Aim In present study we have elucidated the role of 2758 A>G (rs696), in the recognition site of miR449a in the 3' UTR of NFKB inhibitor alpha (NFKBIA) gene, in development of sporadic colorectal cancer. Background Colorectal cancer (CRC) is rated as second cause of cancer death. Genetic determinants are considered as driving forces in development of sporadic CRC. Single nucleotide polymorphi...

BACKGROUND Patients with Lynch syndrome (LS) have a high risk of developing colorectal cancer due to mutations in mismatch repair genes. Because dietary factors, alone and in combination, influence sporadic colorectal carcinogenesis, the association of dietary patterns with colorectal adenomas in LS patients was assessed. METHODS In the GEOLynch cohort of 486 persons with LS, dietary informat...

aim : the aim of this study was to report the anatomical location and histologic type of colorectal polyps in a large series of iranian patients that attended for colonoscopy. background : polyps that develop through the adenoma-carcinoma pathway are considered neoplastic and may eventually progress to invasive carcinomas. in addition polyps can develop with no neoplastic potential. these neopl...

PURPOSE EGF-stimulated signaling via EGF receptor (EGFR) is important in colorectal tumorigenesis and drug targeting. However, anti-EGFR therapy is not effective in a subset of patients with colorectal cancer, suggesting that unidentified EGF-stimulated pathways might play roles in colorectal cancer. Previously, we identified KAI1 C-terminal interacting tetraspanin (KITENIN) as a metastasis-enh...

background: colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancies worldwide with more than one million new cases. according to the ministry of health and medical education of iran, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in iran. many risk factors are known causes of this disease. however, the molecular mechanisms associated with colorectal cancer are still under investigation. rec...

BACKGROUND The contribution of hereditary factors to the causation of sporadic cancer is unclear. Studies of twins make it possible to estimate the overall contribution of inherited genes to the development of malignant diseases. METHODS We combined data on 44,788 pairs of twins listed in the Swedish, Danish, and Finnish twin registries in order to assess the risks of cancer at 28 anatomical ...

Advances in the molecular biology of colorectal cancer (CRC) broadened our understanding of this disease, but also provided insight into the pathogenesis of sporadic and inherited CRC. Mutations of APC gene are responsible for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), but mutations in six mismatch repair (MMR) genes: MSH2, MLH1, PMS1, PMS2, MSH6 and MSH3 for hereditary non-polyposis colorectal canc...

the tp53 tumor suppressor gene plays important roles in genomic stability. a common polymorphism at codon 72 of tp53 gene has been associated with increased risk for many human cancers. the p53 protein is expressed in colorectal cancer, but the reported prevalence of its expression varies widely. in the present study, the p53 protein expression in different genotypes of its codon 72 , was inves...