Table 1 Circulating Hormone Levels

From: Blocking ActRIIB and restoring appetite reverses cachexia and improves survival in mice with lung cancer

Hormones (ng/ml)

Mean (SEM)

Corticosterone

-CACS

38.7 (5.5)

+CACS

227.0 (59.5)*

Norepinephrine

-CACS

26.10 (2.13)

+CACS

31.02 (2.40)

Epinephrine

-CACS

61.72 (8.53)

+CACS

45.51 (5.23)

T3

-CACS

0.77 (0.06)

+CACS

0.73 (0.12)

T4

-CACS

27.85 (2.22)

+CACS

30.39 (5.61)

Insulin

-CACS

0.85 (0.08)

+CACS

0.71 (0.10)

  1. *p = 0.0033.
  2. Mean ± SEM of the serum concentration of corticosterone, norepinephrine, epinephrine, t3, t4, and insulin in -CACS and +CACS mice. Comparisons were made using two-tailed Student’s t-test.
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