Mandatory fortification with folic acid in the United States is associated with increased expression of DNA methyltransferase-1 in the cervix

Nutrition

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 94-99

  Piyathilake, Chandrika J ^a   Celedonio, Jorge E ^a   Macaluso, Maurizio ^a   Bell, Walter C ^b   Azrad, Maria ^a   Grizzle, William E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervix; DNA methyltransferase; Folic acid; Fortification

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; FOLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GRAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA IN SITU; UTERINE CERVIX EPITHELIUM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREALS; CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 36749094708     PISSN: 08999007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nut.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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