1. Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways
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Duffy, David L, Zhu, Gu, Xin, Li, Sanna, Marianna, Iles, Mark M, Jacobs, Leonie C, Evans, David M, Yazar, Seyhan, Beesley, Jonathan, Law, Matthew H, Kraft, Peter, Visconti, Alessia, Taylor, John C, Lui, Fan, Wright, Margaret J, Henders, Anjali K, Bowdler, Lisa, Glass, Dan, Ikram, Arfan M, Uitterlinden, André G, Madden, Pamela A, Heath, Andrew C, Nelson, Elliot C, Green, Adele C, Chanock, Stephen, Barrett, Jennifer H, Brown, Matthew A, Hayward, Nicholas K, Macgregor, Stuart, Sturm, Richard A, Hewitt, Alex W, Kayser, Manfred, Hunter, David J, Newton Bishop, Julia A, Spector, Timothy D, Montgomery, Grant W, Mackey, David A, Smith, George Davey, Nijsten, Tamar E, Bishop, D Timothy, Bataille, Veronique, Falchi, Mario, Han, Jiali, Martin, Nicholas, G, Lee, Je, Brossard, M, Moses, Ek, Song, F, Kumar, R, Easton, Df, Pharoah, Pdp, Swerdlow, Aj, Kypreou, Kp, Harland, M, Randerson-Moor, J, Akslen, La, Andresen, Pa, Avril, Mf, Azizi, E, Scarrà, Gb, Brown, Km, Dębniak, T, Elder, De, Fang, S, Friedman, E, Galan, P, Ghiorzo, P, Gillanders, Em, Goldstein, Am, Gruis, Na, Hansson, J, Helsing, P, Hočevar, M, Höiom, V, Ingvar, C, Kanetsky, Pa, Chen, Wv, Landi, Mt, Lang, J, Lathrop, Gm, Lubiński, J, Mackie, Rm, Mann, Gj, Molven, A, Novaković, S, Olsson, H, Puig, S, Puig-Butille, Ja, Radford-Smith, Gl, van der Stoep, N, van Doorn, R, Whiteman, Dc, Craig, Je, Schadendorf, D, Simms, La, Burdon, Kp, Nyholt, Dr, Pooley, Ka, Orr, N, Stratigos, Aj, Cust, Ae, Ward, Sv, Schulze, Hj, Dunning, Am, Demenais, F, Amos, Ci., Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Dermatology, Genetic Identification, Epidemiology, Internal Medicine, and Consortium, Melanoma Gwas
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0301 basic medicine ,Skin Neoplasms ,Medizin ,General Physics and Astronomy ,Genome-wide association study ,Receptors, G-Protein-Coupled ,0302 clinical medicine ,Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors ,lcsh:Science ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,Melanoma ,Telomerase ,Genetics ,0303 health sciences ,Nevus, Pigmented ,Stem Cell Factor ,Multidisciplinary ,Microfilament Proteins ,Nuclear Proteins ,RNA-Binding Proteins ,Genetic Pleiotropy ,Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor ,3. Good health ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,Cytochrome P-450 CYP1B1 ,Interferon Regulatory Factors ,Medical genetics ,PPARGC1B ,Dock8 ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Science ,Telomere-Binding Proteins ,Single-nucleotide polymorphism ,Nerve Tissue Proteins ,Biology ,Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Histone Deacetylases ,White People ,Group VI Phospholipases A2 ,03 medical and health sciences ,Genetic predisposition ,Pigmented Nevus ,medicine ,Nevus ,Humans ,Genetic Predisposition to Disease ,neoplasms ,030304 developmental biology ,General Chemistry ,medicine.disease ,Repressor Proteins ,MicroRNAs ,030104 developmental biology ,Cutaneous melanoma ,RNA ,lcsh:Q ,Carrier Proteins ,IRF4 ,Genome-Wide Association Study - Abstract
The total number of acquired melanocytic nevi on the skin is strongly correlated with melanoma risk. Here we report a meta-analysis of 11 nevus GWAS from Australia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States, comprising a total of 52,506 phenotyped individuals. We confirm known loci including MTAP, PLA2G6, and IRF4, and detect novel SNPs at a genome-wide level of significance in KITLG, DOCK8, and a broad region of 9q32. In a bivariate analysis combining the nevus results with those from a recent melanoma GWAS meta-analysis (12,874 cases, 23,203 controls), SNPs near GPRC5A, CYP1B1, PPARGC1B, HDAC4, FAM208B and SYNE2 reached global significance, and other loci, including MIR146A and OBFC1, reached a suggestive level of significance. Overall, we conclude that most nevus genes affect melanoma risk (KITLG an exception), while many melanoma risk loci do not alter nevus count. For example, variants in TERC and OBFC1 affect both traits, but other telomere length maintenance genes seem to affect melanoma risk only. Our findings implicate multiple pathways in nevogenesis via genes we can show to be expressed under control of the MITF melanocytic cell lineage regulator.
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