Intestinal polyp

Summary

Intestinal polyp (MONDO:0005288) is a disease with 1 cohort gene and 15 clinical trials. Top therapeutic interventions include cipepofol.

At a glance

• Cohort genes: 1
• ClinVar variants: 1
• Clinical trials: 15

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	intestinal polyp
Mondo ID	MONDO:0005288
EFO	EFO:0003855
MeSH	D007417
SNOMED CT	254588001
UMLS	C0021846
MedGen	9526
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: intestinal polyp · intestinal polyp (disease)

Data availability: 1 ClinVar variant · 1 HPO phenotype.

Disease family

Classification path: disease › human disease › disease by body system or component › digestive system disorder › intestinal disorder › intestinal polyp

Related subtypes (57): intestinal atresia, steatorrhea, angiodysplasia of intestine, endometriosis of intestine, hypertrophic pyloric stenosis, mucocele of appendix, gastroenteritis, diverticulitis, intestinal obstruction, postgastrectomy syndrome, chronic intestinal vascular insufficiency, bowel dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, Whipple disease, inflammatory bowel disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, intestinal perforation, neurogenic bowel, pneumatosis cystoides intestinalis, volvulus of midgut, abetalipoproteinemia, aplasia cutis congenita-intestinal lymphangiectasia syndrome, trichohepatoenteric syndrome, protein-losing enteropathy, chronic diarrhea with villous atrophy, Satoyoshi syndrome, glucose-galactose malabsorption, congenital diarrhea 7 with exudative enteropathy, chronic atrial and intestinal dysrhythmia, congenital enterocyte heparan sulfate deficiency, short bowel syndrome, intractable diarrhea-choanal atresia-eye anomalies syndrome, solitary rectal ulcer syndrome, NK-cell enteropathy, chronic intestinal failure, intestinal lymphangiectasia, refractory celiac disease, eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease, cryptogenic multifocal ulcerous stenosing enteritis, chronic enteropathy associated with SLCO2A1 gene, cytosolic phospholipase-A2 alpha deficiency associated bleeding disorder, malakoplakia, malabsorption syndrome, ischemic bowel disorder, intestinal neoplasm, intestinal motility disease, 4-hydroxyphenylacetic aciduria, parasitic intestinal disorder, Aeromonas hydrophila intestinal disease, large intestine disorder, small intestine disorder, primary desmosis coli, isolated mesenteric vein thrombosis, collagenous sprue, visceral leiomyopathy, African degenerative, intestinal dysmotility syndrome, intestinal fistula

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

1 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

1 pathogenic

ClinVar	Variant (HGVS)	Gene	Classification	Review
816	NM_000038.6(APC):c.3927_3931del (p.Glu1309fs)	APC	Pathogenic	reviewed by expert panel

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 0 · Orphanet: 5 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

Gene	Orphanet ID	Rare disease
APC	Orphanet:220460	Attenuated familial adenomatous polyposis
APC	Orphanet:261584	5q22 microdeletion syndrome
APC	Orphanet:314022	Gastric adenocarcinoma and proximal polyposis of the stomach
APC	Orphanet:3258	Cenani-Lenz syndrome
APC	Orphanet:873	Desmoid tumor

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

Subset	Genes
multi_evidence	1

Cohort genes (full)

Symbol	HGNC	Ensembl	UniProt	Name	Evidence
APC	HGNC:583	ENSG00000134982	P25054	Adenomatous polyposis coli protein	clinvar

Cohort function summary

Lead sentence per gene, UniProt-curated.

Symbol	Protein name	Function (lead sentence)
APC	Adenomatous polyposis coli protein	Tumor suppressor.

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 1 · Druggable fraction: 0.0

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

Family	Genes	Fold	FDR
Other/Unknown	1	1.8×	0.558

Per-gene assignment

Symbol	Family	Druggable?	EC	InterPro (top 3)
APC	Other/Unknown	no		Armadillo, APC_rpt, SAMP

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

1 cohort gene are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

Bucket	Genes
narrow (1-5 tissues)	0
moderate (6-20)	0
broad (>20)	1
unknown	0

Top tissues across cohort

Tissue	Cohort genes
medial globus pallidus	1
substantia nigra pars compacta	1
substantia nigra pars reticulata	1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

Symbol	Bgee breadth	FANTOM5 breadth	SCXA	Top tissues
APC	297	ubiquitous	marker	substantia nigra pars compacta, substantia nigra pars reticulata, medial globus pallidus

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

Symbol	Interactor count
APC	2,903

Structural data

PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

Symbol	UniProt	PDB entries
APC	P25054	31

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 31. Enrichment computed across 1 evidence-associated genes (1 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

Pathway	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
APC truncation mutants are not K63 polyubiquitinated	1	11420.0×	0.003	APC
Signaling by AXIN mutants	1	1038.2×	0.003	APC
Signaling by CTNNB1 phospho-site mutants	1	1038.2×	0.003	APC
Signaling by APC mutants	1	1038.2×	0.003	APC
Signaling by AMER1 mutants	1	1038.2×	0.003	APC
APC truncation mutants have impaired AXIN binding	1	815.7×	0.003	APC
AXIN missense mutants destabilize the destruction complex	1	815.7×	0.003	APC
Truncations of AMER1 destabilize the destruction complex	1	815.7×	0.003	APC
Signaling by GSK3beta mutants	1	761.3×	0.003	APC
CTNNB1 S33 mutants aren’t phosphorylated	1	761.3×	0.003	APC
CTNNB1 S37 mutants aren’t phosphorylated	1	761.3×	0.003	APC
CTNNB1 S45 mutants aren’t phosphorylated	1	761.3×	0.003	APC
CTNNB1 T41 mutants aren’t phosphorylated	1	761.3×	0.003	APC
Beta-catenin phosphorylation cascade	1	671.8×	0.003	APC
Signaling by WNT in cancer	1	601.0×	0.003	APC
Apoptotic cleavage of cellular proteins	1	475.8×	0.004	APC
Apoptotic execution phase	1	475.8×	0.004	APC
Disassembly of the destruction complex and recruitment of AXIN to the membrane	1	356.9×	0.005	APC
Ovarian tumor domain proteases	1	278.5×	0.006	APC
Deactivation of the beta-catenin transactivating complex	1	233.1×	0.007	APC
Degradation of beta-catenin by the destruction complex	1	173.0×	0.008	APC
Apoptosis	1	167.9×	0.008	APC
Programmed Cell Death	1	146.4×	0.009	APC
Deubiquitination	1	124.1×	0.010	APC
TCF dependent signaling in response to WNT	1	117.7×	0.011	APC
Signaling by WNT	1	112.0×	0.011	APC
Diseases of signal transduction by growth factor receptors and second messengers	1	56.8×	0.020	APC
Post-translational protein modification	1	19.2×	0.058	APC
Disease	1	13.1×	0.082	APC
Metabolism of proteins	1	12.4×	0.084	APC

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO term	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
regulation of microtubule-based movement	1	2808.7×	0.003	APC
negative regulation of cell cycle G1/S phase transition	1	2407.4×	0.003	APC
positive regulation of protein localization to centrosome	1	2407.4×	0.003	APC
negative regulation of cyclin-dependent protein serine/threonine kinase activity	1	2106.5×	0.003	APC
regulation of microtubule-based process	1	1872.4×	0.003	APC
regulation of attachment of spindle microtubules to kinetochore	1	1685.2×	0.003	APC
heart valve development	1	1532.0×	0.003	APC
positive regulation of pseudopodium assembly	1	1296.3×	0.003	APC
endocardial cushion morphogenesis	1	842.6×	0.004	APC
mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint signaling	1	561.7×	0.005	APC
cell fate specification	1	526.6×	0.005	APC
negative regulation of microtubule depolymerization	1	495.6×	0.005	APC
pattern specification process	1	468.1×	0.005	APC
negative regulation of G1/S transition of mitotic cell cycle	1	358.6×	0.006	APC
bicellular tight junction assembly	1	330.4×	0.006	APC
mitotic cytokinesis	1	259.3×	0.007	APC
insulin receptor signaling pathway	1	221.7×	0.008	APC
positive regulation of protein catabolic process	1	203.0×	0.008	APC
positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis	1	163.6×	0.010	APC
negative regulation of canonical Wnt signaling pathway	1	117.8×	0.013	APC
protein-containing complex assembly	1	113.9×	0.013	APC
Wnt signaling pathway	1	99.7×	0.014	APC
positive regulation of cell migration	1	61.7×	0.020	APC
cell migration	1	61.5×	0.020	APC
positive regulation of apoptotic process	1	56.7×	0.021	APC
DNA damage response	1	53.5×	0.021	APC
proteasome-mediated ubiquitin-dependent protein catabolic process	1	52.2×	0.021	APC
nervous system development	1	45.9×	0.023	APC
negative regulation of cell population proliferation	1	42.1×	0.025	APC
cell adhesion	1	37.5×	0.027	APC

Therapeutics

Drugs indicated for this disease

No approved or late-stage (phase ≥3) drug is indicated for this disease; the following are in earlier-phase trials only.

Earlier-phase candidates (phase 2, investigational — efficacy not yet established): Propofol.

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 0 · Undrugged: 1

Druggability breadth: 1 of 1 evidence-associated genes (100%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

Symbol	Molecules	Max phase
APC	0	0

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Cohort genes with ChEMBL bioactivity (full, sorted by assay count)

Symbol	Assays	Type breakdown
APC	24	Binding:24

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 1; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

0 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

Tier	Definition	Genes	Symbols
A	Approved (phase 4 drug)	0
B	Phased (≥1) drug, not yet approved	0
C	Druggable family + PDB, no drug	0
D	Druggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug	0
E	Difficult family or no structure, no drug	1	APC

Undrugged target profiles

1 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

Symbol	ChEMBL assays	Drugged partners (top 3)
APC	24	—

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 15.

Phase distribution (across all retrieved trials)

Phase	Trials
Not specified	14
PHASE4	1

Top trials by phase / activity

NCT	Phase	Status	Title
NCT01554098	PHASE4	COMPLETED	A Comparison of Two Colonoscopic Withdrawal Techniques
NCT07290816	Not specified	NOT_YET_RECRUITING	Effect of Non-invasive Neuromodulation on the Quality of Intestinal Cleansing
NCT07299071	Not specified	RECRUITING	Efficacy of CAD in Screening Colonoscopy to Reduce the Risk of Advanced Adenoma at 3 Years.
NCT07314554	Not specified	NOT_YET_RECRUITING	Recurrence After Gastric and Intestinal Polyp Resection
NCT00996619	Not specified	UNKNOWN	Measuring the Spectrum of Tissues During Endoscopy
NCT01577875	Not specified	COMPLETED	Comparison of Narrow Band Imaging With or Without Magnifying Colonoscopy
NCT02717598	Not specified	COMPLETED	Cold Snare Polypectomy Versus Hot Snare Polypectomy for Diminutive and Small Colorectal Polyps
NCT02986308	Not specified	COMPLETED	The Metabolomics of Intestinal Polyps of Different Pathological Types and TCM Syndromes and TCM Constitution Types
NCT03072472	Not specified	COMPLETED	BowelScope: Accuracy of Detection Using ENdocuff Optimisation of Mucosal Abnormalities
NCT03417258	Not specified	COMPLETED	Phytoestrogens and Colonic Adenomatous Polyps
NCT04921488	Not specified	COMPLETED	Interest of Artificial Intelligence in Cancer Screening Colonoscopy
NCT05481632	Not specified	COMPLETED	Validating the Safety and Effectiveness of ENDOANGEL Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscope Image Auxiliary Diagnostic Software
NCT05517408	Not specified	UNKNOWN	Dose Exploration of Ciprofol for Sedation in Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Obese Patients.
NCT05526339	Not specified	UNKNOWN	HFNO Combined With NPA Reduces Hypoxia During Sedated Gastrointestinal Endoscopy In Obese Patients
NCT05594576	Not specified	COMPLETED	Comparison of the ENDOCUFF VISION® Endoscopy Cap Coupled With GI GENIUS™ Artificial Intelligence Compared to Each Device Alone in Improving Colonic Adenoma Detection Rate During Colonoscopy

Drugs tested across these trials (top 30)

Molecule	Max phase	Trials referencing
CIPEPOFOL	3	1