Bromination of deoxycytidine by eosinophil peroxidase: A mechanism for mutagenesis by oxidative damage of nucleotide precursors
I left the long title for effect. Basically, this article described one mechanism by which chronic inflammation can lead to DNA mutations and subsequent cancer. Inflammation contributes to so many other chronic diseases; why should cancer be any different??
PNAS — Abstracts: Henderson et al. 98 (4): 1631
