intestinal metaplasia

Researchers from the Differentiation and Cancer group at i3S investigated the expression of the MISP protein and its clinical relevance in gastric cancer. The study, titled "MISP Is Overexpressed in Intestinal Metaplasia and Gastric Cancer," was recently published in the journal Current Oncology. Gastric cancer remains a major health problem worldwide, so the identification of new biomarkers and therapeutic targets is imperative.

This study, performed by a group of investigators at IPATIMUP and published in Laboratory Investigation, identified the marker of intestinal differentiation CDX2 as a modulator of the glycoproteome in intestinal metaplasia, a precursor lesion of gastric cancer characterized by a transdifferentiation of the gastric mucosa into intestinal mucosa. The study showed that CDX2 transcription factor directly regulates ST6GalNAc-I gene in intestinal metaplasia lesions.