A study of carcinogenesis-related molecular markers in the patients with colorectal cancer and colorectal adenoma.
The chromosomal instability (CIN) pathway, the CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) pathway and the microsatellite instability (MSI) pathway are three major carcinogenesis pathways to colorectal cancer (CRC). In this study, the investigators aimed to investigate distinctive molecular features of carcinogenesis pathways among healthy control, colorectal adenoma, and CRC and compare their molecular progression according to patients' sex and tumor location as well as disease stage.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
582
Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
The characteristics of carcinogenesis-related molecular markers in colorectal adenoma and CRC
Using endoscopically biopsied specimens, multiple carcinogenic markers were investigated including KRAS and BRAF mutation, PD-L1, EGFR, IL-1b, NLRP3, Caspase-1, p53 expression, Microinstability (MSS, MSI-L, MSI-H), PD-L1, DNA mismatch repair proteins (MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, PMS2), CIMP markers (p16, MINT1, MINT2, MINT31, hMLH1), promoter methylation of p16, RUNX3, NEUROG1. CIMP was assessed by methylation-specific PCR for five methylation panel markers (p16, MINT1, MINT2, MINT31, hMLH1), and MSI status was validated by PCR using five NCI markers (BAT-26, BAT-25, D5S346, D17S250, and S2S123). KRAS and BRAF mutation was analyzed by direct sequencing using sequence-specific primers from the acquired biopsy specimens. PD-L1, EGFR, MMR expression was examined using immunohistochemistry.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
Fecal microbiota analysis in patients with colorectal adenoma and CRC
Using next-generation sequencing technique, fecal microbiota of patients with colorectal adenoma and CRC as well as healthy control was evaluated to verify carcinogenesis-related microbiota.
Time frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
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