Mechanisms by Which Pleiotropic Amphiphilic n−3 PUFA Reduce Colon Cancer Risk

Current Colorectal Cancer Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 442-452

  Chapkin, Robert S ^a   DeClercq, Vanessa ^a   Kim, Eunjoo ^a   Fuentes, Natividad Roberto ^a   Fan, Yang Yi ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(n 3) PUFA; Colon cancer; Cytoskeleton; Epigenetics; Membrane rafts; Obesity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939895302     PISSN: 15563790     EISSN: 15563804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11888-014-0241-6     Document Type: Review

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