Homeostatic imbalance and colon cancer: The dynamic epigenetic interplay of inflammation, environmental toxins, and chemopreventive plant compounds

Frontiers in Oncology

Volumn 2 JUN, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sokolosky, Melissa L ^a   Wargovich, Michael J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer stem cell; Chemoprevention; Colon cancer; Environmental toxin; Epigenetic; Inflammation; Phytochemical; Xenoestrogen

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 4, 4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALKYLPHENOL; AMYGDALIN; ATRAZINE; AZADIRACHTIN; CURCUMIN; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; DIOXIN; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3B; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; FORMALDEHYDE; GENISTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEAD; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; PLASTIC; QUERCETIN; RESVERATROL; TRICLOSAN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELL CYCLE ARREST; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84891641733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2234943X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2012.00057     Document Type: Article

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