2023
Genome-wide analyses characterize shared heritability among cancers and identify novel cancer susceptibility regions
Lindström S, Wang L, Feng H, Majumdar A, Huo S, Macdonald J, Harrison T, Turman C, Chen H, Mancuso N, Bammler T, Consortium B, Gallinger S, Gruber S, Gunter M, Le Marchand L, Moreno V, Offit K, Study G, De Vivo I, O’Mara T, Spurdle A, Tomlinson I, Consortium E, Fitzgerald R, Gharahkhani P, Gockel I, Jankowski J, Macgregor S, Schumacher J, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Bondy M, Houlston R, Jenkins R, Melin B, Wrensch M, Brennan P, Christiani D, Johansson M, Mckay J, Aldrich M, Amos C, Landi M, Tardon A, Consortium I, Bishop D, Demenais F, Goldstein A, Iles M, Kanetsky P, Law M, Consortium O, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Wolpin B, Consortium P, Klein A, Petersen G, Risch H, Consortium T, Chanock S, Purdue M, Scelo G, Pharoah P, Kar S, Hung R, Pasaniuc B, Kraft P. Genome-wide analyses characterize shared heritability among cancers and identify novel cancer susceptibility regions. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 115: 712-732. PMID: 36929942, PMCID: PMC10248849, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesTranscriptome-wide association studyCancer susceptibility lociGenome-wide genetic correlationSusceptibility lociAssociation studiesMultiple cancer typesCancer genome-wide association studyGenome-wide analysisCross-disease analysisGenetic correlationsSusceptibility regionsGWAS summary statisticsCancer typesGenetic risk variantsDistinct lociCancer heritabilityLociRisk variantsGenetic contributionEuropean ancestryPleiotropyAdditional regionsDifferent cancersHeritability
2022
The age-dependent association of risk factors with pancreatic cancer
Yuan C, Kim J, Wang QL, Lee AA, Babic A, Consortium P, Amundadottir LT, Ardanaz E, Arslan A, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Du M, Gallinger S, Giles G, Goodman P, Katzke V, Klein A, Kooperberg C, Kraft P, Li D, Malats N, Marchand L, McCullough M, Milne R, Neoptolemos J, Perdomo S, Petersen G, Risch H, Shu X, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Van Den Eeden S, Visvanathan K, White E, Wolpin B, Zheng W, Amundadottir L, Klein A, Li D, McCullough M, Petersen G, Risch H, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Perez K, Ng K, Giovannucci E, Stampfer M, Kraft P, Wolpin B. The age-dependent association of risk factors with pancreatic cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2022, 33: 693-701. PMID: 35398288, PMCID: PMC9233063, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic cancer casesRisk factorsPancreatic cancerProspective cohortMale sexBlack raceSEER programCancer casesPolygenic risk scoresRisk scoreProspective US cohort studyNon-modifiable risk factorsNon-O blood groupIncident pancreatic cancerUS cohort studyEnd Results ProgramPancreatic cancer riskAge-specific associationsEarly detection strategiesAge-dependent associationGenome-wide association studiesAdvanced diseaseCancer presentsCohort studyUS Surveillance
2021
A 584 bp deletion in CTRB2 inhibits chymotrypsin B2 activity and secretion and confers risk of pancreatic cancer
Jermusyk A, Zhong J, Connelly KE, Gordon N, Perera S, Abdolalizadeh E, Zhang T, O’Brien A, Hoskins JW, Collins I, Eiser D, Yuan C, Consortium P, Consortium P, Albanes D, Arslan A, Gurrea A, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring J, Canzian F, Gallinger S, Gaziano J, Giles G, Goodman P, Johansson M, Kooperberg C, LeMarchand L, Malats N, Neale R, Panico S, Peters U, Real F, Shu X, Sund M, Thornquist M, Tjønneland A, Travis R, Van Den Eeden S, Visvanathan K, Zheng W, Kraft P, Risch H, Jacobs E, Li D, Du M, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein A, Smith J, Wolpin B, Chanock S, Shi J, Petersen G, Westlake C, Amundadottir L. A 584 bp deletion in CTRB2 inhibits chymotrypsin B2 activity and secretion and confers risk of pancreatic cancer. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 1852-1865. PMID: 34559995, PMCID: PMC8546220, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesB2 proteinEndoplasmic reticulumDeletion allelePremature stop codonHuman genomeGWAS datasetsSuch lociRisk lociAssociation studiesStop codonER stressCTRB2Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaBp deletionExon 6European ancestryLociExon 7Intracellular accumulationExon 5ProteinGermline variantsChymotrypsin activityAlleles
2020
Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies GP2 gene risk variants for pancreatic cancer
Lin Y, Nakatochi M, Hosono Y, Ito H, Kamatani Y, Inoko A, Sakamoto H, Kinoshita F, Kobayashi Y, Ishii H, Ozaka M, Sasaki T, Matsuyama M, Sasahira N, Morimoto M, Kobayashi S, Fukushima T, Ueno M, Ohkawa S, Egawa N, Kuruma S, Mori M, Nakao H, Adachi Y, Okuda M, Osaki T, Kamiya S, Wang C, Hara K, Shimizu Y, Miyamoto T, Hayashi Y, Ebi H, Kohmoto T, Imoto I, Kasugai Y, Murakami Y, Akiyama M, Ishigaki K, Matsuda K, Hirata M, Shimada K, Okusaka T, Kawaguchi T, Takahashi M, Watanabe Y, Kuriki K, Kadota A, Okada R, Mikami H, Takezaki T, Suzuki S, Yamaji T, Iwasaki M, Sawada N, Goto A, Kinoshita K, Fuse N, Katsuoka F, Shimizu A, Nishizuka SS, Tanno K, Suzuki K, Okada Y, Horikoshi M, Yamauchi T, Kadowaki T, Yu H, Zhong J, Amundadottir LT, Doki Y, Ishii H, Eguchi H, Bogumil D, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Mori M, Risch H, Setiawan VW, Tsugane S, Wakai K, Yoshida T, Matsuda F, Kubo M, Kikuchi S, Matsuo K. Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies GP2 gene risk variants for pancreatic cancer. Nature Communications 2020, 11: 3175. PMID: 32581250, PMCID: PMC7314803, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16711-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenome-wide significant lociLead single nucleotide polymorphismsGenome-wide association studiesGene variantsMeta-analysis identifiesEast Asian ancestryEast Asian originSignificant lociRisk lociFunctional analysisAssociation studiesPancreatic cancer susceptibilityRisk variantsNucleotide polymorphismsCell linesGene risk variantsCancer susceptibilityLociAsian ancestryKRAS activityAsian originVariantsPancreatic cancerPopulationGenome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses
Zhang H, Ahearn TU, Lecarpentier J, Barnes D, Beesley J, Qi G, Jiang X, O’Mara T, Zhao N, Bolla MK, Dunning AM, Dennis J, Wang Q, Ful ZA, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Auer PL, Azzollini J, Barrowdale D, Becher H, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bialkowska K, Blanco A, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bonanni B, Bondavalli D, Borg A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Broeks A, Brucker SY, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Buys SS, Byers H, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Calvello M, Campa D, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Christiaens M, Christiansen H, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Clarke CL, Cornelissen S, Couch FJ, Cox A, Cross SS, Czene K, Daly MB, Devilee P, Diez O, Domchek SM, Dörk T, Dwek M, Eccles DM, Ekici AB, Evans DG, Fasching PA, Figueroa J, Foretova L, Fostira F, Friedman E, Frost D, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur SM, Garber J, García-Sáenz JA, Gaudet MM, Gayther SA, Giles GG, Godwin AK, Goldberg MS, Goldgar DE, González-Neira A, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Häberle L, Hahnen E, Haiman CA, Hake CR, Hall P, Hamann U, Harkness EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen BAM, Hillemanns P, Hogervorst FBL, Holleczek B, Hollestelle A, Hooning MJ, Hoover RN, Hopper JL, Howell A, Huebner H, Hulick PJ, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Izatt L, Jager A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Janni W, John E, Jones M, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kapoor P, Karlan B, Keeman R, Khan S, Khusnutdinova E, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Konstantopoulou I, Koppert L, Koutros S, Kristensen V, Laenkholm A, Lambrechts D, Larsson S, Laurent-Puig P, Lazaro C, Lazarova E, Lejbkowicz F, Leslie G, Lesueur F, Lindblom A, Lissowska J, Lo W, Loud J, Lubinski J, Lukomska A, MacInnis R, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martinez M, Matricardi L, McGuffog L, McLean C, Mebirouk N, Meindl A, Menon U, Miller A, Mingazheva E, Montagna M, Mulligan A, Mulot C, Muranen T, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Neven P, Newman W, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Nodora J, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Orr N, Papi L, Papp J, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Peissel B, Peixoto A, Peshkin B, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Phillips K, Piedmonte M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prajzendanc K, Prentice R, Prokofyeva D, Rack B, Radice P, Ramus S, Rantala J, Rashid M, Rennert G, Rennert H, Risch H, Romero A, Rookus M, Rübner M, Rüdiger T, Saloustros E, Sampson S, Sandler D, Sawyer E, Scheuner M, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Schoemaker M, Schöttker B, Schürmann P, Senter L, Sharma P, Sherman M, Shu X, Singer C, Smichkoska S, Soucy P, Southey M, Spinelli J, Stone J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Swerdlow A, Szabo C, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teixeira M, Terry M, Thomassen M, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Troester M, Truong T, Tung N, Untch M, Vachon C, van den Ouweland A, van der Kolk L, van Veen E, vanRensburg E, Vega A, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wildiers H, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Yang X, Yannoukakos D, Zheng W, Zorn K, Milne R, Kraft P, Simard J, Pharoah P, Michailidou K, Antoniou A, Schmidt M, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton D, Chatterjee N, García-Closas M. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 572-581. PMID: 32424353, PMCID: PMC7808397, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-0609-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSusceptibility lociAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesCell-specific enhancerWide association studyNovel breast cancer susceptibility lociNovel susceptibility lociBasal mammary cellsBreast cancer susceptibility lociCancer susceptibility lociTriple-negative diseaseCancer susceptibility variantsChip heritabilityNovel lociPolygenic risk scoresSilico analysisLociSusceptibility variantsGenetic correlationsRisk scoreMammary cellsHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) statusEpidermal growth factor receptor 2 statusBreast cancer susceptibility variantsEuropean ancestryA Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Pancreatic Cancer
Zhong J, Jermusyk A, Wu L, Hoskins JW, Collins I, Mocci E, Zhang M, Song L, Chung CC, Zhang T, Xiao W, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Arslan AA, Babic A, Bamlet WR, Beane-Freeman L, Berndt S, Borgida A, Bracci PM, Brais L, Brennan P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring J, Canzian F, Childs EJ, Cotterchio M, Du M, Duell EJ, Fuchs C, Gallinger S, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Giovannucci E, Goggins M, Goodman GE, Goodman PJ, Haiman C, Hartge P, Hasan M, Helzlsouer KJ, Holly EA, Klein EA, Kogevinas M, Kurtz RJ, LeMarchand L, Malats N, Männistö S, Milne R, Neale RE, Ng K, Obazee O, Oberg AL, Orlow I, Patel AV, Peters U, Porta M, Rothman N, Scelo G, Sesso HD, Severi G, Sieri S, Silverman D, Sund M, Tjønneland A, Thornquist MD, Tobias GS, Trichopoulou A, Van Den Eeden SK, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, Wentzensen N, White E, Yu H, Yuan C, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Hoover R, Brown K, Kooperberg C, Risch HA, Jacobs EJ, Li D, Yu K, Shu XO, Chanock SJ, Wolpin BM, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Chatterjee N, Klein AP, Smith JP, Kraft P, Shi J, Petersen GM, Zheng W, Amundadottir LT. A Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Pancreatic Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2020, 112: 1003-1012. PMID: 31917448, PMCID: PMC7566474, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djz246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptome-wide association studyCancer risk lociRisk lociAssociation studiesPancreatic cancer susceptibility lociGene expression prediction modelsNovel candidate susceptibility genesPossible causal genesGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide associationCancer susceptibility lociCandidate susceptibility genesNormal pancreatic tissue samplesFunctional genesTranscriptome dataCausal genesNovel lociCandidate genesGene expressionSusceptibility lociGenesGenotype dataLociSusceptibility genesDifferent tissuesHepcidin-regulating Iron-metabolism Genes and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Pathway Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies
Julián-Serrano S, Yuan F, Benyamin B, Wheeler W, Amundadottir L, Jacobs E, Kraft P, Li D, Petersen G, Risch H, Wolpin B, Yu K, Klein A, Stolzenberg-Solomon R. Hepcidin-regulating Iron-metabolism Genes and Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma: A Pathway Analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2020, 29: 692-692. DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSingle nucleotide polymorphismsAssociation studiesSNP-level associationsGenome-wide association studiesAssociated single-nucleotide polymorphismsAdjacent genomic regionsWide association studyPrevious GWAS studiesIron metabolism genesIron metabolismGenomic regionsTfR1 genePancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaGWAS studiesPancreatic Cancer Case-Control ConsortiumPathway associationsPathway analysisGenesGenetic susceptibilityAdaptive rankRare mutationsAbstract Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaCommon variantsPathwayPotential roleFine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes
Fachal L, Aschard H, Beesley J, Barnes DR, Allen J, Kar S, Pooley KA, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Turman C, Soucy P, Lemaçon A, Lush M, Tyrer JP, Ghoussaini M, Moradi Marjaneh M, Jiang X, Agata S, Aittomäki K, Alonso MR, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Arason A, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Auber B, Auer PL, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barkardottir RB, Barrowdale D, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Białkowska K, Blanco AM, Blomqvist C, Blot W, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Bonanni B, Borg A, Bosse K, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Brock IW, Brooks-Wilson A, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Buys SS, Cai Q, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Camp NJ, Campbell I, Canzian F, Carroll JS, Carter BD, Castelao JE, Chiquette J, Christiansen H, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Clarke CL, Collée J, Cornelissen S, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Cybulski C, Czene K, Daly M, de la Hoya M, Devilee P, Diez O, Ding Y, Dite G, Domchek S, Dörk T, dos-Santos-Silva I, Droit A, Dubois S, Dumont M, Duran M, Durcan L, Dwek M, Eccles D, Engel C, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Fletcher O, Floris G, Flyger H, Foretova L, Foulkes W, Friedman E, Fritschi L, Frost D, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, Gambino G, Ganz P, Gapstur S, Garber J, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Georgoulias V, Giles G, Glendon G, Godwin A, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Tibiletti M, Greene M, Grip M, Gronwald J, Grundy A, Guénel P, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Harrington P, Hartikainen J, Hartman M, He W, Healey C, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Heyworth J, Hillemanns P, Hogervorst F, Hollestelle A, Hooning M, Hopper J, Howell A, Huang G, Hulick P, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Iwasaki M, Jager A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jankowitz R, John E, Johnson N, Jones M, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kang D, Kapoor P, Karlan B, Keeman R, Kerin M, Khusnutdinova E, Kiiski J, Kirk J, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Konstantopoulou I, Kosma V, Koutros S, Kubelka-Sabit K, Kwong A, Kyriacou K, Laitman Y, Lambrechts D, Lee E, Leslie G, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lindblom A, Lo W, Long J, Lophatananon A, Loud J, Lubiński J, MacInnis R, Maishman T, Makalic E, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martinez M, Matsuo K, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, Mayes R, McGuffog L, McLean C, Mebirouk N, Meindl A, Miller A, Miller N, Montagna M, Moreno F, Muir K, Mulligan A, Muñoz-Garzon V, Muranen T, Narod S, Nassir R, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Neven P, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Norman A, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Orr N, Osorio A, Pankratz V, Papp J, Park S, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Paul J, Pedersen I, Peissel B, Peshkin B, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prajzendanc K, Prentice R, Presneau N, Prokofyeva D, Pujana M, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Ramus S, Rantala J, Rau-Murthy R, Rennert G, Risch H, Robson M, Romero A, Rossing M, Saloustros E, Sánchez-Herrero E, Sandler D, Santamariña M, Saunders C, Sawyer E, Scheuner M, Schmidt D, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Schoemaker M, Schöttker B, Schürmann P, Scott C, Scott R, Senter L, Seynaeve C, Shah M, Sharma P, Shen C, Shu X, Singer C, Slavin T, Smichkoska S, Southey M, Spinelli J, Spurdle A, Stone J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sutter C, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tan Y, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teixeira M, Tengström M, Teo S, Terry M, Teulé A, Thomassen M, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Torres-Mejía G, Troester M, Truong T, Tung N, Tzardi M, Ulmer H, Vachon C, van Asperen C, van der Kolk L, van Rensburg E, Vega A, Viel A, Vijai J, Vogel M, Wang Q, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wendt C, Wildiers H, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Wu A, Yannoukakos D, Zhang Y, Zheng W, Hunter D, Pharoah P, Chang-Claude J, García-Closas M, Schmidt M, Milne R, Kristensen V, French J, Edwards S, Antoniou A, Chenevix-Trench G, Simard J, Easton D, Kraft P, Dunning A. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 56-73. PMID: 31911677, PMCID: PMC6974400, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0537-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCausal variantsTranscription factorsTarget genesActive gene regulatory regionsHigh-confidence target genesGenomic feature annotationsGenome-wide association studiesBreast cancer risk variantsGene regulatory regionsCredible causal variantsGene ontology pathwaysChromatin interactionsFunctional annotationGenomic regionsOntology pathwaysRegulatory regionsGenomic featuresCancer driversGene expressionAssociation studiesAssociation analysisGenesLinkage disequilibriumRisk variantsHigh posterior probability
2019
Mo1372 – Genetic Susceptibility to Chronic Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases and Pancreatic Ductual Adenocarcinoma: A Pathway Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies
Yuan F, Hung R, Zhang H, Wheeler W, Platz E, Amundadottir L, Jacobs E, Kraft P, Li D, Petersen G, Risch H, Wolpin B, Yu K, Klein A, Stolzenberg-Solomo R. Mo1372 – Genetic Susceptibility to Chronic Inflammatory Intestinal Diseases and Pancreatic Ductual Adenocarcinoma: A Pathway Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies. Gastroenterology 2019, 156: s-755-s-756. DOI: 10.1016/s0016-5085(19)38824-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer
Ferreira MA, Gamazon ER, Al-Ejeh F, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arason A, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Asseryanis E, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barnes DR, Barrowdale D, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Białkowska K, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Borg A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Broeks A, Burwinkel B, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Campa D, Campbell I, Canzian F, Carter J, Carter BD, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Christiansen H, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Clarke CL, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, de la Hoya M, Dennis J, Devilee P, Diez O, Dörk T, Dunning A, Dwek M, Eccles D, Ejlertsen B, Ellberg C, Engel C, Eriksson M, Fasching P, Fletcher O, Flyger H, Friedman E, Frost D, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, Ganz P, Gapstur S, Garber J, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Giles G, Glendon G, Godwin A, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Greene M, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Haiman C, Hall P, Hamann U, He W, Heyworth J, Hogervorst F, Hollestelle A, Hoover R, Hopper J, Hulick P, Humphreys K, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jankowitz R, John E, Johnson N, Joseph V, Karlan B, Khusnutdinova E, Kiiski J, Ko Y, Jones M, Konstantopoulou I, Kristensen V, Laitman Y, Lambrechts D, Lazaro C, Leslie G, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lindström S, Long J, Loud J, Lubiński J, Makalic E, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, McGuffog L, Meindl A, Menon U, Michailidou K, Miller A, Montagna M, Moreno F, Moserle L, Mulligan A, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Nevelsteen I, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Nussbaum R, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Osorio A, Papp J, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Pedersen I, Peixoto A, Peterlongo P, Pharoah P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Poppe B, Presneau N, Radice P, Rantala J, Rennert G, Risch H, Saloustros E, Sanden K, Sawyer E, Schmidt M, Schmutzler R, Sharma P, Shu X, Simard J, Singer C, Soucy P, Southey M, Spinelli J, Spurdle A, Stone J, Swerdlow A, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teixeira M, Terry M, Teulé A, Thomassen M, Thöne K, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Torres D, Truong T, Tung N, Vachon C, van Asperen C, van den Ouweland A, van Rensburg E, Vega A, Viel A, Wang Q, Wappenschmidt B, Weitzel J, Wendt C, Winqvist R, Yang X, Yannoukakos D, Ziogas A, Kraft P, Antoniou A, Zheng W, Easton D, Milne R, Beesley J, Chenevix-Trench G. Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 1741. PMID: 30988301, PMCID: PMC6465407, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08053-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpression quantitative trait lociGenome-wide association studiesTarget genesMultiple expression quantitative trait lociBreast cancer risk variantsPrevious genome-wide association studyQuantitative trait lociGenome-wide associationGene-based testsBreast cancerBreast cancer susceptibility lociCancer susceptibility lociRisk-associated variantsImmune cellsTrait lociTranscriptome studiesRisk lociGene expressionAssociation studiesOverall breast cancer riskSusceptibility lociMultiple tissuesBreast cancer riskNegative breast cancerRisk variantsFunctional analysis and fine mapping of the 9p22.2 ovarian cancer susceptibility locus
Buckley MA, Woods NT, Tyrer JP, Mendoza-Fandiño G, Lawrenson K, Hazelett DJ, Najafabadi HS, Gjyshi A, Carvalho RS, Lyra PC, Coetzee SG, Shen HC, Yang AW, Earp MA, Yoder S, Risch H, Chenevix-Trench G, Ramus SJ, Phelan CM, Coetzee GA, Noushmehr H, Hughes TR, Sellers TA, Goode EL, Pharoah P, Gayther SA, Monteiro A. Functional analysis and fine mapping of the 9p22.2 ovarian cancer susceptibility locus. Cancer Research 2019, 79: canres.3864.2017. PMID: 30487138, PMCID: PMC6359979, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-3864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 9Cystadenocarcinoma, SerousDNA, NeoplasmDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHEK293 CellsHumansLinkage DisequilibriumOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideConceptsScaffold/matrix attachment regionsMatrix attachment regionsTarget genesAttachment regionsOvarian cancer susceptibility lociGenome-wide association studiesCancer risk lociLikely target genesTranscriptional regulatory elementsAllele-specific effectsDownstream target genesLikely causal variantsCancer susceptibility lociCandidate causal SNPsFine mappingRegulatory elementsLoci identifiesCausal variantsRisk lociCausal SNPsFunctional analysisAssociation studiesCancer risk genesSusceptibility lociRisk genes
2018
Agnostic Pathway/Gene Set Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Data Identifies Associations for Pancreatic Cancer
Walsh N, Zhang H, Hyland PL, Yang Q, Mocci E, Zhang M, Childs EJ, Collins I, Wang Z, Arslan AA, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci PM, Brennan P, Canzian F, Duell EJ, Gallinger S, Giles GG, Goggins M, Goodman GE, Goodman PJ, Hung RJ, Kooperberg C, Kurtz RC, Malats N, LeMarchand L, Neale RE, Olson SH, Scelo G, Shu XO, Van Den Eeden SK, Visvanathan K, White E, Zheng W, consortia P, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Babic A, Bamlet W, Berndt S, Borgida A, Boutron-Ruault M, Brais L, Brennan P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring J, Chaffee K, Chanock S, Cleary S, Cotterchio M, Foretova L, Fuchs C, Gaziano J, Giovannucci E, Goggins M, Hackert T, Haiman C, Hartge P, Hasan M, Helzlsouer K, Herman J, Holcatova I, Holly E, Hoover R, Hung R, Janout V, Klein E, Kurtz R, Laheru D, Lee I, Lu L, Malats N, Mannisto S, Milne R, Oberg A, Orlow I, Patel A, Peters U, Porta M, Real F, Rothman N, Sesso H, Severi G, Silverman D, Strobel O, Sund M, Thornquist M, Tobias G, Wactawski-Wende J, Wareham N, Weiderpass E, Wentzensen N, Wheeler W, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Kraft P, Li D, Jacobs E, Petersen G, Wolpin B, Risch H, Amundadottir L, Yu K, Klein A, Stolzenberg-Solomon R. Agnostic Pathway/Gene Set Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Data Identifies Associations for Pancreatic Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2018, 111: 557-567. PMID: 30541042, PMCID: PMC6579744, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djy155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGene setsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsFunctional annotationEpidermal growth factor receptor transactivationExpression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysisQuantitative trait locus (QTL) analysisGrowth factor receptor transactivationTop single nucleotide polymorphismsG protein-coupled receptorsGene-set analysisProtein-coupled receptorsIndividual single nucleotide polymorphismsBeta-cell developmentEQTL analysisGWAS dataPCC genesPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaReceptor transactivationLocus analysisPathway analysisAssociation studiesGenesSusceptibility genesIdentifies associationsA Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Among 97,898 Women to Identify Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk
Lu Y, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Wu L, Guo X, Li B, Schildkraut JM, Im HK, Chen YA, Permuth JB, Reid BM, Teer JK, Moysich KB, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arun BK, Bandera EV, Barkardottir RB, Barnes DR, Benitez J, Bjorge L, Brenton J, Butzow R, Caldes T, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Chang-Claude J, Claes KBM, Couch FJ, Cramer DW, Daly MB, deFazio A, Dennis J, Diez O, Domchek SM, Dörk T, Easton DF, Eccles DM, Fasching PA, Fortner RT, Fountzilas G, Friedman E, Ganz PA, Garber J, Giles GG, Godwin AK, Goldgar DE, Goodman MT, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Hamann U, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MAT, Høgdall CK, Hollestelle A, Hulick PJ, Huntsman DG, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Jakubowska A, James P, Karlan BY, Kelemen LE, Kiemeney LA, Kjaer SK, Kwong A, Le ND, Leslie G, Lesueur F, Levine DA, Mattiello A, May T, McGuffog L, McNeish IA, Merritt MA, Modugno F, Montagna M, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Nielsen FC, Nikitina-Zake L, Nussbaum RL, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade OI, Olson SH, Olsson H, Osorio A, Park SK, Parsons MT, Peeters PHM, Pejovic T, Peterlongo P, Phelan CM, Pujana MA, Ramus SJ, Rennert G, Risch H, Rodriguez GC, Rodríguez-Antona C, Romieu I, Rookus MA, Rossing MA, Rzepecka IK, Sandler DP, Schmutzler RK, Setiawan VW, Sharma P, Sieh W, Simard J, Singer CF, Song H, Southey MC, Spurdle AB, Sutphen R, Swerdlow AJ, Teixeira MR, Teo SH, Thomassen M, Tischkowitz M, Toland AE, Trichopoulou A, Tung N, Tworoger SS, van Rensburg EJ, Vanderstichele A, Vega A, Edwards DV, Webb PM, Weitzel JN, Wentzensen N, White E, Wolk A, Wu AH, Yannoukakos D, Zorn KK, Gayther SA, Antoniou AC, Berchuck A, Goode EL, Chenevix-Trench G, Sellers TA, Pharoah PDP, Zheng W, Long J. A Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Among 97,898 Women to Identify Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk. Cancer Research 2018, 78: 5419-5430. PMID: 30054336, PMCID: PMC6139053, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0951.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesNovel lociGWAS lociCausal genesMajority of GWASTranscriptome-wide association studyAssociation studiesGenotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) projectLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesHigh-density genotyping dataPlausible causal genesPotential novel lociNovel genetic lociGWAS-identified variantsRNA sequencing dataDisease susceptibility variantsBonferroni-corrected significance levelTranscriptomic analysisExpression projectGenetic lociSummary statistics dataRisk lociGene expressionSequencing dataGenesIdentification of nine new susceptibility loci for endometrial cancer
O’Mara T, Glubb DM, Amant F, Annibali D, Ashton K, Attia J, Auer PL, Beckmann MW, Black A, Bolla MK, Brauch H, Brenner H, Brinton L, Buchanan DD, Burwinkel B, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Chen MM, Cheng THT, Clarke CL, Clendenning M, Cook LS, Couch FJ, Cox A, Crous-Bous M, Czene K, Day F, Dennis J, Depreeuw J, Doherty JA, Dörk T, Dowdy SC, Dürst M, Ekici AB, Fasching PA, Fridley BL, Friedenreich CM, Fritschi L, Fung J, García-Closas M, Gaudet MM, Giles GG, Goode EL, Gorman M, Haiman CA, Hall P, Hankison SE, Healey CS, Hein A, Hillemanns P, Hodgson S, Hoivik EA, Holliday EG, Hopper JL, Hunter DJ, Jones A, Krakstad C, Kristensen VN, Lambrechts D, Marchand LL, Liang X, Lindblom A, Lissowska J, Long J, Lu L, Magliocco AM, Martin L, McEvoy M, Meindl A, Michailidou K, Milne RL, Mints M, Montgomery GW, Nassir R, Olsson H, Orlow I, Otton G, Palles C, Perry JRB, Peto J, Pooler L, Prescott J, Proietto T, Rebbeck TR, Risch HA, Rogers PAW, Rübner M, Runnebaum I, Sacerdote C, Sarto GE, Schumacher F, Scott RJ, Setiawan VW, Shah M, Sheng X, Shu XO, Southey MC, Swerdlow AJ, Tham E, Trovik J, Turman C, Tyrer JP, Vachon C, VanDen Berg D, Vanderstichele A, Wang Z, Webb PM, Wentzensen N, Werner HMJ, Winham SJ, Wolk A, Xia L, Xiang YB, Yang HP, Yu H, Zheng W, Pharoah PDP, Dunning AM, Kraft P, De Vivo I, Tomlinson I, Easton DF, Spurdle AB, Thompson DJ. Identification of nine new susceptibility loci for endometrial cancer. Nature Communications 2018, 9: 3166. PMID: 30093612, PMCID: PMC6085317, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-05427-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesCandidate causal genesCausal genesNovel genome-wide significant lociRisk lociEndometrial cancer risk lociGenome-wide significant lociExpression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysisQuantitative trait locus (QTL) analysisSignal transduction proteinsCancer risk lociNew susceptibility lociTransduction proteinsSignificant lociLocus analysisNegative regulatorAssociation studiesFemale reproductive tractSusceptibility lociLoci associateLociGenesDecreased expressionReproductive tractRisk alleles
2017
Quantifying the Genetic Correlation between Multiple Cancer Types
Lindström S, GECCO and the GAME-ON Network: CORECT D, Finucane H, Bulik-Sullivan B, Schumacher F, Amos C, Hung R, Rand K, Gruber S, Conti D, Permuth J, Lin H, Goode E, Sellers T, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein A, Petersen G, Risch H, Wolpin B, Hsu L, Huyghe J, Chang-Claude J, Chan A, Berndt S, Eeles R, Easton D, Haiman C, Hunter D, Neale B, Price A, Kraft P. Quantifying the Genetic Correlation between Multiple Cancer Types. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2017, 26: 1427-1435. PMID: 28637796, PMCID: PMC5582139, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-17-0211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsColorectal cancerLung cancerRisk factorsBreast cancerRare high-penetrance mutationsCancer typesBody mass indexSpecific genetic risk factorsGenetic risk factorsHigh-penetrance mutationsMass indexControl subjectsOvarian cancerObservational studyProstate cancerNoncancer diseasesGenome-wide association studiesCancerDistinct cancersPrevious observational studiesAssociation studiesColorectalLungSummary statistics dataModest genetic correlationIdentification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer
Phelan CM, Kuchenbaecker KB, Tyrer JP, Kar SP, Lawrenson K, Winham SJ, Dennis J, Pirie A, Riggan MJ, Chornokur G, Earp MA, Lyra PC, Lee JM, Coetzee S, Beesley J, McGuffog L, Soucy P, Dicks E, Lee A, Barrowdale D, Lecarpentier J, Leslie G, Aalfs CM, Aben KKH, Adams M, Adlard J, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Aravantinos G, Arnold N, Arun B, Arver B, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Banerjee S, Barjhoux L, Barkardottir R, Bean Y, Beckmann M, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bernardini M, Birrer M, Bjorge L, Black A, Blankstein K, Blok M, Bodelon C, Bogdanova N, Bojesen A, Bonanni B, Borg Å, Bradbury A, Brenton J, Brewer C, Brinton L, Broberg P, Brooks-Wilson A, Bruinsma F, Brunet J, Buecher B, Butzow R, Buys S, Caldes T, Caligo M, Campbell I, Cannioto R, Carney M, Cescon T, Chan S, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chen X, Chiew Y, Chiquette J, Chung W, Claes K, Conner T, Cook L, Cook J, Cramer D, Cunningham J, D'Aloisio A, Daly M, Damiola F, Damirovna S, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Dao F, Davidson R, DeFazio A, Delnatte C, Doheny K, Diez O, Ding Y, Doherty J, Domchek S, Dorfling C, Dörk T, Dossus L, Duran M, Dürst M, Dworniczak B, Eccles D, Edwards T, Eeles R, Eilber U, Ejlertsen B, Ekici A, Ellis S, Elvira M, Eng K, Engel C, Evans D, Fasching P, Ferguson S, Ferrer S, Flanagan J, Fogarty Z, Fortner R, Fostira F, Foulkes W, Fountzilas G, Fridley B, Friebel T, Friedman E, Frost D, Ganz P, Garber J, García M, Garcia-Barberan V, Gehrig A, Gentry-Maharaj A, Gerdes A, Giles G, Glasspool R, Glendon G, Godwin A, Goldgar D, Goranova T, Gore M, Greene M, Gronwald J, Gruber S, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hamann U, Hansen T, Harrington P, Harris H, Hauke J, Hein A, Henderson A, Hildebrandt M, Hillemanns P, Hodgson S, Høgdall C, Høgdall E, Hogervorst F, Holland H, Hooning M, Hosking K, Huang R, Hulick P, Hung J, Hunter D, Huntsman D, Huzarski T, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Iversen E, Izatt L, Izquierdo A, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jernetz M, Jensen A, Jensen U, John E, Johnatty S, Jones M, Kannisto P, Karlan B, Karnezis A, Kast K, Kennedy C, Khusnutdinova E, Kiemeney L, Kiiski J, Kim S, Kjaer S, Köbel M, Kopperud R, Kruse T, Kupryjanczyk J, Kwong A, Laitman Y, Lambrechts D, Larrañaga N, Larson M, Lazaro C, Le N, Le Marchand L, Lee J, Lele S, Leminen A, Leroux D, Lester J, Lesueur F, Levine D, Liang D, Liebrich C, Lilyquist J, Lipworth L, Lissowska J, Lu K, Lubinński J, Luccarini C, Lundvall L, Mai P, Mendoza-Fandiño G, Manoukian S, Massuger L, May T, Mazoyer S, McAlpine J, McGuire V, McLaughlin J, McNeish I, Meijers-Heijboer H, Meindl A, Menon U, Mensenkamp A, Merritt M, Milne R, Mitchell G, Modugno F, Moes-Sosnowska J, Moffitt M, Montagna M, Moysich K, Mulligan A, Musinsky J, Nathanson K, Nedergaard L, Ness R, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Niederacher D, Nussbaum R, Odunsi K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Olswold C, O'Malley D, Ong K, Onland-Moret N, Orr N, Orsulic S, Osorio A, Palli D, Papi L, Park-Simon T, Paul J, Pearce C, Pedersen I, Peeters P, Peissel B, Peixoto A, Pejovic T, Pelttari L, Permuth J, Peterlongo P, Pezzani L, Pfeiler G, Phillips K, Piedmonte M, Pike M, Piskorz A, Poblete S, Pocza T, Poole E, Poppe B, Porteous M, Prieur F, Prokofyeva D, Pugh E, Pujana M, Pujol P, Radice P, Rantala J, Rappaport-Fuerhauser C, Rennert G, Rhiem K, Rice P, Richardson A, Robson M, Rodriguez G, Rodríguez-Antona C, Romm J, Rookus M, Rossing M, Rothstein J, Rudolph A, Runnebaum I, Salvesen H, Sandler D, Schoemaker M, Senter L, Setiawan V, Severi G, Sharma P, Shelford T, Siddiqui N, Side L, Sieh W, Singer C, Sobol H, Song H, Southey M, Spurdle A, Stadler Z, Steinemann D, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sucheston-Campbell L, Sukiennicki G, Sutphen R, Sutter C, Swerdlow A, Szabo C, Szafron L, Tan Y, Taylor J, Tea M, Teixeira M, Teo S, Terry K, Thompson P, Thomsen L, Thull D, Tihomirova L, Tinker A, Tischkowitz M, Tognazzo S, Toland A, Tone A, Trabert B, Travis R, Trichopoulou A, Tung N, Tworoger S, van Altena A, Van Den Berg D, van der Hout A, van der Luijt R, Van Heetvelde M, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, van Rensburg E, Vanderstichele A, Varon-Mateeva R, Vega A, Edwards D, Vergote I, Vierkant R, Vijai J, Vratimos A, Walker L, Walsh C, Wand D, Wang-Gohrke S, Wappenschmidt B, Webb P, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wentzensen N, Whittemore A, Wijnen J, Wilkens L, Wolk A, Woo M, Wu X, Wu A, Yang H, Yannoukakos D, Ziogas A, Zorn K, Narod S, Easton D, Amos C, Schildkraut J, Ramus S, Ottini L, Goodman M, Park S, Kelemen L, Risch H, Thomassen M, Offit K, Simard J, Schmutzler R, Hazelett D, Monteiro A, Couch F, Berchuck A, Chenevix-Trench G, Goode E, Sellers T, Gayther S, Antoniou A, Pharoah P. Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer. Nature Genetics 2017, 49: 680-691. PMID: 28346442, PMCID: PMC5612337, DOI: 10.1038/ng.3826.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesBRCA1 ProteinBRCA2 ProteinCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialFemaleGenetic LociGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicMutationNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsTelomere-Binding ProteinsConceptsNew susceptibility lociSusceptibility lociGenome-wide association studiesLarge genome-wide association studiesCandidate susceptibility genesRegulatory featuresAssociation studiesSusceptibility genesLociIntegrated analysisEpithelial ovarian cancer histotypesGenesOvarian cancer histotypesOvarian cancerCancer histotypesOBFC1Different histotypesEpithelial ovarian cancerIdentificationEnrichment of putative PAX8 target genes at serous epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility loci
Kar SP, Adler E, Tyrer J, Hazelett D, Anton-Culver H, Bandera EV, Beckmann MW, Berchuck A, Bogdanova N, Brinton L, Butzow R, Campbell I, Carty K, Chang-Claude J, Cook LS, Cramer DW, Cunningham JM, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Doherty JA, Dörk T, Dürst M, Eccles D, Fasching PA, Flanagan J, Gentry-Maharaj A, Glasspool R, Goode EL, Goodman MT, Gronwald J, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MA, Høgdall E, Høgdall CK, Huntsman DG, Jensen A, Karlan BY, Kelemen LE, Kiemeney LA, Kjaer SK, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Levine DA, Li Q, Lissowska J, Lu KH, Lubiński J, Massuger LF, McGuire V, McNeish I, Menon U, Modugno F, Monteiro AN, Moysich KB, Ness RB, Nevanlinna H, Paul J, Pearce CL, Pejovic T, Permuth JB, Phelan C, Pike MC, Poole EM, Ramus SJ, Risch HA, Rossing MA, Salvesen HB, Schildkraut JM, Sellers TA, Sherman M, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Song H, Southey M, Terry KL, Tworoger SS, Walsh C, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Wu AH, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Freedman ML, Gayther SA, Pharoah PD, Lawrenson K. Enrichment of putative PAX8 target genes at serous epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility loci. British Journal Of Cancer 2017, 116: 524-535. PMID: 28103614, PMCID: PMC5318969, DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2016.426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCase-Control StudiesCell Line, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticCystadenocarcinoma, SerousFemaleGene AmplificationGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic LociGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicMicroarray AnalysisNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideConceptsGenome-wide association studiesTarget genesTranscription factorsRisk lociOvarian cancer susceptibility lociCancer risk lociDifferential gene expressionCancer susceptibility lociMolecular Signatures DatabaseShRNA-mediated silencingGene setsEnrichment analysisGene expressionTranscriptomic perturbationsAssociation studiesSusceptibility lociGenesLociOvarian cancer susceptibilityRisk variantsAgnostic evaluationCell of originCancer susceptibilityBiological mechanismsPathway
2016
Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Association Studies Identify Multiple New Susceptibility Loci Shared by at Least Two Cancer Types
Kar SP, Beesley J, Al Olama A, Michailidou K, Tyrer J, Kote-Jarai Z, Lawrenson K, Lindstrom S, Ramus SJ, Thompson DJ, Investigators A, Kibel AS, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Michael A, Dieffenbach AK, Gentry-Maharaj A, Whittemore AS, Wolk A, Monteiro A, Peixoto A, Kierzek A, Cox A, Rudolph A, Gonzalez-Neira A, Wu AH, Lindblom A, Swerdlow A, Study A, BioResource A, Ziogas A, Ekici AB, Burwinkel B, Karlan BY, Nordestgaard BG, Blomqvist C, Phelan C, McLean C, Pearce CL, Vachon C, Cybulski C, Slavov C, Stegmaier C, Maier C, Ambrosone CB, Høgdall CK, Teerlink CC, Kang D, Tessier DC, Schaid DJ, Stram DO, Cramer DW, Neal DE, Eccles D, Flesch-Janys D, Edwards DR, Wokozorczyk D, Levine DA, Yannoukakos D, Sawyer EJ, Bandera EV, Poole EM, Goode EL, Khusnutdinova E, Høgdall E, Song F, Bruinsma F, Heitz F, Modugno F, Hamdy FC, Wiklund F, Giles GG, Olsson H, Wildiers H, Ulmer HU, Pandha H, Risch HA, Darabi H, Salvesen HB, Nevanlinna H, Gronberg H, Brenner H, Brauch H, Anton-Culver H, Song H, Lim HY, McNeish I, Campbell I, Vergote I, Gronwald J, Lubiński J, Stanford JL, Benítez J, Doherty JA, Permuth JB, Chang-Claude J, Donovan JL, Dennis J, Schildkraut JM, Schleutker J, Hopper JL, Kupryjanczyk J, Park JY, Figueroa J, Clements JA, Knight JA, Peto J, Cunningham JM, Pow-Sang J, Batra J, Czene K, Lu KH, Herkommer K, Khaw KT, Investigators K, Matsuo K, Muir K, Offitt K, Chen K, Moysich KB, Aittomäki K, Odunsi K, Kiemeney LA, Massuger LF, Fitzgerald LM, Cook LS, Cannon-Albright L, Hooning MJ, Pike MC, Bolla MK, Luedeke M, Teixeira MR, Goodman MT, Schmidt MK, Riggan M, Aly M, Rossing MA, Beckmann MW, Moisse M, Sanderson M, Southey MC, Jones M, Lush M, Hildebrandt MA, Hou MF, Schoemaker MJ, Garcia-Closas M, Bogdanova N, Rahman N, Investigators N, Le ND, Orr N, Wentzensen N, Pashayan N, Peterlongo P, Guénel P, Brennan P, Paulo P, Webb PM, Broberg P, Fasching PA, Devilee P, Wang Q, Cai Q, Li Q, Kaneva R, Butzow R, Kopperud RK, Schmutzler RK, Stephenson RA, MacInnis RJ, Hoover RN, Winqvist R, Ness R, Milne RL, Travis RC, Benlloch S, Olson SH, McDonnell SK, Tworoger SS, Maia S, Berndt S, Lee SC, Teo SH, Thibodeau SN, Bojesen SE, Gapstur SM, Kjær SK, Pejovic T, Tammela TL, Network T, consortium T, Dörk T, Brüning T, Wahlfors T, Key TJ, Edwards TL, Menon U, Hamann U, Mitev V, Kosma VM, Setiawan VW, Kristensen V, Arndt V, Vogel W, Zheng W, Sieh W, Blot WJ, Kluzniak W, Shu XO, Gao YT, Schumacher F, Freedman ML, Berchuck A, Dunning AM, Simard J, Haiman CA, Spurdle A, Sellers TA, Hunter DJ, Henderson BE, Kraft P, Chanock SJ, Couch FJ, Hall P, Gayther SA, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Eeles R, Pharoah PD, Lambrechts D. Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Association Studies Identify Multiple New Susceptibility Loci Shared by at Least Two Cancer Types. Cancer Discovery 2016, 6: 1052-1067. PMID: 27432226, PMCID: PMC5010513, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-15-1227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBreast NeoplasmsCase-Control StudiesChromosome MappingDatasets as TopicEnhancer Elements, GeneticFemaleGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic LociGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMeta-Analysis as TopicOrgan SpecificityOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideProstatic NeoplasmsQuantitative Trait LociSignal TransductionConceptsCancer risk lociRisk lociSpecific expression quantitative trait lociExpression quantitative trait lociGenome-wide association studiesProstate cancer risk lociQuantitative trait lociNew risk lociMeta-analysis data setsTrait lociTarget genesGenetic basisNew lociCancer typesDeath receptorsPathway analysisInteraction annotationsAssociation studiesLociSignificant enrichmentIndex variantsEuropean ancestryAdditional regionsGenesSecond cancer typesGenome-wide association studies in oesophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's oesophagus: a large-scale meta-analysis
Gharahkhani P, Fitzgerald RC, Vaughan TL, Palles C, Gockel I, Tomlinson I, Buas MF, May A, Gerges C, Anders M, Becker J, Kreuser N, Noder T, Venerito M, Veits L, Schmidt T, Manner H, Schmidt C, Hess T, Böhmer AC, Izbicki JR, Hölscher AH, Lang H, Lorenz D, Schumacher B, Hackelsberger A, Mayershofer R, Pech O, Vashist Y, Ott K, Vieth M, Weismüller J, Nöthen MM, Consortium B, Consortium E, Consortium W, Attwood S, Barr H, Chegwidden L, de Caestecker J, Harrison R, Love SB, MacDonald D, Moayyedi P, Prenen H, Watson RGP, Iyer PG, Anderson LA, Bernstein L, Chow WH, Hardie LJ, Lagergren J, Liu G, Risch HA, Wu AH, Ye W, Bird NC, Shaheen NJ, Gammon MD, Corley DA, Caldas C, Moebus S, Knapp M, Peters WHM, Neuhaus H, Rösch T, Ell C, MacGregor S, Pharoah P, Whiteman DC, Jankowski J, Schumacher J. Genome-wide association studies in oesophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's oesophagus: a large-scale meta-analysis. The Lancet Oncology 2016, 17: 1363-1373. PMID: 27527254, PMCID: PMC5052458, DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(16)30240-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesNew risk lociRisk lociAssociation studiesGenome-wide significant lociNovel genetic risk variantsHigh-density single nucleotide polymorphism arraysGenome-wide significance thresholdFunctional annotation databasesMuscle cell differentiationPathway-based methodsWide association studyNovel risk lociEsophagus developmentSingle nucleotide polymorphism arrayNovel genetic markersNucleotide polymorphism arrayRelevant cellular mechanismsAnnotation enrichmentGenetic risk variantsMesenchyme developmentSignificant lociAnnotation databasesNorth AmericaGenetic markersThree new pancreatic cancer susceptibility signals identified on chromosomes 1q32.1, 5p15.33 and 8q24.21
Zhang M, Wang Z, Obazee O, Jia J, Childs EJ, Hoskins J, Figlioli G, Mocci E, Collins I, Chung CC, Hautman C, Arslan AA, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci PM, Buring J, Duell EJ, Gallinger S, Giles GG, Goodman GE, Goodman PJ, Kamineni A, Kolonel LN, Kulke MH, Malats N, Olson SH, Sesso HD, Visvanathan K, White E, Zheng W, Abnet CC, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Brais L, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Basso D, Berndt SI, Boutron-Ruault MC, Bijlsma MF, Brenner H, Burdette L, Campa D, Caporaso NE, Capurso G, Cavestro GM, Cotterchio M, Costello E, Elena J, Boggi U, Gaziano JM, Gazouli M, Giovannucci EL, Goggins M, Gross M, Haiman CA, Hassan M, Helzlsouer KJ, Hu N, Hunter DJ, Iskierka-Jazdzewska E, Jenab M, Kaaks R, Key TJ, Khaw KT, Klein EA, Kogevinas M, Krogh V, Kupcinskas J, Kurtz RC, Landi MT, Landi S, Marchand L, Mambrini A, Mannisto S, Milne RL, Neale RE, Oberg AL, Panico S, Patel AV, Peeters PH, Peters U, Pezzilli R, Porta M, Purdue M, Quiros JR, Riboli E, Rothman N, Scarpa A, Scelo G, Shu XO, Silverman DT, Soucek P, Strobel O, Sund M, Małecka-Panas E, Taylor PR, Tavano F, Travis RC, Thornquist M, Tjønneland A, Tobias GS, Trichopoulos D, Vashist Y, Vodicka P, Wactawski-Wende J, Wentzensen N, Yu H, Yu K, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Kooperberg C, Risch HA, Jacobs EJ, Li D, Fuchs C, Hoover R, Hartge P, Chanock SJ, Petersen GM, Stolzenberg-Solomon RS, Wolpin BM, Kraft P, Klein AP, Canzian F, Amundadottir LT. Three new pancreatic cancer susceptibility signals identified on chromosomes 1q32.1, 5p15.33 and 8q24.21. Oncotarget 2016, 7: 66328-66343. PMID: 27579533, PMCID: PMC5340084, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic tissue samplesControl subjectsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsTissue samplesPancreatic Cancer Case-Control ConsortiumCase-control studyPancreatic cancer riskSusceptibility variantsGenome-wide association studiesChromosome 1q32.1Risk lociCancer riskNew susceptibility variantsNR5A2 expressionCancer susceptibility variantsIndependent risk variantsMarked reductionTumorsEuropean descentRisk variantsDisease researchNucleotide polymorphismsCancer risk lociTarget genesSubjects