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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Jan 15, 2018; 10(1): 1-14
Published online Jan 15, 2018. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v10.i1.1
Inflammation-associated microsatellite alterations: Mechanisms and significance in the prognosis of patients with colorectal cancer
Minoru Koi, Stephanie S Tseng-Rogenski, John M Carethers
Minoru Koi, Stephanie S Tseng-Rogenski, John M Carethers, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5368, United States
Author contributions: All three authors wrote and edited this manuscript.
Supported by United States Public Health Service, Nos. DK067287, CA162147 and CA206010; and the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute of the University of Michigan. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: Authors declare no conflict of interests for this article.
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Correspondence to: John M Carethers, BSc, MD, Full Professor, Professor and Chair, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan, 3101 Taubman Center, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-5368, United States. jcarethe@umich.edu
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Received: October 26, 2017
Peer-review started: October 29, 2017
First decision: November 23, 2017
Revised: November 29, 2017
Accepted: December 6, 2017
Article in press: December 6, 2017
Published online: January 15, 2018
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Core Tip

Core tip: Inflammation can trigger microsatellite stable colorectal cancers (CRCs) to acquire a nuclear-to-cytoplasm displacement of the DNA mismatch repair protein MSH3, rendering the CRC with di- and tetranucleotide microsatellite instability (MSI-low/elevated microsatellite alterations at selected tetranucleotide repeats) and modifying the biological behavior of the CRC towards metastasis and poor patient survival. We herein discuss the mechanisms and significance of these induced inflammatory-associated microsatellite alterations, and suggest three content areas to further examine interventions that may modify the observed behavior of these CRCs.