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- Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
- Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
- Phytoestrogen effects and research
Howard University
2012
Several of the active compounds in foods, poisons, drugs, and industrial chemicals may, by epigenetic mechanisms, increase or decrease risk breast cancers. Enzymes that are involved DNA methylation histone modifications have been shown to be altered several types other cancers resulting abnormal patterns and/or acetylation. Hypermethylation at CpG islands found estrogen response element (ERE) promoters occurs conjunction with ligand-bonded alpha subunit receptor (Erα) dimers wherein ligand...
10.1155/2012/602720
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Obstetrics and Gynecology International
2012-01-01
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