Department of Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, Robert Kilpatrick Clinical Sciences Building, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK.
Oncogene. 2013 Nov 14;32(46):5331-2. doi: 10.1038/onc.2013.21. Epub 2013 Feb 11.
Genomic instability is a characteristic of most cancers and it is argued that genomic instability is a driving force for tumorigenesis. Data herein demonstrate that genomic instability, as evidenced by microsatellite instability (MSI) and promoter methylation of DNA mismatch repair genes, is common in individual glands of pre-malignant colorectal lesions and raises interesting questions about the role of MSI in the development of colorectal carcinoma.
基因组不稳定性是大多数癌症的特征,有人认为基因组不稳定性是肿瘤发生的驱动力。本文中的数据表明,微卫星不稳定性(MSI)和 DNA 错配修复基因启动子甲基化等基因组不稳定性在癌前结直肠病变的单个腺体中很常见,这引发了关于 MSI 在结直肠癌发展中的作用的有趣问题。