Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Faiza Noreen
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-48988 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 20140628 7
<h4>Background</h4>Aberrant DNA methylation in gene promoters is associated with aging and cancer, but the circumstances determining methylation change are unknown. We investigated the impact of lifestyle modulators of colorectal cancer (CRC) risk on the stability of gene promoter methylation in the colonic mucosa.<h4>Methods</h4>We measured genome-wide promoter CpG methylation in normal colon biopsies (n = 1092) from a female screening cohort, investigated the interaction of lifestyle factors w ...[more]