New intracellular and molecular aspects in pathophysiology of colorectal cancer

Gastroenterol Hepatol Bed Bench. 2011 Spring;4(2):43-52.

Abstract

Colorectal cancer is one of the most common malignancy in the world and the second cancer-related death, many molecular and genetic aspects of this disease have been cleared as chromosomal instability and the role of some key proteins as WNT/β catenin, trypsin and others. Also recently the role of folate turnover and some neurotransmitters as serotonin were also considered. The scope of this review is to describe some details about new molecular pathways suggested for occurrence or progress of this disease.

Keywords: Colorectal cancer; Molecular pathology; Serotonin; Trypsin; WNT protein.

Publication types

  • Review