Item Type: | Article |
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Title: | Plasma phytanic acid concentration and risk of prostate cancer: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition |
Creators Name: | Price, A.J., Allen, N.E., Appleby, P.N., Crowe, F.L., Jenab, M., Rinaldi, S., Slimani, N., Kaaks, R., Rohrmann, S., Boeing, H., Pischon, T., Benetou, V., Naska, A., Trichopoulou, A., Palli, D., Sieri, S., Tumino, R., Vineis, P., Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B., Donate, I., Gonzalez, C.A., Sanchez, M.J., Chirlaque, M.D., Ardanaz, E., Larranaga, N., Khaw, K.T., Rodwell, S., Gallo, V., Michaud, D.S., Riboli, E. and Key, T.J. |
Abstract: | Phytanic acid, a fatty acid predominantly obtained from foods high in ruminant fat, may have a biological role in the up-regulation of the protein alpha-methylacyl-coenzyme A racemase, which is overexpressed in prostate cancer tissue. |
Keywords: | Case-Control Studies, Chi-Square Distribution, Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry, Neoplasm Staging, Phytanic Acid, Prospective Studies, Prostatic Neoplasms |
Source: | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition |
ISSN: | 0002-9165 |
Publisher: | American Society for Nutrition |
Volume: | 91 |
Number: | 6 |
Page Range: | 1769-1776 |
Date: | June 2010 |
Official Publication: | https://doi.org/10.3945/ajcn.2009.28831 |
PubMed: | View item in PubMed |
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