Serrated pathway in colorectal carcinogenesis

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2634-2640

  Yamane, Letícia ^a   Scapulatempo Neto, Cristovam ^a   Reis, Rui Manuel ^a,b   Guimarães, Denise Peixoto ^a  

^a BARRETOS CANCER HOSPITAL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinogenesis; CpG island methylator phenotype; Microsatellite instability; Mutation; Serrated pathway

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; K RAS PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; BRAF PROTEIN, HUMAN; KRAS PROTEIN, HUMAN; ONCOPROTEIN; RAS PROTEIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CPG ISLAND; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASTIC POLYP; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTATION; POLYP; RECTUM ADENOMA; REVIEW; SERRATED ADENOCARCINOMA; TRADITIONAL SERRATED ADENOMA; ADENOMA; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLON POLYP; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DISEASE COURSE; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOMA; ANIMALS; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLONIC POLYPS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CPG ISLANDS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS B-RAF; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84896813631     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: 22192840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i10.2634     Document Type: Review

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