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Title: | New genes emerging for colorectal cancer predisposition. |
Author: | Esteban-Jurado, Clara Garre, Pilar Vila, Maria Lozano Salvatella, Juan José Pristoupilova, Anna Beltrán, Sergi Abulí, Anna Muñoz, Jenifer Balaguer Prunés, Francesc Ocaña, Teresa Castells Garangou, Antoni Piqué, J. M. (Piqué Badía) Carracedo Álvarez, Ángel Ruiz-Ponte, Clara Bessa i Caserras, Xavier Andreu, Montserrat Bujanda, Luis Caldés, Trinidad Castellví Bel, Sergi |
Keywords: | Càncer colorectal Malalties hereditàries Genètica molecular Polimorfisme genètic Colorectal cancer Genetic diseases Molecular genetics Genetic polymorphisms |
Issue Date: | 28-Feb-2014 |
Publisher: | Baishideng Publishing Group |
Abstract: | Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most frequent neoplasms and an important cause of mortality in the developed world. This cancer is caused by both genetic and environmental factors although 35% of the variation in CRC susceptibility involves inherited genetic differences. Mendelian syndromes account for about 5% of the total burden of CRC, with Lynch syndrome and familial adenomatous polyposis the most common forms. Excluding hereditary forms, there is an important fraction of CRC cases that present familial aggregation for the disease with an unknown germline genetic cause. CRC can be also considered as a complex disease taking into account the common disease-commom variant hypothesis with a polygenic model of inheritance where the genetic components of common complex diseases correspond mostly to variants of low/moderate effect. So far, 30 common, low-penetrance susceptibility variants have been identified for CRC. Recently, new sequencing technologies including exome- and whole-genome sequencing have permitted to add a new approach to facilitate the identification of new genes responsible for human disease predisposition. By using whole-genome sequencing, germline mutations in the POLE and POLD1 genes have been found to be responsible for a new form of CRC genetic predisposition called polymerase proofreading-associated polyposis. |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.1961 |
It is part of: | World Journal of Gastroenterology, 2014, vol. 20, num. 8, p. 1961-1971 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/122328 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v20.i8.1961 |
ISSN: | 1007-9327 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (IDIBAPS: Institut d'investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer) Articles publicats en revistes (Medicina) |
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