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Published in final edited form as: Genet Med. 2018 Dec 7;21(7):1507–1516. doi: 10.1038/s41436-018-0373-1

Table 1.

Phenotypic Evaluation for polyposis and/or colorectal cancer for syndromic and non-syndromic genes found on clinically available testing panels

Gene Disease Entity
Curated (Inheritance)
Disease MIM
ID,
Orphanet ID
Phenotype(s) of
Curation Focus
Classification aNotes
APC Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (AD) MIM:175100, ORPHA:247806 Adenomatous polyps and Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
ATM Colorectal cancer Susceptibility (AD) MIM:N/A, ORPHA: 443909 Colorectal cancer Moderate (5 GE, 2 EE)
AXIN2 Oligodontia-colorectal cancer syndrome (AD) MIM:608615, ORPHA:401911 Hyperplastic polyps, Adenomatous polyps, Colorectal cancer Moderate (8.5 GE, 2.5 EE)
BLM Colorectal cancer/Polyposis Susceptbility (AD) MIM:N/A, ORPHA:N/A Adenomatous polyps, Colorectal cancer Definitive (8.3 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
BMPR1A Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (AD) MIM:174900, ORPHA:329971 Hamartomatous polyps Definitive (12 GE, 4.5 EE, r/t)
CHEK2 Colorectal cancer Susceptibility (AD) MIM:604373, ORPHA: 443909 Colorectal cancer Limited (3.25 GE, 2.5 EE)
ENG Colorectal cancer/Polyposis Susceptibility (AD) MIM:N/A, ORPHA:329971 Hamartomatous polyps, Hyperplastic polyps, Adenomatous polyps, Colorectal cancer Limited (0.2 GE, 1 EE)
EPCAM Lynch Syndrome (AD) MIM:613244, ORPHA:144 Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 4 EE, r/t) GE consists of probands with 3’UTR deletions/ exonic deletions at 3’ end of EPCAM, PMID: 19098912, 19177550
GALNT12 Colorectal cancer Susceptibility (AD) MIM:608812, ORPHA: 443909 Colorectal cancer Limited (4 GE, 0.5 EE)
GREM1 Hereditary Mixed Polyposis Syndrome (AD) MIM:601228, ORPHA:157794 Hamartomatous polyps Adenomatous polyps Colorectal cancer Strong (8.5 GE, 6 EE) GE consists of probands with a single tandem duplication upstream of GREM1, PMID: 22561515
MLH1 Lynch Syndrome (AD) MIM:609310, ORPHA:144 Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
MLH3 Colorectal cancer Susceptibility (AD) MIM:614385, ORPHA: 443909 Colorectal cancer Moderate (5 GE, 5 EE)
MSH2 Lynch Syndrome (AD) MIM:120435, ORPHA:144 Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
MSH6 Lynch Syndrome (AD) MIM:614350, ORPHA:144 Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
MUTYH Colorectal cancer Susceptibility (AD) MIM:N/A, ORPHA: 247798 Colorectal cancer Moderate (7 GE, 4.5 EE) GE consists of case-level and case-control data in MUTYH monoallelic carriers
MUTYH MUTYH associated Polyposis (AR) MIM:608456, ORPHA:247798 Adenomatous polyps, Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
PALB2 Colorectal cancer Susceptibility (AD) MIM:N/A ORPHA: 443909 Colorectal cancer Limited (5.2 GE, 0.5 EE)
PMS1 Lynch Syndrome (AD) MIM:N/A, ORPHA:144 Colorectal cancer Refuted
PMS2 Lynch Syndrome (AD) MIM:614337, ORPHA:144 Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 3 EE, r/t)
POLD1 Colorectal cancer/Polyposis Susceptbility (AD) MIM:612591, ORPHA:447877 Adenomatous polyps, Colorectal cancer Definitive (8.5 GE, 5.5 EE, r/t) GE consists of probands with missense substitutions in the exonuclease domain, PMID: 23263490
POLE Colorectal cancer/Polyposis Susceptbility (AD) MIM:615083, ORPHA:447877 Adenomatous polyps, Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 3 EE, r/t) GE consists of probands with missense substitutions in the exonuclease domain, PMID: 23263490
PTEN PTEN Hamartoma Tumor Syndrome (AD) MIM:601728, ORPHA:306498 Hamartomatous polyps, Hyperplastic polyps, Adenomatous polyps Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
SMAD4 Juvenile Polyposis Syndrome (AD) MIM:174900, ORPHA:329971 Hamartomatous polyps Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)
STK11 Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (AD) MIM:175200, ORPHA:2869 Hamartomatous polyps, Colorectal cancer Definitive (12 GE, 6 EE, r/t)

Abbreviations- AD: Autosomal Dominant, AR: Autosomal Recessive, r/t: replicated over time, N/A: Not Applicable, MIM: Mendelian Inheritance in Man, ORPHA:Orphanet identifier. GE: Genetic Evidence, EE: Experimental Evidence, PMID: PubMed identifier.

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These notes serve as an explanation for the asterisks in Figure 1.