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ArticleNature2025

Crypt density and recruited enhancers underlie intestinal tumour initiation.

Liam Gaynor, Harshabad Singh, Guodong Tie, Krithika Badarinath, Shariq Madha, Andrew Mancini, Swarnabh Bhattacharya, Mikio Hoshino, Frederic J de Sauvage, Kazutaka Murata and 2 more

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Article in Nature, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Single-cell epigenomics of colorectal cancer.Experimental & molecular medicine · 2026
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  4. Precancerous microenvironment: A signalling perspective.Current opinion in cell biology · 2026
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  10. Polyclonal origins of human premalignant colorectal lesions.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Liam GaynorDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Harshabad SinghDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Guodong TieDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Krithika BadarinathDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Shariq MadhaDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-6022-6560
Andrew ManciniDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Swarnabh BhattacharyaDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0354-2350
Mikio HoshinoDepartment of Biochemistry and Cellular Biology, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-9526-3473
Frederic J de SauvageDepartment of Molecular Oncology, Genentech, South San Francisco, CA, USA.
Kazutaka MurataDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Unmesh JadhavDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
Ramesh A ShivdasaniDepartment of Medical Oncology and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA. ramesh_shivdasani@dfci.harvard.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2828-1727

Funding

STRUCTURE-FUNCTION RELATIONSHIPS IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACTP30DK034854 · NIDDK · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (MEDICAL SCHOOL) · PI JONATHAN C KAGAN · 1986 to 2026
$32.4M
Transcriptional control of gut epithelial homeostasis and regenerationR01DK081113 · NIDDK · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI SHIVDASANI, RAMESH A · 2009 to 2022
$5.6M
Transcriptional control and enhancer recruitment in mouse and human intestinal secretory differentiationR01DK082889 · NIDDK · DANA-FARBER CANCER INST · PI Ramesh A Shivdasani · 2010 to 2026
$5.2M
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK034854NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK081113NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK082889
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oncogenic mutations that drive colorectal cancer can be present in healthy intestines for long periods without overt consequence

Indexed as

AdenomaCarcinogenesisEnhancer Elements, GeneticIntestinal MucosaIntestinal NeoplasmsAdenomatous Polyposis Coli ProteinAnimalsChromatinColorectal NeoplasmsDisease Models, AnimalFemaleGenes, APCMaleMiceMutationStem CellsAdenomatous Polyposis Coli ProteinChromatin

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PMID39778708
PMCPMC12166968

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