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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-15
pubmed:abstractText
It has been well documented that there are two major pathways in colorectal carcinogenesis. One is the chromosomal instability pathway (adenoma-carcinoma sequence), which is characterized by allelic losses on chromosome 5q (APC), 17p (p53), and 18q (DCC/SMAD4), and the other is a pathway that involves microsatellite instability. Recent progress in molecular biology, however, has shown that colorectal carcinogenesis is not necessarily clearly divided into these two pathways, but is in fact more complicated. Other routes, including the transforming growth factor-beta/SMAD pathway, the serrated pathway, and the epigenetic pathway, have been reported. Cross talk among these pathways has also been reported. In the invasion and metastasis steps of colorectal cancers, many more genes have now been identified as being involved in proteolysis, adhesion, angiogenesis, and cell growth. Recently accumulated evidence indicates that colorectal cancer is a genetically heterogeneous and complicated disease.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0944-1174
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
185-92
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Adenocarcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Carcinoma, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Chromosomal Instability, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Epigenesis, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Genes, Tumor Suppressor, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Genes, ras, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Genetic Predisposition to Disease, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Microsatellite Instability, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Signal Transduction, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Smad4 Protein, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Transforming Growth Factor beta, pubmed-meshheading:16699851-Tumor Suppressor Proteins
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Colorectal cancer: genetics of development and metastasis.
pubmed:affiliation
Fourth Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, South-1, West-16, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review