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Genetic and epigenetic alterations of tumor suppressor and tumor-related genes in gastric cancer

dc.contributor.authorTamura, G.es
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-11T10:57:22Z
dc.date.available2011-05-11T10:57:22Z
dc.date.issued2002
dc.description.abstractBoth genetic and epigenetic alterations of tumor suppressor and tumor-related genes involved in the pathogenesis of gastric cancer are reviewed here, and molecular pathways of gastric carcinogenesis are proposed. Gastric carcinomas are believed to evolve from native gastric mucosa or intestinal metaplastic mucosa that undergoes genetic and epigenetic alterations involving either the suppressor pathway (defects in tumor suppressor genes) or mutator pathway (defects in DNA mismatch repair genes). Methylation of E - c a d h e r i n in native gastric mucosa results in undifferentiated carcinomas (suppressor pathway), while methylation of hMLH1 results in differentiated foveolartype carcinomas (mutator pathway). The majority of d i fferentiated gastric carcinomas however, arise from intestinal metaplastic mucosa and exhibit structural alterations of tumor suppressor genes, especially p 5 3. They appear to be related to chronic injury, perhaps due to Helicobacter pylori infection. Approximately 20% of differentiated carcinomas (ordinary-type) have evidence of mutator pathway tumorigenesis. Mutations of E - c a d h e r i n are mainly involved in the progression of d i fferentiated carcinomas to undifferentiated tumors. The molecular pathways of gastric carcinogenesis depend on the histological background, and gastric carcinomas show distinct biological behaviors as a result of discernible cellular genetic and epigenetic alterations.es
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10201/20735
dc.languageenges
dc.publisherMurcia : F. Hernándezes
dc.relation.ispartofHistology and histopathologyes
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses
dc.subjectGastric canceres
dc.subjectMethylationes
dc.subject.otherCDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::61 - Medicinaes
dc.titleGenetic and epigenetic alterations of tumor suppressor and tumor-related genes in gastric canceres
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