To ascertain that VDR overexpression in the skeletal muscle is not a peculiar feature of the AH130-bearing rats, VDR levels were assessed also in mice transplanted with the Lewis lung carcinoma (LLC) or with the Colon 26 carcinoma (C26), both being able to induce cachexia in the host mouse [6, 25]. The gene discussed is VDR; the disease is carcinoma.