Plasma phytanic acid concentration and risk of prostate cancer: results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

Item Type:	Article
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. and Allen, N.E. and Appleby, P.N. and Crowe, F.L. and Jenab, M. and Rinaldi, S. and Slimani, N. and Kaaks, R. and Rohrmann, S. and Boeing, H. and Pischon, T. and Benetou, V. and Naska, A. and Trichopoulou, A. and Palli, D. and Sieri, S. and Tumino, R. and Vineis, P. and Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B. and Donate, I. and Gonzalez, C.A. and Sanchez, M.J. and Chirlaque, M.D. and Ardanaz, E. and Larranaga, N. and Khaw, K.T. and Rodwell, S. and Gallo, V. and Michaud, D.S. and 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
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