Entry
Name
Colorectal cancer - Castor canadensis (American beaver)
Description
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second largest cause of cancer-related deaths in Western countries. CRC arises from the colorectal epithelium as a result of the accumulation of genetic alterations in defined oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes (TSG). Two major mechanisms of genomic instability have been identified in sporadic CRC progression. The first, known as chromosomal instability (CIN), results from a series of genetic changes that involve the activation of oncogenes such as K-ras and inactivation of TSG such as p53, DCC/Smad4, and APC. The second, known as microsatellite instability (MSI), results from inactivation of the DNA mismatch repair genes MLH1 and/or MSH2 by hypermethylation of their promoter, and secondary mutation of genes with coding microsatellites, such as transforming growth factor receptor II (TGF-RII) and BAX. Hereditary syndromes have germline mutations in specific genes (mutation in the tumour suppressor gene APC on chromosome 5q in FAP, mutated DNA mismatch repair genes in HNPCC).
Class
Human Diseases; Cancer: specific types
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Organism
Castor canadensis (American beaver) [GN:
ccan ]
Gene
109691007 Apc2; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: adenomatous polyposis coli protein 2 [KO:K02085 ]
109681900 Pik3cd; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit delta isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
109689664 Pik3ca; phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha isoform isoform X1 [KO:K00922 ] [EC:2.7.1.153 ]
109682432 Pik3r3; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit gamma [KO:K02649 ]
109694666 Pik3r1; phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit alpha isoform X1 [KO:K02649 ]
109682554 phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase regulatory subunit beta [KO:K02649 ]
109677869 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator-like [KO:K08732 ]
109677013 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator-like [KO:K08732 ]
109678448 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator-like [KO:K08732 ]
109690997 Ralgds; ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator isoform X1 [KO:K08732 ]
109699717 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: ral guanine nucleotide dissociation stimulator-like [KO:K08732 ]
109698248 Rac2; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 2 isoform X1 [KO:K07860 ]
109702872 Rac3; ras-related C3 botulinum toxin substrate 3 isoform X1 [KO:K07861 ]
109700302 LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 2-like [KO:K04500 ]
109701514 Smad3; mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3 isoform X1 [KO:K23605 ]
109687032 Smad4; mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 4 isoform X1 [KO:K04501 ]
109691600 Msh2; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: DNA mismatch repair protein Msh2 [KO:K08735 ]
109701119 Pmaip1; phorbol-12-myristate-13-acetate-induced protein 1 [KO:K10131 ]
109691045 Gadd45b; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 beta [KO:K04402 ]
109696612 Gadd45g; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 gamma isoform X1 [KO:K04402 ]
109698312 Gadd45a; growth arrest and DNA damage-inducible protein GADD45 alpha [KO:K04402 ]
109700925 Egf; LOW QUALITY PROTEIN: pro-epidermal growth factor [KO:K04357 ]
109681589 Grb2; growth factor receptor-bound protein 2 isoform X1 [KO:K04364 ]
Compound
C05981 Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate
Reference
Authors
Grady WM.
Title
Genomic instability and colon cancer.
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Authors
Soreide K, Janssen EA, Soiland H, Korner H, Baak JP.
Title
Microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer.
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Authors
Anwar S, Hall C, White J, Deakin M, Farrell W, Elder JB.
Title
Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer: an updated review.
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Authors
Takayama T, Miyanishi K, Hayashi T, Sato Y, Niitsu Y.
Title
Colorectal cancer: genetics of development and metastasis.
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Authors
Lynch HT, de la Chapelle A.
Title
Hereditary colorectal cancer.
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Authors
Rajagopalan H, Nowak MA, Vogelstein B, Lengauer C.
Title
The significance of unstable chromosomes in colorectal cancer.
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Behrens J.
Title
Cadherins and catenins: role in signal transduction and tumor progression.
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Behrens J.
Title
The role of the Wnt signalling pathway in colorectal tumorigenesis.
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Authors
Behrens J, Lustig B.
Title
The Wnt connection to tumorigenesis.
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Polakis P.
Title
The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) tumor suppressor.
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Authors
Janssen KP.
Title
Murine models of colorectal cancer: studying the role of oncogenic K-ras.
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Authors
Adjei AA.
Title
Blocking oncogenic Ras signaling for cancer therapy.
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Arakawa H.
Title
Netrin-1 and its receptors in tumorigenesis.
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Mehlen P, Fearon ER.
Title
Role of the dependence receptor DCC in colorectal cancer pathogenesis.
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Peltomaki P.
Title
DNA mismatch repair and cancer.
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Authors
Li F, Cao Y, Townsend CM Jr, Ko TC.
Title
TGF-beta signaling in colon cancer cells.
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Authors
Roman C, Saha D, Beauchamp R.
Title
TGF-beta and colorectal carcinogenesis.
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Authors
Watson AJ.
Title
An overview of apoptosis and the prevention of colorectal cancer.
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Authors
Watson AJ.
Title
Apoptosis and colorectal cancer.
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Authors
Houlston RS.
Title
What we could do now: molecular pathology of colorectal cancer.
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Authors
Hector S, Prehn JH
Title
Apoptosis signaling proteins as prognostic biomarkers in colorectal cancer: a review.
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Authors
Karnoub AE, Weinberg RA
Title
Ras oncogenes: split personalities.
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Authors
Wang D, Xia D, Dubois RN
Title
The Crosstalk of PTGS2 and EGF Signaling Pathways in Colorectal Cancer.
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Reference
Authors
Dasari A, Messersmith WA
Title
New strategies in colorectal cancer: biomarkers of response to epidermal growth factor receptor monoclonal antibodies and potential therapeutic targets in phosphoinositide 3-kinase and mitogen-activated protein kinase pathways.
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Reference
Authors
Hutchinson RA, Adams RA, McArt DG, Salto-Tellez M, Jasani B, Hamilton PW
Title
Epidermal growth factor receptor immunohistochemistry: new opportunities in metastatic colorectal cancer.
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