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1. Genome-wide association studies and Mendelian randomization analyses provide insights into the causes of early-onset colorectal cancer

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Laskar, R.S., Qu, C., Huyghe, J.R., Harrison, T., Hayes, R.B., Cao, Y., Campbell, P.T., Steinfelder, R., Talukdar, F.R., Brenner, H., Ogino, S., Brendt, S., Bishop, D.T., Buchanan, D.D., Chan, A.T., Cotterchio, M., Gruber, S.B., Gsur, A., van Guelpen, B., Jenkins, M.A., Keku, T.O., Lynch, B.M., Le Marchand, L., Martin, R.M., McCarthy, K., Moreno, V., Pearlman, R., Song, M., Tsilidis, K.K., Vodička, P., Woods, M.O., Wu, K., Hsu, L., Gunter, M.J., Peters, U., and Murphy, N.

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2024
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2. Artificial intelligence for detection of microsatellite instability in colorectal cancer—a multicentric analysis of a pre-screening tool for clinical application

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Echle, A., Ghaffari Laleh, N., Quirke, P., Grabsch, H.I., Muti, H.S., Saldanha, O.L., Brockmoeller, S.F., van den Brandt, P.A., Hutchins, G.G.A., Richman, S.D., Horisberger, K., Galata, C., Ebert, M.P., Eckardt, M., Boutros, M., Horst, D., Reissfelder, C., Alwers, E., Brinker, T.J., Langer, R., Jenniskens, J.C.A., Offermans, K., Mueller, W., Gray, R., Gruber, S.B., Greenson, J.K., Rennert, G., Bonner, J.D., Schmolze, D., Chang-Claude, J., Brenner, H., Trautwein, C., Boor, P., Jaeger, D., Gaisa, N.T., Hoffmeister, M., West, N.P., and Kather, J.N.

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2022
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5. Circulating bilirubin levels and risk of colorectal cancer: serological and Mendelian randomization analyses

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Seyed Khoei, N., Jenab, M., Murphy, N., Banbury, B.L., Carreras-Torres, R., Viallon, V., Kühn, T., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Aleksandrova, K., Cross, A.J., Weiderpass, E., Stepien, M., Bulmer, A., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.C., Severi, G., Carbonnel, F., Katzke, V., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M.M., Trichopoulou, A., Karakatsani, A., Martimianaki, G., Palli, D., Tagliabue, G., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C., Skeie, G., Merino, S., Bonet, C., Rodríguez-Barranco, M., Gil, L., Chirlaque, M.D., Ardanaz, E., Myte, R., Hultdin, J., Perez-Cornago, A., Aune, D., Tsilidis, K.K., Albanes, D., Baron, J.A., Berndt, S.I., Bézieau, S., Brenner, H., Campbell, P.T., Casey, G., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Cotterchio, M., Gallinger, S., Gruber, S.B., Haile, R.W., Hampe, J., Hoffmeister, M., Hopper, J.L., Hsu, L., Huyghe, J.R., Jenkins, M.A., Joshi, A.D., Kampman, E., Larsson, S.C., Le Marchand, L., Li, C.I., Li, L., Lindblom, A., Lindor, N.M., Martín, V., Moreno, V., Newcomb, P.A., Offit, K., Ogino, S., Parfrey, P.S., Pharoah, P.D.P., Rennert, G., Sakoda, L.C., Schafmayer, C., Schmit, S.L., Schoen, R.E., Slattery, M.L., Thibodeau, S.N., Ulrich, C.M., van Duijnhoven, F.J.B., Weigl, K., Weinstein, S.J., White, E., Wolk, A., Woods, M.O., Wu, A.H., Zhang, X., Ferrari, P., Anton, G., Peters, A., Peters, U., Gunter, M.J., Wagner, K.H., and Freisling, H.

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Bilirubin, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Anti-oxidants, Mendelian Randomization Analysis
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Background Bilirubin, a byproduct of hemoglobin breakdown and purported anti-oxidant, is thought to be cancer preventive. We conducted complementary serological and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to investigate whether alterations in circulating levels of bilirubin are associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). We decided a priori to perform analyses separately in men and women based on suggestive evidence that associations may differ by sex. Methods In a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), pre-diagnostic unconjugated bilirubin (UCB, the main component of total bilirubin) concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in plasma samples of 1386 CRC cases and their individually matched controls. Additionally, 115 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) robustly associated (P < 5 x 10(-8)) with circulating total bilirubin were instrumented in a 2-sample MR to test for a potential causal effect of bilirubin on CRC risk in 52,775 CRC cases and 45,940 matched controls in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO), the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR), and the Colorectal Transdisciplinary (CORECT) study. Results The associations between circulating UCB levels and CRC risk differed by sex (P-heterogeneity = 0.008). Among men, higher levels of UCB were positively associated with CRC risk (odds ratio [OR] = 1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04-1.36; per 1-SD increment of log-UCB). In women, an inverse association was observed (OR = 0.86 (0.76-0.97)). In the MR analysis of the mainUGT1A1SNP (rs6431625), genetically predicted higher levels of total bilirubin were associated with a 7% increase in CRC risk in men (OR = 1.07 (1.02-1.12);P = 0.006; per 1-SD increment of total bilirubin), while there was no association in women (OR = 1.01 (0.96-1.06);P = 0.73). Raised bilirubin levels, predicted by instrumental variables excluding rs6431625, were suggestive of an inverse association with CRC in men, but not in women. These differences by sex did not reach formal statistical significance (P-heterogeneity >= 0.2). Conclusions Additional insight into the relationship between circulating bilirubin and CRC is needed in order to conclude on a potential causal role of bilirubin in CRC development.

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2020

6. Circulating bilirubin levels and risk of colorectal cancer: Serological and Mendelian randomization analyses

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Seyed Khoei, N. Jenab, M. Murphy, N. Banbury, B.L. Carreras-Torres, R. Viallon, V. Kühn, T. Bueno-De-Mesquita, B. Aleksandrova, K. Cross, A.J. Weiderpass, E. Stepien, M. Bulmer, A. Tjønneland, A. Boutron-Ruault, M.-C. Severi, G. Carbonnel, F. Katzke, V. Boeing, H. Bergmann, M.M. Trichopoulou, A. Karakatsani, A. Martimianaki, G. Palli, D. Tagliabue, G. Panico, S. Tumino, R. Sacerdote, C. Skeie, G. Merino, S. Bonet, C. Rodríguez-Barranco, M. Gil, L. Chirlaque, M.-D. Ardanaz, E. Myte, R. Hultdin, J. Perez-Cornago, A. Aune, D. Tsilidis, K.K. Albanes, D. Baron, J.A. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Brenner, H. Campbell, P.T. Casey, G. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chanock, S.J. Cotterchio, M. Gallinger, S. Gruber, S.B. Haile, R.W. Hampe, J. Hoffmeister, M. Hopper, J.L. Hsu, L. Huyghe, J.R. Jenkins, M.A. Joshi, A.D. Kampman, E. Larsson, S.C. Le Marchand, L. Li, C.I. Li, L. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Martín, V. Moreno, V. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Ogino, S. Parfrey, P.S. Pharoah, P.D.P. Rennert, G. Sakoda, L.C. Schafmayer, C. Schmit, S.L. Schoen, R.E. Slattery, M.L. Thibodeau, S.N. Ulrich, C.M. Van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Weigl, K. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Zhang, X. Ferrari, P. Anton, G. Peters, A. Peters, U. Gunter, M.J. Wagner, K.-H. Freisling, H.

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Background: Bilirubin, a byproduct of hemoglobin breakdown and purported anti-oxidant, is thought to be cancer preventive. We conducted complementary serological and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to investigate whether alterations in circulating levels of bilirubin are associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). We decided a priori to perform analyses separately in men and women based on suggestive evidence that associations may differ by sex. Methods: In a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), pre-diagnostic unconjugated bilirubin (UCB, the main component of total bilirubin) concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in plasma samples of 1386 CRC cases and their individually matched controls. Additionally, 115 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) robustly associated (P < 5 × 10-8) with circulating total bilirubin were instrumented in a 2-sample MR to test for a potential causal effect of bilirubin on CRC risk in 52,775 CRC cases and 45,940 matched controls in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO), the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR), and the Colorectal Transdisciplinary (CORECT) study. Results: The associations between circulating UCB levels and CRC risk differed by sex (P heterogeneity = 0.008). Among men, higher levels of UCB were positively associated with CRC risk (odds ratio [OR] = 1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04-1.36; per 1-SD increment of log-UCB). In women, an inverse association was observed (OR = 0.86 (0.76-0.97)). In the MR analysis of the main UGT1A1 SNP (rs6431625), genetically predicted higher levels of total bilirubin were associated with a 7% increase in CRC risk in men (OR = 1.07 (1.02-1.12); P = 0.006; per 1-SD increment of total bilirubin), while there was no association in women (OR = 1.01 (0.96-1.06); P = 0.73). Raised bilirubin levels, predicted by instrumental variables excluding rs6431625, were suggestive of an inverse association with CRC in men, but not in women. These differences by sex did not reach formal statistical significance (P heterogeneity ≥ 0.2). Conclusions: Additional insight into the relationship between circulating bilirubin and CRC is needed in order to conclude on a potential causal role of bilirubin in CRC development. © 2020 The Author(s).

Published
2020

7. The founder mutation MSH2*1906G [right arrow] C is an important cause of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer in the Ashkenazi Jewish population

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Foulkes, W.D., Thiffault, I., Gruber, S.B., Horwitz, M., Hamel, N., Lee, C., Shia, J., Markowitz, A., Figer, A., Friedman, E., Farber, D., Greenwood, C.M. T., Bonner, J.D., Nafa, K., Walsh, T., Marcus, V., Tomsho, L., Gebert, J., Macrae, F.A., Gaff, C.L., Bressac-de Paillerets, B., Gregersen, P.K., Weitzel, J.N., Gordon, P.H., MacNamara, E., King, M.-C., Hampel, H., de la Chapelle, A., Boyd, J., Offit, K., Rennert, G., Chong, G., and Ellis, N.A.

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Colorectal cancer -- Genetic aspects, Genetic disorders -- Research, Familial diseases -- Research, Gene mutations -- Health aspects, Ashkenazim -- Genetic aspects, Ashkenazim -- Diseases, Biological sciences
Published
2002

8. Genetic variant predictors of gene expression provide new insight into risk of colorectal cancer

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Bien, S.A. Su, Y.-R. Conti, D.V. Harrison, T.A. Qu, C. Guo, X. Lu, Y. Albanes, D. Auer, P.L. Banbury, B.L. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Brenner, H. Buchanan, D.D. Caan, B.J. Campbell, P.T. Carlson, C.S. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chen, S. Connolly, C.M. Easton, D.F. Feskens, E.J.M. Gallinger, S. Giles, G.G. Gunter, M.J. Hampe, J. Huyghe, J.R. Hoffmeister, M. Hudson, T.J. Jacobs, E.J. Jenkins, M.A. Kampman, E. Kang, H.M. Kühn, T. Küry, S. Lejbkowicz, F. Le Marchand, L. Milne, R.L. Li, L. Li, C.I. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Martín, V. McNeil, C.E. Melas, M. Moreno, V. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Pharaoh, P.D.P. Potter, J.D. Qu, C. Riboli, E. Rennert, G. Sala, N. Schafmayer, C. Scacheri, P.C. Schmit, S.L. Severi, G. Slattery, M.L. Smith, J.D. Trichopoulou, A. Tumino, R. Ulrich, C.M. van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Van Guelpen, B. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Abecasis, G.R. Casey, G. Nickerson, D.A. Gruber, S.B. Hsu, L. Zheng, W. Peters, U.

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Genome-wide association studies have reported 56 independently associated colorectal cancer (CRC) risk variants, most of which are non-coding and believed to exert their effects by modulating gene expression. The computational method PrediXcan uses cis-regulatory variant predictors to impute expression and perform gene-level association tests in GWAS without directly measured transcriptomes. In this study, we used reference datasets from colon (n = 169) and whole blood (n = 922) transcriptomes to test CRC association with genetically determined expression levels in a genome-wide analysis of 12,186 cases and 14,718 controls. Three novel associations were discovered from colon transverse models at FDR ≤ 0.2 and further evaluated in an independent replication including 32,825 cases and 39,933 controls. After adjusting for multiple comparisons, we found statistically significant associations using colon transcriptome models with TRIM4 (discovery P = 2.2 × 10− 4, replication P = 0.01), and PYGL (discovery P = 2.3 × 10− 4, replication P = 6.7 × 10− 4). Interestingly, both genes encode proteins that influence redox homeostasis and are related to cellular metabolic reprogramming in tumors, implicating a novel CRC pathway linked to cell growth and proliferation. Defining CRC risk regions as one megabase up- and downstream of one of the 56 independent risk variants, we defined 44 non-overlapping CRC-risk regions. Among these risk regions, we identified genes associated with CRC (P < 0.05) in 34/44 CRC-risk regions. Importantly, CRC association was found for two genes in the previously reported 2q25 locus, CXCR1 and CXCR2, which are potential cancer therapeutic targets. These findings provide strong candidate genes to prioritize for subsequent laboratory follow-up of GWAS loci. This study is the first to implement PrediXcan in a large colorectal cancer study and findings highlight the utility of integrating transcriptome data in GWAS for discovery of, and biological insight into, risk loci. © 2019, The Author(s).

Published
2019

9. MC1R variants in childhood and adolescent melanoma: a retrospective pooled analysis of a multicentre cohort

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Pellegrini, C. Botta, F. Massi, D. Martorelli, C. Facchetti, F. Gandini, S. Maisonneuve, P. Avril, M.-F. Demenais, F. Bressac-de Paillerets, B. Hoiom, V. Cust, A.E. Anton-Culver, H. Gruber, S.B. Gallagher, R.P. Marrett, L. Zanetti, R. Dwyer, T. Thomas, N.E. Begg, C.B. Berwick, M. Puig, S. Potrony, M. Nagore, E. Ghiorzo, P. Menin, C. Manganoni, A.M. Rodolfo, M. Brugnara, S. Passoni, E. Sekulovic, L.K. Baldini, F. Guida, G. Stratigos, A. Ozdemir, F. Ayala, F. Fernandez-de-Misa, R. Quaglino, P. Ribas, G. Romanini, A. Migliano, E. Stanganelli, I. Kanetsky, P.A. Pizzichetta, M.A. García-Borrón, J.C. Nan, H. Landi, M.T. Little, J. Newton-Bishop, J. Sera, F. Fargnoli, M.C. Raimondi, S. Alaibac, M. Ferrari, A. Valeri, B. Sicher, M. Mangiola, D. Nazzaro, G. Tosti, G. Mazzarol, G. Giudice, G. Ribero, S. Astrua, C. Mazzoni, L. Orlow, I. Mujumdar, U. Hummer, A. Busam, K. Roy, P. Canchola, R. Clas, B. Cotignola, J. Monroe, Y. Armstrong, B. Kricker, A. Litchfield, M. Tucker, P. Stephens, N. Switzer, T. Theis, B. From, L. Chowdhury, N. Vanasse, L. Purdue, M. Northrup, D. Rosso, S. Sacerdote, C. Leighton, N. Gildea, M. Bonner, J. Jeter, J. Klotz, J. Wilcox, H. Weiss, H. Millikan, R. Mattingly, D. Player, J. Tse, C.-K. Rebbeck, T. Walker, A. Panossian, S. Setlow, R. Mohrenweiser, H. Autier, P. Han, J. Caini, S. Hofman, A. Kayser, M. Liu, F. Nijsten, T. Uitterlinden, A.G. Kumar, R. Bishop, T. Elliott, F. Lazovich, D. Polsky, D. Hansson, J. Pastorino, L. Gruis, N.A. Bouwes Bavinck, J.N. Aguilera, P. Badenas, C. Carrera, C. Gimenez-Xavier, P. Malvehy, J. Puig-Butille, J.A. Tell-Marti, G. Blizzard, L. Cochrane, J. Branicki, W. Debniak, T. Morling, N. Johansen, P. Mayne, S. Bale, A. Cartmel, B. Ferrucci, L. Pfeiffer, R. Palmieri, G. Kypreou, K. Bowcock, A. Cornelius, L. Council, M.L. Motokawa, T. Anno, S. Helsing, P. Andresen, P.A. Guida, S. Wong, T.H. IMI Study Group GEM Study Group M-SKIP Study Group

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Background: Germline variants in the melanocortin 1 receptor gene (MC1R) might increase the risk of childhood and adolescent melanoma, but a clear conclusion is challenging because of the low number of studies and cases. We assessed the association of MC1R variants with childhood and adolescent melanoma in a large study comparing the prevalence of MC1R variants in child or adolescent patients with melanoma to that in adult patients with melanoma and in healthy adult controls. Methods: In this retrospective pooled analysis, we used the M-SKIP Project, the Italian Melanoma Intergroup, and other European groups (with participants from Australia, Canada, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, and the USA) to assemble an international multicentre cohort. We gathered phenotypic and genetic data from children or adolescents diagnosed with sporadic single-primary cutaneous melanoma at age 20 years or younger, adult patients with sporadic single-primary cutaneous melanoma diagnosed at age 35 years or older, and healthy adult individuals as controls. We calculated odds ratios (ORs) for childhood and adolescent melanoma associated with MC1R variants by multivariable logistic regression. Subgroup analysis was done for children aged 18 or younger and 14 years or younger. Findings: We analysed data from 233 young patients, 932 adult patients, and 932 healthy adult controls. Children and adolescents had higher odds of carrying MC1R r variants than did adult patients (OR 1·54, 95% CI 1·02–2·33), including when analysis was restricted to patients aged 18 years or younger (1·80, 1·06–3·07). All investigated variants, except Arg160Trp, tended, to varying degrees, to have higher frequencies in young patients than in adult patients, with significantly higher frequencies found for Val60Leu (OR 1·60, 95% CI 1·05–2·44; p=0·04) and Asp294His (2·15, 1·05–4·40; p=0·04). Compared with those of healthy controls, young patients with melanoma had significantly higher frequencies of any MC1R variants. Interpretation: Our pooled analysis of MC1R genetic data of young patients with melanoma showed that MC1R r variants were more prevalent in childhood and adolescent melanoma than in adult melanoma, especially in patients aged 18 years or younger. Our findings support the role of MC1R in childhood and adolescent melanoma susceptibility, with a potential clinical relevance for developing early melanoma detection and preventive strategies. Funding: SPD-Pilot/Project-Award-2015; AIRC-MFAG-11831. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd

Published
2019

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

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Huyghe, J.R. Bien, S.A. Harrison, T.A. Kang, H.M. Chen, S. Schmit, S.L. Conti, D.V. Qu, C. Jeon, J. Edlund, C.K. Greenside, P. Wainberg, M. Schumacher, F.R. Smith, J.D. Levine, D.M. Nelson, S.C. Sinnott-Armstrong, N.A. Albanes, D. Alonso, M.H. Anderson, K. Arnau-Collell, C. Arndt, V. Bamia, C. Banbury, B.L. Baron, J.A. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Bishop, D.T. Boehm, J. Boeing, H. Brenner, H. Brezina, S. Buch, S. Buchanan, D.D. Burnett-Hartman, A. Butterbach, K. Caan, B.J. Campbell, P.T. Carlson, C.S. Castellví-Bel, S. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chanock, S.J. Chirlaque, M.-D. Cho, S.H. Connolly, C.M. Cross, A.J. Cuk, K. Curtis, K.R. de la Chapelle, A. Doheny, K.F. Duggan, D. Easton, D.F. Elias, S.G. Elliott, F. English, D.R. Feskens, E.J.M. Figueiredo, J.C. Fischer, R. FitzGerald, L.M. Forman, D. Gala, M. Gallinger, S. Gauderman, W.J. Giles, G.G. Gillanders, E. Gong, J. Goodman, P.J. Grady, W.M. Grove, J.S. Gsur, A. Gunter, M.J. Haile, R.W. Hampe, J. Hampel, H. Harlid, S. Hayes, R.B. Hofer, P. Hoffmeister, M. Hopper, J.L. Hsu, W.-L. Huang, W.-Y. Hudson, T.J. Hunter, D.J. Ibañez-Sanz, G. Idos, G.E. Ingersoll, R. Jackson, R.D. Jacobs, E.J. Jenkins, M.A. Joshi, A.D. Joshu, C.E. Keku, T.O. Key, T.J. Kim, H.R. Kobayashi, E. Kolonel, L.N. Kooperberg, C. Kühn, T. Küry, S. Kweon, S.-S. Larsson, S.C. Laurie, C.A. Le Marchand, L. Leal, S.M. Lee, S.C. Lejbkowicz, F. Lemire, M. Li, C.I. Li, L. Lieb, W. Lin, Y. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Ling, H. Louie, T.L. Männistö, S. Markowitz, S.D. Martín, V. Masala, G. McNeil, C.E. Melas, M. Milne, R.L. Moreno, L. Murphy, N. Myte, R. Naccarati, A. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Ogino, S. Onland-Moret, N.C. Pardini, B. Parfrey, P.S. Pearlman, R. Perduca, V. Pharoah, P.D.P. Pinchev, M. Platz, E.A. Prentice, R.L. Pugh, E. Raskin, L. Rennert, G. Rennert, H.S. Riboli, E. Rodríguez-Barranco, M. Romm, J. Sakoda, L.C. Schafmayer, C. Schoen, R.E. Seminara, D. Shah, M. Shelford, T. Shin, M.-H. Shulman, K. Sieri, S. Slattery, M.L. Southey, M.C. Stadler, Z.K. Stegmaier, C. Su, Y.-R. Tangen, C.M. Thibodeau, S.N. Thomas, D.C. Thomas, S.S. Toland, A.E. Trichopoulou, A. Ulrich, C.M. Van Den Berg, D.J. van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Van Guelpen, B. van Kranen, H. Vijai, J. Visvanathan, K. Vodicka, P. Vodickova, L. Vymetalkova, V. Weigl, K. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Win, A.K. Wolf, C.R. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Zaidi, S.H. Zanke, B.W. Zhang, Q. Zheng, W. Scacheri, P.C. Potter, J.D. Bassik, M.C. Kundaje, A. Casey, G. Moreno, V. Abecasis, G.R. Nickerson, D.A. Gruber, S.B. Hsu, L. Peters, U.

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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. © 2018, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.

Published
2019

11. Correction to: Genetic variant predictors of gene expression provide new insight into risk of colorectal cancer (Human Genetics, (2019), 138, 4, (307-326), 10.1007/s00439-019-01989-8)

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Bien, S.A. Su, Y.-R. Conti, D.V. Harrison, T.A. Qu, C. Guo, X. Lu, Y. Albanes, D. Auer, P.L. Banbury, B.L. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Brenner, H. Buchanan, D.D. Caan, B.J. Campbell, P.T. Carlson, C.S. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chen, S. Connolly, C.M. Easton, D.F. Feskens, E.J.M. Gallinger, S. Giles, G.G. Gunter, M.J. Hampe, J. Huyghe, J.R. Hoffmeister, M. Hudson, T.J. Jacobs, E.J. Jenkins, M.A. Kampman, E. Kang, H.M. Kühn, T. Küry, S. Lejbkowicz, F. Le Marchand, L. Milne, R.L. Li, L. Li, C.I. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Martín, V. McNeil, C.E. Melas, M. Moreno, V. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Pharaoh, P.D.P. Potter, J.D. Qu, C. Riboli, E. Rennert, G. Sala, N. Schafmayer, C. Scacheri, P.C. Schmit, S.L. Severi, G. Slattery, M.L. Smith, J.D. Trichopoulou, A. Tumino, R. Ulrich, C.M. van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Van Guelpen, B. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Abeçasis, G.R. Casey, G. Nickerson, D.A. Gruber, S.B. Hsu, L. Zheng, W. Peters, U.

Abstract

Every author has erroneously been assigned to the affiliation “62”. The affiliation 62 belongs to the author Graham Casey. © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.

Published
2019

12. A twofold increase in BRCA mutation related prostate cancer among Ashkenazi Israelis is not associated with distinctive histopathology

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Giusti, R M., Rutter, J L., Duray, P H., Freedman, L S., Konichezky, M., Fisher - Fischbein, J., Greene, M.H., Maslansky, B., Fischbein, A., Gruber, S.B., Rennert, G., Ronchetti, R.D., Hewitt, S.M., Struewing, J.P., and Iscovich, J.

Subjects
Gene mutations -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects -- Research -- Analysis -- Genetic aspects, Genetic research -- Analysis -- Physiological aspects -- Genetic aspects -- Health aspects, Prostate cancer -- Health aspects -- Genetic aspects -- Care and treatment -- Demographic aspects -- Research, Cancer patients -- Demographic aspects -- Genetic aspects -- Health aspects -- Care and treatment, Ashkenazim -- Genetic aspects -- Health aspects -- Physiological aspects -- Research -- Analysis, Medical genetics -- Research -- Health aspects -- Analysis -- Physiological aspects, Health, Care and treatment, Physiological aspects, Analysis, Research, Genetic aspects, Demographic aspects, Health aspects
Abstract

J Med Genet 2003;40:787-792 The magnitude of the risk of prostate cancer among Ashkenazi Jewish carriers of the common mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, the so-called Ashkenazi BRCA [...]

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2003

15. Inactivation of the Tumor Suppressor BRCA1 Interacting Protein C-terminal Helicase 1 (BRIP1) Gene Confers Increased Susceptibility to Platinum Antineoplastic Agents and Augments the Synergistic Response to Poly (ADP-ribose) Polymerase (PARP) Inhibition in Ovarian Epithelial Cells

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Ciccone, M.A., primary, Ricker, C., additional, Culver, J., additional, Maoz, A., additional, Melas, M., additional, Idos, G.E., additional, Gruber, S.B., additional, and McDonnell, K., additional

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2016
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18. A founder mutation in MSH2 in the Ashkenazim

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Foulkes, W.D., Thiffault, I, Farber, D., Gruber, S.B., Tomsho, L., Rennert, G., Horwitz, M., Walsh, T., King, M.-C., Ellis, N., Offit, K., Bressac-de Paillerets, B., Grandjouan, S., Weitzel, J., Fujimura, F., Gordon, P.H., MacNamara, E., Marcus, V., and Chong, G.

Subjects
Human genetics -- Research, Ashkenazim -- Physiological aspects, Genetic disorders -- Research, Biological sciences
Published
2001

20. Association of IRF4 single‐nucleotide polymorphism rs12203592 with melanoma‐specific survival.

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Ward, S.V., Gibbs, D.C., Orlow, I., Thomas, N.E., Kanetsky, P.A., Luo, L., Cust, A.E., Anton‐Culver, H., Gruber, S.B., Gallagher, R.P., Rosso, S., Zanetti, R., Dwyer, T., Begg, C.B., and Berwick, M.

Subjects
SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms, INTERFERON regulatory factors
Abstract

Dear Editor, We have previously shown that the functional melanoma risk variant rs12203592 in the I IRF4 i gene (interferon regulatory factor-4) was associated with increased Breslow thickness, an important prognostic indicator for melanoma.[1] In line with this, a recent study found evidence for an association between the minor T allele of this single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) and melanoma-specific survival in patients from two European hospitals.[2] We therefore sought to extend our previous work and replicate these hospital-based findings by investigating the association of rs12203592 with melanoma-specific survival, overall and by anatomical site. A mediation analysis found that 70-2% of the observed association between rs12203592*T and melanoma-specific survival was mediated through Breslow thickness, with significant natural indirect effects identified (HR 1-13, 95% CI 1-06-1-20; I P i < 0-001). Our results suggest that I IRF4 i rs12203592 is associated with poorer melanoma-specific survival, largely mediated through Breslow thickness, reinforcing our previous findings related to rs12203592*T and tumour thickness.[1] This variant's adverse effect on survival may occur through its functional effect on I IRF4 i expression. [Extracted from the article]

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2020
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21. Interplay between BRCA1 and RHAMM Regulates Epithelial Apicobasal Polarization and May Influence Risk of Breast Cancer

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Maxwell, C.A., Benitez, J., Gomez-Baldo, L., Osorio, A., Bonifaci, N., Fernandez-Ramires, R., Costes, S.V., Guino, E., Chen, H., Evans, G.J.R., Mohan, P., Catala, I., Petit, A., Aguilar, H., Villanueva, A., Aytes, A., Serra-Musach, J., Rennert, G., Lejbkowicz, F., Peterlongo, P., Manoukian, S., Peissel, B., Ripamonti, C.B., Bonanni, B., Viel, A., Allavena, A., Bernard, L., Radice, P., Friedman, E., Kaufman, B., Laitman, Y., Dubrovsky, M., Milgrom, R., Jakubowska, A., Cybulski, C., Gorski, B., Jaworska, K., Durda, K., Sukiennicki, G., Lubinski, J., Shugart, Y.Y., Domchek, S.M., Letrero, R., Weber, B.L., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Rookus, M.A., Collee, J.M., Devilee, P., Ligtenberg, M.J., Luijt, R.B. van der, Aalfs, C.M., Waisfisz, Q., Wijnen, J., Roozendaal, C.E.P. van, Easton, D.F., Peock, S., Cook, M., Oliver, C., Frost, D., Harrington, P., Evans, D.G., Lalloo, F., Eeles, R., Izatt, L., Chu, C., Eccles, D., Douglas, F., Brewer, C., Nevanlinna, H., Heikkinen, T., Couch, F.J., Lindor, N.M., Wang, X.S., Godwin, A.K., Caligo, M.A., Lombardi, G., Loman, N., Karlsson, P., Ehrencrona, H., Wachenfeldt, A. von, Barkardottir, R.B., Hamann, U., Rashid, M.U., Lasa, A., Caldes, T., Andres, R., Schmitt, M., Assmann, V., Stevens, K., Offit, K., Curado, J., Tilgner, H., Guigo, R., Aiza, G., Brunet, J., Castellsague, J., Martrat, G., Urruticoechea, A., Blanco, I., Tihomirova, L., Goldgar, D.E., Buys, S., John, E.M., Miron, A., Southey, M., Daly, M.B., Schmutzler, R.K., Wappenschmidt, B., Meindl, A., Arnold, N., Deissler, H., Varon-Mateeva, R., Sutter, C., Niederacher, D., Imyamitov, E., Sinilnikova, O.M., Stoppa-Lyonne, D., Mazoyer, S., Verny-Pierre, C., Castera, L., Pauw, A. de, Bignon, Y.J., Uhrhammer, N., Peyrat, J.P., Vennin, P., Ferrer, S.F., Collonge-Rame, M.A., Mortemousque, I., Spurdle, A.B., Beesley, J., Chen, X.Q., Healey, S., Barcellos-Hoff, M.H., Vidal, M., Gruber, S.B., Lazaro, C., Capella, G., McGuffog, L., Nathanson, K.L., Antoniou, A.C., Chenevix-Trench, G., Fleisch, M.C., Moreno, V., Pujana, M.A., HEBON, EMBRACE, SWE-BRCA, BCFR, GEMO Study Collaborators, kConFab, Human genetics, CCA - Innovative therapy, Universitat de Barcelona, Faculteit der Geneeskunde, Translational Research Laboratory, Catalan Institute of Oncology-Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research, Biomedical Research Centre Network for Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Catalan Institute of Oncology, Human Genetics Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre, Biomedical Research Centre Network for Rare Diseases, CIBER de Enfermedades Raras (CIBERER), Biomarkers and Susceptibility Unit, Life Science Division [LBNL Berkeley], Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley] (LBNL), Child and Family Research Institute, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, CHS National Cancer Control Center, Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumouri (INT)-Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Unit of Medical Genetics, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumouri (INT), Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, Unit of Experimental Oncology 1, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Department of Genetics, Biology and Biochemistry, University of Turin, Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia-Consortium for Genomics Technology (Cogentech), The Susanne Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, Institute of Human Genetics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University [Tel Aviv], Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University-International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Unit of Statistical Genetics, National Institutes of Health [Bethesda] (NIH)-National Institute of Mental Health, Abramson Cancer Center, University of Pennsylvania [Philadelphia], Family Cancer Clinic, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Department of Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center [Rotterdam] (Erasmus MC)-Family Cancer Clinic, Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Department of Human Genetics, Radboud university [Nijmegen], Department of Clinical Molecular Genetics, University Medical Center [Utrecht], Academic Medical Center - 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Università di Pisa, Lund University Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital [Gothenburg], Departament of Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University-Rudbeck Laboratory, Karolinska University Hospital [Stockholm], Landspitali-University Hospital, Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center - Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum [Heidelberg] (DKFZ), Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Department of Basic Sciences, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre, Servicio de Genética, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Medical Oncology Division, Hospital Clínico de Zaragoza, Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Rostock, Center for Experimental Medicine, Universitaetsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf = University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf [Hamburg] (UKE)-Institute of Tumor Biology, University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System-University of Michigan System, Clinical Genetics Service, Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center [New York], Bioinformatics and Genomics Group, Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG), Genetic Counseling and Hereditary Cancer Programme, Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre [Rīga], Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine [Salt Lake City], Department of Internal Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute [Boston], Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School [Boston] (HMS), entre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic (MEGA) Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Division of Population Science, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Cologne [Cologne]-Centre of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer-Centre for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Technische Universität Munchen - 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Petrov Institute of Oncology, Unité Mixte de Génétique Constitutionnelle des Cancers Fréquents, Centre Léon Bérard [Lyon]-Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Génétique moléculaire, signalisation et cancer (GMSC), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Pathologie moléculaire des cancers, Institut Curie [Paris]-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Département d'Oncogénétique, Centre Jean Perrin [Clermont-Ferrand] (UNICANCER/CJP), UNICANCER-UNICANCER, Laboratoire d'Oncologie Moléculaire Humaine, Centre Régional de Lutte contre le Cancer Oscar Lambret [Lille] (UNICANCER/Lille), Université Lille Nord de France (COMUE)-UNICANCER-Université Lille Nord de France (COMUE)-UNICANCER, Consultation d'Oncogénétique, Laboratoire de Génétique Chromosomique, Hôtel-Dieu-CH Chambéry, Département de Génétique et Reproduction, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Besançon (CHRU Besançon)-Hôpital Saint-Jacques, Service de génétique [Tours], Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours)-Hôpital Bretonneau, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Center for Cancer Systems Biology (CCSB), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute [Boston]-Department of Cancer Biology, Department of Genetics [Boston], Department of Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, Human Genetics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecologie, Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf = Heinrich Heine University [Düsseldorf], This work was funded by the Spanish Ministries of Health, and Science ane Innovation (CB07/02/2005, FIS 08/1120, 08/1359, 08/1635, and 09/02483, RTICCC RD06/0020/1060 and RD06/0020/0028, Transversal Action Against Cancer, the Spanish Biomedical Research Centre Networks for Epidemiology and Public Health, and Rare Diseases, and the 'Ramón y Cajal' Young Investigator Program), the Spanish National Society of Medical Oncology (2010), the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC 2010), the AGAUR Catalan Government Agency (2009SGR1489 and 2009SGR293, and the Beatriu Pinós Postdoctoral Program), the Ramón Areces Foundation (XV), the 'Roses Contra el Càncer' Foundation, the Michael Cuccione Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research, Cancer Research-UK (C490/A10119, C1287/A8874, C1287/A10118, C5047/A8385, and C8197/A10123), the National Institute for Health Research (UK), the Association for International Cancer Research (AICR-07-0454), the Ligue National Contre le Cancer (France), the Association 'Le cancer du sein, parlons-en!', the Dutch Cancer Society (NKI 1998-1854, 2004-3088, and 2007-3756), the Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro ('Hereditary Tumors'), the Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (4017), the Italian Ministero della Salute (RFPS-2006-3-340203 and 'Progetto Tumori Femminili'), the Italian Ministero dell'Universita' e Ricerca (RBLAO3-BETH), the Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT '5×1000'), the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Pisa (Istituto Toscano Tumori), the National Breast Cancer Foundation (Australia), the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (145684, 288704, and 454508), the Queensland Cancer Fund, the Cancer Councils of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and South Australia, the Cancer Foundation of Western Australia, the German Cancer Aid (107054), the Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (TV93), the National Cancer Institute (USA, CA128978 and CA122340), National Institutes of Health (RFA-CA-06-503, BCFR U01 CA69398, CA69417, CA69446, CA69467, CA69631, and CA69638), the Research Triangle Institute Informatics Support Center (RFP N02PC45022-46), the Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE P50 CA83638 and CA113916), the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program (05/0612), the Eileen Stein Jacoby Fund, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, the Marianne and Robert MacDonald Foundation, the Komen Foundation, the Helsinki University Central Hospital Research Fund, the Academy of Finland (110663), the Finnish Cancer Society, the Sigrid Juselius Foundation, and the EU FP7 (223175, HEALTH-F2-2009-223175)., HEBON, EMBRACE, SWE-BRCA, BCFR, GEMO Study Collaborators, kConFab, Human Genetics, Genetica & Celbiologie, RS: GROW - School for Oncology and Reproduction, Hôpital Bretonneau-Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Tours (CHRU Tours), Università degli studi di Torino = University of Turin (UNITO), Tel Aviv University (TAU), International Hereditary Cancer Centre-Pomeranian Medical University [Szczecin] (PUM), University of Pennsylvania, Universiteit Leiden-Universiteit Leiden, Radboud University [Nijmegen], University of Kansas Medical Center [Kansas City, KS, USA], Uppsala University, Université de Lille-UNICANCER-Université de Lille-UNICANCER, Autard, Delphine, Neurology, and Pathology

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Mama -- Càncer -- Aspectes genètics, MESH: Extracellular Matrix Proteins, endocrine system diseases, Cellular differentiation, Genes, BRCA2, Genes, BRCA1, Microtubules, MESH: Genotype, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Aurora Kinases, MESH: Genetic Variation, Biology (General), skin and connective tissue diseases, 0303 health sciences, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Tumor, MESH: Microtubules, Cancer Risk Factors, 3. Good health, Hyaluronan Receptors, Oncology, Receptors, Estrogen, MESH: Epithelial Cells, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, MESH: Receptors, Estrogen, Medicine, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Genotype, QH301-705.5, MESH: Antigens, CD44, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, MESH: Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, 03 medical and health sciences, [SDV.CAN] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Genetics, Cancer Genetics, Humans, Progenitor cell, Biology, MESH: BRCA1 Protein, MESH: Humans, CD44, Genetic Variation, Epithelial Cells, Oncogenes, medicine.disease, BRCA1, BRCA2, Genes, Carcinogenesis, MESH: Genes, BRCA1, MESH: Female, MESH: Genes, BRCA2, Population Genetics, HeLa Cells, Epithelial cells, medicine.disease_cause, MESH: BRCA2 Protein, Cell polarity, Basic Cancer Research, Receptors, Breast, MESH: Breast, MESH: Heterozygote, Aurora Kinase A, Cèl·lules epitelials, biology, BRCA1 Protein, General Neuroscience, MESH: Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Cell Polarity, Biological Sciences, BRCA2 Protein, Mama -- Càncer -- Aspectes moleculars, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, Female, Stem cell, MESH: Cell Polarity, Research Article, Oncogens, Heterozygote, MESH: Cell Line, Tumor, [SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancer, Breast Neoplasms, Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases, Cell Line, Càncer de mama, Cell Line, Tumor, Regulació genètica, medicine, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Antigens, 030304 developmental biology, General Immunology and Microbiology, Human Genetics, Estrogen, MESH: HeLa Cells, Genetics of Disease, biology.protein, Cancer research, Gene Function, MESH: Breast Neoplasms
Abstract

Genetic analysis identifies the HMMR gene as a modifier of the breast cancer risk associated with BRCA1 gene mutation, while cell biological analysis of the protein product suggests a function in regulating development of the mammary gland., Differentiated mammary epithelium shows apicobasal polarity, and loss of tissue organization is an early hallmark of breast carcinogenesis. In BRCA1 mutation carriers, accumulation of stem and progenitor cells in normal breast tissue and increased risk of developing tumors of basal-like type suggest that BRCA1 regulates stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation. However, the function of BRCA1 in this process and its link to carcinogenesis remain unknown. Here we depict a molecular mechanism involving BRCA1 and RHAMM that regulates apicobasal polarity and, when perturbed, may increase risk of breast cancer. Starting from complementary genetic analyses across families and populations, we identified common genetic variation at the low-penetrance susceptibility HMMR locus (encoding for RHAMM) that modifies breast cancer risk among BRCA1, but probably not BRCA2, mutation carriers: n = 7,584, weighted hazard ratio (wHR) = 1.09 (95% CI 1.02–1.16), ptrend = 0.017; and n = 3,965, wHR = 1.04 (95% CI 0.94–1.16), ptrend = 0.43; respectively. Subsequently, studies of MCF10A apicobasal polarization revealed a central role for BRCA1 and RHAMM, together with AURKA and TPX2, in essential reorganization of microtubules. Mechanistically, reorganization is facilitated by BRCA1 and impaired by AURKA, which is regulated by negative feedback involving RHAMM and TPX2. Taken together, our data provide fundamental insight into apicobasal polarization through BRCA1 function, which may explain the expanded cell subsets and characteristic tumor type accompanying BRCA1 mutation, while also linking this process to sporadic breast cancer through perturbation of HMMR/RHAMM., Author Summary Mutations in two genes that were initially identified as predisposing carriers to early-onset breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2, cause similar perturbations in cellular responses to DNA damage but predispose carriers to distinct tumor types. Thus, the two genes may trigger different carcinogenic processes. We have used genetic analyses of affected families to uncover additional genetic variation that is linked to the risk of developing cancer for carriers of BRCA1 mutations. This variation falls within a centrosomal gene, named HMMR. The protein product of HMMR, which is called RHAMM, works in concert with BRCA1 to regulate the structure of normal breast cells as they grow and become polarized. This polarization process depends upon a balance between the activities of BRCA1 and the Aurora kinase A, with the kinase opposing BRCA1 function and promoting growth. Our findings provide new insights into the mechanism through which BRCA1 may promote commitment of initially bipotent mammary cells towards the luminal lineage, and how loss of this function may predispose cells to become breast tumors of a basal-like type.

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2011

23. The Founder Mutation MSH2*1906G→C Is an Important Cause of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population

Author

Foulkes, W.D., primary, Thiffault, I., additional, Gruber, S.B., additional, Horwitz, M., additional, Hamel, N., additional, Lee, C., additional, Shia, J., additional, Markowitz, A., additional, Figer, A., additional, Friedman, E., additional, Farber, D., additional, Greenwood, C. M.T., additional, Bonner, J.D., additional, Nafa, K., additional, Walsh, T., additional, Marcus, V., additional, Tomsho, L., additional, Gebert, J., additional, Macrae, F.A., additional, Gaff, C.L., additional, Paillerets, B. Bressac-de, additional, Gregersen, P.K., additional, Weitzel, J.N., additional, Gordon, P.H., additional, MacNamara, E., additional, King, M.-C., additional, Hampel, H., additional, de la Chapelle, A., additional, Boyd, J., additional, Offit, K., additional, Rennert, G., additional, Chong, G., additional, and Ellis, N.A., additional

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2002
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25. Relative frequency and morphology of cancers in STK11 mutation carriers

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Lim, W., Olschwang, S., Keller, J.J., Westerman, A.M., Menko, F.H., Boardman, L.A., Scott, R.J., Trimbath, J., Giardiello, F.M., Gruber, S.B., Gille, J.J.P., Offerhaus, G.A., de Rooij, F.W.M., Wilson, J., Spigelman, A.D., Phillips, R.K.S., and Houlston, R.S.

Abstract

Background & Aims: There is limited data on the spectrum and risk for cancer associated with germline serine/threonine protein kinase 11 (STK11) mutations that cause Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS). Methods: We analyzed the incidence of cancer in 240 individuals with PJS possessing germline mutations in STK11. Results: Fifty-four cancers were found among carriers. Overall, the risk for developing cancer at ages 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, and 70 years was 1%, 3%, 19%, 32%, 63%, and 81%, respectively. Kaplan-Meier analysis showed similar cancer risks between missense and truncating mutation carriers (log-rank @g^2 = 2.48; P = 0.12). There was some evidence that mutations in exon 3 of STK11 were associated with a higher cancer risk than mutations within other regions of the gene. We found no difference in overall cancer risk between male and female carriers (log-rank @g^2 = 1.31; P = 0.25) or between familial and sporadic cases (log-rank @g^2 = 1.16, with 1 df; P = 0.28). The most common cancers represented were gastrointestinal in origin-gastroesophageal, small bowel, colorectal, and pancreatic-and the risk for these cancers at ages 30, 40, 50, and 60 years was 1%, 10%, 18%, and 42%, respectively. In women, the risk for breast cancer was substantially increased, being 32% by age 60 years. Conclusions: These results quantitatively show the spectrum of cancer risk associated with STK11 germline mutations in the context of PJS and provide a valuable reference for defining surveillance regimens.

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2004
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26. Hereditary epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma (Vo @?rner type) in a family with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Author

Mofid, M.Z., Costarangos, C., Gruber, S.B., and Koch, S.E.

Abstract

We describe a kindred in whom epidermolytic palmoplantar keratoderma occurred in association with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type III (benign hypermobility syndrome). This kindred consisted of 27 members of four generations, 14 of whom had palmoplantar keratoderma (PPK). Of those who had palmoplantar keratoderma, 6 had Ehlers-Danlos type III (EDS III). The proband presented with diffuse, symmetrical hyperkeratotic plaques that were yellow and sharply demarcated, covering the entire palms and soles, in addition to marked large and small joint flexibility and skin hyperextensibility. A biopsy specimen from the palm revealed features of epidermolytic hyperkeratosis with acanthosis. To our knowledge, this is the first report of PPK in a family with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Linkage analysis of these two clinical traits showed that the genes responsible for PPK and EDS III are not closely linked, and therefore are not immediately adjacent. However, linkage at greater genetic distances could not be excluded. (J Am Acad Dermatol 1998;38:825-30.)

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1998
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28. The Founder Mutation MSH2*1906G.... C Is an Important Cause of Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer in the Ashkenazi Jewish Population.

Author

Foulkes, W.D., Thiffault, I., Gruber, S.B., Horwitz, M., Hamel, N., Lee, C., Shia, J., Markowitz, A., Figer, A., Friedman, E., Farber, D., Greenwood, C.M.T., Bonner, J.D., Nafa, K., Walsh, T., Marcus, V., Tomsho, L., Gebert, J., and Macrae, F.A.

Subjects
*COLON cancer, *GENETIC disorders
Abstract

Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is caused by mutations in the mismatch-repair genes. We report here the identification and characterization of a founder mutation in MSH2 in the Ashkenazi Jewish population. We identified a nucleotide substitution, MSH2[sup *]1906G→C, which results in a substitution of proline for alanine at codon 636 in the MSH2 protein. This allele was identified in 15 unrelated Ashkenazi Jewish families with HNPCC, most of which meet the Amsterdam criteria. Genotype analysis of 18 polymorphic loci within and flanking MSH2 suggested a single origin for the mutation. All colorectal cancers tested showed microsatellite instability and absence of MSH2 protein, by immunohistochemical analysis. In an analysis of a population-based incident series of 686 Ashkenazi Jews from Israel who have colorectal cancer, we identified 3 (0.44%) mutation carriers. Persons with a family history of colorectal or endometrial cancer were more likely to carry the mutation than were those without such a family history (P = .042), and those with colorectal cancer who carried the mutation were, on average, younger than affected individuals who did not carry it (P = .033 ). The mutation was not detected in either 566 unaffected Ashkenazi Jews from Israel or 1,022 control individuals from New York. In hospital-based series, the 1906C allele was identified in 5/463 Ashkenazi Jews with colorectal cancer, in 2/197 with endometrial cancer, and in 0/83 with ovarian cancer. When families identified by family history and in case series are included, 25 apparently unrelated Ashkenazi Jewish families have been found to harbor this mutation. Although this pathogenic mutation is not frequent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population (accounting for 2%-3% of colorectal cancer in those whose age at diagnosis is <60 years), it is highly penetrant and accounts for approximately one-third of HNPCC in Ashkenazi Jewish families that fulfill the Amsterdam criteria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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2002
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29. Cross Cancer Genomic Investigation of Inflammation Pathway for Five Common Cancers: Lung, Ovary, Prostate, Breast, and Colorectal Cancer

Author

Kenneth Muir, Christopher A. Haiman, S. Lindstrom, Nicholas Wentzensen, Ali A min Al Olama, Rosalind A. Eeles, Heike Bickeböller, Rayjean J. Hung, Loic L e Marchand, Stephen J. Chanock, Brooke L. Fridley, David C. Christiani, Christopher I. Amos, Brian E. Henderson, Peter Kraft, Richard S. Houlston, Zhihua Chen, P Brennan, David N. Rider, Ulrike Peters, Angela Risch, Graham Casey, Joellen M. Schildkraut, Andrew T. Chan, Paolo Boffetta, Catherine M. Phelan, John K. Field, Douglas F. Easton, Stephen B. Gruber, Julia G. Poirier, Cornelia M. Ulrich, Ellen L. Goode, Honglin Song, Sonja I. Berndt, John S. Witte, Fredrik Wiklund, Z Kote-Jarai, M. T. Landi, Henrik Grönberg, Fredrick R. Schumacher, Thomas A. Sellers, Yonathan Brhane, Margaret R. Spitz, David J. Hunter, Martha L. Slattery, Hung, R.J., Ulrich, C.M., Goode, E.L., Brhane, Y., Muir, K., Chan, A.T., Marchand, L.L., Schildkraut, J., Witte, J.S., Eeles, R., Boffetta, P., Spitz, M.R., Poirier, J.G., Rider, D.N., Fridley, B.L., Chen, Z., Haiman, C., Schumacher, F., Easton, D.F., Landi, M.T., Brennan, P., Houlston, R., Christiani, D.C., Field, J.K., Bickeböller, H., Risch, A., Kote-Jarai, Z., Wiklund, F., Grönberg, H., Chanock, S., Berndt, S.I., Kraft, P., Lindström, S., Al Olama, A.A., Song, H., Phelan, C., Wentzensen, N., Peters, U., Slattery, M.L., Sellers, T.A., Casey, G., Gruber, S.B., Hunter, D.J., Amos, C.I., and Henderson, B.

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Oncology, Male, Cancer Research, medicine.medical_specialty, Lung Neoplasms, Colorectal cancer, Genome-wide association study, Breast Neoplasms, Disease, Mouse model of colorectal and intestinal cancer, Biology, Article, Breast cancer, Prostate, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Lung cancer, Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing, Inflammation, Ovarian Neoplasms, Lung, ovary, prostate, breast, and colorectal cancer, Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Prostatic Neoplasms, Proteins, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, medicine.anatomical_structure, Female, Ovarian cancer, Colorectal Neoplasms, Genome-Wide Association Study, Signal Transduction
Abstract

Background: Inflammation has been hypothesized to increase the risk of cancer development as an initiator or promoter, yet no large-scale study of inherited variation across cancer sites has been conducted. Methods: We conducted a cross-cancer genomic analysis for the inflammation pathway based on 48 genome-wide association studies within the National Cancer Institute GAME-ON Network across five common cancer sites, with a total of 64 591 cancer patients and 74 467 control patients. Subset-based meta-analysis was used to account for possible disease heterogeneity, and hierarchical modeling was employed to estimate the effect of the subcomponents within the inflammation pathway. The network was visualized by enrichment map. All statistical tests were two-sided. Results: We identified three pleiotropic loci within the inflammation pathway, including one novel locus in Ch12q24 encoding SH2B3 (rs3184504), which reached GWAS significance with a P value of 1.78 x 10-8, and it showed an association with lung cancer (P = 2.01 x 10-6), colorectal cancer (GECCO P = 6.72x10-6; CORECT P = 3.32x10-5), and breast cancer (P = .009). We also identified five key subpathway components with genetic variants that are relevant for the risk of these five cancer sites: inflammatory response for colorectal cancer (P = .006), inflammation related cell cycle gene for lung cancer (P = 1.35x10-6), and activation of immune response for ovarian cancer (P = .009). In addition, sequence variations in immune system development played a role in breast cancer etiology (P = .001) and innate immune response was involved in the risk of both colorectal (P = .022) and ovarian cancer (P = .003). Conclusions: Genetic variations in inflammation and its related subpathway components are keys to the development of lung, colorectal, ovary, and breast cancer, including SH2B3, which is associated with lung, colorectal, and breast cancer. © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.

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2014

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