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The significantly higher body weight gain is likely due to reduced tumor related cachexia.
Carvedilol treatment resulted in a slight gain of bodyweight, 15% in the DCM 1 group and 20% in the DCM 20 groupcompared with the non-treated DCM group (DCM 0 ). Carvediloalso increased the body weight of control animals (p < 0.001).These data indicate a favorable effect on cachexia.
It has been reported that omega 3 fatty acids can decrease tumor cachexia [ 19 20 21 ] . It is important to note that tumor bearing mice that received only 3% FOC in their diet gained more weight prior to initiation of DOX therapy than mice that did not receive FOC.
TTP-deficient mice exhibit cachexia, with dermatitis, medullary and extramedullary hyperplasia, erosive polyarthritis, and autoimmunity with autoantibodies [ 25 ] . This phenotype is similar to that observed in mice that overexpress TNF [ 26 ] . In agreement with these data, TTP-deficient mice were shown to overproduce TNF, and weekly injections of a neutralizing antibody to TNF eliminated the predominant features of this phenotype.
Tumor bearing mice that consumed n-3 PUFAs gained more weight prior to DOX therapy than mice that did not receive n-3 PUFAs indicating that tumor induced cachexia was reduced.