Plasma S-adenosylmethionine, DNMT polymorphisms, and peripheral blood LINE-1 methylation among healthy Chinese adults in Singapore

BMC Cancer

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Inoue Choi, Maki ^a   Nelson, Heather H ^a,b   Robien, Kim ^a,b,c   Arning, Erland ^d   Bottiglieri, Teodoro ^d   Koh, Woon Puay ^e,f   Yuan, Jian Min ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENT 1; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE 1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1 GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A GENE; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B GENE; DNA MODIFICATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; BLOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; LONG INTERSPERSED REPEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONG INTERSPERSED NUCLEOTIDE ELEMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SINGAPORE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 84881489241     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-389     Document Type: Article

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