TY - JOUR
T1 - Genomic characterization of colitis-associated colorectal cancer
AU - Kameyama, Hitoshi
AU - Nagahashi, Masayuki
AU - Shimada, Yoshifumi
AU - Tajima, Yosuke
AU - Ichikawa, Hiroshi
AU - Nakano, Masato
AU - Sakata, Jun
AU - Kobayashi, Takashi
AU - Narayanan, Sumana
AU - Takabe, Kazuaki
AU - Wakai, Toshifumi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 17K10624. Denka Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, financially supported this study.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 The Author(s).
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is a chronic, idiopathic, repeated inflammatory disease. Colorectal cancer (CRC) that develops in patients with IBD is known as colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC), but the underlying carcinogenic mechanism remains unclear. Genomic analysis of sporadic CRC has been well described based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Using NGS, we compared all exons of 415 cancer-associated genes in patients in Japan and the USA who had CRC and found similar genomic alteration patterns among the two populations. However, genomic analysis of CAC has not been thoroughly investigated. Main body: The molecular pathogenesis of CAC shares many features with sporadic CRC, but there are distinct variations in the time and frequency of some alterations. Gene alterations in CAC are gradually being elucidated using genomic sequencing analyses. Some studies have shown that gene alteration patterns differ between UC and CD. The carcinogenesis of CAC depends on unique environmental, genetic, and immunological factors. Conclusions: In this review, we have discussed the differences in genomic alterations between sporadic CRC and CAC. NGS in patients with IBD has the potential to detect early CAC and to suggest therapeutic targets.
AB - Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is a chronic, idiopathic, repeated inflammatory disease. Colorectal cancer (CRC) that develops in patients with IBD is known as colitis-associated colorectal cancer (CAC), but the underlying carcinogenic mechanism remains unclear. Genomic analysis of sporadic CRC has been well described based on next-generation sequencing (NGS) data. Using NGS, we compared all exons of 415 cancer-associated genes in patients in Japan and the USA who had CRC and found similar genomic alteration patterns among the two populations. However, genomic analysis of CAC has not been thoroughly investigated. Main body: The molecular pathogenesis of CAC shares many features with sporadic CRC, but there are distinct variations in the time and frequency of some alterations. Gene alterations in CAC are gradually being elucidated using genomic sequencing analyses. Some studies have shown that gene alteration patterns differ between UC and CD. The carcinogenesis of CAC depends on unique environmental, genetic, and immunological factors. Conclusions: In this review, we have discussed the differences in genomic alterations between sporadic CRC and CAC. NGS in patients with IBD has the potential to detect early CAC and to suggest therapeutic targets.
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U2 - 10.1186/s12957-018-1428-0
DO - 10.1186/s12957-018-1428-0
M3 - Review article
C2 - 29966533
AN - SCOPUS:85049483963
VL - 16
JO - World Journal of Surgical Oncology
JF - World Journal of Surgical Oncology
SN - 1477-7819
IS - 1
M1 - 121
ER -