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ArticleCurrent pharmacology reports2017

Environmental influences in the etiology of colorectal cancer: the premise of metabolomics.

Nicholas J W Rattray, Georgia Charkoftaki, Zahra Rattray, James E Hansen, Vasilis Vasiliou, Caroline H Johnson

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Article in Current pharmacology reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers.

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52 citing papers in PubMed, 82 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nicholas J W RattrayDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 06520.
Georgia CharkoftakiDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 06520.
Zahra RattrayDepartment of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Yale University, CT, USA 06520.
James E HansenDepartment of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Yale University, CT, USA 06520.
Vasilis VasiliouDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 06520.
Caroline H JohnsonDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA, 06520.
Yale University · US

Funding

Mouse Models for Alcohol Metabolism and Tissue InjuryR24AA022057 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VASILIOU, VASILIS · 2013 to 2022
$4.5M
Role and Molecular Mechanisms of Corneal Aldehyde DehydrogenaseR01EY011490 · NEI · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VASILIOU, VASILIS · 2004 to 2013
$4.0M
The role of ALDH1B1 in ethanol metabolism and colon cancerU01AA021724 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VASILIOU, VASILIS · 2014 to 2017
$1.7M
The role of ALDH1B1 in ethanol metabolism and colon cancerR01AA021724 · NIAAA · YALE UNIVERSITY · PI VASILIOU, VASILIS · 2018 to 2018
$397k
MOLECULAR MECHANISMS AND CORNEAL ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASER29EY011490 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI VASILIOU, VASILIS · 1998 to 2002
$308k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY011490NEI NIH HHS R29 EY011490NIAAA NIH HHS R01 AA021724NIAAA NIH HHS R24 AA022057NIAAA NIH HHS U01 AA021724
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewIn this review we discuss how environmental exposures predominate the etiology of colorectal cancer (CRC). With CRC being a personalized disease influenced by genes and environment, our goal was to explore the role metabolomics can play in identifying exposures, assessing the interplay between co-exposures, and the development of personalized therapeutic interventions. RECENT

findingsApproximately 10 % of CRC cases can be explained by germ-line mutations, whereas the prevailing majority are caused by an initiating exposure event occurring decades prior to diagnosis. Recent research has shown that dietary metabolites are linked to a procarcinogenic or protective environment in the colon which is modulated by the microbiome. In addition, excessive alcohol has been shown to increase the risk of CRC and is dependent on diet (folate), the response of microbiome, and genetic polymorphisms within the folate and alcohol metabolic pathways. Metabolomics can not only be used to identify this modulation of host metabolism, which could affect the progression of the tumors but also response to targeted therapeutics. SUMMARY: This review highlights the current understanding of the multifaceted etiology and mechanisms of CRC development but also highlights where the field of metabolomics can contribute to a greater understanding of environmental exposure in CRC.

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acetaldehyde dehydrogenasealcoholcolorectal cancerexposomemetabolomicsmicrobiome

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PMID28642837
PMCPMC5475285
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