Colorectal cancer: genetic abnormalities, tumor progression, tumor heterogeneity, clonal evolution and tumor-initiating cells

U Testa, E Pelosi, G Castelli - Medical Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Colon cancer is the third most common cancer worldwide. Most colorectal cancer
occurrences are sporadic, not related to genetic predisposition or family history; however, 20 …

A risk-stratified approach to colorectal cancer prevention and diagnosis

MA Hull, CJ Rees, L Sharp, S Koo - Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & …, 2020 - nature.com
Population screening and endoscopic surveillance are used widely to prevent the
development of and death from colorectal cancer (CRC). However, CRC remains a major …

Increased somatic mutation burdens in normal human cells due to defective DNA polymerases

PS Robinson, THH Coorens, C Palles, E Mitchell… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Mutation accumulation in somatic cells contributes to cancer development and is proposed
as a cause of aging. DNA polymerases Pol ε and Pol δ replicate DNA during cell division …

The co-evolution of the genome and epigenome in colorectal cancer

T Heide, J Househam, GD Cresswell, I Spiteri, C Lynn… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Colorectal malignancies are a leading cause of cancer-related death and have undergone
extensive genomic study,. However, DNA mutations alone do not fully explain malignant …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated analysis of colorectal cancer microRNA datasets: Identification of microRNAs associated with tumor development

L Falzone, L Scola, A Zanghì, A Biondi… - Aging (Albany …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Currently,
no effective early diagnostic biomarkers are available for colorectal carcinoma. Therefore …

Inherited MUTYH mutations cause elevated somatic mutation rates and distinctive mutational signatures in normal human cells

PS Robinson, LE Thomas, F Abascal, H Jung… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Cellular DNA damage caused by reactive oxygen species is repaired by the base excision
repair (BER) pathway which includes the DNA glycosylase MUTYH. Inherited biallelic …

Genetic and epigenetic dependencies in colorectal cancer development

S Parmar, H Easwaran - Gastroenterology Report, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Recent studies have mapped key genetic changes in colorectal cancer (CRC) that impact
important pathways contributing to the multistep models for CRC initiation and development …

Immune activation in mismatch repair–deficient carcinogenesis: More than just mutational rate

JA Willis, L Reyes-Uribe, K Chang, SM Lipkin… - Clinical Cancer …, 2020 - AACR
Mismatch repair (MMR)–deficient colorectal cancers (dMMR colorectal cancer) are
characterized by the expression of highly immunogenic neoantigen peptides, which …

TELO2 induced progression of colorectal cancer by binding with RICTOR through mTORC2

Z Guo, X Zhang, H Zhu, N Zhong, X Luo… - Oncology …, 2021 - spandidos-publications.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a common cancer worldwide, and its treatment strategies are
limited. The underlying mechanism of CRC progression remains to be determined …

The majority of β-catenin mutations in colorectal cancer is homozygous

A Arnold, M Tronser, C Sers, A Ahadova, V Endris… - BMC cancer, 2020 - Springer
Background β-catenin activation plays a crucial role for tumourigenesis in the large intestine
but except for Lynch syndrome (LS) associated cancers stabilizing mutations of β-catenin …