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. 2013 Nov 11;8(11):e79633. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079633

Table 1. Increase in eicosanoid levels during lung tumor progression in orthotopic lung cancer model in mice.

analyte Fold increase in 3 wk tumors over control FDR (adj. p-value)
LTB4 ND 0.218
PGE2 45.2 0.009*
LTC4 13.5 0.212
LTE4 11.9 0.009*
PGD2 10.9 0.010*
TXB2 9.4 0.010*
AA 7.8 0.009*
PGF2a 4.0 0.065
12HETE 3.8 0.010*
15HETE 3.6 0.009*
5HETE 3.0 0.263
DHA 2.8 0.009*
5-oxo-ete 2.4 0.182
LTD4 1.8 0.263
6kPGF1a 0.7 0.699

Wild-type C57B/L mice were injected in left lung lobe with LLC-Luc cells. Whole left lung lobes containing tumors were harvested at 2 and at 3 weeks after injection, along with left lobes from control mice injected with PBS/Matrigel. Eicosanoids extracted from the harvested lungs were analyzed by LC/MS/MS and normalized to the protein content of the sample. Numbers in the table indicate fold increase in 3-week tumor bearing lung vs. matrigel-injected lung. ND – fold increase was not determined for LTB4, since in control mice this analyte was not detectable. * FDR<0.05