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ReviewBiomedicines2025

Gut Microbiome-Mediated Genetic and Epigenetic Alterations in Colorectal Cancer: Population-Specific Insights.

Simona Turcu, Florin Grama, Maria Gazouli

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Review in Biomedicines, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Simona TurcuDepartment of Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.
Florin GramaDepartment of Surgery, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 050474 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5728-2860
Maria GazouliLaboratory of Biology, Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0002-3295-6811

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Colorectal cancer (CRC) remains a major global challenge, with growing attention to its pathogenesis as mediated by the gut microbiome and epigenetic regulation. Despite therapeutic progress, clinical management remains difficult. CRC accounts for ~10% of cancers and is the second leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Romania bears a substantial burden, with many diagnoses at advanced stages. Etiology-Integrated Genetic, Environmental, and Microbial Determinants. Hereditary syndromes explain 10-15% of cases; most are sporadic, with hypermutated MSI/POLE (~15%), non-hypermutated chromosomal instability (~85%), and a CpG island methylator phenotype (~20%). GWAS implicate loci near SMAD7, TCF7L2, and CDH1; in Romania, SMAD7 rs4939827 associates with risk. Lifestyle exposures-high red/processed meat, low fiber, adiposity, alcohol, and smoking-shape susceptibility. Microbiome-Epigenome Interactions. Dysbiosis promotes carcinogenesis via genotoxins (e.g., colibactin), hydrogen sulfide, activation of NF-κB/STAT3, barrier disruption, and epigenetic remodeling of DNA methylation and microRNAs.

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colorectal cancerdysbiosisFusobacterium nucleatummicrobiomemiRNAs

Identifiers

PMID41007823
PMCPMC12467240

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