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- Title
Homocysteine, cysteine, and risk of incident colorectal cancer in the Women's Health Initiative observational cohort.
- Authors
Miller, Joshua W; Beresford, Shirley A A; Neuhouser, Marian L; Cheng, Ting-Yuan David; Song, Xiaoling; Brown, Elissa C; Zheng, Yingye; Rodriguez, Beatriz; Green, Ralph; Ulrich, Cornelia M
- Abstract
Inflammation underlies the etiology of colorectal cancer (CRC). Hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with inflammation and may be a risk marker for CRC. Cysteine is a metabolic product of homocysteine and a precursor of the antioxidant glutathione. It is unknown whether cysteine is associated with CRC.
- Publication
The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2013, Vol 97, Issue 4, p827
- ISSN
1938-3207
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.3945/ajcn.112.049932