Dietary fish oil and butyrate increase apoptosis and decrease aberrant crypt foci in colon cancer by enhancing histone acetylation and p21[superscript]waf1/cip1 expression /

We have previously shown that dietary fish oil and fiber, particularly the highly-fermentable pectin, are protective against colon cancer in a rat model of carcinogenesis. Therefore, based upon the current body of literature and our previous experimental findings, we hypothesized that one mechanism...

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Main Author:	Covert, Kristy Lynn, 1979-
Other Authors:	Lupton, Joanne R. (Thesis advisor)
Format:	Thesis eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : [Texas A&M University], [2006]
Subjects:	Major nutrition. Histone Colon Butyrate Fish Oil
Online Access:	Link to OAK Trust copy