Early life exposure to famine and colorectal cancer risk: A role for epigenetic mechanisms

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Hughes, Laura A E ^a   van den Brandt, Piet A ^a   de Bruïne, Adriaan P ^a   Wouters, Kim A D ^a   Hulsmans, Sarah ^a   Spiertz, Angela ^b   Goldbohm, R Alexandra ^b   de Goeij, Anton F P M ^a   Herman, James G ^c   Weijenberg, Matty P ^a   van Engeland, Manon ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CPG ISLAND; DIET RESTRICTION; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROMOTER REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; STARVATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DIET; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; STARVATION;

EID: 71049186870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007951     Document Type: Article

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