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From: Inhibition of mitochondrial respiration prevents BRAF-mutant melanoma brain metastasis

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In vivo drug screening. a Experimental overview: Intracardiac injections of 5 × 105 H1_DL2 cells in NOD/SCID mice were followed by MRI-based quantification of nanoparticle-labeled melanoma cells in the mouse brains after 24 h for group homogenization (Additional file 5: Figure S4a). Treatment started after one week, and test groups received 0.2 mL i.p. injections of 40 mg/kg thiostrepton every second day (n = 5), 10 mg/kg memantine daily (n = 5), 5 mg/kg β-sitosterol daily (n = 4) or vehicle (0.5% DMSO; n = 5). See Additional file 5: Figure S4 for more details. b Development of brain metastases visualized by MRI (T1-weighted images with contrast) and BLI at five, six and seven weeks. Scale bar MRIs, 0.25 cm. c Number of brain metastases at T1-weighted MRI with contrast (Student’s t-test). d Kaplan-Meier survival plot (Mantel-Cox log-rank test). There was no significant difference between vehicle- and memantine-treated mice. * P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01. All values are given as the mean ± s.e.m

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