Table 5.

Targeted qPCR analysis comparing HFD-E tumors with LFD tumors

Breast cancer genes		HFD-E versus LFD tumor
Symbol	Description	Fold change
Brca2	Breast cancer 2	1.8
Ccnd2	Cyclin D2	3.5
Igf1r	Insulin-like growth factor I receptor	3.5
Slit2	Slit homolog 2 (Drosophila)	2.9
Trp53	Transformation related protein 53	1.6
Krt18	Keratin 18	-3.8
Krt8	Keratin 8	-4.7
Cancer pathway finder genes		HFD-E versus LFD tumor
Apaf1	Apoptotic peptidase activating factor 1	1.8
Brca1	Breast cancer 1	1.8
Ctnnb1	Catenin (cadherin associated protein), beta 1	1.8
Tert	Telomerase reverse transcriptase	1.9

N = 3 mice with early developing tumors while on high fat diet (HFD-E), n = 3 low fat diet (LFD) mice with tumors. P ≤0.05 for all genes listed.