Paternal malnutrition programs breast cancer risk and tumor metabolism in offspring

Paternal malnutrition programs breast cancer risk and tumor metabolism in offspring

Abstract Background While many studies have shown that maternal factors in pregnancy affect the cancer risk for offspring, few studies have investigated the impact of paternal exposures on their progeny’s risk of this disease. Population studies generally show a U-shaped association between birthwei...

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Main Authors: Raquel Santana da Cruz, Elissa J. Carney, Johan Clarke, Hong Cao, M. Idalia Cruz, Carlos Benitez, Lu Jin, Yi Fu, Zuolin Cheng, Yue Wang, Sonia de Assis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
Subjects:
Ancestral nutrition
Paternal programming
Breast cancer
AMPK pathway
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-018-1034-7

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