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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2017 Jan 17;1868(1):16–28. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2017.01.001

Figure 2. Differential epigenetic events that underline racial cancer health disparities.

Figure 2

Differences in methylation patterns have been proposed as underlying causes for disparate breast, prostate, colorectal and endometrial cancers in AA vs. CA populations. There is also evidence for differential expression of individual microRNAs across racial groups. AA, African American; DMRs, Differentially Methylated Regions; rDNA, ribosomal DNA.