Genetics and genetic biomarkers in sporadic colorectal cancer

JM Carethers, BH Jung - Gastroenterology, 2015 - Elsevier
Sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC) is a somatic genetic disease in which pathogenesis is
influenced by the local colonic environment and the patient's genetic background …

[HTML][HTML] Drug repurposing in oncology: Compounds, pathways, phenotypes and computational approaches for colorectal cancer

P Nowak-Sliwinska, L Scapozza, AR i Altaba - Biochimica et Biophysica …, 2019 - Elsevier
The strategy of using existing drugs originally developed for one disease to treat other
indications has found success across medical fields. Such drug repurposing promises faster …

Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

JR Huyghe, SA Bien, TA Harrison, HM Kang, S Chen… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
To further dissect the genetic architecture of colorectal cancer (CRC), we performed whole-
genome sequencing of 1,439 cases and 720 controls, imputed discovered sequence …

Association between telomere length and risk of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases: a Mendelian randomization study

PC Haycock, S Burgess, A Nounu, J Zheng… - JAMA …, 2017 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The causal direction and magnitude of the association between telomere length
and incidence of cancer and non-neoplastic diseases is uncertain owing to the susceptibility …

Determining risk of colorectal cancer and starting age of screening based on lifestyle, environmental, and genetic factors

J Jeon, M Du, RE Schoen, M Hoffmeister, PA Newcomb… - Gastroenterology, 2018 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Guidelines for initiating colorectal cancer (CRC) screening are based
on family history but do not consider lifestyle, environmental, or genetic risk factors. We …

Novel common genetic susceptibility loci for colorectal cancer

SL Schmit, CK Edlund, FR Schumacher… - JNCI: Journal of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Background Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 42 loci (P<
5× 10− 8) associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Expanded consortium efforts …

Large-scale genome-wide association study of East Asians identifies loci associated with risk for colorectal cancer

Y Lu, SS Kweon, C Tanikawa, WH Jia, YB Xiang, Q Cai… - Gastroenterology, 2019 - Elsevier
Background & Aims Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have associated
approximately 50 loci with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC)—nearly one third of these loci …

Genetic architecture of colorectal cancer

U Peters, S Bien, N Zubair - Gut, 2015 - gut.bmj.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a complex disease that develops as a consequence of both
genetic and environmental risk factors. A small proportion (3–5%) of cases arise from …

Biological role of unsaturated fatty acid desaturases in health and disease

A Czumaj, T Śledziński - Nutrients, 2020 - mdpi.com
Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) are considered one of the most important components
of cells that influence normal development and function of many organisms, both eukaryotes …

Genome-wide association study of colorectal cancer identifies six new susceptibility loci

FR Schumacher, SL Schmit, S Jiao, CK Edlund… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Genetic susceptibility to colorectal cancer is caused by rare pathogenic mutations and
common genetic variants that contribute to familial risk. Here we report the results of a two …