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Prospective study of DNA methylation at LINE-1 and Alu in peripheral blood and the risk of prostate cancer.
The Prostate - 1 Nov 2015
Barry Kathryn Hughes, Moore Lee E, Liao Linda M, Huang Wen-Yi, Andreotti Gabriella, Poulin Matthew, Berndt Sonja I
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Evidence suggests that global blood DNA methylation levels may be associated with the risk of various cancers, but no studies have evaluated this relationship for prostate cancer. METHODS: We used pyrosequencing to quantify DNA methylation levels at the long interspersed nuclear element 1 (LINE-1) and Alu repetitive elements in pre-diagnostic blood samples from 694 prostate cancer cases and 703...
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