Abstract
We investigated the presence and patterns of mosaicism in the APC gene in patients with colon neoplasms not associated with any other genetic variants; we performed deep sequence analysis of APC in at least 2 adenomas or carcinomas per patient. We identified mosaic variants in APC in adenomas from 9 of the 18 patients with 21 to approximately 100 adenomas. Mosaic variants of APC were variably detected in leukocyte DNA and/or non-neoplastic intestinal mucosa of these patients. In a comprehensive sequence analysis of 1 patient, we found no evidence for mosaicism in APC in non-neoplastic intestinal mucosa. One patient was found to carry a mosaic c.4666dupA APC variant in only 10 of 16 adenomas, indicating the importance of screening 2 or more adenomas for genetic variants.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 546-549 |
Journal | Gastroenterology |
Volume | 152 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Feb 2017 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Wnt signaling
- colorectal carcinogenesis
- mutation
- unexplained polyposis