Figure 8

A ketogenic diet reduces tumor growth and proliferation and reverts the cachectic phenotype. Into the pancreas of athymic nude mice, 0.5 × 10⁶ S2-013 cells were orthotopically implanted. After 1 week of implantation, mice were divided in two groups and fed with either a control diet or a ketogenic diet. Three weeks post treatment, mice were sacrificed and tumor weight (A) and tumor volume (B) were measured. (C) Masson’s trichrome staining (blue stain indicates desmoplastic region) and immunohistochemistry images from the control diet and the ketogenic diet-fed mice tumor sections. (D) Blood glucose and ketone levels in the control and the ketogenic diet-fed mice before necropsy. (E) Muscle weight and carcass weight of the control and the ketogenic diet-fed mice. (F) Immunohistochemistry of c-Myc in the control and the ketogenic diet-fed mice tumor sections. Values shown are mean ± SEM. *P < 0.05; **P < 0.01.