Project description:DNA methylation of 23 familial adenomatous polyposis tumors. Infinium HumanMethylation450 BeadChip was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across 485,577 CpG sites.
Project description:FAP is an autosomal-dominant inherited disease caused by germline mutations in the APC gene 1. Two major FAP phenotypes, CFAP and AFAP, can be distinguished based on polyp numbers and age of onset. CFAP is characterized by the presence of hundreds to thousands of polyps. About half of these patients develop adenomas by age 15, and 95% develop adenomas by age 35. AFAP patients exhibit a milder phenotype than CFAP patients; AFAP is characterized by fewer polyps, later adenoma onset, and lower CRC risk. We used microarrays to analyze chromosome abberation of organids established from FAP patients.
Project description:Progression of duodenal polyposis into cancer is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in the inherited tumour syndromes Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (FAP) and MUTYH-associated Polyposis (MAP), yet this process remains poorly understood. This study aimed to identify genes that are mutated in FAP and MAP duodenal adenomas and to characterise the cellular consequences for duodenal tumorigenesis.
Project description:The genetic alterations of intestinal carcinogensis have been observed in multiple comparative studies. However, transcriptomic characteristics of at-risk muocsa and adenomas from patients with FAP are still lacking. Therefore, our aim was to characterize the transcriptomic profile of at-risk mucosa of FAP patients.