title: Clinical features of familial adenomas polyps in Chinese and establishment of its immortal lymphocyte cell lines.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To reserve the rare Chinese familial adenomas polyp (FAP) family resource and to investigate the clinical features of FAP in Chinese for its diagnosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Clinical features of patients with FAP were investigated. If there is any question, their medical records were verified. Blood sample was taken and lymphocyte immortal cell lines were established with modified EB-transformation methods. Congenital hypertrophy of retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE) was checked by an experienced ophthalmologist.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty seven families including 21 classical FAP (CFAP) families, 3 attenuated FAP (AFAP) families, and 3 suspected AFAP families were investigated. A total of 116 lymphocyte immortal cell lines were established from 26 families. In all the FAP families, colorectal cancer occurred at the mean age of 42.84 years. Of the 16 families checked, 15 (93.75%) had CHRPE. The mean number of patients suffering from colorectal neoplasm was 3.14 in CFAP families and 2.0 in AFAP families (P<0.01). The mean oldest age at diagnosis of FAP was 41.75 years in CFAP families, and 58.67 years in AFAP families, respectively (P<0.01). Mean age of development of colorectal cancer was 42.23 in CFAP and 57.33 years old in AFAP (P<0.01). Mean of the earliest age at diagnosis of FAP was 29.95 years in the FAP families with a positive family history and 46.80 years in the FAP families with a negative family history (P < 0.01). The ratio of extra-intestinal tumors to colorectal neoplasms was different in the two kinds of families with positive and negative family history (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Additional use of ciclosporin will effectively improve to establish lymphocyte immortal cell lines with modified EB- transformation methods. In Chinese FAP, there was a high frequency of CHRPE , and a later age at diagnosis and a later age of development of colorectal cancer in AFAP. And earlier age at diagnosis in FAP with positive family history was also found that will help to diagnose various kinds of FAP in Chinese.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Institute, 2nd Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China.
authors.forename: Shan-Rong
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Cai
authors.forename: Su-Zhang
authors.initials: SZ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zheng
mesh_terms: D011125:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology*; D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein / Q000235:genetics; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002460:Cell Line; D002681:China; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000494:pharmacology; D018450:Disease Progression; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics; D010375:Pedigree; D012307:Risk Factors
chemical_list: D025601:Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D016572:Cyclosporine