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ArticleInternational journal of colorectal disease2008

Relationship of BRAF mutation, morphology, and apoptosis in early colorectal cancer.

Shiei Yoshida, Nobunao Ikehara, Nobuo Aoyama, Daisuke Shirasaka, Masanori Sakashita, Shuho Semba, Tadateru Hasuo, Ikuya Miki, Yoshinori Morita, Takao Tamura and 3 more

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Article in International journal of colorectal disease, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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13 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Shiei YoshidaDivision of Diabetes, Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Department of Clinical Molecular Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Nobunao Ikehara
Nobuo Aoyama
Daisuke Shirasaka
Masanori Sakashita
Shuho Semba
Tadateru Hasuo
Ikuya Miki
Yoshinori Morita
Takao Tamura
Takeshi Azuma
Hiroshi Yokozaki
Masato Kasuga
Kobe University · JPRed Cross Hospital · GR

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Abstract

BACKGROUND AND

aimsMany investigators have reported flat and depressed lesions as a new type of precursor of colorectal cancer. In our previous study, we determined that mutations in the BRAF gene may contribute to colorectal carcinogenesis by inhibiting apoptosis. However, the relationship among BRAF mutations, morphology and apoptosis in early colorectal cancer has not been clear. Therefore, gene alternation, morphology, and apoptosis in early colorectal cancer were investigated. MATERIALS AND

methodsForty-five flat and depressed early colorectal cancer samples and 43 polypoid early colorectal cancer samples were analyzed. Mutations in the BRAF gene and the K-ras gene were examined by direct sequence analysis, and proliferative activity and induction of apoptosis were evaluated using immunohistochemical examination. RESULTS

findingsBRAF mutations were found in 5 (11.1%) of 45 flat and depressed early colorectal cancer samples. No BRAF alteration was found in polypoid early colorectal cancer samples. Mutations in the K-ras gene were detected in 13 (30.2%) of 43 polypoid early colorectal cancer samples. The rate of submucosal invasion of the samples with BRAF mutations was significantly higher than that of the samples with K-ras mutations (p<0.05). INTERPRETATION/

conclusionsBRAF and K-ras mutations were independent factors that influenced morphology in early colorectal cancer. In this study, the relationship between BRAF mutation and apoptosis is not so clear, but BRAF mutations and inhibition in apoptosis may play an important role in the developmental process of flat and depressed early colorectal cancer.

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ApoptosisGene Expression Regulation, EnzymologicGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticMutationCell ProliferationColorectal NeoplasmsFemaleGenes, rasHumansJapanMaleNeoplasm InvasivenessProto-Oncogene Proteins B-rafBRAF protein, humanProto-Oncogene Proteins B-raf

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