This study was approved by the ethics committee of Jiangnan University with protocol number SYXK2016-0045. Female BALB/c nude mice, 4 weeks of age, were purchased from Lingchang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. (Shanghai, China). All the experiments were in accordance with national institution guidelines. MDA-MB-231 cells (1 × 106) suspending in medium were subcutaneously injected in the right flank of mice. After 1 week of injection, the mice bearing tumor were randomly subdivided into 2 groups and administered via diet either with vehicle (model group) or 0.5% (w/w diet) LAE. Tumor dimensions were measured with vernier caliper and tumor volumes were estimated by the formula: length × width^2 × 0.5. Body weights and tumor growth were recorded twice a week. The mice were sacrificed after 56 days according to the appearance of metastasis, and visible metastatic tumors were counted and subjected to further analysis.
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