Prevalence and spectrum of DNA mismatch repair gene variation in the general Chinese population

L Zhang, Z Qin, T Huang, B Tam, Y Ruan… - Journal of Medical …, 2022 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Identifying genetic disease-susceptible individuals through population
screening is considered as a promising approach for disease prevention. DNA mismatch …

[HTML][HTML] Variants of DNA mismatch repair genes derived from 33,998 Chinese individuals with and without cancer reveal their highly ethnic-specific nature

L Zhang, SP Bhaskaran, T Huang, H Dong… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes play important roles in maintaining genome
stability. Mutations in MMR genes disrupt their mismatch repair function, cause genome …

Tumour characteristics provide evidence for germline mismatch repair missense variant pathogenicity

S Li, D Qian, BA Thompson, S Gutierrez… - Journal of medical …, 2020 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Pathogenic variants in mismatch repair (MMR) genes (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6
and PMS2) increase risk for Lynch syndrome and related cancers. We quantified tumour …

[HTML][HTML] Overview on population screening for carriers with germline mutations in mismatch repair (MMR) genes in China

M Zhang, T Chen - Hereditary cancer in clinical practice, 2021 - Springer
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes play an important role in maintaining genome stability.
Germline mutations in MMR genes disrupt the mismatch repair function and cause genome …

Germline mismatch repair gene variants analyzed by universal sequencing in Japanese cancer patients

Y Kiyozumi, H Matsubayashi, Y Horiuchi… - Cancer …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Lynch syndrome (LS) is the commonest inherited cancer syndrome caused by
pathogenic variants of germline DNA mismatch repair (g. MMR) genes. Genome‐wide …

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms of mismatch repair genes in healthy Chinese individuals and sporadic colorectal cancer patients

Q Mei, HL Yan, FX Ding, G Xue, JJ Huang… - Cancer genetics and …, 2006 - Elsevier
Mismatch repair (MMR) genes are among of the most important genes associated with
colorectal cancer (CRC). Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are generally thought to …

The association between MLH1 -93 G>A polymorphism of DNA mismatch repair and cancer susceptibility: a meta-analysis

XM Pan, WZ Yang, GH Xu, P Bai, HJ Qin… - …, 2011 - academic.oup.com
DNA mismatch repair, known as a fundamentally biological pathway, plays key roles in
maintaining genomic stability, eliminating mismatch bases and preventing both mutagenesis …

A Validated Highly Sensitive Microsatellite Instability Assay Accurately Identifies Individuals Harboring Biallelic Germline PMS2 Pathogenic Variants in Constitutional …

F Marín, J Canet-Hermida, V Bianchi, J Chung… - Clinical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency (CMMRD) is a rare and
extraordinarily penetrant childhood-onset cancer predisposition syndrome. Genetic …

[HTML][HTML] Evolutionary origin of germline pathogenic variants in human DNA mismatch repair genes

H Lei, J Li, B Zhao, SH Kou, F Xiao, T Chen, SM Wang - Human Genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Mismatch repair (MMR) system is evolutionarily conserved for genome stability
maintenance. Germline pathogenic variants (PVs) in MMR genes that lead to MMR …

Determining the frequency of de novo germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes

AK Win, MA Jenkins, DD Buchanan… - Journal of medical …, 2011 - jmg.bmj.com
Background Carriers of a germline mutation in a DNA mismatch repair (MMR) gene—that is,
persons with Lynch syndrome—have substantially high risks of colorectal (CRC) …