TY - JOUR AU - Nojima, Masanori AU - Iwasaki, Motoki AU - Kasuga, Yoshio AU - Yokoyama, Shiro AU - Onuma, Hiroshi AU - Nishimura, Hideki AU - Kusama, Ritsu AU - Yoshida, Teruhiko AU - Tsugane, Shoichiro PY - 2018 DA - 2018/02/13 TI - Correlation between global methylation level of peripheral blood leukocytes and serum C reactive protein level modified by MTHFR polymorphism: a cross-sectional study JO - BMC Cancer SP - 184 VL - 18 IS - 1 AB - Chronic inflammatory conditions are associated with higher tumor incidence through epigenetic and genetic alterations. Here, we focused on an association between an inflammation marker, C-reactive-protein (CRP), and global DNA methylation levels of peripheral blood leukocytes. SN - 1471-2407 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-018-4089-z DO - 10.1186/s12885-018-4089-z ID - Nojima2018 ER -