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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Berger, Hilmar
• Meyer, Thomas F.

Titel

Mechanistic dissection unmasks colibactin as a prevalent mutagenic driver of cancer

Ist Teil von

• Cancer cell, 2021-11, Vol.39 (11), p.1439-1441

Ort / Verlag

United States: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

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Quelle

Elsevier ScienceDirect Journals Complete

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Gut colonization by colibactin-producing bacteria is associated with colorectal cancer. A mutational signature of this genotoxin in human cancer indicates causality but only partially accounts for cell transformation. Instead, the failure of adequately resolving DNA damage causes genomic aberrations and chromosomal instability, constituting the main starting point for colibactin-driven cancer. Gut colonization by colibactin-producing bacteria is associated with colorectal cancer. A mutational signature of this genotoxin in human cancer indicates causality but only partially accounts for cell transformation. Instead, the failure of adequately resolving DNA damage causes genomic aberrations and chromosomal instability, constituting the main starting point for colibactin-driven cancer.