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SUBMITTER: Shinmura K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3988950 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shinmura Kazuya K Goto Masanori M Tao Hong H Kato Hisami H Suzuki Rie R Nakamura Satoki S Matsuda Tomonari T Yin Guang G Morita Makiko M Kono Suminori S Sugimura Haruhiko H
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity 20140323
<h4>Purpose</h4>The biallelic inactivation of the 8-hydroxyguanine repair gene MUTYH leads to MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), which is characterized by colorectal multiple polyps and carcinoma(s). However, only limited information regarding MAP in the Japanese population is presently available. Since early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) is a characteristic of MAP and might be caused by the inactivation of another 8-hydroxyguanine repair gene, OGG1, we investigated whether germline MUTYH and OGG ...[more]