High-fat or ethinyl-oestradiol intake during pregnancy increases mammary cancer risk in several generations of offspring

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  De Assis, Sonia ^a   Warri, Anni ^a,b   Cruz, M Idalia ^a   Laja, Olusola ^a   Tian, Ye ^c   Zhang, Bai ^c,d   Wang, Yue ^c   Huang, Tim Hui Ming ^e   Hilakivi Clarke, Leena ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOXE3 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR GATA 4; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RUNX3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VGF PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAUGHTER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DNA METHYLATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERM LINE; LIPID DIET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; PROMOTER REGION; RAT;

ANIMALS; DIETARY FATS; ETHINYL ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MAMMARY NEOPLASMS, ANIMAL; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

RATTUS;

EID: 84867008616     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2058     Document Type: Article

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