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Impaired 8-hydroxyguanine repair activity of MUTYH variant p.Arg109Trp found in a Japanese patient with early-onset colorectal cancer.
Oxidative medicine and cellular longevity - 1 Jan 2014
Shinmura Kazuya, Goto Masanori, Tao Hong, Kato Hisami, Suzuki Rie, Nakamura Satoki, Matsuda Tomonari, Yin Guang, Morita Makiko, Kono Suminori, Sugimura Haruhiko
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: 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...
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