Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jul 13, 2026

Generation of High Quality Chromatin Immunoprecipitation DNA Template for High-throughput Sequencing (ChIP-seq)
Published on: April 19, 2013
Genetic variation in 8q24 associated with risk of colorectal cancer
Stephen B Gruber1, Victor Moreno, Laura S Rozek
1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 109 Zina Pitcher, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA. sgruber@med.umich.edu
Abstract:
Chromosome 8q24 harbors oncogenes known to be involved in pathogenesis of colorectal cancer (CRC) as well as uncharacterized genetic variants that have recently been shown to influence inherited risk of prostate cancer. In a population-based case-control study of colorectal cancer in northern Israel, we investigated the association between variation in 8q24 and risk of CRC. Among 1,861 incident cases and 1,937 population-based controls matched on age, gender, ethnicity, and clinic, rs10505477 was associated with risk of CRC in a dominant model, with an odds ratio = 1.23, 95% confidence interval = 1.05-1.43, (p = 0.008). This association was independently validated in an analysis of cancer among relatives of carriers of the risk allele, with a hazard ratio of 3.2 (95% bootstrap CI = 1.16-17.8). Genetic variation at rs10505477 on 8q24 potentially accounts for 14% of CRC in this population and should be replicated in other studies.
More Related Videos
06:21Multi-Gene Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Detection in Gastric Cancer Based on Ion Semiconductor Sequencing Platform
Published on: May 10, 2024
08:15gDNA Enrichment by a Transposase-based Technology for NGS Analysis of the Whole Sequence of BRCA1, BRCA2, and 9 Genes Involved in DNA Damage Repair
Published on: October 6, 2014
Related Concept Videos
Comparing Copy Number Variations and SNPs
Copy number variations or CNVs are the structural variations that cover more than 1kb of DNA sequence. The single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), on the other hand, is a single nucleotide change or a point mutation that is found in more than 1%...
Cancers Originate from Somatic Mutations in a Single Cell
Cancers Originate from Somatic Mutations in a Single Cell
Cancer-Critical Genes II: Tumor Suppressor Genes
When the function of certain critical genes, especially those involved in cell cycle regulation and cell growth signaling cascades, gets disrupted, it upsets the cell cycle progression. Such cells with unchecked cell cycles start proliferating uncontrollably and eventually develop into tumors.
Such genes that act...
Cancer-Critical Genes II: Tumor Suppressor Genes
When the function of certain critical genes, especially those involved in cell cycle regulation and cell growth signaling cascades, gets disrupted, it upsets the cell cycle progression. Such cells with unchecked cell cycles start proliferating uncontrollably and eventually develop into tumors.
Such genes that act...
Genetic Variation
Genes exist in different versions called alleles, which...