Fat, fibre and cancer risk in African Americans and rural Africans

S.J. O'Keefe*, J.V. Li, L.M. Lahti, J. Ou, F. Carbonero, K. Mohammed, J.M. Posma, J. Kinross, E. Wahl, E. Ruder, K. Vipperla, V. Naidoo, L. Mtshali, S. Tims, P.G.B. Puylaert, J. DeLany, A. Krasinskas, A.C. Benefiel, H.O. Kaseb, K. NewtonJ.K. Nicholson, W.M. de Vos, H.R. Gaskins, E.G. Zoetendal

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Abstract

Rates of colon cancer are much higher in African Americans (65:100,000) than in rural South Africans (
Original languageEnglish
Article number6342
JournalNature Communications
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • butyrate-producing bacteria
  • resistant starch
  • colon-cancer
  • cell-proliferation
  • phylogenetic microarray
  • microbial metabolites
  • intestinal-mucosa
  • epithelial-cells
  • gene-expression
  • human feces

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