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1. Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum

Author: Kentistou, Katherine A., Kaisinger, Lena R., Stankovic, Stasa, Vaudel, Marc, Mendes de Oliveira, Edson, Messina, Andrea, Walters, Robin G., Liu, Xiaoxi, Busch, Alexander S., Helgason, Hannes, Thompson, Deborah J., Santoni, Federico, Petricek, Konstantin M., Zouaghi, Yassine, Huang-Doran, Isabel, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Bratland, Eirik, Lin, Kuang, Gardner, Eugene J., Zhao, Yajie, Jia, Raina Y., Terao, Chikashi, Riggan, Marjorie J., Bolla, Manjeet K., Yazdanpanah, Mojgan, Yazdanpanah, Nahid, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Broer, Linda, Campbell, Archie, Chasman, Daniel I., Cousminer, Diana L., Franceschini, Nora, Franke, Lude H., Girotto, Giorgia, He, Chunyan, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joshi, Peter K., Kamatani, Yoichiro, Karlsson, Robert, Luan, Jian’an, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Mägi, Reedik, Mangino, Massimo, Medland, Sarah E., Meisinger, Christa, Noordam, Raymond, Nutile, Teresa, Concas, Maria Pina, Polašek, Ozren, Porcu, Eleonora, Ring, Susan M., Sala, Cinzia, Smith, Albert V., Tanaka, Toshiko, van der Most, Peter J., Vitart, Veronique, Wang, Carol A., Willemsen, Gonneke, Zygmunt, Marek, Ahearn, Thomas U., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C., Auer, Paul L., Barnes, Catriona L. K., Beckmann, Matthias W., Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E., Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, De Vivo, Immaculata, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M., Dwek, Miriam, Eriksson, Johan G., Fasching, Peter A., Fernandez-Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferreli, Liana, Fletcher, Olivia, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A., González-Neira, Anna, Grallert, Harald, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hart, Roger J., Hickey, Martha, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hu, Frank B., Huebner, Hanna, Hunter, David J., Jernström, Helena, John, Esther M., Karasik, David, Khusnutdinova, Elza K., Kristensen, Vessela N., Lacey, James V., Lambrechts, Diether, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Penelope A., Lindblom, Annika, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mannermaa, Arto, McCarthy, Mark I., Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Millwood, Iona Y., Milne, Roger L., Montgomery, Grant W., Nevanlinna, Heli, Nolte, Ilja M., Nyholt, Dale R., Obi, Nadia, O’Brien, Katie M., Offit, Kenneth, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ostrowski, Sisse R., Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Ole B., Peters, Annette, Pianigiani, Giulia, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pouta, Anneli, Pozarickij, Alfred, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Rosendaal, Frits R., Ruggiero, Daniela, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P., Schipf, Sabine, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Small, Kerrin, Spedicati, Beatrice, Stampfer, Meir, Stone, Jennifer, Tamimi, Rulla M., Teras, Lauren R., Tikkanen, Emmi, Turman, Constance, Vachon, Celine M., Wang, Qin, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Zemel, Babette S., Zheng, Wei, van Dijk, Ko W., Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Bandinelli, Stefania, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Ciullo, Marina, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cucca, Francesco, Esko, Tõnu, Gieger, Christian, Grant, Struan F. A., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hayward, Caroline, Kolčić, Ivana, Kraft, Peter, Lawlor, Deborah A., Martin, Nicholas G., Nøhr, Ellen A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Pennell, Craig E., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Snieder, Harold, Sovio, Ulla, Spector, Tim D., Stöckl, Doris, Sudlow, Cathie, Timpson, Nic J., Toniolo, Daniela, Uitterlinden, André, Ulivi, Sheila, Völzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J., Widen, Elisabeth, Wilson, James F., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Li, Liming, Easton, Douglas F., Njølstad, Pål R., Sulem, Patrick, Murabito, Joanne M., Murray, Anna, Manousaki, Despoina, Juul, Anders, Erikstrup, Christian, Stefansson, Kari, Horikoshi, Momoko, Chen, Zhengming, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Pitteloud, Nelly, Johansson, Stefan, Day, Felix R., Perry, John R. B., and Ong, Ken K.
Abstract: Pubertal timing varies considerably and is associated with later health outcomes. We performed multi-ancestry genetic analyses on ~800,000 women, identifying 1,080 signals for age at menarche. Collectively, these explained 11% of trait variance in an independent sample. Women at the top and bottom 1% of polygenic risk exhibited ~11 and ~14-fold higher risks of delayed and precocious puberty, respectively. We identified several genes harboring rare loss-of-function variants in ~200,000 women, including variants in ZNF483, which abolished the impact of polygenic risk. Variant-to-gene mapping approaches and mouse gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron RNA sequencing implicated 665 genes, including an uncharacterized G-protein-coupled receptor, GPR83, which amplified the signaling of MC3R, a key nutritional sensor. Shared signals with menopause timing at genes involved in DNA damage response suggest that the ovarian reserve might signal centrally to trigger puberty. We also highlight body size-dependent and independent mechanisms that potentially link reproductive timing to later life disease.
Published: 2024
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2. Exome sequencing identifies breast cancer susceptibility genes and defines the contribution of coding variants to breast cancer risk

Author: Wilcox, Naomi, Dumont, Martine, González-Neira, Anna, Carvalho, Sara, Joly Beauparlant, Charles, Crotti, Marco, Luccarini, Craig, Soucy, Penny, Dubois, Stéphane, Nuñez-Torres, Rocio, Pita, Guillermo, Gardner, Eugene J., Dennis, Joe, Alonso, M. Rosario, Álvarez, Nuria, Baynes, Caroline, Collin-Deschesnes, Annie Claude, Desjardins, Sylvie, Becher, Heiko, Behrens, Sabine, Bolla, Manjeet K., Castelao, Jose E., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Cornelissen, Sten, Dörk, Thilo, Engel, Christoph, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Guénel, Pascal, Hadjisavvas, Andreas, Hahnen, Eric, Hartman, Mikael, Herráez, Belén, Jung, Audrey, Keeman, Renske, Kiechle, Marion, Li, Jingmei, Loizidou, Maria A., Lush, Michael, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Panayiotidis, Mihalis I., Sim, Xueling, Teo, Soo Hwang, Tyrer, Jonathan P., van der Kolk, Lizet E., Wahlström, Cecilia, Wang, Qin, Perry, John R. B., Benitez, Javier, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Schmutzler, Rita K., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Droit, Arnaud, Dunning, Alison M., Kvist, Anders, Devilee, Peter, Easton, Douglas F., and Simard, Jacques
Abstract: Linkage and candidate gene studies have identified several breast cancer susceptibility genes, but the overall contribution of coding variation to breast cancer is unclear. To evaluate the role of rare coding variants more comprehensively, we performed a meta-analysis across three large whole-exome sequencing datasets, containing 26,368 female cases and 217,673 female controls. Burden tests were performed for protein-truncating and rare missense variants in 15,616 and 18,601 genes, respectively. Associations between protein-truncating variants and breast cancer were identified for the following six genes at exome-wide significance (P<2.5 × 10−6): the five known susceptibility genes ATM, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2and PALB2, together with MAP3K1. Associations were also observed for LZTR1, ATRIPand BARD1with P< 1 × 10−4. Associations between predicted deleterious rare missense or protein-truncating variants and breast cancer were additionally identified for CDKN2Aat exome-wide significance. The overall contribution of coding variants in genes beyond the previously known genes is estimated to be small.
Published: 2023
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3. Associations of a Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score With Tumor Characteristics and Survival.

Author: Lopes Cardozo, Josephine M.N., Andrulis, Irene L., Bojesen, Stig E., Dörk, Thilo, Eccles, Diana M., Fasching, Peter A., Hooning, Maartje J., Keeman, Renske, Nevanlinna, Heli, Rutgers, Emiel J.T., Easton, Douglas F., Hall, Per, Pharoah, Paul D.P., van 't Veer, Laura J., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Ahearn, Thomas U., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Auer, Paul L., and Augustinsson, Annelie
Published: 2023
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4. Publisher Correction: Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum

Author: Kentistou, Katherine A., Kaisinger, Lena R., Stankovic, Stasa, Vaudel, Marc, Mendes de Oliveira, Edson, Messina, Andrea, Walters, Robin G., Liu, Xiaoxi, Busch, Alexander S., Helgason, Hannes, Thompson, Deborah J., Santoni, Federico, Petricek, Konstantin M., Zouaghi, Yassine, Huang-Doran, Isabel, Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Bratland, Eirik, Lin, Kuang, Gardner, Eugene J., Zhao, Yajie, Jia, Raina Y., Terao, Chikashi, Riggan, Marjorie J., Bolla, Manjeet K., Yazdanpanah, Mojgan, Yazdanpanah, Nahid, Bradfield, Jonathan P., Broer, Linda, Campbell, Archie, Chasman, Daniel I., Cousminer, Diana L., Franceschini, Nora, Franke, Lude H., Girotto, Giorgia, He, Chunyan, Järvelin, Marjo-Riitta, Joshi, Peter K., Kamatani, Yoichiro, Karlsson, Robert, Luan, Jian’an, Lunetta, Kathryn L., Mägi, Reedik, Mangino, Massimo, Medland, Sarah E., Meisinger, Christa, Noordam, Raymond, Nutile, Teresa, Concas, Maria Pina, Polašek, Ozren, Porcu, Eleonora, Ring, Susan M., Sala, Cinzia, Smith, Albert V., Tanaka, Toshiko, van der Most, Peter J., Vitart, Veronique, Wang, Carol A., Willemsen, Gonneke, Zygmunt, Marek, Ahearn, Thomas U., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C., Auer, Paul L., Barnes, Catriona L. K., Beckmann, Matthias W., Berrington de Gonzalez, Amy, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Brenner, Hermann, Buring, Julie E., Canzian, Federico, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Crisponi, Laura, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, De Vivo, Immaculata, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M., Dwek, Miriam, Eriksson, Johan G., Fasching, Peter A., Fernandez-Rhodes, Lindsay, Ferreli, Liana, Fletcher, Olivia, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A., González-Neira, Anna, Grallert, Harald, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hakonarson, Hakon, Hart, Roger J., Hickey, Martha, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoppe, Reiner, Hopper, John L., Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Hu, Frank B., Huebner, Hanna, Hunter, David J., Jernström, Helena, John, Esther M., Karasik, David, Khusnutdinova, Elza K., Kristensen, Vessela N., Lacey, James V., Lambrechts, Diether, Launer, Lenore J., Lind, Penelope A., Lindblom, Annika, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Mannermaa, Arto, McCarthy, Mark I., Meitinger, Thomas, Menni, Cristina, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Millwood, Iona Y., Milne, Roger L., Montgomery, Grant W., Nevanlinna, Heli, Nolte, Ilja M., Nyholt, Dale R., Obi, Nadia, O’Brien, Katie M., Offit, Kenneth, Oldehinkel, Albertine J., Ostrowski, Sisse R., Palotie, Aarno, Pedersen, Ole B., Peters, Annette, Pianigiani, Giulia, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pouta, Anneli, Pozarickij, Alfred, Radice, Paolo, Rennert, Gad, Rosendaal, Frits R., Ruggiero, Daniela, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P., Schipf, Sabine, Schmidt, Carsten O., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Small, Kerrin, Spedicati, Beatrice, Stampfer, Meir, Stone, Jennifer, Tamimi, Rulla M., Teras, Lauren R., Tikkanen, Emmi, Turman, Constance, Vachon, Celine M., Wang, Qin, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Zemel, Babette S., Zheng, Wei, van Dijk, Ko W., Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Bandinelli, Stefania, Boerwinkle, Eric, Boomsma, Dorret I., Ciullo, Marina, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cucca, Francesco, Esko, Tõnu, Gieger, Christian, Grant, Struan F. A., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Hayward, Caroline, Kolčić, Ivana, Kraft, Peter, Lawlor, Deborah A., Martin, Nicholas G., Nøhr, Ellen A., Pedersen, Nancy L., Pennell, Craig E., Ridker, Paul M., Robino, Antonietta, Snieder, Harold, Sovio, Ulla, Spector, Tim D., Stöckl, Doris, Sudlow, Cathie, Timpson, Nic J., Toniolo, Daniela, Uitterlinden, André, Ulivi, Sheila, Völzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J., Widen, Elisabeth, Wilson, James F., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Li, Liming, Easton, Douglas F., Njølstad, Pål R., Sulem, Patrick, Murabito, Joanne M., Murray, Anna, Manousaki, Despoina, Juul, Anders, Erikstrup, Christian, Stefansson, Kari, Horikoshi, Momoko, Chen, Zhengming, Farooqi, I. Sadaf, Pitteloud, Nelly, Johansson, Stefan, Day, Felix R., Perry, John R. B., and Ong, Ken K.
Published: 2024
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5. FANCMmissense variants and breast cancer risk: a case-control association study of 75,156 European women

Author: Figlioli, Gisella, Billaud, Amandine, Ahearn, Thomas U., Antonenkova, Natalia N., Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W., Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blok, Marinus J., Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bonanni, Bernardo, Burwinkel, Barbara, Camp, Nicola J., Campbell, Archie, Castelao, Jose E., Cessna, Melissa H., Chanock, Stephen J., Czene, Kamila, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine D., Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, García-Closas, Montserrat, González-Neira, Anna, Grassmann, Felix, Guénel, Pascal, Gündert, Melanie, Hadjisavvas, Andreas, Hahnen, Eric, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A., He, Wei, Hillemanns, Peter, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoppe, Reiner, Howell, Anthony, Humphreys, Keith, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, Khusnutdinova, Elza K., Ko, Yon-Dschun, Kristensen, Vessela N., Lindblom, Annika, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lubiński, Jan, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Newman, William G., Obi, Nadia, Panayiotidis, Mihalis I., Rashid, Muhammad U., Rhenius, Valerie, Rookus, Matti A., Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmutzler, Rita K., Shah, Mitul, Sironen, Reijo, Southey, Melissa C., Suvanto, Maija, Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M., Tomlinson, Ian, Truong, Thérèse, van der Kolk, Lizet E., van Veen, Elke M., Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Yang, Xiaohong R., Bolla, Manjeet K., Dennis, Joe, Dunning, Alison M., Easton, Douglas F., Lush, Michael, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Pharoah, Paul D. P., Wang, Qin, Adank, Muriel A., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Andrulis, Irene L., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Nevanlinna, Heli, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Evans, D. Gareth, Milne, Roger L., Radice, Paolo, and Peterlongo, Paolo
Abstract: Evidence from literature, including the BRIDGES study, indicates that germline protein truncating variants (PTVs) in FANCMconfer moderately increased risk of ER-negative and triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), especially for women with a family history of the disease. Association between FANCMmissense variants (MVs) and breast cancer risk has been postulated. In this study, we further used the BRIDGES study to test 689 FANCMMVs for association with breast cancer risk, overall and in ER-negative and TNBC subtypes, in 39,885 cases (7566 selected for family history) and 35,271 controls of European ancestry. Sixteen common MVs were tested individually; the remaining rare 673 MVs were tested by burden analyses considering their position and pathogenicity score. We also conducted a meta-analysis of our results and those from published studies. We did not find evidence for association for any of the 16 variants individually tested. The rare MVs were significantly associated with increased risk of ER-negative breast cancer by burden analysis comparing familial cases to controls (OR = 1.48; 95% CI 1.07–2.04; P= 0.017). Higher ORs were found for the subgroup of MVs located in functional domains or predicted to be pathogenic. The meta-analysis indicated that FANCMMVs overall are associated with breast cancer risk (OR = 1.22; 95% CI 1.08–1.38; P= 0.002). Our results support the definition from previous analyses of FANCMas a moderate-risk breast cancer gene and provide evidence that FANCMMVs could be low/moderate risk factors for ER-negative and TNBC subtypes. Further genetic and functional analyses are necessary to clarify better the increased risks due to FANCMMVs.
Published: 2023
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6. Causation and causal inference in obstetrics-gynecology.

Author: Dammann, Olaf, Dörk, Thilo, Hillemanns, Peter, and Reydon, Thomas
Subjects: GYNECOLOGY, OBSTETRICS, DECISION making, ATTRIBUTION (Social psychology)
Abstract: Causation and causal inference are of utmost importance in obstetrics and gynecology. In many clinical situations, causal reasoning is involved in etiological explanations, diagnostic considerations, and conversations about prognosis. In this paper, we offer an overview of the philosophical accounts of causation that may not be familiar to, but still be appreciated by, the busy clinician. In our discussion, we do not try to simplify what is a rather complex range of ideas. We begin with an introduction to some important basic ideas, followed by 2 sections on the metaphysical and epistemological aspects of causality, which offer a more detailed discussion of some of its specific philosophical facets, using examples from obstetrical and gynecologic research and practice along the way. We hope our discussion will help deepen the thinking and discourse about causation and causal inference in gynecology and obstetrics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2022
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7. Polygenic risk modeling for prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer risk

Author: Dareng, Eileen O., Tyrer, Jonathan P., Barnes, Daniel R., Jones, Michelle R., Yang, Xin, Aben, Katja K. H., Adank, Muriel A., Agata, Simona, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N., Aravantinos, Gerasimos, Arun, Banu K., Augustinsson, Annelie, Balmaña, Judith, Bandera, Elisa V., Barkardottir, Rosa B., Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W., Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernardini, Marcus Q., Bjorge, Line, Black, Amanda, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Brenton, James D., Budzilowska, Agnieszka, Butzow, Ralf, Buys, Saundra S., Cai, Hui, Caligo, Maria A., Campbell, Ian, Cannioto, Rikki, Cassingham, Hayley, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J., Chen, Kexin, Chiew, Yoke-Eng, Chung, Wendy K., Claes, Kathleen B. M., Colonna, Sarah, Cook, Linda S., Couch, Fergus J., Daly, Mary B., Dao, Fanny, Davies, Eleanor, de la Hoya, Miguel, de Putter, Robin, Dennis, Joe, DePersia, Allison, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Doherty, Jennifer A., Domchek, Susan M., Dörk, Thilo, du Bois, Andreas, Dürst, Matthias, Eccles, Diana M., Eliassen, Heather A., Engel, Christoph, Evans, Gareth D., Fasching, Peter A., Flanagan, James M., Fortner, Renée T., Machackova, Eva, Friedman, Eitan, Ganz, Patricia A., Garber, Judy, Gensini, Francesca, Giles, Graham G., Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K., Goodman, Marc T., Greene, Mark H., Gronwald, Jacek, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A., Håkansson, Niclas, Hamann, Ute, Hansen, Thomas V. O., Harris, Holly R., Hartman, Mikael, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle A. T., Høgdall, Estrid, Høgdall, Claus K., Hopper, John L., Huang, Ruea-Yea, Huff, Chad, Hulick, Peter J., Huntsman, David G., Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Isaacs, Claudine, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A., Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Allan, Johannsson, Oskar Th., John, Esther M., Jones, Michael E., Kang, Daehee, Karlan, Beth Y., Karnezis, Anthony, Kelemen, Linda E., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kim, Byoung-Gie, Kjaer, Susanne K., Komenaka, Ian, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Kurian, Allison W., Kwong, Ava, Lambrechts, Diether, Larson, Melissa C., Lazaro, Conxi, Le, Nhu D., Leslie, Goska, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Levine, Douglas A., Li, Lian, Li, Jingmei, Loud, Jennifer T., Lu, Karen H., Lubiński, Jan, Mai, Phuong L., Manoukian, Siranoush, Marks, Jeffrey R., Matsuno, Rayna Kim, Matsuo, Keitaro, May, Taymaa, McGuffog, Lesley, McLaughlin, John R., McNeish, Iain A., Mebirouk, Noura, Menon, Usha, Miller, Austin, Milne, Roger L., Minlikeeva, Albina, Modugno, Francesmary, Montagna, Marco, Moysich, Kirsten B., Munro, Elizabeth, Nathanson, Katherine L., Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Yie, Joanne Ngeow Yuen, Nielsen, Henriette Roed, Nielsen, Finn C., Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Odunsi, Kunle, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olbrecht, Siel, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Olson, Sara H., Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Papi, Laura, Park, Sue K., Parsons, Michael T., Pathak, Harsha, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peixoto, Ana, Pejovic, Tanja, Perez-Segura, Pedro, Permuth, Jennifer B., Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Piskorz, Anna, Prokofyeva, Darya, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Riggan, Marjorie J., Risch, Harvey A., Rodriguez-Antona, Cristina, Ross, Eric, Rossing, Mary Anne, Runnebaum, Ingo, Sandler, Dale P., Santamariña, Marta, Soucy, Penny, Schmutzler, Rita K., Setiawan, V. Wendy, Shan, Kang, Sieh, Weiva, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F., Sokolenko, Anna P., Song, Honglin, Southey, Melissa C., Steed, Helen, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutphen, Rebecca, Swerdlow, Anthony J., Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R., Teo, Soo Hwang, Terry, Kathryn L., Terry, Mary Beth, Thomassen, Mads, Thompson, Pamela J., Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim, Thull, Darcy L., Tischkowitz, Marc, Titus, Linda, Toland, Amanda E., Torres, Diana, Trabert, Britton, Travis, Ruth, Tung, Nadine, Tworoger, Shelley S., Valen, Ellen, van Altena, Anne M., van der Hout, Annemieke H., Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, van Rensburg, Elizabeth J., Vega, Ana, Edwards, Digna Velez, Vierkant, Robert A., Wang, Frances, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Webb, Penelope M., Weinberg, Clarice R., Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Wentzensen, Nicolas, White, Emily, Whittemore, Alice S., Winham, Stacey J., Wolk, Alicja, Woo, Yin-Ling, Wu, Anna H., Yan, Li, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zavaglia, Katia M., Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Zorn, Kristin K., Kleibl, Zdenek, Easton, Douglas, Lawrenson, Kate, DeFazio, Anna, Sellers, Thomas A., Ramus, Susan J., Pearce, Celeste L., Monteiro, Alvaro N., Cunningham, Julie, Goode, Ellen L., Schildkraut, Joellen M., Berchuck, Andrew, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Gayther, Simon A., Antoniou, Antonis C., and Pharoah, Paul D. P.
Abstract: Polygenic risk scores (PRS) for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) have the potential to improve risk stratification. Joint estimation of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) effects in models could improve predictive performance over standard approaches of PRS construction. Here, we implemented computationally efficient, penalized, logistic regression models (lasso, elastic net, stepwise) to individual level genotype data and a Bayesian framework with continuous shrinkage, “select and shrink for summary statistics” (S4), to summary level data for epithelial non-mucinous ovarian cancer risk prediction. We developed the models in a dataset consisting of 23,564 non-mucinous EOC cases and 40,138 controls participating in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC) and validated the best models in three populations of different ancestries: prospective data from 198,101 women of European ancestries; 7,669 women of East Asian ancestries; 1,072 women of African ancestries, and in 18,915 BRCA1and 12,337 BRCA2pathogenic variant carriers of European ancestries. In the external validation data, the model with the strongest association for non-mucinous EOC risk derived from the OCAC model development data was the S4 model (27,240 SNPs) with odds ratios (OR) of 1.38 (95% CI: 1.28–1.48, AUC: 0.588) per unit standard deviation, in women of European ancestries; 1.14 (95% CI: 1.08–1.19, AUC: 0.538) in women of East Asian ancestries; 1.38 (95% CI: 1.21–1.58, AUC: 0.593) in women of African ancestries; hazard ratios of 1.36 (95% CI: 1.29–1.43, AUC: 0.592) in BRCA1pathogenic variant carriers and 1.49 (95% CI: 1.35–1.64, AUC: 0.624) in BRCA2pathogenic variant carriers. Incorporation of the S4 PRS in risk prediction models for ovarian cancer may have clinical utility in ovarian cancer prevention programs.
Published: 2022
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8. 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 B. M., 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 A. M., Hillemanns, Peter, Hogervorst, Frans B. L., Holleczek, Bernd, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoover, Robert N., Hopper, John L., Howell, Anthony, Huebner, Hanna, Hulick, Peter J., Imyanitov, Evgeny N., 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, 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 A. E. M., Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Troester, Melissa A., Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine M., van den Ouweland, Ans M. W., 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 D. P., Michailidou, Kyriaki, Antoniou, Antonis C., Schmidt, Marjanka K., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Easton, Douglas F., Chatterjee, Nilanjan, and García-Closas, Montserrat
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 BRCA1mutation 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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9. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes

Author: Fachal, Laura, Aschard, Hugues, Beesley, Jonathan, Barnes, Daniel R., Allen, Jamie, Kar, Siddhartha, Pooley, Karen A., Dennis, Joe, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Turman, Constance, Soucy, Penny, Lemaçon, Audrey, Lush, Michael, Tyrer, Jonathan P., Ghoussaini, Maya, Moradi Marjaneh, Mahdi, Jiang, Xia, Agata, Simona, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Alonso, M. Rosario, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N., Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J., Arun, Banu K., Auber, Bernd, Auer, Paul L., Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B., Barrowdale, Daniel, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Amie M., Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Bolla, Manjeet K., Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Bosse, Kristin, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Brock, Ian W., Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S., Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A., Camp, Nicola J., Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Carroll, Jason S., Carter, Brian D., Castelao, Jose E., Chiquette, Jocelyne, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K., Claes, Kathleen B. M., Clarke, Christine L., Collée, J. Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J., Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B., de la Hoya, Miguel, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Dite, Gillian S., Domchek, Susan M., Dörk, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Droit, Arnaud, Dubois, Stéphane, Dumont, Martine, Duran, Mercedes, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M., Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Fletcher, Olivia, Floris, Giuseppe, Flyger, Henrik, Foretova, Lenka, Foulkes, William D., Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gambino, Gaetana, Ganz, Patricia A., Gapstur, Susan M., Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A., Gaudet, Mia M., Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G., Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K., Goldberg, Mark S., Goldgar, David E., González-Neira, Anna, Tibiletti, Maria Grazia, Greene, Mark H., Grip, Mervi, Gronwald, Jacek, Grundy, Anne, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A., Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A., Hartikainen, Jaana M., Hartman, Mikael, He, Wei, Healey, Catherine S., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette A. M., Heyworth, Jane, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogervorst, Frans B. L., Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J., Hopper, John L., Howell, Anthony, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter J., Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Isaacs, Claudine, Iwasaki, Motoki, Jager, Agnes, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A., Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel C., John, Esther M., Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Michael E., Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Karlan, Beth Y., Keeman, Renske, Kerin, Michael J., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I., Kirk, Judy, Kitahara, Cari M., 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 T., Lubiński, Jan, MacInnis, Robert J., 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, Miller, Austin, Miller, Nicola, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Fernando, Muir, Kenneth, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Muñoz-Garzon, Victor M., Muranen, Taru A., Narod, Steven A., Nassir, Rami, Nathanson, Katherine L., Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nielsen, Finn C., Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Norman, Aaron, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Osorio, Ana, Pankratz, V. Shane, Papp, Janos, Park, Sue K., Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T., Paul, James, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peissel, Bernard, Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Prokofyeva, Darya, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Ramus, Susan J., Rantala, Johanna, Rau-Murthy, Rohini, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey A., Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Rossing, Maria, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sánchez-Herrero, Estela, Sandler, Dale P., Santamariña, Marta, Saunders, Christobel, Sawyer, Elinor J., Scheuner, Maren T., Schmidt, Daniel F., Schmutzler, Rita K., Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J., Schöttker, Ben, Schürmann, Peter, Scott, Christopher, Scott, Rodney J., Senter, Leigha, Seynaeve, Caroline M., Shah, Mitul, Sharma, Priyanka, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Singer, Christian F., Slavin, Thomas P., Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa C., Spinelli, John J., Spurdle, Amanda B., Stone, Jennifer, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutter, Christian, Swerdlow, Anthony J., Tamimi, Rulla M., Tan, Yen Yen, Tapper, William J., Taylor, Jack A., Teixeira, Manuel R., Tengström, Maria, Teo, Soo Hwang, Terry, Mary Beth, Teulé, Alex, Thomassen, Mads, Thull, Darcy L., Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E., Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M., Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Torres-Mejía, Gabriela, Troester, Melissa A., Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Tzardi, Maria, Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Vachon, Celine M., van Asperen, Christi J., van der Kolk, Lizet E., van Rensburg, Elizabeth J., Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Vijai, Joseph, Vogel, Maartje J., Wang, Qin, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R., Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Wendt, Camilla, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H., Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zhang, Yan, Zheng, Wei, Hunter, David, Pharoah, Paul D. P., Chang-Claude, Jenny, García-Closas, Montserrat, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Milne, Roger L., Kristensen, Vessela N., French, Juliet D., Edwards, Stacey L., Antoniou, Antonis C., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F., Kraft, Peter, and Dunning, Alison M.
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 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 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 those potentially causal variants, using gene expression (expression quantitative trait loci), 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 highest-confidence target genes.
Published: 2020
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10. Association of two genomic variants with HPV type-specific risk of cervical cancer

Author: Seifert, Finja, Eisenblätter, Rieke, Beckmann, Julia, Schürmann, Peter, Hanel, Patricia, Jentschke, Matthias, Böhmer, Gerd, Strauß, Hans-Georg, Hirchenhain, Christine, Schmidmayr, Monika, Müller, Florian, Fasching, Peter, Luyten, Alexander, Häfner, Norman, Dürst, Matthias, Runnebaum, Ingo B., Hillemanns, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, and Ramachandran, Dhanya
Abstract: Human papillomavirus infection is integral to developing invasive cervical cancer in the majority of patients. In a recent genome-wide association study, rs9357152 and rs4243652 have been associated with seropositivity for HPV16 or HPV18, respectively. It is unknown whether these variants also associate with cervical cancer triggered by either HPV16 or HPV18.
Published: 2023
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11. 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, 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, Andrulis, Irene, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan, Auer, Paul, Barrdahl, Myrto, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia, Bojesen, Stig, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brucker, Sara, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldés, Trinidad, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Brian, Castelao, J., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chen, Xiaoqing, Cheng, Ting-Yuan, Christiansen, Hans, Clarke, Christine, Collée, Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus, Cox, David, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon, Cunningham, Julie, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary, Devilee, Peter, Doheny, Kimberly, Dörk, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dumont, Martine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana, Eilber, Ursula, Eliassen, A., Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fachal, Laura, Fasching, Peter, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham, Goldberg, Mark, Goldgar, David, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, Hein, Alexander, Hicks, Belynda, Hillemanns, Peter, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoover, Robert, Hopper, John, Huang, Guanmengqian, Humphreys, Keith, Hunter, David, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther, Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Kristine, Jones, Michael, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kerin, Michael, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kristensen, Vessela, Lambrechts, Diether, Marchand, Loic, Li, Jingmei, Lindström, Sara, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loibl, Sibylle, Lubinski, Jan, Luccarini, Craig, Lux, Michael, MacInnis, Robert, Maishman, Tom, Kostovska, Ivana, Mannermaa, Arto, Manson, JoAnn, Margolin, Sara, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Meyer, Jeffery, Mulligan, Anna, Neuhausen, Susan, Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nielsen, Sune, Nordestgaard, Børge, Olopade, Olufunmilayo, Olson, Janet, Olsson, Håkan, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rahman, Nazneen, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy, Rhenius, Valerie, Romero, Atocha, Romm, Jane, Rudolph, Anja, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale, Sawyer, Elinor, Schmidt, Marjanka, Schmutzler, Rita, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Scott, Rodney, Scott, Christopher, Seal, Sheila, Shah, Mitul, Shrubsole, Martha, Smeets, Ann, Southey, Melissa, Spinelli, John, Stone, Jennifer, Surowy, Harald, Swerdlow, Anthony, Tamimi, Rulla, Tapper, William, Taylor, Jack, Terry, Mary, Tessier, Daniel, Thomas, Abigail, Thöne, Kathrin, Tollenaar, Rob, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine, Berg, David, Vincent, Daniel, Waisfisz, Quinten, Weinberg, Clarice, Wendt, Camilla, Whittemore, Alice, Wildiers, Hans, Willett, Walter, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Xia, Lucy, Yang, Xiaohong, Ziogas, Argyrios, Ziv, Elad, Dunning, Alison, Pharoah, Paul, Simard, Jacques, Milne, Roger, Edwards, Stacey, Kraft, Peter, Easton, Douglas, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, and Zheng, Wei
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< 5.82 × 10−6, including 14 genes at loci not yet reported for breast cancer. We silenced 13 genes and showed an effect for 11 on cell proliferation and/or colony-forming efficiency. Our study provides new insights into breast cancer genetics and biology. A transcriptome-wide association study identifies associations of genetically predicted gene expression with breast cancer risk. This analysis finds 48 candidate genes implicated in breast cancer susceptibility, including 14 at novel loci.
Published: 2018
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12. Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer

Author: Milne, Roger L, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Beesley, Jonathan, Kar, Siddhartha, Lindström, Sara, Hui, Shirley, Lemaçon, Audrey, Soucy, Penny, Dennis, Joe, Jiang, Xia, Rostamianfar, Asha, Finucane, Hilary, Bolla, Manjeet K, McGuffog, Lesley, Wang, Qin, Aalfs, Cora M, Adams, Marcia, Adlard, Julian, Agata, Simona, Ahmed, Shahana, Ahsan, Habibul, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Allen, Jamie, Ambrosone, Christine B, Amos, Christopher I, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Arnold, Norbert, Aronson, Kristan J, Auber, Bernd, Auer, Paul L, Ausems, Margreet G E M, Azzollini, Jacopo, Bacot, François, Balmaña, Judith, Barile, Monica, Barjhoux, Laure, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrdahl, Myrto, Barnes, Daniel, Barrowdale, Daniel, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Bignon, Yves-Jean, Blazer, Kathleen R, Blok, Marinus J, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bobolis, Kristie, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Anders, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Bozsik, Aniko, Bradbury, Angela R, Brand, Judith S, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Bressac-de Paillerets, Brigitte, Brewer, Carole, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brunet, Joan, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Byun, Jinyoung, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Caron, Olivier, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, J Esteban, Castera, Laurent, Caux-Moncoutier, Virginie, Chan, Salina B, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Xiaoqing, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Christiansen, Hans, Claes, Kathleen B M, Clarke, Christine L, Conner, Thomas, Conroy, Don M, Cook, Jackie, Cordina-Duverger, Emilie, Cornelissen, Sten, Coupier, Isabelle, Cox, Angela, Cox, David G, Cross, Simon S, Cuk, Katarina, Cunningham, Julie M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Damiola, Francesca, Darabi, Hatef, Davidson, Rosemarie, De Leeneer, Kim, Devilee, Peter, Dicks, Ed, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Ditsch, Nina, Doheny, Kimberly F, Domchek, Susan M, Dorfling, Cecilia M, Dörk, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dubois, Stéphane, Dugué, Pierre-Antoine, Dumont, Martine, Dunning, Alison M, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Dworniczak, Bernd, Eccles, Diana, Eeles, Ros, Ehrencrona, Hans, Eilber, Ursula, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fachal, Laura, Faivre, Laurence, Fasching, Peter A, Faust, Ulrike, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Foulkes, William D, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Gaddam, Pragna, Gammon, Marilie D, Ganz, Patricia A, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, Garcia-Barberan, Vanesa, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gauthier-Villars, Marion, Gehrig, Andrea, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Goodfellow, Paul, Greene, Mark H, Alnæs, Grethe I Grenaker, Grip, Mervi, Gronwald, Jacek, Grundy, Anne, Gschwantler-Kaulich, Daphne, Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Qi, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Hamel, Nathalie, Hankinson, Susan, Hansen, Thomas V O, Harrington, Patricia, Hart, Steven N, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Healey, Catherine S, Hein, Alexander, Helbig, Sonja, Henderson, Alex, Heyworth, Jane, Hicks, Belynda, Hillemanns, Peter, Hodgson, Shirley, Hogervorst, Frans B, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoover, Bob, Hopper, John L, Hu, Chunling, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter J, Humphreys, Keith, Hunter, David J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, Isaacs, Claudine, Iwasaki, Motoki, Izatt, Louise, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Janni, Wolfgang, Jensen, Uffe Birk, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Kristine, Jones, Michael, Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kabisch, Maria, Kaczmarek, Katarzyna, Kang, Daehee, Kast, Karin, Keeman, Renske, Kerin, Michael J, Kets, Carolien M, Keupers, Machteld, Khan, Sofia, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Kim, Sung-Won, Knight, Julia A, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kruse, Torben A, Kwong, Ava, Lænkholm, Anne-Vibeke, Laitman, Yael, Lalloo, Fiona, Lambrechts, Diether, Landsman, Keren, Lasset, Christine, Lazaro, Conxi, Le Marchand, Loic, Lecarpentier, Julie, Lee, Andrew, Lee, Eunjung, Lee, Jong Won, Lee, Min Hyuk, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Lesueur, Fabienne, Li, Jingmei, Lilyquist, Jenna, Lincoln, Anne, Lindblom, Annika, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loibl, Sibylle, Long, Jirong, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubinski, Jan, Luccarini, Craig, Lush, Michael, MacInnis, Robert J, Maishman, Tom, Makalic, Enes, Kostovska, Ivana Maleva, Malone, Kathleen E, Manoukian, Siranoush, Manson, JoAnn E, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John W M, Martinez, Maria Elena, Matsuo, Keitaro, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mazoyer, Sylvie, McLean, Catriona, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne, Menéndez, Primitiva, Meyer, Jeffery, Miao, Hui, Miller, Austin, Miller, Nicola, Mitchell, Gillian, Montagna, Marco, Muir, Kenneth, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Mulot, Claire, Nadesan, Sue, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nevelsteen, Ines, Niederacher, Dieter, Nielsen, Sune F, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Norman, Aaron, Nussbaum, Robert L, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olson, Janet E, Olswold, Curtis, Ong, Kai-ren, Oosterwijk, Jan C, Orr, Nick, Osorio, Ana, Pankratz, V Shane, Papi, Laura, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Paulsson-Karlsson, Ylva, Lloyd, Rachel, Pedersen, Inge Søkilde, Peissel, Bernard, Peixoto, Ana, Perez, Jose I A, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pfeiler, Georg, Phelan, Catherine M, Pinchev, Mila, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Poppe, Bruce, Porteous, Mary E, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Prokofieva, Darya, Pugh, Elizabeth, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rahman, Nazneen, Rantala, Johanna, Rappaport-Fuerhauser, Christine, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Rhenius, Valerie, Rhiem, Kerstin, Richardson, Andrea, Rodriguez, Gustavo C, Romero, Atocha, Romm, Jane, Rookus, Matti A, Rudolph, Anja, Ruediger, Thomas, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sanders, Joyce, Sandler, Dale P, Sangrajrang, Suleeporn, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Daniel F, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schumacher, Fredrick, Schürmann, Peter, Schwentner, Lukas, Scott, Christopher, Scott, Rodney J, Seal, Sheila, Senter, Leigha, Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Sharma, Priyanka, Shen, Chen-Yang, Sheng, Xin, Shimelis, Hermela, Shrubsole, Martha J, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Side, Lucy E, Singer, Christian F, Sohn, Christof, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Spurdle, Amanda B, Stegmaier, Christa, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sukiennicki, Grzegorz, Surowy, Harald, Sutter, Christian, Swerdlow, Anthony, Szabo, Csilla I, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tan, Yen Y, Taylor, Jack A, Tejada, Maria-Isabel, Tengström, Maria, Teo, Soo H, Terry, Mary B, Tessier, Daniel C, Teulé, Alex, Thöne, Kathrin, Thull, Darcy L, Tibiletti, Maria Grazia, Tihomirova, Laima, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tollenaar, Rob A E M, Tomlinson, Ian, Tong, Ling, Torres, Diana, Tranchant, Martine, Truong, Thérèse, Tucker, Kathy, Tung, Nadine, Tyrer, Jonathan, Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Vachon, Celine, van Asperen, Christi J, Van Den Berg, David, van den Ouweland, Ans M W, van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Varesco, Liliana, Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Vijai, Joseph, Vincent, Daniel, Vollenweider, Jason, Walker, Lisa, Wang, Zhaoming, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wendt, Camilla, Wesseling, Jelle, Whittemore, Alice S, Wijnen, Juul T, Willett, Walter, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H, Xia, Lucy, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zaffaroni, Daniela, Zheng, Wei, Zhu, Bin, Ziogas, Argyrios, Ziv, Elad, Zorn, Kristin K, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Mannermaa, Arto, Olsson, Håkan, Teixeira, Manuel R, Stone, Jennifer, Offit, Kenneth, Ottini, Laura, Park, Sue K, Thomassen, Mads, Hall, Per, Meindl, Alfons, Schmutzler, Rita K, Droit, Arnaud, Bader, Gary D, Pharoah, Paul D P, Couch, Fergus J, Easton, Douglas F, Kraft, Peter, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, García-Closas, Montserrat, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Antoniou, Antonis C, and Simard, Jacques
Abstract: Most common breast cancer susceptibility variants have been identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of predominantly estrogen receptor (ER)-positive disease. We conducted a GWAS using 21,468 ER-negative cases and 100,594 controls combined with 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer), all of European origin. We identified independent associations at P < 5 × 10−8with ten variants at nine new loci. At P < 0.05, we replicated associations with 10 of 11 variants previously reported in ER-negative disease or BRCA1 mutation carrier GWAS and observed consistent associations with ER-negative disease for 105 susceptibility variants identified by other studies. These 125 variants explain approximately 16% of the familial risk of this breast cancer subtype. There was high genetic correlation (0.72) between risk of ER-negative breast cancer and breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers. These findings may lead to improved risk prediction and inform further fine-mapping and functional work to better understand the biological basis of ER-negative breast cancer.
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13. Genetic modifiers of CHEK2*1100delC-associated breast cancer risk

Author: Muranen, Taru A., Greco, Dario, Blomqvist, Carl, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Khan, Sofia, Hogervorst, Frans, Verhoef, Senno, Pharoah, Paul D.P., Dunning, Alison M., Shah, Mitul, Luben, Robert, Bojesen, Stig E., Nordestgaard, Børge G., Schoemaker, Minouk, Swerdlow, Anthony, García-Closas, Montserrat, Figueroa, Jonine, Dörk, Thilo, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Hall, Per, Li, Jingmei, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Bermisheva, Marina, Kristensen, Vessela, Borresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Investigators, NBCS, Peto, Julian, dos Santos Silva, Isabel, Couch, Fergus J., Olson, Janet E., Hillemans, Peter, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Brauch, Hiltrud, Hamann, Ute, Burwinkel, Barbara, Marme, Frederik, Meindl, Alfons, Schmutzler, Rita K., Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S., Sawyer, Elinor J., Tomlinson, Ian, Lambrechts, Diether, Moisse, Matthieu, Lindblom, Annika, Margolin, Sara, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Martens, John W.M., Fasching, Peter A., Beckmann, Matthias W., Andrulis, Irene L., Knight, Julia A., Investigators, kConFab/AOCS, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Ziogas, Argyrios, Giles, Graham G., Milne, Roger L., Brenner, Hermann, Arndt, Volker, Mannermaa, Arto, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Rudolph, Anja, Devilee, Peter, Seynaeve, Caroline, Hopper, John L., Southey, Melissa C., John, Esther M., Whittemore, Alice S., Bolla, Manjeet K., Wang, Qin, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Dennis, Joe, Easton, Douglas F., Schmidt, Marjanka K., and Nevanlinna, Heli
Abstract: Purpose:CHEK2*1100delC is a founder variant in European populations that confers a two- to threefold increased risk of breast cancer (BC). Epidemiologic and family studies have suggested that the risk associated with CHEK2*1100delC is modified by other genetic factors in a multiplicative fashion. We have investigated this empirically using data from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC).Methods:Using genotype data from 39,139 (624 1100delC carriers) BC patients and 40,063 (224) healthy controls from 32 BCAC studies, we analyzed the combined risk effects of CHEK2*1100delC and 77 common variants in terms of a polygenic risk score (PRS) and pairwise interaction.Results:The PRS conferred odds ratios (OR) of 1.59 (95% CI: 1.21–2.09) per standard deviation for BC for CHEK2*1100delC carriers and 1.58 (1.55–1.62) for noncarriers. No evidence of deviation from the multiplicative model was found. The OR for the highest quintile of the PRS was 2.03 (0.86–4.78) for CHEK2*1100delC carriers, placing them in the high risk category according to UK NICE guidelines. The OR for the lowest quintile was 0.52 (0.16–1.74), indicating a lifetime risk close to the population average.Conclusion:Our results confirm the multiplicative nature of risk effects conferred by CHEK2*1100delC and the common susceptibility variants. Furthermore, the PRS could identify carriers at a high lifetime risk for clinical actions.Genet Med advance online publication 06 October 2016
Published: 2017
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14. Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

Author: Phelan, Catherine M, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Kar, Siddhartha P, Lawrenson, Kate, Winham, Stacey J, Dennis, Joe, Pirie, Ailith, Riggan, Marjorie J, Chornokur, Ganna, Earp, Madalene A, Lyra, Paulo C, Lee, Janet M, Coetzee, Simon, Beesley, Jonathan, McGuffog, Lesley, Soucy, Penny, Dicks, Ed, Lee, Andrew, Barrowdale, Daniel, Lecarpentier, Julie, Leslie, Goska, Aalfs, Cora M, Aben, Katja K H, Adams, Marcia, Adlard, Julian, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia, Aravantinos, Gerasimos, Arnold, Norbert, Arun, Banu K, Arver, Brita, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Banerjee, Susana N, Barjhoux, Laure, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Bean, Yukie, Beckmann, Matthias W, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernardini, Marcus Q, Birrer, Michael J, Bjorge, Line, Black, Amanda, Blankstein, Kenneth, Blok, Marinus J, Bodelon, Clara, Bogdanova, Natalia, Bojesen, Anders, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Åke, Bradbury, Angela R, Brenton, James D, Brewer, Carole, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Bruinsma, Fiona, Brunet, Joan, Buecher, Bruno, Butzow, Ralf, Buys, Saundra S, Caldes, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Cannioto, Rikki, Carney, Michael E, Cescon, Terence, Chan, Salina B, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen, Chen, Xiao Qing, Chiew, Yoke-Eng, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen B M, Conner, Thomas, Cook, Linda S, Cook, Jackie, Cramer, Daniel W, Cunningham, Julie M, D'Aloisio, Aimee A, Daly, Mary B, Damiola, Francesca, Damirovna, Sakaeva Dina, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, Agnieszka, Dao, Fanny, Davidson, Rosemarie, DeFazio, Anna, Delnatte, Capucine, Doheny, Kimberly F, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Doherty, Jennifer Anne, Domchek, Susan M, Dorfling, Cecilia M, Dörk, Thilo, Dossus, Laure, Duran, Mercedes, Dürst, Matthias, Dworniczak, Bernd, Eccles, Diana, Edwards, Todd, Eeles, Ros, Eilber, Ursula, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ekici, Arif B, Ellis, Steve, Elvira, Mingajeva, Eng, Kevin H, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Ferguson, Sarah, Ferrer, Sandra Fert, Flanagan, James M, Fogarty, Zachary C, Fortner, Renée T, Fostira, Florentia, Foulkes, William D, Fountzilas, George, Fridley, Brooke L, Friebel, Tara M, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Ganz, Patricia A, Garber, Judy, García, María J, Garcia-Barberan, Vanesa, Gehrig, Andrea, Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Giles, Graham G, Glasspool, Rosalind, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, Goranova, Teodora, Gore, Martin, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Gruber, Stephen, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hamann, Ute, Hansen, Thomas V O, Harrington, Patricia A, Harris, Holly R, Hauke, Jan, Hein, Alexander, Henderson, Alex, Hildebrandt, Michelle A T, Hillemanns, Peter, Hodgson, Shirley, Høgdall, Claus K, Høgdall, Estrid, Hogervorst, Frans B L, Holland, Helene, Hooning, Maartje J, Hosking, Karen, Huang, Ruea-Yea, Hulick, Peter J, Hung, Jillian, Hunter, David J, Huntsman, David G, Huzarski, Tomasz, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, Isaacs, Claudine, Iversen, Edwin S, Izatt, Louise, Izquierdo, Angel, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jernetz, Mats, Jensen, Allan, Jensen, Uffe Birk, John, Esther M, Johnatty, Sharon, Jones, Michael E, Kannisto, Päivi, Karlan, Beth Y, Karnezis, Anthony, Kast, Karin, Kennedy, Catherine J, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Kiiski, Johanna I, Kim, Sung-Won, Kjaer, Susanne K, Köbel, Martin, Kopperud, Reidun K, Kruse, Torben A, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Kwong, Ava, Laitman, Yael, Lambrechts, Diether, Larrañaga, Nerea, Larson, Melissa C, Lazaro, Conxi, Le, Nhu D, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Jong Won, Lele, Shashikant B, Leminen, Arto, Leroux, Dominique, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Levine, Douglas A, Liang, Dong, Liebrich, Clemens, Lilyquist, Jenna, Lipworth, Loren, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lu, Karen H, Lubinński, Jan, Luccarini, Craig, Lundvall, Lene, Mai, Phuong L, Mendoza-Fandiño, Gustavo, Manoukian, Siranoush, Massuger, Leon F A G, May, Taymaa, Mazoyer, Sylvie, McAlpine, Jessica N, McGuire, Valerie, McLaughlin, John R, McNeish, Iain, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Mensenkamp, Arjen R, Merritt, Melissa A, Milne, Roger L, Mitchell, Gillian, Modugno, Francesmary, Moes-Sosnowska, Joanna, Moffitt, Melissa, Montagna, Marco, Moysich, Kirsten B, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Musinsky, Jacob, Nathanson, Katherine L, Nedergaard, Lotte, Ness, Roberta B, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Niederacher, Dieter, Nussbaum, Robert L, Odunsi, Kunle, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olsson, Håkan, Olswold, Curtis, O'Malley, David M, Ong, Kai-ren, Onland-Moret, N Charlotte, Orr, Nicholas, Orsulic, Sandra, Osorio, Ana, Palli, Domenico, Papi, Laura, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Paul, James, Pearce, Celeste L, Pedersen, Inge Søkilde, Peeters, Petra H M, Peissel, Bernard, Peixoto, Ana, Pejovic, Tanja, Pelttari, Liisa M, Permuth, Jennifer B, Peterlongo, Paolo, Pezzani, Lidia, Pfeiler, Georg, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Piedmonte, Marion, Pike, Malcolm C, Piskorz, Anna M, Poblete, Samantha R, Pocza, Timea, Poole, Elizabeth M, Poppe, Bruce, Porteous, Mary E, Prieur, Fabienne, Prokofyeva, Darya, Pugh, Elizabeth, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Pujol, Pascal, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Rappaport-Fuerhauser, Christine, Rennert, Gad, Rhiem, Kerstin, Rice, Patricia, Richardson, Andrea, Robson, Mark, Rodriguez, Gustavo C, Rodríguez-Antona, Cristina, Romm, Jane, Rookus, Matti A, Rossing, Mary Anne, Rothstein, Joseph H, Rudolph, Anja, Runnebaum, Ingo B, Salvesen, Helga B, Sandler, Dale P, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Senter, Leigha, Setiawan, V Wendy, Severi, Gianluca, Sharma, Priyanka, Shelford, Tameka, Siddiqui, Nadeem, Side, Lucy E, Sieh, Weiva, Singer, Christian F, Sobol, Hagay, Song, Honglin, Southey, Melissa C, Spurdle, Amanda B, Stadler, Zsofia, Steinemann, Doris, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sucheston-Campbell, Lara E, Sukiennicki, Grzegorz, Sutphen, Rebecca, Sutter, Christian, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Szabo, Csilla I, Szafron, Lukasz, Tan, Yen Y, Taylor, Jack A, Tea, Muy-Kheng, Teixeira, Manuel R, Teo, Soo-Hwang, Terry, Kathryn L, Thompson, Pamela J, Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim, Thull, Darcy L, Tihomirova, Laima, Tinker, Anna V, Tischkowitz, Marc, Tognazzo, Silvia, Toland, Amanda Ewart, Tone, Alicia, Trabert, Britton, Travis, Ruth C, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Tung, Nadine, Tworoger, Shelley S, van Altena, Anne M, Van Den Berg, David, van der Hout, Annemarie H, van der Luijt, Rob B, Van Heetvelde, Mattias, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Vanderstichele, Adriaan, Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Vega, Ana, Edwards, Digna Velez, Vergote, Ignace, Vierkant, Robert A, Vijai, Joseph, Vratimos, Athanassios, Walker, Lisa, Walsh, Christine, Wand, Dorothea, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Webb, Penelope M, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S, Wijnen, Juul T, Wilkens, Lynne R, Wolk, Alicja, Woo, Michelle, Wu, Xifeng, Wu, Anna H, Yang, Hannah, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Ziogas, Argyrios, Zorn, Kristin K, Narod, Steven A, Easton, Douglas F, Amos, Christopher I, Schildkraut, Joellen M, Ramus, Susan J, Ottini, Laura, Goodman, Marc T, Park, Sue K, Kelemen, Linda E, Risch, Harvey A, Thomassen, Mads, Offit, Kenneth, Simard, Jacques, Schmutzler, Rita Katharina, Hazelett, Dennis, Monteiro, Alvaro N, Couch, Fergus J, Berchuck, Andrew, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Goode, Ellen L, Sellers, Thomas A, Gayther, Simon A, Antoniou, Antonis C, and Pharoah, Paul D P
Abstract: To identify common alleles associated with different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we pooled data from multiple genome-wide genotyping projects totaling 25,509 EOC cases and 40,941 controls. We identified nine new susceptibility loci for different EOC histotypes: six for serous EOC histotypes (3q28, 4q32.3, 8q21.11, 10q24.33, 18q11.2 and 22q12.1), two for mucinous EOC (3q22.3 and 9q31.1) and one for endometrioid EOC (5q12.3). We then performed meta-analysis on the results for high-grade serous ovarian cancer with the results from analysis of 31,448 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, including 3,887 mutation carriers with EOC. This identified three additional susceptibility loci at 2q13, 8q24.1 and 12q24.31. Integrated analyses of genes and regulatory biofeatures at each locus predicted candidate susceptibility genes, including OBFC1, a new candidate susceptibility gene for low-grade and borderline serous EOC.
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15. Correction: Polygenic risk modeling for prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer risk

Author: Dareng, Eileen O., Tyrer, Jonathan P., Barnes, Daniel R., Jones, Michelle R., Yang, Xin, Aben, Katja K. H., Adank, Muriel A., Agata, Simona, Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N., Aravantinos, Gerasimos, Arun, Banu K., Augustinsson, Annelie, Balmaña, Judith, Bandera, Elisa V., Barkardottir, Rosa B., Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W., Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernardini, Marcus Q., Bjorge, Line, Black, Amanda, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Brenton, James D., Budzilowska, Agnieszka, Butzow, Ralf, Buys, Saundra S., Cai, Hui, Caligo, Maria A., Campbell, Ian, Cannioto, Rikki, Cassingham, Hayley, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J., Chen, Kexin, Chiew, Yoke-Eng, Chung, Wendy K., Claes, Kathleen B. M., Colonna, Sarah, Cook, Linda S., Couch, Fergus J., Daly, Mary B., Dao, Fanny, Davies, Eleanor, de la Hoya, Miguel, de Putter, Robin, Dennis, Joe, DePersia, Allison, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Doherty, Jennifer A., Domchek, Susan M., Dörk, Thilo, du Bois, Andreas, Dürst, Matthias, Eccles, Diana M., Eliassen, Heather A., Engel, Christoph, Evans, Gareth D., Fasching, Peter A., Flanagan, James M., Fortner, Renée T., Machackova, Eva, Friedman, Eitan, Ganz, Patricia A., Garber, Judy, Gensini, Francesca, Giles, Graham G., Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K., Goodman, Marc T., Greene, Mark H., Gronwald, Jacek, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A., Håkansson, Niclas, Hamann, Ute, Hansen, Thomas V. O., Harris, Holly R., Hartman, Mikael, Heitz, Florian, Hildebrandt, Michelle A. T., Høgdall, Estrid, Høgdall, Claus K., Hopper, John L., Huang, Ruea-Yea, Huff, Chad, Hulick, Peter J., Huntsman, David G., Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Isaacs, Claudine, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A., Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Allan, Johannsson, Oskar Th., John, Esther M., Jones, Michael E., Kang, Daehee, Karlan, Beth Y., Karnezis, Anthony, Kelemen, Linda E., Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiemeney, Lambertus A., Kim, Byoung-Gie, Kjaer, Susanne K., Komenaka, Ian, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Kurian, Allison W., Kwong, Ava, Lambrechts, Diether, Larson, Melissa C., Lazaro, Conxi, Le, Nhu D., Leslie, Goska, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Levine, Douglas A., Li, Lian, Li, Jingmei, Loud, Jennifer T., Lu, Karen H., Lubiński, Jan, Mai, Phuong L., Manoukian, Siranoush, Marks, Jeffrey R., Matsuno, Rayna Kim, Matsuo, Keitaro, May, Taymaa, McGuffog, Lesley, McLaughlin, John R., McNeish, Iain A., Mebirouk, Noura, Menon, Usha, Miller, Austin, Milne, Roger L., Minlikeeva, Albina, Modugno, Francesmary, Montagna, Marco, Moysich, Kirsten B., Munro, Elizabeth, Nathanson, Katherine L., Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Yie, Joanne Ngeow Yuen, Nielsen, Henriette Roed, Nielsen, Finn C., Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Odunsi, Kunle, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olbrecht, Siel, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Olson, Sara H., Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Papi, Laura, Park, Sue K., Parsons, Michael T., Pathak, Harsha, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peixoto, Ana, Pejovic, Tanja, Perez-Segura, Pedro, Permuth, Jennifer B., Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Piskorz, Anna, Prokofyeva, Darya, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Riggan, Marjorie J., Risch, Harvey A., Rodriguez-Antona, Cristina, Ross, Eric, Rossing, Mary Anne, Runnebaum, Ingo, Sandler, Dale P., Santamariña, Marta, Soucy, Penny, Schmutzler, Rita K., Setiawan, V. Wendy, Shan, Kang, Sieh, Weiva, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F., Sokolenko, Anna P., Song, Honglin, Southey, Melissa C., Steed, Helen, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutphen, Rebecca, Swerdlow, Anthony J., Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R., Teo, Soo Hwang, Terry, Kathryn L., Terry, Mary Beth, Thomassen, Mads, Thompson, Pamela J., Thomsen, Liv Cecilie Vestrheim, Thull, Darcy L., Tischkowitz, Marc, Titus, Linda, Toland, Amanda E., Torres, Diana, Trabert, Britton, Travis, Ruth, Tung, Nadine, Tworoger, Shelley S., Valen, Ellen, van Altena, Anne M., van der Hout, Annemieke H., Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, van Rensburg, Elizabeth J., Vega, Ana, Edwards, Digna Velez, Vierkant, Robert A., Wang, Frances, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Webb, Penelope M., Weinberg, Clarice R., Weitzel, Jeffrey N., Wentzensen, Nicolas, White, Emily, Whittemore, Alice S., Winham, Stacey J., Wolk, Alicja, Woo, Yin-Ling, Wu, Anna H., Yan, Li, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zavaglia, Katia M., Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Zorn, Kristin K., Kleibl, Zdenek, Easton, Douglas, Lawrenson, Kate, DeFazio, Anna, Sellers, Thomas A., Ramus, Susan J., Pearce, Celeste L., Monteiro, Alvaro N., Cunningham, Julie, Goode, Ellen L., Schildkraut, Joellen M., Berchuck, Andrew, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Gayther, Simon A., Antoniou, Antonis C., and Pharoah, Paul D. P.
Published: 2022
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16. Author Correction: Exome sequencing identifies breast cancer susceptibility genes and defines the contribution of coding variants to breast cancer risk

Author: Wilcox, Naomi, Dumont, Martine, González-Neira, Anna, Carvalho, Sara, Joly Beauparlant, Charles, Crotti, Marco, Luccarini, Craig, Soucy, Penny, Dubois, Stéphane, Nuñez-Torres, Rocio, Pita, Guillermo, Gardner, Eugene J., Dennis, Joe, Alonso, M. Rosario, Álvarez, Nuria, Baynes, Caroline, Collin-Deschesnes, Annie Claude, Desjardins, Sylvie, Becher, Heiko, Behrens, Sabine, Bolla, Manjeet K., Castelao, Jose E., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Cornelissen, Sten, Dörk, Thilo, Engel, Christoph, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Guénel, Pascal, Hadjisavvas, Andreas, Hahnen, Eric, Hartman, Mikael, Herráez, Belén, Jung, Audrey, Keeman, Renske, Kiechle, Marion, Li, Jingmei, Loizidou, Maria A., Lush, Michael, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Panayiotidis, Mihalis I., Sim, Xueling, Teo, Soo Hwang, Tyrer, Jonathan P., van der Kolk, Lizet E., Wahlström, Cecilia, Wang, Qin, Perry, John R. B., Benitez, Javier, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Schmutzler, Rita K., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Droit, Arnaud, Dunning, Alison M., Kvist, Anders, Devilee, Peter, Easton, Douglas F., and Simard, Jacques
Published: 2023
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17. Five endometrial cancer risk loci identified through genome-wide association analysis

Author: Cheng, Timothy H T, Thompson, Deborah J, O'Mara, Tracy A, Painter, Jodie N, Glubb, Dylan M, Flach, Susanne, Lewis, Annabelle, French, Juliet D, Freeman-Mills, Luke, Church, David, Gorman, Maggie, Martin, Lynn, Hodgson, Shirley, Webb, Penelope M, Attia, John, Holliday, Elizabeth G, McEvoy, Mark, Scott, Rodney J, Henders, Anjali K, Martin, Nicholas G, Montgomery, Grant W, Nyholt, Dale R, Ahmed, Shahana, Healey, Catherine S, Shah, Mitul, Dennis, Joe, Fasching, Peter A, Beckmann, Matthias W, Hein, Alexander, Ekici, Arif B, Hall, Per, Czene, Kamila, Darabi, Hatef, Li, Jingmei, Dörk, Thilo, Dürst, Matthias, Hillemanns, Peter, Runnebaum, Ingo, Amant, Frederic, Schrauwen, Stefanie, Zhao, Hui, Lambrechts, Diether, Depreeuw, Jeroen, Dowdy, Sean C, Goode, Ellen L, Fridley, Brooke L, Winham, Stacey J, Njølstad, Tormund S, Salvesen, Helga B, Trovik, Jone, Werner, Henrica M J, Ashton, Katie, Otton, Geoffrey, Proietto, Tony, Liu, Tao, Mints, Miriam, Tham, Emma, Li, Mulin Jun, Yip, Shun H, Wang, Junwen, Bolla, Manjeet K, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Wang, Qin, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Dunlop, Malcolm, Houlston, Richard, Palles, Claire, Hopper, John L, Peto, Julian, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Burwinkel, Barbara, Brenner, Hermann, Meindl, Alfons, Brauch, Hiltrud, Lindblom, Annika, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Couch, Fergus J, Giles, Graham G, Kristensen, Vessela N, Cox, Angela, Cunningham, Julie M, Pharoah, Paul D P, Dunning, Alison M, Edwards, Stacey L, Easton, Douglas F, Tomlinson, Ian, and Spurdle, Amanda B
Abstract: We conducted a meta-analysis of three endometrial cancer genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and two follow-up phases totaling 7,737 endometrial cancer cases and 37,144 controls of European ancestry. Genome-wide imputation and meta-analysis identified five new risk loci of genome-wide significance at likely regulatory regions on chromosomes 13q22.1 (rs11841589, near KLF5), 6q22.31 (rs13328298, in LOC643623 and near HEY2 and NCOA7), 8q24.21 (rs4733613, telomeric to MYC), 15q15.1 (rs937213, in EIF2AK4, near BMF) and 14q32.33 (rs2498796, in AKT1, near SIVA1). We also found a second independent 8q24.21 signal (rs17232730). Functional studies of the 13q22.1 locus showed that rs9600103 (pairwise r2= 0.98 with rs11841589) is located in a region of active chromatin that interacts with the KLF5 promoter region. The rs9600103[T] allele that is protective in endometrial cancer suppressed gene expression in vitro, suggesting that regulation of the expression of KLF5, a gene linked to uterine development, is implicated in tumorigenesis. These findings provide enhanced insight into the genetic and biological basis of endometrial cancer.
Published: 2016
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18. Breast cancer risk variants at 6q25 display different phenotype associations and regulate ESR1, RMND1 and CCDC170

Author: Dunning, Alison M, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Thompson, Deborah, French, Juliet D, Beesley, Jonathan, Healey, Catherine S, Kar, Siddhartha, Pooley, Karen A, Lopez-Knowles, Elena, Dicks, Ed, Barrowdale, Daniel, Sinnott-Armstrong, Nicholas A, Sallari, Richard C, Hillman, Kristine M, Kaufmann, Susanne, Sivakumaran, Haran, Marjaneh, Mahdi Moradi, Lee, Jason S, Hills, Margaret, Jarosz, Monika, Drury, Suzie, Canisius, Sander, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dennis, Joe, Wang, Qin, Hopper, John L, Southey, Melissa C, Broeks, Annegien, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Muir, Kenneth, Beckmann, Matthias W, Fasching, Peter A, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Peto, Julian, Sawyer, Elinor J, Tomlinson, Ian, Burwinkel, Barbara, Marme, Frederik, Guénel, Pascal, Truong, Thérèse, Bojesen, Stig E, Flyger, Henrik, González-Neira, Anna, Perez, Jose I A, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Eunjung, Lee, Arndt, Volker, Brenner, Hermann, Meindl, Alfons, Schmutzler, Rita K, Brauch, Hiltrud, Hamann, Ute, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Blomqvist, Carl, Ito, Hidemi, Matsuo, Keitaro, Bogdanova, Natasha, Dörk, Thilo, Lindblom, Annika, Margolin, Sara, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Mannermaa, Arto, Tseng, Chiu-chen, Wu, Anna H, Lambrechts, Diether, Wildiers, Hans, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Rudolph, Anja, Peterlongo, Paolo, Radice, Paolo, Olson, Janet E, Giles, Graham G, Milne, Roger L, Haiman, Christopher A, Henderson, Brian E, Goldberg, Mark S, Teo, Soo H, Yip, Cheng Har, Nord, Silje, Borresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Kristensen, Vessela, Long, Jirong, Zheng, Wei, Pylkäs, Katri, Winqvist, Robert, Andrulis, Irene L, Knight, Julia A, Devilee, Peter, Seynaeve, Caroline, Figueroa, Jonine, Sherman, Mark E, Czene, Kamila, Darabi, Hatef, Hollestelle, Antoinette, van den Ouweland, Ans M W, Humphreys, Keith, Gao, Yu-Tang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Blot, William, Cai, Qiuyin, Ghoussaini, Maya, Perkins, Barbara J, Shah, Mitul, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Kang, Daehee, Lee, Soo Chin, Hartman, Mikael, Kabisch, Maria, Torres, Diana, Jakubowska, Anna, Lubinski, Jan, Brennan, Paul, Sangrajrang, Suleeporn, Ambrosone, Christine B, Toland, Amanda E, Shen, Chen-Yang, Wu, Pei-Ei, Orr, Nick, Swerdlow, Anthony, McGuffog, Lesley, Healey, Sue, Lee, Andrew, Kapuscinski, Miroslav, John, Esther M, Terry, Mary Beth, Daly, Mary B, Goldgar, David E, Buys, Saundra S, Janavicius, Ramunas, Tihomirova, Laima, Tung, Nadine, Dorfling, Cecilia M, van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Neuhausen, Susan L, Ejlertsen, Bent, Hansen, Thomas V O, Osorio, Ana, Benitez, Javier, Rando, Rachel, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Bonanni, Bernardo, Peissel, Bernard, Manoukian, Siranoush, Papi, Laura, Ottini, Laura, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Apostolou, Paraskevi, Garber, Judy, Rashid, Muhammad Usman, Frost, Debra, Izatt, Louise, Ellis, Steve, Godwin, Andrew K, Arnold, Norbert, Niederacher, Dieter, Rhiem, Kerstin, Bogdanova-Markov, Nadja, Sagne, Charlotte, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Damiola, Francesca, Sinilnikova, Olga M, Mazoyer, Sylvie, Isaacs, Claudine, Claes, Kathleen B M, De Leeneer, Kim, de la Hoya, Miguel, Caldes, Trinidad, Nevanlinna, Heli, Khan, Sofia, Mensenkamp, Arjen R, Hooning, Maartje J, Rookus, Matti A, Kwong, Ava, Olah, Edith, Diez, Orland, Brunet, Joan, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Gronwald, Jacek, Huzarski, Tomasz, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Laframboise, Rachel, Soucy, Penny, Montagna, Marco, Agata, Simona, Teixeira, Manuel R, Park, Sue Kyung, Lindor, Noralane, Couch, Fergus J, Tischkowitz, Marc, Foretova, Lenka, Vijai, Joseph, Offit, Kenneth, Singer, Christian F, Rappaport, Christine, Phelan, Catherine M, Greene, Mark H, Mai, Phuong L, Rennert, Gad, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, Hulick, Peter J, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Piedmonte, Marion, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Glendon, Gord, Bojesen, Anders, Thomassen, Mads, Caligo, Maria A, Yoon, Sook-Yee, Friedman, Eitan, Laitman, Yael, Borg, Ake, von Wachenfeldt, Anna, Ehrencrona, Hans, Rantala, Johanna, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Ganz, Patricia A, Nussbaum, Robert L, Gayther, Simon A, Nathanson, Katherine L, Domchek, Susan M, Arun, Banu K, Mitchell, Gillian, Karlan, Beth Y, Lester, Jenny, Maskarinec, Gertraud, Woolcott, Christy, Scott, Christopher, Stone, Jennifer, Apicella, Carmel, Tamimi, Rulla, Luben, Robert, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Helland, Åslaug, Haakensen, Vilde, Dowsett, Mitch, Pharoah, Paul D P, Simard, Jacques, Hall, Per, García-Closas, Montserrat, Vachon, Celine, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Antoniou, Antonis C, Easton, Douglas F, and Edwards, Stacey L
Abstract: We analyzed 3,872 common genetic variants across the ESR1 locus (encoding estrogen receptor α) in 118,816 subjects from three international consortia. We found evidence for at least five independent causal variants, each associated with different phenotype sets, including estrogen receptor (ER+or ER−) and human ERBB2 (HER2+or HER2−) tumor subtypes, mammographic density and tumor grade. The best candidate causal variants for ER−tumors lie in four separate enhancer elements, and their risk alleles reduce expression of ESR1, RMND1 and CCDC170, whereas the risk alleles of the strongest candidates for the remaining independent causal variant disrupt a silencer element and putatively increase ESR1 and RMND1 expression.
Published: 2016
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19. Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair

Author: Day, Felix R., Ruth, Katherine S., Thompson, Deborah J., Lunetta, Kathryn L., Pervjakova, Natalia, Chasman, Daniel I., Stolk, Lisette, Finucane, Hilary K., Sulem, Patrick, Bulik-Sullivan, Brendan, Esko, Tõnu, Johnson, Andrew D., Elks, Cathy E., Franceschini, Nora, He, Chunyan, Altmaier, Elisabeth, Brody, Jennifer A., Franke, Lude L., Huffman, Jennifer E., Keller, Margaux F., McArdle, Patrick F., Nutile, Teresa, Porcu, Eleonora, Robino, Antonietta, Rose, Lynda M., Schick, Ursula M., Smith, Jennifer A., Teumer, Alexander, Traglia, Michela, Vuckovic, Dragana, Yao, Jie, Zhao, Wei, Albrecht, Eva, Amin, Najaf, Corre, Tanguy, Hottenga, Jouke-Jan, Mangino, Massimo, Smith, Albert V., Tanaka, Toshiko, Abecasis, Gonçalo R., Andrulis, Irene L., Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C., Arndt, Volker, Arnold, Alice M., Barbieri, Caterina, Beckmann, Matthias W., Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bernstein, Leslie, Bielinski, Suzette J., Blomqvist, Carl, Boerwinkle, Eric, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Bolla, Manjeet K., Borresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Boutin, Thibaud S., Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Campbell, Archie, Campbell, Harry, Chanock, Stephen J., Chapman, J. Ross, Ida Chen, Yii-Der, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Couch, Fergus J., Coviello, Andrea D., Cox, Angela, Czene, Kamila, Darabi, Hatef, De Vivo, Immaculata, Demerath, Ellen W., Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Dörk, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M., Eicher, John D., Fasching, Peter A., Faul, Jessica D., Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Gandin, Ilaria, Garcia, Melissa E., García-Closas, Montserrat, Giles, Graham G., Girotto, Giorgia G., Goldberg, Mark S., González-Neira, Anna, Goodarzi, Mark O., Grove, Megan L., Gudbjartsson, Daniel F., Guénel, Pascal, Guo, Xiuqing, Haiman, Christopher A., Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Henderson, Brian E., Hocking, Lynne J., Hofman, Albert, Homuth, Georg, Hooning, Maartje J., Hopper, John L., Hu, Frank B., Huang, Jinyan, Humphreys, Keith, Hunter, David J., Jakubowska, Anna, Jones, Samuel E., Kabisch, Maria, Karasik, David, Knight, Julia A., Kolcic, Ivana, Kooperberg, Charles, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kriebel, Jennifer, Kristensen, Vessela, Lambrechts, Diether, Langenberg, Claudia, Li, Jingmei, Li, Xin, Lindström, Sara, Liu, Yongmei, Luan, Jian’an, Lubinski, Jan, Mägi, Reedik, Mannermaa, Arto, Manz, Judith, Margolin, Sara, Marten, Jonathan, Martin, Nicholas G., Masciullo, Corrado, Meindl, Alfons, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Mihailov, Evelin, Milani, Lili, Milne, Roger L., Müller-Nurasyid, Martina, Nalls, Michael, Neale, Benjamin M., Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Newman, Anne B., Nordestgaard, Børge G., Olson, Janet E., Padmanabhan, Sandosh, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peters, Ulrike, Petersmann, Astrid, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul D. P., Pirastu, Nicola N., Pirie, Ailith, Pistis, Giorgio, Polasek, Ozren, Porteous, David, Psaty, Bruce M., Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Raffel, Leslie J., Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, Igor, Rudolph, Anja, Ruggiero, Daniela, Sala, Cinzia F., Sanna, Serena, Sawyer, Elinor J., Schlessinger, David, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Schmidt, Frank, Schmutzler, Rita K., Schoemaker, Minouk J., Scott, Robert A., Seynaeve, Caroline M., Simard, Jacques, Sorice, Rossella, Southey, Melissa C., Stöckl, Doris, Strauch, Konstantin, Swerdlow, Anthony, Taylor, Kent D., Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Toland, Amanda E., Tomlinson, Ian, Truong, Thérèse, Tryggvadottir, Laufey, Turner, Stephen T., Vozzi, Diego, Wang, Qin, Wellons, Melissa, Willemsen, Gonneke, Wilson, James F., Winqvist, Robert, Wolffenbuttel, Bruce B. H. R., Wright, Alan F., Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zemunik, Tatijana, Zheng, Wei, Zygmunt, Marek, Bergmann, Sven, Boomsma, Dorret I., Buring, Julie E., Ferrucci, Luigi, Montgomery, Grant W., Gudnason, Vilmundur, Spector, Tim D., van Duijn, Cornelia M., Alizadeh, Behrooz Z., Ciullo, Marina, Crisponi, Laura, Easton, Douglas F., Gasparini, Paolo P., Gieger, Christian, Harris, Tamara B., Hayward, Caroline, Kardia, Sharon L. R., Kraft, Peter, McKnight, Barbara, Metspalu, Andres, Morrison, Alanna C., Reiner, Alex P., Ridker, Paul M., Rotter, Jerome I., Toniolo, Daniela, Uitterlinden, André G., Ulivi, Sheila, Völzke, Henry, Wareham, Nicholas J., Weir, David R., Yerges-Armstrong, Laura M., Price, Alkes L., Stefansson, Kari, Visser, Jenny A., Ong, Ken K., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Murabito, Joanne M., Perry, John R. B., and Murray, Anna
Abstract: Menopause timing has a major impact on infertility and risk of disease. Younger age at natural (nonsurgical) menopause (ANM) is associated with a higher risk of osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes and a lower risk of breast cancer. Late menopause is associated with a higher risk of breast cancer. It is well known that the age at which women go through menopause is partly determined by genes, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Genome-wide association studies have identified 18 common genetic variants associated with ANM. These variants explain less than 5% of the variation in ANM compared with the 21% explained by all common variants on genome-wide association study arrays.This genome-wide association study was the collaborative effort of researchers from 177 institutions worldwide. The study was designed to investigate genetic variants associated with timing of menopause among a population of approximately 70,000 women of European ancestry. A dual strategy was used to identify both common and, for the first time, low-frequency coding variants associated with ANM. The causal relationship between ANM and breast cancer was investigated using a Mendelian randomization approach.Combined analysis identified 1208 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of a total of approximately 2.6 million that reached the genome-wide significance threshold for association with ANM. Forty-four regions with common variants were identified; among these 44 loci were 2 rare low-frequency missense alleles of large effect. A majority of ANM SNPs were enriched in DNA damage response (DDR) genes, including the first common coding variant in BRCA1associated with any complex trait. Mendelian randomization analyses supported a causal relationship between delayed ANM and breast cancer risk; there was approximately 6% increase in risk per year; P= 3 × 10−14); increased risk with delayed menopause appeared to be mediated primarily by prolonged sex hormone exposure in a woman’s lifetime, not DDRmechanisms.This is the first study to confirm the link between early and late menopause and breast cancer risk using genetic information. Age at natural menopause genetic variants influence breast cancer risk primarily through variation in menopause timing. Although carrying higher numbers of ANM-increasing variants and enrichment in DDRgenes are associated with a modest increase in breast cancer risk, the major mechanism for increased risk appears to be prolonged estrogen and/or progesterone exposure due to delayed menopause.
Published: 2015
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20. Polymorphisms in Inflammation Pathway Genes and Endometrial Cancer Risk.

Author: Delahanty, Ryan J., Yong-Bing Xiang, Spurdle, Amanda, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Jirong Long, Thompson, Deborah, Tomlinson, Ian, Yu, Herbert, Lambrechts, Diether, Dörk, Thilo, Goodman, Marc T., Ying Zheng, Salvesen, Helga B., Bao, Ping-Ping, Amant, Frederic, Beckmann, Matthias W., Coenegrachts, Lieve, Coosemans, An, Dubrowinskaja, Natalia, and Dunning, Alison
Abstract: The article discusses a study which investigated the role of chronic inflammation in endometrial cancer. Established risk factors for endometrial cancer are identified. Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in inflammatory pathway genes were evaluated. It concludes that genetic polymorphisms in genes involved in the inflammatory pathway may contribute to endometrial cancer risk.
Published: 2013
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21. Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies a Possible Susceptibility Locus for Endometrial Cancer.

Author: Jirong Long, Wei Zheng, Yong-Bing Xiang, Lose, Felicity, Thompson, Deborah, Tomlinson, Ian, Yu, Herbert, Wentzensen, Nicolas, Lambrechts, Diether, Dörk, Thilo, Dubrowinskaja, Natalia, Goodman, Marc T., Salvesen, Helga B., Fasching, Peter A., Scott, Rodney J., Delahanty, Ryan, Ying Zheng, O'Mara, Tracy, Healey, Catherine S., and Hodgson, Shirley
Abstract: The article presents a genome-wide association study highlighting a possible genetic locus for endometrial cancer. The study reveals chromosome 1q42.2 as a potential endometrial cancer susceptibility locus as it showed consistent association with the cancer. It encourages functional analyses of the CAPN9 gene to determine its role in endometrial carcinogenesis.
Published: 2012
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22. Confirmation of 5p12 As a Susceptibility Locus for Progesterone-Receptor-Positive, Lower Grade Breast Cancer.

Author: Milne, Roger L., Goode, Ellen L., García-Closas, Montserrat, Couch, Fergus J., Severi, Gianluca, Hein, Rebecca, Fredericksen, Zachary, Malats, Núria, Zamora, M. Pilar, Pérez, Jose Ignacio Arias, Benítez, Javier, Dörk, Thilo, Schürmann, Peter, Karstens, Johann H., Hillemanns, Peter, Cox, Angela, Brock, Ian W., Elliot, Graeme, Cross, Simon S., and Seal, Sheila
Abstract: The article discusses a research study on the association of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) 5p12-rs10941679 (5p12) of breast cancer risk in estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cases. Combined were data from 37 studies on 1,398 cases of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), 40,972 invasive cases and 46,334 controls by assessing tumor histopathology through logistic regression. Results showed that 5p12 is associated with susceptibility for low-grade, progesterone receptor (PR)-positive cancer.
Published: 2011
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23. Family History, Genetic Testing, and Clinical Risk Prediction: Pooled Analysis of CHEK2ª1100deIC in 1,828 Bilateral Breast Cancers and 7,030 Controls.

Author: Fletcher, Olivia, Johnson, Nichola, Santos Silva, Isabel dos, Kilpivaara, Outi, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Blomqvist, Carl, Nevanlinna, Hell, Wasielewski, Marijke, Meijers-Heijerboer, Hanne, Broeks, Annegien, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Van't Veer, Laura J., Bremer, Michael, Dörk, Thilo, Chekmariova, Elena V., Sokolenko, Anna P., Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Hamann, Ute, Rashid, Muhammad U., and Brauch, Hiltrud
Abstract: The article presents a study which assesses the family history, genetic testing and clinical prediction of breast cancer. It conducted pooled analysis of CHEK*110delC in 1,828 bilateral breast cancers and 7,030 controls from eight studies. It states that the odds ratio (OR) for bilateral breast cancer carriers of CHEK*110delC is 5.5. It shows that clinical management of the daughter of a woman with breast cancer should depend on her of CHEK*110delC status.
Published: 2009
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24. Multiple Novel Prostate Cancer Predisposition Loci Confirmed by an International Study: The PRACTICAL Consortium.

Author: Kote-Jarai, Zsofia, Easton, Douglas F., Stanford, Janet L., Ostrander, Elaine A., Schleutker, Johanna, Ingles, Sue A., Schaid, Daniel, Thibodeau, Stephen, Dörk, Thilo, Neal, David, Cox, Angela, Maier, Christiane, Vogel, Walter, Guy, Michelle, Muir, Kenneth, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Kedda, Mary-Anne, Spurdle, Amanda, Steginga, Suzanne, and John, Esther M.
Abstract: The article reports on results of a study of multiple prostate cancer predisposition loci confirmed by an international consortium research. A description of the experimental set-up and measurement method is provided. The study concluded that the combined risks associated with each pair of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) were consistent with a multiplicative risk model.
Published: 2008
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25. Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

Author: Michailidou, Kyriaki, Lindström, Sara, Dennis, Joe, Beesley, Jonathan, Hui, Shirley, Kar, Siddhartha, Lemaçon, Audrey, Soucy, Penny, Glubb, Dylan, Rostamianfar, Asha, Bolla, Manjeet K., Wang, Qin, Tyrer, Jonathan, Dicks, Ed, Lee, Andrew, Wang, Zhaoming, Allen, Jamie, Keeman, Renske, Eilber, Ursula, French, Juliet D., Qing Chen, Xiao, Fachal, Laura, McCue, Karen, McCart Reed, Amy E., Ghoussaini, Maya, Carroll, Jason S., Jiang, Xia, Finucane, Hilary, Adams, Marcia, Adank, Muriel A., Ahsan, Habibul, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N., Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J., Arun, Banu, Auer, Paul L., Bacot, François, Barrdahl, Myrto, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias W., Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brand, Judith S., Brauch, Hiltrud, Brennan, Paul, Brenner, Hermann, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brock, Ian W., Broeks, Annegien, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brucker, Sara Y., Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Butterbach, Katja, Cai, Qiuyin, Cai, Hui, Caldés, Trinidad, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D., Castelao, Jose E., Chan, Tsun L., David Cheng, Ting-Yuan, Seng Chia, Kee, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Christiansen, Hans, Clarke, Christine L., Collée, Margriet, Conroy, Don M., Cordina-Duverger, Emilie, Cornelissen, Sten, Cox, David G., 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, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M., Ekici, Arif B., Eliassen, A. Heather, Ellberg, Carolina, Elvira, Mingajeva, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gaborieau, Valerie, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gao, Yu-Tang, Gapstur, Susan M., García-Sáenz, José A., Gaudet, Mia M., Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G., Glendon, Gord, Goldberg, Mark S., Goldgar, David E., González-Neira, Anna, Grenaker Alnæs, Grethe I., Grip, Mervi, Gronwald, Jacek, Grundy, Anne, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A., Håkansson, Niclas, Hamann, Ute, Hamel, Nathalie, Hankinson, Susan, Harrington, Patricia, Hart, Steven N., Hartikainen, Jaana M., Hartman, Mikael, Hein, Alexander, Heyworth, Jane, Hicks, Belynda, Hillemanns, Peter, Ho, Dona N., Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J., Hoover, Robert N., Hopper, John L., Hou, Ming-Feng, Hsiung, Chia-Ni, Huang, Guanmengqian, Humphreys, Keith, Ishiguro, Junko, Ito, Hidemi, Iwasaki, Motoki, Iwata, Hiroji, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M., Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Kristine, Jones, Michael, Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kabisch, Maria, Kaczmarek, Katarzyna, Kang, Daehee, Kasuga, Yoshio, Kerin, Michael J., Khan, Sofia, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I., Kim, Sung-Won, Knight, Julia A., Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kristensen, Vessela N., Krüger, Ute, Kwong, Ava, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lee, Eunjung, Lee, Min Hyuk, Lee, Jong Won, Neng Lee, Chuen, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Li, Jingmei, Lilyquist, Jenna, Lindblom, Annika, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loibl, Sibylle, Long, Jirong, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Lubinski, Jan, Luccarini, Craig, Lux, Michael P., Ma, Edmond S. K., MacInnis, Robert J., Maishman, Tom, Makalic, Enes, Malone, Kathleen E., Kostovska, Ivana Maleva, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush, Manson, JoAnn E., Margolin, Sara, Mariapun, Shivaani, Martinez, Maria Elena, Matsuo, Keitaro, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McKay, James, McLean, Catriona, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne, Meindl, Alfons, Menéndez, Primitiva, Menon, Usha, Meyer, Jeffery, Miao, Hui, Miller, Nicola, Taib, Nur Aishah Mohd, Muir, Kenneth, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Mulot, Claire, Neuhausen, Susan L., Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nielsen, Sune F., Noh, Dong-Young, Nordestgaard, Børge G., Norman, Aaron, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Olson, Janet E., Olsson, Håkan, Olswold, Curtis, Orr, Nick, Pankratz, V. Shane, Park, Sue K., Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Lloyd, Rachel, Perez, Jose I. A., Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Pinchev, Mila, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Prokofyeva, Darya, Pugh, Elizabeth, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rahman, Nazneen, Rennert, Gadi, Rennert, Hedy S., Rhenius, Valerie, Romero, Atocha, Romm, Jane, Ruddy, Kathryn J., Rüdiger, Thomas, Rudolph, Anja, Ruebner, Matthias, Rutgers, Emiel J. T., Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P., Sangrajrang, Suleeporn, Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmidt, Daniel F., Schmutzler, Rita K., Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J., Schumacher, Fredrick, Schürmann, Peter, Scott, Rodney J., Scott, Christopher, Seal, Sheila, Seynaeve, Caroline, Shah, Mitul, Sharma, Priyanka, Shen, Chen-Yang, Sheng, Grace, Sherman, Mark E., Shrubsole, Martha J., Shu, Xiao-Ou, Smeets, Ann, Sohn, Christof, Southey, Melissa C., Spinelli, John J., Stegmaier, Christa, Stewart-Brown, Sarah, Stone, Jennifer, Stram, Daniel O., Surowy, Harald, Swerdlow, Anthony, Tamimi, Rulla, Taylor, Jack A., Tengström, Maria, Teo, Soo H., Beth Terry, Mary, Tessier, Daniel C., Thanasitthichai, Somchai, Thöne, Kathrin, Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M., Tomlinson, Ian, Tong, Ling, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Tseng, Chiu-Chen, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Ursin, Giske, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine, van Asperen, Christi J., Van Den Berg, David, van den Ouweland, Ans M. W., van der Kolk, Lizet, van der Luijt, Rob B., Vincent, Daniel, Vollenweider, Jason, Waisfisz, Quinten, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Weinberg, Clarice R., Wendt, Camilla, Whittemore, Alice S., Wildiers, Hans, Willett, Walter, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H., Xia, Lucy, Yamaji, Taiki, Yang, Xiaohong R., Har Yip, Cheng, Yoo, Keun-Young, Yu, Jyh-Cherng, Zheng, Wei, Zheng, Ying, Zhu, Bin, Ziogas, Argyrios, Ziv, Elad, Lakhani, Sunil R., Antoniou, Antonis C., Droit, Arnaud, Andrulis, Irene L., Amos, Christopher I., Couch, Fergus J., Pharoah, Paul D. P., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Hall, Per, Hunter, David J., Milne, Roger L., García-Closas, Montserrat, Schmidt, Marjanka K., Chanock, Stephen J., Dunning, Alison M., Edwards, Stacey L., Bader, Gary D., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Simard, Jacques, Kraft, Peter, and Easton, Douglas F.
Abstract: Breast cancer risk is influenced by rare coding variants in susceptibility genes, such as BRCA1, and many common, mostly non-coding variants. However, much of the genetic contribution to breast cancer risk remains unknown. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study of breast cancer in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry and 14,068 cases and 13,104 controls of East Asian ancestry. We identified 65 new loci that are associated with overall breast cancer risk at P < 5 × 10−8. The majority of credible risk single-nucleotide polymorphisms in these loci fall in distal regulatory elements, and by integrating in silico data to predict target genes in breast cells at each locus, we demonstrate a strong overlap between candidate target genes and somatic driver genes in breast tumours. We also find that heritability of breast cancer due to all single-nucleotide polymorphisms in regulatory features was 2–5-fold enriched relative to the genome-wide average, with strong enrichment for particular transcription factor binding sites. These results provide further insight into genetic susceptibility to breast cancer and will improve the use of genetic risk scores for individualized screening and prevention.
Published: 2017
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26. Cancer in Children With Fanconi Anemia and Ataxia-Telangiectasia-A Nationwide Register-Based Cohort Study in Germany.

Author: Dutzmann, Christina M, Spix, Claudia, Popp, Isabell, Kaiser, Melanie, Erdmann, Friederike, Erlacher, Miriam, Dörk, Thilo, Schindler, Detlev, Kalb, Reinhard, and Kratz, Christian P
Published: 2021
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27. Pathology of Tumors Associated With Pathogenic Germline Variants in 9 Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes

Author: Mavaddat, Nasim, Dorling, Leila, Carvalho, Sara, Allen, Jamie, González-Neira, Anna, Keeman, Renske, Bolla, Manjeet K., Dennis, Joe, Wang, Qin, Ahearn, Thomas U., Andrulis, Irene L., Beckmann, Matthias W., Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V., Bojesen, Stig E., Briceno, Ignacio, Brüning, Thomas, Camp, Nicola J., Campbell, Archie, Castelao, Jose E., Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Christiansen, Hans, Czene, Kamila, Dörk, Thilo, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D. Gareth, Fasching, Peter A., Figueroa, Jonine D., Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Geisler, Jürgen, Giles, Graham G., Guénel, Pascal, Hadjisavvas, Andreas, Hahnen, Eric, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hartikainen, Jaana M., Hartman, Mikael, Hoppe, Reiner, Howell, Anthony, Jakubowska, Anna, Jung, Audrey, Khusnutdinova, Elza K., Kristensen, Vessela N., Li, Jingmei, Lim, Swee Ho, Lindblom, Annika, Loizidou, Maria A., Lophatananon, Artitaya, Lubinski, Jan, Madsen, Michael J., Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Milne, Roger L., Mohd Taib, Nur Aishah, Morra, Anna, Muir, Kenneth, Obi, Nadia, Osorio, Ana, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Peterlongo, Paolo, Radice, Paolo, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sawyer, Elinor J., Schmutzler, Rita K., Shah, Mitul, Sim, Xueling, Southey, Melissa C., Thorne, Heather, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Yip, Cheng Har, Spurdle, Amanda B., Vreeswijk, Maaike P.G., Dunning, Alison M., García-Closas, Montserrat, Pharoah, Paul D.P., Kvist, Anders, Muranen, Taru A., Nevanlinna, Heli, Teo, Soo Hwang, Devilee, Peter, Schmidt, Marjanka K., and Easton, Douglas F.
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: Rare germline genetic variants in several genes are associated with increased breast cancer (BC) risk, but their precise contributions to different disease subtypes are unclear. This information is relevant to guidelines for gene panel testing and risk prediction. OBJECTIVE: To characterize tumors associated with BC susceptibility genes in large-scale population- or hospital-based studies. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: The multicenter, international case-control analysis of the BRIDGES study included 42 680 patients and 46 387 control participants, comprising women aged 18 to 79 years who were sampled independently of family history from 38 studies. Studies were conducted between 1991 and 2016. Sequencing and analysis took place between 2016 and 2021. EXPOSURES: Protein-truncating variants and likely pathogenic missense variants in ATM, BARD1, BRCA1, BRCA2, CHEK2, PALB2, RAD51C, RAD51D, and TP53. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: The intrinsic-like BC subtypes as defined by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor, and ERBB2 (formerly known as HER2) status, and tumor grade; morphology; size; stage; lymph node involvement; subtype-specific odds ratios (ORs) for carrying protein-truncating variants and pathogenic missense variants in the 9 BC susceptibility genes. RESULTS: The mean (SD) ages at interview (control participants) and diagnosis (cases) were 55.1 (11.9) and 55.8 (10.6) years, respectively; all participants were of European or East Asian ethnicity. There was substantial heterogeneity in the distribution of intrinsic subtypes by gene. RAD51C, RAD51D, and BARD1 variants were associated mainly with triple-negative disease (OR, 6.19 [95% CI, 3.17-12.12]; OR, 6.19 [95% CI, 2.99-12.79]; and OR, 10.05 [95% CI, 5.27-19.19], respectively). CHEK2 variants were associated with all subtypes (with ORs ranging from 2.21-3.17) except for triple-negative disease. For ATM variants, the association was strongest for the hormone receptor (HR)+ERBB2− high-grade subtype (OR, 4.99; 95% CI, 3.68-6.76). BRCA1 was associated with increased risk of all subtypes, but the ORs varied widely, being highest for triple-negative disease (OR, 55.32; 95% CI, 40.51-75.55). BRCA2 and PALB2 variants were also associated with triple-negative disease. TP53 variants were most strongly associated with HR+ERBB2+ and HR–ERBB2+ subtypes. Tumors occurring in pathogenic variant carriers were of higher grade. For most genes and subtypes, a decline in ORs was observed with increasing age. Together, the 9 genes were associated with 27.3% of all triple-negative tumors in women 40 years or younger. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The results of this case-control study suggest that variants in the 9 BC risk genes differ substantially in their associated pathology but are generally associated with triple-negative and/or high-grade disease. Knowing the age and tumor subtype distributions associated with individual BC genes can potentially aid guidelines for gene panel testing, risk prediction, and variant classification and guide targeted screening strategies.
Published: 2022
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28. SFRP1CpG island methylation locus is associated with renal cell cancer susceptibility and disease recurrence

Author: Atschekzei, Faranaz, Hennenlotter, Jörg, Jänisch, Stefanie, Großhennig, Annika, Tränkenschuh, Wolfgang, Waalkes, Sandra, Peters, Inga, Dörk, Thilo, Merseburger, Axel S., Stenzl, Arnulf, Kuczyk, Markus A., and Serth, Jürgen
Abstract: Loss of the secreted Fzd-related protein 1 (SFRP1) and concurrent alteration of the SFRP1/WNT pathway are frequently observed in human cancers such as in renal cell cancer (RCC). Whether methylation of a SFRP1CpG island locus in normal human solid tissues is associated with increased tissue specific cancer risk has not been determined to date. Here we measure the cancer risk attributable to SFRP1DNA methylation in renal tissue. Pyrosequencing of bisulfite treated DNA was used for a case-control study including 120 normal-appearing renal tissues of autopsy specimens and 72 normal-appearing tissues obtained from tumor adjacent areas, and a cross sectional study of 96 RCCs. Association of methylation with demographic risk factor age, clinicopathological parameters and course of patients was investigated. We show significant hypermethylation of a SFRP1CpG island locus in normal-appearing renal tissues from RCC patients compared with normal-appearing autopsy kidney tissues. Inter quartile analysis revealed a 6-, 13- and 11-fold increased cancer risk for the second, third and fourth quartiles of methylation in the age matched subgroup of tissues (p = 0.001, p = 1.3E-6, p = 6.9E-6). Methylation in autopsy tissues increased with age and methylation in tumors was an independent predictor of recurrence free survival. SFRP1DNA methylation, accumulates with age in normal-appearing kidney tissues and is associated with increased renal cancer risk, suggesting this CGI sub region as an epigenetic susceptibility locus for RCC. Our data underline the need to further analyze the tissue specific risks conferred by methylated loci for the development of human cancers.
Published: 2012
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29. Combined effects of single nucleotide polymorphisms TP53R72P and MDM2SNP309, and p53 expression on survival of breast cancer patients

Author: Schmidt, Marjanka, Tommiska, Johanna, Broeks, Annegien, van Leeuwen, Flora, Van't Veer, Laura, Pharoah, Paul, Easton, Douglas, Shah, Mitul, Humphreys, Manjeet, Dörk, Thilo, Reincke, Scarlett, Fagerholm, Rainer, Blomqvist, Carl, and Nevanlinna, Heli
Abstract: Somatic inactivation of the TP53gene in breast tumors is a marker for poor outcome, and breast cancer outcome might also be affected by germ-line variation in the TP53gene or its regulators. We investigated the effects of the germ-line single nucleotide polymorphisms TP53R72P (215G>C) and MDM2SNP309 (-410T>G), and p53 protein expression in breast tumors on survival. We pooled data from four breast cancer cohorts within the Breast Cancer Association Consortium for which both TP53R72P and MDM2SNP309 were genotyped and follow-up was available (n = 3,749). Overall and breast cancer-specific survival analyses were performed using Kaplan-Meier analysis and multivariate Cox's proportional hazards regression models. Survival of patients did not differ by carriership of either germ-line variant, R72P (215G>C) or SNP309 (-410G>T) alone. Immunohistochemical p53 staining of the tumor was available for two cohorts (n = 1,109 patients). Survival was worse in patients with p53-positive tumors (n = 301) compared to patients with p53-negative tumors (n = 808); breast cancer-specific survival: HR 1.6 (95% CI 1.2 to 2.1), P= 0.001. Within the patient group with p53-negative tumors, TP53rare homozygous (CC) carriers had a worse survival than G-allele (GG/GC) carriers; actuarial breast cancer-specific survival 71% versus 80%, P= 0.07; HR 1.8 (1.1 to 3.1), P= 0.03. We also found a differential effect of combinations of the two germ-line variants on overall survival; homozygous carriers of the G-allele in MDM2had worse survival only within the group of TP53C-allele carriers; actuarial overall survival (GG versus TT/TG) 64% versus 75%, P= 0.001; HR (GG versus TT) 1.5 (1.1 to 2.0), P= 0.01. We found no evidence for a differential effect of MDM2SNP309 by p53 protein expression on survival. The TP53R72P variant may be an independent predictor for survival of patients with p53-negative tumors. The combined effect of TP53R72P and MDM2SNP309 on survival is in line with our a priori biologically-supported hypothesis, that is, the role of enhanced DNA repair function of the TP53Pro-variant, combined with increased expression of the Mdm2 protein, and thus overall attenuation of the p53 pathway in the tumor cells.
Published: 2009
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30. MUltiplex Measurement of Cytokine/Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and interaction Between Interleukin-10 (-1082) Genotype and Chorioamnionitis in Extreme Preterm Delivery

Author: Kerk, Julia, Dördelmann, Michael, Bartels, Dorothee B., Brinkhaus, Maria-Jantje, Dammann, Christiane E. L., Dörk, Thilo, and Dammann, Olaf
Abstract: Objectives:To establish a multiplex amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) in fluid and dried whole blood, and to perform a pilot study to examine the role for single-uncleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of inflammation-sassociated genes (interleukin [Il]-1 and -10, tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNFA], and toll-like receptor-4 [TLR4]) and their interaction with clinical chorioamnionitis (CAM) in prematurity.Methods:We established a quadruplex ARMS to detect the four above SNPs. Fifty-four women delivered at gestational age less than 32 weeks and 83 healthy female volunteers were genotyped. We compared (1) mothers of preterm infants with volunteers, and (2) women delivered before 29 weeks' gestation (n = 29) with those delivered at 29 to 31 completed weeks (n = 25).Results:Multiplex ARMS is feasible using both fluid and dried whole blood. We found no overall differences in genotype and allele frequencies between mothers of preterm infants and volunteers. Among women who had a preterm delivery, those with both CAM and IL10(- 1082)* G allele, the risk for delivery before 29 weeks was markedly increased (odds ratio [OR] 22, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.5 - 191).Conclusion:The presence of both CAM and IL10(- 1082)* G might play a role in extreme preterm delivery less than 29 weeks.
Published: 2006
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31. Multiplex Measurement of Cytokine/Receptor Gene Polymorphisms and interaction Between Interleukin-10 (-1082) Genotype and Chorioamnionitis in Extreme Preterm Delivery

Author: Kerk, Julia, Dördelmann, Michael, Bartels, Dorothee B., Brinkhaus, Maria-Jantje, Dammann, Christiane E. L., Dörk, Thilo, and Dammann, Olaf
Abstract: Objectives: To establish a multiplex amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS) in fluid and dried whole blood, and to perform a pilot study to examine the role for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of inflammation-associated genes (interleukin [IL]-1 and -10, tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNFA], and toll-like receptor-4 [TLR4]) and their interaction with clinical chorioamnionitis (CAM) in prematurity. Methods: We established a quadruplex ARMS to detect the four above SNPs. Fifty four women delivered at gestational age less than 32 weeks and 83 healthy female volunteers were genotyped. We compared (1) mothers of preterm infants with volunteers, and (2) women delivered before 29 weeks’ gestation (n= 29) with those delivered at 29 to 31 completed weeks (n = 25). Results: Multiplex ARMS is feasible using both fluid and dried whole blood. We found no overall differences in genotype and allele frequencies between mothers of preterm infants and volunteers. Among women who had a preterm delivery, those with both CAM and IL10(–1082)*G allele, the risk for delivery before 29 weeks was markedly increased (odds ratio [OR] 22, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.5–191). Conclusion: The presence of both CAM and IL 10(-1082)* G might play a role in extreme preterm delivery less than 29 weeks.
Published: 2006
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32. Slow progression of ataxia-telangiectasia with double missense and in frame splice mutations

Author: Dörk, Thilo
Abstract: Ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T) is caused by mutations of the ATM gene, the product of which is involved in the regulation of cellular responses to radiation damage. Ataxia usually starts in early childhood but a delayed age at onset and slower rate of neurological deterioration has been found for some patients with variant A-T. Only few patients have been documented to survive into the 4th decade. We report on a patient with an attenuated form of A-T who was diagnosed as having A-T by the age of 52 years and died by the age of 60 years. He was found to be a compound heterozygote for a double missense mutation (D2625E and A2626P) and a novel splicing mutation (496 + 5G → A) of the ATM gene. Cytogenetic studies of the patient's lymphoblastoid cells revealed modest levels of bleomycin-induced chromosomal instability. Residual ATM protein was found at a level of 1020% of wildtype. Low residual ATM kinase activity could be demonstrated towards p53, whereas it was poorly detectable towards nibrin. Our results corroborate the view that the clinical variability of A-T is partly determined by the mutation type and indicate that A-T can extend to late adulthood disease. © 2003 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Published: 2004
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33. Fanconi’s Anemia and Clinical Radiosensitivity

Author: Bremer, Michael, Schindler, Detlev, Groß, Michaela, Dörk, Thilo, Morlot, Susanne, and Karstens, JohannH.
Abstract: Background: Patients with Fanconi’s anemia (FA) may exhibit an increased clinical radiosensitivity of various degree, although detailed clinical data are scarce. We report on two cases to underline the possible challenges in the radiotherapy of FA patients. Case Report and Results: Two 24- and 32-year-old male patients with FA were treated by definitive radiotherapy for locally advanced squamous cell head and neck cancers. In the first patient, long-term tumor control could be achieved after delivery of 67 Gy with a—in part—hyperfractionated split-course treatment regimen and, concurrently, one course of carboplatin followed by salvage neck dissection. Acute toxicity was marked, but no severe treatment-related late effects occurred. 5 years later, additional radiotherapy was administered due to a second (squamous cell carcinoma of the anus) and third (squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck) primary, which the patient succumbed to. By contrast, the second patient experienced fatal acute hematologic toxicity after delivery of only 8 Gy of hyperfractionated radiotherapy. While the diagnosis FA could be based on flow cytometric analysis of a lymphocyte culture in the second patient, the diagnosis in the first patient had to be confirmed by hypersensitivity to mitomycin of a fibroblast cell line due to complete somatic lymphohematopoietic mosaicism. In this patient, phenotype complementation and molecular genetic analysis revealed a pathogenic mutation in the FANCA gene. The first patient has not been considered to have FA until he presented with his second tumor. Conclusion: FA has to be considered in patients presenting at young age with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck or anus. The diagnosis FA is of immediate importance for guiding the optimal choice of treatment. Radiotherapy or even radiochemotherapy seems to be feasible and effective in individual cases.
Published: 2003
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34. Detection of more than 50 different CFTR mutations in a large group of German cystic fibrosis patients

Author: Dörk, Thilo, Mekus, Frauke, Schmidt, Karen, Boßhammer, Jutta, Fislage, Rainer, Heuer, Thomas, Dziadek, Violetta, Neumann, Thomas, Kälin, Nanette, Wulbrand, Ulrich, Wulf, Brigitte, Hardt, Horst, Maaß, Günther, and Tümmler, Burkhard
Abstract: We have conducted a comprehensive study of the molecular basis of cystic fibrosis (CF) in 350 German CF patients. A screening approach based on single-strand conformation analysis and direct sequencing of genomic polymerase chain reaction products has allowed us to detect the molecular defects on 95.4% of the CF chromosomes within the coding region and splice sites of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene. The spectrum of sequence changes comprises 54 different mutations, including 17 missense mutations, 14 nonsense mutations, 11 frameshift mutations, 10 splice site variants and two amino acid deletions. Eleven of these mutations have not previously been described. Our results reflect the marked mutational heterogeneity of CF in a large sample of patients from a non-isolated population.
Published: 1994
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35. Exon 9 of the CFTR gene: splice site haplotypes and cystic fibrosis mutations

Author: Dörk, Thilo, Fislage, Rainer, Neumann, Thomas, Wulf, Brigitte, and Tümmler, Burkhard
Abstract: The alternatively spliced exon 9 of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene codes for the initial part of the amino-terminal nucleotide-binding fold of CFTR. A unique feature of the acceptor splice site preceding this exon is a variable length polymorphism within the polypyrimidine tract influencing the extent of exon 9 skipping in CFTR mRNA. We investigated this repeat for its relationship to CFTR mutations and intragenic markers on 200 chromosomes from German patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Four frequent length variations were strongly associated with the four predominant haplotypes previously defined by intragenic marker dimorphisms. One of these alleles displayed absolute linkage disequilibrium to the major CF mutation ?F508. Other frequent CFTR mutations were linked to one particular splice site haplotype indicating that differential exon 9 skipping contributes little to the clinical heterogeneity among CF patients with an identical mutation. We also identified a novel missense mutation (V456F) and a novel nonsense mutation (Q414X) within the coding region of exon 9. The missense mutation V456F adjacent to Walker motif A was present in a pancreas-sufficient CF patient. In contrast, the pancreas-insufficient Q414X/?F508 compound heterozygote suffered from a severe form of the disease, indicating that alternative splicing of exon 9 does not overcome the deleterious effect of a stop codon within this exon.
Published: 1994
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36. A termination mutation (2143delT) in the CFTR gene of German cystic fibrosis patients

Author: Dörk, Thilo, Kälin, Nanette, Stuhrmann, Manfred, Schmidtke, Jörg, and Tümmler, Burkhard
Abstract: German patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) were screened for molecular lesions in exon 13 of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene by single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and chemical cleavage of mismatch analyses. Direct sequencing of four samples that displayed the same SSCP pattern and that were susceptible to cleavage of heteroduplexes by osmium tetroxide revealed, in all cases, a deletion of a single T residue at nucleotide position 2143 within codon 671 of the CFTR gene. As a result, leucine codon 671 is changed into a termination codon. In total, the 2143delT mutation was confirmed in 6 out of 271 German non-?F508 CF chromosomes by artificial restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis, indicating that this frameshift mutation accounts for about 2% of German non-?508 mutations. The 6 pancreas insufficient patients who are compound heterozygous for 2143-delT suffer from the typical features of pulmonary and gastrointestinal CF disease. The 2143delT mutation completes the panel of the more frequent CFTR mutations that reside on the “?F508 haplotype” and that contribute to its overpresentation among German non-?F508 alleles that are associated with severe forms of disease.
Published: 1992
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37. Cystic fibrosis with three mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene

Author: Dörk, Thilo, Wulbrand, Ulrich, Richter, Thomas, Neumann, Thomas, Wolfes, Heiner, Wulf, Brigitte, Maass, Günter, and Tümmler, Burkhard
Abstract: Three mutations in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene were discovered in a pancreas-insufficient patient with cystic fibrosis (CF) who displayed an uncommon combination of almost normal chloride concentration in sweat tests and typical symptoms of gastrointestinal and pulmonary disease. The R553Q mutation was found on the maternal ?F508-CFTR gene. Codon 553 is located within a consensus motif of the ATP-binding cassette transport proteins at a less conserved position. Other members of this protein superfamily contain a glutamine instead of arginine at the homologous position, suggesting a modulating rather than disease-causing role of the R553Q mutation in CFTR. The amplification refractory mutation system did not detect the R553Q mutation in a further 65 normal, 113 ?F508, and 91 non-?F508 CF chromosomes. The index case carried the R553X nonsense mutation on the paternal chromosome. The R553X mutation was present on a further 9 out of 86 German non?F508 CF chromosomes linked with the XV2c-KM19Mp6d9-J44-GATT haplotypes 2-2-2-1-1 and 1-1-2-1-2. The location of R553X on separate haplotypes including both alleles of the intragenic GATT repeat suggests an ancient and/or multiple origins of the R553X mutations. The association of the genotype of the CFTR mutation and the clinical phenotype was assessed for the patients carrying the related genotypes ?F508/?F508 (n = 80), ?F508/R553X (n = 9) and ?F508-R553Q/R553X (n = 1). In compound heterozygotes, the median chloride concentration in pilocarpine iontophoresis sweat tests was significantly lower than in the ?F508 homozygotes (P < 0.01). The patient groups were significantly different with respect to the distributions of the centiles for height (P < 0.001) and weight (P < 0.01) as the most sensitive predictors of the course and prognosis in CF. Growth retardation was more pronounced in the compound heterozygotes.
Published: 1991
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38. Intra- and extragenic marker haplotypes of CFTR mutations in cystic fibrosis families

Author: Dörk, Thilo, Neumann, Thomas, Wulbrand, Ulrich, Wulf, Brigitte, Kälin, Nanette, Maa\, Günter, Krawczak, Michael, Guillermit, Hervé, Ferec, Claude, Horn, Glenn, Klinger, Katherine, Kerem, Bat-Sheva, Zielenski, Julian, Tsui, Lap-Chee, and Tümmler, Burkhard
Abstract: Summary: In order to facilitate the screening for the less common mutations in the cystic fibrosis (CF) gene viz., the CF transmembrane conductance regulator gene (CFTR), marker haplotypes were determined for German nonCF (N) and CF chromosomes by polymerase chain reaction analysis of four polymorphisms upstream of the CF gene (XV-2c, KM.19, MP6-D9, J44) and six intragenic polymorphisms (GATT, TUB9, M470V, T854T, TUB18, TUB20) that span the CFTR gene from exon 6 through exon 21. Novel informative sequence variants of CFTR were detected in front of exons 10 (1525-61 A or G), 19 (3601-65 C or A), and 21 (4006-200 A or G). The CF locus exhibits strong long-range marker-marker linkage disequilibrium with breakpoints of recombination between XV-2c and KM.19, and between exons 10 and 19 of CFTR. Marker alleles of GATT-TUB9 and TUB18-TUB20 were found to be in absolute linkage disequilibrium. Four major haplotypes encompass more than 90% of German N and CF chromosomes. Fifteen CFTR mutations detected on 421 out of 500 CF chromosomes were each identified on one of these four predominant 7-marker haplotypes. Whereas all analysed DeltaF508 chromosomes carried the same KM.19-D9-J44-GATT-TUB9-M470V-T854T haplotype, another frequent mutation in Germany, R553X, was identified on two different major haplotypes. Hence, a priori haplotyping cannot exclude a particular CF mutation, but in combination with population genetic data, enables mutations to be ranked by decreasing probability.
Published: 1992
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39. Cystic-fibrosis-like disease unrelated to the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator

Author: Mekus, Frauke, Ballmann, Manfred, Bronsveld, Inez, Dörk, Thilo, Bijman, Jan, Tümmler, Burkhard, and Veeze, H. J.
Abstract: Abstract: Cystic fibrosis (CF) is considered to be a monogenic disease caused by molecular lesions within the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and is diagnosed by elevated sweat electrolytes. We have investigated the clinical manifestations of cystic fibrosis, CFTR genetics and electrophysiology in a sibpair in which the brother is being treated as having CF, whereas his sister is asymptomatic. The diagnosis of CF in the index patient is based on highly elevated sweat electrolytes in the presence of CF-related pulmonary symptoms. The investigation of chloride conductance in respiratory and intestinal tissue by nasal potential difference and intestinal current measurements, respectively, provides no evidence for CFTR dysfunction in the siblings who share the same CFTR alleles. No molecular lesion has been identified in the CFTR gene of the brother. Findings in the investigated sibpair point to the existence of a CF-like disease with a positive sweat test without CFTR being affected. Other factors influencing sodium or chloride transport are likely to be the cause of the symptoms in the patient described.
Published: 1998
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40. Four Novel Cystic Fibrosis Mutations in Splice Junction Sequences Affecting the CFTR Nucleotide Binding Folds

Author: Dörk, Thilo, Wulbrand, Ulrich, and Tümmler, Burkhard
Abstract: Single cases of the four novel splice site mutations 1525-1G & rarr; A (intron 9), 3601 2A → G (intron 18), 3850 3T → G (intron 19), and 4374 → 1G → T (intron 23) were detected in the CFTR gene of cystic fibrosis patients of Indo-Iranian, Turkish, Polish, and German descent. The nucleotide substitutions at the +1, -1, and -2 positions all destroy splice sites and lead to severe disease alleles associated with features typical of gastrointestinal and pulmonary cystic fibrosis disease. The 3850 -- 3 T-to-G change was discovered in a very mildly affected 33-year-old ΔF508 compound heterozygote, suggesting that the T-to-G transversion at the less conserved -3 position of the acceptor splice site may retain some wildtype function. Copyright 1993, 1999 Academic Press
Published: 1993
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41. CHEK2 Mutation and Hereditary Breast Cancer.

Author: Bogdanova, Natalia, Feshchenko, Sergei, Cybulski, Cezary, and Dörk, Thilo
Published: 2007
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42. Distribution patterns of the ΔF508 mutation in the CFTR gene on CF-linked marker haplotypes in the German population

Author: Reis, André, Bremer, Silvia, Schlösser, Manfred, Dueck, Margarete, Böhm, Ingolf, Hundrieser, Joachim, Macek, Milan, Stuhrmann, Manfred, Wagners, Michael, Dörk, Thilo, Schnieders, Frank, Posselt, Hans-Georg, Wahn, Ulrich, Reisse, Jochen, Trefz, Friedrich, Tümmler, Burkhard, Krawczak, Michael, and Schmidtke, Jörg
Abstract: Summary: We have measured the frequency of the ΔF508 mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene and its association with cystic fibrosis (CF)-linked marker haplotypes in the German population. Based on the analysis of 400 CF chromosomes, the frequency of the ΔF508 mutation is estimated to be 77.3%, the vast majority being associated with marker haplotype KM19-XV2c 2 1. Our data further suggest the presence of another frequent CF mutation associated with this marker haplotype.
Published: 1990
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43. A Hinfl polymorphism in the cystic fibrosis gene CFTR

Author: Dörk, Thilo, Wulbrand, Ulrich, and Tümmler, Burkhard
Published: 1991
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