We examined the effects of three HFDs differing in the percentage of total calories from saturated fat (SF)(6 %, 12 %, and 24 % of total caloric intake), but identical in total fat (40 %), and a commercially available Western Diet (26 % and 41 % saturated and total fat, respectively)
on colon cancer development using the AOM / DSS murine model.
Not exact matches
When comparing the effects of these diets to
cancer development in specific subsites of the
colon, they found that those regularly eating red meat compared to a red meat - free diet had higher rates of distal
colon cancer —
cancer found
on the descending section of the
colon, where feces is stored.
In the study, published online
on February 4 in the journal Cell Stem Cell, Duke biomedical engineers show how
colon cancer development is intricately linked to a specific microRNA that dictates how cells divide.
The laboratory broadly focuses
on the biology of sporadic and hereditary
colon and rectal
cancer development, progression, and response to therapy.
On the other hand, genetic mutations that further promote the growth of intestinal stem cells are associated with uncontrolled organ regeneration and the
development of
colon cancer.
Based
on the glycosylation targets of GalNAc - T6 in the
cancer cell lines, the authors hypothesized that expression of the enzyme disrupts epithelial
development in the
colon by affecting cell - cell adhesion.