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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-10-27
pubmed:abstractText
Genetic susceptibility may play a role in many colorectal cancers (CRCs). Known syndromes such as familial adenomatous polyposis and hereditary nonpolyposis CRC account for <5% of CRCs. The germ-line missense variant of the APC gene, E1317Q, has been proposed to confer a risk for colonic adenomatous polyps (adenomas), but not for CRCs in the general population. These findings are contradictory and controversial. In the present study, 608 cases (377 patients with CRC, 145 patients with 4-100 lifetime adenomas, and 86 with < or =3 lifetime adenomas), and 679 controls (362 spouses and 317 patients with normal colonoscopy) were screened for the APC E1317Q variant. The frequency of heterozygotes for E1317Q among patients with CRC (2.4%), patients with 4-100 adenomas (1.4%), and < or =3 adenomas (3.5%) did not differ from spouse controls (2.8%). When CRC patients were examined by DNA mismatch repair status, age at onset (< or =age 50 versus >50), or family history of CRC, no differences in the frequency of E1317Q were found. The APC variant E1317Q does not appear to be associated with increased risk for colorectal neoplasia in the general population. However, when we used normal colonoscopy controls (E1317Q carrier frequency = 0.3%), the prevalence of E1317Q was significantly increased in CRC patients, in patients with < or =3 adenomas, and in CRC patients with intact mismatch repair status, suggesting a possible role for E1317Q in colorectal tumorigenesis. These results underscore the importance of carefully defining the controls to be used in comparisons of allele frequencies.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
1055-9965
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1023-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Adenomatous Polyps, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Case-Control Studies, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Colonoscopy, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-DNA Repair, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Female, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Genes, APC, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Male, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Medical History Taking, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Mutation, Missense, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Pedigree, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Polymorphism, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Reproducibility of Results, pubmed-meshheading:14578138-Risk Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The APC E1317Q variant in adenomatous polyps and colorectal cancers.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't