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

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Baxter, J.S., Johnson, N., Tomczyk, K., Gillespie, A., Maguire, S., Brough, R., Fachal, L., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Ahearn, T.U., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N.N., Arndt, V., Aronson, K.J., Augustinsson, A., Becher, H., Beckmann, M.W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Brenner, H., Brucker, S.Y., Cai, Q.Y., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Castelao, J.E., Chan, T.L., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Choi, J.Y., Clarke, C.L., Collaborators, N., Colonna, S., Conroy, D.M., Couch, F.J., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., Devilee, P., Dork, T., Dossus, L., Dwek, M., Eccles, D.M., Ekici, A.B., Eliassen, A.H., Engel, C., Fasching, P.A., Figueroa, J., Flyger, H., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gao, C., Garcia-Closas, M., Garcia-Saenz, J.A., Ghoussaini, M., Giles, G.G., Goldberg, M.S., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Guenel, P., Gundert, M., Haeberle, L., Hahnen, E., Haiman, C.A., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Hartman, M., Hatse, S., Hauke, J., Hollestelle, A., Hoppe, R., Hopper, J.L., Hou, M.F., Ito, H., Iwasaki, M., Jager, A., Jakubowska, A., Janni, W., John, E.M., Joseph, V., Jung, A., Kaaks, R., Kang, D., Keeman, R., Khusnutdinova, E., Kim, S.W., Kosma, V.M., Kraft, P., Kristensen, V.N., Kubelka-Sabit, K., Kurian, A.W., Kwong, A., Lacey, J.V., Lambrechts, D., Larson, N.L., Larsson, S.C., Marchand, L. le, Lejbkowicz, F., Li, J.M., Long, J.R., Lophatananon, A., LubiNski, J., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Manoukian, S., Margolin, S., Matsuo, K., Mavroudis, D., Mayes, R., Menon, U., Milne, R.L., Taib, N.A.M., Muir, K., Muranen, T.A., Murphy, R.A., Nevanlinna, H., O'Brien, K.M., Offit, K., Olson, J.E., Olsson, H., Park, S.K., Park-Simon, T.W., Patel, A.V., Peterlongo, P., Peto, J., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Presneau, N., Pylkas, K., Rack, B., Rennert, G., Romero, A., Ruebner, M., Rudiger, T., Saloustros, E., Sandler, D.P., Sawyer, E.J., Schmidt, M.K., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneeweiss, A., Schoemaker, M.J., Shah, M., Shen, C.Y., Shu, X.O., Simard, J., Southey, M.C., Stone, J., Surowy, H., Swerdlow, A.J., Tamimi, R.M., Tapper, W.J., Taylor, J.A., Teo, S.H., Teras, L.R., Terry, M.B., Toland, A.E., Tomlinson, I., Truong, T., Tseng, C.C., Untch, M., Vachon, C.M., Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Wang, S.S., Weinberg, C.R., Wendt, C., Winham, S.J., Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Wu, A.H., Yamaji, T., Zheng, W., Ziogas, A., Pharoah, P.D.P., Dunning, A.M., Easton, D.F., Pettitt, S.J., Lord, C.J., Haider, S., Orr, N., Fletcher, O., kConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Medical Oncology, Clinical Genetics, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Biosciences, Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository

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Basic medicine, breast cancer risk, 0302 clinical medicine, Transcription (biology), Risk Factors, WIDE ASSOCIATION, TRANSCRIPTION, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Genetics (clinical), Sequence Deletion, Genetics, Genetics & Heredity, 0303 health sciences, Chromosome Mapping, 3. Good health, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, Pair 2, Female, Medical Genetics, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Human, Tumor suppressor gene, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, In silico, 3122 Cancers, Locus (genetics), Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Chromosomes, Article, Cell Line, RNAS, Promoter Regions, 03 medical and health sciences, functional annotation, risk locus, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Variation, Humans, Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5, Molecular Sequence Annotation, 11Q13, Genetic, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Enhancer, Transcription factor, 030304 developmental biology, Medicinsk genetik, Reporter gene, Science & Technology, IDENTIFICATION, Clinical medicine, Estrogen receptor alpha
Abstract

A combination of genetic and functional approaches has identified three independent breast cancer risk loci at 2q35. A recent fine-scale mapping analysis to refine these associations resulted in 1 (signal 1), 5 (signal 2), and 42 (signal 3) credible causal variants at these loci. We used publicly available in silico DNase I and ChIP-seq data with in vitro reporter gene and CRISPR assays to annotate signals 2 and 3. We identified putative regulatory elements that enhanced cell-type-specific transcription from the IGFBP5 promoter at both signals (30- to 40-fold increased expression by the putative regulatory element at signal 2, 2- to 3-fold by the putative regulatory element at signal 3). We further identified one of the five credible causal variants at signal 2, a 1.4 kb deletion (esv3594306), as the likely causal variant; the deletion allele of this variant was associated with an average additional increase in IGFBP5 expression of 1.3-fold (MCF-7) and 2.2-fold (T-47D). We propose a model in which the deletion allele of esv3594306 juxtaposes two transcription factor binding regions (annotated by estrogen receptor alpha ChIP-seq peaks) to generate a single extended regulatory element. This regulatory element increases cell-type-specific expression of the tumor suppressor gene IGFBP5 and, thereby, reduces risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% CI 0.74-0.81, p = 3.1 × 10-31). ispartof: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS vol:108 issue:7 pages:1190-1203 ispartof: location:United States status: published

Published
2021

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

Author

Baxter J.S., Johnson N., Tomczyk K., Gillespie A., Maguire S., Brough R., Fachal L., Michailidou K., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Cai Q., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Colonna S., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., Dossus L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Ghoussaini M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Guenel P., Gundert M., Haeberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hatse S., Hauke J., Hollestelle A., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jager A., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Joseph V., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kang D., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kosma V.-M., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kubelka-Sabit K., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Larson N.L., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Lejbkowicz F., Li J., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Muranen T.A., Murphy R.A., Nevanlinna H., O'Brien K.M., Offit K., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Patel A.V., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Rack B., Rennert G., Romero A., Ruebner M., Rudiger T., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Southey M.C., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teo S.H., Teras L.R., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tomlinson I., Truong T., Tseng C.-C., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van den Ouweland A.M.W., Wang S.S., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Winham S.J., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yamaji T., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Pharoah P.D.P., Dunning A.M., Easton D.F., Pettitt S.J., Lord C.J., Haider S., Orr N., Fletcher O., Baxter J.S., Johnson N., Tomczyk K., Gillespie A., Maguire S., Brough R., Fachal L., Michailidou K., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Cai Q., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Colonna S., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., Dossus L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Ghoussaini M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Guenel P., Gundert M., Haeberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hatse S., Hauke J., Hollestelle A., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jager A., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Joseph V., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kang D., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kosma V.-M., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kubelka-Sabit K., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Larson N.L., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Lejbkowicz F., Li J., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Muranen T.A., Murphy R.A., Nevanlinna H., O'Brien K.M., Offit K., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Patel A.V., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Rack B., Rennert G., Romero A., Ruebner M., Rudiger T., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Southey M.C., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teo S.H., Teras L.R., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tomlinson I., Truong T., Tseng C.-C., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van den Ouweland A.M.W., Wang S.S., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Winham S.J., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yamaji T., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Pharoah P.D.P., Dunning A.M., Easton D.F., Pettitt S.J., Lord C.J., Haider S., Orr N., and Fletcher O.

Abstract

A combination of genetic and functional approaches has identified three independent breast cancer risk loci at 2q35. A recent fine-scale mapping analysis to refine these associations resulted in 1 (signal 1), 5 (signal 2), and 42 (signal 3) credible causal variants at these loci. We used publicly available in silico DNase I and ChIP-seq data with in vitro reporter gene and CRISPR assays to annotate signals 2 and 3. We identified putative regulatory elements that enhanced cell-type-specific transcription from the IGFBP5 promoter at both signals (30- to 40-fold increased expression by the putative regulatory element at signal 2, 2- to 3-fold by the putative regulatory element at signal 3). We further identified one of the five credible causal variants at signal 2, a 1.4 kb deletion (esv3594306), as the likely causal variant; the deletion allele of this variant was associated with an average additional increase in IGFBP5 expression of 1.3-fold (MCF-7) and 2.2-fold (T-47D). We propose a model in which the deletion allele of esv3594306 juxtaposes two transcription factor binding regions (annotated by estrogen receptor alpha ChIP-seq peaks) to generate a single extended regulatory element. This regulatory element increases cell-type-specific expression of the tumor suppressor gene IGFBP5 and, thereby, reduces risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% CI 0.74-0.81, p = 3.1 x 10-31).Copyright © 2021 The Authors

Published
2021

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

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Kramer, I., Hooning, M.J., Mavaddat, N., Hauptmann, M., Keeman, R., Steyerberg, E.W., Giardiello, D., Antoniou, A.C., Pharoah, P.D.P., Canisius, S., Abu-Ful, Z., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Aronson, K.J., Augustinsson, A., Becher, H., Beckmann, M.W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Bolla, M.K., Bonanni, B., Brauch, H., Bremer, M., Brucker, S.Y., Burwinkel, B., Castelao, J.E., Chan, T.L., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Choi, J.Y., Clarke, C.L., Collee, J.M., Couch, F.J., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., Devilee, P., Dork, T., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Dunning, A.M., Dwek, M., Eccles, D.M., Evans, D.G., Fasching, P.A., Flyger, H., Gago-Dominguez, M., Garcia-Closas, M., Garcia-Saenz, J.A., Giles, G.G., Goldgar, D.E., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Haiman, C.A., Hakansson, N., Hamann, U., Hartman, M., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B.A.M., Hollestelle, A., Hopper, J.L., Hou, M.F., Howell, A., Ito, H., Jakimovska, M., Jakubowska, A., Janni, W., John, E.M., Jung, A., Kang, D., Kets, C.M., Khusnutdinova, E., Ko, Y.D., Kristensen, V.N., Kurian, A.W., Kwong, A., Lambrechts, D., Marchand, L. le, Li, J.M., Lindblom, A., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Margolin, S., Matsuo, K., Mavroudis, D., Meindl, A., Milne, R.L., Mulligan, A.M., Muranen, T.A., Neuhausen, S.L., Nevanlinna, H., Newman, W.G., Olshan, A.F., Olson, J.E., Olsson, H., Park-Simon, T.W., Peto, J., Petridis, C., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Presneau, N., Pylkas, K., Radice, P., Rennert, G., Romero, A., Roylance, R., Saloustros, E., Sawyer, E.J., Schmutzler, R.K., Schwentner, L., Scott, C., See, M.H., Shah, M., Shen, C.Y., Shu, X.O., Siesling, S., Slager, S., Sohn, C., Southey, M.C., Spinelli, J.J., Stone, J., Tapper, W.J., Tengstrom, M., Teo, S.H., Terry, M.B., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Tomlinson, I., Troester, M.A., Vachon, C.M., Ongeval, C. van, Veen, E.M. van, Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Zheng, W., Ziogas, A., Easton, D.F., Hall, P., Schmidt, M.K., NBCS Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators, and kConFab Investigators

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parasitic diseases
Abstract

Previous research has shown that polygenic risk scores (PRSs) can be used to stratify women according to their risk of developing primary invasive breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the association between a recently validated PRS of 313 germline variants (PRS313) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk. We included 56,068 women of European ancestry diagnosed with first invasive breast cancer from 1990 onward with follow-up from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Metachronous CBC risk (N = 1,027) according to the distribution of PRS313 was quantified using Cox regression analyses. We assessed PRS313 interaction with age at first diagnosis, family history, morphology, ER status, PR status, and HER2 status, and (neo)adjuvant therapy. In studies of Asian women, with limited follow-up, CBC risk associated with PRS313 was assessed using logistic regression for 340 women with CBC compared with 12,133 women with unilateral breast cancer. Higher PRS313 was associated with increased CBC risk: hazard ratio per standard deviation (SD) = 1.25 (95%CI = 1.18-1.33) for Europeans, and an OR per SD = 1.15 (95%CI = 1.02-1.29) for Asians. The absolute lifetime risks of CBC, accounting for death as competing risk, were 12.4% for European women at the 10th percentile and 20.5% at the 90th percentile of PRS313. We found no evidence of confounding by or interaction with individual characteristics, characteristics of the primary tumor, or treatment. The C-index for the PRS313 alone was 0.563 (95%CI = 0.547-0.586). In conclusion, PRS313 is an independent factor associated with CBC risk and can be incorporated into CBC risk prediction models to help improve stratification and optimize surveillance and treatment strategies.

Published
2020

15. Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness

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Patel, V.L., Busch, E.L., Friebel, T.M., Cronin, A., Leslie, G., McGuffog, L., Adlard, J., Agata, S., Agnarsson, B.A., Ahmed, M., Aittomaki, K., Alducci, E., Andrulis, I.L., Arason, A., Arnold, N., Artioli, G., Arver, B., Auber, B., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barkardottir, R.B., Barnes, D.R., Barroso, A., Barrowdale, D., Belotti, M., Benitez, J., Bertelsen, B., Blok, M.J., Bodrogi, I., Bonadona, V., Bonanni, B., Bondavalli, D., Boonen, S.E., Borde, J., Borg, A., Bradbury, A.R., Brady, A., Brewer, C., Brunet, J., Buecher, B., Buys, S.S., Cabezas-Camarero, S., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M.A., Calvello, M., Campbell, I.G., Carnevali, I., Carrasco, E., Chan, T.L., Chu, A.T.W., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Cook, J., Cortesi, L., Couch, F.J., Daly, M.B., Damante, G., Darder, E., Davidson, R., Hoya, M. de la, Puppa, L.D., Dennis, J., Diez, O., Ding, Y.C., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S.M., Donaldson, A., Dworniczak, B., Easton, D.F., Eccles, D.M., Eeles, R.A., Ehrencrona, H., Ejlertsen, B., Engel, C., Evans, D.G., Faivre, L., Faust, U., Feliubadalo, L., Foretova, L., Fostira, F., Fountzilas, G., Frost, D., Garcia-Barberan, V., Garre, P., Gauthier-Villars, M., Geczi, L., Gehrig, A., Gerdes, A.M., Gesta, P., Giannini, G., Glendon, G., Godwin, A.K., Goldgar, D.E., Greene, M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera, A.M., Hahnen, E., Hamann, U., Mensenkamp, A.R., Nielsen, H., Rebbeck, T.R., Patel, V.L., Busch, E.L., Friebel, T.M., Cronin, A., Leslie, G., McGuffog, L., Adlard, J., Agata, S., Agnarsson, B.A., Ahmed, M., Aittomaki, K., Alducci, E., Andrulis, I.L., Arason, A., Arnold, N., Artioli, G., Arver, B., Auber, B., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barkardottir, R.B., Barnes, D.R., Barroso, A., Barrowdale, D., Belotti, M., Benitez, J., Bertelsen, B., Blok, M.J., Bodrogi, I., Bonadona, V., Bonanni, B., Bondavalli, D., Boonen, S.E., Borde, J., Borg, A., Bradbury, A.R., Brady, A., Brewer, C., Brunet, J., Buecher, B., Buys, S.S., Cabezas-Camarero, S., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M.A., Calvello, M., Campbell, I.G., Carnevali, I., Carrasco, E., Chan, T.L., Chu, A.T.W., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Cook, J., Cortesi, L., Couch, F.J., Daly, M.B., Damante, G., Darder, E., Davidson, R., Hoya, M. de la, Puppa, L.D., Dennis, J., Diez, O., Ding, Y.C., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S.M., Donaldson, A., Dworniczak, B., Easton, D.F., Eccles, D.M., Eeles, R.A., Ehrencrona, H., Ejlertsen, B., Engel, C., Evans, D.G., Faivre, L., Faust, U., Feliubadalo, L., Foretova, L., Fostira, F., Fountzilas, G., Frost, D., Garcia-Barberan, V., Garre, P., Gauthier-Villars, M., Geczi, L., Gehrig, A., Gerdes, A.M., Gesta, P., Giannini, G., Glendon, G., Godwin, A.K., Goldgar, D.E., Greene, M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera, A.M., Hahnen, E., Hamann, U., Mensenkamp, A.R., Nielsen, H., and Rebbeck, T.R.

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Contains fulltext : 218251.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access), Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer or high grade (Gleason 8+) prostate cancer using an international sample of 65 BRCA1 and 171 BRCA2 male PSV carriers with prostate cancer, and 3,388 BRCA1 and 2,880 BRCA2 male PSV carriers without prostate cancer. PSVs in the 3' region of BRCA2 (c.7914+) were significantly associated with elevated risk of prostate cancer compared with reference bin c.1001-c.7913 [HR = 1.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25-2.52; P = 0.001], as well as elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 3.11; 95% CI, 1.63-5.95; P = 0.001). c.756-c.1000 was also associated with elevated prostate cancer risk (HR = 2.83; 95% CI, 1.71-4.68; P = 0.00004) and elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 4.95; 95% CI, 2.12-11.54; P = 0.0002). No genotype-phenotype associations were detected for PSVs in BRCA1. These results demonstrate that specific BRCA2 PSVs may be associated with elevated risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: Aggressive prostate cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers may vary according to the specific BRCA2 mutation inherited by the at-risk individual.

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2020

16. Two truncating variants in FANCC and breast cancer risk.

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Gaudet M.M., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Marchand L.L., Li J., Lindstrom S., Linet M., Lo W.-Y., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez E., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Newman W.G., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pohl-Rescigno E., Presneau N., Rack B., Radice P., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Romero A., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneider M.O., Schoemaker M.J., Scott C., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Slager S., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Torres D., Torres-Mejia G., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tsugane S., Untch M., Vachon C.M., Ouweland A.M.W.V.D., Veen E.M.V., Vijai J., Wendt C., Wolk A., Yu J.-C., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Ziv E., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Schindler D., Devilee P., Easton D.F., Hopper J.L., Howell T., Huo D., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Dork T., Peterlongo P., Mannermaa A., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Freeman L.E.B., Beckmann M.W., Beeghly-Fadiel A., Behrens S., Bermisheva M., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Burwinkel B., Canzian F., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Christiansen H., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Czene K., Daly M.B., Dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Jung A., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Guenel P., Haeberle L., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hauke J., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hooning M.J., Kapoor P.M., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Gaudet M.M., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Marchand L.L., Li J., Lindstrom S., Linet M., Lo W.-Y., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez E., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Newman W.G., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pohl-Rescigno E., Presneau N., Rack B., Radice P., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Romero A., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneider M.O., Schoemaker M.J., Scott C., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Slager S., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Torres D., Torres-Mejia G., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tsugane S., Untch M., Vachon C.M., Ouweland A.M.W.V.D., Veen E.M.V., Vijai J., Wendt C., Wolk A., Yu J.-C., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Ziv E., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Schindler D., Devilee P., Easton D.F., Hopper J.L., Howell T., Huo D., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Dork T., Peterlongo P., Mannermaa A., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Freeman L.E.B., Beckmann M.W., Beeghly-Fadiel A., Behrens S., Bermisheva M., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Burwinkel B., Canzian F., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Christiansen H., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Czene K., Daly M.B., Dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Jung A., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Guenel P., Haeberle L., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hauke J., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hooning M.J., Kapoor P.M., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., and Kristensen V.N.

Abstract

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder with 22 disease-causing genes reported to date. In some FA genes, monoallelic mutations have been found to be associated with breast cancer risk, while the risk associations of others remain unknown. The gene for FA type C, FANCC, has been proposed as a breast cancer susceptibility gene based on epidemiological and sequencing studies. We used the Oncoarray project to genotype two truncating FANCC variants (p.R185X and p.R548X) in 64,760 breast cancer cases and 49,793 controls of European descent. FANCC mutations were observed in 25 cases (14 with p.R185X, 11 with p.R548X) and 26 controls (18 with p.R185X, 8 with p.R548X). There was no evidence of an association with the risk of breast cancer, neither overall (odds ratio 0.77, 95%CI 0.44-1.33, p=0.4) nor by histology, hormone receptor status, age or family history. We conclude that the breast cancer risk association of these two FANCC variants, if any, is much smaller than for BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 mutations. If this applies to all truncating variants in FANCC it would suggest there are differences between FA genes in their roles on breast cancer risk and demonstrates the merit of large consortia for clarifying risk associations of rare variants.

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2020

17. Association of genomic domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with prostate cancer risk and aggressiveness.

Author

Engel C., Schmutzler R.K., Schuster H., Senter L., Seynaeve C.M., Shah P.D., Sharma P., Shin V.Y., Silvestri V., Simard J., Singer C.F., Skytte A.-B., Snape K., Solano A.R., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Steele L., Steinemann D., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Stradella A., Sunde L., Sutter C., Tan Y.Y., Teixeira M.R., Teo S.H., Thomassen M., Tibiletti M.G., Tischkowitz M., Tognazzo S., Toland A.E., Tommasi S., Torres D., Toss A., Trainer A.H., Tung N., Van Asperen C.J., Van Der Baan F.H., Van Der Kolk L.E., Van Der Luijt R.B., Van Hest L.P., Varesco L., Varon-Mateeva R., Viel A., Vierstrate J., Villa R., Von Wachenfeldt A., Wagner P., Wang-Gohrke S., Wappenschmidt B., Weitzel J.N., Wieme G., Yadav S., Yannoukakos D., Yoon S.-Y., Zanzottera C., Zorn K.K., D'Amico A.V., Freedman M.L., Pomerantz M.M., Chenevix-Trench G., Antoniou A.C., Neuhausen S.L., Ottini L., Nielsen H.R., Rebbeck T.R., Patel V.L., Busch E.L., Friebel T.M., Cronin A., Leslie G., McGuffog L., Adlard J., Agata S., Agnarsson B.A., Ahmed M., Aittom K., Alducci E., Andrulis I.L., Arason A., Arnold N., Artioli G., Arver B., Auber B., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Barroso A., Barrowdale D., Belotti M., Benitez J., Bertelsen B., Blok M.J., Bodrogi I., Bonadona V., Bonanni B., Bondavalli D., Boonen S.E., Borde J., Borg A., Bradbury A.R., Brady A., Brewer C., Brunet J., Buecher B., Buys S.S., Cabezas-Camarero S., Caldes T., Caliebe A., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Campbell I.G., Carnevali I., Carrasco E., Chan T.L., Chu A.T.W., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Cook J., Cortesi L., Couch F.J., Daly M.B., Damante G., Darder E., Davidson R., De La Hoya M., Della Puppa L., Dennis J., Diez O., Ding Y.C., Ditsch N., Domchek S.M., Donaldson A., Dworniczak B., Easton D.F., Eccles D.M., Eeles R.A., Ehrencrona H., Ejlertsen B., Evans D.G., Faivre L., Faust U., Feliubadalo L., Foretova L., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Frost D., Garcia-Barberan V., Garre P., Gauthier-Villars M., Geczi L., Gehrig A., Gerdes A.-M., Gesta P., Giannini G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldgar D.E., Greene M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera A.M., Hahnen E., Hamann U., Hauke J., Herold N., Hogervorst F.B.L., Honisch E., Hopper J.L., Hulick P.J., Izatt L., Jager A., James P., Janavicius R., Jensen U.B., Jensen T.D., Johannsson O.Th., John E.M., Joseph V., Kang E., Kast K., Kiiski J.I., Kim S.-W., Kim Z., Ko K.-P., Konstantopoulou I., Kramer G., Krogh L., Kruse T.A., Kwong A., Larsen M., Lasset C., Lautrup C., Lazaro C., Lee J., Lee J.W., Lee M.H., Lemke J., Lesueur F., Liljegren A., Lindblom A., Llovet P., Lopez-Fernandez A., Lopez-Perolio I., Lorca V., Loud J.T., Ma E.S.K., Mai P.L., Manoukian S., Mari V., Martin L., Matricardi L., Mebirouk N., Medici V., Meijers-Heijboer H.E.J., Meindl A., Mensenkamp A.R., Miller C., Gomes D.M., Montagna M., Mooij T.M., Moserle L., Mouret-Fourme E., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Navratilova M., Nevanlinna H., Niederacher D., Cilius Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Ong K.-R., Osorio A., Ott C.-E., Palli D., Park S.K., Parsons M.T., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Perez-Segura P., Peterlongo P., Petersen A.H., Porteous M.E., Pujana M.A., Radice P., Ramser J., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rhiem K., Rizzolo P., Robson M.E., Rookus M.A., Rossing C.M., Ruddy K.J., Santos C., Saule C., Scarpitta R., Engel C., Schmutzler R.K., Schuster H., Senter L., Seynaeve C.M., Shah P.D., Sharma P., Shin V.Y., Silvestri V., Simard J., Singer C.F., Skytte A.-B., Snape K., Solano A.R., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Steele L., Steinemann D., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Stradella A., Sunde L., Sutter C., Tan Y.Y., Teixeira M.R., Teo S.H., Thomassen M., Tibiletti M.G., Tischkowitz M., Tognazzo S., Toland A.E., Tommasi S., Torres D., Toss A., Trainer A.H., Tung N., Van Asperen C.J., Van Der Baan F.H., Van Der Kolk L.E., Van Der Luijt R.B., Van Hest L.P., Varesco L., Varon-Mateeva R., Viel A., Vierstrate J., Villa R., Von Wachenfeldt A., Wagner P., Wang-Gohrke S., Wappenschmidt B., Weitzel J.N., Wieme G., Yadav S., Yannoukakos D., Yoon S.-Y., Zanzottera C., Zorn K.K., D'Amico A.V., Freedman M.L., Pomerantz M.M., Chenevix-Trench G., Antoniou A.C., Neuhausen S.L., Ottini L., Nielsen H.R., Rebbeck T.R., Patel V.L., Busch E.L., Friebel T.M., Cronin A., Leslie G., McGuffog L., Adlard J., Agata S., Agnarsson B.A., Ahmed M., Aittom K., Alducci E., Andrulis I.L., Arason A., Arnold N., Artioli G., Arver B., Auber B., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Barroso A., Barrowdale D., Belotti M., Benitez J., Bertelsen B., Blok M.J., Bodrogi I., Bonadona V., Bonanni B., Bondavalli D., Boonen S.E., Borde J., Borg A., Bradbury A.R., Brady A., Brewer C., Brunet J., Buecher B., Buys S.S., Cabezas-Camarero S., Caldes T., Caliebe A., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Campbell I.G., Carnevali I., Carrasco E., Chan T.L., Chu A.T.W., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Cook J., Cortesi L., Couch F.J., Daly M.B., Damante G., Darder E., Davidson R., De La Hoya M., Della Puppa L., Dennis J., Diez O., Ding Y.C., Ditsch N., Domchek S.M., Donaldson A., Dworniczak B., Easton D.F., Eccles D.M., Eeles R.A., Ehrencrona H., Ejlertsen B., Evans D.G., Faivre L., Faust U., Feliubadalo L., Foretova L., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Frost D., Garcia-Barberan V., Garre P., Gauthier-Villars M., Geczi L., Gehrig A., Gerdes A.-M., Gesta P., Giannini G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldgar D.E., Greene M.H., Gutierrez-Barrera A.M., Hahnen E., Hamann U., Hauke J., Herold N., Hogervorst F.B.L., Honisch E., Hopper J.L., Hulick P.J., Izatt L., Jager A., James P., Janavicius R., Jensen U.B., Jensen T.D., Johannsson O.Th., John E.M., Joseph V., Kang E., Kast K., Kiiski J.I., Kim S.-W., Kim Z., Ko K.-P., Konstantopoulou I., Kramer G., Krogh L., Kruse T.A., Kwong A., Larsen M., Lasset C., Lautrup C., Lazaro C., Lee J., Lee J.W., Lee M.H., Lemke J., Lesueur F., Liljegren A., Lindblom A., Llovet P., Lopez-Fernandez A., Lopez-Perolio I., Lorca V., Loud J.T., Ma E.S.K., Mai P.L., Manoukian S., Mari V., Martin L., Matricardi L., Mebirouk N., Medici V., Meijers-Heijboer H.E.J., Meindl A., Mensenkamp A.R., Miller C., Gomes D.M., Montagna M., Mooij T.M., Moserle L., Mouret-Fourme E., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Navratilova M., Nevanlinna H., Niederacher D., Cilius Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Ong K.-R., Osorio A., Ott C.-E., Palli D., Park S.K., Parsons M.T., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Perez-Segura P., Peterlongo P., Petersen A.H., Porteous M.E., Pujana M.A., Radice P., Ramser J., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rhiem K., Rizzolo P., Robson M.E., Rookus M.A., Rossing C.M., Ruddy K.J., Santos C., Saule C., and Scarpitta R.

Abstract

Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer or high grade (Gleason 8) prostate cancer using an international sample of 65 BRCA1 and 171 BRCA2 male PSV carriers with prostate cancer, and 3,388 BRCA1 and 2,880 BRCA2 male PSV carriers without prostate cancer. PSVs in the 30 region of BRCA2 (c.7914) were significantly associated with elevated risk of prostate cancer compared with reference bin c.1001c.7913 [HR 1/4 1.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25-2.52; P 1/4 0.001], as well as elevated risk of Gleason 8 prostate cancer (HR 1/4 3.11; 95% CI, 1.63-5.95; P 1/4 0.001). c.756-c.1000 was also associated with elevated prostate cancer risk (HR 1/4 2.83; 95% CI, 1.71-4.68; P 1/4 0.00004) and elevated risk of Gleason 8 prostate cancer (HR 1/4 4.95; 95% CI, 2.12-11.54; P 1/4 0.0002). No genotype-phenotype associations were detected for PSVs in BRCA1. These results demonstrate that specific BRCA2 PSVs may be associated with elevated risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer.Copyright © 2020 American Association for Cancer Research.

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2020

18. Identification of novel breast cancer susceptibility loci in meta-analyses conducted among Asian and European descendants.

Author

John E.M., Shu X., Long J., Cai Q., Kweon S.-S., Choi J.-Y., Kubo M., Park S.K., Bolla M.K., Dennis J., Wang Q., Yang Y., Shi J., Guo X., Li B., Tao R., Aronson K.J., Chan K.Y.K., Chan T.L., Gao Y.-T., Hartman M., Kee Ho W., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Iwata H., Kasuga Y., Soon Khoo U., Kim M.-K., Kong S.-Y., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lee E.-S., Li J., Lophatananon A., Low S.-K., Mariapun S., Matsuda K., Matsuo K., Muir K., Noh D.-Y., Park B., Park M.-H., Shen C.-Y., Shin M.-H., Spinelli J.J., Takahashi A., Tseng C., Tsugane S., Wu A.H., Xiang Y.-B., Yamaji T., Zheng Y., Milne R.L., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Garcia-Closas M., Teo S.-H., Shu X.-O., Kang D., Easton D.F., Simard J., Zheng W., John E.M., Shu X., Long J., Cai Q., Kweon S.-S., Choi J.-Y., Kubo M., Park S.K., Bolla M.K., Dennis J., Wang Q., Yang Y., Shi J., Guo X., Li B., Tao R., Aronson K.J., Chan K.Y.K., Chan T.L., Gao Y.-T., Hartman M., Kee Ho W., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Iwata H., Kasuga Y., Soon Khoo U., Kim M.-K., Kong S.-Y., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lee E.-S., Li J., Lophatananon A., Low S.-K., Mariapun S., Matsuda K., Matsuo K., Muir K., Noh D.-Y., Park B., Park M.-H., Shen C.-Y., Shin M.-H., Spinelli J.J., Takahashi A., Tseng C., Tsugane S., Wu A.H., Xiang Y.-B., Yamaji T., Zheng Y., Milne R.L., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Garcia-Closas M., Teo S.-H., Shu X.-O., Kang D., Easton D.F., Simard J., and Zheng W.

Abstract

Known risk variants explain only a small proportion of breast cancer heritability, particularly in Asian women. To search for additional genetic susceptibility loci for breast cancer, here we perform a meta-analysis of data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) conducted in Asians (24,206 cases and 24,775 controls) and European descendants (122,977 cases and 105,974 controls). We identified 31 potential novel loci with the lead variant showing an association with breast cancer risk at P < 5 x 10-8. The associations for 10 of these loci were replicated in an independent sample of 16,787 cases and 16,680 controls of Asian women (P < 0.05). In addition, we replicated the associations for 78 of the 166 known risk variants at P < 0.05 in Asians. These findings improve our understanding of breast cancer genetics and etiology and extend previous findings from studies of European descendants to Asian women.Copyright © 2020, The Author(s).

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2020

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

Author

Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Ito H., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Jung A., Kang D., Kets C.M., Khusnutdinova E., Ko Y.-D., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Milne R.L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Petridis C., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Radice P., Rennert G., Romero A., Roylance R., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Schwentner L., Scott C., See M.-H., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Siesling S., Slager S., Sohn C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Tapper W.J., Tengstrom M., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Vachon C.M., van Ongeval C., van Veen E.M., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Easton D.F., Hall P., Schmidt M.K., Kramer I., Hooning M.J., Mavaddat N., Hauptmann M., Keeman R., Steyerberg E.W., Giardiello D., Antoniou A.C., Pharoah P.D.P., Canisius S., Abu-Ful Z., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Brauch H., Bremer M., Brucker S.Y., Burwinkel B., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Sahlberg K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C., Reinertsen K., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Alnaes G.G., Collee J.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Giles G.G., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hollestelle A., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Howell A., Clarke C., Marsh D., Scott R., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Simpson P., Graham J.D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., deFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Sexton A., Shelling A., Southey M.C., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., Young M.A., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Ito H., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Jung A., Kang D., Kets C.M., Khusnutdinova E., Ko Y.-D., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Milne R.L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Petridis C., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Radice P., Rennert G., Romero A., Roylance R., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Schwentner L., Scott C., See M.-H., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Siesling S., Slager S., Sohn C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Tapper W.J., Tengstrom M., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Vachon C.M., van Ongeval C., van Veen E.M., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Easton D.F., Hall P., Schmidt M.K., Kramer I., Hooning M.J., Mavaddat N., Hauptmann M., Keeman R., Steyerberg E.W., Giardiello D., Antoniou A.C., Pharoah P.D.P., Canisius S., Abu-Ful Z., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Brauch H., Bremer M., Brucker S.Y., Burwinkel B., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Sahlberg K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C., Reinertsen K., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Alnaes G.G., Collee J.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Giles G.G., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hollestelle A., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Howell A., Clarke C., Marsh D., Scott R., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Simpson P., Graham J.D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., deFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Sexton A., Shelling A., Southey M.C., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., and Young M.A.

Abstract

Previous research has shown that polygenic risk scores (PRSs) can be used to stratify women according to their risk of developing primary invasive breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the association between a recently validated PRS of 313 germline variants (PRS313) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk. We included 56,068 women of European ancestry diagnosed with first invasive breast cancer from 1990 onward with follow-up from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Metachronous CBC risk (N = 1,027) according to the distribution of PRS313 was quantified using Cox regression analyses. We assessed PRS313 interaction with age at first diagnosis, family history, morphology, ER status, PR status, and HER2 status, and (neo)adjuvant therapy. In studies of Asian women, with limited follow-up, CBC risk associated with PRS313 was assessed using logistic regression for 340 women with CBC compared with 12,133 women with unilateral breast cancer. Higher PRS313 was associated with increased CBC risk: hazard ratio per standard deviation (SD) = 1.25 (95%CI = 1.18-1.33) for Europeans, and an OR per SD = 1.15 (95%CI = 1.02-1.29) for Asians. The absolute lifetime risks of CBC, accounting for death as competing risk, were 12.4% for European women at the 10th percentile and 20.5% at the 90th percentile of PRS313. We found no evidence of confounding by or interaction with individual characteristics, characteristics of the primary tumor, or treatment. The C-index for the PRS313 alone was 0.563 (95%CI = 0.547-0.586). In conclusion, PRS313 is an independent factor associated with CBC risk and can be incorporated into CBC risk prediction models to help improve stratification and optimize surveillance and treatment strategies.Copyright © 2020 American Society of Human Genetics

Published
2020

24. Two truncating variants in FANCC and breast cancer risk

Author

Dork, T., Peterlongo, P., Mannermaa, A., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Ahearn, T., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Aronson, K.J., Augustinsson, A., Freeman, L.E.B., Beckmann, M.W., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Behrens, S., Bermisheva, M., Blomqvist, C., Bogdanova, N., Bojesen, S.E., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Burwinkel, B., Canzian, F., Chan, T.L., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Choi, J.Y., Christiansen, H., Clarke, C.L., Couch, F.J., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Dwek, M., Eccles, D.M., Ekici, A.B., Eriksson, M., Evans, D.G., Fasching, P.A., Figueroa, J., Flyger, H., Fritschisl, L., Gabrielson, M., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gao, C., Gapstur, S.M., Garcia-Closas, M., Garcia-Saenz, J.A., Gaudet, M.M., Giles, G.G., Goldberg, M.S., Goldgar, D.E., Guenel, P., Haeberle, L., Haiman, C.A., Hakansson, N., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Hartman, M., Hauke, J., Hein, A., Hillemanns, P., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Hooning, M.J., Hopper, J.L., Howell, T., Huo, D.Z., Ito, H., Iwasaki, M., Jakubowska, A., Janni, W., John, E.M., Jung, A., Kaaks, R., Kang, D., Kapoor, P.M., Khusnutdinova, E., Kim, S.W., Kitahara, C.M., Koutros, S., Kraft, P., Kristensen, V.N., Kwon, A., Lambrechts, D., Marchand, L. le, Li, J.M., Lindstrom, S., Linet, M., W.Y. lo, Long, J.R., Lophatananon, A., Lubinski, J., Manoochehri, M., Manoukian, S., Margolin, S., Martinez, E., Matsuo, K., Mavroudis, D., Meindl, A., Menon, U., Milne, R.L., Taib, N.A.M., Muir, K., Mulligan, A.M., Neuhausen, S.L., Nevanlinna, H., Neven, P., Newman, W.G., Offit, K., Olopade, O.I., Olshan, A.F., Olson, J.E., Olsson, H., Park, S.K., Park-Simon, T.W., Peto, J., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Pohl-Rescigno, E., Presneau, N., Rack, B., Radice, P., Rashid, M.U., Rennert, G., Rennert, H.S., Romero, A., Ruebner, M., Saloustros, E., Schmidt, M.K., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneider, M.O., Schoemaker, M.J., Scott, C., Shen, C.Y., Shu, X.O., Simard, J., Slager, S., Smichkoska, S., Southey, M.C., Spinelli, J.J., Stone, J., Surowy, H., Swerdlow, A.J., Tamimi, R.M., Tapper, W.J., Teo, S.H., Terry, M.B., Toland, A.E., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Torres, D., Torres-Mejia, G., Troester, M.A., Truong, T., Tsugane, S., Untch, M., Vachon, C.M., Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Veen, E.M. van, Vijai, J., Wendt, C., Wolk, A., Yu, J.C., Zheng, W., Ziogas, A., Ziv, E., Dunning, A.M., Pharoah, P.D.P., Schindler, D., Devilee, P., Easton, D.F., Balleine, R., Baxter, R., Braye, S., Carpenter, J., Dahlstrom, J., Forbes, J., Lee, C.S., Marsh, D., Morey, A., Pathmanathan, N., Scott, R., Simpson, P., Spigelman, A., Wilcken, N., Yip, D., Zeps, N., Borresen-Dale, A.L., Alnaes, G.I.G., Sahlberg, K.K., Ottestad, L., Karesen, R., Schlichting, E., Holmen, M.M., Sauer, T., Haakensen, V., Engebraten, O., Naume, B., Fossa, A., Kiserud, C.E., Reinertsen, K.V., Helland, A., Riis, M., Geisler, J., ABCTB Investigators, NBCS Collaborators, Andrulis, Irene L [0000-0002-4226-6435], Arndt, Volker [0000-0001-9320-8684], Brauch, Hiltrud [0000-0001-7531-2736], Dwek, Miriam [0000-0001-7184-2932], Ekici, Arif B [0000-0001-6099-7066], Fasching, Peter A [0000-0003-4885-8471], Figueroa, Jonine [0000-0002-5100-623X], Hein, Alexander [0000-0003-2601-3398], Ito, Hidemi [0000-0002-8023-4581], Matsuo, Keitaro [0000-0003-1761-6314], Menon, Usha [0000-0003-3708-1732], Milne, Roger L [0000-0001-5764-7268], Muir, Kenneth [0000-0001-6429-988X], Nevanlinna, Heli [0000-0002-0916-2976], Newman, William G [0000-0002-6382-4678], Peto, Julian [0000-0002-1685-8912], Rennert, Gad [0000-0002-8512-068X], Romero, Atocha [0000-0002-1634-7397], Schmidt, Marjanka K [0000-0002-2228-429X], Scott, Christopher [0000-0003-1340-0647], Stone, Jennifer [0000-0001-5077-0124], Truong, Thérèse [0000-0002-2943-6786], Tsugane, Shoichiro [0000-0003-4105-2774], Ziogas, Argyrios [0000-0003-4529-3727], Dunning, Alison M [0000-0001-6651-7166], Pharoah, Paul DP [0000-0001-8494-732X], Devilee, Peter [0000-0002-8023-2009], Easton, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Andrulis, Irene L. [0000-0002-4226-6435], Ekici, Arif B. [0000-0001-6099-7066], Fasching, Peter A. [0000-0003-4885-8471], Milne, Roger L. [0000-0001-5764-7268], Newman, William G. [0000-0002-6382-4678], Schmidt, Marjanka K. [0000-0002-2228-429X], Dunning, Alison M. [0000-0001-6651-7166], Pharoah, Paul D. P. [0000-0001-8494-732X], Easton, Douglas F. [0000-0003-2444-3247], HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Clinicum, University Management, Department of Oncology, University of Helsinki, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical Oncology, and Clinical Genetics

Subjects
0301 basic medicine, Oncology, PROTEIN, lcsh:Medicine, 45/47, 0302 clinical medicine, Fanconi anemia, Genotype, lcsh:Science, Sequence Deletion, Multidisciplinary, BRCA1 Protein, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group C Protein, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, BRCA2 Protein, 3. Good health, BIALLELIC MUTATIONS, DNA-REPAIR, Female, 692/499, Medical Genetics, medicine.medical_specialty, PALB2, 3122 Cancers, ABCTB Investigators, Breast Neoplasms, FANCONIS ANEMIA, Article, 692/4028, NBCS Collaborators, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, NONSENSE MUTATION, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Medicinsk genetik, 45, business.industry, Genetic heterogeneity, lcsh:R, Case-control study, Genetic Variation, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, GENE, Fanconi Anemia, 030104 developmental biology, Risk factors, Case-Control Studies, lcsh:Q, 3111 Biomedicine, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract

Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder with 22 disease-causing genes reported to date. In some FA genes, monoallelic mutations have been found to be associated with breast cancer risk, while the risk associations of others remain unknown. The gene for FA type C, FANCC, has been proposed as a breast cancer susceptibility gene based on epidemiological and sequencing studies. We used the Oncoarray project to genotype two truncating FANCC variants (p.R185X and p.R548X) in 64,760 breast cancer cases and 49,793 controls of European descent. FANCC mutations were observed in 25 cases (14 with p.R185X, 11 with p.R548X) and 26 controls (18 with p.R185X, 8 with p.R548X). There was no evidence of an association with the risk of breast cancer, neither overall (odds ratio 0.77, 95%CI 0.44–1.33, p = 0.4) nor by histology, hormone receptor status, age or family history. We conclude that the breast cancer risk association of these two FANCC variants, if any, is much smaller than for BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 mutations. If this applies to all truncating variants in FANCC it would suggest there are differences between FA genes in their roles on breast cancer risk and demonstrates the merit of large consortia for clarifying risk associations of rare variants.

Published
2019

29. Mutational spectrum in a worldwide study of 29,700 families with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations

Author

Rebbeck, T.R., Friebel, T.M., Friedman, E., Hamann, U., Huo, D., Kwong, A., Olah, E., Olopade, O.I., Solano, A.R., Teo, S.H., Thomassen, M., Weitzel, J.N., Chan, T.L., Couch, F.J., Goldgar, D.E., Kruse, T.A., Palmero, E.I., Park, S.K., Torres, D., Rensburg, E.J. van, McGuffog, L., Parsons, M.T., Leslie, G., Aalfs, C.M., Abugattas, J., Adlard, J., Agata, S., Aittomaki, K., Andrews, L., Andrulis, I.L., Arason, A., Arnold, N., Arun, B.K., Asseryanis, E., Auerbach, L., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barile, M., Barkardottir, R.B., Barrowdale, D., Benitez, J., Berger, A., Berger, R., Blanco, A.M., Blazer, K.R., Blok, M.J., Bonadona, V., Bonanni, B., Bradbury, A.R., Brewer, C., Buecher, B., Buys, S.S., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M.A., Campbell, I., Caputo, S.M., Chiquette, J., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Collee, J.M., Cook, J., Davidson, R., Hoya, M. de la, Leeneer, K. De, Pauw, A. de, Delnatte, C., Diez, O., Ding, Y.C., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S.M., Dorfling, C.M., Velazquez, C., Dworniczak, B., Eason, J., Easton, D.F., Eeles, R., Ehrencrona, H., Ejlertsen, B., Engel, C., Engert, S., Evans, D.G., Faivre, L., Feliubadalo, L., Ferrer, S.F., Foretova, L., Fowler, J., Frost, D., Galvao, H.C.R., Ganz, P.A., Garber, J., Gauthier-Villars, M., Gehrig, A., Gerdes, A.M., Gesta, P., Giannini, G., Giraud, S., Glendon, G., Godwin, A.K., Greene, M.H., Mensenkamp, A.R., Antoniou, A.C., Nathanson, K.L., Rebbeck, T.R., Friebel, T.M., Friedman, E., Hamann, U., Huo, D., Kwong, A., Olah, E., Olopade, O.I., Solano, A.R., Teo, S.H., Thomassen, M., Weitzel, J.N., Chan, T.L., Couch, F.J., Goldgar, D.E., Kruse, T.A., Palmero, E.I., Park, S.K., Torres, D., Rensburg, E.J. van, McGuffog, L., Parsons, M.T., Leslie, G., Aalfs, C.M., Abugattas, J., Adlard, J., Agata, S., Aittomaki, K., Andrews, L., Andrulis, I.L., Arason, A., Arnold, N., Arun, B.K., Asseryanis, E., Auerbach, L., Azzollini, J., Balmana, J., Barile, M., Barkardottir, R.B., Barrowdale, D., Benitez, J., Berger, A., Berger, R., Blanco, A.M., Blazer, K.R., Blok, M.J., Bonadona, V., Bonanni, B., Bradbury, A.R., Brewer, C., Buecher, B., Buys, S.S., Caldes, T., Caliebe, A., Caligo, M.A., Campbell, I., Caputo, S.M., Chiquette, J., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Collee, J.M., Cook, J., Davidson, R., Hoya, M. de la, Leeneer, K. De, Pauw, A. de, Delnatte, C., Diez, O., Ding, Y.C., Ditsch, N., Domchek, S.M., Dorfling, C.M., Velazquez, C., Dworniczak, B., Eason, J., Easton, D.F., Eeles, R., Ehrencrona, H., Ejlertsen, B., Engel, C., Engert, S., Evans, D.G., Faivre, L., Feliubadalo, L., Ferrer, S.F., Foretova, L., Fowler, J., Frost, D., Galvao, H.C.R., Ganz, P.A., Garber, J., Gauthier-Villars, M., Gehrig, A., Gerdes, A.M., Gesta, P., Giannini, G., Giraud, S., Glendon, G., Godwin, A.K., Greene, M.H., Mensenkamp, A.R., Antoniou, A.C., and Nathanson, K.L.

Abstract

Item does not contain fulltext, The prevalence and spectrum of germline mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 have been reported in single populations, with the majority of reports focused on White in Europe and North America. The Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA) has assembled data on 18,435 families with BRCA1 mutations and 11,351 families with BRCA2 mutations ascertained from 69 centers in 49 countries on six continents. This study comprehensively describes the characteristics of the 1,650 unique BRCA1 and 1,731 unique BRCA2 deleterious (disease-associated) mutations identified in the CIMBA database. We observed substantial variation in mutation type and frequency by geographical region and race/ethnicity. In addition to known founder mutations, mutations of relatively high frequency were identified in specific racial/ethnic or geographic groups that may reflect founder mutations and which could be used in targeted (panel) first pass genotyping for specific populations. Knowledge of the population-specific mutational spectrum in BRCA1 and BRCA2 could inform efficient strategies for genetic testing and may justify a more broad-based oncogenetic testing in some populations.

Published
2018

32. Genetic Testing and Clinical Management Practices for Variants in Non-BRCA1/2 Breast (and Breast/Ovarian) Cancer Susceptibility Genes: An International Survey by the Evidence-Based Network for the Interpretation of Germline Mutant Alleles (ENIGMA) Clinical Working Group

Author

Nielsen, Sarah M., primary, Eccles, Diana M., additional, Romero, Iris L., additional, Al-Mulla, Fahd, additional, Balmaña, Judith, additional, Biancolella, Michela, additional, Blok, Rien, additional, Caligo, Maria Adelaide, additional, Calvello, Mariarosaria, additional, Capone, Gabriele Lorenzo, additional, Cavalli, Pietro, additional, Chan, T.L. Chris, additional, Claes, Kathleen B.M., additional, Cortesi, Laura, additional, Couch, Fergus J., additional, de la Hoya, Miguel, additional, De Toffol, Simona, additional, Diez, Orland, additional, Domchek, Susan M., additional, Eeles, Ros, additional, Efremidis, Anna, additional, Fostira, Florentia, additional, Goldgar, David, additional, Hadjisavvas, Andreas, additional, Hansen, Thomas v.O., additional, Hirasawa, Akira, additional, Houdayer, Claude, additional, Kleiblova, Petra, additional, Krieger, Sophie, additional, Lázaro, Conxi, additional, Loizidou, Maria, additional, Manoukian, Siranoush, additional, Mensenkamp, Arjen R., additional, Moghadasi, Setareh, additional, Monteiro, Alvaro N., additional, Mori, Luigi, additional, Morrow, April, additional, Naldi, Nadia, additional, Nielsen, Henriette R., additional, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., additional, Pachter, Nicholas S., additional, Palmero, Edenir I., additional, Pedersen, Inge S., additional, Piane, Maria, additional, Puzzo, Marianna, additional, Robson, Mark, additional, Rossing, Maria, additional, Sini, Maria Christina, additional, Solano, Angela, additional, Soukupova, Jana, additional, Tedaldi, Gianluca, additional, Teixeira, Manuel, additional, Thomassen, Mads, additional, Tibiletti, Maria Grazia, additional, Toland, Amanda, additional, Törngren, Therese, additional, Vaccari, Erica, additional, Varesco, Liliana, additional, Vega, Ana, additional, Wallis, Yvonne, additional, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, additional, Weitzel, Jeffrey, additional, Spurdle, Amanda B., additional, De Nicolo, Arcangela, additional, and Gómez-García, Encarna B., additional

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2018
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33. An economical piezoelectric phase modulator for fiber optic sensors

Author

Lau, K.S., Wong, K.H., Chan, T.L., and Yeung, S.K.

Subjects
Piezoelectric devices -- Research, Phase modulation -- Research, Fiber optics -- Research, Astronomy, Physics
Abstract

A homemade piezoelectric phase modulator for interferometric fiber optic sensors was fabricated using piezoelectric buzzers as strain elements. Six piezoelectric elements were embedded between the two halves of a bakelite cylinder split along its axis and secured tightly together again to form a cylinder. Single-mode optical fiber was then wound around the cylinder to complete the unit. Up to a frequency of 500 Hz, the phase shift produced by the modulator is linearly proportional to the amplitude of the applied voltage. The sensitivity of the phase modulator is about 3.6 rad/V and has a dynamic range of 1,000 rad, which is sufficient for most phase modulation purposes.

Published
1996

35. Force Measurement by Visibility Modulated Fiber Optic Sensor

Author

Lau, K.S., Chan, T.L., and Wong, K.H.

Subjects
Force and energy -- Measurement, Interferometers -- Usage, Fiber optics -- Analysis, Sensors -- Design and construction, Astronomy, Physics
Abstract

The birefringence of optic fiber is sensitive to external physical changes. This produces an undesirable effect of reducing fringe visibility for an interferometer made up of ordinary single-mode fibers. In this work, we actively modulate the reference arm of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer with a PZT drum. Force sensing is achieved by measuring the visibility of the fringes produced with respect to the force applied to a portion of the sensing arm. Ordinary single-mode fiber is used and no expensive polarization components are necessary. In addition, the visibility measurement is not sensitive to the ambient temperature fluctuation and no additional control measures are necessary to eliminate the effect of thermal drift.

Published
1999

40. Risk of colorectal and endometrial cancers in EPCAM deletion-positive Lynch syndrome: a cohort study

Author

Kempers, M.J.E., Kuiper, R.P., Ockeloen, C.W., Chappuis, P.O., Hutter, P., Rahner, N., Schackert, H.K., Steinke, V., Holinski-Feder, E., Morak, M., Kloor, M., Buttner, R., Verwiel, E.T.P., Krieken, J.H. van, Nagtegaal, I.D., Goossens, M., Post, R.S. van der, Niessen, R.C., Sijmons, R.H., Kluijt, I., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Leter, E.M., Gille, J.J.P., Aalfs, C.M., Redeker, E.J., Hes, F.J., Tops, C.M., Nesselrooij, B.P. van, Gijn, M.E. van, Gomez Garcia, E.B., Eccles, D.M., Bunyan, D.J., Syngal, S., Stoffel, E.M., Culver, J.O., Palomares, M.R., Graham, T., Velsher, L., Papp, J., Olah, E., Chan, T.L., Leung, S.Y., Geurts van Kessel, A.H.M., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Hoogerbrugge, N., Ligtenberg, M.J.L., Kempers, M.J.E., Kuiper, R.P., Ockeloen, C.W., Chappuis, P.O., Hutter, P., Rahner, N., Schackert, H.K., Steinke, V., Holinski-Feder, E., Morak, M., Kloor, M., Buttner, R., Verwiel, E.T.P., Krieken, J.H. van, Nagtegaal, I.D., Goossens, M., Post, R.S. van der, Niessen, R.C., Sijmons, R.H., Kluijt, I., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Leter, E.M., Gille, J.J.P., Aalfs, C.M., Redeker, E.J., Hes, F.J., Tops, C.M., Nesselrooij, B.P. van, Gijn, M.E. van, Gomez Garcia, E.B., Eccles, D.M., Bunyan, D.J., Syngal, S., Stoffel, E.M., Culver, J.O., Palomares, M.R., Graham, T., Velsher, L., Papp, J., Olah, E., Chan, T.L., Leung, S.Y., Geurts van Kessel, A.H.M., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Hoogerbrugge, N., and Ligtenberg, M.J.L.

Abstract

Contains fulltext : 97324.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), BACKGROUND: Lynch syndrome is caused by germline mutations in MSH2, MLH1, MSH6, and PMS2 mismatch-repair genes and leads to a high risk of colorectal and endometrial cancer. We previously showed that constitutional 3' end deletions of EPCAM can cause Lynch syndrome through epigenetic silencing of MSH2 in EPCAM-expressing tissues, resulting in tissue-specific MSH2 deficiency. We aim to establish the risk of cancer associated with such EPCAM deletions. METHODS: We obtained clinical data for 194 carriers of a 3' end EPCAM deletion from 41 families known to us at the Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands and compared cancer risk with data from a previously described cohort of 473 carriers from 91 families with mutations in MLH1, MSH2, MSH6, or a combined EPCAM-MSH2 deletion. FINDINGS: 93 of the 194 EPCAM deletion carriers were diagnosed with colorectal cancer; three of the 92 women with EPCAM deletions were diagnosed with endometrial cancer. Carriers of an EPCAM deletion had a 75% (95% CI 65-85) cumulative risk of colorectal cancer before the age of 70 years (mean age at diagnosis 43 years [SD 12]), which did not differ significantly from that of carriers of combined EPCAM-MSH2 deletion (69% [95% CI 47-91], p=0.8609) or mutations in MSH2 (77% [64-90], p=0.5892) or MLH1 (79% [68-90], p=0.5492), but was higher than noted for carriers of MSH6 mutation (50% [38-62], p<0.0001). By contrast, women with EPCAM deletions had a 12% [0-27] cumulative risk of endometrial cancer, which was lower than was that noted for carriers of a combined EPCAM-MSH2 deletion (55% [20-90], p<0.0001) or of a mutation in MSH2 (51% [33-69], p=0.0006) or MSH6 (34% [20-48], p=0.0309), but did not differ significantly from that noted for MLH1 (33% [15-51], p=0.1193) mutation carriers. This risk seems to be restricted to deletions that extend close to the MSH2 gene promoter. Of 194 carriers of an EPCAM deletion, three had duodenal cancer and four had pancreatic cancer. INTERPR

Published
2011

41. Recurrence and variability of germline EPCAM deletions in Lynch syndrome

Author

Kuiper, R.P., Vissers, L.E.L.M., Venkatachalam, R., Bodmer, D., Hoenselaar, E., Goossens, M., Haufe, A., Kamping, E.J., Niessen, R.C., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Gille, J.J.P., Redeker, B., Tops, C.M., Gijn, M.E. van, Ouweland, A.M. van den, Rahner, N., Steinke, V., Kahl, P., Holinski-Feder, E., Morak, M., Kloor, M., Stemmler, S., Betz, B., Hutter, P., Bunyan, D.J., Syngal, S., Culver, J.O., Graham, T., Chan, T.L., Nagtegaal, I.D., Krieken, J.H. van, Schackert, H.K., Hoogerbrugge, N., Geurts van Kessel, A.H.M., Ligtenberg, M.J.L., Kuiper, R.P., Vissers, L.E.L.M., Venkatachalam, R., Bodmer, D., Hoenselaar, E., Goossens, M., Haufe, A., Kamping, E.J., Niessen, R.C., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Gille, J.J.P., Redeker, B., Tops, C.M., Gijn, M.E. van, Ouweland, A.M. van den, Rahner, N., Steinke, V., Kahl, P., Holinski-Feder, E., Morak, M., Kloor, M., Stemmler, S., Betz, B., Hutter, P., Bunyan, D.J., Syngal, S., Culver, J.O., Graham, T., Chan, T.L., Nagtegaal, I.D., Krieken, J.H. van, Schackert, H.K., Hoogerbrugge, N., Geurts van Kessel, A.H.M., and Ligtenberg, M.J.L.

Abstract

Contains fulltext : 96266.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), Recently, we identified 3' end deletions in the EPCAM gene as a novel cause of Lynch syndrome. These truncating EPCAM deletions cause allele-specific epigenetic silencing of the neighboring DNA mismatch repair gene MSH2 in tissues expressing EPCAM. Here we screened a cohort of unexplained Lynch-like families for the presence of EPCAM deletions. We identified 27 novel independent MSH2-deficient families from multiple geographical origins with varying deletions all encompassing the 3' end of EPCAM, but leaving the MSH2 gene intact. Within The Netherlands and Germany, EPCAM deletions appeared to represent at least 2.8% and 1.1% of the confirmed Lynch syndrome families, respectively. MSH2 promoter methylation was observed in epithelial tissues of all deletion carriers tested, thus confirming silencing of MSH2 as the causative defect. In a total of 45 families, 19 different deletions were found, all including the last two exons and the transcription termination signal of EPCAM. All deletions appeared to originate from Alu-repeat mediated recombination events. In 17 cases regions of microhomology around the breakpoints were found, suggesting nonallelic homologous recombination as the most likely mechanism. We conclude that 3' end EPCAM deletions are a recurrent cause of Lynch syndrome, which should be implemented in routine Lynch syndrome diagnostics.

Published
2011

42. Heritable somatic methylation and inactivation of MSH2 in families with Lynch syndrome due to deletion of the 3' exons of TACSTD1.

Author

Ligtenberg, M.J.L., Kuiper, R.P., Chan, T.L., Goossens, M., Hebeda, K.M., Voorendt, M., Lee, T.Y., Bodmer, D., Hoenselaar, E., Hendriks-Cornelissen, S.J., Tsui, W.Y., Kong, C.K., Brunner, H.G., Geurts van Kessel, A.H.M., Yuen, S.T., Krieken, J.H.J.M. van, Leung, S.Y., Hoogerbrugge-van der Linden, N., Ligtenberg, M.J.L., Kuiper, R.P., Chan, T.L., Goossens, M., Hebeda, K.M., Voorendt, M., Lee, T.Y., Bodmer, D., Hoenselaar, E., Hendriks-Cornelissen, S.J., Tsui, W.Y., Kong, C.K., Brunner, H.G., Geurts van Kessel, A.H.M., Yuen, S.T., Krieken, J.H.J.M. van, Leung, S.Y., and Hoogerbrugge-van der Linden, N.

Abstract

Contains fulltext : 80569.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), Lynch syndrome patients are susceptible to colorectal and endometrial cancers owing to inactivating germline mutations in mismatch repair genes, including MSH2 (ref. 1). Here we describe patients from Dutch and Chinese families with MSH2-deficient tumors carrying heterozygous germline deletions of the last exons of TACSTD1, a gene directly upstream of MSH2 encoding Ep-CAM. Due to these deletions, transcription of TACSTD1 extends into MSH2. The MSH2 promoter in cis with the deletion is methylated in Ep-CAM positive but not in Ep-CAM negative normal tissues, thus revealing a correlation between activity of the mutated TACSTD1 allele and epigenetic inactivation of the corresponding MSH2 allele. Gene silencing by transcriptional read-through of a neighboring gene in either sense, as demonstrated here, or antisense direction, could represent a general mutational mechanism. Depending on the expression pattern of the neighboring gene that lacks its normal polyadenylation signal, this may cause either generalized or mosaic patterns of epigenetic inactivation.

Published
2009

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