Low colonocyte folate is associated with uracil misincorporation and global DNA hypomethylation in human colorectum

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 27-33

  McGlynn, Angela P ^a   Wasson, Gillian R ^a   O'Reilly, Sharleen L ^b   McNulty, Helene ^a   Downes, C Stephen ^a   Chang, Chin Kuo ^a   Hoey, Leane ^a   Molloy, Anne M ^b   Ward, Mary ^a   Strain, J J ^a   McKerr, George ^a   Weir, Donald G ^b   Scott, John M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN; URACIL;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; COLON ADENOMA; COLON MUCOSA; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; DNA METHYLATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASTIC POLYP; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TRANSVERSE COLON; TREND STUDY;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPS; ADULT; AGED; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLON; COLONIC POLYPS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RECTUM; URACIL;

EID: 84872171323     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.112.167148     Document Type: Article

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