EMAST is a form of microsatellite instability that is initiated by inflammation and modulates colorectal cancer progression

Genes

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 185-205

  Carethers, John M ^a   Koi, Minoru ^a   Tseng Rogenski, Stephanie S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; DNA mismatch repair; EMAST; Genomic instability; Inflammation; Microsatellite instability; MSH3; MutS ; Patient outcome; Patient survival; Short tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

DINUCLEOTIDE; DNA POLYMERASE; FLUOROURACIL; HETERODIMER; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONONUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH3; PROTEIN MUTS; TETRANUCLEOTIDE; TRINUCLEOTIDE; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CYTOSOL; DIPLOIDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ELEVATED MICROSATELLITE ALTERATIONS AT SELECTED TETRANUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GERMLINE MUTATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INFLAMMATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN DEFECT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 84926303710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/genes6020185     Document Type: Article

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