Global DNA hypomethylation (LINE-1) in the normal colon and lifestyle characteristics and dietary and genetic factors

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1041-1049

  Figueiredo, Jane C ^a   Grau, Maria V ^b   Wallace, Kristin ^b   Levine, A Joan ^a   Shen, Lanlan ^c   Hamdan, Randala ^c   Chen, Xinli ^c   Bresalier, Robert S ^d   McKeown Eyssen, Gail ^e   Haile, Robert W ^a   Baron, John A ^b   Issa, Jean Pierre J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Center for Cancer Epigenetics   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DNA; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; VITAMIN B GROUP;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN INTAKE;

ADENOMA; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ASPIRIN; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DNA METHYLATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 66649109098     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0926     Document Type: Article

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