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Fig. 2 | Chinese Journal of Cancer

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From: Carcinogenic effects of circadian disruption: an epigenetic viewpoint

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Different circadian disruptive factors that lead to cancer. Circadian rhythms are disrupted in a variety of ways. Several environmental factors, such as night-shift work, exposure to artificial light, and exposure to electromagnetic (EM) waves, result in circadian disruption mostly by altering melatonin rhythms. Irregular diet may also lead to circadian disruption. Moreover, impaired circadian gene expression, due to mutation or epigenetic factors, also results in circadian disruption. Disrupted circadian rhythms both directly and indirectly lead to aberrant epigenetic modifications that result in cell proliferation and cancer.

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