Investigation of DNA microsatellite instability, dna methylation and target gene inactivation as molecular markers in colorectal cancer

Abstract

Colorectal cancer develops as the result of a stepwise progression through several genetic and epigenetic alterations. Aberrant DNA methylation of CpG islands and subsequent low- or high-level DNA microsatellite instability is assumed to drive colon carcinogenesis through frameshift mutations in target genes implicated in the regulation of cell growth or cell survival. The aim of this study was the search of the “molecular signature” which accompanies the transformation of a normal tissue first to a polyp and then to an adenoma and cancer using as molecular markers the microsatellite instability phenotype, promoter DNA methylation and the mutations of certain target genes. DNA extracted from blood, normal tissue, and tissues from polyps, adenomas and colorectal cancer of patients undergoing colonoscopy (healthy individuals, polyp/adenoma patients and colorectal carcinoma patients) was used to assess the microsatellite instability (using the five Bethesda markers), the prevalence of abe ...
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DOI
10.12681/eadd/28156
Handle URL
http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/28156
ND
28156
Alternative title
Εργαστηριακή διερεύνηση της αστάθειας του δορυφορικού DNA, της μεθυλίωσης και των γονιδίων στόχων, ως δείκτες νεοπλασιών στον καρκίνο του παχέος εντέρου
Author
Psofaki, Vasiliki (Father's name: Ioannis)
Date
2009
Degree Grantor
University of Ioannina
Committee members
Γεωργίου Ιωάννης
Σεφεριάδης Κωνσταντίνος
Στεφάνου Δημήτριος
Τσιάνος Επαμεινώνδας
Μπαϊρακτάρη Ελένη
Μπριασούλης Ευάγγελος
Φράγκου-Λαζαρίδη Μαρία
Discipline
Medical and Health Sciences
Medical Biotechnology
Keywords
Microsatellite instability ( MSI ); DNA methylation; Target genes; Colorectal cancer
Country
Greece
Language
Greek
Description
171 σ., tbls., fig., ind.
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