Pioglitazone Treatment Increases Survival and Prevents Body Weight Loss in Tumor–Bearing Animals: Possible Anti-Cachectic Effect

• Mércia Beluzi,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

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• Sidney B. Peres,

  Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, State University of Maringá, Paraná, Brazil

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• Felipe S. Henriques,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

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• Rogério A. L. Sertié,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, Laboratory of Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Felipe O. Franco,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

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• Kaltinaitis B. Santos,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

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• Pâmela Knobl,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil

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• Sandra Andreotti,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Cláudio S. Shida,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil

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• Rodrigo X. Neves,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, Cancer Metabolism Research Group, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Stephen R. Farmer,

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Boston School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Marília Seelaender,

  Affiliation Cancer Metabolism Research Group, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Fábio B. Lima,

  Affiliation Laboratory of Physiology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Miguel L. Batista Jr.

  * E-mail: migueljr4@me.com

  Affiliations Laboratory of Adipose Tissue Biology, Integrated Group of Biotechnology, University of Mogi das Cruzes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, Cancer Metabolism Research Group, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

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