutaneous and epididymal fat. f-h Plasma triglyceride (TG), glucose, and TNF-α levels. Data are mean ± SEM (See n in the parentheses). *P < 0.05