Resentment is associated with the development of cancer, said Dr. Arturo Panduro Cerda, Chief of Molecular Biology in Medicine Service at the Civil Hospital of Guadalajara “Fray Antonio Alcalde”, during a press conference where he unveiled the details of the Genetics and Genomic Medicine Module of the XVII International Congress on Advances in Medicine (CIAM 2015).
He explained that there is not a resentment gene, but it exists, as the love does. Cancer development may involve genetic factors, combined with qualitative factors such as emotions, among others. For example, he said, there is a gene associated to colon cancer, and the carrier can develop familial adenomatous polyposis; which next step may be colon cancer.
Panduro Cerda said that there is a relationship between chronic diseases, obesity, cancer and emotions. For example, obese people undergoing bariatric surgery possibly had binge eating syndrome since they were children, which is related to anxiety, and behind it there are also genetic factors.
A person may not have the gene that controls appetite, he said. The specialist explained that when a person eats, physiologically reaches certain limit by releasing a hormone that tells the body that is already satisfied. Some people, for genetic reasons, do not release the hormone and keep consuming food because they feel that they are not full. This is the case of children who open the refrigerator at all times and even at night.
To all this, we must add the diet. “Many who gain weight have fatty liver as a result of a bad diet. They do not consume fiber, neither antioxidant foods,” Panduro Cerda said, adding that this diet can cause alterations in intestinal microbiota, where a substance called tryptophan is released that is associated with depression.
The doctor explained that, thanks to genomic medicine, specialists are in process to understand how chronic diseases develop. We know now, he said, that cancer, obesity, diabetes or cirrhosis, may have begun 25 or 30 years ago. Genetic susceptibility of the individual is being detected along with the main factors interacting with genes predisposing the development of chronic diseases. Among them, there are three main factors: diet, physical activity and interaction of genes with emotions and attitudes, he said.
CIAM 2015 will take place from 26 to 28 February at Expo Guadalajara, and will be attended by Christian Thomas Südhof, 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine.
Source: Hospital Civil de Guadalajara (Civil Hospital of Guadalajara)
