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1. A novel founder MSH2 deletion in Ethiopian Jews is mainly associated with early-onset colorectal cancer

Author: Kedar, I., Walsh, L., Levi, G. Reznick, Lieberman, S., Shtaya, A. Abu, Nathan, S. Naftaly, Lagovsky, I., Tomashov-Matar, R., Goldenberg, M., Basel-Salmon, L., Katz, L., Aleme, O., Peretz, T. Yablonski, Hubert, A., Rothstein, D., Castellvi-Bel, S., Walsh, T., King, M. C., Pritchard, C. C., Levi, Z., Half, E., Laish, I., and Goldberg, Y.
Published: 2022
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2. Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries

Author: Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Timofeeva, M, Chen, Z, Law, P, Thomas, M, Bien, S, Diez-Obrero, V, Li, L, Fernandez-Tajes, J, Palles, C, Sherwood, K, Harris, S, Svinti, V, McDonnell, K, Farrington, S, Studd, J, Vaughan-Shaw, P, Shu, X-O, Long, J, Cai, Q, Guo, X, Lu, Y, Scacheri, P, Huyghe, J, Harrison, T, Shibata, D, Haiman, C, Devall, M, Schumacher, F, Melas, M, Rennert, G, Obon-Santacana, M, Martin-Sanchez, V, Moratalla-Navarro, F, Oh, JH, Kim, J, Jee, SH, Jung, KJ, Kweon, S-S, Shin, M-H, Shin, A, Ahn, Y-O, Kim, D-H, Oze, I, Wen, W, Matsuo, K, Matsuda, K, Tanikawa, C, Ren, Z, Gao, Y-T, Jia, W-H, Potter, J, Jenkins, M, Win, AK, Pai, R, Figueiredo, J, Haile, R, Gallinger, S, Woods, M, Newcomb, P, Cheadle, J, Kaplan, R, Maughan, T, Kerr, R, Kerr, D, Kirac, I, Boehm, J, Mecklin, L-P, Jousilahti, P, Knekt, P, Aaltonen, L, Rissanen, H, Pukkala, E, Eriksson, J, Cajuso, T, Hanninen, U, Kondelin, J, Palin, K, Tanskanen, T, Renkonen-Sinisalo, L, Zanke, B, Mannisto, S, Albanes, D, Weinstein, S, Ruiz-Narvaez, E, Palmer, J, Buchanan, D, Platz, E, Visvanathan, K, Ulrich, C, Siegel, E, Brezina, S, Gsur, A, Campbell, P, Chang-Claude, J, Hoffmeister, M, Brenner, H, Slattery, M, Tsilidis, K, Schulze, M, Gunter, M, Murphy, N, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Moreira, L, Arndt, V, Shcherbina, A, Stern, M, Pardamean, B, Bishop, T, Giles, G, Southey, M, Idos, G, Abu-Ful, Z, Greenson, J, Shulman, K, Lejbkowicz, F, Offit, K, Su, Y-R, Steinfelder, R, Keku, T, van Guelpen, B, Hudson, T, Hampel, H, Pearlman, R, Berndt, S, Hayes, R, Martinez, ME, Thomas, S, Corley, D, Pharoah, P, Larsson, S, Yen, Y, Lenz, H-J, White, E, Doheny, K, Pugh, E, Shelford, T, Chan, A, Cruz-Correa, M, Lindblom, A, Joshi, A, Schafmayer, C, Kundaje, A, Nickerson, D, Schoen, R, Hampe, J, Stadler, Z, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Papadopoulos, N, Edlund, C, Gauderman, W, Thomas, D, Toland, A, Markowitz, S, Kim, A, Gruber, S, van Duijnhoven, F, Feskens, E, Sakoda, L, Gago-Dominguez, M, Wolk, A, Naccarati, A, Pardini, B, FitzGerald, L, Lee, SC, Ogino, S, Kooperberg, C, Li, C, Lin, Y, Prentice, R, Qu, C, Bezieau, S, Tangen, C, Mardis, E, Yamaji, T, Sawada, N, Iwasaki, M, Le Marchand, L, Wu, A, McNeil, C, Coetzee, G, Hayward, C, Deary, I, Theodoratou, E, Reid, S, Walker, M, Ooi, LY, Moreno, V, Casey, G, Tomlinson, I, Zheng, W, Dunlop, M, Houlston, R, Peters, U, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Timofeeva, M, Chen, Z, Law, P, Thomas, M, Bien, S, Diez-Obrero, V, Li, L, Fernandez-Tajes, J, Palles, C, Sherwood, K, Harris, S, Svinti, V, McDonnell, K, Farrington, S, Studd, J, Vaughan-Shaw, P, Shu, X-O, Long, J, Cai, Q, Guo, X, Lu, Y, Scacheri, P, Huyghe, J, Harrison, T, Shibata, D, Haiman, C, Devall, M, Schumacher, F, Melas, M, Rennert, G, Obon-Santacana, M, Martin-Sanchez, V, Moratalla-Navarro, F, Oh, JH, Kim, J, Jee, SH, Jung, KJ, Kweon, S-S, Shin, M-H, Shin, A, Ahn, Y-O, Kim, D-H, Oze, I, Wen, W, Matsuo, K, Matsuda, K, Tanikawa, C, Ren, Z, Gao, Y-T, Jia, W-H, Potter, J, Jenkins, M, Win, AK, Pai, R, Figueiredo, J, Haile, R, Gallinger, S, Woods, M, Newcomb, P, Cheadle, J, Kaplan, R, Maughan, T, Kerr, R, Kerr, D, Kirac, I, Boehm, J, Mecklin, L-P, Jousilahti, P, Knekt, P, Aaltonen, L, Rissanen, H, Pukkala, E, Eriksson, J, Cajuso, T, Hanninen, U, Kondelin, J, Palin, K, Tanskanen, T, Renkonen-Sinisalo, L, Zanke, B, Mannisto, S, Albanes, D, Weinstein, S, Ruiz-Narvaez, E, Palmer, J, Buchanan, D, Platz, E, Visvanathan, K, Ulrich, C, Siegel, E, Brezina, S, Gsur, A, Campbell, P, Chang-Claude, J, Hoffmeister, M, Brenner, H, Slattery, M, Tsilidis, K, Schulze, M, Gunter, M, Murphy, N, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Moreira, L, Arndt, V, Shcherbina, A, Stern, M, Pardamean, B, Bishop, T, Giles, G, Southey, M, Idos, G, Abu-Ful, Z, Greenson, J, Shulman, K, Lejbkowicz, F, Offit, K, Su, Y-R, Steinfelder, R, Keku, T, van Guelpen, B, Hudson, T, Hampel, H, Pearlman, R, Berndt, S, Hayes, R, Martinez, ME, Thomas, S, Corley, D, Pharoah, P, Larsson, S, Yen, Y, Lenz, H-J, White, E, Doheny, K, Pugh, E, Shelford, T, Chan, A, Cruz-Correa, M, Lindblom, A, Joshi, A, Schafmayer, C, Kundaje, A, Nickerson, D, Schoen, R, Hampe, J, Stadler, Z, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Papadopoulos, N, Edlund, C, Gauderman, W, Thomas, D, Toland, A, Markowitz, S, Kim, A, Gruber, S, van Duijnhoven, F, Feskens, E, Sakoda, L, Gago-Dominguez, M, Wolk, A, Naccarati, A, Pardini, B, FitzGerald, L, Lee, SC, Ogino, S, Kooperberg, C, Li, C, Lin, Y, Prentice, R, Qu, C, Bezieau, S, Tangen, C, Mardis, E, Yamaji, T, Sawada, N, Iwasaki, M, Le Marchand, L, Wu, A, McNeil, C, Coetzee, G, Hayward, C, Deary, I, Theodoratou, E, Reid, S, Walker, M, Ooi, LY, Moreno, V, Casey, G, Tomlinson, I, Zheng, W, Dunlop, M, Houlston, R, and Peters, U
Abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We conducted a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of 100,204 CRC cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestry, identifying 205 independent risk associations, of which 50 were unreported. We performed integrative genomic, transcriptomic and methylomic analyses across large bowel mucosa and other tissues. Transcriptome- and methylome-wide association studies revealed an additional 53 risk associations. We identified 155 high-confidence effector genes functionally linked to CRC risk, many of which had no previously established role in CRC. These have multiple different functions and specifically indicate that variation in normal colorectal homeostasis, proliferation, cell adhesion, migration, immunity and microbial interactions determines CRC risk. Crosstissue analyses indicated that over a third of effector genes most probably act outside the colonic mucosa. Our findings provide insights into colorectal oncogenesis and highlight potential targets across tissues for new CRC treatment and chemoprevention strategies.
Published: 2023

3. Germline mutations in WNK2 could be associated with serrated polyposis syndrome.

Author: Soares de Lima, Y., Arnau-Collell, C., Muñoz, J., Herrera-Pariente, C., Moreira, L., Ocaña, T., Díaz-Gay, M., Franch-Expósito, S., Cuatrecasas, M., Carballal, S., Lopez-Novo, A., Moreno, L., Fernàndez, G., Diaz de Bustamante, A., Peters, Sophia, Sommer, A.K., Spier, I., Paske, I.B.A.W. te, Herwaarden, Y.J. van, Castells, A., Bujanda, L., Capellà, G., Steinke-Lange, V., Mahmood, K., Joo, J.E., Arnold, J., Parry, S., Macrae, F.A., Winship, I.M., Rosty, C., Cubiella, J., Rodríguez-Alcalde, D., Holinski-Feder, E., Voer, R.M. de, Buchanan, D.D., Aretz, S., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Valle, L., Balaguer, F., Bonjoch, L., Castellvi-Bel, S., Soares de Lima, Y., Arnau-Collell, C., Muñoz, J., Herrera-Pariente, C., Moreira, L., Ocaña, T., Díaz-Gay, M., Franch-Expósito, S., Cuatrecasas, M., Carballal, S., Lopez-Novo, A., Moreno, L., Fernàndez, G., Diaz de Bustamante, A., Peters, Sophia, Sommer, A.K., Spier, I., Paske, I.B.A.W. te, Herwaarden, Y.J. van, Castells, A., Bujanda, L., Capellà, G., Steinke-Lange, V., Mahmood, K., Joo, J.E., Arnold, J., Parry, S., Macrae, F.A., Winship, I.M., Rosty, C., Cubiella, J., Rodríguez-Alcalde, D., Holinski-Feder, E., Voer, R.M. de, Buchanan, D.D., Aretz, S., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Valle, L., Balaguer, F., Bonjoch, L., and Castellvi-Bel, S.
Abstract: 01 juni 2023, Item does not contain fulltext, BACKGROUND: Patients with serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) have multiple and/or large serrated colonic polyps and higher risk for colorectal cancer. SPS inherited genetic basis is mostly unknown. We aimed to identify new germline predisposition factors for SPS by functionally evaluating a candidate gene and replicating it in additional SPS cohorts. METHODS: After a previous whole-exome sequencing in 39 SPS patients from 16 families (discovery cohort), we sequenced specific genes in an independent validation cohort of 211 unrelated SPS cases. Additional external replication was also available in 297 SPS cases. The WNK2 gene was disrupted in HT-29 cells by gene editing, and WNK2 variants were transfected using a lentiviral delivery system. Cells were analysed by immunoblots, real-time PCR and functional assays monitoring the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, cell cycle progression, survival and adhesion. RESULTS: We identified 2 rare germline variants in the WNK2 gene in the discovery cohort, 3 additional variants in the validation cohort and 10 other variants in the external cohorts. Variants c.2105C>T (p.Pro702Leu), c.4820C>T (p.Ala1607Val) and c.6157G>A (p.Val2053Ile) were functionally characterised, displaying higher levels of phospho-PAK1/2, phospho-ERK1/2, CCND1, clonogenic capacity and MMP2. CONCLUSION: After whole-exome sequencing in SPS cases with familial aggregation and replication of results in additional cohorts, we identified rare germline variants in the WNK2 gene. Functional studies suggested germline WNK2 variants affect protein function in the context of the MAPK pathway, a molecular hallmark in this disease.
Published: 2023

4. Germline mutations in WNK2 could be associated with serrated polyposis syndrome

Author: Soares de Lima, Y, Arnau-Collell, C, Munoz, J, Herrera-Pariente, C, Moreira, L, Ocana, T, Diaz-Gay, M, Franch-Exposito, S, Cuatrecasas, M, Carballal, S, Lopez-Novo, A, Moreno, L, Fernandez, G, Diaz de Bustamante, A, Peters, S, Sommer, AK, Spier, I, te Paske, IBAW, van Herwaarden, YJ, Castells, A, Bujanda, L, Capella, G, Steinke-Lange, V, Mahmood, K, Joo, JE, Arnold, J, Parry, S, Macrae, FA, Winship, IM, Rosty, C, Cubiella, J, Rodriguez-Alcalde, D, Holinski-Feder, E, de Voer, R, Buchanan, DD, Aretz, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Valle, L, Balaguer, F, Bonjoch, L, Castellvi-Bel, S, Soares de Lima, Y, Arnau-Collell, C, Munoz, J, Herrera-Pariente, C, Moreira, L, Ocana, T, Diaz-Gay, M, Franch-Exposito, S, Cuatrecasas, M, Carballal, S, Lopez-Novo, A, Moreno, L, Fernandez, G, Diaz de Bustamante, A, Peters, S, Sommer, AK, Spier, I, te Paske, IBAW, van Herwaarden, YJ, Castells, A, Bujanda, L, Capella, G, Steinke-Lange, V, Mahmood, K, Joo, JE, Arnold, J, Parry, S, Macrae, FA, Winship, IM, Rosty, C, Cubiella, J, Rodriguez-Alcalde, D, Holinski-Feder, E, de Voer, R, Buchanan, DD, Aretz, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Valle, L, Balaguer, F, Bonjoch, L, and Castellvi-Bel, S
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Patients with serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS) have multiple and/or large serrated colonic polyps and higher risk for colorectal cancer. SPS inherited genetic basis is mostly unknown. We aimed to identify new germline predisposition factors for SPS by functionally evaluating a candidate gene and replicating it in additional SPS cohorts. METHODS: After a previous whole-exome sequencing in 39 SPS patients from 16 families (discovery cohort), we sequenced specific genes in an independent validation cohort of 211 unrelated SPS cases. Additional external replication was also available in 297 SPS cases. The WNK2 gene was disrupted in HT-29 cells by gene editing, and WNK2 variants were transfected using a lentiviral delivery system. Cells were analysed by immunoblots, real-time PCR and functional assays monitoring the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway, cell cycle progression, survival and adhesion. RESULTS: We identified 2 rare germline variants in the WNK2 gene in the discovery cohort, 3 additional variants in the validation cohort and 10 other variants in the external cohorts. Variants c.2105C>T (p.Pro702Leu), c.4820C>T (p.Ala1607Val) and c.6157G>A (p.Val2053Ile) were functionally characterised, displaying higher levels of phospho-PAK1/2, phospho-ERK1/2, CCND1, clonogenic capacity and MMP2. CONCLUSION: After whole-exome sequencing in SPS cases with familial aggregation and replication of results in additional cohorts, we identified rare germline variants in the WNK2 gene. Functional studies suggested germline WNK2 variants affect protein function in the context of the MAPK pathway, a molecular hallmark in this disease.
Published: 2023

5. Candidate predisposing germline copy number variants in early onset colorectal cancer patients

Author: Brea-Fernandez, A. J., Fernandez-Rozadilla, C., Alvarez-Barona, M., Azuara, D., Ginesta, M. M., Clofent, J., de Castro, L., Gonzalez, D., Andreu, M., Bessa, X., Llor, X., Xicola, R., Jover, R., Castells, A., Castellvi-Bel, S., Capella, G., Carracedo, A., and Ruiz-Ponte, C.
Published: 2017
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6. The role of haematological parameters in predicting the response to radical chemoradiotherapy in patients with anal squamous cell cancer

Author: Stojanovic-Rundic, Suzana, Marinkovic, Mladen, Cavic, Milena, Karapandzic, Vesna Plesinac, Gavrilovic, Dusica, Jankovic, Radmila, Voer, R.M. de, Castellvi-Bel, S., Krivokapic, Zoran, Stojanovic-Rundic, Suzana, Marinkovic, Mladen, Cavic, Milena, Karapandzic, Vesna Plesinac, Gavrilovic, Dusica, Jankovic, Radmila, Voer, R.M. de, Castellvi-Bel, S., and Krivokapic, Zoran
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Published: 2021

7. Response to Li and Hopper.

Author: Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Huyghe J.R., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., Hsu L., Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Huyghe J.R., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., and Hsu L.
Published: 2021

8. Genetically predicted circulating concentrations of micronutrients and risk of colorectal cancer among individuals of European descent: a Mendelian randomization study.

Author: Hampe J., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Markozannes G., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-de-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., Travis R.C., Hampe J., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Markozannes G., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-de-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., and Travis R.C.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The literature on associations of circulating concentrations of minerals and vitamins with risk of colorectal cancer is limited and inconsistent. Evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to support the efficacy of dietary modification or nutrient supplementation for colorectal cancer prevention is also limited. OBJECTIVE(S): To complement observational and RCT findings, we investigated associations of genetically predicted concentrations of 11 micronutrients (beta-carotene, calcium, copper, folate, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and zinc) with colorectal cancer risk using Mendelian randomization (MR). METHOD(S): Two-sample MR was conducted using 58,221 individuals with colorectal cancer and 67,694 controls from the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, Colorectal Cancer Transdisciplinary Study, and Colon Cancer Family Registry. Inverse variance-weighted MR analyses were performed with sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of potential violations of MR assumptions. RESULT(S): Nominally significant associations were noted for genetically predicted iron concentration and higher risk of colon cancer [ORs per SD (ORSD): 1.08; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.17; P value=0.05] and similarly for proximal colon cancer, and for vitamin B-12 concentration and higher risk of colorectal cancer (ORSD: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.21; P value=0.01) and similarly for colon cancer. A nominally significant association was also noted for genetically predicted selenium concentration and lower risk of colon cancer (ORSD: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.96, 1.00; P value=0.05) and similarly for distal colon cancer. These associations were robust to sensitivity analyses. Nominally significant inverse associations were observed for zinc and risk of colorectal and distal colon cancers, but sensitivity analyses could not be performed. None of these findings survived correction for multiple testing. Genetically predicted concentrations of beta-caroten
Published: 2021

9. Salicylic acid and risk of colorectal cancer: A two-sample mendelian randomization study.

Author: Nounu A., Richmond R.C., Stewart I.D., Surendran P., Wareham N.J., Butterworth A., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Marchand L.L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Dujinhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Amitay E., Alwers E., Chang-Claude J., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.-R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., Van Guelpen B., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Pharoah P.D.P., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Brenner H., Hoffmeister M., Williams A.C., Relton C.L., Nounu A., Richmond R.C., Stewart I.D., Surendran P., Wareham N.J., Butterworth A., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Marchand L.L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Dujinhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Amitay E., Alwers E., Chang-Claude J., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.-R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., Van Guelpen B., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Pharoah P.D.P., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Brenner H., Hoffmeister M., Williams A.C., and Relton C.L.
Abstract: Salicylic acid (SA) has observationally been shown to decrease colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid, that rapidly deacetylates to SA) is an effective primary and secondary chemopreventive agent. Through a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, we aimed to address whether levels of SA affected CRC risk, stratifying by aspirin use. A two-sample MR analysis was performed using GWAS summary statistics of SA (INTERVAL and EPIC-Norfolk, N = 14,149) and CRC (CCFR, CORECT, GECCO and UK Biobank, 55,168 cases and 65,160 controls). The DACHS study (4410 cases and 3441 controls) was used for replication and stratification of aspirin use. SNPs proxying SA were selected via three methods: (1) functional SNPs that influence the activity of aspirin-metabolising enzymes; (2) pathway SNPs present in enzymes' coding regions; and (3) genome-wide significant SNPs. We found no association between functional SNPs and SA levels. The pathway and genome-wide SNPs showed no association between SA and CRC risk (OR:1.03, 95% CI: 0.84-1.27 and OR: 1.08, 95% CI:0.86-1.34, respectively). Results remained unchanged upon aspirin use stratification. We found little evidence to suggest that an SD increase in genetically predicted SA protects against CRC risk in the general population and upon stratification by aspirin use.Copyright © 2021 by the authors. Li-censee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Published: 2021

10. Genetically predicted circulating concentrations of micronutrients and risk of colorectal cancer among individuals of European descent: A Mendelian randomization study.

Author: Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Markozannes G., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., Travis R.C., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., Van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., De La Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-De-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Markozannes G., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., Travis R.C., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., Van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., De La Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-De-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., and Gunter M.J.
Abstract: Background: The literature on associations of circulating concentrations of minerals and vitamins with risk of colorectal cancer is limited and inconsistent. Evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to support the efficacy of dietary modification or nutrient supplementation for colorectal cancer prevention is also limited. Objective(s): To complement observational and RCT findings, we investigated associations of genetically predicted concentrations of 11 micronutrients (beta-carotene, calcium, copper, folate, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and zinc) with colorectal cancer risk using Mendelian randomization (MR). Method(s): Two-sample MR was conducted using 58,221 individuals with colorectal cancer and 67,694 controls from the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, Colorectal Cancer Transdisciplinary Study, and Colon Cancer Family Registry. Inverse variance-weighted MR analyses were performed with sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of potential violations of MR assumptions. Result(s): Nominally significant associations were noted for genetically predicted iron concentration and higher risk of colon cancer [ORs per SD (ORSD): 1.08 95% CI: 1.00, 1.17 P value = 0.05] and similarly for proximal colon cancer, and for vitamin B-12 concentration and higher risk of colorectal cancer (ORSD: 1.12 95% CI: 1.03, 1.21 P value = 0.01) and similarly for colon cancer. A nominally significant association was also noted for genetically predicted selenium concentration and lower risk of colon cancer (ORSD: 0.98 95% CI: 0.96, 1.00 P value = 0.05) and similarly for distal colon cancer. These associations were robust to sensitivity analyses. Nominally significant inverse associations were observed for zinc and risk of colorectal and distal colon cancers, but sensitivity analyses could not be performed. None of these findings survived correction for multiple testing. Genetically predicted concentrations of beta-caroten
Published: 2021

11. A combined proteomics and mendelian randomization approach to investigate the effects of aspirin-targeted proteins on colorectal cancer.

Author: Pharoah P.D.P., Nounu A., Greenhough A., Heesom K.J., Richmond R.C., Zheng J., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Williams A.C., Relton C.L., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Le Marchand L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Brenner H., Chang-Claude J., Hoffmeister M., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., van Guelpen B., Pharoah P.D.P., Nounu A., Greenhough A., Heesom K.J., Richmond R.C., Zheng J., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Williams A.C., Relton C.L., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Le Marchand L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Brenner H., Chang-Claude J., Hoffmeister M., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., and van Guelpen B.
Abstract: Background: Evidence for aspirin's chemopreventative properties on colorectal cancer (CRC) is substantial, but its mechanism of action is not well-understood. We combined a proteomic approach with Mendelian randomization (MR) to identify possible new aspirin targets that decrease CRC risk. Method(s): Human colorectal adenoma cells (RG/C2) were treated with aspirin (24 hours) and a stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) based proteomics approach identified altered protein expression. Protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) from INTERVAL (N 1/4 3,301) and expression QTLs (eQTLs) from the eQTLGen Consortium (N 1/4 31,684) were used as genetic proxies for protein and mRNA expression levels. Two-sample MR of mRNA/protein expression on CRC risk was performed using eQTL/pQTL data combined with CRC genetic summary data from the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR), Colorectal Transdisciplinary (CORECT), Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer (GECCO) consortia and UK Biobank (55,168 cases and 65,160 controls). Result(s): Altered expression was detected for 125/5886 proteins. Of these, aspirin decreased MCM6, RRM2, and ARFIP2 expression, and MR analysis showed that a standard deviation increase in mRNA/protein expression was associated with increased CRC risk (OR: 1.08, 95% CI, 1.03-1.13; OR: 3.33, 95% CI, 2.46-4.50; and OR: 1.15, 95% CI, 1.02-1.29, respectively). Conclusion(s): MCM6 and RRM2 are involved in DNA repair whereby reduced expression may lead to increased DNA aberrations and ultimately cancer cell death, whereas ARFIP2 is involved in actin cytoskeletal regulation, indicating a possible role in aspirin's reduction of metastasis. Impact: Our approach has shown how laboratory experiments and population-based approaches can combine to identify aspirin-targeted proteins possibly affecting CRC risk.Copyright ©2020 American Association for Cancer Research.
Published: 2021

12. Salicylic Acid and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study

Author: Nounu, A, Richmond, RC, Stewart, ID, Surendran, P, Wareham, NJ, Butterworth, A, Weinstein, SJ, Albanes, D, Baron, JA, Hopper, JL, Figueiredo, JC, Newcomb, PA, Lindor, NM, Casey, G, Platz, EA, Marchand, LL, Ulrich, CM, Li, CI, van Dujinhoven, FJB, Gsur, A, Campbell, PT, Moreno, V, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Amitay, E, Alwers, E, Chang-Claude, J, Sakoda, LC, Slattery, ML, Schoen, RE, Gunter, MJ, Castellvi-Bel, S, Kim, H-R, Kweon, S-S, Chan, AT, Li, L, Zheng, W, Bishop, DT, Buchanan, DD, Giles, GG, Gruber, SB, Rennert, G, Stadler, ZK, Harrison, TA, Lin, Y, Keku, TO, Woods, MO, Schafmayer, C, Van Guelpen, B, Gallinger, S, Hampel, H, Berndt, SI, Pharoah, PDP, Lindblom, A, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, White, E, Peters, U, Drew, DA, Scherer, D, Bermejo, JL, Brenner, H, Hoffmeister, M, Williams, AC, Relton, CL, Nounu, A, Richmond, RC, Stewart, ID, Surendran, P, Wareham, NJ, Butterworth, A, Weinstein, SJ, Albanes, D, Baron, JA, Hopper, JL, Figueiredo, JC, Newcomb, PA, Lindor, NM, Casey, G, Platz, EA, Marchand, LL, Ulrich, CM, Li, CI, van Dujinhoven, FJB, Gsur, A, Campbell, PT, Moreno, V, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Amitay, E, Alwers, E, Chang-Claude, J, Sakoda, LC, Slattery, ML, Schoen, RE, Gunter, MJ, Castellvi-Bel, S, Kim, H-R, Kweon, S-S, Chan, AT, Li, L, Zheng, W, Bishop, DT, Buchanan, DD, Giles, GG, Gruber, SB, Rennert, G, Stadler, ZK, Harrison, TA, Lin, Y, Keku, TO, Woods, MO, Schafmayer, C, Van Guelpen, B, Gallinger, S, Hampel, H, Berndt, SI, Pharoah, PDP, Lindblom, A, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, White, E, Peters, U, Drew, DA, Scherer, D, Bermejo, JL, Brenner, H, Hoffmeister, M, Williams, AC, and Relton, CL
Abstract: Salicylic acid (SA) has observationally been shown to decrease colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid, that rapidly deacetylates to SA) is an effective primary and secondary chemopreventive agent. Through a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, we aimed to address whether levels of SA affected CRC risk, stratifying by aspirin use. A two-sample MR analysis was performed using GWAS summary statistics of SA (INTERVAL and EPIC-Norfolk, N = 14,149) and CRC (CCFR, CORECT, GECCO and UK Biobank, 55,168 cases and 65,160 controls). The DACHS study (4410 cases and 3441 controls) was used for replication and stratification of aspirin-use. SNPs proxying SA were selected via three methods: (1) functional SNPs that influence the activity of aspirin-metabolising enzymes; (2) pathway SNPs present in enzymes' coding regions; and (3) genome-wide significant SNPs. We found no association between functional SNPs and SA levels. The pathway and genome-wide SNPs showed no association between SA and CRC risk (OR: 1.03, 95% CI: 0.84-1.27 and OR: 1.08, 95% CI: 0.86-1.34, respectively). Results remained unchanged upon aspirin use stratification. We found little evidence to suggest that an SD increase in genetically predicted SA protects against CRC risk in the general population and upon stratification by aspirin use.
Published: 2021

13. Genetic architectures of proximal and distal colorectal cancer are partly distinct

Author: Huyghe, JR, Harrison, TA, Bien, SA, Hampel, H, Figueiredo, JC, Schmit, SL, Conti, D, Chen, S, Qu, C, Lin, Y, Barfield, R, Baron, JA, Cross, AJ, Diergaarde, B, Duggan, D, Harlid, S, Imaz, L, Kang, HM, Levine, DM, Perduca, V, Perez-Cornago, A, Sakoda, LC, Schumacher, FR, Slattery, ML, Toland, AE, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, Agudo, A, Albanes, D, Alonso, MH, Anderson, K, Arnau-Collell, C, Arndt, V, Banbury, BL, Bassik, MC, Berndt, S, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Boehm, J, Boeing, H, Boutron-Ruault, M-C, Brenner, H, Brezina, S, Buch, S, Buchanan, DD, Burnett-Hartman, A, Caan, BJ, Campbell, PT, Carr, PR, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Curtis, KR, de la Chapelle, A, Easton, DF, English, DR, Feskens, EJM, Gala, M, Gallinger, SJ, Gauderman, WJ, Giles, GG, Goodman, PJ, Grady, WM, Grove, JS, Gsur, A, Gunter, MJ, Haile, RW, Hampe, J, Hoffmeister, M, Hopper, JL, Hsu, W-L, Huang, W-Y, Hudson, TJ, Jenab, M, Jenkins, MA, Joshi, AD, Keku, TO, Kooperberg, C, Kuhn, T, Kury, S, Le Marchand, L, Lejbkowicz, F, Li, C, Li, L, Lieb, W, Lindblom, A, Lindor, NM, Mannisto, S, Markowitz, SD, Milne, RL, Moreno, L, Murphy, N, Nassir, R, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Panico, S, Parfrey, PS, Pearlman, R, Pharoah, PDP, Phipps, A, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Prentice, RL, Qi, L, Raskin, L, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Riboli, E, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Seminara, D, Song, M, Su, Y-R, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Thomas, DC, Trichopoulou, A, Ulrich, CM, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Weigl, K, Weinstein, SJ, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Abecasis, GR, Nickerson, DA, Scacheri, PC, Kundaje, A, Casey, G, Gruber, SB, Hsu, L, Moreno, V, Hayes, RB, Newcomb, PA, Peters, U, Huyghe, JR, Harrison, TA, Bien, SA, Hampel, H, Figueiredo, JC, Schmit, SL, Conti, D, Chen, S, Qu, C, Lin, Y, Barfield, R, Baron, JA, Cross, AJ, Diergaarde, B, Duggan, D, Harlid, S, Imaz, L, Kang, HM, Levine, DM, Perduca, V, Perez-Cornago, A, Sakoda, LC, Schumacher, FR, Slattery, ML, Toland, AE, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, Agudo, A, Albanes, D, Alonso, MH, Anderson, K, Arnau-Collell, C, Arndt, V, Banbury, BL, Bassik, MC, Berndt, S, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Boehm, J, Boeing, H, Boutron-Ruault, M-C, Brenner, H, Brezina, S, Buch, S, Buchanan, DD, Burnett-Hartman, A, Caan, BJ, Campbell, PT, Carr, PR, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Curtis, KR, de la Chapelle, A, Easton, DF, English, DR, Feskens, EJM, Gala, M, Gallinger, SJ, Gauderman, WJ, Giles, GG, Goodman, PJ, Grady, WM, Grove, JS, Gsur, A, Gunter, MJ, Haile, RW, Hampe, J, Hoffmeister, M, Hopper, JL, Hsu, W-L, Huang, W-Y, Hudson, TJ, Jenab, M, Jenkins, MA, Joshi, AD, Keku, TO, Kooperberg, C, Kuhn, T, Kury, S, Le Marchand, L, Lejbkowicz, F, Li, C, Li, L, Lieb, W, Lindblom, A, Lindor, NM, Mannisto, S, Markowitz, SD, Milne, RL, Moreno, L, Murphy, N, Nassir, R, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Panico, S, Parfrey, PS, Pearlman, R, Pharoah, PDP, Phipps, A, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Prentice, RL, Qi, L, Raskin, L, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Riboli, E, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Seminara, D, Song, M, Su, Y-R, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Thomas, DC, Trichopoulou, A, Ulrich, CM, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Weigl, K, Weinstein, SJ, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Abecasis, GR, Nickerson, DA, Scacheri, PC, Kundaje, A, Casey, G, Gruber, SB, Hsu, L, Moreno, V, Hayes, RB, Newcomb, PA, and Peters, U
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: An understanding of the etiologic heterogeneity of colorectal cancer (CRC) is critical for improving precision prevention, including individualized screening recommendations and the discovery of novel drug targets and repurposable drug candidates for chemoprevention. Known differences in molecular characteristics and environmental risk factors among tumors arising in different locations of the colorectum suggest partly distinct mechanisms of carcinogenesis. The extent to which the contribution of inherited genetic risk factors for CRC differs by anatomical subsite of the primary tumor has not been examined. DESIGN: To identify new anatomical subsite-specific risk loci, we performed genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analyses including data of 48 214 CRC cases and 64 159 controls of European ancestry. We characterised effect heterogeneity at CRC risk loci using multinomial modelling. RESULTS: We identified 13 loci that reached genome-wide significance (p<5×10-8) and that were not reported by previous GWASs for overall CRC risk. Multiple lines of evidence support candidate genes at several of these loci. We detected substantial heterogeneity between anatomical subsites. Just over half (61) of 109 known and new risk variants showed no evidence for heterogeneity. In contrast, 22 variants showed association with distal CRC (including rectal cancer), but no evidence for association or an attenuated association with proximal CRC. For two loci, there was strong evidence for effects confined to proximal colon cancer. CONCLUSION: Genetic architectures of proximal and distal CRC are partly distinct. Studies of risk factors and mechanisms of carcinogenesis, and precision prevention strategies should take into consideration the anatomical subsite of the tumour.
Published: 2021

14. High incidence of large deletions in the PMS2 gene in Spanish Lynch syndrome families

Author: Brea-Fernández, A. J., Cameselle-Teijeiro, J. M., Alenda, C., Fernández-Rozadilla, C., Cubiella, J., Clofent, J., Reñé, J. M., Anido, U., Milá, M., Balaguer, F., Castells, A., Castellvi-Bel, S., Jover, R., Carracedo, A., and Ruiz-Ponte, C.
Published: 2014
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15. A novel founder MSH2 deletion in Ethiopian Jews is mainly associated with early-onset colorectal cancer

Author: Kedar, I., primary, Walsh, L., additional, Levi, G. Reznick, additional, Lieberman, S., additional, Shtaya, A. Abu, additional, Nathan, S. Naftaly, additional, Lagovsky, I., additional, Tomashov-Matar, R., additional, Goldenberg, M., additional, Basel-Salmon, L., additional, Katz, L., additional, Aleme, O., additional, Peretz, T. Yablonski, additional, Hubert, A., additional, Rothstein, D., additional, Castellvi-Bel, S., additional, Walsh, T., additional, King, M. C., additional, Pritchard, C. C., additional, Levi, Z., additional, Half, E., additional, Laish, I., additional, and Goldberg, Y., additional
Published: 2021
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16. Genome-wide Modeling of Polygenic Risk Score in Colorectal Cancer Risk.

Author: Huyghe J.R., Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., Hsu L., Huyghe J.R., Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., and Hsu L.
Abstract: Accurate colorectal cancer (CRC) risk prediction models are critical for identifying individuals at low and high risk of developing CRC, as they can then be offered targeted screening and interventions to address their risks of developing disease (if they are in a high-risk group) and avoid unnecessary screening and interventions (if they are in a low-risk group). As it is likely that thousands of genetic variants contribute to CRC risk, it is clinically important to investigate whether these genetic variants can be used jointly for CRC risk prediction. In this paper, we derived and compared different approaches to generating predictive polygenic risk scores (PRS) from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) including 55,105 CRC-affected case subjects and 65,079 control subjects of European ancestry. We built the PRS in three ways, using (1) 140 previously identified and validated CRC loci; (2) SNP selection based on linkage disequilibrium (LD) clumping followed by machine-learning approaches; and (3) LDpred, a Bayesian approach for genome-wide risk prediction. We tested the PRS in an independent cohort of 101,987 individuals with 1,699 CRC-affected case subjects. The discriminatory accuracy, calculated by the age- and sex-adjusted area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC), was highest for the LDpred-derived PRS (AUC = 0.654) including nearly 1.2 M genetic variants (the proportion of causal genetic variants for CRC assumed to be 0.003), whereas the PRS of the 140 known variants identified from GWASs had the lowest AUC (AUC = 0.629). Based on the LDpred-derived PRS, we are able to identify 30% of individuals without a family history as having risk for CRC similar to those with a family history of CRC, whereas the PRS based on known GWAS variants identified only top 10% as having a similar relative risk. About 90% of these individuals have no family history and would have been considered average risk under current screening guidelines, but might be
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17. Circulating Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 Associate With Risk of Colorectal Cancer Based on Serologic and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.

Author: English D., Van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Vymetalkova V., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Murphy N., Carreras-Torres R., Song M., Chan A.T., Martin R.M., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Tsilidis K.K., Banbury B., Bradbury K.E., Besevic J., Rinaldi S., Riboli E., Cross A.J., Travis R.C., Agnoli C., Albanes D., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Onland-Moret N.C., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chang-Claude J., Chirlaque M.-D., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Hsu L., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Ose J., Perduca V., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Ulrich C.M., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., English D., Van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Vymetalkova V., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Murphy N., Carreras-Torres R., Song M., Chan A.T., Martin R.M., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Tsilidis K.K., Banbury B., Bradbury K.E., Besevic J., Rinaldi S., Riboli E., Cross A.J., Travis R.C., Agnoli C., Albanes D., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Onland-Moret N.C., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chang-Claude J., Chirlaque M.-D., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Hsu L., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Ose J., Perduca V., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Ulrich C.M., and van Duijnhoven F.J.B.
Abstract: Background & Aims: Human studies examining associations between circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) and colorectal cancer risk have reported inconsistent results. We conducted complementary serologic and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to determine whether alterations in circulating levels of IGF1 or IGFBP3 are associated with colorectal cancer development. Method(s): Serum levels of IGF1 were measured in blood samples collected from 397,380 participants from the UK Biobank, from 2006 through 2010. Incident cancer cases and cancer cases recorded first in death certificates were identified through linkage to national cancer and death registries. Complete follow-up was available through March 31, 2016. For the MR analyses, we identified genetic variants associated with circulating levels of IGF1 and IGFBP3. The association of these genetic variants with colorectal cancer was examined with 2-sample MR methods using genome-wide association study consortia data (52,865 cases with colorectal cancer and 46,287 individuals without [controls]) Results: After a median follow-up period of 7.1 years, 2665 cases of colorectal cancer were recorded. In a multivariable-adjusted model, circulating level of IGF1 associated with colorectal cancer risk (hazard ratio per 1 standard deviation increment of IGF1, 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-1.17). Similar associations were found by sex, follow-up time, and tumor subsite. In the MR analyses, a 1 standard deviation increment in IGF1 level, predicted based on genetic factors, was associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer risk (odds ratio 1.08; 95% CI 1.03-1.12; P = 3.3 x 10-4). Level of IGFBP3, predicted based on genetic factors, was associated with colorectal cancer risk (odds ratio per 1 standard deviation increment, 1.12; 95% CI 1.06-1.18; P = 4.2 x 10-5). Colorectal cancer risk was associated with only 1 variant in the IGFBP3 gene re
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18. Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study.

Author: Hsu L., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Cross A.J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Gapstur S.M., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Joshu C.E., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., May A.M., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Quiros J.R., Rennert G., Riboli E., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Tsilidis K.K., Ulrich C.M., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Campbell P.T., Zheng W., Peters U., Vincent E.E., Gunter M.J., Bull C.J., Bell J.A., Murphy N., Sanderson E., Davey Smith G., Timpson N.J., Banbury B.L., Albanes D., Hsu L., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Cross A.J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Gapstur S.M., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Joshu C.E., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., May A.M., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Quiros J.R., Rennert G., Riboli E., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Tsilidis K.K., Ulrich C.M., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Campbell P.T., Zheng W., Peters U., Vincent E.E., Gunter M.J., Bull C.J., Bell J.A., Murphy N., Sanderson E., Davey Smith G., Timpson N.J., Banbury B.L., and Albanes D.
Abstract: Background: Higher adiposity increases the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), but whether this relationship varies by anatomical sub-site or by sex is unclear. Further, the metabolic alterations mediating the effects of adiposity on CRC are not fully understood. Method(s): We examined sex- and site-specific associations of adiposity with CRC risk and whether adiposity-associated metabolites explain the associations of adiposity with CRC. Genetic variants from genome-wide association studies of body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR, unadjusted for BMI; N = 806,810), and 123 metabolites from targeted nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics (N = 24,925), were used as instruments. Sex-combined and sex-specific Mendelian randomization (MR) was conducted for BMI and WHR with CRC risk (58,221 cases and 67,694 controls in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, Colorectal Cancer Transdisciplinary Study, and Colon Cancer Family Registry). Sex-combined MR was conducted for BMI and WHR with metabolites, for metabolites with CRC, and for BMI and WHR with CRC adjusted for metabolite classes in multivariable models. Result(s): In sex-specific MR analyses, higher BMI (per 4.2 kg/m2) was associated with 1.23 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.08, 1.38) times higher CRC odds among men (inverse-variance-weighted (IVW) model); among women, higher BMI (per 5.2 kg/m2) was associated with 1.09 (95% CI = 0.97, 1.22) times higher CRC odds. WHR (per 0.07 higher) was more strongly associated with CRC risk among women (IVW OR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.43) than men (IVW OR = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.81, 1.36). BMI or WHR was associated with 104/123 metabolites at false discovery rate-corrected P <= 0.05; several metabolites were associated with CRC, but not in directions that were consistent with the mediation of positive adiposity-CRC relations. In multivariable MR analyses, associations of BMI and WHR with CRC were not attenuated following adjustment for representative
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19. Cumulative Burden of Colorectal Cancer Associated Genetic Variants Is More Strongly Associated With Early-Onset vs Late-Onset Cancer

Author: Archambault, AN, Su, Y-R, Jeon, J, Thomas, M, Lin, Y, Conti, DV, Win, AK, Sakoda, LC, Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I, Peterse, EFP, Zauber, AG, Duggan, D, Holowatyj, AN, Huyghe, JR, Brenner, H, Cotterchio, M, Bezieau, S, Schmit, SL, Edlund, CK, Southey, MC, MacInnis, RJ, Campbell, PT, Chang-Claude, J, Slattery, ML, Chan, AT, Joshi, AD, Song, M, Cao, Y, Woods, MO, White, E, Weinstein, SJ, Ulrich, CM, Hoffmeister, M, Bien, SA, Harrison, TA, Hampe, J, Li, CI, Schafmayer, C, Offit, K, Pharoah, PD, Moreno, V, Lindblom, A, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, Li, L, Gunter, MJ, Gsur, A, Keku, TO, Pearlman, R, Bishop, DT, Castellvi-Bel, S, Moreira, L, Vodicka, P, Kampman, E, Giles, GG, Albanes, D, Baron, JA, Berndt, SI, Brezina, S, Buch, S, Buchanan, DD, Trichopoulou, A, Severi, G, Chirlaque, M-D, Sanchez, M-J, Palli, D, Kuhn, T, Murphy, N, Cross, AJ, Burnett-Hartman, AN, Chanock, SJ, de la Chapelle, A, Easton, DF, Elliott, F, English, DR, Feskens, EJM, FitzGerald, LM, Goodman, PJ, Hopper, JL, Hudson, TJ, Hunter, DJ, Jacobs, EJ, Joshu, CE, Kury, S, Markowitz, SD, Milne, RL, Platz, EA, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Schumacher, FR, Sandler, RS, Seminara, D, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Toland, AE, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Visvanathan, K, Vodickova, L, Potter, JD, Mannisto, S, Weigl, K, Figueiredo, J, Martin, V, Larsson, SC, Parfrey, PS, Huang, W-Y, Lenz, H-J, Castelao, JE, Gago-Dominguez, M, Munoz-Garzon, V, Mancao, C, Haiman, CA, Wilkens, LR, Siegel, E, Barry, E, Younghusband, B, Van Guelpen, B, Harlid, S, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A, Liang, PS, Du, M, Casey, G, Lindor, NM, Le Marchand, L, Gallinger, SJ, Jenkins, MA, Newcomb, PA, Gruber, SB, Schoen, RE, Hampel, H, Corley, DA, Hsu, L, Peters, U, Hayes, RB, Archambault, AN, Su, Y-R, Jeon, J, Thomas, M, Lin, Y, Conti, DV, Win, AK, Sakoda, LC, Lansdorp-Vogelaar, I, Peterse, EFP, Zauber, AG, Duggan, D, Holowatyj, AN, Huyghe, JR, Brenner, H, Cotterchio, M, Bezieau, S, Schmit, SL, Edlund, CK, Southey, MC, MacInnis, RJ, Campbell, PT, Chang-Claude, J, Slattery, ML, Chan, AT, Joshi, AD, Song, M, Cao, Y, Woods, MO, White, E, Weinstein, SJ, Ulrich, CM, Hoffmeister, M, Bien, SA, Harrison, TA, Hampe, J, Li, CI, Schafmayer, C, Offit, K, Pharoah, PD, Moreno, V, Lindblom, A, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, Li, L, Gunter, MJ, Gsur, A, Keku, TO, Pearlman, R, Bishop, DT, Castellvi-Bel, S, Moreira, L, Vodicka, P, Kampman, E, Giles, GG, Albanes, D, Baron, JA, Berndt, SI, Brezina, S, Buch, S, Buchanan, DD, Trichopoulou, A, Severi, G, Chirlaque, M-D, Sanchez, M-J, Palli, D, Kuhn, T, Murphy, N, Cross, AJ, Burnett-Hartman, AN, Chanock, SJ, de la Chapelle, A, Easton, DF, Elliott, F, English, DR, Feskens, EJM, FitzGerald, LM, Goodman, PJ, Hopper, JL, Hudson, TJ, Hunter, DJ, Jacobs, EJ, Joshu, CE, Kury, S, Markowitz, SD, Milne, RL, Platz, EA, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Schumacher, FR, Sandler, RS, Seminara, D, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Toland, AE, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Visvanathan, K, Vodickova, L, Potter, JD, Mannisto, S, Weigl, K, Figueiredo, J, Martin, V, Larsson, SC, Parfrey, PS, Huang, W-Y, Lenz, H-J, Castelao, JE, Gago-Dominguez, M, Munoz-Garzon, V, Mancao, C, Haiman, CA, Wilkens, LR, Siegel, E, Barry, E, Younghusband, B, Van Guelpen, B, Harlid, S, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A, Liang, PS, Du, M, Casey, G, Lindor, NM, Le Marchand, L, Gallinger, SJ, Jenkins, MA, Newcomb, PA, Gruber, SB, Schoen, RE, Hampel, H, Corley, DA, Hsu, L, Peters, U, and Hayes, RB
Abstract: BACKGROUND & AIMS: Early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC, in persons younger than 50 years old) is increasing in incidence; yet, in the absence of a family history of CRC, this population lacks harmonized recommendations for prevention. We aimed to determine whether a polygenic risk score (PRS) developed from 95 CRC-associated common genetic risk variants was associated with risk for early-onset CRC. METHODS: We studied risk for CRC associated with a weighted PRS in 12,197 participants younger than 50 years old vs 95,865 participants 50 years or older. PRS was calculated based on single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with CRC in a large-scale genome-wide association study as of January 2019. Participants were pooled from 3 large consortia that provided clinical and genotyping data: the Colon Cancer Family Registry, the Colorectal Transdisciplinary Study, and the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium and were all of genetically defined European descent. Findings were replicated in an independent cohort of 72,573 participants. RESULTS: Overall associations with CRC per standard deviation of PRS were significant for early-onset cancer, and were stronger compared with late-onset cancer (P for interaction = .01); when we compared the highest PRS quartile with the lowest, risk increased 3.7-fold for early-onset CRC (95% CI 3.28-4.24) vs 2.9-fold for late-onset CRC (95% CI 2.80-3.04). This association was strongest for participants without a first-degree family history of CRC (P for interaction = 5.61 × 10-5). When we compared the highest with the lowest quartiles in this group, risk increased 4.3-fold for early-onset CRC (95% CI 3.61-5.01) vs 2.9-fold for late-onset CRC (95% CI 2.70-3.00). Sensitivity analyses were consistent with these findings. CONCLUSIONS: In an analysis of associations with CRC per standard deviation of PRS, we found the cumulative burden of CRC-associated common genetic variants to associate with early-onset cancer, and to be mo
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20. Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study

Author: Bull, CJ, Bell, JA, Murphy, N, Sanderson, E, Davey Smith, G, Timpson, NJ, Banbury, BL, Albanes, D, Berndt, SI, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Brenner, H, Buchanan, DD, Burnett-Hartman, A, Casey, G, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Cross, AJ, de la Chapelle, A, Figueiredo, JC, Gallinger, SJ, Gapstur, SM, Giles, GG, Gruber, SB, Gsur, A, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harrison, TA, Hoffmeister, M, Hsu, L, Huang, W-Y, Huyghe, JR, Jenkins, MA, Joshu, CE, Keku, TO, Kuhn, T, Kweon, S-S, Le Marchand, L, Li, CI, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Martin, V, May, AM, Milne, RL, Moreno, V, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Phipps, AI, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Qu, C, Quiros, JR, Rennert, G, Riboli, E, Sakoda, LC, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Slattery, ML, Tangen, CM, Tsilidis, KK, Ulrich, CM, van Duijnhoven, FJB, van Guelpen, B, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Wang, H, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Campbell, PT, Zheng, W, Peters, U, Vincent, EE, Gunter, MJ, Bull, CJ, Bell, JA, Murphy, N, Sanderson, E, Davey Smith, G, Timpson, NJ, Banbury, BL, Albanes, D, Berndt, SI, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Brenner, H, Buchanan, DD, Burnett-Hartman, A, Casey, G, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Cross, AJ, de la Chapelle, A, Figueiredo, JC, Gallinger, SJ, Gapstur, SM, Giles, GG, Gruber, SB, Gsur, A, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harrison, TA, Hoffmeister, M, Hsu, L, Huang, W-Y, Huyghe, JR, Jenkins, MA, Joshu, CE, Keku, TO, Kuhn, T, Kweon, S-S, Le Marchand, L, Li, CI, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Martin, V, May, AM, Milne, RL, Moreno, V, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Phipps, AI, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Qu, C, Quiros, JR, Rennert, G, Riboli, E, Sakoda, LC, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Slattery, ML, Tangen, CM, Tsilidis, KK, Ulrich, CM, van Duijnhoven, FJB, van Guelpen, B, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Wang, H, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Campbell, PT, Zheng, W, Peters, U, Vincent, EE, and Gunter, MJ
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Higher adiposity increases the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), but whether this relationship varies by anatomical sub-site or by sex is unclear. Further, the metabolic alterations mediating the effects of adiposity on CRC are not fully understood. METHODS: We examined sex- and site-specific associations of adiposity with CRC risk and whether adiposity-associated metabolites explain the associations of adiposity with CRC. Genetic variants from genome-wide association studies of body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR, unadjusted for BMI; N = 806,810), and 123 metabolites from targeted nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics (N = 24,925), were used as instruments. Sex-combined and sex-specific Mendelian randomization (MR) was conducted for BMI and WHR with CRC risk (58,221 cases and 67,694 controls in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, Colorectal Cancer Transdisciplinary Study, and Colon Cancer Family Registry). Sex-combined MR was conducted for BMI and WHR with metabolites, for metabolites with CRC, and for BMI and WHR with CRC adjusted for metabolite classes in multivariable models. RESULTS: In sex-specific MR analyses, higher BMI (per 4.2 kg/m2) was associated with 1.23 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.08, 1.38) times higher CRC odds among men (inverse-variance-weighted (IVW) model); among women, higher BMI (per 5.2 kg/m2) was associated with 1.09 (95% CI = 0.97, 1.22) times higher CRC odds. WHR (per 0.07 higher) was more strongly associated with CRC risk among women (IVW OR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.43) than men (IVW OR = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.81, 1.36). BMI or WHR was associated with 104/123 metabolites at false discovery rate-corrected P ≤ 0.05; several metabolites were associated with CRC, but not in directions that were consistent with the mediation of positive adiposity-CRC relations. In multivariable MR analyses, associations of BMI and WHR with CRC were not attenuated following adjustment for representative meta
Published: 2020

21. Circulating Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 Associate With Risk of Colorectal Cancer Based on Serologic and Mendelian Randomization Analyses

Author: Murphy, N, Carreras-Torres, R, Song, M, Chan, AT, Martin, RM, Papadimitriou, N, Dimou, N, Tsilidis, KK, Banbury, B, Bradbury, KE, Besevic, J, Rinaldi, S, Riboli, E, Cross, AJ, Travis, RC, Agnoli, C, Albanes, D, Berndt, SI, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Brenner, H, Buchanan, DD, Onland-Moret, NC, Burnett-Hartman, A, Campbell, PT, Casey, G, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chang-Claude, J, Chirlaque, M-D, de la Chapelle, A, English, D, Figueiredo, JC, Gallinger, SJ, Giles, GG, Gruber, SB, Gsur, A, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harrison, TA, Hoffmeister, M, Hsu, L, Huang, W-Y, Huyghe, JR, Jenkins, MA, Keku, TO, Kuhn, T, Kweon, S-S, Le Marchand, L, Li, CI, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Martin, V, Milne, RL, Moreno, V, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Ose, J, Perduca, V, Phipps, AI, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Qu, C, Rennert, G, Sakoda, LC, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Slattery, ML, Tangen, CM, Ulrich, CM, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Wang, H, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Zheng, W, Peters, U, Gunter, MJ, Murphy, N, Carreras-Torres, R, Song, M, Chan, AT, Martin, RM, Papadimitriou, N, Dimou, N, Tsilidis, KK, Banbury, B, Bradbury, KE, Besevic, J, Rinaldi, S, Riboli, E, Cross, AJ, Travis, RC, Agnoli, C, Albanes, D, Berndt, SI, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Brenner, H, Buchanan, DD, Onland-Moret, NC, Burnett-Hartman, A, Campbell, PT, Casey, G, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chang-Claude, J, Chirlaque, M-D, de la Chapelle, A, English, D, Figueiredo, JC, Gallinger, SJ, Giles, GG, Gruber, SB, Gsur, A, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harrison, TA, Hoffmeister, M, Hsu, L, Huang, W-Y, Huyghe, JR, Jenkins, MA, Keku, TO, Kuhn, T, Kweon, S-S, Le Marchand, L, Li, CI, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Martin, V, Milne, RL, Moreno, V, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Ose, J, Perduca, V, Phipps, AI, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Qu, C, Rennert, G, Sakoda, LC, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Slattery, ML, Tangen, CM, Ulrich, CM, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Wang, H, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Zheng, W, Peters, U, and Gunter, MJ
Abstract: BACKGROUND & AIMS: Human studies examining associations between circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) and colorectal cancer risk have reported inconsistent results. We conducted complementary serologic and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to determine whether alterations in circulating levels of IGF1 or IGFBP3 are associated with colorectal cancer development. METHODS: Serum levels of IGF1 were measured in blood samples collected from 397,380 participants from the UK Biobank, from 2006 through 2010. Incident cancer cases and cancer cases recorded first in death certificates were identified through linkage to national cancer and death registries. Complete follow-up was available through March 31, 2016. For the MR analyses, we identified genetic variants associated with circulating levels of IGF1 and IGFBP3. The association of these genetic variants with colorectal cancer was examined with 2-sample MR methods using genome-wide association study consortia data (52,865 cases with colorectal cancer and 46,287 individuals without [controls]) RESULTS: After a median follow-up period of 7.1 years, 2665 cases of colorectal cancer were recorded. In a multivariable-adjusted model, circulating level of IGF1 associated with colorectal cancer risk (hazard ratio per 1 standard deviation increment of IGF1, 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-1.17). Similar associations were found by sex, follow-up time, and tumor subsite. In the MR analyses, a 1 standard deviation increment in IGF1 level, predicted based on genetic factors, was associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer risk (odds ratio 1.08; 95% CI 1.03-1.12; P = 3.3 × 10-4). Level of IGFBP3, predicted based on genetic factors, was associated with colorectal cancer risk (odds ratio per 1 standard deviation increment, 1.12; 95% CI 1.06-1.18; P = 4.2 × 10-5). Colorectal cancer risk was associated with only 1 variant in the IGFBP3 gene regi
Published: 2020

22. Systematic meta-analyses, field synopsis and global assessment of the evidence of genetic association studies in colorectal cancer

Author: Montazeri, Z, Li, X, Nyiraneza, C, Ma, X, Timofeeva, M, Svinti, V, Meng, X, He, Y, Bo, Y, Morgan, S, Castellvi-Bel, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Castells, A, Bishop, T, Buchanan, D, Jenkins, MA, Keku, TO, Lindblom, A, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Wu, A, Farrington, SM, Dunlop, MG, Campbell, H, Theodoratou, E, Zheng, W, Little, J, Montazeri, Z, Li, X, Nyiraneza, C, Ma, X, Timofeeva, M, Svinti, V, Meng, X, He, Y, Bo, Y, Morgan, S, Castellvi-Bel, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Castells, A, Bishop, T, Buchanan, D, Jenkins, MA, Keku, TO, Lindblom, A, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Wu, A, Farrington, SM, Dunlop, MG, Campbell, H, Theodoratou, E, Zheng, W, and Little, J
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To provide an understanding of the role of common genetic variations in colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, we report an updated field synopsis and comprehensive assessment of evidence to catalogue all genetic markers for CRC (CRCgene2). DESIGN: We included 869 publications after parallel literature review and extracted data for 1063 polymorphisms in 303 different genes. Meta-analyses were performed for 308 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 158 different genes with at least three independent studies available for analysis. Scottish, Canadian and Spanish data from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) were incorporated for the meta-analyses of 132 SNPs. To assess and classify the credibility of the associations, we applied the Venice criteria and Bayesian False-Discovery Probability (BFDP). Genetic associations classified as 'positive' and 'less-credible positive' were further validated in three large GWAS consortia conducted in populations of European origin. RESULTS: We initially identified 18 independent variants at 16 loci that were classified as 'positive' polymorphisms for their highly credible associations with CRC risk and 59 variants at 49 loci that were classified as 'less-credible positive' SNPs; 72.2% of the 'positive' SNPs were successfully replicated in three large GWASs and the ones that were not replicated were downgraded to 'less-credible' positive (reducing the 'positive' variants to 14 at 11 loci). For the remaining 231 variants, which were previously reported, our meta-analyses found no evidence to support their associations with CRC risk. CONCLUSION: The CRCgene2 database provides an updated list of genetic variants related to CRC risk by using harmonised methods to assess their credibility.
Published: 2020

23. Physical activity and risks of breast and colorectal cancer: a Mendelian randomisation analysis

Author: Papadimitriou, N, Dimou, N, Tsilidis, KK, Banbury, B, Martin, RM, Lewis, SJ, Kazmi, N, Robinson, TM, Albanes, D, Aleksandrova, K, Berndt, SI, Bishop, DT, Brenner, H, Buchanan, DD, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B, Campbell, PT, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Ellingjord-Dale, M, Figueiredo, JC, Gallinger, SJ, Giles, GG, Giovannucci, E, Gruber, SB, Gsur, A, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harlid, S, Harrison, TA, Hoffmeister, M, Hopper, JL, Hsu, L, Maria Huerta, J, Huyghe, JR, Jenkins, MA, Keku, TO, Kuehn, T, La Vecchia, C, Le Marchand, L, Li, CI, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Lindor, NM, Lynch, B, Markowitz, SD, Masala, G, May, AM, Milne, R, Monninkhof, E, Moreno, L, Moreno, V, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Perduca, V, Pharoah, PDP, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Rennert, G, Riboli, E, Sanchez, M-J, Schmit, SL, Schoen, RE, Severi, G, Sieri, S, Slattery, ML, Song, M, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Travis, RC, Trichopoulou, A, Ulrich, CM, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, Vodicka, P, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Peters, U, Gunter, MJ, Murphy, N, Papadimitriou, N, Dimou, N, Tsilidis, KK, Banbury, B, Martin, RM, Lewis, SJ, Kazmi, N, Robinson, TM, Albanes, D, Aleksandrova, K, Berndt, SI, Bishop, DT, Brenner, H, Buchanan, DD, Bueno-de-Mesquita, B, Campbell, PT, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Ellingjord-Dale, M, Figueiredo, JC, Gallinger, SJ, Giles, GG, Giovannucci, E, Gruber, SB, Gsur, A, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harlid, S, Harrison, TA, Hoffmeister, M, Hopper, JL, Hsu, L, Maria Huerta, J, Huyghe, JR, Jenkins, MA, Keku, TO, Kuehn, T, La Vecchia, C, Le Marchand, L, Li, CI, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Lindor, NM, Lynch, B, Markowitz, SD, Masala, G, May, AM, Milne, R, Monninkhof, E, Moreno, L, Moreno, V, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Perduca, V, Pharoah, PDP, Platz, EA, Potter, JD, Rennert, G, Riboli, E, Sanchez, M-J, Schmit, SL, Schoen, RE, Severi, G, Sieri, S, Slattery, ML, Song, M, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Travis, RC, Trichopoulou, A, Ulrich, CM, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, Vodicka, P, White, E, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Peters, U, Gunter, MJ, and Murphy, N
Abstract: Physical activity has been associated with lower risks of breast and colorectal cancer in epidemiological studies; however, it is unknown if these associations are causal or confounded. In two-sample Mendelian randomisation analyses, using summary genetic data from the UK Biobank and GWA consortia, we found that a one standard deviation increment in average acceleration was associated with lower risks of breast cancer (odds ratio [OR]: 0.51, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.27 to 0.98, P-value = 0.04) and colorectal cancer (OR: 0.66, 95% CI: 0.48 to 0.90, P-value = 0.01). We found similar magnitude inverse associations for estrogen positive (ER+ve) breast cancer and for colon cancer. Our results support a potentially causal relationship between higher physical activity levels and lower risks of breast cancer and colorectal cancer. Based on these data, the promotion of physical activity is probably an effective strategy in the primary prevention of these commonly diagnosed cancers.
Published: 2020

24. Comparison of predictive models, clinical criteria and molecular tumour screening for the identification of patients with Lynch syndrome in a population-based cohort of colorectal cancer patients

Author: Balmana, J., Balaguer, F., Castellvi-Bel, S., Steyerberg, E.W., Andreu, M., Llor, X., Jover, R., Castells, A., and Syngal, S.
Subjects: Colorectal cancer -- Diagnosis, Colorectal cancer -- Genetic aspects, Colorectal cancer -- Research, Tumor staging -- Research, Gene mutations -- Analysis, Health
Published: 2008

25. Somatic mutational signatures in polyposis and colorectal cancer

Author: Grolleman, J.E., Diaz-Gay, M., Franch-Exposito, S., Castellvi-Bel, S., Voer, R.M. de, Grolleman, J.E., Diaz-Gay, M., Franch-Exposito, S., Castellvi-Bel, S., and Voer, R.M. de
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 215529.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access), The somatic mutation spectrum imprinted in the genome of a tumor represents the mutational processes that have been active in that tumor. Large sequencing efforts in various cancer types have resulted in the identification of multiple mutational signatures, of which several have been linked to specific biological mechanisms. Several pan-cancer mutational signatures have been identified, while other signatures are only found in specific tissue types. Research on tumors from individuals with specific DNA repair defects has led to links between specific mutational signatures and mutational processes. Studying mutational signatures in cancers that are likely the result of a genetic predisposition may represent an interesting strategy to identify constitutional DNA repair defects, including those underlying polyposis and colorectal cancer.
Published: 2019

26. Update on genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer and polyposis

Author: Valle, L., Voer, R.M. de, Goldberg, Y., Sjursen, W., Forsti, A., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Caldes, T., Garre, P., Olsen, M.F., Nordling, M., Castellvi-Bel, S., Hemminki, K., Valle, L., Voer, R.M. de, Goldberg, Y., Sjursen, W., Forsti, A., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Caldes, T., Garre, P., Olsen, M.F., Nordling, M., Castellvi-Bel, S., and Hemminki, K.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 215557.pdf (publisher's version ) (Open Access), The present article summarizes recent developments in the characterization of genetic predisposition to colorectal cancer (CRC). The main themes covered include new hereditary CRC and polyposis syndromes, non-CRC hereditary cancer genes found mutated in CRC patients, strategies used to identify novel causal genes, and review of candidate genes that have been proposed to predispose to CRC and/or colonic polyposis. We provide an overview of newly described genes and syndromes associated with predisposition to CRC and polyposis, including: polymerase proofreading-associated polyposis, NTHL1-associated polyposis, mismatch repair gene biallelic inactivation-related adenomatous polyposis (including MSH3- and MLH3-associated polyposes), GREM1-associated mixed polyposis, RNF43-associated serrated polyposis, and RPS20 mutations as a rare cause of hereditary nonpolyposis CRC. The implementation of next generation sequencing approaches for genetic testing has exposed the presence of pathogenic germline variants in genes associated with hereditary cancer syndromes not traditionally linked to CRC, which may have an impact on genetic testing, counseling and surveillance. The identification of new hereditary CRC and polyposis genes has not deemed an easy endeavor, even though known CRC-related genes explain a small proportion of the estimated familial risk. Whole-genome sequencing may offer a technology for increasing this proportion, particularly if applied on pedigree data allowing linkage type of analysis. The final section critically surveys the large number of candidate genes that have been recently proposed for CRC predisposition.
Published: 2019

27. Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

Author: Huyghe, JR, Bien, SA, Harrison, TA, Kang, HM, Chen, S, Schmit, SL, Conti, DV, Qu, C, Jeon, J, Edlund, CK, Greenside, P, Wainberg, M, Schumacher, FR, Smith, JD, Levine, DM, Nelson, SC, Sinnott-Armstrong, NA, Albanes, D, Alonso, MH, Anderson, K, Arnau-Collell, C, Arndt, V, Bamia, C, Banbury, BL, Baron, JA, Berndt, SI, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Boehm, J, Boeing, H, Brenner, H, Brezina, S, Buch, S, Buchanan, DD, Burnett-Hartman, A, Butterbach, K, Caan, BJ, Campbell, PT, Carlson, CS, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chirlaque, M-D, Cho, SH, Connolly, CM, Cross, AJ, Cuk, K, Curtis, KR, de la Chapelle, A, Doheny, KF, Duggan, D, Easton, DF, Elias, SG, Elliott, F, English, DR, Feskens, EJM, Figueiredo, JC, Fischer, R, FitzGerald, LM, Forman, D, Gala, M, Gallinger, S, Gauderman, WJ, Giles, GG, Gillanders, E, Gong, J, Goodman, PJ, Grady, WM, Grove, JS, Gsur, A, Gunter, MJ, Haile, RW, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harlid, S, Hayes, RB, Hofer, P, Hoffmeister, M, Hopper, JL, Hsu, W-L, Huang, W-Y, Hudson, TJ, Hunter, DJ, Ibanez-Sanz, G, Idos, GE, Ingersoll, R, Jackson, RD, Jacobs, EJ, Jenkins, MA, Joshi, AD, Joshu, CE, Keku, TO, Key, TJ, Kim, HR, Kobayashi, E, Kolonel, LN, Kooperberg, C, Kuehn, T, Kury, S, Kweon, S-S, Larsson, SC, Laurie, CA, Le Marchand, L, Leal, SM, Lee, SC, Lejbkowicz, F, Lemire, M, Li, CI, Li, L, Lieb, W, Lin, Y, Lindblom, A, Lindor, NM, Ling, H, Louie, TL, Mannisto, S, Markowitz, SD, Martin, V, Masala, G, McNeil, CE, Melas, M, Milne, RL, Moreno, L, Murphy, N, Myte, R, Naccarati, A, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Onland-Moret, NC, Pardini, B, Parfrey, PS, Pearlman, R, Perduca, V, Pharoah, PDP, Pinchev, M, Platz, EA, Prentice, RL, Pugh, E, Raskin, L, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Riboli, E, Rodriguez-Barranco, M, Romm, J, Sakoda, LC, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Seminara, D, Shah, M, Shelford, T, Shin, M-H, Shulman, K, Sieri, S, Slattery, ML, Southey, MC, Stadler, ZK, Stegmaier, C, Su, Y-R, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Thomas, DC, Thomas, SS, Toland, AE, Trichopoulou, A, Ulrich, CM, Van den Berg, DJ, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, van Kranen, H, Vijai, J, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Weigl, K, Weinstein, SJ, White, E, Win, AK, Wolf, CR, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Zaidi, SH, Zanke, BW, Zhang, Q, Zheng, W, Scacheri, PC, Potter, JD, Bassik, MC, Kundaje, A, Casey, G, Moreno, V, Abecasis, GR, Nickerson, DA, Gruber, SB, Hsu, L, Peters, U, Huyghe, JR, Bien, SA, Harrison, TA, Kang, HM, Chen, S, Schmit, SL, Conti, DV, Qu, C, Jeon, J, Edlund, CK, Greenside, P, Wainberg, M, Schumacher, FR, Smith, JD, Levine, DM, Nelson, SC, Sinnott-Armstrong, NA, Albanes, D, Alonso, MH, Anderson, K, Arnau-Collell, C, Arndt, V, Bamia, C, Banbury, BL, Baron, JA, Berndt, SI, Bezieau, S, Bishop, DT, Boehm, J, Boeing, H, Brenner, H, Brezina, S, Buch, S, Buchanan, DD, Burnett-Hartman, A, Butterbach, K, Caan, BJ, Campbell, PT, Carlson, CS, Castellvi-Bel, S, Chan, AT, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chirlaque, M-D, Cho, SH, Connolly, CM, Cross, AJ, Cuk, K, Curtis, KR, de la Chapelle, A, Doheny, KF, Duggan, D, Easton, DF, Elias, SG, Elliott, F, English, DR, Feskens, EJM, Figueiredo, JC, Fischer, R, FitzGerald, LM, Forman, D, Gala, M, Gallinger, S, Gauderman, WJ, Giles, GG, Gillanders, E, Gong, J, Goodman, PJ, Grady, WM, Grove, JS, Gsur, A, Gunter, MJ, Haile, RW, Hampe, J, Hampel, H, Harlid, S, Hayes, RB, Hofer, P, Hoffmeister, M, Hopper, JL, Hsu, W-L, Huang, W-Y, Hudson, TJ, Hunter, DJ, Ibanez-Sanz, G, Idos, GE, Ingersoll, R, Jackson, RD, Jacobs, EJ, Jenkins, MA, Joshi, AD, Joshu, CE, Keku, TO, Key, TJ, Kim, HR, Kobayashi, E, Kolonel, LN, Kooperberg, C, Kuehn, T, Kury, S, Kweon, S-S, Larsson, SC, Laurie, CA, Le Marchand, L, Leal, SM, Lee, SC, Lejbkowicz, F, Lemire, M, Li, CI, Li, L, Lieb, W, Lin, Y, Lindblom, A, Lindor, NM, Ling, H, Louie, TL, Mannisto, S, Markowitz, SD, Martin, V, Masala, G, McNeil, CE, Melas, M, Milne, RL, Moreno, L, Murphy, N, Myte, R, Naccarati, A, Newcomb, PA, Offit, K, Ogino, S, Onland-Moret, NC, Pardini, B, Parfrey, PS, Pearlman, R, Perduca, V, Pharoah, PDP, Pinchev, M, Platz, EA, Prentice, RL, Pugh, E, Raskin, L, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Riboli, E, Rodriguez-Barranco, M, Romm, J, Sakoda, LC, Schafmayer, C, Schoen, RE, Seminara, D, Shah, M, Shelford, T, Shin, M-H, Shulman, K, Sieri, S, Slattery, ML, Southey, MC, Stadler, ZK, Stegmaier, C, Su, Y-R, Tangen, CM, Thibodeau, SN, Thomas, DC, Thomas, SS, Toland, AE, Trichopoulou, A, Ulrich, CM, Van den Berg, DJ, van Duijnhoven, FJB, Van Guelpen, B, van Kranen, H, Vijai, J, Visvanathan, K, Vodicka, P, Vodickova, L, Vymetalkova, V, Weigl, K, Weinstein, SJ, White, E, Win, AK, Wolf, CR, Wolk, A, Woods, MO, Wu, AH, Zaidi, SH, Zanke, BW, Zhang, Q, Zheng, W, Scacheri, PC, Potter, JD, Bassik, MC, Kundaje, A, Casey, G, Moreno, V, Abecasis, GR, Nickerson, DA, Gruber, SB, Hsu, L, and Peters, U
Abstract: To further dissect the genetic architecture of colorectal cancer (CRC), we performed whole-genome sequencing of 1,439 cases and 720 controls, imputed discovered sequence variants and Haplotype Reference Consortium panel variants into genome-wide association study data, and tested for association in 34,869 cases and 29,051 controls. Findings were followed up in an additional 23,262 cases and 38,296 controls. We discovered a strongly protective 0.3% frequency variant signal at CHD1. In a combined meta-analysis of 125,478 individuals, we identified 40 new independent signals at P < 5 × 10-8, bringing the number of known independent signals for CRC to ~100. New signals implicate lower-frequency variants, Krüppel-like factors, Hedgehog signaling, Hippo-YAP signaling, long noncoding RNAs and somatic drivers, and support a role for immune function. Heritability analyses suggest that CRC risk is highly polygenic, and larger, more comprehensive studies enabling rare variant analysis will improve understanding of biology underlying this risk and influence personalized screening strategies and drug development.
Published: 2019

28. Evidence for genetic association between chromosome 1q loci and predisposition to colorectal neoplasia (vol 117, pg 1215, 2017)

Author: Schubert, S.A., Ruano, D., Elsayed, F.A., Boot, A., Crobach, S., Sarasqueta, A.F., Wolffenbuttel, B., Klauw, M.M. van der, Oosting, J., Tops, C.M., Eijk, R. van, Vasen, H.F.A., Vossen, R.H.A.M., Nielsen, M., Castellvi-Bel, S., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Tomlinson, I., Dunlop, M.G., Vodicka, P., Wijnen, J.T., Hes, F.J., Morreau, H., Miranda, N.F.C.C. de, Sijmons, R.H., and Wezel, T. van
Published: 2018

29. Mosaicism for the fragile X syndrome full mutation and deletions within the CGG repeat of the FMR1 gene

Author: Mila, M., Castellvi-Bel, S., Sanchez, A., Lazaro, C., Villa, M., and Estivill, X.
Published: 1996

30. Rare variants in the promoter of the fragile X syndrome gene (FMR1)

Author: Milà, M, Castellvı́-Bel, S, Sánchez, A, Barceló, A, Badenas, C, Mallolas, J, and Estivill, X
Published: 2000
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31. Fine-mapping of the HNF1B multicancer locus identifies candidate variants that mediate endometrial cancer risk

Author: Painter, J.N., O'Mara, T.A., Batra, J., Cheng, T., Lose, F.A., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Tyrer, J.P., Ahmed, S., Ferguson, K., Healey, C.S., Kaufmann, S., Hillman, K.M., Walpole, C., Moya, L., Pollock, P., Jones, A., Howarth, K., Martin, L., Gorman, M., Hodgson, S., Magdalena Echeverry De Polanco, M., Sans, M., Carracedo, A., Castellvi-Bel, S., Rojas-Martinez, A., Santos, E., Teixeira, M.R., Carvajal-Carmona, L., Shu, X-O., Long, J., Zheng, W., Xiang, Y-B., Montgomery, G.W., Webb, P.M., Scott, R.J., McEvoy, M., Attia, J., Holliday, E., Martin, N.G., Nyholt, D.R., Henders, A.K., Fasching, P.A., Hein, A., Beckmann, M.W., Renner, S.P., Doerk, T., Hillemanns, P., Duerst, M., Runnebaum, I., Lambrechts, D., Coenegrachts, L., Schrauwen, S., Amant, F., Winterhoff, B., Dowdy, S.C., Goode, E.L., Teoman, A., Salvesen, H.B., Trovik, J., Njolstad, T.S., Werner, H.M.J., Ashton, K., Proietto, T., Otton, G., Tzortzatos, G., Mints, M., Tham, E., Hall, P., Czene, K., Liu, J., Li, J., Hopper, J.L., Southey, M.C., Ekici, A.B., Ruebner, M., Johnson, N., Peto, J., Burwinkel, B., Marme, F., Brenner, H., Dieffenbach, A.K., Meindl, A., Brauch, H., Lindblom, A., Depreeuw, J., Moisse, M., Chang-Claude, J., Rudolph, A., Couch, F.J., Olson, J.E., Giles, G.G., Bruinsma, F., Cunningham, J.M., Fridley, B.L., Borresen-Dale, A-L., Kristensen, V.N., Cox, A., Swerdlow, A.J., Orr, N., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Weber, R.P., Chen, Z., Shah, M., French, J.D., Pharoah, P.D.P., Dunning, A.M., Tomlinson, I., Easton, D.F., Edwards, S.L., Thompson, D.J., Spurdle, A.B., Canc, N.S.E., Consortium, CHIBCHA, Canc, ANE, RENDOCAS, AOCS, Network, GENICA, Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Tyrer, Jonathan [0000-0003-3724-4757], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Thompson, Deborah [0000-0003-1465-5799], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Genotype, Chromosome Mapping, Computational Biology, Genetic Variation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, White People, Endometrial Neoplasms, Epigenesis, Genetic, Haplotypes, Genetic Loci, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Cell Line, Tumor, Databases, Genetic, Humans, Female, RNA, Messenger, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Alleles, Genome-Wide Association Study, Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-beta
Abstract: Common variants in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 homeobox B (HNF1B) gene are associated with the risk of type II diabetes and multiple cancers. Evidence to date indicates that cancer risk may be mediated via genetic or epigenetic effects on HNF1B gene expression. We previously found single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the HNF1B locus to be associated with endometrial cancer, and now report extensive fine-mapping and in silico and laboratory analyses of this locus. Analysis of 1,184 genotyped and imputed SNPs in 6,608 Caucasian cases and 37,925 controls, and 895 Asian cases and 1,968 controls, revealed the best signal of association for SNP rs11263763 (P=8.4×10(-14), OR=0.86, 95% CI=0.82-0.89), located within HNF1B intron 1. Haplotype analysis and conditional analyses provide no evidence of further independent endometrial cancer risk variants at this locus. SNP rs11263763 genotype was associated with HNF1B mRNA expression but not with HNF1B methylation in endometrial tumour samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Genetic analyses prioritized rs11263763 and four other SNPs in high to moderate LD as the most likely causal SNPs. Three of these SNPs map to the extended HNF1B promoter based on chromatin marks extending from the minimal promoter region. Reporter assays demonstrated that this extended region reduces activity in combination with the minimal HNF1B promoter, and that the minor alleles of rs11263763 or rs8064454 are associated with decreased HNF1B promoter activity. Our findings provide evidence for a single signal associated with endometrial cancer risk at the HNF1B locus, and that risk is likely mediated via altered HNF1B gene expression. ispartof: Human Molecular Genetics vol:24 issue:5 pages:1478-92 ispartof: location:England status: published
Published: 2015

32. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies common susceptibility polymorphisms for colorectal and endometrial cancer near SH2B3 and TSHZ1

Author: Cheng, T.H.T., Thompson, D., Painter, J., O'Mara, T., Gorman, M., Martin, L., Palles, C., Jones, A., Buchanan, D.D., Win, A.K., Hopper, J., Jenkins, M., Lindor, N.M., Newcomb, P.A., Gallinger, S., Conti, D., Schumacher, F., Casey, G., Giles, G.G., Pharoah, P., Peto, J., Cox, A., Swerdlow, A., Couch, F., Cunningham, J.M., Goode, E.L., Winham, S.J., Lambrechts, D., Fasching, P., Burwinkel, B., Brenner, H., Brauch, H., Chang-Claude, J., Salvesen, H.B., Kristensen, V., Darabi, H., Li, J., Liu, T., Lindblom, A., Hall, P., Echeverry de Polanco, M., Sans, M., Carracedo, A., Castellvi-Bel, S., Rojas-Martinez, A., Jr, A.S., Teixeira, M.R., Dunning, A.M., Dennis, J., Otton, G., Proietto, T., Holliday, E., Attia, J., Ashton, K., Scott, R.J., McEvoy, M., Dowdy, S.C., Fridley, B.L., Werner, H.M.J., Trovik, J., Njolstad, T.S., Tham, E., Mints, M., Runnebaum, I., Hillemanns, P., Doerk, T., Amant, F., Schrauwen, S., Hein, A., Beckmann, M.W., Ekici, A., Czene, K., Meindl, A., Bolla, M.K., Michailidou, K., Tyrer, J.P., Wang, Q., Ahmed, S., Healey, C.S., Shah, M., Annibali, D., Depreeuw, J., Al-Tassan, N.A., Harris, R., Meyer, B.F., Whiffin, N., Hosking, F.J., Kinnersley, B., Farrington, S.M., Timofeeva, M., Tenesa, A., Campbell, H., Haile, R.W., Hodgson, S., Carvajal-Carmona, L., Cheadle, J.P., Easton, D., Dunlop, M., Houlston, R., Spurdle, A., Tomlinson, I., and Other departments
Subjects: Male, CARCINOMA, MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY, DNA-POLYMERASE, LOCI, MTHFR C677T, VARIANTS, LYNCH-SYNDROME, Article, BREAST-CANCER, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Alleles, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, RISK, Homeodomain Proteins, Science & Technology, Polymorphism, Genetic, MUTATIONS, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Proteins, Endometrial Neoplasms, Neoplasm Proteins, Multidisciplinary Sciences, Repressor Proteins, Science & Technology - Other Topics, Female, Colorectal Neoplasms, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: High-risk mutations in several genes predispose to both colorectal cancer (CRC) and endometrial cancer (EC). We therefore hypothesised that some lower-risk genetic variants might also predispose to both CRC and EC. Using CRC and EC genome-wide association series, totalling 13,265 cancer cases and 40,245 controls, we found that the protective allele [G] at one previously-identified CRC polymorphism, rs2736100 near TERT, was associated with EC risk (odds ratio (OR) = 1.08, P = 0.000167); this polymorphism influences the risk of several other cancers. A further CRC polymorphism near TERC also showed evidence of association with EC (OR = 0.92; P = 0.03). Overall, however, there was no good evidence that the set of CRC polymorphisms was associated with EC risk, and neither of two previously-reported EC polymorphisms was associated with CRC risk. A combined analysis revealed one genome-wide significant polymorphism, rs3184504, on chromosome 12q24 (OR = 1.10, P = 7.23 × 10(-9)) with shared effects on CRC and EC risk. This polymorphism, a missense variant in the gene SH2B3, is also associated with haematological and autoimmune disorders, suggesting that it influences cancer risk through the immune response. Another polymorphism, rs12970291 near gene TSHZ1, was associated with both CRC and EC (OR = 1.26, P = 4.82 × 10(-8)), with the alleles showing opposite effects on the risks of the two cancers. ispartof: Scientific Reports vol:5 pages:17369- ispartof: location:England status: published
Published: 2015

33. Correspondence: SEMA4A variation and risk of colorectal cancer

Author: Kinnersley, B, Chubb, D, Dobbins, S E, Frampton, M, Buch, S, Timofeeva, MN, Castellvi-Bel, S, Farrington, SM, Forsti, A, Hampe, J, Hemminki, K, Hofstra, Robert, Northwood, E, Palles, C, Pinheiro, M, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Schafmayer, C, Teixeira, MR, Westers, H, van Wezel, T, Bishop, DT, Tomlinson, I, Dunlop, MG, Houlston, RS, Kinnersley, B, Chubb, D, Dobbins, S E, Frampton, M, Buch, S, Timofeeva, MN, Castellvi-Bel, S, Farrington, SM, Forsti, A, Hampe, J, Hemminki, K, Hofstra, Robert, Northwood, E, Palles, C, Pinheiro, M, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Schafmayer, C, Teixeira, MR, Westers, H, van Wezel, T, Bishop, DT, Tomlinson, I, Dunlop, MG, and Houlston, RS
Published: 2016

34. Common founder mutations among Hispanic Patients with ataxia-telangiectasia (A-T)

Author: Mitui, M., Castellvi-Bel, S., Coutinho, G., Hou, Y., Sun, X., and Gatti, R.A.
Subjects: Human genetics -- Research, Ataxia telangiectasia -- Genetic aspects, Gene mutations -- Research, Biological sciences
Published: 2001

35. ATM Haplotypes in five Hispanic populations with Ataxia-telangiectasia

Author: Mitui, E.M., Castellvi-Bel, S., and Gatti, R.
Subjects: Genetic research -- Analysis, Human genetics -- Research, Ataxia telangiectasia -- Genetic aspects, Latin Americans -- Genetic aspects, Spaniards -- Genetic aspects, Biological sciences
Published: 2000

36. Association between CASP8 -652 6N Del Polymorphism (rs3834129) and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Results from a Multi-Centric Study (vol 9, e85538, 2014)

Author: Pardini, B., Verderio, P., Pizzamiglio, S., Nici, C., Maiorana, M.V., Naccarati, A., Vodickova, L., Vymetalkova, V., Veneroni, S., Daidone, M.G., Ravagnani, F., Bianchi, T., Bujanda, L., Carracedo, A., Castells, A., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Morreau, H., Howarth, K., Jones, A., Castellvi-Bel, S., Li, L., Tomlinson, I., Wezel, T. van, Vodicka, P., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., and EPICOLON Consortium
Published: 2014

37. Association between CASP8-652 6N Del Polymorphism (rs3834129) and Colorectal Cancer Risk: Results from a Multi-Centric Study

Author: Pardini, B., Verderio, P., Pizzamiglio, S., Nici, C., Maiorana, M.V., Naccarati, A., Vodickova, L., Vymetalkova, V., Veneroni, S., Daidone, M.G., Ravagnani, F., Bianchi, T., Bujanda, L., Carracedo, A., Castells, A., Ruiz-Ponte, C., Morreau, H., Howarth, K., Jones, A., Castellvi-Bel, S., Li, L., Tomlinson, I., Wezel, T. van, Vodicka, P., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., EPICOLON Consortium, EPICOLON Consortium, and Universitat de Barcelona
Subjects: Czech, Male, BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, Epidemiology, lcsh:Medicine, Bioinformatics, 0302 clinical medicine, Human genetics, Gastrointestinal Cancers, Medicine, Cost action, lcsh:Science, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Sequence Deletion, Aged, 80 and over, 0303 health sciences, Molecular Epidemiology, Caspase 8, Multidisciplinary, Genètica humana, Cancer Risk Factors, Middle Aged, 3. Good health, Oncology, Estudi de casos, Research centre, AGRICULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Genetic Epidemiology, Cohort, language, Christian ministry, Female, Sample collection, Colorectal Neoplasms, Cancer Epidemiology, Research Article, metaanalysis, Adult, Risk, Adolescent, Clinical Research Design, Colon, Molecular Sequence Data, Library science, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Genetic polymorphisms, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, Càncer colorectal, Genetics, Cancer Genetics, Humans, Epidemiologia, gene, Biology, Genetic Association Studies, Alleles, 030304 developmental biology, Aged, promoter, Base Sequence, business.industry, MEDICINE, Polimorfisme genètic, lcsh:R, Human Genetics, Colorectal cancer, language.human_language, susceptibility loci, Biomarker Epidemiology, Case-Control Studies, Susceptibility locus, Genetic Polymorphism, lcsh:Q, Case studies, prognosis, business, Population Genetics
Abstract: Members of the EPICOLON Consortium (Gastrointestinal Oncology Group of the Spanish Gastroenterological Association) are: Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid: Juan Diego Morillas (local coordinator), Raquel Muñoz, Marisa Manzano, Francisco Colina, Jose Díaz, Carolina Ibarrola, Guadalupe López, Alberto Ibáñez; Hospital Clínic, Barcelona: Antoni Castells (local coordinator), Virgínia Piñol, Sergi Castellví-Bel, Francesc Balaguer, Victoria Gonzalo, Teresa Ocaña, María Dolores Giráldez, Maria Pellisé, Anna Serradesanferm, Leticia Moreira, Miriam Cuatrecasas, Josep M. Piqué; Hospital Clínico Universitario, Zaragoza: Ángel Lanas (local coordinator), Javier Alcedo, Javier Ortego; Hospital Cristal-Piñor, Complexo Hospitalario de Ourense: Joaquin Cubiella (local coordinator), Ma Soledad Díez, Mercedes Salgado, Eloy Sánchez, Mariano Vega; Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona: Montserrat Andreu (local coordinator), Anna Abuli, Xavier Bessa, Mar Iglesias, Agustín Seoane, Felipe Bory, Gemma Navarro, Beatriz Bellosillo; Josep Ma Dedeu, Cristina Álvarez, Marc Puigvehí; Hospital San Eloy, Baracaldo and Hospital Donostia, CIBERehd, University of Basque Country, San Sebastián: Luis Bujanda (local coordinator) Ángel Cosme, Inés Gil, Mikel Larzabal, Carlos Placer, María del Mar Ramírez, Elisabeth Hijona, Jose M. Enríquez-Navascués, Jose L. Elosegui; Hospital General Universitario de Alicante: Artemio Payá (EPICOLON I local coordinator), Rodrigo Jover (EPICOLON II local coordinator), Cristina Alenda, Laura Sempere, Nuria Acame, Estefanía Rojas, Lucía Pérez-Carbonell; Hospital General de Granollers: Joaquim Rigau (local coordinator), Ángel Serrano, Anna Giménez; Hospital General de Vic: Joan Saló (local coordinator), Eduard Batiste-Alentorn, Josefina Autonell, Ramon Barniol; Hospital General Universitario de Guadalajara and Fundación para la Formación e Investigación Sanitarias Murcia: Ana María García (local coordinator), Fernando Carballo, Antonio Bienvenido, Eduardo Sanz, Fernando González, Jaime Sánchez, Akiko Ono; Hospital General Universitario de Valencia: Mercedes Latorre (local coordinator), Enrique Medina, Jaime Cuquerella, Pilar Canelles, Miguel Martorell, José Ángel García, Francisco Quiles, Elisa Orti; CHUVI-Hospital Meixoeiro, Vigo: EPICOLON I: Juan Clofent (local coordinator), Jaime Seoane, Antoni Tardío, Eugenia Sanchez. EPICOLON II Ma Luisa de Castro (local coordinator), Antoni Tardío, Juan Clofent, Vicent Hernández; Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona and Section of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA: Xavier Llor (local coordinator), Rosa M. Xicola, Marta Piñol, Mercè Rosinach, Anna Roca, Elisenda Pons, José M. Hernández, Miquel A. Gassull; Hospital Universitari Mútua de Terrassa: Fernando Fernández-Bañares (local coordinator), Josep M. Viver, Antonio Salas, Jorge Espinós, Montserrat Forné, Maria Esteve; Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida: Josep M. Reñé (local coordinator), Carmen Piñol, Juan Buenestado, Joan Viñas; Hospital Universitario de Canarias: Enrique Quintero (local coordinator), David Nicolás, Adolfo Parra, Antonio Martín; Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia: Lidia Argüello (local coordinator), Vicente Pons, Virginia Pertejo, Teresa Sala; Hospital Sant Pau, Barcelona: Dolors Gonzalez (local coordinator) Eva Roman, Teresa Ramon, Maria Poca, Ma Mar Concepción, Marta Martin, Lourdes Pétriz; Hospital Xeral Cies, Vigo: Daniel Martinez (local coordinator); Fundacion Publica Galega de Medicina Xenomica (FPGMX), CIBERER, Genomic Medicine Group-University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain: Ángel Carracedo (local coordinator), Clara Ruiz-Ponte, Ceres Fernández-Rozadilla, Ma Magdalena Castro; Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias: Sabino Riestra (local coordinator), Luis Rodrigo; Hospital de Galdácano, Vizcaya: Javier Fernández (local coordinator), Jose Luis Cabriada; Fundación Hospital de Calahorra (La Rioja) La Rioja: Luis Carreño (local coordinator), Susana Oquiñena, Federico Bolado; Hospital Royo Villanova, Zaragoza: Elena Peña (local coordinator), José Manuel Blas, Gloria Ceña, Juan José Sebastián; Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Córdoba: Antonio Naranjo (local coordinator). The common −652 6N del variant in the CASP8 promoter (rs3834129) has been described as a putative low-penetrance risk factor for different cancer types. In particular, some studies suggested that the deleted allele (del) was inversely associated with CRC risk while other analyses failed to confirm this. Hence, to better understand the role of this variant in the risk of developing CRC, we performed a multi-centric case-control study. In the study, the variant −652 6N del was genotyped in a total of 6,733 CRC cases and 7,576 controls recruited by six different centers located in Spain, Italy, USA, England, Czech Republic and the Netherlands collaborating to the international consortium COGENT (COlorectal cancer GENeTics). Our analysis indicated that rs3834129 was not associated with CRC risk in the full data set. However, the del allele was under-represented in one set of cases with a family history of CRC (per allele model OR = 0.79, 95% CI = 0.69–0.90) suggesting this allele might be a protective factor versus familial CRC. Since this multi-centric case-control study was performed on a very large sample size, it provided robust clarification of the effect of rs3834129 on the risk of developing CRC in Caucasians. For all cohorts: This work was supported by COST Action BM1206. Spanish cohort: SCB is supported by a contract from the Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria (CP 03-0070 to SCB). Networked Biomedical Research Centre for Hepatic and Digestive Diseases and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Raras are funded by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III. This work was supported by grants from the Fondo de Investigación Sanitaria/FEDER (08/0024, 08/1276, PS09/02368, 11/00219, 11/00681), Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Acción Transversal de Cáncer), Xunta de Galicia (07PXIB9101209PR), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (SAF2010-19273), Asociación Española contra el Cáncer (Fundación Científica y Junta de Barcelona), Fundació Olga Torres (SCB and CRP), FP7 CHIBCHA Consortium (SCB and A. Carracedo). American cohort: Kentucky Colon Cancer Genetic Epidemiology Study is supported by National Institutes of Health grant R01CA136726 to LL. English cohort: Core funding to the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics was provided by the Wellcome Trust (090532/Z/09/Z). Czech cohort: Grant agency of the Czech Republic (GACR) [CZ:GACR:GA P304/10/1286 and P304/12/1585] and by Prvouk-P27/LF1/1 from Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Czech Republic (First Medical Faculty, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic as a recipient). Dutch cohort: Dutch Cancer Society, grant KWF-UL-2010-4656.
Published: 2014

38. Candidate predisposing germline copy number variants in early onset colorectal cancer patients

Author: Brea-Fernandez, A. J., primary, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C., additional, Alvarez-Barona, M., additional, Azuara, D., additional, Ginesta, M. M., additional, Clofent, J., additional, de Castro, L., additional, Gonzalez, D., additional, Andreu, M., additional, Bessa, X., additional, Llor, X., additional, Xicola, R., additional, Jover, R., additional, Castells, A., additional, Castellvi-Bel, S., additional, Capella, G., additional, Carracedo, A., additional, and Ruiz-Ponte, C., additional
Published: 2016
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39. Fine-mapping of the HNF1B multicancer locus identifies candidate variants that mediate endometrial cancer risk

Author: Painter, JN, O'Mara, TA, Batra, J, Cheng, T, Lose, FA, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, Tyrer, JP, Ahmed, S, Ferguson, K, Healey, CS, Kaufmann, S, Hillman, KM, Walpole, C, Moya, L, Pollock, P, Jones, A, Howarth, K, Martin, L, Gorman, M, Hodgson, S, Magdalena Echeverry De Polanco, M, Sans, M, Carracedo, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Rojas-Martinez, A, Santos, E, Teixeira, MR, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Shu, X-O, Long, J, Zheng, W, Xiang, Y-B, Montgomery, GW, Webb, PM, Scott, RJ, McEvoy, M, Attia, J, Holliday, E, Martin, NG, Nyholt, DR, Henders, AK, Fasching, PA, Hein, A, Beckmann, MW, Renner, SP, Doerk, T, Hillemanns, P, Duerst, M, Runnebaum, I, Lambrechts, D, Coenegrachts, L, Schrauwen, S, Amant, F, Winterhoff, B, Dowdy, SC, Goode, EL, Teoman, A, Salvesen, HB, Trovik, J, Njolstad, TS, Werner, HMJ, Ashton, K, Proietto, T, Otton, G, Tzortzatos, G, Mints, M, Tham, E, Hall, P, Czene, K, Liu, J, Li, J, Hopper, JL, Southey, MC, Ekici, AB, Ruebner, M, Johnson, N, Peto, J, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Brenner, H, Dieffenbach, AK, Meindl, A, Brauch, H, Lindblom, A, Depreeuw, J, Moisse, M, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Couch, FJ, Olson, JE, Giles, GG, Bruinsma, F, Cunningham, JM, Fridley, BL, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Kristensen, VN, Cox, A, Swerdlow, AJ, Orr, N, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Weber, RP, Chen, Z, Shah, M, French, JD, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Tomlinson, I, Easton, DF, Edwards, SL, Thompson, DJ, Spurdle, AB, Painter, JN, O'Mara, TA, Batra, J, Cheng, T, Lose, FA, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, Tyrer, JP, Ahmed, S, Ferguson, K, Healey, CS, Kaufmann, S, Hillman, KM, Walpole, C, Moya, L, Pollock, P, Jones, A, Howarth, K, Martin, L, Gorman, M, Hodgson, S, Magdalena Echeverry De Polanco, M, Sans, M, Carracedo, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Rojas-Martinez, A, Santos, E, Teixeira, MR, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Shu, X-O, Long, J, Zheng, W, Xiang, Y-B, Montgomery, GW, Webb, PM, Scott, RJ, McEvoy, M, Attia, J, Holliday, E, Martin, NG, Nyholt, DR, Henders, AK, Fasching, PA, Hein, A, Beckmann, MW, Renner, SP, Doerk, T, Hillemanns, P, Duerst, M, Runnebaum, I, Lambrechts, D, Coenegrachts, L, Schrauwen, S, Amant, F, Winterhoff, B, Dowdy, SC, Goode, EL, Teoman, A, Salvesen, HB, Trovik, J, Njolstad, TS, Werner, HMJ, Ashton, K, Proietto, T, Otton, G, Tzortzatos, G, Mints, M, Tham, E, Hall, P, Czene, K, Liu, J, Li, J, Hopper, JL, Southey, MC, Ekici, AB, Ruebner, M, Johnson, N, Peto, J, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Brenner, H, Dieffenbach, AK, Meindl, A, Brauch, H, Lindblom, A, Depreeuw, J, Moisse, M, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Couch, FJ, Olson, JE, Giles, GG, Bruinsma, F, Cunningham, JM, Fridley, BL, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Kristensen, VN, Cox, A, Swerdlow, AJ, Orr, N, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Weber, RP, Chen, Z, Shah, M, French, JD, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Tomlinson, I, Easton, DF, Edwards, SL, Thompson, DJ, and Spurdle, AB
Abstract: Common variants in the hepatocyte nuclear factor 1 homeobox B (HNF1B) gene are associated with the risk of Type II diabetes and multiple cancers. Evidence to date indicates that cancer risk may be mediated via genetic or epigenetic effects on HNF1B gene expression. We previously found single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) at the HNF1B locus to be associated with endometrial cancer, and now report extensive fine-mapping and in silico and laboratory analyses of this locus. Analysis of 1184 genotyped and imputed SNPs in 6608 Caucasian cases and 37 925 controls, and 895 Asian cases and 1968 controls, revealed the best signal of association for SNP rs11263763 (P = 8.4 × 10(-14), odds ratio = 0.86, 95% confidence interval = 0.82-0.89), located within HNF1B intron 1. Haplotype analysis and conditional analyses provide no evidence of further independent endometrial cancer risk variants at this locus. SNP rs11263763 genotype was associated with HNF1B mRNA expression but not with HNF1B methylation in endometrial tumor samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Genetic analyses prioritized rs11263763 and four other SNPs in high-to-moderate linkage disequilibrium as the most likely causal SNPs. Three of these SNPs map to the extended HNF1B promoter based on chromatin marks extending from the minimal promoter region. Reporter assays demonstrated that this extended region reduces activity in combination with the minimal HNF1B promoter, and that the minor alleles of rs11263763 or rs8064454 are associated with decreased HNF1B promoter activity. Our findings provide evidence for a single signal associated with endometrial cancer risk at the HNF1B locus, and that risk is likely mediated via altered HNF1B gene expression.
Published: 2015

40. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies common susceptibility polymorphisms for colorectal and endometrial cancer near SH2B3 and TSHZ1

Author: Cheng, THT, Thompson, D, Painter, J, O'Mara, T, Gorman, M, Martin, L, Palles, C, Jones, A, Buchanan, DD, Win, AK, Hopper, J, Jenkins, M, Lindor, NM, Newcomb, PA, Gallinger, S, Conti, D, Schumacher, F, Casey, G, Giles, GG, Pharoah, P, Peto, J, Cox, A, Swerdlow, A, Couch, F, Cunningham, JM, Goode, EL, Winham, SJ, Lambrechts, D, Fasching, P, Burwinkel, B, Brenner, H, Brauch, H, Chang-Claude, J, Salvesen, HB, Kristensen, V, Darabi, H, Li, J, Liu, T, Lindblom, A, Hall, P, Echeverry de Polanco, M, Sans, M, Carracedo, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Rojas-Martinez, A, Aguiar, S, Teixeira, MR, Dunning, AM, Dennis, J, Otton, G, Proietto, T, Holliday, E, Attia, J, Ashton, K, Scott, RJ, McEvoy, M, Dowdy, SC, Fridley, BL, Werner, HMJ, Trovik, J, Njolstad, TS, Tham, E, Mints, M, Runnebaum, I, Hillemanns, P, Doerk, T, Amant, F, Schrauwen, S, Hein, A, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, A, Czene, K, Meindl, A, Bolla, MK, Michailidou, K, Tyrer, JP, Wang, Q, Ahmed, S, Healey, CS, Shah, M, Annibali, D, Depreeuw, J, Al-Tassan, NA, Harris, R, Meyer, BF, Whiffin, N, Hosking, FJ, Kinnersley, B, Farrington, SM, Timofeeva, M, Tenesa, A, Campbell, H, Haile, RW, Hodgson, S, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Cheadle, JP, Easton, D, Dunlop, M, Houlston, R, Spurdle, A, Tomlinson, I, Cheng, THT, Thompson, D, Painter, J, O'Mara, T, Gorman, M, Martin, L, Palles, C, Jones, A, Buchanan, DD, Win, AK, Hopper, J, Jenkins, M, Lindor, NM, Newcomb, PA, Gallinger, S, Conti, D, Schumacher, F, Casey, G, Giles, GG, Pharoah, P, Peto, J, Cox, A, Swerdlow, A, Couch, F, Cunningham, JM, Goode, EL, Winham, SJ, Lambrechts, D, Fasching, P, Burwinkel, B, Brenner, H, Brauch, H, Chang-Claude, J, Salvesen, HB, Kristensen, V, Darabi, H, Li, J, Liu, T, Lindblom, A, Hall, P, Echeverry de Polanco, M, Sans, M, Carracedo, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Rojas-Martinez, A, Aguiar, S, Teixeira, MR, Dunning, AM, Dennis, J, Otton, G, Proietto, T, Holliday, E, Attia, J, Ashton, K, Scott, RJ, McEvoy, M, Dowdy, SC, Fridley, BL, Werner, HMJ, Trovik, J, Njolstad, TS, Tham, E, Mints, M, Runnebaum, I, Hillemanns, P, Doerk, T, Amant, F, Schrauwen, S, Hein, A, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, A, Czene, K, Meindl, A, Bolla, MK, Michailidou, K, Tyrer, JP, Wang, Q, Ahmed, S, Healey, CS, Shah, M, Annibali, D, Depreeuw, J, Al-Tassan, NA, Harris, R, Meyer, BF, Whiffin, N, Hosking, FJ, Kinnersley, B, Farrington, SM, Timofeeva, M, Tenesa, A, Campbell, H, Haile, RW, Hodgson, S, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Cheadle, JP, Easton, D, Dunlop, M, Houlston, R, Spurdle, A, and Tomlinson, I
Abstract: High-risk mutations in several genes predispose to both colorectal cancer (CRC) and endometrial cancer (EC). We therefore hypothesised that some lower-risk genetic variants might also predispose to both CRC and EC. Using CRC and EC genome-wide association series, totalling 13,265 cancer cases and 40,245 controls, we found that the protective allele [G] at one previously-identified CRC polymorphism, rs2736100 near TERT, was associated with EC risk (odds ratio (OR) = 1.08, P = 0.000167); this polymorphism influences the risk of several other cancers. A further CRC polymorphism near TERC also showed evidence of association with EC (OR = 0.92; P = 0.03). Overall, however, there was no good evidence that the set of CRC polymorphisms was associated with EC risk, and neither of two previously-reported EC polymorphisms was associated with CRC risk. A combined analysis revealed one genome-wide significant polymorphism, rs3184504, on chromosome 12q24 (OR = 1.10, P = 7.23 × 10(-9)) with shared effects on CRC and EC risk. This polymorphism, a missense variant in the gene SH2B3, is also associated with haematological and autoimmune disorders, suggesting that it influences cancer risk through the immune response. Another polymorphism, rs12970291 near gene TSHZ1, was associated with both CRC and EC (OR = 1.26, P = 4.82 × 10(-8)), with the alleles showing opposite effects on the risks of the two cancers.
Published: 2015

41. Recurrent Coding Sequence Variation Explains Only A Small Fraction of the Genetic Architecture of Colorectal Cancer

Author: Timofeeva, MN, Ben Kinnersley, Farrington, SM, Whiffin, N, Palles, C, Svinti, V, Lloyd, A, Gorman, M, Ooi, LY, Hosking, F, Barclay, E, Zgaga, L, Dobbins, S, Martin, L, Theodoratou, E, Broderick, P, Tenesa, A, Smillie, C, Grimes, G, Hayward, C, Campbell, A (Archie), Porteous, D, Deary, IJ, Harris, SE, Northwood, EL, Barrett, JH, Smith, G, de Wolf, R, Forman, D, Morreau, H, Ruano, D, Tops, C, van Wijnen, J (Juul), Schrumpf, M, Boot, A (Arnoud), Vasen, HFA, Hes, FJ, van Wezel, T, Franke, A, Lieb, W, Schafmayer, C, Hampe, J, Buch, S, Propping, P, Hemminki, K, Forsti, A, Westers, H, Hofstra, R, Pinheiro, M, Pinto, C, Teixeira, M, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Campbell, H, Bishop, DT, Tomlinson, IPM, Dunlop, MG, Houlston, RS, Timofeeva, MN, Ben Kinnersley, Farrington, SM, Whiffin, N, Palles, C, Svinti, V, Lloyd, A, Gorman, M, Ooi, LY, Hosking, F, Barclay, E, Zgaga, L, Dobbins, S, Martin, L, Theodoratou, E, Broderick, P, Tenesa, A, Smillie, C, Grimes, G, Hayward, C, Campbell, A (Archie), Porteous, D, Deary, IJ, Harris, SE, Northwood, EL, Barrett, JH, Smith, G, de Wolf, R, Forman, D, Morreau, H, Ruano, D, Tops, C, van Wijnen, J (Juul), Schrumpf, M, Boot, A (Arnoud), Vasen, HFA, Hes, FJ, van Wezel, T, Franke, A, Lieb, W, Schafmayer, C, Hampe, J, Buch, S, Propping, P, Hemminki, K, Forsti, A, Westers, H, Hofstra, R, Pinheiro, M, Pinto, C, Teixeira, M, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Campbell, H, Bishop, DT, Tomlinson, IPM, Dunlop, MG, and Houlston, RS
Abstract: Whilst common genetic variation in many non-coding genomic regulatory regions are known to impart risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), much of the heritability of CRC remains unexplained. To examine the role of recurrent coding sequence variation in CRC aetiology, we genotyped 12,638 CRCs cases and 29,045 controls from six European populations. Single-variant analysis identified a coding variant (rs3184504) in SH2B3 (12q24) associated with CRC risk (OR = 1.08, P = 3.9 x 10(-7)), and novel damaging coding variants in 3 genes previously tagged by GWAS efforts; rs16888728 (8q24) in UTP23 (OR = 1.15, P = 1.4 x 10(-7)); rs6580742 and rs12303082 (12q13) in FAM186A (OR = 1.11, P = 1.2 x 10(-7) and OR = 1.09, P = 7.4 x 10(-8)); rs1129406 (12q13) in ATF1 (OR = 1.11, P = 8.3 x 10(-9)), all reaching exome-wide significance levels. Gene based tests identified associations between CRC and PCDHGA genes (P < 2.90 x 10(-6)). We found an excess of rare, damaging variants in base-excision (P = 2.4 x 10(-4)) and DNA mismatch repair genes (P = 6.1 x 10(-4)) consistent with a recessive mode of inheritance. This study comprehensively explores the contribution of coding sequence variation to CRC risk, identifying associations with coding variation in 4 genes and PCDHG gene cluster and several candidate recessive alleles. However, these findings suggest that recurrent, low-frequency coding variants account for a minority of the unexplained heritability of CRC.
Published: 2015

42. Modeling Respiratory Depression Induced by Remifentanil and Propofol during Sedation and Analgesia Using a Continuous Noninvasive Measurement of pCO2

Author: Hannam, J. A., primary, Borrat, X., additional, Troconiz, I. F., additional, Valencia, J. F., additional, Jensen, E. W., additional, Pedroso, A., additional, Munoz, J., additional, Castellvi-Bel, S., additional, Castells, A., additional, and Gambus, P. L., additional
Published: 2015
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43. Genetic susceptibility variants associated with colorectal cancer prognosis

Author: Abuli, A, Lozano, JJ, Rodriguez-Soler, M, Jover, R, Bessa, X, Munoz, J, Esteban-Jurado, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Cubiella, J, Balaguer, F, Bujanda, L, Rene, JM, Clofent, J, Morillas, JD, Nicolas-Perez, D, Xicola, RM, Llor, X, Pique, JM, Andreu, M, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Martin, M, and Spanish Gastroenterological Assoc
Abstract: Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women in Western countries. Once a tumour develops, a differentiated prognosis could be determined by lifestyle habits or inherited and somatic genetic factors. Finding such prognostic factors will be helpful in order to identify cases with a shorter survival or at a higher risk of recurrence that may benefit from more intensive treatment and follow-up surveillance. Sixteen CRC genetic susceptibility variants were directly genotyped in a cohort of 1235 CRC patients recruited by the EPICOLON Spanish consortium. Univariate Cox and multivariate regression analyses were performed taking as primary outcomes overall survival (OS), disease-free survival and recurrence-free interval. Genetic variants rs9929218 at 16q22.1 and rs10795668 at 10p14 may have an effect on OS. The G allele of rs9929218 was linked with a better OS [GG genotype, genotypic model: hazard ratio (HR) 0.65, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.450.93, P 0.0179; GG/GA genotypes, dominant model: HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.470.94, P 0.0202]. Likewise, the G allele of rs10795668 was associated with better clinical outcome (GG genotype, genotypic model: HR 0.73, 95% CI 0.531.01, P 0.0570; GA genotype, genotypic model: HR 0.66, 95% CI 0.470.92, P 0.0137; GG/GA genotypes, dominant model: HR 0.68, 95% CI 0.500.94, P 0.0194). In conclusion, CRC susceptibility variants rs9929218 and rs10795668 may exert some influence in modulating patients survival and they deserve to be further tested in additional CRC cohorts in order to confirm their potential as prognosis or predictive biomarkers.
Published: 2013

44. Meta-Analysis of Mismatch Repair Polymorphisms within the Cogent Consortium for Colorectal Cancer Susceptibility

Author: Picelli, S, Bermejo, JL, Chang-Claude, J, Hoffmeister, M, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Naccarati, A, Pardini, B, Vodickova, L, Muller, H, Talseth-Palmer, BA, Stibbard, G, Peterlongo, P, Nici, C, Veneroni, S, Li, L, Casey, G, Tenesa, A, Farrington, SM, Tomlinson, I, Moreno, V, van Wezel, T, Wijnen, J, Dunlop, M, Radice, P, Scott, RJ, Vodicka, P, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Brenner, H, Buch, S, Volzke, H, Hampe, J, Schafmayer, C, Lindblom, A, González Juan D., Roman, E, Ramon, T., Poca, M, Concepcion, Ma M., Martin, M, Pétriz L., and EPICOLON Consortium
Abstract: In the last four years, Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) have identified sixteen low-penetrance polymorphisms on fourteen different loci associated with colorectal cancer (CRC). Due to the low risks conferred by known common variants, most of the 35% broad-sense heritability estimated by twin studies remains unexplained. Recently our group performed a case-control study for eight Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) in 4 CRC genes. The present investigation is a follow-up of that study. We have genotyped six SNPs that showed a positive association and carried out a meta-analysis based on eight additional studies comprising in total more than 8000 cases and 6000 controls. The estimated recessive odds ratio for one of the SNPs, rs3219489 (MUTYH Q338H), decreased from 1.52 in the original Swedish study, to 1.18 in the Swedish replication, and to 1.08 in the initial meta-analysis. Since the corresponding summary probability value was 0.06, we decided to retrieve additional information for this polymorphism. The incorporation of six further studies resulted in around 13000 cases and 13000 controls. The newly updated OR was 1.03. The results from the present large, multicenter study illustrate the possibility of decreasing effect sizes with increasing samples sizes. Phenotypic heterogeneity, differential environmental exposures, and population specific linkage disequilibrium patterns may explain the observed difference of genetic effects between Sweden and the other investigated cohorts.
Published: 2013

45. BMPR1A mutations in early-onset colorectal cancer with mismatch repair proficiency

Author: Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Brea-Fernandez, A, Bessa, X, Alvarez-Urturi, C, Abuli, A, Clofent, J, Paya, A, Jover, R, Xicola, R, Llor, X, Andreu, M, Castells, A, Carracedo, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Gonzalez, D, and EPICOLON Consortium
Published: 2013

46. Cumulative impact of common genetic variants and other risk factors on colorectal cancer risk in 42 103 individuals

Author: Dunlop, MG, Tenesa, A, Farrington, SM, Ballereau, S, Brewster, DH, Koessler, T, Pharoah, P, Schafmayer, C, Hampe, J, Voelzke, H, Chang-Claude, J, Hoffmeister, M, Brenner, H, von Holst, S, Picelli, S, Lindblom, A, Jenkins, MA, Hopper, JL, Casey, G, Duggan, D, Newcomb, PA, Abuli, A, Bessa, X, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Castellvi-Bel, S, Niittymaeki, I, Tuupanen, S, Karhu, A, Aaltonen, L, Zanke, B, Hudson, T, Gallinger, S, Barclay, E, Martin, L, Gorman, M, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Walther, A, Kerr, D, Lubbe, S, Broderick, P, Chandler, I, Pittman, A, Penegar, S, Campbell, H, Tomlinson, I, Houlston, RS, Dunlop, MG, Tenesa, A, Farrington, SM, Ballereau, S, Brewster, DH, Koessler, T, Pharoah, P, Schafmayer, C, Hampe, J, Voelzke, H, Chang-Claude, J, Hoffmeister, M, Brenner, H, von Holst, S, Picelli, S, Lindblom, A, Jenkins, MA, Hopper, JL, Casey, G, Duggan, D, Newcomb, PA, Abuli, A, Bessa, X, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Castellvi-Bel, S, Niittymaeki, I, Tuupanen, S, Karhu, A, Aaltonen, L, Zanke, B, Hudson, T, Gallinger, S, Barclay, E, Martin, L, Gorman, M, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Walther, A, Kerr, D, Lubbe, S, Broderick, P, Chandler, I, Pittman, A, Penegar, S, Campbell, H, Tomlinson, I, and Houlston, RS
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Colorectal cancer (CRC) has a substantial heritable component. Common genetic variation has been shown to contribute to CRC risk. A study was conducted in a large multi-population study to assess the feasibility of CRC risk prediction using common genetic variant data combined with other risk factors. A risk prediction model was built and applied to the Scottish population using available data. DESIGN: Nine populations of European descent were studied to develop and validate CRC risk prediction models. Binary logistic regression was used to assess the combined effect of age, gender, family history (FH) and genotypes at 10 susceptibility loci that individually only modestly influence CRC risk. Risk models were generated from case-control data incorporating genotypes alone (n=39,266) and in combination with gender, age and FH (n=11,324). Model discriminatory performance was assessed using 10-fold internal cross-validation and externally using 4187 independent samples. The 10-year absolute risk was estimated by modelling genotype and FH with age- and gender-specific population risks. RESULTS: The median number of risk alleles was greater in cases than controls (10 vs 9, p<2.2 × 10(-16)), confirmed in external validation sets (Sweden p=1.2 × 10(-6), Finland p=2 × 10(-5)). The mean per-allele increase in risk was 9% (OR 1.09; 95% CI 1.05 to 1.13). Discriminative performance was poor across the risk spectrum (area under curve for genotypes alone 0.57; area under curve for genotype/age/gender/FH 0.59). However, modelling genotype data, FH, age and gender with Scottish population data shows the practicalities of identifying a subgroup with >5% predicted 10-year absolute risk. CONCLUSION: Genotype data provide additional information that complements age, gender and FH as risk factors, but individualised genetic risk prediction is not currently feasible. Nonetheless, the modelling exercise suggests public health potential since it is possible to stratify the popula
Published: 2013

47. Refinement of the associations between risk of colorectal cancer and polymorphisms on chromosomes 1q41 and 12q13.13

Author: Spain, SL, Carvajal-Carmona, LG, Howarth, KM, Jones, AM, Su, Z, Cazier, J-B, Williams, J, Aaltonen, LA, Pharoah, P, Kerr, DJ, Cheadle, J, Li, L, Casey, G, Vodicka, P, Sieber, O, Lipton, L, Gibbs, P, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Young, J, Baird, PN, Morreau, H, van Wezel, T, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Dunlop, M, Houlston, RS, Tomlinson, IPM, Spain, SL, Carvajal-Carmona, LG, Howarth, KM, Jones, AM, Su, Z, Cazier, J-B, Williams, J, Aaltonen, LA, Pharoah, P, Kerr, DJ, Cheadle, J, Li, L, Casey, G, Vodicka, P, Sieber, O, Lipton, L, Gibbs, P, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Young, J, Baird, PN, Morreau, H, van Wezel, T, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Carracedo, A, Castells, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Dunlop, M, Houlston, RS, and Tomlinson, IPM
Abstract: In genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of colorectal cancer, we have identified two genomic regions in which pairs of tagging-single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) are associated with disease; these comprise chromosomes 1q41 (rs6691170, rs6687758) and 12q13.13 (rs7163702, rs11169552). We investigated these regions further, aiming to determine whether they contain more than one independent association signal and/or to identify the SNPs most strongly associated with disease. Genotyping of additional sample sets at the original tagSNPs showed that, for both regions, the two tagSNPs were unlikely to identify a single haplotype on which the functional variation lay. Conversely, one of the pair of SNPs did not fully capture the association signal in each region. We therefore undertook more detailed analyses, using imputation, logistic regression, genealogical analysis using the GENECLUSTER program and haplotype analysis. In the 1q41 region, the SNP rs11118883 emerged as a strong candidate based on all these analyses, sufficient to account for the signals at both rs6691170 and rs6687758. rs11118883 lies within a region with strong evidence of transcriptional regulatory activity and has been associated with expression of PDGFRB mRNA. For 12q13.13, a complex situation was found: SNP rs7972465 showed stronger association than either rs11169552 or rs7136702, and GENECLUSTER found no good evidence for a two-SNP model. However, logistic regression and haplotype analyses supported a two-SNP model, in which a signal at the SNP rs706793 was added to that at rs11169552. Post-GWAS fine-mapping studies are challenging, but the use of multiple tools can assist in identifying candidate functional variants in at least some cases.
Published: 2012

48. Multiple Common Susceptibility Variants near BMP Pathway Loci GREM1, BMP4, and BMP2 Explain Part of the Missing Heritability of Colorectal Cancer

Author: Gibson, G, Tomlinson, IPM, Carvajal-Carmona, LG, Dobbins, SE, Tenesa, A, Jones, AM, Howarth, K, Palles, C, Broderick, P, Jaeger, EEM, Farrington, S, Lewis, A, Prendergast, JGD, Pittman, AM, Theodoratou, E, Olver, B, Walker, M, Penegar, S, Barclay, E, Whiffin, N, Martin, L, Ballereau, S, Lloyd, A, Gorman, M, Lubbe, S, Howie, B, Marchini, J, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Castells, A, Carracedo, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Duggan, D, Conti, D, Cazier, J-B, Campbell, H, Sieber, O, Lipton, L, Gibbs, P, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Young, J, Baird, PN, Gallinger, S, Newcomb, P, Hopper, J, Jenkins, MA, Aaltonen, LA, Kerr, DJ, Cheadle, J, Pharoah, P, Casey, G, Houlston, RS, Dunlop, MG, Gibson, G, Tomlinson, IPM, Carvajal-Carmona, LG, Dobbins, SE, Tenesa, A, Jones, AM, Howarth, K, Palles, C, Broderick, P, Jaeger, EEM, Farrington, S, Lewis, A, Prendergast, JGD, Pittman, AM, Theodoratou, E, Olver, B, Walker, M, Penegar, S, Barclay, E, Whiffin, N, Martin, L, Ballereau, S, Lloyd, A, Gorman, M, Lubbe, S, Howie, B, Marchini, J, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Fernandez-Rozadilla, C, Castells, A, Carracedo, A, Castellvi-Bel, S, Duggan, D, Conti, D, Cazier, J-B, Campbell, H, Sieber, O, Lipton, L, Gibbs, P, Martin, NG, Montgomery, GW, Young, J, Baird, PN, Gallinger, S, Newcomb, P, Hopper, J, Jenkins, MA, Aaltonen, LA, Kerr, DJ, Cheadle, J, Pharoah, P, Casey, G, Houlston, RS, and Dunlop, MG
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 14 tagging single nucleotide polymorphisms (tagSNPs) that are associated with the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), and several of these tagSNPs are near bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathway loci. The penalty of multiple testing implicit in GWAS increases the attraction of complementary approaches for disease gene discovery, including candidate gene- or pathway-based analyses. The strongest candidate loci for additional predisposition SNPs are arguably those already known both to have functional relevance and to be involved in disease risk. To investigate this proposition, we searched for novel CRC susceptibility variants close to the BMP pathway genes GREM1 (15q13.3), BMP4 (14q22.2), and BMP2 (20p12.3) using sample sets totalling 24,910 CRC cases and 26,275 controls. We identified new, independent CRC predisposition SNPs close to BMP4 (rs1957636, P = 3.93×10(-10)) and BMP2 (rs4813802, P = 4.65×10(-11)). Near GREM1, we found using fine-mapping that the previously-identified association between tagSNP rs4779584 and CRC actually resulted from two independent signals represented by rs16969681 (P = 5.33×10(-8)) and rs11632715 (P = 2.30×10(-10)). As low-penetrance predisposition variants become harder to identify-owing to small effect sizes and/or low risk allele frequencies-approaches based on informed candidate gene selection may become increasingly attractive. Our data emphasise that genetic fine-mapping studies can deconvolute associations that have arisen owing to independent correlation of a tagSNP with more than one functional SNP, thus explaining some of the apparently missing heritability of common diseases.
Published: 2011

49. 460O - POLE proofreading domain mutation defines a subset of immunogenic colorectal cancers with excellent prognosis

Author: Glaire, M.A., Domingo, E., Vermeulen, L., van Wezel, T., Liefers, G.-J., Lothe, R.A., Nesbakkend, A., Danielsen, S.A., Zlobec, I., Koelzer, V., Berger, M., Castellví-Bel, S., de Bruyn, M., Novelli, M., Tejpar, S., Delorenzi, M., Kerr, R., Kerr, D., Tomlinson, I., and Church, D.N.
Published: 2016
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50. COGENT (COlorectal cancer GENeTics): an international consortium to study the role of polymorphic variation on the risk of colorectal cancer

Author: Tomlinson, IPM, Dunlop, M, Campbell, H, Zanke, B, Gallinger, S, Hudson, T, Koessler, T, Pharoah, PD, Niittymaki, I, Tuupanen, S, Aaltonen, LA, Hemminki, K, Lindblom, A, Forsti, A, Sieber, O, Lipton, L, van Wezel, T, Morreau, H, Wijnen, JT, Devilee, P, Matsuda, K, Nakamura, Y, Castellvi-Bel, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Castells, A, Carracedo, A, Ho, JWC, Sham, P, Hofstra, RMW, Vodicka, P, Brenner, H, Hampe, J, Schafmayer, C, Tepel, J, Schreiber, S, Volzke, H, Lerch, MM, Schmidt, CA, Buch, S, Moreno, V, Villanueva, CM, Peterlongo, P, Radice, P, Echeverry, MM, Velez, A, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Scott, R, Penegar, S, Broderick, P, Tenesa, A, Houlston, RS, Tomlinson, IPM, Dunlop, M, Campbell, H, Zanke, B, Gallinger, S, Hudson, T, Koessler, T, Pharoah, PD, Niittymaki, I, Tuupanen, S, Aaltonen, LA, Hemminki, K, Lindblom, A, Forsti, A, Sieber, O, Lipton, L, van Wezel, T, Morreau, H, Wijnen, JT, Devilee, P, Matsuda, K, Nakamura, Y, Castellvi-Bel, S, Ruiz-Ponte, C, Castells, A, Carracedo, A, Ho, JWC, Sham, P, Hofstra, RMW, Vodicka, P, Brenner, H, Hampe, J, Schafmayer, C, Tepel, J, Schreiber, S, Volzke, H, Lerch, MM, Schmidt, CA, Buch, S, Moreno, V, Villanueva, CM, Peterlongo, P, Radice, P, Echeverry, MM, Velez, A, Carvajal-Carmona, L, Scott, R, Penegar, S, Broderick, P, Tenesa, A, and Houlston, RS
Abstract: It is now recognised that a part of the inherited risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) can be explained by the co-inheritance of low-penetrance genetic variants. The accumulated experience to date in identifying these variants has served to highlight difficulties in conducting statistically and methodologically rigorous studies and follow-up analyses. The COGENT (COlorectal cancer GENeTics) consortium includes 20 research groups in Europe, Australia, the Americas, China and Japan. The overarching goal of COGENT is to identify and characterise low-penetrance susceptibility variants for CRC through association-based analyses. In this study, we review the rationale for identifying low-penetrance variants for CRC and our proposed strategy for establishing COGENT.
Published: 2010

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