The accumulation of ascorbic acid by squamous cell carcinomas of the lung and larynx is associated with global methylation of DNA

Cancer

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 171-176

  Piyathilake, Chandrika J ^a   Bell, Walter C ^b   Johanning, Gary L ^a   Cornwell, Phillip E ^a   Heimburger, Douglas C ^a   Grizzle, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascorbic acid; Larynx; Lung; Squamous cell carcinomas

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA METHYLATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LUNG ALVEOLUS; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASCORBIC ACID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

EID: 0034235820     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0142(20000701)89:1<171::AID-CNCR22>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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