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SUBMITTER: Maugham ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5428450 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Maugham Michelle L ML Thomas Patrick B PB Crisp Gabrielle J GJ Philp Lisa K LK Shah Esha T ET Herington Adrian C AC Chen Chen C Gregory Laura S LS Nelson Colleen C CC Seim Inge I Jeffery Penny L PL Chopin Lisa K LK
Scientific reports 20170328 1
Hyperinsulinaemia, obesity and dyslipidaemia are independent and collective risk factors for many cancers. Here, the long-term effects of a 23% Western high-fat diet (HFD) in two immunodeficient mouse strains (NOD/SCID and Rag1 <sup>-/-</sup>) suitable for engraftment with human-derived tissue xenografts, and the effect of diet-induced hyperinsulinaemia on human prostate cancer cell line xenograft growth, were investigated. Rag1 <sup>-/-</sup>and NOD/SCID HFD-fed mice demonstrated diet-induced i ...[more]