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1. Association of the CHEK2 c.1100delC variant, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with contralateral breast cancer risk and breast cancer-specific survival

Author: Morra, Anna, Schreurs, Maartje A C, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Augustinsson, Annelie, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brauch, Hiltrud, Broeks, Annegien, Buys, Saundra S, Camp, Nicola J, Castelao, Jose E, Cessna, Melissa H, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chung, Wendy K, Colonna, Sarah V, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Fehm, Tanja N, Figueroa, Jonine D, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Genkinger, Jeanine, Grassmann, Felix, Gündert, Melanie, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Houlston, Richard S, Howell, Anthony, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, Jernström, Helena, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Michael E, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lindblom, Annika, Lubiński, Jan, Lux, Michael P, Mannermaa, Arto, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Muranen, Taru A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nevelsteen, Ines, Neven, Patrick, Newman, William G, Obi, Nadia, Offit, Kenneth, Olshan, Andrew F, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Patel, Alpa V, Peterlongo, Paolo, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Polley, Eric C, Presneau, Nadege, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rhenius, Valerie, Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schuetze, Sabine, Scott, Christopher, Shah, Mitul, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa C, Tapper, William J, Teras, Lauren R, Tollenaar, Rob A E M, Tomczyk, Katarzyna, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Vachon, Celine M, van Veen, Elke M, Wang, Qin, Wendt, Camilla, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Ziogas, Argyrios, Hall, Per, Pharoah, Paul D P, Adank, Muriel A, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Schmidt, Marjanka K, and Hooning, Maartje J
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) patients with a germline CHEK2 c.1100delC variant have an increased risk of contralateral BC (CBC) and worse BC-specific survival (BCSS) compared to non-carriers.AIM: To assessed the associations of CHEK2 c.1100delC, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with CBC risk and BCSS.METHODS: Analyses were based on 82,701 women diagnosed with a first primary invasive BC including 963 CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers; median follow-up was 9.1 years. Differential associations with treatment by CHEK2 c.1100delC status were tested by including interaction terms in a multivariable Cox regression model. A multi-state model was used for further insight into the relation between CHEK2 c.1100delC status, treatment, CBC risk and death.RESULTS: There was no evidence for differential associations of therapy with CBC risk by CHEK2 c.1100delC status. The strongest association with reduced CBC risk was observed for the combination of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy [HR (95% CI): 0.66 (0.55-0.78)]. No association was observed with radiotherapy. Results from the multi-state model showed shorter BCSS for CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers versus non-carriers also after accounting for CBC occurrence [HR (95% CI): 1.30 (1.09-1.56)].CONCLUSION: Systemic therapy was associated with reduced CBC risk irrespective of CHEK2 c.1100delC status. Moreover, CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers had shorter BCSS, which appears not to be fully explained by their CBC risk.
Published: 2023

2. Genome-wide association study of lung adenocarcinoma in East Asia and comparison with a European population

Author: Shi, Jianxin, Shiraishi, Kouya, Choi, Jiyeon, Matsuo, Keitaro, Chen, Tzu-Yu, Dai, Juncheng, Hung, Rayjean J, Chen, Kexin, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Kim, Young Tae, Landi, Maria Teresa, Lin, Dongxin, Zheng, Wei, Yin, Zhihua, Zhou, Baosen, Song, Bao, Wang, Jiucun, Seow, Wei Jie, Song, Lei, Chang, I-Shou, Hu, Wei, Chien, Li-Hsin, Cai, Qiuyin, Hong, Yun-Chul, Kim, Hee Nam, Wu, Yi-Long, Wong, Maria Pik, Richardson, Brian Douglas, Funderburk, Karen M, Li, Shilan, Zhang, Tongwu, Breeze, Charles, Wang, Zhaoming, Blechter, Batel, Bassig, Bryan A, Kim, Jin Hee, Albanes, Demetrius, Wong, Jason Y Y, Shin, Min-Ho, Chung, Lap Ping, Yang, Yang, An, She-Juan, Zheng, Hong, Yatabe, Yasushi, Zhang, Xu-Chao, Kim, Young-Chul, Caporaso, Neil E, Chang, Jiang, Ho, James Chung Man, Kubo, Michiaki, Daigo, Yataro, Song, Minsun, Momozawa, Yukihide, Kamatani, Yoichiro, Kobayashi, Masashi, Okubo, Kenichi, Honda, Takayuki, Hosgood, Dean H, Kunitoh, Hideo, Patel, Harsh, Watanabe, Shun-Ichi, Miyagi, Yohei, Nakayama, Haruhiko, Matsumoto, Shingo, Horinouchi, Hidehito, Tsuboi, Masahiro, Hamamoto, Ryuji, Goto, Koichi, Ohe, Yuichiro, Takahashi, Atsushi, Goto, Akiteru, Minamiya, Yoshihiro, Hara, Megumi, Nishida, Yuichiro, Takeuchi, Kenji, Wakai, Kenji, Matsuda, Koichi, Murakami, Yoshinori, Shimizu, Kimihiro, Suzuki, Hiroyuki, Saito, Motonobu, Ohtaki, Yoichi, Tanaka, Kazumi, Wu, Tangchun, Wei, Fusheng, Dai, Hongji, Machiela, Mitchell J, Su, Jian, Kim, Yeul Hong, Oh, In-Jae, Lee, Victor Ho Fun, Chang, Gee-Chen, Tsai, Ying-Huang, Chen, Kuan-Yu, Huang, Ming-Shyan, Su, Wu-Chou, Chen, Yuh-Min, Seow, Adeline, Park, Jae Yong, Kweon, Sun-Seog, Chen, Kun-Chieh, Gao, Yu-Tang, Qian, Biyun, Wu, Chen, Lu, Daru, Liu, Jianjun, Schwartz, Ann G, Houlston, Richard, Spitz, Margaret R, Gorlov, Ivan P, Wu, Xifeng, Yang, Ping, Lam, Stephen, Tardon, Adonina, Chen, Chu, Bojesen, Stig E, Johansson, Mattias, Risch, Angela, Bickeböller, Heike, Ji, Bu-Tian, Wichmann, H-Erich, Christiani, David C, Rennert, Gadi, Arnold, Susanne, Brennan, Paul, McKay, James, Field, John K, Shete, Sanjay S, Le Marchand, Loic, Liu, Geoffrey, Andrew, Angeline, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Zienolddiny-Narui, Shan, Grankvist, Kjell, Johansson, Mikael, Cox, Angela, Taylor, Fiona, Yuan, Jian-Min, Lazarus, Philip, Schabath, Matthew B, Aldrich, Melinda C, Jeon, Hyo-Sung, Jiang, Shih Sheng, Sung, Jae Sook, Chen, Chung-Hsing, Hsiao, Chin-Fu, Jung, Yoo Jin, Guo, Huan, Hu, Zhibin, Burdett, Laurie, Yeager, Meredith, Hutchinson, Amy, Hicks, Belynda, Liu, Jia, Zhu, Bin, Berndt, Sonja I, Wu, Wei, Wang, Junwen, Li, Yuqing, Choi, Jin Eun, Park, Kyong Hwa, Sung, Sook Whan, Liu, Li, Kang, Chang Hyun, Wang, Wen-Chang, Xu, Jun, Guan, Peng, Tan, Wen, Yu, Chong-Jen, Yang, Gong, Sihoe, Alan Dart Loon, Chen, Ying, Choi, Yi Young, Kim, Jun Suk, Yoon, Ho-Il, Park, In Kyu, Xu, Ping, He, Qincheng, Wang, Chih-Liang, Hung, Hsiao-Han, Vermeulen, Roel C H, Cheng, Iona, Wu, Junjie, Lim, Wei-Yen, Tsai, Fang-Yu, Chan, John K C, Li, Jihua, Chen, Hongyan, Lin, Hsien-Chih, Jin, Li, Liu, Jie, Sawada, Norie, Yamaji, Taiki, Wyatt, Kathleen, Li, Shengchao A, Ma, Hongxia, Zhu, Meng, Wang, Zhehai, Cheng, Sensen, Li, Xuelian, Ren, Yangwu, Chao, Ann, Iwasaki, Motoki, Zhu, Junjie, Jiang, Gening, Fei, Ke, Wu, Guoping, Chen, Chih-Yi, Chen, Chien-Jen, Yang, Pan-Chyr, Yu, Jinming, Stevens, Victoria L, Fraumeni, Joseph F, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Gorlova, Olga Y, Hsiung, Chao Agnes, Amos, Christopher I, Shen, Hongbing, Chanock, Stephen J, Rothman, Nathaniel, Kohno, Takashi, Lan, Qing, and IRAS OH Epidemiology Chemical Agents
Subjects: Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Asia, Eastern/epidemiology, Lung Neoplasms/epidemiology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Adenocarcinoma of Lung/genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer. Known risk variants explain only a small fraction of lung adenocarcinoma heritability. Here, we conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study of lung adenocarcinoma of East Asian ancestry (21,658 cases and 150,676 controls; 54.5% never-smokers) and identified 12 novel susceptibility variants, bringing the total number to 28 at 25 independent loci. Transcriptome-wide association analyses together with colocalization studies using a Taiwanese lung expression quantitative trait loci dataset (n = 115) identified novel candidate genes, including FADS1 at 11q12 and ELF5 at 11p13. In a multi-ancestry meta-analysis of East Asian and European studies, four loci were identified at 2p11, 4q32, 16q23, and 18q12. At the same time, most of our findings in East Asian populations showed no evidence of association in European populations. In our studies drawn from East Asian populations, a polygenic risk score based on the 25 loci had a stronger association in never-smokers vs. individuals with a history of smoking (P interaction = 0.0058). These findings provide new insights into the etiology of lung adenocarcinoma in individuals from East Asian populations, which could be important in developing translational applications.
Published: 2023

3. Association of the CHEK2 c.1100delC variant, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with contralateral breast cancer risk and breast cancer-specific survival

Author: Morra, Anna, Schreurs, Maartje A C, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Augustinsson, Annelie, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brauch, Hiltrud, Broeks, Annegien, Buys, Saundra S, Camp, Nicola J, Castelao, Jose E, Cessna, Melissa H, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chung, Wendy K, Collaborators, Nbcs, Colonna, Sarah V, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Fehm, Tanja N, Figueroa, Jonine D, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Genkinger, Jeanine, Grassmann, Felix, Gündert, Melanie, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Houlston, Richard S, Howell, Anthony, Investigators, Abctb, Investigators, kConFab, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, Jernström, Helena, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lambrechts, Diether, Marchand, Loic Le, Lindblom, Annika, Lubiński, Jan, Lux, Michael P, Mannermaa, Arto, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Muranen, Taru A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nevelsteen, Ines, Neven, Patrick, Newman, William G, Obi, Nadia, Offit, Kenneth, Olshan, Andrew F, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peterlongo, Paolo, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Polley, Eric C, Presneau, Nadege, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rhenius, Valerie, Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schuetze, Sabine, Shah, Mitul, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa C, Tapper, William J, Teras, Lauren R, Tollenaar, Rob A E M, Tomczyk, Katarzyna, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Vachon, Celine M, van Veen, Elke M, Wang, Qin, Wendt, Camilla, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Ziogas, Argyrios, Hall, Per, Pharoah, Paul D P, Adank, Muriel A, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Schmidt, Marjanka K, and Hooning, Maartje J
Subjects: Manchester Cancer Research Centre, ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/mcrc
Abstract: Breast cancer (BC) patients with a germline CHEK2 c.1100delC variant have an increased risk of contralateral BC (CBC) and worse BC-specific survival (BCSS) compared to non-carriers. We aimed to assess the associations of CHEK2 c.1100delC, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with CBC risk and BCSS. Analyses were based on 82,701 women diagnosed with invasive BC including 963 CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers; median follow-up was 9.1 years. Differential associations of treatment by CHEK2 c.1100delC status were tested by including interaction terms in a multivariable Cox regression model. A multi-state model was used for further insight into the relation between CHEK2 c.1100delC status, treatment, CBC risk and death. There was no evidence for differential associations of therapy with CBC risk by CHEK2 c.1100delC status The strongest association with reduced CBC risk was observed for the combination of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy [HR(95%CI): 0.66 (0.55-0.78)]. No association was observed with radiotherapy. Results from the multi-state model showed shorter BCSS for CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers versus non-carriers also after accounting for CBC occurrence [HR(95%CI) :1.30 (1.09-1.56)]. In conclusion, systemic therapy was associated with reduced CBC risk irrespective of CHEK2 c.1100delC status. Moreover, CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers had shorter BCSS, which appears not to be fully explained by their CBC risk. (Main MS: 3201 words).
Published: 2023

4. Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study

Author: Dixon-Suen, Suzanne C, Lewis, Sarah J, Martin, Richard M, English, Dallas R, Boyle, Terry, Giles, Graham G, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Lush, Michael, Investigators, Abctb, Ahearn, Thomas U, Ambrosone, Christine B, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Auvinen, Päivi, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brenner, Hermann, Brüning, Thomas, Buys, Saundra S, Camp, Nicola J, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Cessna, Melissa H, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Clarke, Christine L, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Goldberg, Mark S, Guénel, Pascal, Gündert, Melanie, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Häberle, Lothar, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hart, Steven N, Harvie, Michelle, Hillemanns, Peter, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Kitahara, Cari M, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kurian, Allison W, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lindblom, Annika, Loibl, Sibylle, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Menon, Usha, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Murphy, Rachel A, Collaborators, Nbcs, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nevelsteen, Ines, Newman, William G, Offit, Kenneth, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Patel, Alpa, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rees-Punia, Erika, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Christopher, Shah, Mitul, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Southey, Melissa C, Stone, Jennifer, Surowy, Harald, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Terry, Mary Beth, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine M, Joseph, Vijai, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Wolk, Alicja, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Dunning, Alison M, Pharoah, Paul DP, Easton, Douglas F, Milne, Roger L, Lynch, Brigid M, Breast Cancer Association Consortium, Law and Economics, Medical Oncology, Dixon-Suen, Suzanne C [0000-0003-3714-8386], Boyle, Terry [0000-0001-6741-330X], Romero, Atocha [0000-0002-1634-7397], Lynch, Brigid M [0000-0001-8060-547X], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Dixon-Suen, Suzanne C, Lewis, Sarah J, Martin, Richard M, English, Dallas R, Boyle, Terry, Lynch, Brigid M, ABCTB Investigators, NBCS Collaborators, and Breast Canc Assoc Consortium
Subjects: Breast Neoplasms, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, Basic medicine, breast cancer risk, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Risk Factors, sedentary behaviour, Genetics, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Breast, causal inference, Exercise, Manchester Cancer Research Centre, Physical activity, genetic variants, Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology, ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/mcrc, General Medicine, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, FOS: Biological sciences, Clinical medicine, instruments, physical inactivity, Sedentary Behaviour, Female, ICEP, Sedentary Behavior
Abstract: ObjectivesPhysical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are associated with higher breast cancer risk in observational studies, but ascribing causality is difficult. Mendelian randomisation (MR) assesses causality by simulating randomised trial groups using genotype. We assessed whether lifelong physical activity or sedentary time, assessed using genotype, may be causally associated with breast cancer risk overall, pre/post-menopause, and by case-groups defined by tumour characteristics.MethodsWe performed two-sample inverse-variance-weighted MR using individual-level Breast Cancer Association Consortium case-control data from 130 957 European-ancestry women (69 838 invasive cases), and published UK Biobank data (n=91 105–377 234). Genetic instruments were single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated in UK Biobank with wrist-worn accelerometer-measured overall physical activity (nsnps=5) or sedentary time (nsnps=6), or accelerometer-measured (nsnps=1) or self-reported (nsnps=5) vigorous physical activity.ResultsGreater genetically-predicted overall activity was associated with lower breast cancer overall risk (OR=0.59; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.42 to 0.83 per-standard deviation (SD;~8 milligravities acceleration)) and for most case-groups. Genetically-predicted vigorous activity was associated with lower risk of pre/perimenopausal breast cancer (OR=0.62; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.87,≥3 vs. 0 self-reported days/week), with consistent estimates for most case-groups. Greater genetically-predicted sedentary time was associated with higher hormone-receptor-negative tumour risk (OR=1.77; 95% CI 1.07 to 2.92 per-SD (~7% time spent sedentary)), with elevated estimates for most case-groups. Results were robust to sensitivity analyses examining pleiotropy (including weighted-median-MR, MR-Egger).ConclusionOur study provides strong evidence that greater overall physical activity, greater vigorous activity, and lower sedentary time are likely to reduce breast cancer risk. More widespread adoption of active lifestyles may reduce the burden from the most common cancer in women.
Published: 2022

5. Incorporating progesterone receptor expression into the PREDICT breast prognostic model

Author: Grootes, Isabelle, Keeman, Renske, Blows, Fiona M, Milne, Roger L, Giles, Graham G, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Fasching, Peter A, Abubakar, Mustapha, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Beckmann, Matthias W, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Briceno, Ignacio, Burwinkel, Barbara, Camp, Nicola J, Castelao, Jose E, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Clarke, Christine L, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Eriksson, Mikael, Ernst, Kristina, Evans, D Gareth, Figueroa, Jonine D, Fink, Visnja, Floris, Giuseppe, Fox, Stephen, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Sáenz, José A, González-Neira, Anna, Haeberle, Lothar, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F, Hartman, Mikael, Hein, Alexander, Hooning, Maartje J, Hou, Ming-Feng, Howell, Sacha J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab Investigators, Ito, Hidemi, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey, Kang, Daehee, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kwong, Ava, Lambrechts, Diether, Li, Jingmei, Lubiński, Jan, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Matsuo, Keitaro, Taib, Nur Aishah Mohd, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, Offit, Kenneth, Osorio, Ana, Park, Sue K, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Patel, Alpa V, Presneau, Nadege, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schochter, Fabienne, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shibli, Rana, Sinn, Peter, Tapper, William J, Tawfiq, Essa, Teo, Soo Hwang, Teras, Lauren R, Torres, Diana, Vachon, Celine M, van Deurzen, Carolien HM, Wendt, Camilla, Williams, Justin A, Winqvist, Robert, Elwood, Mark, Schmidt, Marjanka K, García-Closas, Montserrat, Pharoah, Paul DP, Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: breast cancer, Receptor, ErbB-2, Humans, PREDICT Breast, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Prognosis, Receptors, Progesterone, Progesterone, Progesterone receptor
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Predict Breast (www.predict.nhs.uk) is an online prognostication and treatment benefit tool for early invasive breast cancer. The aim of this study was to incorporate the prognostic effect of progesterone receptor (PR) status into a new version of PREDICT and to compare its performance to the current version (2.2). METHOD: The prognostic effect of PR status was based on the analysis of data from 45,088 European patients with breast cancer from 49 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratio for PR status. Data from a New Zealand study of 11,365 patients with early invasive breast cancer were used for external validation. Model calibration and discrimination were used to test the model performance. RESULTS: Having a PR-positive tumour was associated with a 23% and 28% lower risk of dying from breast cancer for women with oestrogen receptor (ER)-negative and ER-positive breast cancer, respectively. The area under the ROC curve increased with the addition of PR status from 0.807 to 0.809 for patients with ER-negative tumours (p = 0.023) and from 0.898 to 0.902 for patients with ER-positive tumours (p = 2.3 × 10-6) in the New Zealand cohort. Model calibration was modest with 940 observed deaths compared to 1151 predicted. CONCLUSION: The inclusion of the prognostic effect of PR status to PREDICT Breast has led to an improvement of model performance and more accurate absolute treatment benefit predictions for individual patients. Further studies should determine whether the baseline hazard function requires recalibration.
Published: 2022
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6. A biobank perspective on use of tissue samples donated by trial participants

Author: Speirs, Valerie, Cox, Angela, Chelala, Claude, James, Jacqueline A., Adams, Richard A., and Jones, J Louise
Subjects: Clinical Trials as Topic, Biomedical Research, Tissue and Organ Procurement, Oncology, Humans, Biological Specimen Banks
Abstract: As academics closely involved in UK biobanking, we welcome the suggestions made in The Lancet Oncology by Robert Coleman and colleagues to develop guidelines to make the transfer of human tissue samples collected from trials into biobanks a more streamlined and transparent process. Patient-derived material and data are a valuable resource for contemporary biomedical research. Tissue from trials is especially valued due to the well-defined population and rigour of patient sampling and data curation.
Published: 2022

7. Additional file 4 of Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes

Author: Ahearn, Thomas U., Zhang, Haoyu, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Milne, Roger L., Bolla, Manjeet K., Dennis, Joe, Dunning, Alison M., Lush, Michael, Wang, Qin, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J., Auer, Paul L., Augustinsson, Annelie, Baten, Adinda, Becher, Heiko, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E., Bonanni, Bernardo, B��rresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Br��ning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S., Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L., Coll��e, J. Margriet, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., Devilee, Peter, D��rk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M., Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine, Floris, Giuseppe, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M., Garc��a-S��enz, Jos�� A., Gaudet, Mia M., Giles, Graham G., Goldberg, Mark S., Gonz��lez-Neira, Anna, Aln��s, Grethe I. Grenaker, Grip, Mervi, Gu��nel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette A. M., Holleczek, Bernd, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoover, Robert N., Hopper, John L., Howell, Anthony, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M., Jones, Michael E., Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kauppila, Saila, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M., Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N., Kr��ger, Ute, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kurian, Allison W., Kyriacou, Kyriacos, Lambrechts, Diether, Lee, Derrick G., Lindblom, Annika, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Llaneza, Ana, Lo, Wing-Yee, MacInnis, Robert J., Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, McLean, Catriona, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G., Nodora, Jesse, Offit, Kenneth, Olsson, H��kan, Orr, Nick, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Patel, Alpa V., Peto, Julian, Pita, Guillermo, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prentice, Ross, Punie, Kevin, Pylk��s, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Romero, Atocha, R��diger, Thomas, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sampson, Sarah, Sandler, Dale P., Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmutzler, Rita K., Schoemaker, Minouk J., Sch��ttker, Ben, Sherman, Mark E., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa C., Spinelli, John J., Swerdlow, Anthony J., Tamimi, Rulla M., Tapper, William J., Taylor, Jack A., Teras, Lauren R., Terry, Mary Beth, Torres, Diana, Troester, Melissa A., Vachon, Celine M., van Deurzen, Carolien H. M., van Veen, Elke M., Wagner, Philippe, Weinberg, Clarice R., Wendt, Camilla, Wesseling, Jelle, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R., Zheng, Wei, Couch, Fergus J., Simard, Jacques, Kraft, Peter, Easton, Douglas F., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Garc��a-Closas, Montserrat, and Chatterjee, Nilanjan
Subjects: Data_FILES
Abstract: Additional file 4. Funding and Acknowledgement. This file contains the additional funding not included in the main text, the acknowledgments, and the names of the people in the collaboration groups.
Published: 2022
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8. Gene–gene interaction of AhRwith and within the Wntcascade affects susceptibility to lung cancer

Author: Rosenberger, Albert, Muttray, Nils, Hung, Rayjean J., Christiani, David C., Caporaso, Neil E., Liu, Geoffrey, Bojesen, Stig E., Le Marchand, Loic, Albanes, Demetrius, Aldrich, Melinda C., Tardón, Adonina, Fernández Tardón, Guillermo, Rennert, Gad, Field, John K., Davies, Michael P. A., Liloglou, Triantafillos, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Lazarus, Philip, Wendel, Bernadette, Haugen, Aage, Zienolddiny, Shanbeh, Lam, Stephen, Schabath, Matthew B., Andrew, Angeline S., Duell, Eric J., Arnold, Susanne M., Goodman, Gary E., Chen, Chu, Doherty, Jennifer A., Taylor, Fiona, Cox, Angela, Woll, Penella J., Risch, Angela, Muley, Thomas R., Johansson, Mikael, Brennan, Paul, Landi, Maria Teresa, Shete, Sanjay S., Amos, Christopher I., Bickeböller, Heike, and The INTEGRAL‑ILCCO Consortium
Subjects: Male, Lung Neoplasms, Genotype, Risk factors in diseases, Decision trees, Association, All institutes and research themes of the Radboud University Medical Center, Polygenic risk score, Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, RNA, Neoplasm, Wnt Signaling Pathway, Medicinsk genetik, Cancer och onkologi, Small cell lung cancer, Factors de risc en les malalties, Research, Never smoker, General Medicine, respiratory system, Middle Aged, respiratory tract diseases, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Genes, Receptors, Aryl Hydrocarbon, Susceptibility, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], Cancer and Oncology, Gene–gene integration, Càncer de pulmó, Medicine, Female, Lung cancer, Prediction, Medical Genetics, Gens, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Projekt DEAL; National Institutes of Health [7U19CA203654-02/397 114564-5111078]; National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health [U01 CA063673, UM1 CA167462, R01 CA 111703, RO1 CA 151989, U01 CA167462]; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; NCI [5U01CA209414.]; Open Access Publication Funds of the Gottingen University, Rosenberger A, Muttray N, Hung RJ, Christiani DC, Caporaso NE, Liu G, Bojesen SE, Le Marchand L, Albanes D, Aldrich MC, Tardon A, Fernández-Tardón G, Rennert G, Field JK, Davies MPA, Liloglou T, Kiemeney LA, Lazarus P, Wendel B, Haugen A, Zienolddiny S, Lam S, Schabath MB, Andrew AS, Duell EJ, Arnold SM, Goodman GE, Chen C, Doherty JA, Taylor F, Cox A, Woll PJ, Risch A, Muley TR, Johansson M, Brennan P, Landi MT, Shete SS, Amos CI, Bickeböller H; INTEGRAL-ILCCO Consortium
Published: 2022

9. BMC Bioinformatics / I am hiQ—a novel pair of accuracy indices for imputed genotypes

Author: Rosenberger, Albert, Tozzi, Viola, Bickeböller, Heike, Hung, Rayjean J., Christiani, David C., Caporaso, Neil E., Albanes, Demetrios, Landi, Maria Teresa, Liu, Geoffrey, Bojesen, Stig Egil, Marchand, Loic Le, Aldrich, Melinda C., Tardon, Adonina, Fernández-Tardón, Guillermo, Rennert, Gad, Field, John, Davies, Mike, Liloglou, Triantafillos, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Lazarus, Philip, Haugen, Aage, Zienolddiny, Shanbeh, Lam, Stephen, Schabath, Matthew B., Andrew, Angeline S., Duell, Eric J., Arnold, Susanne Margaretha, Brunnström, Hans, Melander, Olle, Chen, Chu, Doherty, Jennifer A., Teare, Marion Dawn, Cox, Angela, Woll, Penella J., Risch, Angela, Muley, Thomas R., Vejdemo-Johansson, Mikael, Brennan, Paul, Shete, Sanjay S., and Amos, Christopher I.
Subjects: Genotype imputation, High-throughput genotyping, Accuracy measures, GWAS
Abstract: Background: Imputation of untyped markers is a standard tool in genome-wide association studies to close the gap between directly genotyped and other known DNA variants. However, high accuracy with which genotypes are imputed is fundamental. Several accuracy measures have been proposed and some are implemented in imputation software, unfortunately diversely across platforms. In the present paper, we introduce Iam hiQ, an independent pair of accuracy measures that can be applied to dosage files, the output of all imputation software. Iam (imputation accuracy measure) quantifies the average amount of individual-specific versus population-specific genotype information in a linear manner. hiQ (heterogeneity in quantities of dosages) addresses the inter-individual heterogeneity between dosages of a marker across the sample at hand. Results: Applying both measures to a large case–control sample of the International Lung Cancer Consortium (ILCCO), comprising 27,065 individuals, we found meaningful thresholds for Iam and hiQ suitable to classify markers of poor accuracy. We demonstrate how Manhattan-like plots and moving averages of Iam and hiQ can be useful to identify regions enriched with less accurate imputed markers, whereas these regions would by missed when applying the accuracy measure info (implemented in IMPUTE2). Conclusion: We recommend using Iam hiQ additional to other accuracy scores for variant filtering before stepping into the analysis of imputed GWAS data.
Published: 2022

10. Additional file 1 of Gene��gene interaction of AhRwith and within the Wntcascade affects susceptibility to lung cancer

Author: Rosenberger, Albert, Muttray, Nils, Hung, Rayjean J., Christiani, David C., Caporaso, Neil E., Liu, Geoffrey, Bojesen, Stig E., Le Marchand, Loic, Albanes, Demetrios, Aldrich, Melinda C., Tardon, Adonina, Fern��ndez-Tard��n, Guillermo, Rennert, Gad, Field, John K., Davies, Michael P. A., Liloglou, Triantafillos, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Lazarus, Philip, Wendel, Bernadette, Haugen, Aage, Zienolddiny, Shanbeh, Lam, Stephen, Schabath, Matthew B., Andrew, Angeline S., Duell, Eric J., Arnold, Susanne M., Goodman, Gary E., Chen, Chu, Doherty, Jennifer A., Taylor, Fiona, Cox, Angela, Woll, Penella J., Risch, Angela, Muley, Thomas R., Johansson, Mikael, Brennan, Paul, Landi, Maria Teresa, Shete, Sanjay S., Amos, Christopher I., and Bickeb��ller, Heike
Subjects: respiratory tract diseases
Abstract: Additional file 1: Table S1. List of investigated SNPs (AhR/Wnt-markers and LC-markers). Table S2. Association of AhR/Wnt-marker within subgroups. Table S3. Association of markers reported elsewhere. Table S4. Score composition and importance ratio. Table S5. Discriminability of prediction scores. Table S6. Prediction accuracy of the decision trees. Table S7. Prediction accuracy in never smokers by histological subtypes. Table S8. Expression in normal tissue of the lung according LungGENS. Table S9. Expression in normal tissue of the lung according the Human Protein Atlas. Figure S1. Association of AhR/Wnt-markers within never and ever smokers. Figure S2. Decision tree for overall LC. Figure S3. LC-risk score: model selection and ROCs for overall LC. Figure S4. LC-risk score: model selection and ROCs for SCLC and Never smoker. Figure S5. Decision tree for early onset LC (age ��55 years). Figure S6. Decision tree for SqCLC. Figure S7. Decision tree for SCLC. Figure S8. Decision tree for ever smoker. Figure S9. Expression profiles according to the Human Protein Atlas.
Published: 2022
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11. Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk

Author: Park, Hanla A, Neumeyer, Sonja, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Baten, Adinda, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Han, Sileny, Harkness, Elaine F, Hart, Steven N, He, Wei, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, Hopper, John L, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, KConFab Investigators, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Koppert, Linetta B, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lacey, James, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lo, Wing-Yee, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Muranen, Taru A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Offit, Kenneth, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Christopher, Shah, Mitul, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Smeets, Ann, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stevens, Victoria, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Terry, Mary Beth, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Vachon, Celine M, Van Veen, Elke M, Vijai, Joseph, Wang, Sophia, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Ziogas, Argyrios, Dunning, Alison M, Pharoah, Paul DP, Easton, Douglas F, Zheng, Wei, Kraft, Peter, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Park, Hanla A [0000-0001-8055-3729], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Augustinsson, Annelie [0000-0003-3415-0536], Brenner, Hermann [0000-0002-6129-1572], Canzian, Federico [0000-0002-4261-4583], Cox, Angela [0000-0002-5138-1099], Devilee, Peter [0000-0002-8023-2009], Fasching, Peter A [0000-0003-4885-8471], Harkness, Elaine F [0000-0001-6625-7739], Hart, Steven N [0000-0001-7714-2734], Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM [0000-0002-9724-6693], Jakubowska, Anna [0000-0002-5650-0501], Kapoor, Pooja Middha [0000-0001-5503-8215], Kurian, Allison W [0000-0002-6175-9470], Newman, William G [0000-0002-6382-4678], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Peto, Julian [0000-0002-1685-8912], Sawyer, Elinor J [0000-0001-8285-4111], Scott, Christopher [0000-0003-1340-0647], Smeets, Ann [0000-0002-5091-6602], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], Truong, Thérèse [0000-0002-2943-6786], Pharoah, Paul DP [0000-0001-8494-732X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Genotyping Techniques, 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Pleiotropy, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Cigarette Smoking, Case-Control Studies, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Despite a modest association between tobacco smoking and breast cancer risk reported by recent epidemiological studies, it is still equivocal whether smoking is causally related to breast cancer risk. METHODS: We applied Mendelian randomisation (MR) to evaluate a potential causal effect of cigarette smoking on breast cancer risk. Both individual-level data as well as summary statistics for 164 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) reported in genome-wide association studies of lifetime smoking index (LSI) or cigarette per day (CPD) were used to obtain MR effect estimates. Data from 108,420 invasive breast cancer cases and 87,681 controls were used for the LSI analysis and for the CPD analysis conducted among ever-smokers from 26,147 cancer cases and 26,072 controls. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to address pleiotropy. RESULTS: Genetically predicted LSI was associated with increased breast cancer risk (OR 1.18 per SD, 95% CI: 1.07-1.30, P = 0.11 × 10-2), but there was no evidence of association for genetically predicted CPD (OR 1.02, 95% CI: 0.78-1.19, P = 0.85). The sensitivity analyses yielded similar results and showed no strong evidence of pleiotropic effect. CONCLUSION: Our MR study provides supportive evidence for a potential causal association with breast cancer risk for lifetime smoking exposure but not cigarettes per day among smokers.
Published: 2021

12. Rare germline copy number variants (CNVs) and breast cancer risk

Author: Dennis, Joe, Tyrer, Jonathan, Walker, Logan C, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Dorling, Leila, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Jean, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brenner, Hermann, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, Kristensen, Vessela N, Sahlberg, Kristine K, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Gram, Inger Torhild, Engebråten, Olav, Naume, Bjørn, Geisler, Jürgen, Alnæs, Grethe I Grenaker, Collée, J Margriet, Lacey, James, Martinez, Elena, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dossus, Laure, Eliassen, A Heather, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Clarke, Christine, Carpenter, Jane, Marsh, Deborah, Scott, Rodney, Baxter, Robert, Yip, Desmond, Davis, Alison, Pathmanathan, Nirmala, Simpson, Peter, Graham, Dinny, Sachchithananthan, Mythily, Campbell, Ian, De Fazio, Anna, Fox, Stephen, Kirk, Judy, Lindeman, Geoff, Milne, Roger, Southey, Melissa, Spurdle, Amanda, Thorne, Heather, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Michael E, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kurian, Allison W, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Larson, Nicole L, Linet, Martha, Ogrodniczak, Alicja, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Milne, Roger L, Muranen, Taru A, Murphy, Rachel A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Perou, Charles M, Peterlongo, Paolo, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pylkäs, Katri, Rennert, Gad, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Shibli, Rana, Smeets, Ann, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Taylor, Jack A, Teras, Lauren R, Terry, Mary Beth, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Vachon, Celine M, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Simard, Jacques, Dunning, Alison, Pharoah, Paul, Easton, Douglas, Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Tyrer, Jonathan [0000-0003-3724-4757], Walker, Logan C [0000-0003-0018-3719], Michailidou, Kyriaki [0000-0001-7065-1237], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Andrulis, Irene L [0000-0002-4226-6435], Arndt, Volker [0000-0001-9320-8684], Aronson, Kristan J [0000-0002-7865-7243], Behrens, Sabine [0000-0002-9714-104X], Kristensen, Vessela N [0000-0001-5012-7438], Dörk, Thilo [0000-0002-9458-0282], Dossus, Laure [0000-0003-2716-5748], Figueroa, Jonine [0000-0002-5100-623X], Fritschi, Lin [0000-0002-7692-3560], Giles, Graham G [0000-0003-4946-9099], Hollestelle, Antoinette [0000-0003-1166-1966], Jakubowska, Anna [0000-0002-5650-0501], Johnson, Nichola [0000-0002-8230-5662], Jones, Michael E [0000-0001-7479-3451], Keeman, Renske [0000-0002-5452-9933], Larson, Nicole L [0000-0002-2129-6934], Milne, Roger L [0000-0001-5764-7268], Nevanlinna, Heli [0000-0002-0916-2976], Olson, Janet E [0000-0003-4944-7789], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana [0000-0001-8877-2416], Pylkäs, Katri [0000-0002-2449-0521], Rennert, Gad [0000-0002-8512-068X], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], Truong, Thérèse [0000-0002-2943-6786], Vachon, Celine M [0000-0002-1962-9322], Wolk, Alicja [0000-0001-7387-6845], Ziogas, Argyrios [0000-0003-4529-3727], Simard, Jacques [0000-0001-6906-3390], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Wilson, Leila [0000-0003-1214-8080], Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Clinicum
Subjects: endocrine system diseases, 45/43, Medicine (miscellaneous), Genome-wide association studies, Basic medicine, Breast cancer, Other medical sciences, Runx2, Risk Factors, Biology (General), skin and connective tissue diseases, 0303 health sciences, 030305 genetics & heredity, article, 3. Good health, Female, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medical Genetics, Mutations, DNA Copy Number Variations, Locus, QH301-705.5, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, 631/208/205/2138, Breast Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms/genetics, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, NBCS Collaborators, Association, Deletion, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, mental disorders, Humans, 030304 developmental biology, Medicinsk genetik, Cancer och onkologi, Genome, Human, Health sciences, 631/67/1347, CTS Consortium, Germ Cells, Genes, Clinical medicine, Cancer and Oncology, Case-Control Studies, 3111 Biomedicine, Structural variation, Brca1, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Germline copy number variants (CNVs) are pervasive in the human genome but potential disease associations with rare CNVs have not been comprehensively assessed in large datasets. We analysed rare CNVs in genes and non-coding regions for 86,788 breast cancer cases and 76,122 controls of European ancestry with genome-wide array data. Gene burden tests detected the strongest association for deletions in BRCA1 (P = 3.7E−18). Nine other genes were associated with a p-value, Dennis et al. investigate potential breast cancer associations with rare germline copy number variants (CNVs) by conducting a genome-wide analysis in a large breast cancer case-control dataset. The authors detected associations with exonic deletions in established breast cancer susceptibility genes and suggestive associations for a number of non-coding CNVs.
Published: 2021

13. Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Survival by Tumor Subtype: Pooled Analyses from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

Author: Morra, Anna, Jung, Audrey Y, Behrens, Sabine, Keeman, Renske, Ahearn, Thomas U, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Augustinsson, Annelie, Auvinen, Päivi K, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Brucker, Sara Y, Camp, Nicola J, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Clarke, Christine L, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Egan, Kathleen M, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Han, Sileny N, Hart, Steven N, Hartman, Mikael, Heyworth, Jane S, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Hunter, David J, Ito, Hidemi, Jager, Agnes, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Kitahara, Cari M, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Li, Jingmei, Lindblom, Annika, Lubiński, Jan, Lush, Michael, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Mariapun, Shivaani, Matsuo, Keitaro, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Milne, Roger L, Muranen, Taru A, Newman, William G, Noh, Dong-Young, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Obi, Nadia, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Petridis, Christos, Pharoah, Paul DP, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Rhenius, Valerie, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Christopher, Shah, Mitul, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Southey, Melissa C, Stram, Daniel O, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Vachon, Celine M, Wang, Qin, Wang, Sophia S, Williams, Justin A, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H, Yoo, Keun-Young, Yu, Jyh-Cherng, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Yang, Xiaohong R, Eliassen, A Heather, Holmes, Michelle D, García-Closas, Montserrat, Teo, Soo Hwang, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Chang-Claude, Jenny, ABCTB Investigators, NBCS Collaborators, Behrens, Sabine [0000-0002-9714-104X], Keeman, Renske [0000-0002-5452-9933], Ahearn, Thomas U [0000-0003-0771-7752], Arndt, Volker [0000-0001-9320-8684], Augustinsson, Annelie [0000-0003-3415-0536], Brenner, Hermann [0000-0002-6129-1572], Camp, Nicola J [0000-0002-4788-1998], Canzian, Federico [0000-0002-4261-4583], Cox, Angela [0000-0002-5138-1099], Dunning, Alison M [0000-0001-6651-7166], Evans, D Gareth [0000-0002-8482-5784], Fasching, Peter A [0000-0003-4885-8471], Gago-Dominguez, Manuela [0000-0001-6713-4351], García-Sáenz, José A [0000-0001-6880-0301], Gaudet, Mia M [0000-0002-6429-4007], Giles, Graham G [0000-0003-4946-9099], Guénel, Pascal [0000-0002-8359-518X], Hall, Per [0000-0002-5640-9126], Hart, Steven N [0000-0001-7714-2734], Hartman, Mikael [0000-0001-5726-9965], Ito, Hidemi [0000-0002-8023-4581], Jager, Agnes [0000-0002-7713-1450], Jakubowska, Anna [0000-0002-5650-0501], Janni, Wolfgang [0000-0001-5911-2400], Kaaks, Rudolf [0000-0003-3751-3929], Kapoor, Pooja Middha [0000-0001-5503-8215], Koutros, Stella [0000-0001-5294-5485], Lambrechts, Diether [0000-0002-3429-302X], Li, Jingmei [0000-0001-8587-7511], Matsuo, Keitaro [0000-0003-1761-6314], Milne, Roger L [0000-0001-5764-7268], Muranen, Taru A [0000-0002-5895-1808], Newman, William G [0000-0002-6382-4678], Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won [0000-0002-2863-3040], Pharoah, Paul DP [0000-0001-8494-732X], Rennert, Gad [0000-0002-8512-068X], Rennert, Hedy S [0000-0001-5772-2977], Rhenius, Valerie [0000-0003-4215-3235], Romero, Atocha [0000-0002-1634-7397], Saloustros, Emmanouil [0000-0002-0485-0120], Schneeweiss, Andreas [0000-0002-2429-4512], Scott, Christopher [0000-0003-1340-0647], Southey, Melissa C [0000-0002-6313-9005], Stram, Daniel O [0000-0001-7099-9022], Tamimi, Rulla M [0000-0003-2306-8668], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], Torres, Diana [0000-0002-9879-9775], Vachon, Celine M [0000-0002-1962-9322], Wolk, Alicja [0000-0001-7387-6845], Ziogas, Argyrios [0000-0003-4529-3727], Holmes, Michelle D [0000-0002-8664-2172], García-Closas, Montserrat [0000-0003-1033-2650], Teo, Soo Hwang [0000-0002-0444-590X], Schmidt, Marjanka K [0000-0002-2228-429X], Chang-Claude, Jenny [0000-0001-8919-1971], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Adult, Risk Factors, Cause of Death, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Prospective Studies, Middle Aged, Life Style, Survival Analysis, Aged, Neoplasm Staging
Abstract: BACKGROUND: It is not known whether modifiable lifestyle factors that predict survival after invasive breast cancer differ by subtype. METHODS: We analyzed data for 121,435 women diagnosed with breast cancer from 67 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium with 16,890 deaths (8,554 breast cancer specific) over 10 years. Cox regression was used to estimate associations between risk factors and 10-year all-cause mortality and breast cancer-specific mortality overall, by estrogen receptor (ER) status, and by intrinsic-like subtype. RESULTS: There was no evidence of heterogeneous associations between risk factors and mortality by subtype (P adj > 0.30). The strongest associations were between all-cause mortality and BMI ≥30 versus 18.5-25 kg/m2 [HR (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19 (1.06-1.34)]; current versus never smoking [1.37 (1.27-1.47)], high versus low physical activity [0.43 (0.21-0.86)], age ≥30 years versus 0
Published: 2021
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14. CYP3A7*1C allele: linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers

Author: Johnson, Nichola, Maguire, Sarah, Morra, Anna, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Tomczyk, Katarzyna, Jones, Michael E., Schoemaker, Minouk J., Gilham, Clare, Bolla, Manjeet K., Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Ahearn, Thomas U., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N., Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J., Augustinsson, Annelie, Baynes, Caroline, Freeman, Laura E. Beane, Beckmann, Matthias W., Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Burwinkel, Barbara, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E., Chanock, Stephen J., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L., Conroy, Don M., Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Czene, Kamila, Dörk, Thilo, Eliassen, A. Heather, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine, Floris, Giuseppe, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M., García-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia M., Giles, Graham G., Goldberg, Mark S., González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A., Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A., Hart, Steven N., Hooning, Maartje J., Hopper, John L., Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J., Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M., Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M., Kosma, Veli-Matti, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N., Kurian, Allison W., Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Linet, Martha, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John W. M., Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mayes, Rebecca, Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L., Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G., Nielsen, Sune F., Nordestgaard, Børge G., Obi, Nadia, Olshan, Andrew F., Olson, Janet E., Olsson, Håkan, Orban, Ester, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peterlongo, Paolo, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pylkäs, Katri, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S., Ruddy, Kathryn J., Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P., Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmutzler, Rita K., Scott, Christopher, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Sohn, Christof, Southey, Melissa C., Spinelli, John J., Stone, Jennifer, Tamimi, Rulla M., Taylor, Jack A., Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M., Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A., Truong, Thérèse, Vachon, Celine M., van Veen, Elke M., Wang, Sophia S., Weinberg, Clarice R., Wendt, Camilla, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Dunning, Alison M., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Easton, Douglas F., Howie, A. Forbes, Peto, Julian, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Swerdlow, Anthony J., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Orr, Nick, Fletcher, Olivia, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Alnæs, Grethe I. Grenaker, Sahlberg, Kristine K., Ottestad, Lars, Kåresen, Rolf, Schlichting, Ellen, Holmen, Marit Muri, Sauer, Toril, Haakensen, Vilde, Engebråten, Olav, Naume, Bjørn, Fosså, Alexander, Kiserud, Cecile E., Reinertsen, Kristin V., Helland, Åslaug, Riis, Margit, Geisler, Jürgen, Bowtell, David D. L., deFazio, Anna, Webb, Penelope M., Clarke, Christine, Marsh, Deborah, Scott, Rodney, Baxter, Robert, Yip, Desmond, Carpenter, Jane, Davis, Alison, Pathmanathan, Nirmala, Simpson, Peter, Graham, Dinny, Sachchithananthan, Mythily, Amor, David, Andrews, Lesley, Antill, Yoland, Balleine, Rosemary, Beesley, Jonathan, Bennett, Ian, Bogwitz, Michael, Botes, Leon, Brennan, Meagan, Brown, Melissa, Buckley, Michael, Burke, Jo, Butow, Phyllis, Caldon, Liz, Campbell, Ian, Chauhan, Deepa, Chauhan, Manisha, Christian, Alice, Cohen, Paul, Colley, Alison, Crook, Ashley, Cui, James, Cummings, Margaret, Dawson, Sarah-Jane, DeFazio, Anna, Delatycki, Martin, Dickson, Rebecca, Dixon, Joanne, Edkins, Ted, Edwards, Stacey, Farshid, Gelareh, Fellows, Andrew, Fenton, Georgina, Field, Michael, Flanagan, James, Fong, Peter, Forrest, Laura, Fox, Stephen, French, Juliet, Friedlander, Michael, Gaff, Clara, Gattas, Mike, George, Peter, Greening, Sian, Harris, Marion, Hart, Stewart, Hayward, Nick, Hopper, John, Hoskins, Cass, Hunt, Clare, James, Paul, Jenkins, Mark, Kidd, Alexa, Kirk, Judy, Koehler, Jessica, Kollias, James, Lakhani, Sunil, Lawrence, Mitchell, Lindeman, Geoff, Lipton, Lara, Lobb, Liz, Mann, Graham, McLachlan, Sue Anne, Meiser, Bettina, Milne, Roger, Nightingale, Sophie, O’Connell, Shona, O’Sullivan, Sarah, Ortega, David Gallego, Pachter, Nick, Patterson, Briony, Pearn, Amy, Phillips, Kelly, Pieper, Ellen, Rickard, Edwina, Robinson, Bridget, Saleh, Mona, Salisbury, Elizabeth, Saunders, Christobel, Saunus, Jodi, Scott, Clare, Sexton, Adrienne, Shelling, Andrew, Southey, Melissa, Spurdle, Amanda, Taylor, Jessica, Taylor, Renea, Thorne, Heather, Trainer, Alison, Tucker, Kathy, Visvader, Jane, Walker, Logan, Williams, Rachael, Winship, Ingrid, Young, Mary Ann, Johnson, Nichola [0000-0002-8230-5662], Kapoor, Pooja Middha [0000-0001-5503-8215], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Brenner, Hermann [0000-0002-6129-1572], Canzian, Federico [0000-0002-4261-4583], Cox, Angela [0000-0002-5138-1099], Fasching, Peter A. [0000-0003-4885-8471], Hart, Steven N. [0000-0001-7714-2734], Jakubowska, Anna [0000-0002-5650-0501], Kurian, Allison W. [0000-0002-6175-9470], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Sawyer, Elinor J. [0000-0001-8285-4111], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], Truong, Thérèse [0000-0002-2943-6786], Pharoah, Paul D. P. [0000-0001-8494-732X], Peto, Julian [0000-0002-1685-8912], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Medical Oncology, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Clinicum, Helsinki University Hospital Area, University of Helsinki, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Fasching, Peter A [0000-0003-4885-8471], Hart, Steven N [0000-0001-7714-2734], Kurian, Allison W [0000-0002-6175-9470], Sawyer, Elinor J [0000-0001-8285-4111], and Pharoah, Paul DP [0000-0001-8494-732X]
Subjects: Cancer Research, CYP3A5, Physiology, Genome-wide association study, Breast cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Epidemiology, Receptors, IMPUTATION, Medicine, Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A, Cancer genetics, Progesterone, 0303 health sciences, article, 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, AOCS Group, Single Nucleotide, humanities, 3. Good health, Receptors, Estrogen, Oncology, Hormone receptor, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, kConFab Investigators, Pregnanediol, Female, Receptors, Progesterone, Medical Genetics, medicine.medical_specialty, Estrone, Urinary system, 3122 Cancers, ABCTB Investigators, 631/67/2324, Breast Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, NBCS Collaborators, 03 medical and health sciences, Cancer epidemiology, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, 631/67/68, Humans, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Allele, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Polymorphism, CYP3A7, Alleles, 030304 developmental biology, Medicinsk genetik, business.industry, 631/67/1347, medicine.disease, Case-Control Studies, Genome-Wide Association Study, Premenopause, Estrogen, business, Hormone
Abstract: Background Epidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cancer. The aim of this analysis was to identify genetic variants that are associated with urinary sex-hormone levels and breast cancer risk. Methods We carried out a genome-wide association study of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide levels in 560 premenopausal women, with additional analysis of progesterone levels in 298 premenopausal women. To test for the association with breast cancer risk, we carried out follow-up genotyping in 90,916 cases and 89,893 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. All women were of European ancestry. Results For pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, there were no genome-wide significant associations; for oestrone-3-glucuronide, we identified a single peak mapping to the CYP3A locus, annotated by rs45446698. The minor rs45446698-C allele was associated with lower oestrone-3-glucuronide (−49.2%, 95% CI −56.1% to −41.1%, P = 3.1 × 10–18); in follow-up analyses, rs45446698-C was also associated with lower progesterone (−26.7%, 95% CI −39.4% to −11.6%, P = 0.001) and reduced risk of oestrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer (OR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.82–0.91, P = 6.9 × 10–8). Conclusions The CYP3A7*1C allele is associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer possibly mediated via an effect on the metabolism of endogenous sex hormones in premenopausal women.
Published: 2021

15. Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk

Author: Park, Hanla A, Neumeyer, Sonja, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Baten, Adinda, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Han, Sileny, Harkness, Elaine F, Hart, Steven N, He, Wei, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, Hopper, John L, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab Investigators, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Koppert, Linetta B, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lacey, James, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lo, Wing-Yee, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meindl, Alfons, and Menon, Usha
Subjects: Genotyping Techniques, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, NBCS Collaborators, Cigarette Smoking, Substance Misuse, Clinical Research, Breast Cancer, Tobacco, Genetics, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Polymorphism, Aetiology, Cancer, Tobacco Smoke and Health, Prevention, Human Genome, Substance Abuse, Genetic Pleiotropy, Single Nucleotide, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Good Health and Well Being, Case-Control Studies, Public Health and Health Services, kConFab Investigators, Female, Drug Abuse (NIDA only), Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: BackgroundDespite a modest association between tobacco smoking and breast cancer risk reported by recent epidemiological studies, it is still equivocal whether smoking is causally related to breast cancer risk.MethodsWe applied Mendelian randomisation (MR) to evaluate a potential causal effect of cigarette smoking on breast cancer risk. Both individual-level data as well as summary statistics for 164 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) reported in genome-wide association studies of lifetime smoking index (LSI) or cigarette per day (CPD) were used to obtain MR effect estimates. Data from 108,420 invasive breast cancer cases and 87,681 controls were used for the LSI analysis and for the CPD analysis conducted among ever-smokers from 26,147 cancer cases and 26,072 controls. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to address pleiotropy.ResultsGenetically predicted LSI was associated with increased breast cancer risk (OR 1.18 per SD, 95% CI: 1.07-1.30, P = 0.11 × 10-2), but there was no evidence of association for genetically predicted CPD (OR 1.02, 95% CI: 0.78-1.19, P = 0.85). The sensitivity analyses yielded similar results and showed no strong evidence of pleiotropic effect.ConclusionOur MR study provides supportive evidence for a potential causal association with breast cancer risk for lifetime smoking exposure but not cigarettes per day among smokers.
Published: 2021

16. Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk

Author: Park, Hanla A, Neumeyer, Sonja, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Baten, Adinda, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Han, Sileny, Harkness, Elaine F, Hart, Steven N, He, Wei, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, Hopper, John L, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab Investigators, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Koppert, Linetta B, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lacey, James, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lo, Wing-Yee, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Milne, Roger L, Muranen, Taru A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Offit, Kenneth, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Christopher, Shah, Mitul, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Smeets, Ann, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stevens, Victoria, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Terry, Mary Beth, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Vachon, Celine M, van Veen, Elke M, Vijai, Joseph, Wang, Sophia, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Ziogas, Argyrios, Dunning, Alison M, Pharoah, Paul DP, Easton, Douglas F, Zheng, Wei, Kraft, Peter, and Chang-Claude, Jenny
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Despite a modest association between tobacco smoking and breast cancer risk reported by recent epidemiological studies, it is still equivocal whether smoking is causally related to breast cancer risk. METHODS: We applied Mendelian randomisation (MR) to evaluate a potential causal effect of cigarette smoking on breast cancer risk. Both individual-level data as well as summary statistics for 164 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) reported in genome-wide association studies of lifetime smoking index (LSI) or cigarette per day (CPD) were used to obtain MR effect estimates. Data from 108,420 invasive breast cancer cases and 87,681 controls were used for the LSI analysis and for the CPD analysis conducted among ever-smokers from 26,147 cancer cases and 26,072 controls. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to address pleiotropy. RESULTS: Genetically predicted LSI was associated with increased breast cancer risk (OR 1.18 per SD, 95% CI: 1.07-1.30, P = 0.11 × 10-2), but there was no evidence of association for genetically predicted CPD (OR 1.02, 95% CI: 0.78-1.19, P = 0.85). The sensitivity analyses yielded similar results and showed no strong evidence of pleiotropic effect. CONCLUSION: Our MR study provides supportive evidence for a potential causal association with breast cancer risk for lifetime smoking exposure but not cigarettes per day among smokers.
Published: 2021

17. Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment

Author: Morra, Anna, Escala-Garcia, Maria, Beesley, Jonathan, Keeman, Renske, Canisius, Sander, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Auer, Paul L, Augustinsson, Annelie, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brenner, Hermann, Brüning, Thomas, Buys, Saundra S, Caan, Bette, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Colonna, Sarah V, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Dennis, Joe, Dörk, Thilo, Dossus, Laure, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Sáenz, José A, Giles, Graham G, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Gündert, Melanie, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hart, Steven N, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hartmann, Arndt, He, Wei, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab Investigators, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey Y, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keupers, Machteld, Kitahara, Cari M, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lacey, James V, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lindblom, Annika, Linet, Martha, Luben, Robert N, Lubiński, Jan, Lush, Michael, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John WM, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Milne, Roger L, Mulligan, Anna Marie, and Muranen, Taru A
Subjects: Oncology and Carcinogenesis, ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, Systemic treatment, NBCS Collaborators, Clinical Research, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Polymorphism, Aetiology, Germ-Line Mutation, Cancer, Tumor biology, Human Genome, Single Nucleotide, Common germline genetic variants, Prognosis, Survival Analysis, kConFab Investigators, Female, Patient subgroups, Genome-Wide Association Study, Breast cancer-specific survival
Abstract: BackgroundGiven the high heterogeneity among breast tumors, associations between common germline genetic variants and survival that may exist within specific subgroups could go undetected in an unstratified set of breast cancer patients.MethodsWe performed genome-wide association analyses within 15 subgroups of breast cancer patients based on prognostic factors, including hormone receptors, tumor grade, age, and type of systemic treatment. Analyses were based on 91,686 female patients of European ancestry from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, including 7531 breast cancer-specific deaths over a median follow-up of 8.1 years. Cox regression was used to assess associations of common germline variants with 15-year and 5-year breast cancer-specific survival. We assessed the probability of these associations being true positives via the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP
Published: 2021

18. Functional annotation of the 2q35 breast cancer risk locus implicates a structural variant in influencing activity of a long-range enhancer element

Author: Baxter, Joseph S, Johnson, Nichola, Tomczyk, Katarzyna, Gillespie, Andrea, Maguire, Sarah, Brough, Rachel, Fachal, Laura, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Cai, Qiuyin, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chan, Tsun L, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Colonna, Sarah, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dossus, Laure, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gao, Chi, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham G, Goldberg, Mark S, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Gündert, Melanie, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hartman, Mikael, Hatse, Sigrid, Hauke, Jan, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L, Hou, Ming-Feng, kConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Ito, Hidemi, Iwasaki, Motoki, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Joseph, Vijai, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kim, Sung-Won, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kurian, Allison W, Kwong, Ava, and Lacey, James V
Subjects: ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, Medical and Health Sciences, Chromosomes, Cell Line, NBCS Collaborators, Promoter Regions, breast cancer risk, Genetic, Risk Factors, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Genetic Association Studies, Sequence Deletion, Cancer, Genetics & Heredity, Prevention, Human Genome, Chromosome Mapping, Genetic Variation, Molecular Sequence Annotation, functional annotation, Biological Sciences, Estrogen, risk locus, Pair 2, kConFab Investigators, Female, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5, Human
Abstract: A combination of genetic and functional approaches has identified three independent breast cancer risk loci at 2q35. A recent fine-scale mapping analysis to refine these associations resulted in 1 (signal 1), 5 (signal 2), and 42 (signal 3) credible causal variants at these loci. We used publicly available in silico DNase I and ChIP-seq data with invitro reporter gene and CRISPR assays to annotate signals 2 and 3. We identified putative regulatory elements that enhanced cell-type-specific transcription from the IGFBP5 promoter at both signals (30- to 40-fold increased expression by the putative regulatory element at signal 2, 2- to 3-fold by the putative regulatory element at signal 3). We further identified one of the five credible causal variants at signal 2, a 1.4 kb deletion (esv3594306), as the likely causal variant; the deletion allele of this variant was associated with an average additional increase in IGFBP5 expression of 1.3-fold (MCF-7) and 2.2-fold (T-47D). We propose a model in which the deletion allele of esv3594306 juxtaposes two transcription factor binding regions (annotated by estrogen receptor alpha ChIP-seq peaks) to generate a single extended regulatory element. This regulatory element increases cell-type-specific expression of the tumor suppressor gene IGFBP5 and, thereby, reduces risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% CI 0.74-0.81, p = 3.1× 10-31).
Published: 2021

19. Combined Associations of a Polygenic Risk Score and Classical Risk Factors With Breast Cancer Risk

Author: Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Mavaddat, Nasim, Choudhury, Parichoy Pal, Wilcox, Amber N, Lindström, Sara, Behrens, Sabine, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Dennis, Joe, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Jung, Audrey, Abu-Ful, Zomoroda, Ahearn, Thomas, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bernstein, Leslie, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brüning, Thomas, Cai, Qiuyin, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Dai, James Y, Earp, H Shelton, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gao, Chi, Gapstur, Susan M, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hatse, Sigrid, Heyworth, Jane, Holleczek, Bernd, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koutros, Stella, Kurian, Allison W, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Llaneza, Ana, MacInnis, Robert J, Martinez, Maria Elena, Maurer, Tabea, McLean, Catriona, Neuhausen, Susan L, Newman, William G, Norman, Aaron, O'Brien, Katie M, Olshan, Andrew F, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, and Orr, Nick
Subjects: Aging, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, White People, Body Mass Index, Risk Factors, Clinical Research, Receptors, Breast Cancer, 80 and over, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Polymorphism, Aetiology, Medical History Taking, Aged, Cancer, Prevention, Single Nucleotide, Middle Aged, Estrogen, Logistic Models, Case-Control Studies, Female
Abstract: We evaluated the joint associations between a new 313-variant PRS (PRS313) and questionnaire-based breast cancer risk factors for women of European ancestry, using 72 284 cases and 80 354 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Interactions were evaluated using standard logistic regression and a newly developed case-only method for breast cancer risk overall and by estrogen receptor status. After accounting for multiple testing, we did not find evidence that per-standard deviation PRS313 odds ratio differed across strata defined by individual risk factors. Goodness-of-fit tests did not reject the assumption of a multiplicative model between PRS313 and each risk factor. Variation in projected absolute lifetime risk of breast cancer associated with classical risk factors was greater for women with higher genetic risk (PRS313 and family history) and, on average, 17.5% higher in the highest vs lowest deciles of genetic risk. These findings have implications for risk prevention for women at increased risk of breast cancer.
Published: 2021

20. Combined Associations of a Polygenic Risk Score and Classical Risk Factors With Breast Cancer Risk

Author: Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Mavaddat, Nasim, Choudhury, Parichoy Pal, Wilcox, Amber N, Lindström, Sara, Behrens, Sabine, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Dennis, Joe, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Jung, Audrey, Abu-Ful, Zomoroda, Ahearn, Thomas, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bernstein, Leslie, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brüning, Thomas, Cai, Qiuyin, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Dai, James Y, Earp, H Shelton, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gao, Chi, Gapstur, Susan M, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hatse, Sigrid, Heyworth, Jane, Holleczek, Bernd, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koutros, Stella, Kurian, Allison W, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Llaneza, Ana, MacInnis, Robert J, Martinez, Maria Elena, Maurer, Tabea, McLean, Catriona, Neuhausen, Susan L, Newman, William G, Norman, Aaron, O'Brien, Katie M, Olshan, Andrew F, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Perou, Charles M, Pita, Guillermo, Polley, Eric C, Prentice, Ross L, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Ruddy, Kathryn J, Sandler, Dale P, Saunders, Christobel, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schöttker, Ben, Schumacher, Fredrick, Scott, Christopher, Scott, Rodney J, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Smeets, Ann, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stone, Jennifer, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Taylor, Jack A, Troester, Melissa A, Vachon, Celine M, van Veen, Elke M, Wang, Xiaoliang, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weltens, Caroline, Willett, Walter, Winham, Stacey J, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Dunning, Alison M, Pharoah, Paul DP, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Kraft, Peter, Easton, Douglas F, Milne, Roger L, García-Closas, Montserrat, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Mavaddat, Nasim [0000-0003-0307-055X], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Aged, 80 and over, Breast Neoplasms, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, Body Mass Index, Logistic Models, Receptors, Estrogen, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Medical History Taking, Aged
Abstract: We evaluated the joint associations between a new 313-variant PRS (PRS313) and questionnaire-based breast cancer risk factors for women of European ancestry, using 72 284 cases and 80 354 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Interactions were evaluated using standard logistic regression and a newly developed case-only method for breast cancer risk overall and by estrogen receptor status. After accounting for multiple testing, we did not find evidence that per-standard deviation PRS313 odds ratio differed across strata defined by individual risk factors. Goodness-of-fit tests did not reject the assumption of a multiplicative model between PRS313 and each risk factor. Variation in projected absolute lifetime risk of breast cancer associated with classical risk factors was greater for women with higher genetic risk (PRS313 and family history) and, on average, 17.5% higher in the highest vs lowest deciles of genetic risk. These findings have implications for risk prevention for women at increased risk of breast cancer.
Published: 2021

21. CYP3A7*1C allele: linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers

Author: Johnson, Nichola, Maguire, Sarah, Morra, Anna, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Tomczyk, Katarzyna, Jones, Michael E, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Gilham, Clare, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Ahearn, Thomas U, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Baynes, Caroline, Freeman, Laura E Beane, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Burwinkel, Barbara, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Dörk, Thilo, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Floris, Giuseppe, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Goldberg, Mark S, González-Neira, Anna, AOCS Group, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hart, Steven N, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Hunter, David J, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab Investigators, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M, Kaaks, Rudolf, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Koutros, Stella, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Linet, Martha, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John WM, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mayes, Rebecca, Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, and Nielsen, Sune F
Subjects: Aging, Estrone, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, NBCS Collaborators, Clinical Research, Receptors, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Humans, Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Polymorphism, Aetiology, Progesterone, Alleles, Cancer, Human Genome, Single Nucleotide, AOCS Group, Estrogen, Premenopause, Case-Control Studies, Public Health and Health Services, Pregnanediol, kConFab Investigators, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: BackgroundEpidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cancer. The aim of this analysis was to identify genetic variants that are associated with urinary sex-hormone levels and breast cancer risk.MethodsWe carried out a genome-wide association study of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide levels in 560 premenopausal women, with additional analysis of progesterone levels in 298 premenopausal women. To test for the association with breast cancer risk, we carried out follow-up genotyping in 90,916 cases and 89,893 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. All women were of European ancestry.ResultsFor pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, there were no genome-wide significant associations; for oestrone-3-glucuronide, we identified a single peak mapping to the CYP3A locus, annotated by rs45446698. The minor rs45446698-C allele was associated with lower oestrone-3-glucuronide (-49.2%, 95% CI -56.1% to -41.1%, P = 3.1 × 10-18); in follow-up analyses, rs45446698-C was also associated with lower progesterone (-26.7%, 95% CI -39.4% to -11.6%, P = 0.001) and reduced risk of oestrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer (OR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.82-0.91, P = 6.9 × 10-8).ConclusionsThe CYP3A7*1C allele is associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer possibly mediated via an effect on the metabolism of endogenous sex hormones in premenopausal women.
Published: 2021

22. Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk

Author: Kramer, Iris, Hooning, Maartje J, Mavaddat, Nasim, Hauptmann, Michael, Keeman, Renske, Steyerberg, Ewout W, Giardiello, Daniele, Antoniou, Antonis C, Pharoah, Paul DP, Canisius, Sander, Abu-Ful, Zumuruda, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Aronson, Kristan J, Augustinsson, Annelie, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Bremer, Michael, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Castelao, Jose E, Chan, Tsun L, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Collée, J Margriet, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Giles, Graham G, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hamann, Ute, Hartman, Mikael, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hopper, John L, Hou, Ming-Feng, Howell, Anthony, ABCTB Investigators, kConFab Investigators, Ito, Hidemi, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jung, Audrey, Kang, Daehee, Kets, C Marleen, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kurian, Allison W, Kwong, Ava, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Li, Jingmei, Lindblom, Annika, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Matsuo, Keitaro, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Muranen, Taru A, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, Olshan, Andrew F, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peto, Julian, Petridis, Christos, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Presneau, Nadege, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Romero, Atocha, Roylance, Rebecca, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Christopher, See, Mee-Hoong, Shah, Mitul, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Siesling, Sabine, Slager, Susan, Sohn, Christof, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stone, Jennifer, Tapper, William J, Tengström, Maria, Teo, Soo Hwang, Terry, Mary Beth, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Vachon, Celine M, van Ongeval, Chantal, van Veen, Elke M, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Easton, Douglas F, Hall, Per, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Mavaddat, Nasim [0000-0003-0307-055X], Antoniou, Antonis [0000-0001-9223-3116], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Adult, Multifactorial Inheritance, Receptor, ErbB-2, Gene Expression, Breast Neoplasms, Risk Assessment, White People, Cohort Studies, Asian People, parasitic diseases, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Aged, Proportional Hazards Models, Genome, Human, Estrogen Receptor alpha, Neoplasms, Second Primary, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Neoadjuvant Therapy, polygenic risk score, contralateral breast cancer, epidemiology, Female, genetic, Receptors, Progesterone, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Previous research has shown that polygenic risk scores (PRSs) can be used to stratify women according to their risk of developing primary invasive breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the association between a recently validated PRS of 313 germline variants (PRS313) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk. We included 56,068 women of European ancestry diagnosed with first invasive breast cancer from 1990 onward with follow-up from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Metachronous CBC risk (N = 1,027) according to the distribution of PRS313 was quantified using Cox regression analyses. We assessed PRS313 interaction with age at first diagnosis, family history, morphology, ER status, PR status, and HER2 status, and (neo)adjuvant therapy. In studies of Asian women, with limited follow-up, CBC risk associated with PRS313 was assessed using logistic regression for 340 women with CBC compared with 12,133 women with unilateral breast cancer. Higher PRS313 was associated with increased CBC risk: hazard ratio per standard deviation (SD) = 1.25 (95%CI = 1.18-1.33) for Europeans, and an OR per SD = 1.15 (95%CI = 1.02-1.29) for Asians. The absolute lifetime risks of CBC, accounting for death as competing risk, were 12.4% for European women at the 10th percentile and 20.5% at the 90th percentile of PRS313. We found no evidence of confounding by or interaction with individual characteristics, characteristics of the primary tumor, or treatment. The C-index for the PRS313 alone was 0.563 (95%CI = 0.547-0.586). In conclusion, PRS313 is an independent factor associated with CBC risk and can be incorporated into CBC risk prediction models to help improve stratification and optimize surveillance and treatment strategies.
Published: 2020

23. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhang, Haoyu, Ahearn, Thomas U, Lecarpentier, Julie, Barnes, Daniel, Beesley, Jonathan, Qi, Guanghao, Jiang, Xia, O'Mara, Tracy A, Zhao, Ni, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dunning, Alison M, Dennis, Joe, Wang, Qin, Ful, Zumuruda Abu, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bialkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Bondavalli, Davide, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brucker, Sara Y, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Byers, Helen, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campa, Daniele, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiaens, Melissa, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gayther, Simon A, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Häberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hake, Christopher R, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, and Hillemanns, Peter
Subjects: BRCA1 Protein, Prevention, Human Genome, ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Linkage Disequilibrium, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Study, Case-Control Studies, Mutation, Breast Cancer, Genetics, kConFab Investigators, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Female, Aetiology, Genome-Wide Association Study, Cancer, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1-3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P
Published: 2020

24. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhang, Haoyu, Ahearn, Thomas U, Lecarpentier, Julie, Barnes, Daniel, Beesley, Jonathan, Qi, Guanghao, Jiang, Xia, O'Mara, Tracy A, Zhao, Ni, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dunning, Alison M, Dennis, Joe, Wang, Qin, Ful, Zumuruda Abu, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bialkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Bondavalli, Davide, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brucker, Sara Y, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Byers, Helen, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campa, Daniele, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiaens, Melissa, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gayther, Simon A, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Häberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hake, Christopher R, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Holleczek, Bernd, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Huebner, Hanna, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, kConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Izatt, Louise, Jager, Agnes, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Karlan, Beth Y, Keeman, Renske, Khan, Sofia, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Koppert, Linetta B, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N, Laenkholm, Anne-Vibeke, Lambrechts, Diether, Larsson, Susanna C, Laurent-Puig, Pierre, Lazaro, Conxi, Lazarova, Emilija, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Leslie, Goska, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindblom, Annika, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubinski, Jan, Lukomska, Alicja, MacInnis, Robert J, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Matricardi, Laura, McGuffog, Lesley, McLean, Catriona, Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Miller, Austin, Mingazheva, Elvira, Montagna, Marco, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Mulot, Claire, Muranen, Taru A, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Newman, William G, Nielsen, Finn C, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Nodora, Jesse, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Papi, Laura, Papp, Janos, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T, Peissel, Bernard, Peixoto, Ana, Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Piedmonte, Marion, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Prentice, Ross, Prokofyeva, Darya, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Ramus, Susan J, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Risch, Harvey A, Romero, Atocha, Rookus, Matti A, Rübner, Matthias, Rüdiger, Thomas, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sampson, Sarah, Sandler, Dale P, Sawyer, Elinor J, Scheuner, Maren T, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schöttker, Ben, Schürmann, Peter, Senter, Leigha, Sharma, Priyanka, Sherman, Mark E, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Singer, Christian F, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stone, Jennifer, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, EMBRACE Study, GEMO Study Collaborators, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Szabo, Csilla I, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, MaryBeth, Thomassen, Mads, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine M, van den Ouweland, Ans MW, van der Kolk, Lizet E, van Veen, Elke M, vanRensburg, Elizabeth J, Vega, Ana, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, Zorn, Kristin K, Milne, Roger L, Kraft, Peter, Simard, Jacques, Pharoah, Paul DP, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Antoniou, Antonis C, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Easton, Douglas F, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, García-Closas, Montserrat, Barnes, Daniel [0000-0002-3781-7570], O'Mara, Tracy A [0000-0002-5436-3232], Dunning, Alison M [0000-0001-6651-7166], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Andrulis, Irene L [0000-0002-4226-6435], Arndt, Volker [0000-0001-9320-8684], Azzollini, Jacopo [0000-0002-9364-9778], Bojesen, Stig E [0000-0002-4061-4133], Bonanni, Bernardo [0000-0003-3589-2128], Brauch, Hiltrud [0000-0001-7531-2736], Caldés, Trinidad [0000-0002-1038-5392], Calvello, Mariarosaria [0000-0003-2113-8503], Chanock, Stephen J [0000-0002-2324-3393], Claes, Kathleen BM [0000-0003-0841-7372], Devilee, Peter [0000-0002-8023-2009], Dörk, Thilo [0000-0002-9458-0282], Dwek, Miriam [0000-0001-7184-2932], Ekici, Arif B [0000-0001-6099-7066], Fasching, Peter A [0000-0003-4885-8471], García-Sáenz, José A [0000-0001-6880-0301], Gayther, Simon A [0000-0001-7937-5443], Giles, Graham G [0000-0003-4946-9099], Greene, Mark H [0000-0003-1852-9239], Guénel, Pascal [0000-0002-8359-518X], Harkness, Elaine F [0000-0001-6625-7739], Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM [0000-0002-9724-6693], Hollestelle, Antoinette [0000-0003-1166-1966], Huebner, Hanna [0000-0001-6889-1493], Hulick, Peter J [0000-0001-8397-4078], Jakimovska, Milena [0000-0002-1506-0669], Jakubowska, Anna [0000-0002-5650-0501], James, Paul [0000-0002-4361-4657], Jones, Michael E [0000-0001-7479-3451], Kapoor, Pooja Middha [0000-0001-5503-8215], Keeman, Renske [0000-0002-5452-9933], Konstantopoulou, Irene [0000-0002-0470-0309], Larsson, Susanna C [0000-0003-0118-0341], Laurent-Puig, Pierre [0000-0001-8475-5459], Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Lesueur, Fabienne [0000-0001-7404-4549], Lissowska, Jolanta [0000-0003-2695-5799], Matricardi, Laura [0000-0002-0241-1810], McLean, Catriona [0000-0002-0302-5727], Menon, Usha [0000-0003-3708-1732], Miller, Austin [0000-0001-9739-8462], Muranen, Taru A [0000-0002-5895-1808], Nathanson, Katherine L [0000-0002-6740-0901], Nevanlinna, Heli [0000-0002-0916-2976], Newman, William G [0000-0002-6382-4678], Olopade, Olufunmilayo I [0000-0002-9936-1599], Orr, Nick [0000-0003-2866-942X], Parsons, Michael T [0000-0003-3242-8477], Peshkin, Beth [0000-0002-2997-4701], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Peto, Julian [0000-0002-1685-8912], Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana [0000-0001-8877-2416], Radice, Paolo [0000-0001-6298-4111], Rennert, Gad [0000-0002-8512-068X], Romero, Atocha [0000-0002-1634-7397], Saloustros, Emmanouil [0000-0002-0485-0120], Stone, Jennifer [0000-0001-5077-0124], Teixeira, Manuel R [0000-0002-4896-5982], Toland, Amanda E [0000-0002-0271-1792], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], van Veen, Elke M [0000-0001-8618-2332], vanRensburg, Elizabeth J [0000-0003-2077-230X], Weitzel, Jeffrey N [0000-0001-6714-092X], Winqvist, Robert [0000-0003-0932-9104], Wolk, Alicja [0000-0001-7387-6845], Yannoukakos, Drakoulis [0000-0001-7509-3510], Zheng, Wei [0000-0003-1226-070X], Milne, Roger L [0000-0001-5764-7268], Kraft, Peter [0000-0002-4472-8103], Simard, Jacques [0000-0001-6906-3390], Pharoah, Paul DP [0000-0001-8494-732X], Michailidou, Kyriaki [0000-0001-7065-1237], Schmidt, Marjanka K [0000-0002-2228-429X], Easton, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247], Chatterjee, Nilanjan [0000-0002-9060-008X], García-Closas, Montserrat [0000-0003-1033-2650], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: BRCA1 Protein, Case-Control Studies, Mutation, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Linkage Disequilibrium, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1-3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P
Published: 2020

25. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhang, Haoyu, Ahearn, Thomas U, Lecarpentier, Julie, Barnes, Daniel, Beesley, Jonathan, Qi, Guanghao, Jiang, Xia, O'Mara, Tracy A, Zhao, Ni, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dunning, Alison M, Dennis, Joe, Wang, Qin, Ful, Zumuruda Abu, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bialkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Bondavalli, Davide, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brucker, Sara Y, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Byers, Helen, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campa, Daniele, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiaens, Melissa, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gayther, Simon A, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Häberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hake, Christopher R, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, and Hillemanns, Peter
Subjects: BRCA1 Protein, Prevention, Human Genome, ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Linkage Disequilibrium, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Study, Case-Control Studies, Mutation, Breast Cancer, Genetics, kConFab Investigators, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Cancer, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1-3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P
Published: 2020

26. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhang, Haoyu, Ahearn, Thomas U, Lecarpentier, Julie, Barnes, Daniel, Beesley, Jonathan, Qi, Guanghao, Jiang, Xia, O'Mara, Tracy A, Zhao, Ni, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dunning, Alison M, Dennis, Joe, Wang, Qin, Ful, Zumuruda Abu, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bialkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Bondavalli, Davide, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brucker, Sara Y, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Byers, Helen, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campa, Daniele, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiaens, Melissa, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gayther, Simon A, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Häberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hake, Christopher R, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Holleczek, Bernd, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Huebner, Hanna, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, KConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Izatt, Louise, Jager, Agnes, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Karlan, Beth Y, Keeman, Renske, Khan, Sofia, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Koppert, Linetta B, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N, Laenkholm, Anne-Vibeke, Lambrechts, Diether, Larsson, Susanna C, Laurent-Puig, Pierre, Lazaro, Conxi, Lazarova, Emilija, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Leslie, Goska, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindblom, Annika, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubinski, Jan, Lukomska, Alicja, MacInnis, Robert J, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Matricardi, Laura, McGuffog, Lesley, McLean, Catriona, Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Miller, Austin, Mingazheva, Elvira, Montagna, Marco, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Mulot, Claire, Muranen, Taru A, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Newman, William G, Nielsen, Finn C, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Nodora, Jesse, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Papi, Laura, Papp, Janos, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T, Peissel, Bernard, Peixoto, Ana, Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Piedmonte, Marion, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Prentice, Ross, Prokofyeva, Darya, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Ramus, Susan J, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Risch, Harvey A, Romero, Atocha, Rookus, Matti A, Rübner, Matthias, Rüdiger, Thomas, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sampson, Sarah, Sandler, Dale P, Sawyer, Elinor J, Scheuner, Maren T, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schöttker, Ben, Schürmann, Peter, Senter, Leigha, Sharma, Priyanka, Sherman, Mark E, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Singer, Christian F, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stone, Jennifer, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, EMBRACE Study, GEMO Study Collaborators, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Szabo, Csilla I, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, MaryBeth, Thomassen, Mads, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine M, Van Den Ouweland, Ans MW, Van Der Kolk, Lizet E, Van Veen, Elke M, VanRensburg, Elizabeth J, Vega, Ana, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, Zorn, Kristin K, Milne, Roger L, Kraft, Peter, Simard, Jacques, Pharoah, Paul DP, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Antoniou, Antonis C, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Easton, Douglas F, Chatterjee, Nilanjan, and García-Closas, Montserrat
Subjects: BRCA1 Protein, Case-Control Studies, Mutation, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Linkage Disequilibrium, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1-3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P < 5.0 × 10-8), 15 of which showed evidence for associations with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate < 0.05). Five loci showed associations (P < 0.05) in opposite directions between luminal and non-luminal subtypes. In silico analyses showed that these five loci contained cell-specific enhancers that differed between normal luminal and basal mammary cells. The genetic correlations between five intrinsic-like subtypes ranged from 0.35 to 0.80. The proportion of genome-wide chip heritability explained by all known susceptibility loci was 54.2% for luminal A-like disease and 37.6% for triple-negative disease. The odds ratios of polygenic risk scores, which included 330 variants, for the highest 1% of quantiles compared with middle quantiles were 5.63 and 3.02 for luminal A-like and triple-negative disease, respectively. These findings provide an improved understanding of genetic predisposition to breast cancer subtypes and will inform the development of subtype-specific polygenic risk scores.
Published: 2020
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27. Transcriptome‐wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen‐receptor status

Author: Feng, Helian, Gusev, Alexander, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Wu, Lang, Long, Jirong, Abu-Full, Zomoroda, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Asseryanis, Ella, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barnes, Daniel R, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Canisius, Sander, Campa, Daniele, Carter, Brian D, Carter, Jonathan, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, GC-HBOC study Collaborators, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, de la Hoya, Miguel, De Leeneer, Kim, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Ganz, Patricia A, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hake, Christopher, He, Wei, Heyworth, Jane, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter J, Humphreys, Keith, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, ABCTB Investigators, HEBON Investigators, BCFR Investigators, OCGN Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel C, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Joseph, Vijai, Jung, Audrey, Karlan, Beth Y, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kristensen, Vessela N, Laitman, Yael, Lambrechts, Diether, Lazaro, Conxi, Leroux, Dominique, Leslie, Goska, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindor, Noralane, Lindström, Sara, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, Makalic, Enes, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John WM, Martinez, Maria E, Matricardi, Laura, Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McGuffog, Lesley, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Kapoor, Pooja M, Miller, Austin, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Fernando, Moserle, Lidia, Mulligan, Anna M, Muranen, Taru A, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nevelsteen, Ines, Nielsen, Finn C, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Papp, Janos, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge S, Peixoto, Ana, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul DP, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Poppe, Bruce, Pradhan, Nisha, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Presneau, Nadege, Punie, Kevin, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad Usman, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey A, Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Santos, Catarina, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmidt, Daniel F, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Scott, Rodney J, Sharma, Priyanka, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F, Skytte, Anne-Bine, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Spurdle, Amanda B, Stone, Jennifer, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, Mary Beth, Teulé, Alex, Thomassen, Mads, Thöne, Kathrin, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Vachon, Celine M, van Asperen, Christi J, van den Ouweland, Ans MW, van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Vieiro-Balo, Paula, Wang, Qin, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Ziogas, Argyrios, Milne, Roger L, Easton, Douglas F, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Zheng, Wei, Kraft, Peter, Jiang, Xia, Læknadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Medicine (UI), Heilbrigðisvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Health Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland, Antoniou, Antonis [0000-0001-9223-3116], Barnes, Daniel [0000-0002-3781-7570], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Tischkowitz, Marc [0000-0002-7880-0628], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Medical Oncology, Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology (GSB) Research Program, HUSLAB, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Hospital Area, University of Helsinki, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Clinicum, INDIVIDRUG - Individualized Drug Therapy, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Biosciences, Institut Català de la Salut, [Feng H] Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. [Gusev A] Dana‐Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts. [Pasaniuc B] UCLA Path & Lab Med, Los Angeles, California. [Wu L] Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii. [Long J] Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt‐Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. [Abu-full Z] Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Carmel Medical Center and Technion Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel. [Balmaña J] High Risk and Cancer Prevention Group, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. [Diez O] Hereditary Cancer Genetics Group, Area of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. Vall d'Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain, and Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus
Subjects: Oncology, Epidemiology, Neoplasms::Neoplasms by Site::Breast Neoplasms [DISEASES], Genetic Phenomena::Genotype::Genetic Predisposition to Disease [PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES], Vesicular Transport Proteins, Estrogen receptor, Genome-wide association study, VARIANTS, Transcriptome, Breast cancer, Brjóstakrabbamein, Receptors, Medicine and Health Sciences, GWAS, skin and connective tissue diseases, Estrogen Receptor Status, Genetics (clinical), Genetics & Heredity, neoplasias::neoplasias por localización::neoplasias de la mama [ENFERMEDADES], 0303 health sciences, Gen, 030305 genetics & heredity, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, Causal gene, Genomics, CARRIERS, STATISTICS, 3. Good health, Receptors, Estrogen, breast cancer subtype, causal gene, TWAS, Breast Neoplasms, Estrogens, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Risk Assessment, Genome-Wide Association Study, Medical genetics, Breast Cancer Genetics, Erfðarannsóknir, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, EXPRESSION, medicine.medical_specialty, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, 3122 Cancers, Estrògens, Biology, Article, Càncer de mama, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, Krabbameinsrannsóknir, medicine, fenómenos genéticos::genotipo::predisposición genética a la enfermedad [FENÓMENOS Y PROCESOS], 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association, Science & Technology, IDENTIFICATION, medicine.disease, Estrogen, TISSUE, Breast cancer subtype, Mama - Càncer - Aspectes genètics, Mathematical & Computational Biology
Abstract: Publisher's version (útgefin grein), Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype-specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER−). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER− subtypes, using a case-only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER– breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS-significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast-cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS-significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER− breast cancer., The authors thank the Cellex Foundation for providing research facilities and equipment. The breast cancer genome‐wide association (BCAC) is funded by Cancer Research UK (C1287/A16563, C1287/A10118), the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme (grant nos. 634935 and 633784 for BRIDGES and B‐CAST, respectively), and by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement number 223175 (grant no. HEALTH‐F2‐2009‐223175) (COGS). The EU Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme funding source had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, data interpretation or writing of the report. Genotyping of the OncoArray was funded by the NIH grant U19 CA148065, and Cancer UK grant C1287/A16563 and the PERSPECTIVE project supported by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (grant GPH‐129344), and the Ministère de l’Économie, Science et Innovation du Québec through Genome Québec and the PSRSIIRI‐701 grant, and the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation. Funding for the iCOGS infrastructure came from: the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement no. 223175 (HEALTH‐F2‐2009‐223175; COGS), Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118, C1287/A10710, C12292/A11174, C1281/A12014, C5047/A8384, C5047/A15007, C5047/A10692, and C8197/A16565), the National Institutes of Health (CA128978) and Post‐Cancer GWAS initiative (1U19 CA148537, 1U19 CA148065, and 1U19 CA148112—the GAME‐ON initiative), the Department of Defence (W81XWH‐10‐1‐0341), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer, and Komen Foundation for the Cure, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, and the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. The DRIVE Consortium was funded by U19 CA148065. The Australian Breast Cancer Family Study (ABCFS) was supported by grant UM1 CA164920 from the National Cancer Institute (USA). The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the National Cancer Institute or any of the collaborating centers in the Breast Cancer Family Registry (BCFR), nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the USA Government or the BCFR. The ABCFS was also supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the New South Wales Cancer Council, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Australia) and the Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium. J. L. H. is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Senior Principal Research Fellow. M. C. S. is an NHMRC Senior Research Fellow. The ABCS study was supported by the Dutch Cancer Society (grants NKI 2007‐3839; 2009 4363). The Australian Breast Cancer Tissue Bank (ABCTB) is generously supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, The Cancer Institute NSW and the National Breast Cancer Foundation. The ACP study is funded by the Breast Cancer Research Trust, UK. The AHS study is supported by the intramural research program of the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute (grant no. Z01‐CP010119), and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (grant no. Z01‐ES049030). The work of the BBCC was partly funded by ELAN‐Fond of the University Hospital of Erlangen. The BBCS is funded by Cancer Research UK and Breast Cancer Now and acknowledges NHS funding to the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, and the National Cancer Research Network (NCRN). The BCEES was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia and the Cancer Council Western Australia and acknowledges funding from the National Breast Cancer Foundation (JS). For the BCFR‐NY, BCFR‐PA, BCFR‐UT this work was supported by grant UM1 CA164920 from the National Cancer Institute. The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the National Cancer Institute or any of the collaborating centers in the Breast Cancer Family Registry (BCFR), nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the US Government or the BCFR. For BIGGS, E. S. is supported by NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with King's College London, United Kingdom. I. T. is supported by the Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. B. O. C. S. is supported by funds from Cancer Research UK (C8620/A8372/A15106) and the Institute of Cancer Research (UK). B. O. C. S. acknowledges NHS funding to the Royal Marsden/Institute of Cancer Research NIHR Specialist Cancer Biomedical Research Centre. The BREast Oncology GAlician Network (BREOGAN) is funded by Acción Estratégica de Salud del Instituto de Salud Carlos III FIS PI12/02125/Cofinanciado FEDER; Acción Estratégica de Salud del Instituto de Salud Carlos III FIS Intrasalud (PI13/01136); Programa Grupos Emergentes, Cancer Genetics Unit, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica Galicia Sur. Xerencia de Xestion Integrada de Vigo‐SERGAS, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spain; Grant 10CSA012E, Consellería de Industria Programa Sectorial de Investigación Aplicada, PEME I + D e I + D Suma del Plan Gallego de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica de la Consellería de Industria de la Xunta de Galicia, Spain (grant EC11‐192). Fomento de la Investigación Clínica Independiente, Ministerio de Sanidad, Servicios Sociales e Igualdad, Spain; and Grant FEDER‐Innterconecta. Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad, Xunta de Galicia, Spain. The BSUCH study was supported by the Dietmar‐Hopp Foundation, the Helmholtz Society and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). The CAMA study was funded by Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología (CONACyT; SALUD‐2002‐C01‐7462). Sample collection and processing were funded in part by grants from the National Cancer Institute (NCI R01CA120120 and K24CA169004). C. B. C. S. is funded by the Canadian Cancer Society (grant no. 313404) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. C. C. G. P. is supported by funding from the University of Crete. The CECILE study was supported by Fondation de France, Institut National du Cancer (INCa), Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer, Agence Nationale de Sécurité Sanitaire, de l'Alimentation, de l'Environnement et du Travail (ANSES), Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR). The CGPS was supported by the Chief Physician Johan Boserup and Lise Boserup Fund, the Danish Medical Research Council, and Herlev and Gentofte Hospital. The CNIO‐BCS was supported by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III, the Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Cáncer and grants from the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer and the Fondo de Investigación Sanitario (PI11/00923 and PI12/00070). COLBCCC is supported by the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. Diana Torres was in part supported by a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. The American Cancer Society funds the creation, maintenance, and updating of the CPS‐II cohort. The CTS was initially supported by the California Breast Cancer Act of 1993 and the California Breast Cancer Research Fund (contract 97‐10500) and is currently funded through the National Institutes of Health (R01 CA77398, UM1 CA164917, and U01 CA199277). The collection of cancer incidence data was supported by the California Department of Public Health as part of the statewide cancer reporting program mandated by California Health and Safety Code Section 103885. HAC receives support from the Lon V Smith Foundation (LVS39420). The University of Westminster curates the DietCompLyf database funded by Against Breast Cancer Registered Charity No. 1121258 and the NCRN. The coordination of EPIC is financially supported by the European Commission (DG‐SANCO) and the International Agency for Research on Cancer. The national cohorts are supported by Ligue Contre le Cancer, Institut Gustave Roussy, Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) (France); German Cancer Aid, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) (Germany); the Hellenic Health Foundation, the Stavros Niarchos Foundation (Greece); Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro‐AIRC‐Italy and National Research Council (Italy); Dutch Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports (VWS), Netherlands Cancer Registry (NKR), LK Research Funds, Dutch Prevention Funds, Dutch ZON (Zorg Onderzoek Nederland), World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF), Statistics Netherlands (The Netherlands); Health Research Fund (FIS), PI13/00061 to Granada, PI13/01162 to EPIC‐Murcia, Regional Governments of Andalucía, Asturias, Basque Country, Murcia and Navarra, ISCIII RETIC (RD06/0020) (Spain); Cancer Research UK (14136 to EPIC‐Norfolk; C570/A16491 and C8221/A19170 to EPIC‐Oxford), Medical Research Council (1000143 to EPIC‐Norfolk, MR/M012190/1 to EPIC‐Oxford) (United Kingdom). The ESTHER study was supported by a grant from the Baden Württemberg Ministry of Science, Research and Arts. Additional cases were recruited in the context of the VERDI study, which was supported by a grant from the German Cancer Aid (Deutsche Krebshilfe). FHRISK is funded from NIHR grant PGfAR 0707‐10031. The GC‐HBOC (German Consortium of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer) is supported by the German Cancer Aid (grant no 110837, coordinator: Rita K. Schmutzler, Cologne). This work was also funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Free State of Saxony, Germany (LIFE—Leipzig Research Centre for Civilization Diseases, project numbers 713‐241202, 713‐241202, 14505/2470, 14575/2470). The GENICA was funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Germany grants 01KW9975/5, 01KW9976/8, 01KW9977/0 and 01KW0114, the Robert Bosch Foundation, Stuttgart, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, the Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum (IPA), Bochum, as well as the Department of Internal Medicine, Evangelische Kliniken Bonn gGmbH, Johanniter Krankenhaus, Bonn, Germany. The GEPARSIXTO study was conducted by the German Breast Group GmbH. The GESBC was supported by the Deutsche Krebshilfe e. V. (70492) and the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). GLACIER was supported by Breast Cancer Now, CRUK and Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London. The HABCS study was supported by the Claudia von Schilling Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, by the Lower Saxonian Cancer Society, and by the Rudolf Bartling Foundation. The HEBCS was financially supported by the Helsinki University Hospital Research Fund, the Finnish Cancer Society, and the Sigrid Juselius Foundation. The HERPACC was supported by MEXT Kakenhi (No. 170150181 and 26253041) from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports, Culture and Technology of Japan, by a Grant‐in‐Aid for the Third Term Comprehensive 10‐Year Strategy for Cancer Control from Ministry Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, by Health and Labour Sciences Research Grants for Research on Applying Health Technology from Ministry Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan, by National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund, and “Practical Research for Innovative Cancer Control (15ck0106177h0001)” from Japan Agency for Medical Research and development, AMED, and Cancer Bio Bank Aichi. The HMBCS was supported by a grant from the Friends of Hannover Medical School and by the Rudolf Bartling Foundation. The HUBCS was supported by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Research and Education (RUS08/017) and by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research and the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations for supporting the Bioresource collections and RFBR grants 14‐04‐97088, 17‐29‐06014, and 17‐44‐020498. ICICLE was supported by Breast Cancer Now, CRUK and Biomedical Research Centre at Guy's and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and King's College London. Financial support for KARBAC was provided through the regional agreement on medical training and clinical research (ALF) between Stockholm County Council and Karolinska Institutet, the Swedish Cancer Society, The Gustav V Jubilee foundation and Bert von Kantzows foundation. The KARMA study was supported by Märit and Hans Rausings Initiative Against Breast Cancer. The KBCP was financially supported by the special Government Funding (EVO) of Kuopio University Hospital grants, Cancer Fund of North Savo, the Finnish Cancer Organizations, and the strategic funding of the University of Eastern Finland. The kConFab Follow‐Up Study is supported by grants from Cancer Australia, the Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation, the National Health and Medical Research Council, the National Institute of Health USA, the Queensland Cancer Fund, the Cancer Councils of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia, and the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia. KAP is an Australian National Breast Cancer Foundation Practitioner Fellow. Financial support for the AOCS was provided by the United States Army Medical Research and Materiel Command (DAMD17‐01‐1‐0729), Cancer Council Victoria, Queensland Cancer Fund, Cancer Council New South Wales, Cancer Council South Australia, The Cancer Foundation of Western Australia, Cancer Council Tasmania and the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia (NHMRC; 400413, 400281, and 199600). G. C. T. and P. W. are supported by the NHMRC. R. B. was a Cancer Institute NSW Clinical Research Fellow. The KOHBRA study was partially supported by a grant from the Korea Health Technology R&D Project through the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), and the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (HI16C1127; 1020350; 1420190). L. A. A. B. C. is supported by grants (1RB‐0287, 3PB‐0102, 5PB‐0018, and 10PB‐0098) from the California Breast Cancer Research Program. Incident breast cancer cases were collected by the USC Cancer Surveillance Program (CSP) which is supported under subcontract by the California Department of Health. The CSP is also part of the National Cancer Institute's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, under contract number N01CN25403. L. M. B. C. is supported by the “Stichting tegen Kanker.” D. L. is supported by the FWO. The MABCS study is funded by the Research Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology “Georgi D. Efremov” and supported by the German Academic Exchange Program, DAAD. The MARIE study was supported by the Deutsche Krebshilfe e.V. (70‐2892‐BR I, 106332, 108253, 108419, 110826, 110828), the Hamburg Cancer Society, the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Germany (01KH0402). MBCSG is supported by grants from the Italian Association for Cancer Research (AIRC) and by funds from the Italian citizens who allocated the 5/1,000 share of their tax payment in support of the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, according to Italian laws (INT‐Institutional strategic projects “5 × 1,000”). The MCBCS was supported by the NIH grants CA192393, CA116167, CA176785, and NIH Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer (CA116201), and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and a generous gift from the David F. and Margaret T. Grohne Family Foundation. The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study (MCCS) cohort recruitment was funded by VicHealth and Cancer Council Victoria. The MCCS was further augmented by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council grants 209057, 396414, and 1074383 and by infrastructure provided by Cancer Council Victoria. Cases and their vital status were ascertained through the Victorian Cancer Registry and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, including the National Death Index and the Australian Cancer Database.” The MEC was supported by NIH grants CA63464, CA54281, CA098758, CA132839, and CA164973. The MISS study is supported by funding from ERC‐2011‐294576 Advanced grant, Swedish Cancer Society, Swedish Research Council, Local hospital funds, Berta Kamprad Foundation, Gunnar Nilsson. The MMHS study was supported by NIH grants CA97396, CA128931, CA116201, CA140286, and CA177150. M. S. K. C. C. is supported by grants from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation and Robert and Kate Niehaus Clinical Cancer Genetics Initiative. The work of MTLGEBCS was supported by the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the “CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer” program—grant no. CRN‐87521 and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade—grant no. PSR‐SIIRI‐701. MYBRCA is funded by research grants from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (UM.C/HlR/MOHE/06) and Cancer Research Malaysia. MYMAMMO is supported by research grants from Yayasan Sime Darby LPGA Tournament and Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (RP046B‐15HTM). The NBCS has been supported by the Research Council of Norway grant 193387/V50 (to A.‐L. B.‐D. and V. N. K.) and grant 193387/H10 (to A.‐L. B.‐D. and V. N. K.), South‐Eastern Norway Health Authority (grant 39346 to A.‐L.B‐D. and 27208 to V. N. K.) and the Norwegian Cancer Society (to A.‐L. B.‐D. and 419616‐71248‐PR‐2006‐0282 to V. N. K.). It has received funding from the K.G. Jebsen Centre for Breast Cancer Research (2012‐2015). The NBHS was supported by NIH grant R01CA100374. Biological sample preparation was conducted the Survey and Biospecimen Shared Resource, which is supported by P30 CA68485. The Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry (NC‐BCFR) and Ontario Familial Breast Cancer Registry (OFBCR) were supported by grant UM1 CA164920 from the National Cancer Institute (USA). The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the National Cancer Institute or any of the collaborating centers in the Breast Cancer Family Registry (BCFR), nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the USA Government or the BCFR. The Carolina Breast Cancer Study was funded by Komen Foundation, the National Cancer Institute (P50 CA058223, U54 CA156733, and U01 CA179715), and the North Carolina University Cancer Research Fund. The NGOBCS was supported by Grants‐in‐Aid for the Third Term Comprehensive Ten‐Year Strategy for Cancer Control from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare of Japan, and for Scientific Research on Priority Areas, 17015049 and for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, 221S0001, from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology of Japan. The NHS was supported by NIH grants P01 CA87969, UM1 CA186107, and U19 CA148065. The NHS2 was supported by NIH grants UM1 CA176726 and U19 CA148065. The OBCS was supported by research grants from the Finnish Cancer Foundation, the Academy of Finland (grant no. 250083, 122715 and Center of Excellence grant no. 251314), the Finnish Cancer Foundation, the Sigrid Juselius Foundation, the University of Oulu, the University of Oulu Support Foundation and the special Governmental EVO funds for Oulu University Hospital‐based research activities. The ORIGO study was supported by the Dutch Cancer Society (RUL 1997‐1505) and the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructure (BBMRI‐NL CP16). The PBCS was funded by Intramural Research Funds of the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, USA. Genotyping for PLCO was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the National Institutes of Health, NCI, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics. The PLCO is supported by the Intramural Research Program of the Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics and supported by contracts from the Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health. The POSH study is funded by Cancer Research UK (grants C1275/A11699, C1275/C22524, C1275/A19187, C1275/A15956, and Breast Cancer Campaign 2010PR62, 2013PR044. PROCAS is funded from NIHR grant PGfAR 0707‐10031. The RBCS was funded by the Dutch Cancer Society (DDHK 2004‐3124, DDHK 2009‐4318). The SASBAC study was supported by funding from the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research of Singapore (A*STAR), the US National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The SBCGS was supported primarily by NIH grants R01CA64277, R01CA148667, UMCA182910, and R37CA70867. Biological sample preparation was conducted the Survey and Biospecimen Shared Resource, which is supported by P30 CA68485. The scientific development and funding of this project were, in part, supported by the Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME‐ON) Network U19 CA148065. The SBCS was supported by Sheffield Experimental Cancer Medicine Centre and Breast Cancer Now Tissue Bank. The SCCS is supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health (R01 CA092447). Data on SCCS cancer cases used in this publication were provided by the Alabama Statewide Cancer Registry; Kentucky Cancer Registry, Lexington, KY; Tennessee Department of Health, Office of Cancer Surveillance; Florida Cancer Data System; North Carolina Central Cancer Registry, North Carolina Division of Public Health; Georgia Comprehensive Cancer Registry; Louisiana Tumor Registry; Mississippi Cancer Registry; South Carolina Central Cancer Registry; Virginia Department of Health, Virginia Cancer Registry; Arkansas Department of Health, Cancer Registry, 4815 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR 72205. The Arkansas Central Cancer Registry is fully funded by a grant from the National Program of Cancer Registries, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Data on SCCS cancer cases from Mississippi were collected by the Mississippi Cancer Registry which participates in the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The contents of this publication are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or the Mississippi Cancer Registry. SEARCH is funded by Cancer Research UK (C490/A10124 and C490/A16561) and supported by the UK National Institute for Health Research Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Cambridge. The University of Cambridge has received salary support for PDPP from the NHS in the East of England through the Clinical Academic Reserve. SEBCS was supported by the BRL (Basic Research Laboratory) program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2012‐0000347). SGBCC is funded by the NUS start‐up Grant, National University Cancer Institute Singapore (NCIS) Centre Grant and the NMRC Clinician Scientist Award. Additional controls were recruited by the Singapore Consortium of Cohort Studies‐Multi‐ethnic cohort (SCCS‐MEC), which was funded by the Biomedical Research Council, grant no. 05/1/21/19/425. The Sister Study (SISTER) is supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Z01‐ES044005 and Z01‐ES049033). The Two Sister Study (2SISTER) was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIH, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (Z01‐ES044005 and Z01‐ES102245), and, also by a grant from Susan G. Komen for the Cure, grant FAS0703856. SKKDKFZS is supported by the DKFZ. The SMC is funded by the Swedish Cancer Foundation. The SZBCS and IHCC were supported by Grant PBZ_KBN_122/P05/2004 and the program of the Minister of Science and Higher Education under the name “Regional Initiative of Excellence” in 2019–2022 project number 002/RID/2018/19 amount of financing 12,000,000 PLN. The TBCS was funded by The National Cancer Institute of Thailand. The TNBCC was supported by a Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer (CA116201), a grant from the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, a generous gift from the David F. and Margaret T. Grohne Family Foundation. The TWBCS is supported by the Taiwan Biobank project of the Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. The UCIBCS component of this research was supported by the NIH (CA58860 and CA92044) and the Lon V Smith Foundation (LVS39420). The UKBGS is funded by Breast Cancer Now and the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), London and also thank the study participants, study staff, and the doctors, nurses and other health care providers and health information sources who have contributed to the study. ICR acknowledges NHS funding to the NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. The UKOPS study was funded by The Eve Appeal (The Oak Foundation) and supported by the National Institute for Health Research University College London Hospitals Biomedical Research Centre. The US3SS study was supported by Massachusetts (K. M. E., R01CA47305), Wisconsin (P. A. N., R01 CA47147), and New Hampshire (L. T.‐E., R01CA69664) centers, and Intramural Research Funds of the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, USA. The USRT Study was funded by Intramural Research Funds of the National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, USA. The WAABCS study was supported by grants from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (R01 CA89085 and P50 CA125183 and the D43 TW009112 grant), Susan G. Komen (SAC110026), Dr. Ralph and Marian Falk Medical Research Trust, and the Avon Foundation for Women. The WHI program is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the US National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHSN268201100046C, HHSN268201100001C, HHSN268201100002C, HHSN268201100003C, HHSN268201100004C, and HHSN271201100004C). This work was also funded by NCI U19 CA148065‐01. D. G. E. is supported by the all Manchester NIHR Biomedical research center Manchester (IS‐BRC‐1215‐20007). HUNBOCS, Hungarian Breast, and Ovarian Cancer Study were supported by Hungarian Research Grant KTIA‐OTKA CK‐80745, NKFI_OTKA K‐112228. C. I. received support from the Survey, Recruitment, and Biospecimen Shared Resource at Georgetown University (NIH/NCI P30‐CA‐51008) and the Jess and Mildred Fisher Center for Hereditary Cancer and Clinical Genomics Research. K. M. is supported by CRUK C18281/A19169. City of Hope Clinical Cancer Community Research Network and the Hereditary Cancer Research Registry, supported in part by Award Number RC4CA153828 (PI: J Weitzel) from the National Cancer Institute and the office of the Director, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The ICO study is supported by the Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer (AECC), The Instituto de Salud Carlos III (organismo adscrito al Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad) and “Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER), una manera de hacer Europa” (PI10/01422, PI13/00285, PIE13/00022, PI15/00854, PI16/00563, and CIBERONC) and The Institut Català de la Salut and Autonomous Government of Catalonia (2009SGR290, 2014SGR338 and PERIS Project MedPerCan). Dr. Beth Karlan is funded by the American Cancer Society Early Detection Professorship (SIOP‐06‐258‐01‐COUN) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), grant UL1TR000124. A.V. is supported by the Spanish Health Research Foundation, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII), partially supported by FEDER funds through Research Activity Intensification Program (contract grant nos. INT15/00070, INT16/00154, INT17/00133), and through Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enferemdades Raras CIBERER (ACCI 2016: ER17P1AC7112/2018); Autonomous Government of Galicia (Consolidation and structuring program: IN607B), and by the Fundación Mutua Madrileña (call 2018). The GEMO resource was initially funded by the French National Institute of Cancer (INCa, PHRC Ile de France, grant AOR 01 082, 2001–2003, grant 2013‐1‐BCB‐01‐ICH‐1), the Association “Le cancer du sein, parlons‐en!” Award (2004) the Association for International Cancer Research (2008–2010), and the Fondation ARC pour la recherche sur le cancer (grant PJA 20151203365). It also received support from the Canadian Institute of Health Research for the “CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer” program (2008–2013), and the European commission FP7, Project «Collaborative Ovarian, breast and prostate Gene‐environment Study (COGS), Large‐scale integrating project» (2009–2013). G. E. M. O. is currently supported by the INCa grant SHS‐E‐SP 18‐015. OSUCCC was funded by the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center. Leigha Senter, Kevin Sweet, Caroline Craven, Julia Cooper, Amber Aielts, and Michelle O'Conor aided in the recruitment of BRCA1/2 study participants and data collection. Robert Pilarski aided in recruitment and data collection of TNBC cases from the Stefanie Spielman Breast Bank. Clinical Genetics Branch, NCI: the Intramural Research Program of the US National Cancer Institute, NIH, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, and by support services contracts NO2‐CP‐11019‐50, N02‐CP‐21013‐63 and N02‐CP‐65504 with Westat, Inc, Rockville, MD. ILUH was funded by the Icelandic Association “Walking for Breast Cancer Research” and by the Landspitali University Hospital Research Fund. The Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON) consists of the following Collaborating Centers: Netherlands Cancer Institute (coordinating center), Amsterdam, NL: M.A. Rookus, F.B.L. Hogervorst, F.E. van Leeuwen, M.A. Adank, M.K. Schmidt, D.J. Jenner; Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, NL: J.M. Collée, A.M.W. van den Ouweland, M.J. Hooning, I.A. Boere; Leiden University Medical Center, NL: C.J. van Asperen, P. Devilee, R.B. van der Luijt, T.C.T.E.F. van Cronenburg; Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, NL: M.R. Wevers, A.R. Mensenkamp; University Medical Center Utrecht, NL: M.G.E.M. Ausems, M.J. Koudijs; Amsterdam Medical Center, NL: E.J. Meijers‐Heijboer, T.A.M. van Os; VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, NL: K. van Engelen, J.J.P. Gille; Maastricht University Medical Center, NL: E.B. Gómez‐Garcia, M.J. Blok, M. de Boer; University of Groningen, NL: J.C. Oosterwijk, A.H. van der Hout, M.J.E. Mourits, G.H. de Bock; The Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL): S. Siesling, J. Verloop; The nationwide network and registry of histo‐ and cyto‐pathology in the Netherlands (PALGA): E.C. van den Broek. HEBON thanks the study participants and the registration teams of IKNL and PALGA for part of the data collection. The HEBON study is supported by the Dutch Cancer Society grants NKI1998‐1854, NKI2004‐3088, NKI2007‐3756, the Netherlands Organisation of Scientific Research grant NWO 91109024, the Pink Ribbon grants 110005 and 2014‐187.WO76, the BBMRI grant NWO 184.021.007/CP46, and the Transcan grant JTC 2012 Cancer 12‐054. N.N. Petrov Institute of Oncology is supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (grants 17‐00‐00171, 18‐515‐45012 and 19‐515‐25001).
Published: 2020

28. A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis

Author: Escala-Garcia, Maria, Abraham, Jean, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Ashworth, Alan, Auer, Paul L, Auvinen, Päivi, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beesley, Jonathan, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldas, Carlos, Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chin, Suet-Feung, Clarke, Christine L, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dunn, Janet A, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Earl, Helena M, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Ellberg, Carolina, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, George, Angela, Giles, Graham G, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Qi, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hiller, Louise, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Huang, Chiun-Sheng, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hunter, David J, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Keeman, Renske, Kitahara, Cari M, Koppert, Linetta B, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Lindblom, Annika, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, Olshan, Andrew F, Olson, Janet E, and Olsson, Håkan
Subjects: Gq-G11, screening and diagnosis, Genotype, Computational Biology, Genetic Variation, Breast Neoplasms, Apoptosis, Prognosis, Estrogen, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, 4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies, Detection, Germ Cells, Circadian Clocks, Receptors, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Female, Gene Regulatory Networks, Aetiology, Signal Transduction, Genome-Wide Association Study, Cancer
Abstract: Identifying the underlying genetic drivers of the heritability of breast cancer prognosis remains elusive. We adapt a network-based approach to handle underpowered complex datasets to provide new insights into the potential function of germline variants in breast cancer prognosis. This network-based analysis studies ~7.3 million variants in 84,457 breast cancer patients in relation to breast cancer survival and confirms the results on 12,381 independent patients. Aggregating the prognostic effects of genetic variants across multiple genes, we identify four gene modules associated with survival in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative and one in ER-positive disease. The modules show biological enrichment for cancer-related processes such as G-alpha signaling, circadian clock, angiogenesis, and Rho-GTPases in apoptosis.
Published: 2020

29. A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis

Author: Escala-Garcia, Maria, Abraham, Jean, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Ashworth, Alan, Auer, Paul L, Auvinen, Päivi, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beesley, Jonathan, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldas, Carlos, Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chin, Suet-Feung, Clarke, Christine L, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dunn, Janet A, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Earl, Helena M, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Ellberg, Carolina, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flyger, Henrik, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, George, Angela, Giles, Graham G, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Qi, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hiller, Louise, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Huang, Chiun-Sheng, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hunter, David J, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Keeman, Renske, Kitahara, Cari M, Koppert, Linetta B, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Lindblom, Annika, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G, Olshan, Andrew F, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Peterlongo, Paolo, Petridis, Christos, Prentice, Ross L, Presneau, Nadege, Punie, Kevin, Ramachandran, Dhanya, Rennert, Gad, Romero, Atocha, Sachchithananthan, Mythily, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Christopher, Simard, Jacques, Sohn, Christof, Southey, Melissa C, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, Mary Beth, Thorne, Heather, Tollenaar, Rob A E M, Tomlinson, Ian, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Turnbull, Clare, Vachon, Celine M, van der Kolk, Lizet E, Wang, Qin, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R, Ziogas, Argyrios, Pharoah, Paul D P, Hall, Per, Wessels, Lodewyk F A, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Bader, Gary D, Dörk, Thilo, Easton, Douglas F, Canisius, Sander, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Gonzalez Neira, Anna, Andrulis, Irene L., Auer, Paul L., Beckmann, Matthias W., Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Bolla, Manjeet K., Brucker, Sara Y., Chanock, Stephen J., Clarke, Christine L., Couch, Fergus J., Cross, Simon S., Daly, Mary B., Dunn, Janet A., Dunning, Alison M., Earl, Helena M., Eccles, Diana M., Eliassen, A. Heather, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Gapstur, Susan M., García-Sáenz, José A., Gaudet, Mia M., Giles, Graham G., Goldgar, David E., Haiman, Christopher A., Harrington, Patricia A., Hooning, Maartje J., Hopper, John L., Hunter, David J., John, Esther M., Kitahara, Cari M., Milne, Roger L., Neuhausen, Susan L., Newman, William G., Olshan, Andrew F., Olson, Janet E., Prentice, Ross L., Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmutzler, Rita K., Southey, Melissa C., Swerdlow, Anthony J., Tamimi, Rulla M., Tapper, William J., Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M., Troester, Melissa A., Vachon, Celine M., van der Kolk, Lizet E., Yang, Xiaohong R., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Wessels, Lodewyk F. A., Bader, Gary D., Easton, Douglas F., Schmidt, Marjanka K., HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki, National Institute for Health Research (Reino Unido), German Cancer Research Center, United States of Department of Health & Human Services, Cancer Research UK (Reino Unido), European Commission, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ministere de l'Economie, Science et Innovation du Quebec (Canadá), Dutch Cancer Society (Holanda), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, Deutsche Krebshilfe, Russian Foundation for Basic Research, Swedish Research Council, Breast Cancer Now (Reino Unido), Medical Oncology, Surgery, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ, United States Department of Health & Human Services National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, Cancer Research UK, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Ministere de l'Economie, Science et Innovation du Quebec- CANADA, KWF Kankerbestrijding, Asociacion Espanola Contra el Cancer (AECC), Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR), Breast Cancer Now, London, Unión Europea. Comisión Europea, Andrulis, Irene L. [0000-0002-4226-6435], Arndt, Volker [0000-0001-9320-8684], Bojesen, Stig E. [0000-0002-4061-4133], Brauch, Hiltrud [0000-0001-7531-2736], Caldas, Carlos [0000-0003-3547-1489], Canzian, Federico [0000-0002-4261-4583], Chanock, Stephen J. [0000-0002-2324-3393], Chin, Suet-Feung [0000-0001-5697-1082], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Devilee, Peter [0000-0002-8023-2009], Dunning, Alison M. [0000-0001-6651-7166], Dwek, Miriam [0000-0001-7184-2932], Ellberg, Carolina [0000-0001-7297-0645], Fasching, Peter A. [0000-0003-4885-8471], García-Closas, Montserrat [0000-0003-1033-2650], García-Sáenz, José A. [0000-0001-6880-0301], Giles, Graham G. [0000-0003-4946-9099], Guénel, Pascal [0000-0002-8359-518X], Håkansson, Niclas [0000-0001-7673-5554], Kapoor, Pooja Middha [0000-0001-5503-8215], Keeman, Renske [0000-0002-5452-9933], Kraft, Peter [0000-0002-4472-8103], Lambrechts, Diether [0000-0002-3429-302X], Milne, Roger L. [0000-0001-5764-7268], Nevanlinna, Heli [0000-0002-0916-2976], Newman, William G. [0000-0002-6382-4678], Olson, Janet E. [0000-0003-4944-7789], Orr, Nick [0000-0003-2866-942X], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Punie, Kevin [0000-0002-1162-7963], Ramachandran, Dhanya [0000-0001-8139-7799], Rennert, Gad [0000-0002-8512-068X], Romero, Atocha [0000-0002-1634-7397], Saloustros, Emmanouil [0000-0002-0485-0120], Scott, Christopher [0000-0003-1340-0647], Simard, Jacques [0000-0001-6906-3390], Teixeira, Manuel R. [0000-0002-4896-5982], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], Truong, Thérèse [0000-0002-2943-6786], Winqvist, Robert [0000-0003-0932-9104], Wolk, Alicja [0000-0001-7387-6845], Ziogas, Argyrios [0000-0003-4529-3727], Pharoah, Paul D. P. [0000-0001-8494-732X], Bader, Gary D. [0000-0003-0185-8861], Dörk, Thilo [0000-0002-9458-0282], Easton, Douglas F. [0000-0003-2444-3247], Canisius, Sander [0000-0003-3888-8829], Schmidt, Marjanka K. [0000-0002-2228-429X], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Andrulis, Irene L [0000-0002-4226-6435], Blomqvist, Carl [0000-0003-3041-1938], Bojesen, Stig E [0000-0002-4061-4133], Chanock, Stephen J [0000-0002-2324-3393], Dunning, Alison M [0000-0001-6651-7166], Earl, Helena M [0000-0003-1549-8094], Fasching, Peter A [0000-0003-4885-8471], García-Sáenz, José A [0000-0001-6880-0301], Giles, Graham G [0000-0003-4946-9099], Howell, Anthony [0000-0002-6233-719X], Milne, Roger L [0000-0001-5764-7268], Newman, William G [0000-0002-6382-4678], Olson, Janet E [0000-0003-4944-7789], Olsson, Håkan [0000-0002-8794-9635], Teixeira, Manuel R [0000-0002-4896-5982], Pharoah, Paul D P [0000-0001-8494-732X], Bader, Gary D [0000-0003-0185-8861], Easton, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247], Schmidt, Marjanka K [0000-0002-2228-429X], and Pharoah, Paul DP [0000-0001-8494-732X]
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, PTEN, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11/genetics, 45/43, Gene regulatory network, General Physics and Astronomy, Estrogen receptor, Genome-wide association study, Apoptosis, Disease, CIRCADIAN CLOCK, VARIANTS, Bioinformatics, Genome-wide association studies, Germline, Metastasis, PATHWAY, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics, Gene Regulatory Networks, lcsh:Science, Multidisciplinary, TUMOR-GROWTH, Receptors, Estrogen/genetics, Prognosis, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, 3. Good health, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Receptors, Estrogen, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Medical genetics, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Female, Medical Genetics, Signal Transduction, medicine.medical_specialty, Genotype, Science, 3122 Cancers, 631/208/205/2138, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Breast Neoplasms/genetics, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Circadian Clocks, medicine, Humans, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Medicinsk genetik, Science & Technology, 45, Genetic Variation, Computational Biology, General Chemistry, medicine.disease, GENE, Computational biology and bioinformatics, 030104 developmental biology, Germ Cells, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits/genetics, METASTASIS, GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11, 692/4028/67/1347, lcsh:Q, CELL-GROWTH, 631/114, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Identifying the underlying genetic drivers of the heritability of breast cancer prognosis remains elusive. We adapt a network-based approach to handle underpowered complex datasets to provide new insights into the potential function of germline variants in breast cancer prognosis. This network-based analysis studies ~7.3 million variants in 84,457 breast cancer patients in relation to breast cancer survival and confirms the results on 12,381 independent patients. Aggregating the prognostic effects of genetic variants across multiple genes, we identify four gene modules associated with survival in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative and one in ER-positive disease. The modules show biological enrichment for cancer-related processes such as G-alpha signaling, circadian clock, angiogenesis, and Rho-GTPases in apoptosis., In breast cancer the contribution of different genetic variants to disease heritability is complex and not fully understood. Here, the authors present a network-based analysis in 84,567 patients studying ~7.3 million variants, identifying gene modules associated with breast cancer survival.
Published: 2020

30. Common breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes

Author: Ahearn, Thomas U., Zhang, Haoyu, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Milne, Roger L., Bolla, Manjeet K., Dennis, Joe, Dunning, Alison M., Lush, Michael, Wang, Qin, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J., Auer, Paul L., Augustinsson, Annelie, Baten, Adinda, Becher, Heiko, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E., Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Canzian, Federico, Castelao, Jose E., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Clarke, Christine L., Collée, J. Margriet, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M., Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine, Floris, Giuseppe, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M., García-Sáenz, José A., Gaudet, Mia M., Giles, Graham G., Goldberg, Mark S., Goldgar, David E., González-Neira, Anna, GrenakerAlnæs, Grethe I., Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Torres, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette A.M., Holleczek, Bernd, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoover, Robert N., Hopper, John L., Howell, Anthony, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, John, Esther M., Jones, Michael E., Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kauppila, Saila, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kitahara, Cari M., Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N., Krüger, Ute, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kurian, Allison W., Kyriacou, Kyriacos, Lambrechts, Diether, Lee, Derrick G., Lindblom, Annika, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Llaneza, Ana, Lo, Wing-Yee, MacInnis, Robert J., Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, McLean, Catriona, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newman, William G., Nodora, Jesse, Offit, Kenneth, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peto, Julian, Pita, Guillermo, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prentice, Ross, Punie, Kevin, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Romero, Atocha, Rüdiger, Thomas, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sampson, Sarah, Sandler, Dale P., Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmutzler, Rita K., Schoemaker, Minouk J., Schöttker, Ben, Sherman, Mark E., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa C., Spinelli, John J., Swerdlow, Anthony J., Tamimi, Rulla M., Tapper, William J., Taylor, Jack A., Terry, MaryBeth, Torres, Diana, Troester, Melissa A., Vachon, Celine M., van Deurzen, Carolien H.M., van Veen, Elke M., Wagner, Philippe, Weinberg, Clarice R., Wendt, Camilla, Wesseling, Jelle, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R., Zheng, Wei, Couch, Fergus J., Simard, Jacques, Kraft, Peter, Easton, Douglas F., Pharoah, Paul D.P., Schmidt, Marjanka K., García-Closas, Montserrat, and Chatterjee, Nilanjan
Abstract: Background Genome-wide association studies have identified over 170 common breast cancer susceptibility variants, many of them with differential associations by estrogen receptor (ER). How these variants are related to other tumor features is unclear. Methods Analyses included 106,571 invasive breast cancer cases and 95,762 controls of European ancestry with data on 178 genotyped or imputed single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs). We used two-stage polytomous logistic regression models to evaluate SNPs in relation to multiple tumor features (ER, progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and grade) adjusting for each other, and to intrinsic-like subtypes. Results Nearly half of the SNPs (85 of 178) were associated with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate
Published: 2019
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31. Genetic susceptibility to radiation-induced breast cancer after Hodgkin lymphoma

Author: Opstal-van Winden, Annemieke W J, de Haan, Hugoline G, Hauptmann, Michael, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Broeks, Annegien, Russell, Nicola S, Janus, Cécile P M, Krol, Augustinus D G, van der Baan, Frederieke H, De Bruin, Marie L, van Eggermond, Anna M, Dennis, Joe, Anton Culver, Hoda, Haiman, Christopher A, Sawyer, Elinor J, Cox, Angela, Devilee, Peter, Hooning, Maartje J, Peto, Julian, Couch, Fergus J, Pharoah, Paul, Orr, Nick, Easton, Douglas F, Aleman, Berthe M P, Strong, Louise C, Bhatia, Smita, Cooke, Rosie, Robison, Leslie L, Swerdlow, Anthony J, van Leeuwen, Flora E, Afd Pharmacoepi & Clinical Pharmacology, Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology, Radiotherapy, Medical Oncology, de Haan, Hugoline G [0000-0003-1126-4776], Schmidt, Marjanka K [0000-0002-2228-429X], De Bruin, Marie L [0000-0001-9197-7068], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Afd Pharmacoepi & Clinical Pharmacology, and Pharmacoepidemiology and Clinical Pharmacology
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced, medicine.medical_treatment, Biochemistry, single nucleotide polymorphisms, 0302 clinical medicine, Cancer Survivors, Genotype, Taverne, Odds Ratio, Young adult, skin and connective tissue diseases, Aged, 80 and over, education.field_of_study, Neoplasms, Second Primary, Radiotherapy Dosage, Hematology, Middle Aged, Hodgkin Disease, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Regression Analysis, Female, Adult, Quality Control, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, Immunology, Population, Breast Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Breast cancer, breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Genetic predisposition, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, education, radiotherapy, Aged, business.industry, Case-control study, Cell Biology, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Radiation therapy, 030104 developmental biology, Case-Control Studies, polygenic risk score, business, Hodgkin lymphoma, genetic susceptibility
Abstract: Female Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients treated with chest radiotherapy (RT) have a very high risk of breast cancer. The contribution of genetic factors to this risk is unclear. We therefore examined 211 155 germline single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for gene-radiation interaction on breast cancer risk in a case-only analysis including 327 breast cancer patients after chest RT for HL and 4671 first primary breast cancer patients. Nine SNPs showed statistically significant interaction with RT on breast cancer risk (false discovery rate
Published: 2019

32. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

Author: Escala-Garcia, Maria, Guo, Qi, Dörk, Thilo, Canisius, Sander, Keeman, Renske, Dennis, Joe, Beesley, Jonathan, Lecarpentier, Julie, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Abraham, Jean, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Auer, Paul L, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brentnall, Adam, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brock, Ian W, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldas, Carlos, Caldés, Trinidad, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Chin, Suet-Feung, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Cordina-Duverger, Emilie, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, David G, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dunn, Janet A, Dunning, Alison M, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Earl, Helena M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Galle, Eva, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, George, Angela, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Alnæs, Grethe I Grenaker, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hankinson, Susan, Harkness, Elaine F, Harrington, Patricia A, Hart, Steven N, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hein, Alexander, Hillemanns, Peter, Hiller, Louise, Holleczek, Bernd, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Huang, Guanmengqian, Humphreys, Keith, Hunter, David J, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kabisch, Maria, Kaczmarek, Katarzyna, Kerin, Michael J, Khan, Sofia, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Kitahara, Cari M, Knight, Julia A, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koppert, Linetta B, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Krüger, Ute, Kühl, Tabea, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Li, Lian, Lindblom, Annika, Lindström, Sara, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loibl, Sibylle, Lubiński, Jan, Lux, Michael P, MacInnis, Robert J, Maierthaler, Melanie, Maishman, Tom, Makalic, Enes, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McLean, Catriona, Meindl, Alfons, Middha, Pooja, Miller, Nicola, Milne, Roger L, Moreno, Fernando, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Mulot, Claire, Nassir, Rami, Neuhausen, Susan L, Newman, William T, Nielsen, Sune F, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Norman, Aaron, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Pankratz, V Shane, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Perez, Jose IA, Pérez-Barrios, Clara, Peterlongo, Paolo, Petridis, Christos, Pinchev, Mila, Prajzendanc, Karoliona, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Prokofieva, Darya, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Ramachandran, Dhanya, Rennert, Gadi, Rennert, Hedy S, Rhenius, Valerie, Romero, Atocha, Roylance, Rebecca, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Daniel F, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schumacher, Fredrick, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Rodney J, Scott, Christopher, Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Simard, Jacques, Smeets, Ann, Sohn, Christof, Southey, Melissa C, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Talhouk, Aline, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Teixeira, Manuel R, Tengström, Maria, Terry, Mary Beth, Thöne, Kathrin, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Turman, Constance, Turnbull, Clare, Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine, van Asperen, Christi J, van den Ouweland, Ans MW, van Veen, Elke M, Wendt, Camilla, Whittemore, Alice S, Willett, Walter, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R, Zhang, Yan, Easton, Douglas F, Fasching, Peter A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Eccles, Diana M, Pharoah, Paul DP, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Abraham, Jean [0000-0003-0688-4807], Caldas, Carlos [0000-0003-3547-1489], Chin, Suet-Feung [0000-0001-5697-1082], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Earl, Helena [0000-0003-1549-8094], Rhenius, Valerie [0000-0003-4215-3235], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Receptors, Estrogen, Genetic Variation, Humans, Bayes Theorem, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Prognosis, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7, White People, Genome-Wide Association Study, Proportional Hazards Models
Abstract: BACKGROUND: We examined the associations between germline variants and breast cancer mortality using a large meta-analysis of women of European ancestry. METHODS: Meta-analyses included summary estimates based on Cox models of twelve datasets using ~10.4 million variants for 96,661 women with breast cancer and 7697 events (breast cancer-specific deaths). Oestrogen receptor (ER)-specific analyses were based on 64,171 ER-positive (4116) and 16,172 ER-negative (2125) patients. We evaluated the probability of a signal to be a true positive using the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP). RESULTS: We did not find any variant associated with breast cancer-specific mortality at P
Published: 2019

33. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

Author: Escala-Garcia, Maria, Guo, Qi, Dörk, Thilo, Canisius, Sander, Keeman, Renske, Dennis, Joe, Beesley, Jonathan, Lecarpentier, Julie, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Abraham, Jean, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Auer, Paul L, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brentnall, Adam, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brock, Ian W, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldas, Carlos, Caldés, Trinidad, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Chin, Suet-Feung, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Cordina-Duverger, Emilie, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, David G, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dunn, Janet A, Dunning, Alison M, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Earl, Helena M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Galle, Eva, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, George, Angela, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Alnæs, Grethe I Grenaker, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hankinson, Susan, Harkness, Elaine F, Harrington, Patricia A, Hart, Steven N, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hein, Alexander, Hillemanns, Peter, Hiller, Louise, Holleczek, Bernd, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Huang, Guanmengqian, Humphreys, Keith, Hunter, David J, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kabisch, Maria, Kaczmarek, Katarzyna, Kerin, Michael J, Khan, Sofia, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Kitahara, Cari M, Knight, Julia A, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Koppert, Linetta B, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kraft, Peter, Kristensen, Vessela N, Krüger, Ute, Kühl, Tabea, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Li, Lian, Lindblom, Annika, Lindström, Sara, Linet, Martha, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loibl, Sibylle, Lubiński, Jan, Lux, Michael P, MacInnis, Robert J, Maierthaler, Melanie, Maishman, Tom, Makalic, Enes, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McLean, Catriona, Meindl, Alfons, Middha, Pooja, Miller, Nicola, Milne, Roger L, Moreno, Fernando, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Mulot, Claire, Nassir, Rami, Neuhausen, Susan L, Newman, William T, Nielsen, Sune F, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Norman, Aaron, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Pankratz, V Shane, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Perez, Jose IA, Pérez-Barrios, Clara, Peterlongo, Paolo, Petridis, Christos, Pinchev, Mila, Prajzendanc, Karoliona, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Prokofieva, Darya, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Ramachandran, Dhanya, Rennert, Gadi, Rennert, Hedy S, Rhenius, Valerie, Romero, Atocha, Roylance, Rebecca, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Daniel F, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schumacher, Fredrick, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Rodney J, Scott, Christopher, Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Simard, Jacques, Smeets, Ann, Sohn, Christof, Southey, Melissa C, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Talhouk, Aline, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Teixeira, Manuel R, Tengström, Maria, Terry, Mary Beth, Thöne, Kathrin, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Turman, Constance, Turnbull, Clare, Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine, Van Asperen, Christi J, Van Den Ouweland, Ans MW, Van Veen, Elke M, Wendt, Camilla, Whittemore, Alice S, Willett, Walter, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Yang, Xiaohong R, Zhang, Yan, Easton, Douglas F, Fasching, Peter A, Nevanlinna, Heli, Eccles, Diana M, Pharoah, Paul DP, and Schmidt, Marjanka K
Subjects: Receptors, Estrogen, Genetic Variation, Humans, Bayes Theorem, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Prognosis, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7, White People, Genome-Wide Association Study, Proportional Hazards Models
Abstract: BACKGROUND: We examined the associations between germline variants and breast cancer mortality using a large meta-analysis of women of European ancestry. METHODS: Meta-analyses included summary estimates based on Cox models of twelve datasets using ~10.4 million variants for 96,661 women with breast cancer and 7697 events (breast cancer-specific deaths). Oestrogen receptor (ER)-specific analyses were based on 64,171 ER-positive (4116) and 16,172 ER-negative (2125) patients. We evaluated the probability of a signal to be a true positive using the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP). RESULTS: We did not find any variant associated with breast cancer-specific mortality at P < 5 × 10-8. For ER-positive disease, the most significantly associated variant was chr7:rs4717568 (BFDP = 7%, P = 1.28 × 10-7, hazard ratio [HR] = 0.88, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.84-0.92); the closest gene is AUTS2. For ER-negative disease, the most significant variant was chr7:rs67918676 (BFDP = 11%, P = 1.38 × 10-7, HR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.16-1.39); located within a long intergenic non-coding RNA gene (AC004009.3), close to the HOXA gene cluster. CONCLUSIONS: We uncovered germline variants on chromosome 7 at BFDP < 15% close to genes for which there is biological evidence related to breast cancer outcome. However, the paucity of variants associated with mortality at genome-wide significance underpins the challenge in providing genetic-based individualised prognostic information for breast cancer patients.
Published: 2019
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34. Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

Author: Jiang, Xia, Finucane, Hilary K, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Schmit, Stephanie L, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Han, Younghun, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Lesseur, Corina, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Dennis, Joe, Conti, David V, Casey, Graham, Gaudet, Mia M, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Albanes, Demetrius, Aldrich, Melinda C, Andrew, Angeline S, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arnold, Susanne M, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Bandera, Elisa V, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barnes, Daniel R, Batra, Jyotsna, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Benlloch, Sara, Berchuck, Andrew, Berndt, Sonja I, Bickeböller, Heike, Bien, Stephanie A, Blomqvist, Carl, Boccia, Stefania, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brenton, James D, Brook, Mark N, Brunet, Joan, Brunnström, Hans, Buchanan, Daniel D, Burwinkel, Barbara, Butzow, Ralf, Cadoni, Gabriella, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Campbell, Peter T, Cancel-Tassin, Géraldine, Cannon-Albright, Lisa, Campa, Daniele, Caporaso, Neil, Carvalho, André L, Chan, Andrew T, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Chu, Christiani, David C, Claes, Kathleen BM, Claessens, Frank, Clements, Judith, Collée, J Margriet, Correa, Marcia Cruz, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, deFazio, Anna, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Donovan, Jenny L, Dörk, Thilo, Duell, Eric J, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Edlund, Christopher K, Edwards, Digna R Velez, Ellberg, Carolina, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Ferris, Robert L, Liloglou, Triantafillos, Figueiredo, Jane C, Fletcher, Olivia, Fortner, Renée T, Fostira, Florentia, Franceschi, Silvia, Friedman, Eitan, Gallinger, Steven J, and Ganz, Patricia A
Subjects: Male, Lung Neoplasms, European Continental Ancestry Group, Inheritance Patterns, Breast Neoplasms, White People, Rare Diseases, Breast Cancer, MD Multidisciplinary, Genetics, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Lung, Cancer, Ovarian Neoplasms, Mental Disorders, Prevention, Smoking, Lung Cancer, Human Genome, Prostatic Neoplasms, Single Nucleotide, Ovarian Cancer, Neoplasm Proteins, Colo-Rectal Cancer, Phenotype, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Female, Colorectal Neoplasms, Digestive Diseases, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Quantifying the genetic correlation between cancers can provide important insights into the mechanisms driving cancer etiology. Using genome-wide association study summary statistics across six cancer types based on a total of 296,215 cases and 301,319 controls of European ancestry, here we estimate the pair-wise genetic correlations between breast, colorectal, head/neck, lung, ovary and prostate cancer, and between cancers and 38 other diseases. We observed statistically significant genetic correlations between lung and head/neck cancer (rg = 0.57, p = 4.6 × 10-8), breast and ovarian cancer (rg = 0.24, p = 7 × 10-5), breast and lung cancer (rg = 0.18, p=1.5 × 10-6) and breast and colorectal cancer (rg = 0.15, p = 1.1 × 10-4). We also found that multiple cancers are genetically correlated with non-cancer traits including smoking, psychiatric diseases and metabolic characteristics. Functional enrichment analysis revealed a significant excess contribution of conserved and regulatory regions to cancer heritability. Our comprehensive analysis of cross-cancer heritability suggests that solid tumors arising across tissues share in part a common germline genetic basis.
Published: 2019

35. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 178 high confidence target genes

Author: Fachal, Laura, Aschard, Hugues, Beesley, Jonathan, Barnes, Daniel, Allen, Jamie, Kar, Siddhartha, Pooley, Karen, Dennis, Joe, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Turman, Constance, Soucy, Penny, Lemacon, Audrey, Lush, Michael, Tyrer, Jonathan, Ghoussaini, Maya, Moradi Marjaneh, Mahdi, Jiang, Xia, Agata, Simona, Aittomaki, Kristiina, Alonso, M. Rosario, Andrulis, Irene, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan, Arun, Banu, Auber, Bernd, Auer, Paul, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmana, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bialkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Amie, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bogdanova, Natalia, Bojesen, Stig, Bolla, Manjeet, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Bosse, Kristin, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Brock, Ian, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Bruning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldes, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria, Camp, Nicola, Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Carroll, Jason, Carter, Brian, Castelao, Jose, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy, Claes, Kathleen, Clarke, Christine, Collee, J. Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary, de la Hoya, Miguel, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Dite, Gillian, Domchek, Susan, Dork, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Droit, Arnaud, Dubois, Stephane, Dumont, Martine, Duran, Mercedes, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter, Fletcher, Olivia, Floris, Giuseppe, Flyger, Henrik, Foretova, Lenka, Foulkes, William, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gambino, Gaetana, Ganz, Patricia, Gapstur, Susan, Garber, Judy, Garcia-Saenz, Jose, Gaudet, Mia, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew, Goldberg, Mark, Goldgar, David, Gonzalez-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark, Grip, Mervi, Gronwald, Jacek, Grundy, Anne, Guenel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher, Hakansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, Hartikainen, Jaana, Hartman, Mikael, He, Wei, Healey, Catherine, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette, Heyworth, Jane, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogervorst, Frans, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje, Hopper, John, Howell, Anthony, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter, Imyanitov, Evgeny, Isaacs, Claudine, Iwasaki, Motoki, Jager, Agnes, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel, John, Esther, Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Michael, Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Karlan, Beth, Keeman, Renske, Kerin, Michael, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna, Kirk, Judy, Kitahara, Cari, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Koutros, Stella, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kwong, Ava, Kyriacou, Kyriacos, Laitman, Yael, Lambrechts, Diether, Lee, Eunjung, Leslie, Goska, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindblom, Annika, Lo, Wing-Yee, Long, Jirong, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Loud, Jennifer, Lubinski, Jan, MacInnis, Robert, Maishman, Tom, Makalic, Enes, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Matsuo, Keitaro, Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mayes, Rebecca, McGuffog, Lesley, McLean, Catriona, Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons, Middha, Pooja, Miller, Nicola, Miller, Austin, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Fernando, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Munoz-Garzon, Victor, Muranen, Taru, Narod, Steven, Nassir, Rami, Nathanson, Katherine, Neuhausen, Susan, Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nielsen, Finn, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Norman, Aaron, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Olsson, Hakan, Orr, Nick, Osorio, Ana, Pankratz, V. Shane, Papp, Janos, Park, Sue, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael, Paul, James, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peissel, Bernard, Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prajzendanz, Karolina, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Prokofyeva, Darya, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Pylkas, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Ramus, Susan, Rantala, Johanna, Rau-Murthy, Rohini, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey, Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Rossing, Caroline Maria, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sanchez-Herrero, Estela, Sandler, Dale, Santamarina, Marta, Saunders, Christobel, Sawyer, Elinor, Scheuner, Maren, Schmidt, Daniel, Schmutzler, Rita, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk, Schottker, Ben, Schurmann, Peter, Scott, Christopher, Scott, Rodney, Senter, Leigha, Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Sharma, Priyanka, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Singer, Christian, Slavin, Thomas, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa, Spinelli, John, Spurdle, Amanda, Stone, Jennifer, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutter, Christian, Swerdlow, Anthony, Tamimi, Rulla, Tan, Yen Yen, Tapper, William, Taylor, Jack, Teixeira, Manuel, Tengstrom, Maria, Teo, Soo, Terry, Mary Beth, Teule, Alex, Thomassen, Mads, Thull, Darcy, Tibiletti, Maria Grazia, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda, Tollenaar, Rob, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Torres-Mejia, Gabriela, Troester, Melissa, Tung, Nadine, Tzardi, Maria, Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Vachon, Celine, van Asperen, Christi, van der Kolk, Lizet, van Rensburg, Elizabeth, Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Vijai, Joseph, Vogel, Maatje, Wang, Qin, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice, Weitzel, Jeffrey, Wendt, Camilla, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zhang, Yan, Zheng, Wei, Pharoah, Paul, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Garcia-Closas, Montserrat, Schmidt, Marjanka, Milne, Roger, Kristensen, Vessela, French, Juliet, Edwards, Stacey, Antoniou, Antonis, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas, Kraft, Peter, and Dunning, Alison
Subjects: 0303 health sciences, Linkage disequilibrium, In silico, Computational biology, Biology, 3. Good health, Chromatin, DNA binding site, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Expression quantitative trait loci, Transcription factor, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have identified breast cancer risk variants in over 150 genomic regions, but the mechanisms underlying risk remain largely unknown. These regions were explored by combining association analysis with in silico genomic feature annotations. We defined 205 independent risk-associated signals with the set of credible causal variants (CCVs) in each one. In parallel, we used a Bayesian approach (PAINTOR) that combines genetic association, linkage disequilibrium, and enriched genomic features to determine variants with high posterior probabilities (HPPs) of being causal. Potentially causal variants were significantly over-represented in active gene regulatory regions and transcription factor binding sites. We applied our INQUSIT pipeline for prioritizing genes as targets of potentially causal variants, using gene expression (eQTL), chromatin interaction and functional annotations. Known cancer drivers, transcription factors and genes in the developmental, apoptosis, immune system and DNA integrity checkpoint gene ontology pathways, were over-represented among the 178 highest confidence target genes.
Published: 2019
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36. Publisher Correction: Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (431), 10.1038/s41467-018-08054-4)

Author: Jiang, Xia, Finucane, Hilary K., Schumacher, Fredrick R., Schmit, Stephanie L., Tyrer, Jonathan P., Han, Younghun, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Lesseur, Corina, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B., Dennis, Joe, Conti, David V., Casey, Graham, Gaudet, Mia M., Huyghe, Jeroen R., Albanes, Demetrius, Aldrich, Melinda C., Andrew, Angeline S., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C., Antonenkova, Natalia N., Arnold, Susanne M., Aronson, Kristan J., Arun, Banu K., Bandera, Elisa V., Barkardottir, Rosa B., Barnes, Daniel R., Batra, Jyotsna, Beckmann, Matthias W., Benitez, Javier, Benlloch, Sara, Berchuck, Andrew, Berndt, Sonja I., Bickeböller, Heike, Bien, Stephanie A., Blomqvist, Carl, Boccia, Stefania, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Bolla, Manjeet K., Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brenton, James D., Brook, Mark N., Brunet, Joan, Brunnström, Hans, Buchanan, Daniel D., Burwinkel, Barbara, Butzow, Ralf, Cadoni, Gabriella, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A., Campbell, Ian, Campbell, Peter T., Cancel-Tassin, Géraldine, Cannon-Albright, Lisa, Campa, Daniele, Caporaso, Neil, Carvalho, André L., Chan, Andrew T., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J., Chen, Chu, Christiani, David C., Claes, Kathleen B.M., Claessens, Frank, Clements, Judith, Collée, J. Margriet, Correa, Marcia Cruz, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Cunningham, Julie M., Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., deFazio, Anna, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Donovan, Jenny L., Dörk, Thilo, Duell, Eric J., Dunning, Alison M., Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M., Edlund, Christopher K., Edwards, Digna R.Velez, Ellberg, Carolina, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Ferris, Robert L., Liloglou, Triantafillos, Figueiredo, Jane C., Fletcher, Olivia, Fortner, Renée T., Fostira, Florentia, Franceschi, Silvia, Friedman, Eitan, Gallinger, Steven J., Ganz, Patricia A., Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A., Gayther, Simon A., Giles, Graham G., Godwin, Andrew K., Goldberg, Mark S., Goldgar, David E., Goode, Ellen L., Goodman, Marc T., Goodman, Gary, Grankvist, Kjell, Greene, Mark H., Gronberg, Henrik, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hamdy, Freddie C., Hamilton, Robert J., Hampe, Jochen, Haugen, Aage, Heitz, Florian, Herrero, Rolando, Hillemanns, Peter, Hoffmeister, Michael, Høgdall, Estrid, Hong, Yun Chul, Hopper, John L., Houlston, Richard, Hulick, Peter J., Hunter, David J., Huntsman, David G., Idos, Gregory, Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Ingles, Sue Ann, Isaacs, Claudine, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Jenkins, Mark A., Johansson, Mattias, Johansson, Mikael, John, Esther M., Joshi, Amit D., Kaneva, Radka, Karlan, Beth Y., Kelemen, Linda E., Kühl, Tabea, Khaw, Kay Tee, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kibel, Adam S., Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kim, Jeri, Kjaer, Susanne K., Knight, Julia A., Kogevinas, Manolis, Kote-Jarai, Zsofia, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N., Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lacko, Martin, Lam, Stephan, Lambrechts, Diether, Landi, Maria Teresa, Lazarus, Philip, Le, Nhu D., Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Lenz, Heinz Josef, Leslie, Goska, Lessel, Davor, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A., Li, Li, Li, Christopher I., Lindblom, Annika, Lindor, Noralane M., Liu, Geoffrey, Loupakis, Fotios, Lubiński, Jan, Maehle, Lovise, Maier, Christiane, Mannermaa, Arto, Marchand, Loic Le, Margolin, Sara, May, Taymaa, McGuffog, Lesley, Meindl, Alfons, Middha, Pooja, Miller, Austin, Milne, Roger L., MacInnis, Robert J., Modugno, Francesmary, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Victor, Moysich, Kirsten B., Mucci, Lorelei, Muir, Kenneth, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Nathanson, Katherine L., Neal, David E., Ness, Andrew R., Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Newcomb, Polly A., Newcomb, Lisa F., Nielsen, Finn Cilius, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Nordestgaard, Børge G., Nussbaum, Robert L., Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olama, Ali Amin Al, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Olshan, Andrew F., Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Pandha, Hardev, Park, Jong Y., Pashayan, Nora, Parsons, Michael T., Pejovic, Tanja, Penney, Kathryn L., Peters, Wilbert H.M., Phelan, Catherine M., Phipps, Amanda I., Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pring, Miranda, Prokofyeva, Darya, Radice, Paolo, Stefansson, Kari, Ramus, Susan J., Raskin, Leon, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S., van Rensburg, Elizabeth J., Riggan, Marjorie J., Risch, Harvey A., Risch, Angela, Roobol, Monique J., Rosenstein, Barry S., Rossing, Mary Anne, De Ruyck, Kim, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P., Sawyer, Elinor J., Schabath, Matthew B., Schleutker, Johanna, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Setiawan, V. Wendy, Shen, Hongbing, Siegel, Erin M., Sieh, Weiva, Singer, Christian F., Slattery, Martha L., Sorensen, Karina Dalsgaard, Southey, Melissa C., Spurdle, Amanda B., Stanford, Janet L., Stevens, Victoria L., Stintzing, Sebastian, Stone, Jennifer, Sundfeldt, Karin, Sutphen, Rebecca, Swerdlow, Anthony J., Tajara, Eloiza H., Tangen, Catherine M., Tardon, Adonina, Taylor, Jack A., Teare, M. Dawn, Teixeira, Manuel R., Terry, Mary Beth, Terry, Kathryn L., Thibodeau, Stephen N., Thomassen, Mads, Bjørge, Line, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E., Torres, Diana, Townsend, Paul A., Travis, Ruth C., Tung, Nadine, Tworoger, Shelley S., Ulrich, Cornelia M., Usmani, Nawaid, Vachon, Celine M., Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vega, Ana, Aguado-Barrera, Miguel Elías, Wang, Qin, Webb, Penelope M., Weinberg, Clarice R., Weinstein, Stephanie, Weissler, Mark C., Weitzel, Jeffrey N., West, Catharine M.L., White, Emily, Whittemore, Alice S., Wichmann, H. Erich, Wiklund, Fredrik, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Woll, Penella, Woods, Michael, Wu, Anna H., Wu, Xifeng, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, Zienolddiny, Shanbeh, Ziogas, Argyrios, Zorn, Kristin K., Lane, Jacqueline M., Saxena, Richa, Thomas, Duncan, Hung, Rayjean J., Diergaarde, Brenda, McKay, James, Peters, Ulrike, Hsu, Li, García-Closas, Montserrat, Eeles, Rosalind A., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Brennan, Paul J., Haiman, Christopher A., Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F., Gruber, Stephen B., Pharoah, Paul D.P., Price, Alkes L., Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Amos, Christopher I., Kraft, Peter, and Lindström, Sara
Subjects: head and neck, Settore MED/31 - OTORINOLARINGOIATRIA
Abstract: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
Published: 2019

37. Incorporating Functional Genomic Information in Genetic Association Studies Using an Empirical Bayes Approach

Author: Spencer, Amy V., Cox, Angela, Lin, Wei‐Yu, Easton, Douglas F., Michailidou, Kyriaki, and Walters, Kevin
Subjects: genetic association, Genotype, Models, Genetic, functional information, Genome, Human, Caspase 2, Bayes Theorem, Breast Neoplasms, Genomics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Bayes factors, Case-Control Studies, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, fine mapping, Humans, Female, Research Articles, empirical Bayes, Genetic Association Studies, Research Article, Probability
Abstract: There is a large amount of functional genetic data available, which can be used to inform fine‐mapping association studies (in diseases with well‐characterised disease pathways). Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) prioritization via Bayes factors is attractive because prior information can inform the effect size or the prior probability of causal association. This approach requires the specification of the effect size. If the information needed to estimate a priori the probability density for the effect sizes for causal SNPs in a genomic region isn't consistent or isn't available, then specifying a prior variance for the effect sizes is challenging. We propose both an empirical method to estimate this prior variance, and a coherent approach to using SNP‐level functional data, to inform the prior probability of causal association. Through simulation we show that when ranking SNPs by our empirical Bayes factor in a fine‐mapping study, the causal SNP rank is generally as high or higher than the rank using Bayes factors with other plausible values of the prior variance. Importantly, we also show that assigning SNP‐specific prior probabilities of association based on expert prior functional knowledge of the disease mechanism can lead to improved causal SNPs ranks compared to ranking with identical prior probabilities of association. We demonstrate the use of our methods by applying the methods to the fine mapping of the CASP8 region of chromosome 2 using genotype data from the Collaborative Oncological Gene‐Environment Study (COGS) Consortium. The data we analysed included approximately 46,000 breast cancer case and 43,000 healthy control samples.
Published: 2016

38. Germline variation at 8q24 and prostate cancer risk in men of European ancestry

Author: Matejcic, Marco, Saunders, Edward J., Dadaev, Tokhir, Brook, Mark N., Wang, Kan, Sheng, Xin, Olama, Ali Amin Al, Schumacher, Fredrick R., Ingles, Sue A., Govindasami, Koveela, Benlloch, Sara, Berndt, Sonja I., Albanes, Demetrius, Koutros, Stella, Muir, Kenneth, Stevens, Victoria L., Gapstur, Susan M., Tangen, Catherine M., Batra, Jyotsna, Clements, Judith, Grönberg, Henrik, Pashayan, Nora, Schleutker, Johanna, Wolk, Alicja, West, Catharine, Mucci, Lorelei, Kraft, Peter, Cancel-Tassin, Géraldine, Sorensen, Karina D., Maehle, Lovise, Grindedal, Eli M., Strom, Sara S., Neal, David E., Hamdy, Freddie C., Donovan, Jenny L., Travis, Ruth C., Hamilton, Robert J., Rosenstein, Barry, Lu, Yong-Jie, Giles, Graham G., Kibel, Adam S., Vega, Ana, Bensen, Jeanette T., Kogevinas, Manolis, Penney, Kathryn L., Park, Jong Y., Stanford, Janet L., Cybulski, Cezary, Nordestgaard, Børge G., Brenner, Hermann, Maier, Christiane, Kim, Jeri, Teixeira, Manuel R., Neuhausen, Susan L., De Ruyck, Kim, Razack, Azad, Newcomb, Lisa F., Lessel, Davor, Kaneva, Radka, Usmani, Nawaid, Claessens, Frank, Townsend, Paul A., Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Roobol, Monique J., Menegaux, Florence, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Cannon-Albright, Lisa A., Pandha, Hardev, Thibodeau, Stephen N., Schaid, Daniel J., Henderson, Brian E., Stern, Mariana C., Thwaites, Alison, Guy, Michelle, Whitmore, Ian, Morgan, Angela, Fisher, Cyril, Hazel, Steve, Livni, Naomi, Cook, Margaret, Fachal, Laura, Weinstein, Stephanie, Beane Freeman, Laura E., Hoover, Robert N., Machiela, Mitchell J., Lophatananon, Artitaya, Carter, Brian D., Goodman, Phyllis J., Moya, Leire, Srinivasan, Srilakshmi, Kedda, Mary-Anne, Yeadon, Trina, Eckert, Allison, Eklund, Martin, Cavalli-Bjoerkman, Carin, Dunning, Alison M., Sipeky, Csilla, Hakansson, Niclas, Elliott, Rebecca, Ranu, Hardeep, Giovannucci, Edward, Turman, Constance, Hunter, David J., Cussenot, Olivier, Orntoft, Torben Falck, Lane, Athene, Lewis, Sarah J., Davis, Michael, Key, Tim J., Brown, Paul, Kulkarni, Girish S., Zlotta, Alexandre R., Fleshner, Neil E., Finelli, Antonio, Mao, Xueying, Marzec, Jacek, MacInnis, Robert J., Milne, Roger, Hopper, John L., Aguado, Miguel, Bustamante, Mariona, Castaño-Vinyals, Gemma, Gracia-Lavedan, Esther, Cecchini, Lluís, Stampfer, Meir, Ma, Jing, Sellers, Thomas A., Geybels, Milan S., Park, Hyun, Zachariah, Babu, Kolb, Suzanne, Wokolorczyk, Dominika, Lubinski, Jan, Kluzniak, Wojciech, Nielsen, Sune F., Weisher, Maren, Cuk, Katarina, Vogel, Walther, Luedeke, Manuel, Logothetis, Christopher J. J., Paulo, Paula, Cardoso, Marta, Maia, Sofia, Silva, Maria P., Steele, Linda, Ding, Yuan Chun, De Meerleer, Gert, De Langhe, Sofie, Thierens, Hubert, Lim, Jasmine, Tan, Meng H., Ong, Aik T., Lin, Daniel W., Kachakova, Darina, Mitkova, Atanaska, Mitev, Vanio, Parliament, Matthew, Jenster, Guido, Bangma, Christopher, Schroder, F. H., Truong, Thérèse, Koudou, Yves Akoli, Michael, Agnieszka, Kierzek, Andrzej, Karlsson, Ami, Broms, Michael, Wu, Huihai, Aukim-Hastie, Claire, Tillmans, Lori, Riska, Shaun, McDonnell, Shannon K., Dearnaley, David, Spurdle, Amanda, Gardiner, Robert, Hayes, Vanessa, Butler, Lisa, Taylor, Renea, Papargiris, Melissa, Saunders, Pamela, Kujala, Paula, Talala, Kirsi, Taari, Kimmo, Bentzen, Søren, Hicks, Belynda, Vogt, Aurelie, Hutchinson, Amy, Cox, Angela, George, Anne, Toi, Ants, Evans, Andrew, van der Kwast, Theodorus H., Imai, Takashi, Saito, Shiro, Zhao, Shan-Chao, Ren, Guoping, Zhang, Yangling, Yu, Yongwei, Wu, Yudong, Wu, Ji, Zhou, Bo, Pedersen, John, Lobato-Busto, Ramón, Ruiz-Dominguez, José Manuel, Mengual, Lourdes, Alcaraz, Antonio, Pow-Sang, Julio, Herkommer, Kathleen, Vlahova, Aleksandrina, Dikov, Tihomir, Christova, Svetlana, Carracedo, Angel, Tretarre, Brigitte, Rebillard, Xavier, Mulot, Claire, Adolfsson, Jan, Stattin, Par, Johansson, Jan-Erik, Martin, Richard M., Thompson, Ian M., Chambers, Suzanne, Aitken, Joanne, Horvath, Lisa, Haynes, Anne-Maree, Tilley, Wayne, Risbridger, Gail, Aly, Markus, Nordström, Tobias, Pharoah, Paul, Tammela, Teuvo L. J., Murtola, Teemu, Auvinen, Anssi, Burnet, Neil, Barnett, Gill, Andriole, Gerald, Klim, Aleksandra, Drake, Bettina F., Borre, Michael, Kerns, Sarah, Ostrer, Harry, Zhang, Hong-Wei, Cao, Guangwen, Lin, Ji, Ling, Jin, Li, Meiling, Feng, Ninghan, Li, Jie, He, Weiyang, Guo, Xin, Sun, Zan, Wang, Guomin, Guo, Jianming, Southey, Melissa C., Fitzgerald, Liesel M., Marsden, Gemma, Gómez-Caamaño, Antonio, Carballo, Ana, Peleteiro, Paula, Calvo, Patricia, Szulkin, Robert, Llorca, Javier, Dierssen-Sotos, Trinidad, Gómez Acebo, Inés, Lin, Hui-Yi, Ostrander, Elaine A., Bisbjerg, Rasmus, Klarskov, Peter, Røder, Martin Andreas, Iversen, Peter, Holleczek, Bernd, Stegmaier, Christa, Schnoeller, Thomas, Bohnert, Philipp, John, Esther M., Ost, Piet, Teo, Soo-Hwang, Gamulin, Marija, Kulis, Tomislav, Kastelan, Zeljko, Slavov, Chavdar, Popov, Elenko, Van den Broeck, Thomas, Joniau, Steven, Larkin, Samantha, Castelao, Jose Esteban, Martinez, Maria Elena, van Schaik, Ron H. N., Xu, Jianfeng, Lindström, Sara, Riboli, Elio, Berry, Clare, Siddiq, Afshan, Canzian, Federico, Kolonel, Laurence N., Le Marchand, Loic, Freedman, Matthew, Cenee, Sylvie, Sanchez, Marie, Wiklund, Fredrik, Chanock, Stephen J., Easton, Douglas F., Eeles, Rosalind A., Kote-Jarai, Zsofia, Conti, David V., Haiman, Christopher A., Universidad de Cantabria, De Meerleer, Gert, Keck School of Medicine [Los Angeles], University of Southern California (USC), The institute of cancer research [London], Department of Clinical Neurosciences [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology [Cambridge], Department of Oncology-University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), Case Western Reserve University [Cleveland], National Cancer Institute [Bethesda] (NCI-NIH), National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH), Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick [Coventry], University of Manchester [Manchester], Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center [Seattle] (FHCRC), Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI), Queensland University of Technology [Brisbane] (QUT), Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics (MEB), Karolinska Institutet [Stockholm], University College of London [London] (UCL), University of Turku, University of Tampere [Finland], The Institute of Environmental Medicine [Stockholm] (IMM), Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC), Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 (UPMC), Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus University [Aarhus], Oslo University Hospital [Oslo], The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center [Houston], Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University NHS Trust, University of Oxford [Oxford], School of Social and Community Medicine [Bristol], University of Bristol [Bristol], Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai [New York] (MSSM), Centre for Molecular Oncology and Imaging, Centre for Molecular Oncology and Imaging, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), University of Melbourne, Brigham & Women’s Hospital [Boston] (BWH), Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS), CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL), Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona] (UPF)-Catalunya ministerio de salud, CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), IMIM-Hospital del Mar, Generalitat de Catalunya, Universitat Pompeu Fabra [Barcelona] (UPF), University of Washington [Seattle], German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum [Heidelberg] (DKFZ), National Center for Tumor Diseases [Dresden] (NCT), Technische Universität Dresden = Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden)-German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum [Heidelberg] (DKFZ)-Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), Universität Ulm - Ulm University [Ulm, Allemagne], Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas de Abel Salazar (ICBAS), Universidade do Porto, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University [Belgium] (UGENT), University of Malaya [Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie], Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf = University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf [Hamburg] (UKE), University of Alberta, Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), University of California [San Diego] (UC San Diego), University of California, Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam] (Erasmus MC), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Université Paris-Saclay, University of Utah School of Medicine [Salt Lake City], University of Surrey (UNIS), Mayo Clinic [Rochester], Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Dadaev, Tokhir [0000-0002-8268-0438], Brook, Mark N [0000-0002-8969-2378], Wang, Kan [0000-0002-0640-6058], Olama, Ali Amin Al [0000-0002-7178-3431], Schumacher, Fredrick R [0000-0002-3073-7463], Muir, Kenneth [0000-0001-6429-988X], Batra, Jyotsna [0000-0003-4646-6247], Pashayan, Nora [0000-0003-0843-2468], Schleutker, Johanna [0000-0002-1863-0305], Wolk, Alicja [0000-0001-7387-6845], Cancel-Tassin, Géraldine [0000-0002-9583-6382], Sorensen, Karina D [0000-0002-4902-5490], Lessel, Davor [0000-0003-4496-244X], Roobol, Monique J [0000-0001-6967-1708], Chanock, Stephen J [0000-0002-2324-3393], Easton, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247], Eeles, Rosalind A [0000-0002-3698-6241], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM)-Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Universidade do Porto = University of Porto, Universiteit Gent = Ghent University (UGENT), University of Malaya = Universiti Malaya [Kuala Lumpur, Malaisie] (UM), University of California (UC), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Gestionnaire, Hal Sorbonne Université, Urology, University Management, Clinicum, and HUS Abdominal Center
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Male, [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio], LOCI, General Physics and Astronomy, Genome-wide association study, PROGRESSION, [SDV.GEN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, MYC, SUSCEPTIBILITY, UP-REGULATION, Prostate cancer, Risk Factors, Genotype, Urologi och njurmedicin, Medicine, lcsh:Science, Pròstata -- Càncer, education.field_of_study, RARE VARIANT, Multidisciplinary, [SDV.MHEP] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology, Manchester Cancer Research Centre, LONG NONCODING RNA, Chromosome Mapping, Men, 3. Good health, [SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio], Multidisciplinary Sciences, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Disease Susceptibility, Risk assessment, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, Genetic Markers, medicine.medical_specialty, Science, 3122 Cancers, Population, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Risk Assessment, Article, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, [SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, Genetics, Urology and Nephrology, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, education, Author Correction, METAANALYSIS, [SDV.GEN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics, Cancer och onkologi, Science & Technology, Càncer de pròstata, business.industry, ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/mcrc, Case-control study, Cancer, Prostatic Neoplasms, General Chemistry, 3126 Surgery, anesthesiology, intensive care, radiology, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Homes, Haplotypes, Cancer and Oncology, Case-Control Studies, lcsh:Q, Population Risk, business, Genètica, [SDV.MHEP]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Human health and pathology
Abstract: Chromosome 8q24 is a susceptibility locus for multiple cancers, including prostate cancer. Here we combine genetic data across the 8q24 susceptibility region from 71,535 prostate cancer cases and 52,935 controls of European ancestry to define the overall contribution of germline variation at 8q24 to prostate cancer risk. We identify 12 independent risk signals for prostate cancer (p, Chromosome 8q24 is known to be a major susceptibility region for prostate cancer risk. Here the authors analyze genetic data across the 8q24 region from 71,535 prostate cancer patients identifying 12 risk loci, three previously unreported, highlighting the contribution of germline variation at this locus.
Published: 2018

39. A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer

Author: Wu, Lang, Shi, Wei, Long, Jirong, Guo, Xingyi, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Beesley, Jonathan, Bolla, Manjeet K, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Lu, Yingchang, Cai, Qiuyin, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Rozali, Esdy, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Li, Bingshan, Zeng, Chenjie, Feng, Helian, Gusev, Alexander, Barfield, Richard T, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Barrdahl, Myrto, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldés, Trinidad, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, J Esteban, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chen, Xiaoqing, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Christiansen, Hans, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Collée, Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, David, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cunningham, Julie M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Doheny, Kimberly F, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dumont, Martine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eilber, Ursula, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fachal, Laura, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia M, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham G, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, Hein, Alexander, Hicks, Belynda, Hillemanns, Peter, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, and Huang, Guanmengqian
Subjects: Risk, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Gene Expression, Breast Neoplasms, Medical and Health Sciences, NBCS Collaborators, Clinical Research, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, Polymorphism, Aetiology, Cancer, screening and diagnosis, Prevention, Human Genome, Single Nucleotide, Biological Sciences, 4.1 Discovery and preclinical testing of markers and technologies, Detection, Case-Control Studies, Female, Transcriptome, Genome-Wide Association Study, Biotechnology, Developmental Biology
Abstract: The breast cancer risk variants identified in genome-wide association studies explain only a small fraction of the familial relative risk, and the genes responsible for these associations remain largely unknown. To identify novel risk loci and likely causal genes, we performed a transcriptome-wide association study evaluating associations of genetically predicted gene expression with breast cancer risk in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry. We used data from the Genotype-Tissue Expression Project to establish genetic models to predict gene expression in breast tissue and evaluated model performance using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Of the 8,597 genes evaluated, significant associations were identified for 48 at a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P
Published: 2018

40. The BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant is not pathogenic: A model for clinical calibration of spliceogenicity

Author: Colombo, Mara, Lòpez-Perolio, Irene, Meeks, Huong D, Caleca, Laura, Parsons, Michael T, Li, Hongyan, De Vecchi, Giovanna, Tudini, Emma, Foglia, Claudia, Mondini, Patrizia, Manoukian, Siranoush, Behar, Raquel, Garcia, Encarna B Gómez, Meindl, Alfons, Montagna, Marco, Niederacher, Dieter, Schmidt, Ane Y, Varesco, Liliana, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dennis, Joe, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Wang, Qin, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beeghly-Fadel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Burwinkel, Barbara, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, García-Closas, Montserrat, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hartman, Mikael, Hauke, Jan, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hopper, John L, Jakubowska, Anna, Jung, Audrey, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loid, Lindblom, Annika, Lubinski, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Margolin, Sara, Miao, Hui, Milne, Roger L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Olson, Janet E, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pylkäs, Katri, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, See, Mee Hoong, Southey, Melissa C, Swerdlow, Anthony, Teo, Soo H, Toland, Amanda E, Tomlinson, Ian, Truong, Thérèse, Van Asperen, Christi J, Van Den Ouweland, Ans MW, Van Der Kolk, Lizet E, Winqvist, Robert, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, KConFab/AOCS Investigators, Dunning, Alison M, Easton, Douglas F, Henderson, Alex, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Izatt, Louise, Offitt, Kenneth, Side, Lucy E, Van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Embrace, Study, Hebon, Study, McGuffog, Lesley, Antoniou, Antonis C, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Spurdle, Amanda B, Goldgar, David E, Hoya, Miguel De La, and Radice, Paolo
Subjects: BRCA2 Protein, Base Sequence, Models, Genetic, digital PCR, multifactorial likelihood analysis, spliceogenic variants, Mitomycin, RNA Splicing, Genetic Variation, Exons, BRCA2, Cell Line, Calibration, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, quantitative real-time PCR, RNA, Messenger
Abstract: Although the spliceogenic nature of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant has been demonstrated, its association with cancer risk remains controversial. In this study, we accurately quantified by real-time PCR and digital PCR (dPCR), the BRCA2 isoforms retaining or missing exon 3. In addition, the combined odds ratio for causality of the variant was estimated using genetic and clinical data, and its associated cancer risk was estimated by case-control analysis in 83,636 individuals. Co-occurrence in trans with pathogenic BRCA2 variants was assessed in 5,382 families. Exon 3 exclusion rate was 4.5-fold higher in variant carriers (13%) than controls (3%), indicating an exclusion rate for the c.68-7T > A allele of approximately 20%. The posterior probability of pathogenicity was 7.44 × 10-115 . There was neither evidence for increased risk of breast cancer (OR 1.03; 95% CI 0.86-1.24) nor for a deleterious effect of the variant when co-occurring with pathogenic variants. Our data provide for the first time robust evidence of the nonpathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A. Genetic and quantitative transcript analyses together inform the threshold for the ratio between functional and altered BRCA2 isoforms compatible with normal cell function. These findings might be exploited to assess the relevance for cancer risk of other BRCA2 spliceogenic variants.
Published: 2018
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41. The BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant is not pathogenic: A model for clinical calibration of spliceogenicity

Author: Colombo, Mara, Lopez-Perolio, Irene, Meeks, Huong D., Caleca, Laura, Parsons, Michael T., Li, Hongyan, De Vecchi, Giovanna, Tudini, Emma, Foglia, Claudia, Mondini, Patrizia, Manoukian, Siranoush, Behar, Raquel, Garcia, Encarna B. Gomez, Meindl, Alfons, Montagna, Marco, Niederacher, Dieter, Schmidt, Ane Y., Varesco, Liliana, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Bolla, Manjeet K., Dennis, Joe, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Wang, Qin, Aittomaki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Beckmann, Matthias W., Beeghly-Fadel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Burwinkel, Barbara, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Conroy, Don M., Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Czene, Kamila, Devilee, Peter, Dork, Thilo, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, RS: GROW - R4 - Reproductive and Perinatal Medicine, MUMC+: DA KG Polikliniek (9), and Klinische Genetica
Subjects: RISK, GENES, digital PCR, multifactorial likelihood analysis, MUTATIONS, spliceogenic variants, INTEGRATED EVALUATION, BRCA2, CANCER, BREAST, FANCONI-ANEMIA, UNCLASSIFIED VARIANTS, SEQUENCE VARIANTS, RNA, quantitative real-time PCR
Abstract: Although the spliceogenic nature of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant has been demonstrated, its association with cancer risk remains controversial. In this study, we accurately quantified by real-time PCR and digital PCR (dPCR), the BRCA2 isoforms retaining or missing exon 3. In addition, the combined odds ratio for causality of the variant was estimated using genetic and clinical data, and its associated cancer risk was estimated by case-control analysis in 83,636 individuals. Co-occurrence in trans with pathogenic BRCA2 variants was assessed in 5,382 families. Exon 3 exclusion rate was 4.5-fold higher in variant carriers (13%) than controls (3%), indicating an exclusion rate for the c.68-7T > A allele of approximately 20%. The posterior probability of pathogenicity was 7.44x10(-115). There was neither evidence for increased risk of breast cancer (OR 1.03; 95% CI 0.86-1.24) nor for a deleterious effect of the variant when co-occurring with pathogenic variants. Our data provide for the first time robust evidence of the nonpathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A. Genetic and quantitative transcript analyses together inform the threshold for the ratio between functional and altered BRCA2 isoforms compatible with normal cell function. These findings might be exploited to assess the relevance for cancer risk of other BRCA2 spliceogenic variants.
Published: 2018

42. The BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant is not pathogenic:A model for clinical calibration of spliceogenicity

Author: Colombo, Mara, Lòpez-Perolio, Irene, Meeks, Huong D, Caleca, Laura, Parsons, Michael T, Li, Hongyan, De Vecchi, Giovanna, Tudini, Emma, Foglia, Claudia, Mondini, Patrizia, Manoukian, Siranoush, Behar, Raquel, Garcia, Encarna B. Gomez, Meindl, Alfons, Montagna, Marco, Niederacher, Dieter, Schmidt, Ane Y, Varesco, Liliana, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dennis, Joe, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Wang, Yi-Qin, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beeghly-Fadel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier J., Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Burwinkel, Barbara, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Conroy, Don M., Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Czene, Kamila, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, García-Closas, Montserrat, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hartman, Mikael, Hauke, Jan, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hopper, John L, Jakubowska, Anna, Jung, Audrey, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Lambrechts, Diether, Marchand, Loic Le, Lindblom, Annika, Lubinski, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Margolin, Sara, Miao, Hui, Milne, Roger L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Olson, Janet E, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pylkäs, Katri, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, See, Mee-Hoong, Southey, Melissa C, Swerdlow, Anthony J., Teo, Soo-Hwang, Toland, Amanda E, Tomlinson, Ian, Truong, Thérèse, van Asperen, Christi J, van den Ouweland, Ans M W, van der Kolk, Lizet, Winqvist, Robert, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Henderson, R Alex, Hogervorst, Frans, Izatt, Louise, Offitt, Kenneth, Side, Lucy E, van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Embrace, Study, Hebon, Study, McGuffog, Lesley, Antoniou, Antonis C, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Spurdle, Amanda B, Goldgar, David E, de la Hoya, Miguel, and Radice, Paolo
Subjects: Journal Article
Abstract: Although the spliceogenic nature of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant has been demonstrated, its association with cancer risk remains controversial. In this study, we accurately quantified by real-time PCR and digital PCR the BRCA2 isoforms retaining or missing exon 3. In addition, the combined odds ratio for causality of the variant was estimated using genetic and clinical data, and its associated cancer risk was estimated by case-control analysis in 83,636 individuals. Co-occurrence in trans with pathogenic BRCA2 variants was assessed in 5,382 families. Exon 3 exclusion rate was 4.5-fold higher in variant carriers (13%) than controls (3%), indicating an exclusion rate for the c.68-7T > A allele of approximately 20%. The posterior probability of pathogenicity was 7.44 × 10-115. There was neither evidence for increased risk of breast cancer (OR 1.03; 95% CI 0.86-1.24), nor for a deleterious effect of the variant when co-occurring with pathogenic variants. Our data provide for the first time robust evidence of the non-pathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A. Genetic and quantitative transcript analyses together inform the threshold for the ratio between functional and altered BRCA2 isoforms compatible with normal cell function. These findings might be exploited to assess the relevance for cancer risk of other BRCA2 spliceogenic variants. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.
Published: 2018

43. Fine-mapping of prostate cancer susceptibility loci in a large meta-analysis identifies candidate causal variants

Author: Dadaev, Tokhir, Saunders, Edward J., Newcombe, Paul J., Anokian, Ezequiel, Leongamornlert, Daniel A., Brook, Mark N., Cieza-Borrella, Clara, Mijuskovic, Martina, Wakerell, Sarah, Olama, Ali Amin Al, Schumacher, Fredrick R., Berndt, Sonja I., Benlloch, Sara, Ahmed, Mahbubl, Goh, Chee, Sheng, Xin, Zhang, Zhuo, Muir, Kenneth, Govindasami, Koveela, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Stevens, Victoria L., Gapstur, Susan M., Carter, Brian D., Tangen, Catherine M., Goodman, Phyllis, Thompson, Ian M., Batra, Jyotsna, Chambers, Suzanne, Moya, Leire, Clements, Judith, Horvath, Lisa, Tilley, Wayne, Risbridger, Gail, Gronberg, Henrik, Aly, Markus, Nordström, Tobias, Pharoah, Paul, Pashayan, Nora, Schleutker, Johanna, Tammela, Teuvo L.J., Sipeky, Csilla, Auvinen, Anssi, Albanes, Demetrius, Weinstein, Stephanie, Wolk, Alicja, Hakansson, Niclas, West, Catharine, Dunning, Alison M., Burnet, Neil, Mucci, Lorelei, Giovannucci, Edward, Andriole, Gerald, Cussenot, Olivier, Cancel-Tassin, Géraldine, Koutros, Stella, Freeman, Laura E.Beane, Sorensen, Karina Dalsgaard, Orntoft, Torben Falck, Borre, Michael, Maehle, Lovise, Grindedal, Eli Marie, Neal, David E., Donovan, Jenny L., Hamdy, Freddie C., Martin, Richard M., Travis, Ruth C., Key, Tim J., Hamilton, Robert J., Fleshner, Neil E., Finelli, Antonio, Ingles, Sue Ann, Stern, Mariana C., Rosenstein, Barry, Kerns, Sarah, Ostrer, Harry, Lu, Yong Jie, Zhang, Hong Wei, Feng, Ninghan, Mao, Xueying, Guo, Xin, Wang, Guomin, Sun, Zan, Giles, Graham G., Southey, Melissa C., MacInnis, Robert J., Fitzgerald, Liesel M., Kibel, Adam S., Drake, Bettina F., Vega, Ana, Gómez-Caamaño, Antonio, Fachal, Laura, Szulkin, Robert, Eklund, Martin, Kogevinas, Manolis, Llorca, Javier, Castaño-Vinyals, Gemma, Penney, Kathryn L., Stampfer, Meir, Park, Jong Y., Sellers, Thomas A., Lin, Hui Yi, Stanford, Janet L., Cybulski, Cezary, Wokolorczyk, Dominika, Lubinski, Jan, Ostrander, Elaine A., Geybels, Milan S., Nordestgaard, Børge G., Nielsen, Sune F., Weisher, Maren, Bisbjerg, Rasmus, Røder, Martin Andreas, Iversen, Peter, Brenner, Hermann, Cuk, Katarina, Holleczek, Bernd, Maier, Christiane, Luedeke, Manuel, Schnoeller, Thomas, Kim, Jeri, Logothetis, Christopher J., John, Esther M., Teixeira, Manuel R., Paulo, Paula, Cardoso, Marta, Neuhausen, Susan L., Steele, Linda, Ding, Yuan Chun, De Ruyck, Kim, De Meerleer, Gert, Ost, Piet, Razack, Azad, Lim, Jasmine, Teo, Soo Hwang, Lin, Daniel W., Newcomb, Lisa F., Lessel, Davor, Gamulin, Marija, Kulis, Tomislav, Kaneva, Radka, Usmani, Nawaid, Slavov, Chavdar, Mitev, Vanio, Parliament, Matthew, Singhal, Sandeep, Claessens, Frank, Joniau, Steven, Van Den Broeck, Thomas, Larkin, Samantha, Townsend, Paul A., Aukim-Hastie, Claire, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Castelao, Jose Esteban, Martinez, Maria Elena, Roobol, Monique J., Jenster, Guido, Van Schaik, Ron H.N., Menegaux, Florence, Truong, Thérèse, Koudou, Yves Akoli, Xu, Jianfeng, Khaw, Kay Tee, Cannon-Albright, Lisa, Pandha, Hardev, Michael, Agnieszka, Kierzek, Andrzej, Thibodeau, Stephen N., McDonnell, Shannon K., Schaid, Daniel J., Lindstrom, Sara, Turman, Constance, Ma, Jing, Hunter, David J., Riboli, Elio, Siddiq, Afshan, Canzian, Federico, Kolonel, Laurence N., Le Marchand, Loic, Hoover, Robert N., Machiela, Mitchell J., Kraft, Peter, Cook, Margaret, Thwaites, Alison, Guy, Michelle, Whitmore, Ian, Morgan, Angela, Fisher, Cyril, Hazel, Steve, Livni, Naomi, Spurdle, Amanda, Srinivasan, Srilakshmi, Kedda, Mary Anne, Aitken, Joanne, Gardiner, Robert, Hayes, Vanessa, Butler, Lisa, Taylor, Renea, Yeadon, Trina, Eckert, Allison, Saunders, Pamela, Haynes, Anne Maree, Papargiris, Melissa, Kujala, Paula, Talala, Kirsi, Murtola, Teemu, Taari, Kimmo, Dearnaley, David, Barnett, Gill, Bentzen, Søren, Elliott, Rebecca, Ranu, Hardeep, Hicks, Belynda, Vogt, Aurelie, Hutchinson, Amy, Cox, Angela, Davis, Michael, Brown, Paul, George, Anne, Marsden, Gemma, Lane, Athene, Lewis, Sarah J., Berry, Clare, Kulkarni, Girish S., Toi, Ants, Evans, Andrew, Zlotta, Alexandre R., Van Der Kwast, Theodorus H., Imai, Takashi, Saito, Shiro, Marzec, Jacek, Cao, Guangwen, Lin, Ji, Ling, Jin, Li, Meiling, Zhao, Shan Chao, Ren, Guoping, Yu, Yongwei, Wu, Yudong, Wu, Ji, Zhou, Bo, Zhang, Yangling, Li, Jie, He, Weiyang, Guo, Jianming, Pedersen, John, Hopper, John L., Milne, Roger, Klim, Aleksandra, Carballo, Ana, Lobato-Busto, Ramón, Peleteiro, Paula, Calvo, Patricia, Aguado, Miguel, Ruiz-Dominguez, José Manuel, Cecchini, Lluís, Mengual, Lourdes, Alcaraz, Antonio, Bustamante, Mariona, Gracia-Lavedan, Esther, Dierssen-Sotos, Trinidad, Gomez-Acebo, Ines, Pow-Sang, Julio, Park, Hyun, Zachariah, Babu, Kluzniak, Wojciech, Kolb, Suzanne, Klarskov, Peter, Stegmaier, Christa, Vogel, Walther, Herkommer, Kathleen, Bohnert, Philipp, Maia, Sofia, Silva, Maria P., De Langhe, Sofie, Thierens, Hubert, Tan, Meng H., Ong, Aik T., Kastelan, Zeljko, Popov, Elenko, Kachakova, Darina, Mitkova, Atanaska, Vlahova, Aleksandrina, Dikov, Tihomir, Christova, Svetlana, Carracedo, Angel, Bangma, Christopher, Schroder, F. H., Cenee, Sylvie, Tretarre, Brigitte, Rebillard, Xavier, Mulot, Claire, Sanchez, Marie, Adolfsson, Jan, Stattin, Par, Johansson, Jan Erik, Cavalli-Bjoerkman, Carin, Karlsson, Ami, Broms, Michael, Wu, Huihai, Tillmans, Lori, Riska, Shaun, Freedman, Matthew, Wiklund, Fredrik, Chanock, Stephen, Henderson, Brian E., Easton, Douglas F., Haiman, Christopher A., Eeles, Rosalind A., Conti, David V., and Kote-Jarai, Zsofia
Abstract: Prostate cancer is a polygenic disease with a large heritable component. A number of common, low-penetrance prostate cancer risk loci have been identified through GWAS. Here we apply the Bayesian multivariate variable selection algorithm JAM to fine-map 84 prostate cancer susceptibility loci, using summary data from a large European ancestry meta-analysis. We observe evidence for multiple independent signals at 12 regions and 99 risk signals overall. Only 15 original GWAS tag SNPs remain among the catalogue of candidate variants identified; the remainder are replaced by more likely candidates. Biological annotation of our credible set of variants indicates significant enrichment within promoter and enhancer elements, and transcription factor-binding sites, including AR, ERG and FOXA1. In 40 regions at least one variant is colocalised with an eQTL in prostate cancer tissue. The refined set of candidate variants substantially increase the proportion of familial relative risk explained by these known susceptibility regions, which highlights the importance of fine-mapping studies and has implications for clinical risk profiling.
Published: 2018

44. Body mass index and breast cancer survival:a Mendelian randomization analysis

Author: Guo, Qi, Burgess, Stephen, Turman, Constance, Bolla, Manjeet K., Wang, Qin, Lush, Michael, Abraham, Jean, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L., Apicella, Carmel, Arndt, Volker, Barrdahl, Myrto, Benitez, Javier, Berg, Christine D., Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E., Bonanni, Bernardo, Brand, Judith S., Brenner, Hermann, Broeks, Annegien, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldas, Carlos, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J., Chin, Suet-Feung, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Darabi, Hatef, Devilee, Peter, Diver, W. Ryan, Dunning, Alison M., Earl, Helena M., Eccles, Diana M., Ekici, Arif B., Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gapstur, Susan M., Gaudet, Mia M., Giles, Graham G., Muranen, Taru A., Nevanlinna, Heli, kConFab-AOCS Investigators, Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Clinicum, Department of Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, and HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center
Subjects: PROGNOSIS, 3122 Cancers, WOMEN, INSTRUMENTS, DIAGNOSIS, DISEASE, 3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health, OBESITY, REGRESSION, breast cancer survival, Mendelian randomization, Journal Article, EPIDEMIOLOGY, genetics, TRIAL, Body mass index, METAANALYSIS
Abstract: Background: There is increasing evidence that elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with reduced survival for women with breast cancer. However, the underlying reasons remain unclear. We conducted a Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate a possible causal role of BMI in survival from breast cancer.Methods: We used individual-level data from six large breast cancer case-cohorts including a total of 36 210 individuals (2475 events) of European ancestry. We created a BMI genetic risk score (GRS) based on genotypes at 94 known BMI-associated genetic variants. Association between the BMI genetic score and breast cancer survival was analysed by Cox regression for each study separately. Study-specific hazard ratios were pooled using fixed-effect meta-analysis.Results: BMI genetic score was found to be associated with reduced breast cancer-specific survival for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cases [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.11, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.22, P = 0.03). We observed no association for ER-negative cases (HR = 1.00, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% CI 0.89-1.13, P = 0.95).Conclusions: Our findings suggest a causal effect of increased BMI on reduced breast cancer survival for ER-positive breast cancer. There is no evidence of a causal effect of higher BMI on survival for ER-negative breast cancer cases.
Published: 2017

45. Body mass index and breast cancer survival:a Mendelian randomization analysis

Author: Guo, Qi, Burgess, Stephen, Turman, Constance, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Lush, Michael, Abraham, Jean, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Apicella, Carmel, Arndt, Volker, Barrdahl, Myrto, Benitez, Javier, Berg, Christine D, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brand, Judith S, Brenner, Hermann, Broeks, Annegien, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldas, Carlos, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chin, Suet-Feung, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Darabi, Hatef, Devilee, Peter, Diver, W Ryan, Dunning, Alison M, Earl, Helena M, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gapstur, Susan M, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Hunter, David J, and Perez, Jose I A
Subjects: breast cancer survival, Mendelian randomization, epidemiology, genetics, Body mass index
Abstract: Background: There is increasing evidence that elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with reduced survival for women with breast cancer. However, the underlying reasons remain unclear. We conducted a Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate a possible causal role of BMI in survival from breast cancer.Methods: We used individual-level data from six large breast cancer case-cohorts including a total of 36 210 individuals (2475 events) of European ancestry. We created a BMI genetic risk score (GRS) based on genotypes at 94 known BMI-associated genetic variants. Association between the BMI genetic score and breast cancer survival was analysed by Cox regression for each study separately. Study-specific hazard ratios were pooled using fixed-effect meta-analysis.Results: BMI genetic score was found to be associated with reduced breast cancer-specific survival for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cases [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.11, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.22, P = 0.03). We observed no association for ER-negative cases (HR = 1.00, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% CI 0.89-1.13, P = 0.95).Conclusions: Our findings suggest a causal effect of increased BMI on reduced breast cancer survival for ER-positive breast cancer. There is no evidence of a causal effect of higher BMI on survival for ER-negative breast cancer cases.
Published: 2017

46. phip - a novel candidate breast cancer susceptibility locus on 6q14.1

Author: Jiao, Xiang, Aravidis, Christos, Marikkannu, Rajeshwari, Rantala, Johanna, Picelli, Simone, Adamovic, Tatjana, Liu, Tao, Maguire, Paula, Kremeyer, Barbara, Luo, Liping, von Holst, Susanna, Kontham, Vinaykumar, Thutkawkorapin, Jessada, Margolin, Sara, Du, Quan, Lundin, Johanna, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K., Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Lush, Michael, Ambrosone, Christine B., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N., Arndt, Volker, Beckmann, Matthias W., Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Boeckx, Bram, Bojesen, Stig E., Bonanni, Bernardo, Brand, Judith S., Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Broeks, Annegien, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Cai, Qiuyin, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Collaborators, NBCS, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Deming-Halverson, Sandra L., Devilee, Peter, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dörk, Thilo, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, García-Closas, Montserrat, Giles, Graham G., González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Qi, Gündert, Melanie, Haiman, Christopher A., Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, Hooning, Maartje J., Hopper, John L., Huang, Guanmengqian, Jakubowska, Anna, Jones, Michael E., Kerin, Michael J., Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kristensen, Vessela N., Lambrechts, Diether, Marchand, Loic Le, Lubinski, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Martens, John W.M., Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L., Mulligan, Anna Marie, Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Peto, Julian, Pylkas, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rhenius, Valerie, Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Schmutzler, Rita K., Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Simard, Jacques, Southey, Melissa C., Swerdlow, Anthony J., Truong, Therese, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Zheng, Wei, Investigators, kConFab/AOCS, Benitez, Javier, Dunning, Alison M., Pharoah, Paul D.P., Easton, Douglas F., Czene, Kamila, Hall, Per, and Lindblom, Annika
Subjects: DNA-sequencing data, wide linkage scan, familial breast cancer, association, sequencing, families, mutations, localization, risk haplotype, expression, linkage analysis, gene, genome, discovery
Abstract: Most non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families have no identified genetic cause. We used linkage and haplotype analyses in familial and sporadic breast cancer cases to identify a susceptibility locus on chromosome 6q. Two independent genome-wide linkage analysis studies suggested a 3 Mb locus on chromosome 6q and two unrelated Swedish families with a LOD > 2 together seemed to share a haplotype in 6q14.1. We hypothesized that this region harbored a rare high-risk founder allele contributing to breast cancer in these two families. Sequencing of DNA and RNA from the two families did not detect any pathogenic mutations. Finally, 29 SNPs in the region were analyzed in 44,214 cases and 43,532 controls from BCAC, and the original haplotypes in the two families were suggested as low-risk alleles for European and Swedish women specifically. There was also some support for one additional independent moderate-risk allele in Swedish familial samples. The results were consistent with our previous findings in familial breast cancer and supported a breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q14.1 around the PHIP gene.
Published: 2017

47. PHIP - a novel candidate breast cancer susceptibility locus on 6q14.1

Author: Jiao, Xiang, Aravidis, Christos, Marikkannu, Rajeshwari, Rantala, Johanna, Picelli, Simone, Adamovic, Tatjana, Liu, Tao, Maguire, Paula, Kremeyer, Barbara, Luo, Liping, von Holst, Susanna, Kontham, Vinaykumar, Thutkawkorapin, Jessada, Margolin, Sara, Du, Quan, Lundin, Johanna, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Lush, Michael, Ambrosone, Christine B, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Beckmann, Matthias W, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Boeckx, Bram, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Brand, Judith S, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Broeks, Annegien, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Cai, Qiuyin, Chang-Claude, Jenny, NBCS Collaborators, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Deming-Halverson, Sandra L, Devilee, Peter, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dörk, Thilo, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, García-Closas, Montserrat, Giles, Graham G, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Qi, Gündert, Melanie, Haiman, Christopher A, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Huang, Guanmengqian, Jakubowska, Anna, Jones, Michael E, Kerin, Michael J, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kristensen, Vessela N, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lubinski, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Martens, John WM, Meindl, Alfons, Milne, Roger L, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Peto, Julian, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rhenius, Valerie, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Simard, Jacques, Southey, Melissa C, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Truong, Thérèse, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Zheng, Wei, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, and Benitez, Javier
Subjects: risk haplotype, familial breast cancer, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, linkage analysis, sequencing, NBCS Collaborators
Abstract: Most non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families have no identified genetic cause. We used linkage and haplotype analyses in familial and sporadic breast cancer cases to identify a susceptibility locus on chromosome 6q. Two independent genome-wide linkage analysis studies suggested a 3 Mb locus on chromosome 6q and two unrelated Swedish families with a LOD >2 together seemed to share a haplotype in 6q14.1. We hypothesized that this region harbored a rare high-risk founder allele contributing to breast cancer in these two families. Sequencing of DNA and RNA from the two families did not detect any pathogenic mutations. Finally, 29 SNPs in the region were analyzed in 44,214 cases and 43,532 controls from BCAC, and the original haplotypes in the two families were suggested as low-risk alleles for European and Swedish women specifically. There was also some support for one additional independent moderate-risk allele in Swedish familial samples. The results were consistent with our previous findings in familial breast cancer and supported a breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q14.1 around the PHIP gene.
Published: 2017

48. BRCA2 Hypomorphic Missense Variants Confer Moderate Risks of Breast Cancer

Author: Shimelis, Hermela, Mesman, Romy LS, Von Nicolai, Catharina, Ehlen, Asa, Guidugli, Lucia, Martin, Charlotte, Calléja, Fabienne MGR, Meeks, Huong, Hallberg, Emily, Hinton, Jamie, Lilyquist, Jenna, Hu, Chunling, Aalfs, Cora M, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Borresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brennan, Paul, Brenner, Hermann, Broeks, Annegien, Brouwers, Barbara, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cheng, Ching-Yu, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Collée, J Margriet, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Darabi, Hatef, Dennis, Joe, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flyger, Henrik, García-Closas, Montserrat, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hartman, Mikael, Hogervorst, Frans B, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hopper, John L, Ito, Hidemi, Jakubowska, Anna, Kang, Daehee, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kristensen, Vessela, Lai, Kah-Nyin, Lambrechts, Diether, Marchand, Loic Le, Li, Jingmei, Lindblom, Annika, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Lubinski, Jan, Machackova, Eva, Mannermaa, Arto, Margolin, Sara, Marme, Frederik, Matsuo, Keitaro, Miao, Hui, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Milne, Roger L, Muir, Kenneth, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Olson, Janet E, Olswold, Curtis, Oosterwijk, Jan JC, Osorio, Ana, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul DP, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rashid, Muhammad Usman, Rhenius, Valerie, Rudolph, Anja, Sangrajrang, Suleeporn, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Shen, Chen-Yang, and Shrubsole, Martha
Subjects: BRCA2 Protein, Risk, Genotype, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Breast Neoplasms, Mice, Amino Acid Substitution, Case-Control Studies, Mutation, Breast Cancer, Genetics, for NBCS Collaborators, Animals, Humans, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Female, for kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Missense, Aetiology, Germ-Line Mutation, Aged, Cancer
Abstract: Breast cancer risks conferred by many germline missense variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, often referred to as variants of uncertain significance (VUS), have not been established. In this study, associations between 19 BRCA1 and 33 BRCA2 missense substitution variants and breast cancer risk were investigated through a breast cancer case-control study using genotyping data from 38 studies of predominantly European ancestry (41,890 cases and 41,607 controls) and nine studies of Asian ancestry (6,269 cases and 6,624 controls). The BRCA2 c.9104A>C, p.Tyr3035Ser (OR = 2.52; P = 0.04), and BRCA1 c.5096G>A, p.Arg1699Gln (OR = 4.29; P = 0.009) variant were associated with moderately increased risks of breast cancer among Europeans, whereas BRCA2 c.7522G>A, p.Gly2508Ser (OR = 2.68; P = 0.004), and c.8187G>T, p.Lys2729Asn (OR = 1.4; P = 0.004) were associated with moderate and low risks of breast cancer among Asians. Functional characterization of the BRCA2 variants using four quantitative assays showed reduced BRCA2 activity for p.Tyr3035Ser compared with wild-type. Overall, our results show how BRCA2 missense variants that influence protein function can confer clinically relevant, moderately increased risks of breast cancer, with potential implications for risk management guidelines in women with these specific variants. Cancer Res; 77(11); 2789-99. ©2017 AACR.
Published: 2017

49. Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Author: Day, Felix R, Thompson, Deborah J, Helgason, Hannes, Chasman, Daniel I, Finucane, Hilary, Sulem, Patrick, Ruth, Katherine S, Whalen, Sean, Sarkar, Abhishek K, Albrecht, Eva, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Amini, Marzyeh, Barbieri, Caterina M, Boutin, Thibaud, Campbell, Archie, Demerath, Ellen, Giri, Ayush, He, Chunyan, Hottenga, Jouke J, Karlsson, Robert, Kolcic, Ivana, Loh, Po-Ru, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Mangino, Massimo, Marco, Brumat, McMahon, George, Medland, Sarah E, Nolte, Ilja M, Noordam, Raymond, Nutile, Teresa, Paternoster, Lavinia, Perjakova, Natalia, Porcu, Eleonora, Rose, Lynda M, Schraut, Katharina E, Segrè, Ayellet V, Smith, Albert V, Stolk, Lisette, Teumer, Alexander, Andrulis, Irene L, Bandinelli, Stefania, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bergmann, Sven, Bochud, Murielle, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brand, Judith S, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Broer, Linda, Brüning, Thomas, Buring, Julie E, Campbell, Harry, Catamo, Eulalia, Chanock, Stephen, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Corre, Tanguy, Couch, Fergus J, Cousminer, Diana L, Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Czene, Kamila, Davey Smith, George, de Geus, Eco JCN, de Mutsert, Renée, De Vivo, Immaculata, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Eriksson, Johan G, Fasching, Peter A, Fernández-Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferrucci, Luigi, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Franke, Lude, Gabrielson, Marike, Gandin, Ilaria, Giles, Graham G, Grallert, Harald, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F, Guénel, Pascal, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harris, Tamara B, Hartman, Catharina A, Heiss, Gerardo, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Hu, Frank, Hunter, David J, Ikram, M Arfan, Im, Hae Kyung, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joshi, Peter K, Karasik, David, and Kellis, Manolis
Subjects: Urologic Diseases, Male, Aging, Adolescent, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Quantitative Trait Loci, Medical and Health Sciences, PRACTICAL consortium, Body Mass Index, Genomic Imprinting, Databases, Genetic, Risk Factors, Neoplasms, Breast Cancer, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, Aetiology, Polymorphism, Cancer, Menarche, Prostate Cancer, Human Genome, Calcium-Binding Proteins, Puberty, Age Factors, Membrane Proteins, Single Nucleotide, InterAct Consortium, Biological Sciences, Ribonucleoproteins, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Female, Biotechnology, LifeLines Cohort Study, Genome-Wide Association Study, Developmental Biology
Abstract: The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Using 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to ∼370,000 women, we identify 389 independent signals (P < 5 × 10-8) for age at menarche, a milestone in female pubertal development. In Icelandic data, these signals explain ∼7.4% of the population variance in age at menarche, corresponding to ∼25% of the estimated heritability. We implicate ∼250 genes via coding variation or associated expression, demonstrating significant enrichment in neural tissues. Rare variants near the imprinted genes MKRN3 and DLK1 were identified, exhibiting large effects when paternally inherited. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest causal inverse associations, independent of body mass index (BMI), between puberty timing and risks for breast and endometrial cancers in women and prostate cancer in men. In aggregate, our findings highlight the complexity of the genetic regulation of puberty timing and support causal links with cancer susceptibility.
Published: 2017

50. Cumulative Effects of Neonatal Hyperoxia on Murine Alveolar Structure and Function

Author: Cox, Angela M., Gao, Yong, Perl, Anne-Karina T., Tepper, Robert S., and Ahlfeld, Shawn K.
Subjects: Pulmonary Alveoli, Mice, Animals, Newborn, Infant, Newborn, Animals, Humans, Female, Hyperoxia, Lung, Article, Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Capillaries
Abstract: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) results from alveolar simplification and abnormal development of alveolar and capillary structure. Survivors of BPD display persistent deficits in airflow and membrane and vascular components of alveolar gas diffusion. Despite being the defining feature of BPD, various neonatal hyperoxia models of BPD have not routinely assessed pulmonary gas diffusion.To simulate the most commonly-utilized neonatal hyperoxia models, we exposed neonatal mice to room air or ≥90% hyperoxia during key stages of distal lung development: through the first 4 (saccular), 7 (early alveolar), or 14 (bulk alveolar) postnatal days, followed by a period of recovery in room air until 8 weeks of age when alveolar septation is essentially complete. We systematically assessed and correlated the effects of neonatal hyperoxia on the degree of alveolar-capillary structural and functional impairment. We hypothesized that the degree of alveolar-capillary simplification would correlate strongly with worsening diffusion impairment.Neonatal hyperoxia exposure, of any duration, resulted in alveolar simplification and impaired pulmonary gas diffusion. Mean Linear Intercept increased in proportion to the length of hyperoxia exposure while alveolar and total lung volume increased markedly only with prolonged exposure. Surprisingly, despite having a similar effect on alveolar surface area, only prolonged hyperoxia for 14 days resulted in reduced pulmonary microvascular volume. Estimates of alveolar and capillary structure, in general, correlated poorly with assessment of gas diffusion.Our results help define the physiological and structural consequences of commonly-employed neonatal hyperoxia models of BPD and inform their clinical utility. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017;52:616-624. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Published: 2017

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