1. Aneuploidy characterizes adjacent non-malignant mucosa of ulcerative colitis-associated but not sporadic colorectal carcinomas: a matched-pair analysis.
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Meyer KF, Nause SL, Freitag-Wolf S, Krüger S, Bruch HP, Roblick UJ, and Habermann JK
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Carcinoma pathology, Colitis, Ulcerative pathology, Colorectal Neoplasms pathology, Female, Humans, Male, Matched-Pair Analysis, Middle Aged, Aneuploidy, Carcinoma genetics, Colitis, Ulcerative genetics, Colorectal Neoplasms genetics, Intestinal Mucosa pathology
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Introduction: Aneuploidy has been suggested as independent prognostic marker in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients for developing UC-associated colorectal carcinomas (UCCs). UCCs are associated with a poorer prognosis and more frequently present with synchronous carcinomas when compared with sporadic colorectal carcinomas (SCCs). The authors therefore investigated if the adjacent non-malignant mucosa of aneuploid UCCs and aneuploid SCCs shows differences regarding the frequency of aneuploidy and if this aneuploidy is associated with histomorphological alterations., Methods: Primary tumors of 25 UCCs and 20 SCCs were selected showing exclusively aneuploid DNA patterns and matching DNA stemlines. The UCCs' (n = 82) and SCCs' (n = 40) adjacent non-malignant mucosa were evaluated for histopathology and assessed for DNA ploidy status by image cytometry., Results: UCCs' non-malignant mucosa showed dysplasia in 31.7% and aneuploidy in 89%. In contrast, SCCs' non-malignant mucosa revealed no dysplasia and aneuploidy in only 5%. Irrespective of dysplastic lesions, aneuploidy was observed more frequently in adjacent non-malignant mucosa of UCCs than of SCCs (p < 0.001). Neither a correlation between aneuploidy and inflammation (p = 0.916) nor between aneuploidy and dysplastic lesions (p = 0.159) could be observed., Conclusion: Aneuploidy is more frequent in adjacent non-malignant mucosa of aneuploid UCCs than in adjacent non-malignant mucosa of aneuploid SCCs. Furthermore, aneuploidy seems to be irrespective of inflammation or dysplasia. The results therefore emphasize the importance of aneuploidy for UC-associated carcinogenesis and its potential as new diagnostic target.
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- 2013
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