Expression of ATF6 as a marker of pre-cancerous atypical change in ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal cancer: a potential role in the management of dysplasia

Journal of Gastroenterology

Fecha de publicación: 07 September 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00535-017-1387-1

Autores: Marie Hanaoka, Toshiaki Ishikawa, Megumi Ishiguro…

Background: Diagnosis of low-grade dysplasia (LGD) is important in the management of ulcerative colitis (UC), but it is often difficult to distinguish LGD from inflammatory regenerative epithelium. The unfolded protein response (UPR) is activated in inflammatory bowel disease and malignancies. We aimed to identify a UPR-related gene that is involved in the development of non-UC and UC-associated colorectal cancer (CRC), and to investigate whether the target gene is useful for the diagnosis of LGD.

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