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SUBMITTER: Bishehsari F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6722020 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bishehsari Faraz F Zhang Lijuan L Voigt Robin M RM Maltby Natalie N Semsarieh Bita B Zorub Eyas E Shaikh Maliha M Wilber Sherry S Armstrong Andrew R AR Mirbagheri Seyed Sina SS Preite Nailliw Z NZ Song Peter P Stornetta Alessia A Balbo Silvia S Forsyth Christopher B CB Keshavarzian Ali A
Alcoholism, clinical and experimental research 20190722 9
<h4>Background</h4>Alcohol intake increases the risk of developing colon cancer. Circadian disruption promotes alcohol's effect on colon carcinogenesis through unknown mechanisms. Alcohol's metabolites induce DNA damage, an early step in carcinogenesis. We assessed the effect of time of alcohol consumption on markers of tissue damage in the colonic epithelium.<h4>Methods</h4>Mice were treated by alcohol or phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), at 4-hour intervals for 3 days, and their colons were ana ...[more]