Curcumin modulates DNA methylation in colorectal cancer cells.

Recent evidence suggests that several dietary polyphenols may exert their chemopreventive effect through epigenetic modifications. Curcumin is one of the most widely studied dietary chemopreventive agents for colon cancer prevention, however, its effects on epigenetic alterations, particularly DNA m...

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Main Authors: Alexander Link, Francesc Balaguer, Yan Shen, Juan Jose Lozano, Hon-Chiu E Leung, C Richard Boland, Ajay Goel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3584082?pdf=render