Egg yolk proteins suppress azoxymethane-induced aberrant crypt foci formation and cell proliferation in the colon of rats.
Ishikawa S, Asano T, Takenoshita S, Nozawa Y, Arihara K, Itoh M.
Nutr Res. 2009 Jan;29(1):64-9.
PMID: 19185779
These results indicate that dietary egg yolk proteins have a preventive effect on AOM-induced large bowel carcinogenesis in rats; it exerts this effect by altering cell proliferation through SCFA production. This study suggests that the consumption of egg yolk proteins might be protective against colon carcinogenesis.