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1. Benign breast disease and the risk of breast cancer

Author: Hartmann, LC, Sellers, TA, Frost, MH, Lingle, WL, Degnim, AC, Ghosh, K, Vierkant, RA, Maloney, SD, Pankratz, VS, Hillman, DW, Suman, VJ, Johnson, J, Blake, C, Tlsty, T, Vachon, CM, Melton, LJ, and Visscher, DW
Subjects: Clinical Research, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Patient Safety, Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine
Published: 2016

2. Mammographic density and risk of breast cancer by age and tumor characteristics

Author: Cummings, Steven, Kerlikowske, Karla, Bertrand, KA, Tamimi, RM, Scott, CG, Jensen, MR, Pankratz, VS, Visscher, D, Norman, A, Couch, F, Shepherd, J, and Fan, B
Abstract: Introduction: Understanding whether mammographic density (MD) is associated with all breast tumor subtypes and whether the strength of association varies by age is important for utilizing MD in risk models.Methods: Data were pooled from six studies includi
Published: 2013

3. Evaluation of variation in the phosphoinositide-3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha oncogene and breast cancer risk

Author: Stevens, KN, Garcia-Closas, M, Fredericksen, Z, Kosel, M, Pankratz, VS, Hopper, JL, Dite, GS, Apicella, C, Southey, MC, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Van ‘t Veer, LJ, Tollenaar, RAEM, Fasching, PA, Beckmann, MW, Hein, A, Ekici, AB, Johnson, N, Peto, J, dos Santos Silva, I, Gibson, L, Sawyer, E, Tomlinson, I, Kerin, MJ, Chanock, S, Lissowska, J, Hunter, DJ, Hoover, RN, Thomas, GD, Milne, RL, Pérez, JI Arias, González-Neira, A, Benítez, J, Burwinkel, B, Meindl, A, Schmutzler, RK, Bartrar, CR, Hamann, U, Ko, YD, Brüning, T, Chang-Claude, J, Hein, R, Wang-Gohrke, S, Dörk, T, Schürmann, P, Bremer, M, Hillemanns, P, Bogdanova, N, Zalutsky, JV, Rogov, YI, Antonenkova, N, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, J, Chenevix-Trench, G, Chen, X, Peterlongo, P, Bonanni, B, Bernard, L, Manoukian, S, Wang, X, Cerhan, J, Vachon, CM, Olson, J, Giles, GG, Baglietto, L, McLean, CA, Severi, G, John, EM, Miron, A, Winqvist, R, Pylkäs, K, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Andrulis, I, Knight, JA, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Cox, A, Brock, IW, Elliott, G, Cross, SS, Pharoah, PP, Dunning, AM, Pooley, KA, Humphreys, MK, Wang, J, Kang, D, Yoo, K-Y, Noh, D-Y, Sangrajrang, S, Gabrieau, V, Brennan, P, McKay, J, Anton-Culver, H, Ziogas, A, and Couch, FJ
Subjects: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Prevention, Genetics, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Human Genome, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Breast Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Class I Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Variation, Humans, Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinases, genetic susceptibility, neoplasms, association study, GENICA Network, kConFab Investigators, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Public Health and Health Services, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Oncology and carcinogenesis
Abstract: BackgroundSomatic mutations in phosphoinositide-3-kinase catalytic subunit alpha (PIK3CA) are frequent in breast tumours and have been associated with oestrogen receptor (ER) expression, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 overexpression, lymph node metastasis and poor survival. The goal of this study was to evaluate the association between inherited variation in this oncogene and risk of breast cancer.MethodsA single-nucleotide polymorphism from the PIK3CA locus that was associated with breast cancer in a study of Caucasian breast cancer cases and controls from the Mayo Clinic (MCBCS) was genotyped in 5436 cases and 5280 controls from the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMS) study and in 30 949 cases and 29 788 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC).ResultsRs1607237 was significantly associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer in MCBCS, CGEMS and all studies of white Europeans combined (odds ratio (OR)=0.97, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.95-0.99, P=4.6 × 10(-3)), but did not reach significance in the BCAC replication study alone (OR=0.98, 95% CI 0.96-1.01, P=0.139).ConclusionCommon germline variation in PIK3CA does not have a strong influence on the risk of breast cancer.
Published: 2011

4. Maturation of dendritic cells infected by recombinant adenovirus can be delayed without impact on transgene expression

Author: Dietz, AB, Bulur, PA, Brown, CA, Pankratz, VS, and Vuk-Pavlović, S
Published: 2001
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5. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

Author: Escala-Garcia, M, Guo, Q, Doerk, T, Canisius, S, Keeman, R, Dennis, J, Beesley, J, Lecarpentier, J, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Abraham, J, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Auer, PL, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bernstein, L, Blomqvist, C, Boeckx, B, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brentnall, A, Brinton, L, Broberg, P, Brock, IW, Brucker, SY, Burwinkel, B, Caldas, C, Caldes, T, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Carracedo, A, Carter, BD, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Cheng, T-YD, Chin, S-F, Clarke, CL, Cordina-Duverger, E, Couch, FJ, Cox, DG, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Dunn, JA, Dunning, AM, Durcan, L, Dwek, M, Earl, HM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Ellberg, C, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Galle, E, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, George, A, Georgoulias, V, Giles, GG, Glendon, G, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Alnaes, GIG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hankinson, S, Harkness, EF, Harrington, PA, Hart, SN, Hartikainen, JM, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hiller, L, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Huang, G, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Janni, W, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kabisch, M, Kaczmarek, K, Kerin, MJ, Khan, S, Khusnutdinova, E, Kiiski, J, Kitahara, CM, Knight, JA, Ko, Y-D, Koppert, LB, Kosma, V-M, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kruger, U, Kuehl, T, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lee, E, Lejbkowicz, F, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Linet, M, Lissowska, J, Lo, W-Y, Loibl, S, Lubinski, J, Lux, MP, MacInnis, RJ, Maierthaler, M, Maishman, T, Makalic, E, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, McLean, C, Meindl, A, Middha, P, Miller, N, Milne, RL, Moreno, F, Mulligan, AM, Mulot, C, Nassir, R, Neuhausen, SL, Newman, WT, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Norman, A, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Pankratz, VS, Park-Simon, T-W, Perez, JIA, Perez-Barrios, C, Peterlongo, P, Petridis, C, Pinchev, M, Prajzendanc, K, Prentice, R, Presneau, N, Prokofieva, D, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Ramachandran, D, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Roylance, R, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, DF, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Schumacher, F, Schwentner, L, Scott, RJ, Scott, C, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Simard, J, Smeets, A, Sohn, C, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Talhouk, A, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Teixeira, MR, Tengstrom, M, Terry, MB, Thoene, K, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Torres, D, Truong, T, Turman, C, Turnbull, C, Ulmer, H-U, Untch, M, Vachon, C, van Asperen, CJ, van den Ouweland, AMW, van Veen, EM, Wendt, C, Whittemore, AS, Willett, W, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Zhang, Y, Easton, DF, Fasching, PA, Nevanlinna, H, Eccles, DM, Pharoah, PDP, Schmidt, MK, Escala-Garcia, M, Guo, Q, Doerk, T, Canisius, S, Keeman, R, Dennis, J, Beesley, J, Lecarpentier, J, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Abraham, J, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Auer, PL, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bernstein, L, Blomqvist, C, Boeckx, B, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brentnall, A, Brinton, L, Broberg, P, Brock, IW, Brucker, SY, Burwinkel, B, Caldas, C, Caldes, T, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Carracedo, A, Carter, BD, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Cheng, T-YD, Chin, S-F, Clarke, CL, Cordina-Duverger, E, Couch, FJ, Cox, DG, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Dunn, JA, Dunning, AM, Durcan, L, Dwek, M, Earl, HM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Ellberg, C, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Galle, E, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, George, A, Georgoulias, V, Giles, GG, Glendon, G, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Alnaes, GIG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hankinson, S, Harkness, EF, Harrington, PA, Hart, SN, Hartikainen, JM, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hiller, L, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Huang, G, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Janni, W, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kabisch, M, Kaczmarek, K, Kerin, MJ, Khan, S, Khusnutdinova, E, Kiiski, J, Kitahara, CM, Knight, JA, Ko, Y-D, Koppert, LB, Kosma, V-M, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kruger, U, Kuehl, T, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lee, E, Lejbkowicz, F, Li, L, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Linet, M, Lissowska, J, Lo, W-Y, Loibl, S, Lubinski, J, Lux, MP, MacInnis, RJ, Maierthaler, M, Maishman, T, Makalic, E, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, McLean, C, Meindl, A, Middha, P, Miller, N, Milne, RL, Moreno, F, Mulligan, AM, Mulot, C, Nassir, R, Neuhausen, SL, Newman, WT, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Norman, A, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Pankratz, VS, Park-Simon, T-W, Perez, JIA, Perez-Barrios, C, Peterlongo, P, Petridis, C, Pinchev, M, Prajzendanc, K, Prentice, R, Presneau, N, Prokofieva, D, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Ramachandran, D, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Roylance, R, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, DF, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Schumacher, F, Schwentner, L, Scott, RJ, Scott, C, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Simard, J, Smeets, A, Sohn, C, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Talhouk, A, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Teixeira, MR, Tengstrom, M, Terry, MB, Thoene, K, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Torres, D, Truong, T, Turman, C, Turnbull, C, Ulmer, H-U, Untch, M, Vachon, C, van Asperen, CJ, van den Ouweland, AMW, van Veen, EM, Wendt, C, Whittemore, AS, Willett, W, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Zhang, Y, Easton, DF, Fasching, PA, Nevanlinna, H, Eccles, DM, Pharoah, PDP, and Schmidt, MK
Abstract: BACKGROUND: We examined the associations between germline variants and breast cancer mortality using a large meta-analysis of women of European ancestry. METHODS: Meta-analyses included summary estimates based on Cox models of twelve datasets using ~10.4 million variants for 96,661 women with breast cancer and 7697 events (breast cancer-specific deaths). Oestrogen receptor (ER)-specific analyses were based on 64,171 ER-positive (4116) and 16,172 ER-negative (2125) patients. We evaluated the probability of a signal to be a true positive using the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP). RESULTS: We did not find any variant associated with breast cancer-specific mortality at P < 5 × 10-8. For ER-positive disease, the most significantly associated variant was chr7:rs4717568 (BFDP = 7%, P = 1.28 × 10-7, hazard ratio [HR] = 0.88, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.84-0.92); the closest gene is AUTS2. For ER-negative disease, the most significant variant was chr7:rs67918676 (BFDP = 11%, P = 1.38 × 10-7, HR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.16-1.39); located within a long intergenic non-coding RNA gene (AC004009.3), close to the HOXA gene cluster. CONCLUSIONS: We uncovered germline variants on chromosome 7 at BFDP < 15% close to genes for which there is biological evidence related to breast cancer outcome. However, the paucity of variants associated with mortality at genome-wide significance underpins the challenge in providing genetic-based individualised prognostic information for breast cancer patients.
Published: 2019

6. Polygenic Risk Scores for Prediction of Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Subtypes

Author: Mavaddat, N, Michailidou, K, Dennis, J, Lush, M, Fachal, L, Lee, A, Tyrer, JP, Chen, T-H, Wang, Q, Bolla, MK, Yang, X, Adank, MA, Ahearn, T, Aittomaki, K, Allen, J, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Auer, PL, Auvinen, P, Barrdahl, M, Freeman, LEB, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bernstein, L, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Brauch, H, Bremer, M, Brenner, H, Brentnall, A, Brock, IW, Brooks-Wilson, A, Brucker, SY, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Campa, D, Carter, BD, Castelao, JE, Chanock, SJ, Chlebowski, R, Christiansen, H, Clarke, CL, Collee, JM, Cordina-Duverger, E, Cornelissen, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dumont, M, Durcan, L, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Ellberg, C, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Foersti, A, Fritschi, L, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Georgoulias, V, Giles, GG, Gilyazova, IR, Glendon, G, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Alnaes, GIG, Grip, M, Gronwald, J, Grundy, A, Guenel, P, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hamann, U, Hankinson, SE, Harkness, EF, Hart, SN, He, W, Hein, A, Heyworth, J, Hillemanns, P, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Huang, G, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Johnson, N, Jones, ME, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kaczmarek, K, Kataja, V, Keeman, R, Kerin, MJ, Khusnutdinova, E, Kiiski, J, Knight, JA, Ko, Y-D, Kosma, V-M, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Kruger, U, Kuehl, T, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lee, E, Lejbkowicz, F, Lilyquist, J, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Lissowska, J, Lo, W-Y, Loibl, S, Long, J, Lubinski, J, Lux, MP, MacInnis, RJ, Maishman, T, Makalic, E, Kostovska, IM, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, McLean, C, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Middha, P, Miller, N, Moreno, F, Mulligan, AM, Mulot, C, Munoz-Garzon, VM, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, WG, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Norman, A, Offit, K, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Pankratz, VS, Park-Simon, T-W, Perez, JIA, Perez-Barrios, C, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Pinchev, M, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Polley, EC, Prentice, R, Presneau, N, Prokofyeva, D, Purrington, K, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rau-Murthy, R, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Robson, M, Romero, A, Ruddy, KJ, Ruebner, M, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, DF, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Schumacher, F, Schuermann, P, Schwentner, L, Scott, C, Scott, RJ, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Sherman, ME, Shrubsole, MJ, Shu, X-O, Slager, S, Smeets, A, Sohn, C, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stegmaier, C, Stone, J, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Terry, MB, Thoene, K, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, Tzardi, M, Ulmer, H-U, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van Veen, EM, Vijai, J, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Whittemore, AS, Wildiers, H, Willett, W, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Yannoukakos, D, Zhang, Y, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Clarke, C, Balleine, R, Baxter, R, Braye, S, Carpenter, J, Dahlstrom, J, Forbes, J, Lee, CS, Marsh, D, Morey, A, Pathmanathan, N, Scott, R, Simpson, P, Spigelman, A, Wilcken, N, Yip, D, Zeps, N, Sexton, A, Dobrovic, A, Christian, A, Trainer, A, Fellows, A, Shelling, A, De Fazio, A, Blackburn, A, Crook, A, Meiser, B, Patterson, B, Saunders, C, Hunt, C, Amor, D, Ortega, DG, Edkins, E, Salisbury, E, Haan, E, Macrea, F, Farshid, G, Lindeman, G, Trench, G, Mann, G, Giles, G, Gill, G, Thorne, H, Campbell, I, Hickie, I, Caldon, L, Winship, I, Cui, J, Flanagan, J, Kollias, J, Visvader, J, Taylor, J, Burke, J, Saunus, J, Forbs, J, Hopper, J, Beesley, J, Kirk, J, French, J, Tucker, K, Wu, K, Phillips, K, Forrest, L, Lipton, L, Andrews, L, Lobb, L, Walker, L, Kentwell, M, Spurdle, M, Cummings, M, Gleeson, M, Harris, M, Jenkins, M, Young, MA, Delatycki, M, Wallis, M, Burgess, M, Brown, M, Southey, M, Bogwitz, M, Field, M, Friedlander, M, Gattas, M, Saleh, M, Aghmesheh, M, Hayward, N, Pachter, N, Cohen, P, Duijf, P, James, P, Fong, P, Butow, P, Williams, R, Kefford, R, Simard, J, Balleine, R-M, Dawson, S-J, Lok, S, O'connell, S, Greening, S, Nightingale, S, Edwards, S, Fox, S, McLachlan, S-A, Lakhani, S, Dudding, T, Antill, Y, Sahlberg, KK, Ottestad, L, Karesen, R, Schlichting, E, Holmen, MM, Sauer, T, Haakensen, V, Engebraten, O, Naume, B, Fossa, A, Kiserud, CE, Reinertsen, K, Helland, A, Riis, M, Geisler, J, Dunning, AM, Thompson, DJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Chang-Claude, J, Schmidt, MK, Hall, P, Milne, RL, Pharoah, PDP, Antoniou, AC, Chatterjee, N, Kraft, P, Garcia-Closas, M, Easton, DF, Mavaddat, N, Michailidou, K, Dennis, J, Lush, M, Fachal, L, Lee, A, Tyrer, JP, Chen, T-H, Wang, Q, Bolla, MK, Yang, X, Adank, MA, Ahearn, T, Aittomaki, K, Allen, J, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Auer, PL, Auvinen, P, Barrdahl, M, Freeman, LEB, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bernstein, L, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Brauch, H, Bremer, M, Brenner, H, Brentnall, A, Brock, IW, Brooks-Wilson, A, Brucker, SY, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Campa, D, Carter, BD, Castelao, JE, Chanock, SJ, Chlebowski, R, Christiansen, H, Clarke, CL, Collee, JM, Cordina-Duverger, E, Cornelissen, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dumont, M, Durcan, L, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Ellberg, C, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Foersti, A, Fritschi, L, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Georgoulias, V, Giles, GG, Gilyazova, IR, Glendon, G, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Alnaes, GIG, Grip, M, Gronwald, J, Grundy, A, Guenel, P, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hamann, U, Hankinson, SE, Harkness, EF, Hart, SN, He, W, Hein, A, Heyworth, J, Hillemanns, P, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Huang, G, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Johnson, N, Jones, ME, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kaczmarek, K, Kataja, V, Keeman, R, Kerin, MJ, Khusnutdinova, E, Kiiski, J, Knight, JA, Ko, Y-D, Kosma, V-M, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Kruger, U, Kuehl, T, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lee, E, Lejbkowicz, F, Lilyquist, J, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Lissowska, J, Lo, W-Y, Loibl, S, Long, J, Lubinski, J, Lux, MP, MacInnis, RJ, Maishman, T, Makalic, E, Kostovska, IM, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, McLean, C, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Middha, P, Miller, N, Moreno, F, Mulligan, AM, Mulot, C, Munoz-Garzon, VM, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, WG, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Norman, A, Offit, K, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Pankratz, VS, Park-Simon, T-W, Perez, JIA, Perez-Barrios, C, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Pinchev, M, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Polley, EC, Prentice, R, Presneau, N, Prokofyeva, D, Purrington, K, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rau-Murthy, R, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Robson, M, Romero, A, Ruddy, KJ, Ruebner, M, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, DF, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Schumacher, F, Schuermann, P, Schwentner, L, Scott, C, Scott, RJ, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Sherman, ME, Shrubsole, MJ, Shu, X-O, Slager, S, Smeets, A, Sohn, C, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stegmaier, C, Stone, J, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Terry, MB, Thoene, K, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, Tzardi, M, Ulmer, H-U, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van Veen, EM, Vijai, J, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Whittemore, AS, Wildiers, H, Willett, W, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Yannoukakos, D, Zhang, Y, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Clarke, C, Balleine, R, Baxter, R, Braye, S, Carpenter, J, Dahlstrom, J, Forbes, J, Lee, CS, Marsh, D, Morey, A, Pathmanathan, N, Scott, R, Simpson, P, Spigelman, A, Wilcken, N, Yip, D, Zeps, N, Sexton, A, Dobrovic, A, Christian, A, Trainer, A, Fellows, A, Shelling, A, De Fazio, A, Blackburn, A, Crook, A, Meiser, B, Patterson, B, Saunders, C, Hunt, C, Amor, D, Ortega, DG, Edkins, E, Salisbury, E, Haan, E, Macrea, F, Farshid, G, Lindeman, G, Trench, G, Mann, G, Giles, G, Gill, G, Thorne, H, Campbell, I, Hickie, I, Caldon, L, Winship, I, Cui, J, Flanagan, J, Kollias, J, Visvader, J, Taylor, J, Burke, J, Saunus, J, Forbs, J, Hopper, J, Beesley, J, Kirk, J, French, J, Tucker, K, Wu, K, Phillips, K, Forrest, L, Lipton, L, Andrews, L, Lobb, L, Walker, L, Kentwell, M, Spurdle, M, Cummings, M, Gleeson, M, Harris, M, Jenkins, M, Young, MA, Delatycki, M, Wallis, M, Burgess, M, Brown, M, Southey, M, Bogwitz, M, Field, M, Friedlander, M, Gattas, M, Saleh, M, Aghmesheh, M, Hayward, N, Pachter, N, Cohen, P, Duijf, P, James, P, Fong, P, Butow, P, Williams, R, Kefford, R, Simard, J, Balleine, R-M, Dawson, S-J, Lok, S, O'connell, S, Greening, S, Nightingale, S, Edwards, S, Fox, S, McLachlan, S-A, Lakhani, S, Dudding, T, Antill, Y, Sahlberg, KK, Ottestad, L, Karesen, R, Schlichting, E, Holmen, MM, Sauer, T, Haakensen, V, Engebraten, O, Naume, B, Fossa, A, Kiserud, CE, Reinertsen, K, Helland, A, Riis, M, Geisler, J, Dunning, AM, Thompson, DJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Chang-Claude, J, Schmidt, MK, Hall, P, Milne, RL, Pharoah, PDP, Antoniou, AC, Chatterjee, N, Kraft, P, Garcia-Closas, M, and Easton, DF
Abstract: Stratification of women according to their risk of breast cancer based on polygenic risk scores (PRSs) could improve screening and prevention strategies. Our aim was to develop PRSs, optimized for prediction of estrogen receptor (ER)-specific disease, from the largest available genome-wide association dataset and to empirically validate the PRSs in prospective studies. The development dataset comprised 94,075 case subjects and 75,017 control subjects of European ancestry from 69 studies, divided into training and validation sets. Samples were genotyped using genome-wide arrays, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected by stepwise regression or lasso penalized regression. The best performing PRSs were validated in an independent test set comprising 11,428 case subjects and 18,323 control subjects from 10 prospective studies and 190,040 women from UK Biobank (3,215 incident breast cancers). For the best PRSs (313 SNPs), the odds ratio for overall disease per 1 standard deviation in ten prospective studies was 1.61 (95%CI: 1.57-1.65) with area under receiver-operator curve (AUC) = 0.630 (95%CI: 0.628-0.651). The lifetime risk of overall breast cancer in the top centile of the PRSs was 32.6%. Compared with women in the middle quintile, those in the highest 1% of risk had 4.37- and 2.78-fold risks, and those in the lowest 1% of risk had 0.16- and 0.27-fold risks, of developing ER-positive and ER-negative disease, respectively. Goodness-of-fit tests indicated that this PRS was well calibrated and predicts disease risk accurately in the tails of the distribution. This PRS is a powerful and reliable predictor of breast cancer risk that may improve breast cancer prevention programs.
Published: 2019

7. Surveillance of CKD epidemiology in the US – a joint analysis of NHANES and KEEP

Author: Myers, OB, primary, Pankratz, VS, additional, Norris, KC, additional, Vassalotti, JA, additional, Unruh, M, additional, and Argyropoulos, C, additional
Published: 2018
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8. Assessing associations between the AURKAHMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers

Author: Blanco, I, Kuchenbaecker, K, Cuadras, D, Wang, X, Barrowdale, D, De Garibay, GR, Librado, P, Sánchez-Gracia, A, Rozas, J, Bonifaci, N, McGuffog, L, Pankratz, VS, Islam, A, Mateo, F, Berenguer, A, Petit, A, Català, I, Brunet, J, Feliubadaló, L, Tornero, E, Benítez, J, Osorio, A, Teresa, R, Teresa, C, Nevanlinna, H, Aittomäki, K, Arun, BK, Toland, AE, Karlan, BY, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Greene, MH, Mai, PL, Nussbaum, RL, Andrulis, IL, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Barkardottir, RB, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Claes, K, Van Maerken, T, Díez, O, Hansen, TV, Jønson, L, Gerdes, AM, Ejlertsen, B, De La Hoya, M, Caldés, T, Dunning, AM, Oliver, C, Fineberg, E, Cook, M, Peock, S, McCann, E, Murray, A, Jacobs, C, Pichert, G, Lalloo, F, Chu, C, Dorkins, H, Paterson, J, Ong, KR, Teixeira, MR, Teixeira, T, Hogervorst, FBL, Van Der Hout, AH, Seynaeve, C, Van Der Luijt, RB, Ligtenberg, MJL, Devilee, P, Wijnen, JT, Rookus, MA, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Blok, MJ, Van Den Ouweland, AMW, Aalfs, CM, Rodriguez, GC, Phillips, KAA, Piedmonte, M, Nerenstone, SR, Bae-Jump, VL, O'Malley, DM, Ratner, ES, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Rhiem, K, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, HJ, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, and Wang-Gohrke, S
Subjects: skin and connective tissue diseases
Abstract: While interplay between BRCA1 and AURKA-RHAMM-TPX2-TUBG1 regulates mammary epithelial polarization, common genetic variation in HMMR (gene product RHAMM) may be associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Following on these observations, we further assessed the link between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. Forty-one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers and subsequently analyzed using a retrospective likelihood approach. The association of HMMR rs299290 with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers was confirmed: per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04 - 1.15, p = 1.9 × 10-4(false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted p = 0.043). Variation in CSTF1, located next to AURKA, was also found to be associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs2426618 per-allele HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.03 - 1.16, p = 0.005 (FDR-adjusted p = 0.045). Assessment of pairwise interactions provided suggestions (FDR-adjusted pinteractionvalues > 0.05) for deviations from the multiplicative model for rs299290 and CSTF1 rs6064391, and rs299290 and TUBG1 rs11649877 in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Following these suggestions, the expression of HMMR and AURKA or TUBG1 in sporadic breast tumors was found to potentially interact, influencing patients' survival. Together, the results of this study support the hypothesis of a causative link between altered function of AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 and breast carcinogenesis in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
Published: 2015

9. PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM rare variants and cancer risk: data from COGS

Author: Southey, MC, Goldgar, DE, Winqvist, R, Pylkas, K, Couch, F, Tischkowitz, M, Foulkes, WD, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, van Rensburg, EJ, Heikkinen, T, Nevanlinna, H, Hopper, JL, Doerk, T, Claes, KBM, Reis-Filho, J, Teo, ZL, Radice, P, Catucci, I, Peterlongo, P, Tsimiklis, H, Odefrey, FA, Dowty, JG, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Hogervorst, FB, Verhoef, S, Carpenter, J, Clarke, C, Scott, RJ, Fasching, PA, Haeberle, L, Ekici, AB, Beckmann, MW, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Fletcher, O, Johnson, N, Bolla, MK, Sawyer, EJ, Tomlinson, I, Kerin, MJ, Miller, N, Marme, F, Burwinkel, B, Yang, R, Guenel, P, Therese, T, Menegaux, F, Sanchez, M, Bojesen, S, Nielsen, SF, Flyger, H, Benitez, J, Pilar Zamora, M, Arias Perez, JI, Menendez, P, Anton-Culver, H, Neuhausen, S, Ziogas, A, Clarke, CA, Brenner, H, Arndt, V, Stegmaier, C, Brauch, H, Bruening, T, Ko, Y-D, Muranen, TA, Aittomaki, K, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, NV, Antonenkova, NN, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Spurdle, AB, Wauters, E, Smeets, D, Beuselinck, B, Floris, G, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Seibold, P, Flesch-Janys, D, Olson, JE, Vachon, C, Pankratz, VS, McLean, C, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Schumacher, F, Le Marchand, L, Kristensen, V, Alnaes, GG, Zheng, W, Hunter, DJ, Lindstrom, S, Hankinson, SE, Kraft, P, Andrulis, I, Knight, JA, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Kauppila, S, Devilee, P, Tollenaar, RAEM, Seynaeve, C, Hollestelle, A, Garcia-Closas, M, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Lissowska, J, Czene, K, Darabi, H, Eriksson, M, Eccles, DM, Rafiq, S, Tapper, WJ, Gerty, SM, Hooning, MJ, Martens, JWM, Collee, JM, Tilanus-Linthorst, M, Hall, P, Li, J, Brand, JS, Humphreys, K, Cox, A, Reed, MWR, Luccarini, C, Baynes, C, Dunning, AM, Hamann, U, Torres, D, Ulmer, HU, Ruediger, T, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska, K, Durda, K, Slager, S, Toland, AE, Ambrosone, CB, Yannoukakos, D, Swerdlow, A, Ashworth, A, Orr, N, Jones, M, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Rosario Alonso, M, Alvarez, N, Herrero, D, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Simard, J, Dumont, M, Soucy, P, Eeles, R, Muir, K, Wiklund, F, Gronberg, H, Schleutker, J, Nordestgaard, BG, Weischer, M, Travis, RC, Neal, D, Donovan, JL, Hamdy, FC, Khaw, K-T, Stanford, JL, Blot, WJ, Thibodeau, S, Schaid, DJ, Kelley, JL, Maier, C, Kibel, AS, Cybulski, C, Cannon-Albright, L, Butterbach, K, Park, J, Kaneva, R, Batra, J, Teixeira, MR, Kote-Jarai, Z, Al Olama, AA, Benlloch, S, Renner, SP, Hartmann, A, Hein, A, Ruebner, M, Lambrechts, D, Van Nieuwenhuysen, E, Vergote, I, Lambretchs, S, Doherty, JA, Rossing, MA, Nickels, S, Eilber, U, Wang-Gohrke, S, Odunsi, K, Sucheston-Campbell, LE, Friel, G, Lurie, G, Killeen, JL, Wilkens, LR, Goodman, MT, Runnebaum, I, Hillemanns, PA, Pelttari, LM, Butzow, R, Modugno, F, Edwards, RP, Ness, RB, Moysich, KB, du Bois, A, Heitz, F, Harter, P, Kommoss, S, Karlan, BY, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Jensen, A, Kjaer, SK, Hogdall, E, Peissel, B, Bonanni, B, Bernard, L, Goode, EL, Fridley, BL, Vierkant, RA, Cunningham, JM, Larson, MC, Fogarty, ZC, Kalli, KR, Liang, D, Lu, KH, Hildebrandt, MAT, Wu, X, Levine, DA, Dao, F, Bisogna, M, Berchuck, A, Iversen, ES, Marks, JR, Akushevich, L, Cramer, DW, Schildkraut, J, Terry, KL, Poole, EM, Stampfer, M, Tworoger, SS, Bandera, EV, Orlow, I, Olson, SH, Bjorge, L, Salvesen, HB, van Altena, AM, Aben, KKH, Kiemeney, LA, Massuger, LFAG, Pejovic, T, Bean, Y, Brooks-Wilson, A, Kelemen, LE, Cook, LS, Le, ND, Grski, B, Gronwald, J, Menkiszak, J, Hogdall, CK, Lundvall, L, Nedergaard, L, Engelholm, SA, Dicks, E, Tyrer, J, Campbell, I, McNeish, I, Paul, J, Siddiqui, N, Glasspool, R, Whittemore, AS, Rothstein, JH, McGuire, V, Sieh, W, Cai, H, Shu, X-O, Teten, RT, Sutphen, R, McLaughlin, JR, Narod, SA, Phelan, CM, Monteiro, AN, Fenstermacher, D, Lin, H-Y, Permuth, JB, Sellers, TA, Chen, YA, Tsai, Y-Y, Chen, Z, Gentry-Maharaj, A, Gayther, SA, Ramus, SJ, Menon, U, Wu, AH, Pearce, CL, Van den Berg, D, Pike, MC, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A, Plisiecka-Halasa, J, Moes-Sosnowska, J, Kupryjanczyk, J, Pharoah, PDP, Song, H, Winship, I, Chenevix-Trench, G, Giles, GG, Tavtigian, SV, Easton, DF, Milne, RL, Southey, MC, Goldgar, DE, Winqvist, R, Pylkas, K, Couch, F, Tischkowitz, M, Foulkes, WD, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, van Rensburg, EJ, Heikkinen, T, Nevanlinna, H, Hopper, JL, Doerk, T, Claes, KBM, Reis-Filho, J, Teo, ZL, Radice, P, Catucci, I, Peterlongo, P, Tsimiklis, H, Odefrey, FA, Dowty, JG, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Hogervorst, FB, Verhoef, S, Carpenter, J, Clarke, C, Scott, RJ, Fasching, PA, Haeberle, L, Ekici, AB, Beckmann, MW, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Fletcher, O, Johnson, N, Bolla, MK, Sawyer, EJ, Tomlinson, I, Kerin, MJ, Miller, N, Marme, F, Burwinkel, B, Yang, R, Guenel, P, Therese, T, Menegaux, F, Sanchez, M, Bojesen, S, Nielsen, SF, Flyger, H, Benitez, J, Pilar Zamora, M, Arias Perez, JI, Menendez, P, Anton-Culver, H, Neuhausen, S, Ziogas, A, Clarke, CA, Brenner, H, Arndt, V, Stegmaier, C, Brauch, H, Bruening, T, Ko, Y-D, Muranen, TA, Aittomaki, K, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, NV, Antonenkova, NN, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Spurdle, AB, Wauters, E, Smeets, D, Beuselinck, B, Floris, G, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Seibold, P, Flesch-Janys, D, Olson, JE, Vachon, C, Pankratz, VS, McLean, C, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Schumacher, F, Le Marchand, L, Kristensen, V, Alnaes, GG, Zheng, W, Hunter, DJ, Lindstrom, S, Hankinson, SE, Kraft, P, Andrulis, I, Knight, JA, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Kauppila, S, Devilee, P, Tollenaar, RAEM, Seynaeve, C, Hollestelle, A, Garcia-Closas, M, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Lissowska, J, Czene, K, Darabi, H, Eriksson, M, Eccles, DM, Rafiq, S, Tapper, WJ, Gerty, SM, Hooning, MJ, Martens, JWM, Collee, JM, Tilanus-Linthorst, M, Hall, P, Li, J, Brand, JS, Humphreys, K, Cox, A, Reed, MWR, Luccarini, C, Baynes, C, Dunning, AM, Hamann, U, Torres, D, Ulmer, HU, Ruediger, T, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska, K, Durda, K, Slager, S, Toland, AE, Ambrosone, CB, Yannoukakos, D, Swerdlow, A, Ashworth, A, Orr, N, Jones, M, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Rosario Alonso, M, Alvarez, N, Herrero, D, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Simard, J, Dumont, M, Soucy, P, Eeles, R, Muir, K, Wiklund, F, Gronberg, H, Schleutker, J, Nordestgaard, BG, Weischer, M, Travis, RC, Neal, D, Donovan, JL, Hamdy, FC, Khaw, K-T, Stanford, JL, Blot, WJ, Thibodeau, S, Schaid, DJ, Kelley, JL, Maier, C, Kibel, AS, Cybulski, C, Cannon-Albright, L, Butterbach, K, Park, J, Kaneva, R, Batra, J, Teixeira, MR, Kote-Jarai, Z, Al Olama, AA, Benlloch, S, Renner, SP, Hartmann, A, Hein, A, Ruebner, M, Lambrechts, D, Van Nieuwenhuysen, E, Vergote, I, Lambretchs, S, Doherty, JA, Rossing, MA, Nickels, S, Eilber, U, Wang-Gohrke, S, Odunsi, K, Sucheston-Campbell, LE, Friel, G, Lurie, G, Killeen, JL, Wilkens, LR, Goodman, MT, Runnebaum, I, Hillemanns, PA, Pelttari, LM, Butzow, R, Modugno, F, Edwards, RP, Ness, RB, Moysich, KB, du Bois, A, Heitz, F, Harter, P, Kommoss, S, Karlan, BY, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Jensen, A, Kjaer, SK, Hogdall, E, Peissel, B, Bonanni, B, Bernard, L, Goode, EL, Fridley, BL, Vierkant, RA, Cunningham, JM, Larson, MC, Fogarty, ZC, Kalli, KR, Liang, D, Lu, KH, Hildebrandt, MAT, Wu, X, Levine, DA, Dao, F, Bisogna, M, Berchuck, A, Iversen, ES, Marks, JR, Akushevich, L, Cramer, DW, Schildkraut, J, Terry, KL, Poole, EM, Stampfer, M, Tworoger, SS, Bandera, EV, Orlow, I, Olson, SH, Bjorge, L, Salvesen, HB, van Altena, AM, Aben, KKH, Kiemeney, LA, Massuger, LFAG, Pejovic, T, Bean, Y, Brooks-Wilson, A, Kelemen, LE, Cook, LS, Le, ND, Grski, B, Gronwald, J, Menkiszak, J, Hogdall, CK, Lundvall, L, Nedergaard, L, Engelholm, SA, Dicks, E, Tyrer, J, Campbell, I, McNeish, I, Paul, J, Siddiqui, N, Glasspool, R, Whittemore, AS, Rothstein, JH, McGuire, V, Sieh, W, Cai, H, Shu, X-O, Teten, RT, Sutphen, R, McLaughlin, JR, Narod, SA, Phelan, CM, Monteiro, AN, Fenstermacher, D, Lin, H-Y, Permuth, JB, Sellers, TA, Chen, YA, Tsai, Y-Y, Chen, Z, Gentry-Maharaj, A, Gayther, SA, Ramus, SJ, Menon, U, Wu, AH, Pearce, CL, Van den Berg, D, Pike, MC, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A, Plisiecka-Halasa, J, Moes-Sosnowska, J, Kupryjanczyk, J, Pharoah, PDP, Song, H, Winship, I, Chenevix-Trench, G, Giles, GG, Tavtigian, SV, Easton, DF, and Milne, RL
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The rarity of mutations in PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM make it difficult to estimate precisely associated cancer risks. Population-based family studies have provided evidence that at least some of these mutations are associated with breast cancer risk as high as those associated with rare BRCA2 mutations. We aimed to estimate the relative risks associated with specific rare variants in PALB2, CHEK2 and ATM via a multicentre case-control study. METHODS: We genotyped 10 rare mutations using the custom iCOGS array: PALB2 c.1592delT, c.2816T>G and c.3113G>A, CHEK2 c.349A>G, c.538C>T, c.715G>A, c.1036C>T, c.1312G>T, and c.1343T>G and ATM c.7271T>G. We assessed associations with breast cancer risk (42 671 cases and 42 164 controls), as well as prostate (22 301 cases and 22 320 controls) and ovarian (14 542 cases and 23 491 controls) cancer risk, for each variant. RESULTS: For European women, strong evidence of association with breast cancer risk was observed for PALB2 c.1592delT OR 3.44 (95% CI 1.39 to 8.52, p=7.1×10-5), PALB2 c.3113G>A OR 4.21 (95% CI 1.84 to 9.60, p=6.9×10-8) and ATM c.7271T>G OR 11.0 (95% CI 1.42 to 85.7, p=0.0012). We also found evidence of association with breast cancer risk for three variants in CHEK2, c.349A>G OR 2.26 (95% CI 1.29 to 3.95), c.1036C>T OR 5.06 (95% CI 1.09 to 23.5) and c.538C>T OR 1.33 (95% CI 1.05 to 1.67) (p≤0.017). Evidence for prostate cancer risk was observed for CHEK2 c.1343T>G OR 3.03 (95% CI 1.53 to 6.03, p=0.0006) for African men and CHEK2 c.1312G>T OR 2.21 (95% CI 1.06 to 4.63, p=0.030) for European men. No evidence of association with ovarian cancer was found for any of these variants. CONCLUSIONS: This report adds to accumulating evidence that at least some variants in these genes are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer that is clinically important.
Published: 2016

10. Objective and subjective sleep disorders in automated peritoneal dialysis

Author: Roumelioti, ME, Argyropoulos, C, Pankratz, VS, Jhamb, M, Bender, FH, Buysse, DJ, Strollo, P, Unruh, ML, Roumelioti, ME, Argyropoulos, C, Pankratz, VS, Jhamb, M, Bender, FH, Buysse, DJ, Strollo, P, and Unruh, ML
Abstract: Background: Automated peritoneal dialysis (APD) is one of the fastest growing dialysis modalities. It is unknown whether sleep and mood are disturbed while performing repeated overnight exchanges. Objectives: In this report, we aim to describe and compare the prevalence of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB), periodic limb movements (PLMS), poor sleep quality (SQ), and depression among APD patients compared with stages 3b-5 (estimated glomerular filtration rate ≤44 ml/min/1.73 m2) chronic kidney disease (CKD) and hemodialysis (HD) patients. Design: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive study. Setting: Study participants were recruited from outpatient nephrology clinics, local dialysis centers, and the Thomas E. Starzl Transplant Institute in Western Pennsylvania between April 2004 and July 2009. Patients: There were 186 participants in this study including 22 APD patients, 89 CKD patients, and 75 HD patients. Measurements: In-home polysomnography was performed and two questionnaires were completed, the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). Methods: SDB and PLMS were quantified by in-home unattended polysomnography; poor SQ was defined by a score >5 on the PSQI, and the presence of moderate to severe depression was defined by a score >5 on the PHQ-9. Results: The APD patients had a median age of 37.5 years, were predominantly female (72.7 %), and had a median body mass index (BMI) of 23.8 kg/m2. In univariate analyses, APD patients had significantly lower apnea-hypopnea index compared to HD patients by 12.2 points (likelihood ratio test p = 0.008) and revealed the least percent of TST with nocturnal hypoxemia compared to CKD patients by 2.7 points, respectively (likelihood ratio test p = 0.01). The APD group had also significantly greater stages 3 to 4 sleep compared to the CKD patients by 8.6 points (likelihood ratio test p = 0.009). In multivariate analyses and after adjustment for age, gender, race, and BMI, both APD a
Published: 2016

11. A comprehensive evaluation of interaction between genetic variants and use of menopausal hormone therapy on mammographic density

Author: Rudolph, A, Fasching, PA, Behrens, S, Eilber, U, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Thompson, D, Czene, K, Brand, JS, Li, J, Scott, C, Pankratz, VS, Brandt, K, Hallberg, E, Olson, JE, Lee, A, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, AB, Haeberle, L, Maskarinec, G, Le Marchand, L, Schumacher, F, Milne, RL, Knight, JA, Apicella, C, Southey, MC, Kapuscinski, MK, Hopper, JL, Andrulis, IL, Giles, GG, Haiman, CA, Khaw, K-T, Luben, R, Hall, P, Pharoah, PDP, Couch, FJ, Easton, DF, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Vachon, C, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Fasching, PA, Behrens, S, Eilber, U, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Thompson, D, Czene, K, Brand, JS, Li, J, Scott, C, Pankratz, VS, Brandt, K, Hallberg, E, Olson, JE, Lee, A, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, AB, Haeberle, L, Maskarinec, G, Le Marchand, L, Schumacher, F, Milne, RL, Knight, JA, Apicella, C, Southey, MC, Kapuscinski, MK, Hopper, JL, Andrulis, IL, Giles, GG, Haiman, CA, Khaw, K-T, Luben, R, Hall, P, Pharoah, PDP, Couch, FJ, Easton, DF, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Vachon, C, and Chang-Claude, J
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Mammographic density is an established breast cancer risk factor with a strong genetic component and can be increased in women using menopausal hormone therapy (MHT). Here, we aimed to identify genetic variants that may modify the association between MHT use and mammographic density. METHODS: The study comprised 6,298 postmenopausal women from the Mayo Mammography Health Study and nine studies included in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. We selected for evaluation 1327 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) showing the lowest P-values for interaction (P int) in a meta-analysis of genome-wide gene-environment interaction studies with MHT use on risk of breast cancer, 2541 SNPs in candidate genes (AKR1C4, CYP1A1-CYP1A2, CYP1B1, ESR2, PPARG, PRL, SULT1A1-SULT1A2 and TNF) and ten SNPs (AREG-rs10034692, PRDM6-rs186749, ESR1-rs12665607, ZNF365-rs10995190, 8p11.23-rs7816345, LSP1-rs3817198, IGF1-rs703556, 12q24-rs1265507, TMEM184B-rs7289126, and SGSM3-rs17001868) associated with mammographic density in genome-wide studies. We used multiple linear regression models adjusted for potential confounders to evaluate interactions between SNPs and current use of MHT on mammographic density. RESULTS: No significant interactions were identified after adjustment for multiple testing. The strongest SNP-MHT interaction (unadjusted P int <0.0004) was observed with rs9358531 6.5kb 5' of PRL. Furthermore, three SNPs in PLCG2 that had previously been shown to modify the association of MHT use with breast cancer risk were found to modify also the association of MHT use with mammographic density (unadjusted P int <0.002), but solely among cases (unadjusted P int SNP×MHT×case-status <0.02). CONCLUSIONS: The study identified potential interactions on mammographic density between current use of MHT and SNPs near PRL and in PLCG2, which require confirmation. Given the moderate size of the interactions observed, larger studies are needed to identify genetic modifiers of the
Published: 2015

12. Identification of six new susceptibility loci for invasive epithelial ovarian cancer

Author: Kuchenbaecker, KB, Ramus, SJ, Tyrer, J, Lee, A, Shen, HC, Beesley, J, Lawrenson, K, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Lee, JM, Spindler, TJ, Lin, YG, Pejovic, T, Bean, Y, Li, Q, Coetzee, S, Hazelett, D, Miron, A, Southey, M, Terry, MB, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Janavicius, R, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Neuhausen, SL, Ding, YC, Hansen, TVO, Jonson, L, Gerdes, A-M, Ejlertsen, B, Barrowdale, D, Dennis, J, Benitez, J, Osorio, A, Garcia, MJ, Komenaka, I, Weitzel, JN, Ganschow, P, Peterlongo, P, Bernard, L, Viel, A, Bonanni, B, Peissel, B, Manoukian, S, Radice, P, Papi, L, Ottini, L, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Frost, D, Perkins, J, Platte, R, Ellis, S, Godwin, AK, Schmutzler, RK, Meindl, A, Engel, C, Sutter, C, Sinilnikova, OM, Damiola, F, Mazoyer, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Claes, K, De Leeneer, K, Kirk, J, Rodriguez, GC, Piedmonte, M, O'Malley, DM, de la Hoya, M, Caldes, T, Aittomaeki, K, Nevanlinna, H, Collee, JM, Rookus, MA, Oosterwijk, JC, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Hamann, U, Isaccs, C, Tischkowitz, M, Imyanitov, EN, Caligo, MA, Campbell, IG, Hogervorst, FBL, Olah, E, Diez, O, Blanco, I, Brunet, J, Lazaroso, C, Angel Pujana, M, Jakubowska, A, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Sukiennicki, G, Barkardottir, RB, Plante, M, Simard, J, Soucy, P, Montagna, M, Tognazzo, S, Teixeira, MR, Pankratz, VS, Wang, X, Lindor, N, Szabo, CI, Kauff, N, Vijai, J, Aghajanian, CA, Pfeiler, G, Berger, A, Singer, CF, Tea, M-K, Phelan, CM, Greene, MH, Mai, PL, Rennert, G, Mulligan, AM, Tchatchou, S, Andrulis, IL, Glendon, G, Toland, AE, Jensen, UB, Kruse, TA, Thomassen, M, Bojesen, A, Zidan, J, Friedman, E, Laitman, Y, Soller, M, Liljegren, A, Arver, B, Einbeigi, Z, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Olopade, OI, Nussbaum, RL, Rebbeck, TR, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Lu, KH, Karlan, BY, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Hein, A, Ekici, AB, Beckmann, MW, Fasching, PA, Lambrechts, D, Van Nieuwenhuysen, E, Vergote, I, Lambrechts, S, Dicks, E, Doherty, JA, Wicklund, KG, Rossing, MA, Rudolph, A, Chang-Claude, J, Wang-Gohrke, S, Eilber, U, Moysich, KB, Odunsi, K, Sucheston, L, Lele, S, Wilkens, LR, Goodman, MT, Thompson, PJ, Shvetsov, YB, Runnebaum, IB, Duerst, M, Hillemanns, P, Doerk, T, Antonenkova, N, Bogdanova, N, Leminen, A, Pelttari, LM, Butzow, R, Modugno, F, Kelley, JL, Edwards, RP, Ness, RB, du Bois, A, Heitz, F, Schwaab, I, Harter, P, Matsuo, K, Hosono, S, Orsulic, S, Jensen, A, Kjaer, SK, Hogdall, E, Hasmad, HN, Azmi, MAN, Teo, S-H, Woo, Y-L, Fridley, BL, Goode, EL, Cunningham, JM, Vierkant, RA, Bruinsma, F, Giles, GG, Liang, D, Hildebrandt, MAT, Wu, X, Levine, DA, Bisogna, M, Berchuck, A, Iversen, ES, Schildkraut, JM, Concannon, P, Weber, RP, Cramer, DW, Terry, KL, Poole, EM, Tworoger, SS, Bandera, EV, Orlow, I, Olson, SH, Krakstad, C, Salvesen, HB, Tangen, IL, Bjorge, L, van Altena, AM, Aben, KKH, Kiemeney, LA, Massuger, LFAG, Kellar, M, Brooks-Wilson, A, Kelemen, LE, Cook, LS, Le, ND, Cybulski, C, Yang, H, Lissowska, J, Brinton, LA, Wentzensen, N, Hogdall, C, Lundvall, L, Nedergaard, L, Baker, H, Song, H, Eccles, D, McNeish, I, Paul, J, Carty, K, Siddiqui, N, Glasspool, R, Whittemore, AS, Rothstein, JH, McGuire, V, Sieh, W, Ji, B-T, Zheng, W, Shu, X-O, Gao, Y-T, Rosen, B, Risch, HA, McLaughlin, JR, Narod, SA, Monteiro, AN, Chen, A, Lin, H-Y, Permuth-Wey, J, Sellers, TA, Tsai, Y-Y, Chen, Z, Ziogas, A, Anton-Culver, H, Gentry-Maharaj, A, Menon, U, Harrington, P, Lee, AW, Wu, AH, Pearce, CL, Coetzee, G, Pike, MC, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A, Timorek, A, Rzepecka, IK, Kupryjanczyk, J, Freedman, M, Noushmehr, H, Easton, DF, Offit, K, Couch, FJ, Gayther, S, Pharoah, PP, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Ramus, SJ, Tyrer, J, Lee, A, Shen, HC, Beesley, J, Lawrenson, K, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Lee, JM, Spindler, TJ, Lin, YG, Pejovic, T, Bean, Y, Li, Q, Coetzee, S, Hazelett, D, Miron, A, Southey, M, Terry, MB, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Janavicius, R, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Neuhausen, SL, Ding, YC, Hansen, TVO, Jonson, L, Gerdes, A-M, Ejlertsen, B, Barrowdale, D, Dennis, J, Benitez, J, Osorio, A, Garcia, MJ, Komenaka, I, Weitzel, JN, Ganschow, P, Peterlongo, P, Bernard, L, Viel, A, Bonanni, B, Peissel, B, Manoukian, S, Radice, P, Papi, L, Ottini, L, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Frost, D, Perkins, J, Platte, R, Ellis, S, Godwin, AK, Schmutzler, RK, Meindl, A, Engel, C, Sutter, C, Sinilnikova, OM, Damiola, F, Mazoyer, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Claes, K, De Leeneer, K, Kirk, J, Rodriguez, GC, Piedmonte, M, O'Malley, DM, de la Hoya, M, Caldes, T, Aittomaeki, K, Nevanlinna, H, Collee, JM, Rookus, MA, Oosterwijk, JC, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Hamann, U, Isaccs, C, Tischkowitz, M, Imyanitov, EN, Caligo, MA, Campbell, IG, Hogervorst, FBL, Olah, E, Diez, O, Blanco, I, Brunet, J, Lazaroso, C, Angel Pujana, M, Jakubowska, A, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Sukiennicki, G, Barkardottir, RB, Plante, M, Simard, J, Soucy, P, Montagna, M, Tognazzo, S, Teixeira, MR, Pankratz, VS, Wang, X, Lindor, N, Szabo, CI, Kauff, N, Vijai, J, Aghajanian, CA, Pfeiler, G, Berger, A, Singer, CF, Tea, M-K, Phelan, CM, Greene, MH, Mai, PL, Rennert, G, Mulligan, AM, Tchatchou, S, Andrulis, IL, Glendon, G, Toland, AE, Jensen, UB, Kruse, TA, Thomassen, M, Bojesen, A, Zidan, J, Friedman, E, Laitman, Y, Soller, M, Liljegren, A, Arver, B, Einbeigi, Z, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Olopade, OI, Nussbaum, RL, Rebbeck, TR, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Lu, KH, Karlan, BY, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Hein, A, Ekici, AB, Beckmann, MW, Fasching, PA, Lambrechts, D, Van Nieuwenhuysen, E, Vergote, I, Lambrechts, S, Dicks, E, Doherty, JA, Wicklund, KG, Rossing, MA, Rudolph, A, Chang-Claude, J, Wang-Gohrke, S, Eilber, U, Moysich, KB, Odunsi, K, Sucheston, L, Lele, S, Wilkens, LR, Goodman, MT, Thompson, PJ, Shvetsov, YB, Runnebaum, IB, Duerst, M, Hillemanns, P, Doerk, T, Antonenkova, N, Bogdanova, N, Leminen, A, Pelttari, LM, Butzow, R, Modugno, F, Kelley, JL, Edwards, RP, Ness, RB, du Bois, A, Heitz, F, Schwaab, I, Harter, P, Matsuo, K, Hosono, S, Orsulic, S, Jensen, A, Kjaer, SK, Hogdall, E, Hasmad, HN, Azmi, MAN, Teo, S-H, Woo, Y-L, Fridley, BL, Goode, EL, Cunningham, JM, Vierkant, RA, Bruinsma, F, Giles, GG, Liang, D, Hildebrandt, MAT, Wu, X, Levine, DA, Bisogna, M, Berchuck, A, Iversen, ES, Schildkraut, JM, Concannon, P, Weber, RP, Cramer, DW, Terry, KL, Poole, EM, Tworoger, SS, Bandera, EV, Orlow, I, Olson, SH, Krakstad, C, Salvesen, HB, Tangen, IL, Bjorge, L, van Altena, AM, Aben, KKH, Kiemeney, LA, Massuger, LFAG, Kellar, M, Brooks-Wilson, A, Kelemen, LE, Cook, LS, Le, ND, Cybulski, C, Yang, H, Lissowska, J, Brinton, LA, Wentzensen, N, Hogdall, C, Lundvall, L, Nedergaard, L, Baker, H, Song, H, Eccles, D, McNeish, I, Paul, J, Carty, K, Siddiqui, N, Glasspool, R, Whittemore, AS, Rothstein, JH, McGuire, V, Sieh, W, Ji, B-T, Zheng, W, Shu, X-O, Gao, Y-T, Rosen, B, Risch, HA, McLaughlin, JR, Narod, SA, Monteiro, AN, Chen, A, Lin, H-Y, Permuth-Wey, J, Sellers, TA, Tsai, Y-Y, Chen, Z, Ziogas, A, Anton-Culver, H, Gentry-Maharaj, A, Menon, U, Harrington, P, Lee, AW, Wu, AH, Pearce, CL, Coetzee, G, Pike, MC, Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A, Timorek, A, Rzepecka, IK, Kupryjanczyk, J, Freedman, M, Noushmehr, H, Easton, DF, Offit, K, Couch, FJ, Gayther, S, Pharoah, PP, Antoniou, AC, and Chenevix-Trench, G
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 12 epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) susceptibility alleles. The pattern of association at these loci is consistent in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers who are at high risk of EOC. After imputation to 1000 Genomes Project data, we assessed associations of 11 million genetic variants with EOC risk from 15,437 cases unselected for family history and 30,845 controls and from 15,252 BRCA1 mutation carriers and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers (3,096 with ovarian cancer), and we combined the results in a meta-analysis. This new study design yielded increased statistical power, leading to the discovery of six new EOC susceptibility loci. Variants at 1p36 (nearest gene, WNT4), 4q26 (SYNPO2), 9q34.2 (ABO) and 17q11.2 (ATAD5) were associated with EOC risk, and at 1p34.3 (RSPO1) and 6p22.1 (GPX6) variants were specifically associated with the serous EOC subtype, all with P < 5 × 10(-8). Incorporating these variants into risk assessment tools will improve clinical risk predictions for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Published: 2015

13. An original phylogenetic approach identified mitochondrial haplogroup T1a1 as inversely associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Blein, S, Bardel, C, Danjean, V, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Barrowdale, D, Lee, A, Dennis, J, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Soucy, P, Terry, MB, Chung, WK, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Janavicius, R, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Neuhausen, SL, Ding, YC, Gerdes, A-M, Ejlertsen, B, Nielsen, FC, Hansen, TVO, Osorio, A, Benitez, J, Andres Conejero, R, Segota, E, Weitzel, JN, Thelander, M, Peterlongo, P, Radice, P, Pensotti, V, Dolcetti, R, Bonanni, B, Peissel, B, Zaffaroni, D, Scuvera, G, Manoukian, S, Varesco, L, Capone, GL, Papi, L, Ottini, L, Yannoukakos, D, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Hamann, U, Donaldson, A, Brady, A, Brewer, C, Foo, C, Evans, DG, Frost, D, Eccles, D, Douglas, F, Cook, J, Adlard, J, Barwell, J, Walker, L, Izatt, L, Side, LE, Kennedy, MJ, Tischkowitz, M, Rogers, MT, Porteous, ME, Morrison, PJ, Platte, R, Eeles, R, Davidson, R, Hodgson, S, Cole, T, Godwin, AK, Isaacs, C, Claes, K, De Leeneer, K, Meindl, A, Gehrig, A, Wappenschmidt, B, Sutter, C, Engel, C, Niederacher, D, Steinemann, D, Plendl, H, Kast, K, Rhiem, K, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Varon-Mateeva, R, Schmutzler, RK, Preisler-Adams, S, Markov, NB, Wang-Gohrke, S, de Pauw, A, Lefol, C, Lasset, C, Leroux, D, Rouleau, E, Damiola, F, Dreyfus, H, Barjhoux, L, Golmard, L, Uhrhammer, N, Bonadona, V, Sornin, V, Bignon, Y-J, Carter, J, Van Le, L, Piedmonte, M, DiSilvestro, PA, de la Hoya, M, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Aittomaki, K, Jager, A, van den Ouweland, AMW, Kets, CM, Aalfs, CM, van Leeuwen, FE, Hogervorst, FBL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Oosterwijk, JC, van Roozendaal, KEP, Rookus, MA, Devilee, P, van der Luijt, RB, Olah, E, Diez, O, Teule, A, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Del Valle, J, Jakubowska, A, Sukiennicki, G, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Agnarsson, BA, Maugard, C, Amadori, A, Montagna, M, Teixeira, MR, Spurdle, AB, Foulkes, W, Olswold, C, Lindor, NM, Pankratz, VS, Szabo, CI, Lincoln, A, Jacobs, L, Corines, M, Robson, M, Vijai, J, Berger, A, Fink-Retter, A, Singer, CF, Rappaport, C, Kaulich, DG, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M-K, Greene, MH, Mai, PL, Rennert, G, Imyanitov, EN, Mulligan, AM, Glendon, G, Andrulis, IL, Tchatchou, S, Toland, AE, Pedersen, IS, Thomassen, M, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Caligo, MA, Friedman, E, Zidan, J, Laitman, Y, Lindblom, A, Melin, B, Arver, B, Loman, N, Rosenquist, R, Olopade, OI, Nussbaum, RL, Ramus, SJ, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Rebbeck, TR, Arun, BK, Mitchell, G, Karlan, BY, Lester, J, Orsulic, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Thomas, G, Simard, J, Couch, FJ, Offit, K, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Mazoyer, S, Phelan, CM, Sinilnikova, OM, Cox, DG, Blein, S, Bardel, C, Danjean, V, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Barrowdale, D, Lee, A, Dennis, J, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Soucy, P, Terry, MB, Chung, WK, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Janavicius, R, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Neuhausen, SL, Ding, YC, Gerdes, A-M, Ejlertsen, B, Nielsen, FC, Hansen, TVO, Osorio, A, Benitez, J, Andres Conejero, R, Segota, E, Weitzel, JN, Thelander, M, Peterlongo, P, Radice, P, Pensotti, V, Dolcetti, R, Bonanni, B, Peissel, B, Zaffaroni, D, Scuvera, G, Manoukian, S, Varesco, L, Capone, GL, Papi, L, Ottini, L, Yannoukakos, D, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Hamann, U, Donaldson, A, Brady, A, Brewer, C, Foo, C, Evans, DG, Frost, D, Eccles, D, Douglas, F, Cook, J, Adlard, J, Barwell, J, Walker, L, Izatt, L, Side, LE, Kennedy, MJ, Tischkowitz, M, Rogers, MT, Porteous, ME, Morrison, PJ, Platte, R, Eeles, R, Davidson, R, Hodgson, S, Cole, T, Godwin, AK, Isaacs, C, Claes, K, De Leeneer, K, Meindl, A, Gehrig, A, Wappenschmidt, B, Sutter, C, Engel, C, Niederacher, D, Steinemann, D, Plendl, H, Kast, K, Rhiem, K, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Varon-Mateeva, R, Schmutzler, RK, Preisler-Adams, S, Markov, NB, Wang-Gohrke, S, de Pauw, A, Lefol, C, Lasset, C, Leroux, D, Rouleau, E, Damiola, F, Dreyfus, H, Barjhoux, L, Golmard, L, Uhrhammer, N, Bonadona, V, Sornin, V, Bignon, Y-J, Carter, J, Van Le, L, Piedmonte, M, DiSilvestro, PA, de la Hoya, M, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Aittomaki, K, Jager, A, van den Ouweland, AMW, Kets, CM, Aalfs, CM, van Leeuwen, FE, Hogervorst, FBL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Oosterwijk, JC, van Roozendaal, KEP, Rookus, MA, Devilee, P, van der Luijt, RB, Olah, E, Diez, O, Teule, A, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Del Valle, J, Jakubowska, A, Sukiennicki, G, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Agnarsson, BA, Maugard, C, Amadori, A, Montagna, M, Teixeira, MR, Spurdle, AB, Foulkes, W, Olswold, C, Lindor, NM, Pankratz, VS, Szabo, CI, Lincoln, A, Jacobs, L, Corines, M, Robson, M, Vijai, J, Berger, A, Fink-Retter, A, Singer, CF, Rappaport, C, Kaulich, DG, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M-K, Greene, MH, Mai, PL, Rennert, G, Imyanitov, EN, Mulligan, AM, Glendon, G, Andrulis, IL, Tchatchou, S, Toland, AE, Pedersen, IS, Thomassen, M, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Caligo, MA, Friedman, E, Zidan, J, Laitman, Y, Lindblom, A, Melin, B, Arver, B, Loman, N, Rosenquist, R, Olopade, OI, Nussbaum, RL, Ramus, SJ, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Rebbeck, TR, Arun, BK, Mitchell, G, Karlan, BY, Lester, J, Orsulic, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Thomas, G, Simard, J, Couch, FJ, Offit, K, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Mazoyer, S, Phelan, CM, Sinilnikova, OM, and Cox, DG
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a high lifetime risk of breast cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in DNA double-strand break repair, DNA alterations that can be caused by exposure to reactive oxygen species, a main source of which are mitochondria. Mitochondrial genome variations affect electron transport chain efficiency and reactive oxygen species production. Individuals with different mitochondrial haplogroups differ in their metabolism and sensitivity to oxidative stress. Variability in mitochondrial genetic background can alter reactive oxygen species production, leading to cancer risk. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that mitochondrial haplogroups modify breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. METHODS: We genotyped 22,214 (11,421 affected, 10,793 unaffected) mutation carriers belonging to the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 for 129 mitochondrial polymorphisms using the iCOGS array. Haplogroup inference and association detection were performed using a phylogenetic approach. ALTree was applied to explore the reference mitochondrial evolutionary tree and detect subclades enriched in affected or unaffected individuals. RESULTS: We discovered that subclade T1a1 was depleted in affected BRCA2 mutation carriers compared with the rest of clade T (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.55; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.34 to 0.88; P = 0.01). Compared with the most frequent haplogroup in the general population (that is, H and T clades), the T1a1 haplogroup has a HR of 0.62 (95% CI, 0.40 to 0.95; P = 0.03). We also identified three potential susceptibility loci, including G13708A/rs28359178, which has demonstrated an inverse association with familial breast cancer risk. CONCLUSIONS: This study illustrates how original approaches such as the phylogeny-based method we used can empower classical molecular epidemiological studies aimed at identifying association or risk modification effe
Published: 2015

14. Prediction of Breast Cancer Risk Based on Profiling With Common Genetic Variants

Author: Mavaddat, N, Pharoah, PDP, Michailidou, K, Tyrer, J, Brook, MN, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Dunning, AM, Shah, M, Luben, R, Brown, J, Bojesen, SE, Nordestgaard, BG, Nielsen, SF, Flyger, H, Czene, K, Darabi, H, Eriksson, M, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dudbridge, F, Johnson, N, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Verhoef, S, Rutgers, EJ, Swerdlow, A, Ashworth, A, Orr, N, Schoemaker, MJ, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Brinton, L, Lissowska, J, Couch, FJ, Olson, JE, Vachon, C, Pankratz, VS, Lambrechts, D, Wildiers, H, Van Ongeval, C, Van Limbergen, E, Kristensen, V, Alnaes, GG, Nord, S, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Nevanlinna, H, Muranen, TA, Aittomaeki, K, Blomqvist, C, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Seibold, P, Flesch-Janys, D, Fasching, PA, Haeberle, L, Ekici, AB, Beckmann, MW, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Schneeweiss, A, Sohn, C, Trentham-Dietz, A, Newcomb, P, Titus, L, Egan, KM, Hunter, DJ, Lindstrom, S, Tamimi, RM, Kraft, P, Rahman, N, Turnbull, C, Renwick, A, Seal, S, Li, J, Liu, J, Humphreys, K, Benitez, J, Zamora, MP, Perez, JIA, Menendez, P, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Bogdanova, NV, Antonenkova, NN, Doerk, T, Anton-Culver, H, Neuhausen, SL, Ziogas, A, Bernstein, L, Devilee, P, Tollenaar, RAEM, Seynaeve, C, van Asperen, CJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Reed, MWR, Khusnutdinova, E, Bermisheva, M, Prokofyeva, D, Takhirova, Z, Meindl, A, Schmutzler, RK, Sutter, C, Yang, R, Schuermann, P, Bremer, M, Christiansen, H, Park-Simon, T-W, Hillemanns, P, Guenel, P, Truong, T, Menegaux, F, Sanchez, M, Radice, P, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Pensotti, V, Hopper, JL, Tsimiklis, H, Apicella, C, Southey, MC, Brauch, H, Bruening, T, Ko, Y-D, Sigurdson, AJ, Doody, MM, Hamann, U, Torres, D, Ulmer, H-U, Foersti, A, Sawyer, EJ, Tomlinson, I, Kerin, MJ, Miller, N, Andrulis, IL, Knight, JA, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Chenevix-Trench, G, Balleine, R, Giles, GG, Milne, RL, McLean, C, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Schumacher, F, Le Marchand, L, Eilber, U, Wang-Gohrke, S, Hooning, MJ, Hollestelle, A, van den Ouweland, AMW, Koppert, LB, Carpenter, J, Clarke, C, Scott, R, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Brenner, H, Arndt, V, Stegmaier, C, Dieffenbach, AK, Winqvist, R, Pylkaes, K, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Offit, K, Vijai, J, Robson, M, Rau-Murthy, R, Dwek, M, Swann, R, Perkins, KA, Goldberg, MS, Labreche, F, Dumont, M, Eccles, DM, Tapper, WJ, Rafiq, S, John, EM, Whittemore, AS, Slager, S, Yannoukakos, D, Toland, AE, Yao, S, Zheng, W, Halverson, SL, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Alonso, MR, Alvarez, N, Herrero, D, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Luccarini, C, Baynes, C, Ahmed, S, Maranian, M, Healey, CS, Simard, J, Hall, P, Easton, DF, Garcia-Closas, M, Mavaddat, N, Pharoah, PDP, Michailidou, K, Tyrer, J, Brook, MN, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Dunning, AM, Shah, M, Luben, R, Brown, J, Bojesen, SE, Nordestgaard, BG, Nielsen, SF, Flyger, H, Czene, K, Darabi, H, Eriksson, M, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dudbridge, F, Johnson, N, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Verhoef, S, Rutgers, EJ, Swerdlow, A, Ashworth, A, Orr, N, Schoemaker, MJ, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Brinton, L, Lissowska, J, Couch, FJ, Olson, JE, Vachon, C, Pankratz, VS, Lambrechts, D, Wildiers, H, Van Ongeval, C, Van Limbergen, E, Kristensen, V, Alnaes, GG, Nord, S, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Nevanlinna, H, Muranen, TA, Aittomaeki, K, Blomqvist, C, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Seibold, P, Flesch-Janys, D, Fasching, PA, Haeberle, L, Ekici, AB, Beckmann, MW, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Schneeweiss, A, Sohn, C, Trentham-Dietz, A, Newcomb, P, Titus, L, Egan, KM, Hunter, DJ, Lindstrom, S, Tamimi, RM, Kraft, P, Rahman, N, Turnbull, C, Renwick, A, Seal, S, Li, J, Liu, J, Humphreys, K, Benitez, J, Zamora, MP, Perez, JIA, Menendez, P, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Bogdanova, NV, Antonenkova, NN, Doerk, T, Anton-Culver, H, Neuhausen, SL, Ziogas, A, Bernstein, L, Devilee, P, Tollenaar, RAEM, Seynaeve, C, van Asperen, CJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Reed, MWR, Khusnutdinova, E, Bermisheva, M, Prokofyeva, D, Takhirova, Z, Meindl, A, Schmutzler, RK, Sutter, C, Yang, R, Schuermann, P, Bremer, M, Christiansen, H, Park-Simon, T-W, Hillemanns, P, Guenel, P, Truong, T, Menegaux, F, Sanchez, M, Radice, P, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Pensotti, V, Hopper, JL, Tsimiklis, H, Apicella, C, Southey, MC, Brauch, H, Bruening, T, Ko, Y-D, Sigurdson, AJ, Doody, MM, Hamann, U, Torres, D, Ulmer, H-U, Foersti, A, Sawyer, EJ, Tomlinson, I, Kerin, MJ, Miller, N, Andrulis, IL, Knight, JA, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Chenevix-Trench, G, Balleine, R, Giles, GG, Milne, RL, McLean, C, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Schumacher, F, Le Marchand, L, Eilber, U, Wang-Gohrke, S, Hooning, MJ, Hollestelle, A, van den Ouweland, AMW, Koppert, LB, Carpenter, J, Clarke, C, Scott, R, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Brenner, H, Arndt, V, Stegmaier, C, Dieffenbach, AK, Winqvist, R, Pylkaes, K, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Offit, K, Vijai, J, Robson, M, Rau-Murthy, R, Dwek, M, Swann, R, Perkins, KA, Goldberg, MS, Labreche, F, Dumont, M, Eccles, DM, Tapper, WJ, Rafiq, S, John, EM, Whittemore, AS, Slager, S, Yannoukakos, D, Toland, AE, Yao, S, Zheng, W, Halverson, SL, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Alonso, MR, Alvarez, N, Herrero, D, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Luccarini, C, Baynes, C, Ahmed, S, Maranian, M, Healey, CS, Simard, J, Hall, P, Easton, DF, and Garcia-Closas, M
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Data for multiple common susceptibility alleles for breast cancer may be combined to identify women at different levels of breast cancer risk. Such stratification could guide preventive and screening strategies. However, empirical evidence for genetic risk stratification is lacking. METHODS: We investigated the value of using 77 breast cancer-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for risk stratification, in a study of 33 673 breast cancer cases and 33 381 control women of European origin. We tested all possible pair-wise multiplicative interactions and constructed a 77-SNP polygenic risk score (PRS) for breast cancer overall and by estrogen receptor (ER) status. Absolute risks of breast cancer by PRS were derived from relative risk estimates and UK incidence and mortality rates. RESULTS: There was no strong evidence for departure from a multiplicative model for any SNP pair. Women in the highest 1% of the PRS had a three-fold increased risk of developing breast cancer compared with women in the middle quintile (odds ratio [OR] = 3.36, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.95 to 3.83). The ORs for ER-positive and ER-negative disease were 3.73 (95% CI = 3.24 to 4.30) and 2.80 (95% CI = 2.26 to 3.46), respectively. Lifetime risk of breast cancer for women in the lowest and highest quintiles of the PRS were 5.2% and 16.6% for a woman without family history, and 8.6% and 24.4% for a woman with a first-degree family history of breast cancer. CONCLUSIONS: The PRS stratifies breast cancer risk in women both with and without a family history of breast cancer. The observed level of risk discrimination could inform targeted screening and prevention strategies. Further discrimination may be achievable through combining the PRS with lifestyle/environmental factors, although these were not considered in this report.
Published: 2015

15. Assessing Associations between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 Functional Module and Breast Cancer Risk in BRCA1/2 Mutation Carriers

Author: Blanco, I, Kuchenbaecker, K, Cuadras, D, Wang, XS, Barrowdale, D, Garibay, GR, Librado, P, Sanchez-Gracia, A, Rozas, J, Bonifaci, N, McGuffog, L, Pankratz, VS, Islam, A, Mateo, F, Berenguer, A, Petit, A, Catala, I, Brunet, J, Feliubadalo, L, Tornero, E, Benitez, J, Osorio, A, Cajal, TRY, Nevanlinna, H, Aittomaki, K, Arun, BK, Toland, AE, Karlan, BY, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Greene, MH, Mai, PL, Nussbaum, RL, Andrulis, IL, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Barkardottir, RB, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Claes, K, Van Maerken, T, Diez, O, Hansen, TV, Jonson, L, Gerdes, AM, Ejlertsen, B, de la Hoya, M, Caldees, T, Dunning, AM, Oliver, C, Fineberg, E, Cook, M, Peock, S, McCann, E, Murray, A, Jacobs, C, Pichert, G, Lalloo, F, Chu, C, Dorkins, H, Paterson, J, Ong, KR, Teixeira, MR, Teixeira, Hogervorst, FBL, van der Hout, AH, Seynaeve, Caroline, van der Luijt, RB, Ligtenberg, MJL, Devilee, P, Wijnen, JT, Rookus, MA, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Blok, MJ, van den Ouweland, Ans, Aalfs, CM, Rodriguez, GC, Phillips, KAA, Piedmonte, M, Nerenstone, SR, Bae-Jump, VL, O'Malley, DM, Ratner, ES, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Rhiem, K, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, HJ, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Wang-Gohrke, S, Steinemann, D, Preisler-Adams, S, Kast, K, Varon-Mateeva, R, Gehrig, A, Bojesen, A, Pedersen, IS, Sunde, L, Jensen, UB, Thomassen, Marga, Kruse, TA, Foretova, L, Peterlongo, P, Bernard, L, Peissel, B, Scuvera, G, Manoukian, S, Radice, P, Ottini, L, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Maugard, C, Simard, J, Soucy, P, Berger, A, Fink-Retter, A, Singer, CF, Rappaport, C, Geschwantler-Kaulich, D, Tea, MK, Pfeiler, G, John, EM, Miron, A, Neuhausen, SL, Terry, MB, Chung, WK, Daly, MB, Goldgar, DE, Janavicius, R, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Godwin, AK, Olah, E, Narod, SA, Rennert, G, Paluch, SS, Laitman, Y, Friedman, E, Liljegren, A, Rantala, J, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Loman, N, Imyanitov, EN, Hamann, U, Spurdle, AB, Healey, S, Weitzel, JN, Herzog, J, Margileth, D, Gorrini, C, Esteller, M, Gomez, A, Sayols, S, Vidal, E, Heyn, H, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Leone, M, Barjhoux, L, Fassy-Colcombet, M, de Pauw, A, Lasset, C, Ferrer, SF, Castera, L, Berthet, P, Cornelis, F, Bignon, YJ, Damiola, F, Mazoyer, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Maxwell, CA, Vijai, J, Robson, M, Kauff, N, Corines, MJ, Villano, D, Cunningham, J, van der Lee, A, Lindor, N, Lazaro, C (Conxi), Easton, DF, Offit, K, Chenevix-Trench, G, Couch, FJ, Antoniou, AC, Pujana, MA, Blanco, I, Kuchenbaecker, K, Cuadras, D, Wang, XS, Barrowdale, D, Garibay, GR, Librado, P, Sanchez-Gracia, A, Rozas, J, Bonifaci, N, McGuffog, L, Pankratz, VS, Islam, A, Mateo, F, Berenguer, A, Petit, A, Catala, I, Brunet, J, Feliubadalo, L, Tornero, E, Benitez, J, Osorio, A, Cajal, TRY, Nevanlinna, H, Aittomaki, K, Arun, BK, Toland, AE, Karlan, BY, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Greene, MH, Mai, PL, Nussbaum, RL, Andrulis, IL, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Barkardottir, RB, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Claes, K, Van Maerken, T, Diez, O, Hansen, TV, Jonson, L, Gerdes, AM, Ejlertsen, B, de la Hoya, M, Caldees, T, Dunning, AM, Oliver, C, Fineberg, E, Cook, M, Peock, S, McCann, E, Murray, A, Jacobs, C, Pichert, G, Lalloo, F, Chu, C, Dorkins, H, Paterson, J, Ong, KR, Teixeira, MR, Teixeira, Hogervorst, FBL, van der Hout, AH, Seynaeve, Caroline, van der Luijt, RB, Ligtenberg, MJL, Devilee, P, Wijnen, JT, Rookus, MA, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Blok, MJ, van den Ouweland, Ans, Aalfs, CM, Rodriguez, GC, Phillips, KAA, Piedmonte, M, Nerenstone, SR, Bae-Jump, VL, O'Malley, DM, Ratner, ES, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Rhiem, K, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, HJ, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Wang-Gohrke, S, Steinemann, D, Preisler-Adams, S, Kast, K, Varon-Mateeva, R, Gehrig, A, Bojesen, A, Pedersen, IS, Sunde, L, Jensen, UB, Thomassen, Marga, Kruse, TA, Foretova, L, Peterlongo, P, Bernard, L, Peissel, B, Scuvera, G, Manoukian, S, Radice, P, Ottini, L, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Maugard, C, Simard, J, Soucy, P, Berger, A, Fink-Retter, A, Singer, CF, Rappaport, C, Geschwantler-Kaulich, D, Tea, MK, Pfeiler, G, John, EM, Miron, A, Neuhausen, SL, Terry, MB, Chung, WK, Daly, MB, Goldgar, DE, Janavicius, R, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Godwin, AK, Olah, E, Narod, SA, Rennert, G, Paluch, SS, Laitman, Y, Friedman, E, Liljegren, A, Rantala, J, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Loman, N, Imyanitov, EN, Hamann, U, Spurdle, AB, Healey, S, Weitzel, JN, Herzog, J, Margileth, D, Gorrini, C, Esteller, M, Gomez, A, Sayols, S, Vidal, E, Heyn, H, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Leone, M, Barjhoux, L, Fassy-Colcombet, M, de Pauw, A, Lasset, C, Ferrer, SF, Castera, L, Berthet, P, Cornelis, F, Bignon, YJ, Damiola, F, Mazoyer, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Maxwell, CA, Vijai, J, Robson, M, Kauff, N, Corines, MJ, Villano, D, Cunningham, J, van der Lee, A, Lindor, N, Lazaro, C (Conxi), Easton, DF, Offit, K, Chenevix-Trench, G, Couch, FJ, Antoniou, AC, and Pujana, MA
Abstract: While interplay between BRCA1 and AURKA-RHAMM-TPX2-TUBG1 regulates mammary epithelial polarization, common genetic variation in HMMR (gene product RHAMM) may be associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Following on these observations, we further assessed the link between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. Forty-one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers and subsequently analyzed using a retrospective likelihood approach. The association of HMMR rs299290 with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers was confirmed: per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04 - 1.15, p = 1.9 x 10(-4) (false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted p = 0.043). Variation in CSTF1, located next to AURKA, was also found to be associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs2426618 per-allele HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.03 - 1.16, p = 0.005 (FDR-adjusted p = 0.045). Assessment of pairwise interactions provided suggestions (FDR-adjusted p(interaction) values > 0.05) for deviations from the multiplicative model for rs299290 and CSTF1 rs6064391, and rs299290 and TUBG1 rs11649877 in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Following these suggestions, the expression of HMMR and AURKA or TUBG1 in sporadic breast tumors was found to potentially interact, influencing patients' survival. Together, the results of this study support the hypothesis of a causative link between altered function of AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 and breast carcinogenesis in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
Published: 2015

16. Diabetic women are less likely to have screening mammograms

Author: Beckman, TJ, Cuddihy, RM, Scheitel, SM, Naessens, JM, Killian, JM, and Pankratz, VS
Subjects: Aging -- Health aspects, Aged women -- Care and treatment, Geriatrics -- Practice, Diabetes -- Research, Mammography -- Usage, Health, Seniors
Published: 2002

17. Common variants at 12p11, 12q24, 9p21, 9q31.2 and in ZNF365 are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Antoniou, AC, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Soucy, P, Beesley, J, Chen, X, McGuffog, L, Lee, A, Barrowdale, D, Healey, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Caligo, MA, Loman, N, Harbst, K, Lindblom, A, Arver, B, Rosenquist, R, Karlsson, P, Nathanson, K, Domchek, S, Rebbeck, T, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska, K, Durda, K, Złowowcka-Perłowska, E, Osorio, A, Durán, M, Andrés, R, Benítez, J, Hamann, U, Hogervorst, FB, van Os, TA, Verhoef, S, Meijers-Heijboer, HE, Wijnen, J, Gómez Garcia, EB, Ligtenberg, MJ, Kriege, M, Collée, JM, Ausems, MG, Oosterwijk, JC, Peock, S, Frost, D, Ellis, SD, Platte, R, Fineberg, E, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Jacobs, C, Eeles, R, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Cole, T, Cook, J, Paterson, J, Douglas, F, Brewer, C, Hodgson, S, Morrison, PJ, Walker, L, Rogers, MT, Donaldson, A, Dorkins, H, Godwin, AK, Bove, B, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Houdayer, C, Buecher, B, de Pauw, A, Mazoyer, S, Calender, A, Léoné, M, Bressac-de Paillerets, B, Caron, O, Sobol, H, Frenay, M, Prieur, F, Ferrer, SU, Mortemousque, I, Buys, S, Daly, M, Miron, A, Terry, MU, Hopper, JL, John, EM, Southey, M, Goldgar, D, Singer, CF, Fink-Retter, A, Tea, MK, Kaulich, DU, Hansen, TV, Nielsen, FC, Barkardottir, RB, Gaudet, M, Kirchhoff, T, Joseph, V, Dutra-Clarke, A, Offit, K, Piedmonte, M, Kirk, J, Cohn, D, Hurteau, J, Byron, J, Fiorica, J, Toland, AE, Montagna, M, Oliani, C, Imyanitov, E, Isaacs, C, Tihomirova, L, Blanco, I, Lazaro, C, Teulé, A, Valle, JD, Gayther, SA, Odunsi, K, Gross, J, Karlan, BY, Olah, E, Teo, SH, Ganz, PA, Beattie, MS, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EU, Diez, O, Kwong, A, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Heidemann, S, Niederacher, D, Preisler-Adams, S, Gadzicki, D, Varon-Mateeva, R, Deissler, H, Gehrig, A, Sutter, C, Kast, K, Fiebig, B, Schäfer, D, Caldes, T, de la Hoya, M, Nevanlinna, H, Muranen, TA, Lespérance, B, Spurdle, AB, Neuhausen, SL, Ding, YC, Wang, X, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Lindor, NM, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Peissel, B, Zaffaroni, D, Bonanni, B, Bernard, L, Dolcetti, R, Papi, L, Ottini, L, Radice, P, Greene, MH, Loud, JT, Andrulis, IL, Ozcelik, H, Mulligan, AU, Glendon, G, Thomassen, M, Gerdes, AM, Jensen, UB, Skytte, AB, Kruse, TA, Chenevix-Trench, G, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Easton, DF, CIMBA, SWE-BRCA, HEBON, EMBRACE, GEMO Collaborators Study, and kConFab Investigators
Subjects: skin and connective tissue diseases
Abstract: Several common alleles have been shown to be associated with breast and/or ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Recent genome-wide association studies of breast cancer have identified eight additional breast cancer susceptibility loci: rs1011970 (9p21, CDKN2A/B), rs10995190 (ZNF365), rs704010 (ZMIZ1), rs2380205 (10p15), rs614367 (11q13), rs1292011 (12q24), rs10771399 (12p11 near PTHLH) and rs865686 (9q31.2).
Published: 2012

18. Genome-wide Analysis of Genetic Loci Associated With Alzheimer Disease

Author: Seshadri, S, Fitzpatrick, AL, Ikram, Arfan, DeStefano, AL, Gudnason, V, Boada, M, Bis, JC, Smith, AV, Carassquillo, MM, Lambert, JC, Harold, D, Schrijvers, Elisabeth, Ramirez-Lorca, R, Debette, S, Longstreth, WT, Janssens, Cecile, Pankratz, VS, Dartigues, JF, Hollingworth, P, Aspelund, T, Hernandez, I, Beiser, A, Kuller, LH, Koudstaal, Peter, Dickson, DW, Tzourio, C, Abraham, R, Antunez, C, Du, YC, Rotter, JI, Aulchenko, YS, Harris, TB, Petersen, RC, Berr, C, Owen, MJ, Lopez-Arrieta, J, Varadarajan, BN, Becker, JT, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Nalls, MA, Graff-Radford, NR, Campion, D, Auerbach, S, Rice, K, Hofman, Bert, Jonsson, PV, Schmidt, Heléna, Lathrop, M, Mosley, TH, Psaty, BM, Uitterlinden, André, Farrer, LA, Lumley, T, Ruiz, A, Williams, J, Amouyel, P, Younkin, SG, Wolf, PA, Launer, LJ (Lenore), Lopez, OL, Duijn, Cornelia, Breteler, Monique, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Epidemiology, Neurology, and Internal Medicine
Abstract: Context Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have recently identified CLU, PICALM, and CR1 as novel genes for late-onset Alzheimer disease (AD). Objectives To identify and strengthen additional loci associated with AD and confirm these in an independent sample and to examine the contribution of recently identified genes to AD risk prediction in a 3-stage analysis of new and previously published GWAS on more than 35 000 persons (8371 AD cases). Design, Setting, and Participants In stage 1, we identified strong genetic associations (P < 10(-3)) in a sample of 3006 AD cases and 14 642 controls by combining new data from the population-based Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology consortium (1367 AD cases [973 incident]) with previously reported results from the Translational Genomics Research Institute and the Mayo AD GWAS. We identified 2708 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) with P < 10(-3). In stage 2, we pooled results for these SNPs with the European AD Initiative (2032 cases and 5328 controls) to identify 38 SNPs (10 loci) with P < 10(-5). In stage 3, we combined data for these 10 loci with data from the Genetic and Environmental Risk in AD consortium (3333 cases and 6995 controls) to identify 4 SNPs with P < 1.7 x 10(-8). These 4 SNPs were replicated in an independent Spanish sample (1140 AD cases and 1209 controls). Genome-wide association analyses were completed in 2007-2008 and the meta-analyses and replication in 2009. Main Outcome Measure Presence of Alzheimer disease. Results Two loci were identified to have genome-wide significance for the first time: rs744373 near BIN1 (odds ratio [OR], 1.13; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.06-1.21 per copy of the minor allele; P=1.59 x 10(-11)) and rs597668 near EXOC3L2/BLOC1S3/MARK4 (OR, 1.18; 95% CI, 1.07-1.29; P=6.45 x 10(-9)). Associations of these 2 loci plus the previously identified loci CLU and PICALM with AD were confirmed in the Spanish sample (P
Published: 2010

19. Refined histopathological predictors of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status: a large-scale analysis of breast cancer characteristics from the BCAC, CIMBA, and ENIGMA consortia

Author: Spurdle, AB, Couch, FJ, Parsons, MT, McGuffog, L, Barrowdale, D, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Healey, S, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Rhiem, K, Hahnen, E, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, H, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Wang-Gohrke, S, Steinemann, D, Preisler-Adams, S, Kast, K, Varon-Mateeva, R, Ellis, S, Frost, D, Platte, R, Perkins, J, Evans, DG, Izatt, L, Eeles, R, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Cole, T, Scuvera, G, Manoukian, S, Bonanni, B, Mariette, F, Fortuzzi, S, Viel, A, Pasini, B, Papi, L, Varesco, L, Balleine, R, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Offitt, K, Jakubowska, A, Lindor, N, Thomassen, M, Jensen, UB, Rantala, J, Borg, A, Andrulis, IL, Miron, A, Hansen, TVO, Caldes, T, Neuhausen, SL, Toland, AE, Nevanlinna, H, Montagna, M, Garber, J, Godwin, AK, Osorio, A, Factor, RE, Terry, MB, Rebbeck, TR, Karlan, BY, Southey, M, Rashid, MU, Tung, N, Pharoah, PDP, Blows, FM, Dunning, AM, Provenzano, E, Hall, P, Czene, K, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Cornelissen, S, Verhoef, S, Fasching, PA, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, AB, Slamon, DJ, Bojesen, SE, Nordestgaard, BG, Nielsen, SF, Flyger, H, Chang-Claude, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Rudolph, A, Seibold, P, Aittomaki, K, Muranen, TA, Heikkila, P, Blomqvist, C, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Brinton, L, Lissowska, J, Olson, JE, Pankratz, VS, John, EM, Whittemore, AS, West, DW, Hamann, U, Torres, D, Ulmer, HU, Rudiger, T, Devilee, P, Tollenaar, RAEM, Seynaeve, C, Van Asperen, CJ, Eccles, DM, Tapper, WJ, Durcan, L, Jones, L, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Fletcher, O, Johnson, N, Dwek, M, Swann, R, Bane, AL, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Giles, GG, Milne, RL, Baglietto, L, McLean, C, Carpenter, J, Clarke, C, Scott, R, Brauch, H, Bruning, T, Ko, Y-D, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Reed, MWR, Lubinski, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Gronwald, J, Dork, T, Bogdanova, N, Park-Simon, T-W, Hillemanns, P, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Schumacher, F, Le Marchand, L, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Surovy, H, Yang, R, Anton-Culver, H, Ziogas, A, Hooning, MJ, Collee, JM, Martens, JWM, Tilanus-Linthorst, MMA, Brenner, H, Dieffenbach, AK, Arndt, V, Stegmaier, C, Winqvist, R, Pylkas, K, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Joseph, V, Robson, M, Rau-Murthy, R, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Arias, JI, Zamora, P, Benitez, J, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Peterlongo, P, Zaffaroni, D, Barile, M, Capra, F, Radice, P, Teo, SH, Easton, DF, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, Goldgar, DE, Spurdle, AB, Couch, FJ, Parsons, MT, McGuffog, L, Barrowdale, D, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Healey, S, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Rhiem, K, Hahnen, E, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, H, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Wang-Gohrke, S, Steinemann, D, Preisler-Adams, S, Kast, K, Varon-Mateeva, R, Ellis, S, Frost, D, Platte, R, Perkins, J, Evans, DG, Izatt, L, Eeles, R, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Cole, T, Scuvera, G, Manoukian, S, Bonanni, B, Mariette, F, Fortuzzi, S, Viel, A, Pasini, B, Papi, L, Varesco, L, Balleine, R, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Offitt, K, Jakubowska, A, Lindor, N, Thomassen, M, Jensen, UB, Rantala, J, Borg, A, Andrulis, IL, Miron, A, Hansen, TVO, Caldes, T, Neuhausen, SL, Toland, AE, Nevanlinna, H, Montagna, M, Garber, J, Godwin, AK, Osorio, A, Factor, RE, Terry, MB, Rebbeck, TR, Karlan, BY, Southey, M, Rashid, MU, Tung, N, Pharoah, PDP, Blows, FM, Dunning, AM, Provenzano, E, Hall, P, Czene, K, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Cornelissen, S, Verhoef, S, Fasching, PA, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, AB, Slamon, DJ, Bojesen, SE, Nordestgaard, BG, Nielsen, SF, Flyger, H, Chang-Claude, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Rudolph, A, Seibold, P, Aittomaki, K, Muranen, TA, Heikkila, P, Blomqvist, C, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Brinton, L, Lissowska, J, Olson, JE, Pankratz, VS, John, EM, Whittemore, AS, West, DW, Hamann, U, Torres, D, Ulmer, HU, Rudiger, T, Devilee, P, Tollenaar, RAEM, Seynaeve, C, Van Asperen, CJ, Eccles, DM, Tapper, WJ, Durcan, L, Jones, L, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Fletcher, O, Johnson, N, Dwek, M, Swann, R, Bane, AL, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Giles, GG, Milne, RL, Baglietto, L, McLean, C, Carpenter, J, Clarke, C, Scott, R, Brauch, H, Bruning, T, Ko, Y-D, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Reed, MWR, Lubinski, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Gronwald, J, Dork, T, Bogdanova, N, Park-Simon, T-W, Hillemanns, P, Haiman, CA, Henderson, BE, Schumacher, F, Le Marchand, L, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Surovy, H, Yang, R, Anton-Culver, H, Ziogas, A, Hooning, MJ, Collee, JM, Martens, JWM, Tilanus-Linthorst, MMA, Brenner, H, Dieffenbach, AK, Arndt, V, Stegmaier, C, Winqvist, R, Pylkas, K, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Lindblom, A, Margolin, S, Joseph, V, Robson, M, Rau-Murthy, R, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Arias, JI, Zamora, P, Benitez, J, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Peterlongo, P, Zaffaroni, D, Barile, M, Capra, F, Radice, P, Teo, SH, Easton, DF, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, and Goldgar, DE
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: The distribution of histopathological features of invasive breast tumors in BRCA1 or BRCA2 germline mutation carriers differs from that of individuals with no known mutation. Histopathological features thus have utility for mutation prediction, including statistical modeling to assess pathogenicity of BRCA1 or BRCA2 variants of uncertain clinical significance. We analyzed large pathology datasets accrued by the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA) and the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) to reassess histopathological predictors of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status, and provide robust likelihood ratio (LR) estimates for statistical modeling. METHODS: Selection criteria for study/center inclusion were estrogen receptor (ER) status or grade data available for invasive breast cancer diagnosed younger than 70 years. The dataset included 4,477 BRCA1 mutation carriers, 2,565 BRCA2 mutation carriers, and 47,565 BCAC breast cancer cases. Country-stratified estimates of the likelihood of mutation status by histopathological markers were derived using a Mantel-Haenszel approach. RESULTS: ER-positive phenotype negatively predicted BRCA1 mutation status, irrespective of grade (LRs from 0.08 to 0.90). ER-negative grade 3 histopathology was more predictive of positive BRCA1 mutation status in women 50 years or older (LR = 4.13 (3.70 to 4.62)) versus younger than 50 years (LR = 3.16 (2.96 to 3.37)). For BRCA2, ER-positive grade 3 phenotype modestly predicted positive mutation status irrespective of age (LR = 1.7-fold), whereas ER-negative grade 3 features modestly predicted positive mutation status at 50 years or older (LR = 1.54 (1.27 to 1.88)). Triple-negative tumor status was highly predictive of BRCA1 mutation status for women younger than 50 years (LR = 3.73 (3.43 to 4.05)) and 50 years or older (LR = 4.41 (3.86 to 5.04)), and modestly predictive of positive BRCA2 mutation status in women 50 years or older (LR = 1.79 (1.42 to 2.24)
Published: 2014

20. Associations of common breast cancer susceptibility alleles with risk of breast cancer subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Kuchenbaecker, KB, Neuhausen, SL, Robson, M, Barrowdale, D, McGuffog, L, Mulligan, AM, Andrulis, IL, Spurdle, AB, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Engel, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Nevanlinna, H, Thomassen, M, Southey, M, Radice, P, Ramus, SJ, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Lee, A, Healey, S, Nussbaum, RL, Rebbeck, TR, Arun, BK, James, P, Karlan, BY, Lester, J, Cass, I, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Janavicius, R, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Steele, L, Hansen, TVO, Ejlertsen, B, Gerdes, A-M, Nielsen, FC, Dennis, J, Cunningham, J, Hart, S, Slager, S, Osorio, A, Benitez, J, Duran, M, Weitzel, JN, Tafur, I, Hander, M, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Peissel, B, Roversi, G, Scuvera, G, Bonanni, B, Mariani, P, Volorio, S, Dolcetti, R, Varesco, L, Papi, L, Tibiletti, MG, Giannini, G, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Hamann, U, Donaldson, A, Brewer, C, Foo, C, Evans, DG, Frost, D, Eccles, D, Douglas, F, Brady, A, Cook, J, Tischkowitz, M, Adlard, J, Barwell, J, Ong, K-R, Walker, L, Izatt, L, Side, LE, Kennedy, MJ, Rogers, MT, Porteous, ME, Morrison, PJ, Platte, R, Eeles, R, Davidson, R, Hodgson, S, Ellis, S, Godwin, AK, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, H, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Steinemann, D, Bogdanova-Markov, N, Kast, K, Varon-Mateeva, R, Wang-Gohrke, S, Gehrig, A, Markiefka, B, Buecher, B, Lefol, C, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, Barjhoux, L, Faivre, L, Longy, M, Sevenet, N, Sinilnikova, OM, Mazoyer, S, Bonadona, V, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Isaacs, C, Van Maerken, T, Claes, K, Piedmonte, M, Andrews, L, Hays, J, Rodriguez, GC, Caldes, T, de la Hoya, M, Khan, S, Hogervorst, FBL, Aalfs, CM, de lange, JL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, van der Hout, AH, Wijnen, JT, van Roozendaal, KEP, Mensenkamp, AR, van den Ouweland, AMW, van Deurzen, CHM, van der Luijt, RB, Olah, E, Diez, O, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Teule, A, Menendez, M, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Cybulski, C, Gronwald, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Arason, A, Maugard, C, Soucy, P, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Teixeira, MR, Olswold, C, Lindor, N, Pankratz, VS, Hallberg, E, Wang, X, Szabo, CI, Vijai, J, Jacobs, L, Corines, M, Lincoln, A, Berger, A, Fink-Retter, A, Singer, CF, Rappaport, C, Kaulich, DG, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M-K, Phelan, CM, Mai, PL, Greene, MH, Rennert, G, Imyanitov, EN, Glendon, G, Toland, AE, Bojesen, A, Pedersen, IS, Jensen, UB, Caligo, MA, Friedman, E, Berger, R, Laitman, Y, Rantala, J, Arver, B, Loman, N, Borg, A, Ehrencrona, H, Olopade, OI, Simard, J, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Offit, K, Couch, FJ, Antoniou, AC, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Neuhausen, SL, Robson, M, Barrowdale, D, McGuffog, L, Mulligan, AM, Andrulis, IL, Spurdle, AB, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Engel, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Nevanlinna, H, Thomassen, M, Southey, M, Radice, P, Ramus, SJ, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Lee, A, Healey, S, Nussbaum, RL, Rebbeck, TR, Arun, BK, James, P, Karlan, BY, Lester, J, Cass, I, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Janavicius, R, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Steele, L, Hansen, TVO, Ejlertsen, B, Gerdes, A-M, Nielsen, FC, Dennis, J, Cunningham, J, Hart, S, Slager, S, Osorio, A, Benitez, J, Duran, M, Weitzel, JN, Tafur, I, Hander, M, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Peissel, B, Roversi, G, Scuvera, G, Bonanni, B, Mariani, P, Volorio, S, Dolcetti, R, Varesco, L, Papi, L, Tibiletti, MG, Giannini, G, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Hamann, U, Donaldson, A, Brewer, C, Foo, C, Evans, DG, Frost, D, Eccles, D, Douglas, F, Brady, A, Cook, J, Tischkowitz, M, Adlard, J, Barwell, J, Ong, K-R, Walker, L, Izatt, L, Side, LE, Kennedy, MJ, Rogers, MT, Porteous, ME, Morrison, PJ, Platte, R, Eeles, R, Davidson, R, Hodgson, S, Ellis, S, Godwin, AK, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, H, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Steinemann, D, Bogdanova-Markov, N, Kast, K, Varon-Mateeva, R, Wang-Gohrke, S, Gehrig, A, Markiefka, B, Buecher, B, Lefol, C, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, Barjhoux, L, Faivre, L, Longy, M, Sevenet, N, Sinilnikova, OM, Mazoyer, S, Bonadona, V, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Isaacs, C, Van Maerken, T, Claes, K, Piedmonte, M, Andrews, L, Hays, J, Rodriguez, GC, Caldes, T, de la Hoya, M, Khan, S, Hogervorst, FBL, Aalfs, CM, de lange, JL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, van der Hout, AH, Wijnen, JT, van Roozendaal, KEP, Mensenkamp, AR, van den Ouweland, AMW, van Deurzen, CHM, van der Luijt, RB, Olah, E, Diez, O, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Teule, A, Menendez, M, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Cybulski, C, Gronwald, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Arason, A, Maugard, C, Soucy, P, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Teixeira, MR, Olswold, C, Lindor, N, Pankratz, VS, Hallberg, E, Wang, X, Szabo, CI, Vijai, J, Jacobs, L, Corines, M, Lincoln, A, Berger, A, Fink-Retter, A, Singer, CF, Rappaport, C, Kaulich, DG, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M-K, Phelan, CM, Mai, PL, Greene, MH, Rennert, G, Imyanitov, EN, Glendon, G, Toland, AE, Bojesen, A, Pedersen, IS, Jensen, UB, Caligo, MA, Friedman, E, Berger, R, Laitman, Y, Rantala, J, Arver, B, Loman, N, Borg, A, Ehrencrona, H, Olopade, OI, Simard, J, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Offit, K, Couch, FJ, and Antoniou, AC
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: More than 70 common alleles are known to be involved in breast cancer (BC) susceptibility, and several exhibit significant heterogeneity in their associations with different BC subtypes. Although there are differences in the association patterns between BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers and the general population for several loci, no study has comprehensively evaluated the associations of all known BC susceptibility alleles with risk of BC subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. METHODS: We used data from 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 carriers to analyze the associations between approximately 200,000 genetic variants on the iCOGS array and risk of BC subtypes defined by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and triple-negative- (TN) status; morphologic subtypes; histological grade; and nodal involvement. RESULTS: The estimated BC hazard ratios (HRs) for the 74 known BC alleles in BRCA1 carriers exhibited moderate correlations with the corresponding odds ratios from the general population. However, their associations with ER-positive BC in BRCA1 carriers were more consistent with the ER-positive associations in the general population (intraclass correlation (ICC) = 0.61, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.45 to 0.74), and the same was true when considering ER-negative associations in both groups (ICC = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.42 to 0.72). Similarly, there was strong correlation between the ER-positive associations for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers (ICC = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.52 to 0.78), whereas ER-positive associations in any one of the groups were generally inconsistent with ER-negative associations in any of the others. After stratifying by ER status in mutation carriers, additional significant associations were observed. Several previously unreported variants exhibited associations at P <10(-6) in the analyses by PR status, HER2 status, TN phenotype, morphologic subtypes, histological grade and nodal involvement
Published: 2014

21. Genetic variation at CYP3A is associated with age at menarche and breast cancer risk: a case-control study

Author: Johnson, N, Dudbridge, F, Orr, N, Gibson, L, Jones, ME, Schoemaker, MJ, Folkerd, EJ, Haynes, BP, Hopper, JL, Southey, MC, Dite, GS, Apicella, C, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Van't Veer, LJ, Atsma, F, Muir, K, Lophatananon, A, Fasching, PA, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, AB, Renner, SP, Sawyer, E, Tomlinson, I, Kerin, M, Miller, N, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Schneeweiss, A, Sohn, C, Guenel, P, Truong, T, Cordina, E, Menegaux, F, Bojesen, SE, Nordestgaard, BG, Flyger, H, Milne, R, Zamora, MP, Arias Perez, JI, Benitez, J, Bernstein, L, Anton-Culver, H, Ziogas, A, Dur, CC, Brenner, H, Mueller, H, Arndt, V, Dieffenbach, AK, Meindl, A, Heil, J, Bartram, CR, Schmutzler, RK, Brauch, H, Justenhoven, C, Ko, Y-D, Nevanlinna, H, Muranen, TA, Aittomaeki, K, Blomqvist, C, Matsuo, K, Doerk, T, Bogdanova, NV, Antonenkova, NN, Lindblom, A, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Chenevix-Trench, G, Beesley, J, Wu, AH, Van den Berg, D, Tseng, C-C, Lambrechts, D, Smeets, D, Neven, P, Wildiers, H, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Nickels, S, Flesch-Janys, D, Radice, P, Peterlongo, P, Bonanni, B, Pensotti, V, Couch, FJ, Olson, JE, Wang, X, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Giles, GG, Severi, G, Baglietto, L, Haiman, C, Simard, J, Goldberg, MS, Labreche, F, Dumont, M, Soucy, P, Teo, S, Yip, CH, Phuah, SY, Cornes, BK, Kristensen, VN, Alnaes, GG, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Zheng, W, Winqvist, R, Pylkaes, K, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Andrulis, IL, Knight, JA, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Devillee, P, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Lissowska, J, Sherman, ME, Hall, P, Schoof, N, Hooning, M, Hollestelle, A, Oldenburg, RA, Tilanus-Linthorst, M, Liu, J, Cox, A, Brock, IW, Reed, MWR, Cross, SS, Blot, W, Signorello, LB, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Shah, M, Kang, D, Noh, D-Y, Park, SK, Choi, J-Y, Hartman, M, Miao, H, Lim, WY, Tang, A, Hamann, U, Foersti, A, Ruediger, T, Ulmer, HU, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Sangrajrang, S, Gaborieau, V, Brennan, P, Mckay, J, Slager, S, Toland, AE, Vachon, C, Yannoukakos, D, Shen, C-Y, Yu, J-C, Huang, C-S, Hou, M-F, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Luccarini, C, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, J, Easton, DF, Garcia-Closas, M, Dowsett, M, Ashworth, A, Swerdlow, AJ, Peto, J, Silva, IDS, Fletcher, O, Johnson, N, Dudbridge, F, Orr, N, Gibson, L, Jones, ME, Schoemaker, MJ, Folkerd, EJ, Haynes, BP, Hopper, JL, Southey, MC, Dite, GS, Apicella, C, Schmidt, MK, Broeks, A, Van't Veer, LJ, Atsma, F, Muir, K, Lophatananon, A, Fasching, PA, Beckmann, MW, Ekici, AB, Renner, SP, Sawyer, E, Tomlinson, I, Kerin, M, Miller, N, Burwinkel, B, Marme, F, Schneeweiss, A, Sohn, C, Guenel, P, Truong, T, Cordina, E, Menegaux, F, Bojesen, SE, Nordestgaard, BG, Flyger, H, Milne, R, Zamora, MP, Arias Perez, JI, Benitez, J, Bernstein, L, Anton-Culver, H, Ziogas, A, Dur, CC, Brenner, H, Mueller, H, Arndt, V, Dieffenbach, AK, Meindl, A, Heil, J, Bartram, CR, Schmutzler, RK, Brauch, H, Justenhoven, C, Ko, Y-D, Nevanlinna, H, Muranen, TA, Aittomaeki, K, Blomqvist, C, Matsuo, K, Doerk, T, Bogdanova, NV, Antonenkova, NN, Lindblom, A, Mannermaa, A, Kataja, V, Kosma, V-M, Hartikainen, JM, Chenevix-Trench, G, Beesley, J, Wu, AH, Van den Berg, D, Tseng, C-C, Lambrechts, D, Smeets, D, Neven, P, Wildiers, H, Chang-Claude, J, Rudolph, A, Nickels, S, Flesch-Janys, D, Radice, P, Peterlongo, P, Bonanni, B, Pensotti, V, Couch, FJ, Olson, JE, Wang, X, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Giles, GG, Severi, G, Baglietto, L, Haiman, C, Simard, J, Goldberg, MS, Labreche, F, Dumont, M, Soucy, P, Teo, S, Yip, CH, Phuah, SY, Cornes, BK, Kristensen, VN, Alnaes, GG, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Zheng, W, Winqvist, R, Pylkaes, K, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Grip, M, Andrulis, IL, Knight, JA, Glendon, G, Mulligan, AM, Devillee, P, Figueroa, J, Chanock, SJ, Lissowska, J, Sherman, ME, Hall, P, Schoof, N, Hooning, M, Hollestelle, A, Oldenburg, RA, Tilanus-Linthorst, M, Liu, J, Cox, A, Brock, IW, Reed, MWR, Cross, SS, Blot, W, Signorello, LB, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Shah, M, Kang, D, Noh, D-Y, Park, SK, Choi, J-Y, Hartman, M, Miao, H, Lim, WY, Tang, A, Hamann, U, Foersti, A, Ruediger, T, Ulmer, HU, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska-Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Sangrajrang, S, Gaborieau, V, Brennan, P, Mckay, J, Slager, S, Toland, AE, Vachon, C, Yannoukakos, D, Shen, C-Y, Yu, J-C, Huang, C-S, Hou, M-F, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Luccarini, C, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, J, Easton, DF, Garcia-Closas, M, Dowsett, M, Ashworth, A, Swerdlow, AJ, Peto, J, Silva, IDS, and Fletcher, O
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: We have previously shown that a tag single nucleotide polymorphism (rs10235235), which maps to the CYP3A locus (7q22.1), was associated with a reduction in premenopausal urinary estrone glucuronide levels and a modest reduction in risk of breast cancer in women age ≤50 years. METHODS: We further investigated the association of rs10235235 with breast cancer risk in a large case control study of 47,346 cases and 47,570 controls from 52 studies participating in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Genotyping of rs10235235 was conducted using a custom Illumina Infinium array. Stratified analyses were conducted to determine whether this association was modified by age at diagnosis, ethnicity, age at menarche or tumor characteristics. RESULTS: We confirmed the association of rs10235235 with breast cancer risk for women of European ancestry but found no evidence that this association differed with age at diagnosis. Heterozygote and homozygote odds ratios (ORs) were OR = 0.98 (95% CI 0.94, 1.01; P = 0.2) and OR = 0.80 (95% CI 0.69, 0.93; P = 0.004), respectively (P(trend) = 0.02). There was no evidence of effect modification by tumor characteristics. rs10235235 was, however, associated with age at menarche in controls (P(trend) = 0.005) but not cases (P(trend) = 0.97). Consequently the association between rs10235235 and breast cancer risk differed according to age at menarche (P(het) = 0.02); the rare allele of rs10235235 was associated with a reduction in breast cancer risk for women who had their menarche age ≥15 years (OR(het) = 0.84, 95% CI 0.75, 0.94; OR(hom) = 0.81, 95% CI 0.51, 1.30; P(trend) = 0.002) but not for those who had their menarche age ≤11 years (OR(het) = 1.06, 95% CI 0.95, 1.19, OR(hom) = 1.07, 95% CI 0.67, 1.72; P(trend) = 0.29). CONCLUSIONS: To our knowledge rs10235235 is the first single nucleotide polymorphism to be associated with both breast cancer risk and age at menarche consistent with the well-documented association between la
Published: 2014

22. Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci associated with both mammographic density and breast cancer risk

Author: Lindstroem, S, Thompson, DJ, Paterson, AD, Li, J, Gierach, GL, Scott, C, Stone, J, Douglas, JA, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Fernandez-Navarro, P, Verghase, J, Smith, P, Brown, J, Luben, R, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Heit, JA, Pankratz, VS, Norman, A, Goode, EL, Cunningham, JM, Deandrade, M, Vierkant, RA, Czene, K, Fasching, PA, Baglietto, L, Southey, MC, Giles, GG, Shah, KP, Chan, H-P, Helvie, MA, Beck, AH, Knoblauch, NW, Hazra, A, Hunter, DJ, Kraft, P, Pollan, M, Figueroa, JD, Couch, FJ, Hopper, JL, Hall, P, Easton, DF, Boyd, NF, Vachon, CM, Tamimi, RM, Lindstroem, S, Thompson, DJ, Paterson, AD, Li, J, Gierach, GL, Scott, C, Stone, J, Douglas, JA, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Fernandez-Navarro, P, Verghase, J, Smith, P, Brown, J, Luben, R, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Heit, JA, Pankratz, VS, Norman, A, Goode, EL, Cunningham, JM, Deandrade, M, Vierkant, RA, Czene, K, Fasching, PA, Baglietto, L, Southey, MC, Giles, GG, Shah, KP, Chan, H-P, Helvie, MA, Beck, AH, Knoblauch, NW, Hazra, A, Hunter, DJ, Kraft, P, Pollan, M, Figueroa, JD, Couch, FJ, Hopper, JL, Hall, P, Easton, DF, Boyd, NF, Vachon, CM, and Tamimi, RM
Abstract: Mammographic density reflects the amount of stromal and epithelial tissues in relation to adipose tissue in the breast and is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. Here we report the results from meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of three mammographic density phenotypes: dense area, non-dense area and percent density in up to 7,916 women in stage 1 and an additional 10,379 women in stage 2. We identify genome-wide significant (P<5 × 10(-8)) loci for dense area (AREG, ESR1, ZNF365, LSP1/TNNT3, IGF1, TMEM184B and SGSM3/MKL1), non-dense area (8p11.23) and percent density (PRDM6, 8p11.23 and TMEM184B). Four of these regions are known breast cancer susceptibility loci, and four additional regions were found to be associated with breast cancer (P<0.05) in a large meta-analysis. These results provide further evidence of a shared genetic basis between mammographic density and breast cancer and illustrate the power of studying intermediate quantitative phenotypes to identify putative disease-susceptibility loci.
Published: 2014

23. Associations of common breast cancer susceptibility alleles with risk of breast cancer subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Kuchenbaecker, K, Neuhausen, S, Robson, M, Barrowdale, D, Mcguffog, L, Mulligan, A, Andrulis, I, Spurdle, A, Schmidt, M, Schmutzler, R, Engel, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Nevanlinna, H, Thomassen, M, Southey, M, Radice, P, Ramus, S, Domchek, S, Nathanson, K, Lee, A, Healey, S, Nussbaum, R, Rebbeck, T, Arun, B, James, P, Karlan, B, Lester, J, Cass, I, Breast Cancer Family, R, Terry, M, Daly, M, Goldgar, D, Buys, S, Janavicius, R, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Dorfling, C, van Rensburg, E, Steele, L, v. O. Hansen, T, Ejlertsen, B, Gerdes, A, Nielsen, F, Dennis, J, Cunningham, J, Hart, S, Slager, S, Osorio, A, Benitez, J, Duran, M, Weitzel, J, Tafur, I, Hander, M, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Peissel, B, Roversi, G, Scuvera, G, Bonanni, B, Mariani, P, Volorio, S, Dolcetti, R, Varesco, L, Papi, L, Tibiletti, M, Giannini, G, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Hamann, U, Donaldson, A, Brewer, C, Foo, C, Evans, D, Frost, D, Eccles, D, Embrace, S, Douglas, F, Brady, A, Cook, J, Tischkowitz, M, Adlard, J, Barwell, J, Ong, K, Walker, L, Izatt, L, Side, L, Kennedy, M, Rogers, M, Porteous, M, Morrison, P, Platte, R, Eeles, R, Davidson, R, Hodgson, S, Ellis, S, Godwin, A, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, H, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Steinemann, D, Bogdanova Markov, N, Kast, K, Varon Mateeva, R, Wang Gohrke, S, Gehrig, A, Markiefka, B, Buecher, B, Lefol, C, Stoppa Lyonnet, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, GEMO Study, C, Barjhoux, L, Faivre, L, Longy, M, Sevenet, N, Sinilnikova, O, Mazoyer, S, Bonadona, V, Caux Moncoutier, V, Isaacs, C, Van Maerken, T, Claes, K, Piedmonte, M, Andrews, L, Hays, J, Rodriguez, G, Caldes, T, de la Hoya, M, Khan, S, Hogervorst, F, Aalfs, C, de Lange, J, Meijers Heijboer, H, van der Hout, A, Wijnen, J, van Roozendaal, K, Mensenkamp, A, van den Ouweland, A, van Deurzen, C, van der Luijt, R, Hebon, Olah, E, Diez, O, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Teulé, A, Menendez, M, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Cybulski, C, Gronwald, J, Jaworska Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Arason, A, Maugard, C, Soucy, P, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Teixeira, M, Kconfab, I, Olswold, C, Lindor, N, Pankratz, V, Hallberg, E, Wang, X, Szabo, C, Vijai, J, Jacobs, L, Corines, M, Lincoln, A, Berger, A, Fink Retter, A, Singer, C, Rappaport, C, Kaulich, D, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M, Phelan, C, Mai, P, Greene, M, Rennert, G, Imyanitov, E, Glendon, G, Toland, A, Bojesen, A, Pedersen, I, Jensen, U, Caligo, M, Friedman, E, Berger, R, Laitman, Y, Rantala, J, Arver, B, Loman, N, Borg, A, Ehrencrona, H, Olopade, O, Simard, J, Easton, D, Chenevix Trench, G, Offit, K, Couch, F, Antoniou, A, Cimba, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Neuhausen, SL, McGuffog, L, Mulligan, AM, Andrulis, IL, Spurdle, AB, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Ramus, SJ, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Nussbaum, RL, Rebbeck, TR, Arun, BK, Karlan, BY, Breast Cancer Family Registry, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Gerdes, AM, Nielsen, FC, Weitzel, JN, ROVERSI, GAIA, Tibiletti, MG, Evans, DG, EMBRACE Study, Ong, KR, Side, LE, Kennedy, MJ, Rogers, MT, Porteous, ME, Morrison, PJ, Godwin, AK, GEMO Study Collaborators, Sinilnikova, OM, Rodriguez, GC, Hogervorst, FB, Aalfs, CM, de Lange, JL, Meijers Heijboer, HE, van der Hout, AH, Wijnen, JT, van Roozendaal, KE, Mensenkamp, AR, van den Ouweland, AM, van Deurzen, CH, van der Luijt, RB, HEBON, Teixeira, MR, KConFab, Investigators, Pankratz, VS, Szabo, CI, Singer, CF, Kaulich, DG, Tea, MK, Phelan, CM, Mai, PL, Greene, MH, Imyanitov, EN, Toland, AE, Pedersen, IS, Jensen, UB, Caligo, MA, Olopade, OI, Easton, DF, Couch, FJ, Antoniou, AC, CIMBA, Kuchenbaecker, K, Neuhausen, S, Robson, M, Barrowdale, D, Mcguffog, L, Mulligan, A, Andrulis, I, Spurdle, A, Schmidt, M, Schmutzler, R, Engel, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Nevanlinna, H, Thomassen, M, Southey, M, Radice, P, Ramus, S, Domchek, S, Nathanson, K, Lee, A, Healey, S, Nussbaum, R, Rebbeck, T, Arun, B, James, P, Karlan, B, Lester, J, Cass, I, Breast Cancer Family, R, Terry, M, Daly, M, Goldgar, D, Buys, S, Janavicius, R, Tihomirova, L, Tung, N, Dorfling, C, van Rensburg, E, Steele, L, v. O. Hansen, T, Ejlertsen, B, Gerdes, A, Nielsen, F, Dennis, J, Cunningham, J, Hart, S, Slager, S, Osorio, A, Benitez, J, Duran, M, Weitzel, J, Tafur, I, Hander, M, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Peissel, B, Roversi, G, Scuvera, G, Bonanni, B, Mariani, P, Volorio, S, Dolcetti, R, Varesco, L, Papi, L, Tibiletti, M, Giannini, G, Fostira, F, Konstantopoulou, I, Garber, J, Hamann, U, Donaldson, A, Brewer, C, Foo, C, Evans, D, Frost, D, Eccles, D, Embrace, S, Douglas, F, Brady, A, Cook, J, Tischkowitz, M, Adlard, J, Barwell, J, Ong, K, Walker, L, Izatt, L, Side, L, Kennedy, M, Rogers, M, Porteous, M, Morrison, P, Platte, R, Eeles, R, Davidson, R, Hodgson, S, Ellis, S, Godwin, A, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Ditsch, N, Arnold, N, Plendl, H, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Steinemann, D, Bogdanova Markov, N, Kast, K, Varon Mateeva, R, Wang Gohrke, S, Gehrig, A, Markiefka, B, Buecher, B, Lefol, C, Stoppa Lyonnet, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, GEMO Study, C, Barjhoux, L, Faivre, L, Longy, M, Sevenet, N, Sinilnikova, O, Mazoyer, S, Bonadona, V, Caux Moncoutier, V, Isaacs, C, Van Maerken, T, Claes, K, Piedmonte, M, Andrews, L, Hays, J, Rodriguez, G, Caldes, T, de la Hoya, M, Khan, S, Hogervorst, F, Aalfs, C, de Lange, J, Meijers Heijboer, H, van der Hout, A, Wijnen, J, van Roozendaal, K, Mensenkamp, A, van den Ouweland, A, van Deurzen, C, van der Luijt, R, Hebon, Olah, E, Diez, O, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Teulé, A, Menendez, M, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Cybulski, C, Gronwald, J, Jaworska Bieniek, K, Durda, K, Arason, A, Maugard, C, Soucy, P, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Teixeira, M, Kconfab, I, Olswold, C, Lindor, N, Pankratz, V, Hallberg, E, Wang, X, Szabo, C, Vijai, J, Jacobs, L, Corines, M, Lincoln, A, Berger, A, Fink Retter, A, Singer, C, Rappaport, C, Kaulich, D, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M, Phelan, C, Mai, P, Greene, M, Rennert, G, Imyanitov, E, Glendon, G, Toland, A, Bojesen, A, Pedersen, I, Jensen, U, Caligo, M, Friedman, E, Berger, R, Laitman, Y, Rantala, J, Arver, B, Loman, N, Borg, A, Ehrencrona, H, Olopade, O, Simard, J, Easton, D, Chenevix Trench, G, Offit, K, Couch, F, Antoniou, A, Cimba, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Neuhausen, SL, McGuffog, L, Mulligan, AM, Andrulis, IL, Spurdle, AB, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Ramus, SJ, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Nussbaum, RL, Rebbeck, TR, Arun, BK, Karlan, BY, Breast Cancer Family Registry, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, Goldgar, DE, Buys, SS, Dorfling, CM, van Rensburg, EJ, Gerdes, AM, Nielsen, FC, Weitzel, JN, ROVERSI, GAIA, Tibiletti, MG, Evans, DG, EMBRACE Study, Ong, KR, Side, LE, Kennedy, MJ, Rogers, MT, Porteous, ME, Morrison, PJ, Godwin, AK, GEMO Study Collaborators, Sinilnikova, OM, Rodriguez, GC, Hogervorst, FB, Aalfs, CM, de Lange, JL, Meijers Heijboer, HE, van der Hout, AH, Wijnen, JT, van Roozendaal, KE, Mensenkamp, AR, van den Ouweland, AM, van Deurzen, CH, van der Luijt, RB, HEBON, Teixeira, MR, KConFab, Investigators, Pankratz, VS, Szabo, CI, Singer, CF, Kaulich, DG, Tea, MK, Phelan, CM, Mai, PL, Greene, MH, Imyanitov, EN, Toland, AE, Pedersen, IS, Jensen, UB, Caligo, MA, Olopade, OI, Easton, DF, Couch, FJ, Antoniou, AC, and CIMBA
Abstract: Introduction: More than 70 common alleles are known to be involved in breast cancer (BC) susceptibility, and several exhibit significant heterogeneity in their associations with different BC subtypes. Although there are differences in the association patterns between BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers and the general population for several loci, no study has comprehensively evaluated the associations of all known BC susceptibility alleles with risk of BC subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. Methods: We used data from 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 carriers to analyze the associations between approximately 200,000 genetic variants on the iCOGS array and risk of BC subtypes defined by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and triple-negative- (TN) status; morphologic subtypes; histological grade; and nodal involvement. Results: The estimated BC hazard ratios (HRs) for the 74 known BC alleles in BRCA1 carriers exhibited moderate correlations with the corresponding odds ratios from the general population. However, their associations with ER-positive BC in BRCA1 carriers were more consistent with the ER-positive associations in the general population (intraclass correlation (ICC)=0.61, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.45 to 0.74), and the same was true when considering ER-negative associations in both groups (ICC=0.59, 95% CI: 0.42 to 0.72). Similarly, there was strong correlation between the ER-positive associations for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers (ICC=0.67, 95% CI: 0.52 to 0.78), whereas ER-positive associations in any one of the groups were generally inconsistent with ER-negative associations in any of the others. After stratifying by ER status in mutation carriers, additional significant associations were observed. Several previously unreported variants exhibited associations at P <10-6 in the analyses by PR status, HER2 status, TN phenotype, morphologic subtypes, histological grade and nodal involvement. Con
Published: 2014

24. Identification of a BRCA2-Specific Modifier Locus at 6p24 Related to Breast Cancer Risk

Author: Hunter, KW, Gaudet, MM, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Vijai, J, Klein, RJ, Kirchhoff, T, McGuffog, L, Barrowdale, D, Dunning, AM, Lee, A, Dennis, J, Healey, S, Dicks, E, Soucy, P, Sinilnikova, OM, Pankratz, VS, Wang, X, Eldridge, RC, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Peterlongo, P, Schmutzler, RK, Nathanson, KL, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Thomassen, M, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Garber, J, Weitzel, JN, Andrulis, IL, Goldgar, DE, D'Andrea, E, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, van Rensburg, EJ, Arason, A, Rennert, G, van den Ouweland, AMW, van der Hout, AH, Kets, CM, Aalfs, CM, Wijnen, JT, Ausems, MGEM, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Jacobs, C, Adlard, J, Tischkowitz, M, Porteous, ME, Damiola, F, Golmard, L, Barjhoux, L, Longy, M, Belotti, M, Ferrer, SF, Mazoyer, S, Spurdle, AB, Manoukian, S, Barile, M, Genuardi, M, Arnold, N, Meindl, A, Sutter, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Domchek, SM, Pfeiler, G, Friedman, E, Jensen, UB, Robson, M, Shah, S, Lazaro, C, Mai, PL, Benitez, J, Southey, MC, Schmidt, MK, Fasching, PA, Peto, J, Humphreys, MK, Wang, Q, Michailidou, K, Sawyer, EJ, Burwinkel, B, Guenel, P, Bojesen, SE, Milne, RL, Brenner, H, Lochmann, M, Aittomaki, K, Doerk, T, Margolin, S, Mannermaa, A, Lambrechts, D, Chang-Claude, J, Radice, P, Giles, GG, Haiman, CA, Winqvist, R, Devillee, P, Garcia-Closas, M, Schoof, N, Hooning, MJ, Cox, A, Pharoah, PDP, Jakubowska, A, Orr, N, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Rosario Alonso, M, Hall, P, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Altshuler, D, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Offit, K, Hunter, KW, Gaudet, MM, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Vijai, J, Klein, RJ, Kirchhoff, T, McGuffog, L, Barrowdale, D, Dunning, AM, Lee, A, Dennis, J, Healey, S, Dicks, E, Soucy, P, Sinilnikova, OM, Pankratz, VS, Wang, X, Eldridge, RC, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Peterlongo, P, Schmutzler, RK, Nathanson, KL, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Thomassen, M, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Garber, J, Weitzel, JN, Andrulis, IL, Goldgar, DE, D'Andrea, E, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, van Rensburg, EJ, Arason, A, Rennert, G, van den Ouweland, AMW, van der Hout, AH, Kets, CM, Aalfs, CM, Wijnen, JT, Ausems, MGEM, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Jacobs, C, Adlard, J, Tischkowitz, M, Porteous, ME, Damiola, F, Golmard, L, Barjhoux, L, Longy, M, Belotti, M, Ferrer, SF, Mazoyer, S, Spurdle, AB, Manoukian, S, Barile, M, Genuardi, M, Arnold, N, Meindl, A, Sutter, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Domchek, SM, Pfeiler, G, Friedman, E, Jensen, UB, Robson, M, Shah, S, Lazaro, C, Mai, PL, Benitez, J, Southey, MC, Schmidt, MK, Fasching, PA, Peto, J, Humphreys, MK, Wang, Q, Michailidou, K, Sawyer, EJ, Burwinkel, B, Guenel, P, Bojesen, SE, Milne, RL, Brenner, H, Lochmann, M, Aittomaki, K, Doerk, T, Margolin, S, Mannermaa, A, Lambrechts, D, Chang-Claude, J, Radice, P, Giles, GG, Haiman, CA, Winqvist, R, Devillee, P, Garcia-Closas, M, Schoof, N, Hooning, MJ, Cox, A, Pharoah, PDP, Jakubowska, A, Orr, N, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Rosario Alonso, M, Hall, P, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Altshuler, D, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, and Offit, K
Abstract: Common genetic variants contribute to the observed variation in breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers; those known to date have all been found through population-based genome-wide association studies (GWAS). To comprehensively identify breast cancer risk modifying loci for BRCA2 mutation carriers, we conducted a deep replication of an ongoing GWAS discovery study. Using the ranked P-values of the breast cancer associations with the imputed genotype of 1.4 M SNPs, 19,029 SNPs were selected and designed for inclusion on a custom Illumina array that included a total of 211,155 SNPs as part of a multi-consortial project. DNA samples from 3,881 breast cancer affected and 4,330 unaffected BRCA2 mutation carriers from 47 studies belonging to the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 were genotyped and available for analysis. We replicated previously reported breast cancer susceptibility alleles in these BRCA2 mutation carriers and for several regions (including FGFR2, MAP3K1, CDKN2A/B, and PTHLH) identified SNPs that have stronger evidence of association than those previously published. We also identified a novel susceptibility allele at 6p24 that was inversely associated with risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers (rs9348512; per allele HR = 0.85, 95% CI 0.80-0.90, P = 3.9 × 10(-8)). This SNP was not associated with breast cancer risk either in the general population or in BRCA1 mutation carriers. The locus lies within a region containing TFAP2A, which encodes a transcriptional activation protein that interacts with several tumor suppressor genes. This report identifies the first breast cancer risk locus specific to a BRCA2 mutation background. This comprehensive update of novel and previously reported breast cancer susceptibility loci contributes to the establishment of a panel of SNPs that modify breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers. This panel may have clinical utility for women with BRCA2 mutations weighing options for medical prevention of br
Published: 2013

25. Genome-Wide Association Study in BRCA1 Mutation Carriers Identifies Novel Loci Associated with Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk

Author: Hunter, KW, Couch, FJ, Wang, X, McGuffog, L, Lee, A, Olswold, C, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Soucy, P, Fredericksen, Z, Barrowdale, D, Dennis, J, Gaudet, MM, Dicks, E, Kosel, M, Healey, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Bacot, F, Vincent, D, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Jakubowska, A, Radice, P, Schmutzler, RK, Domchek, SM, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Friedman, E, Thomassen, M, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Szabo, CI, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Karlan, BY, Garber, J, Phelan, CM, Weitzel, JN, Montagna, M, Olah, E, Andrulis, IL, Godwin, AK, Yannoukakos, D, Goldgar, DE, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, van Rensburg, EJ, Hamann, U, Ramus, SJ, Toland, AE, Caligo, MA, Olopade, OI, Tung, N, Claes, K, Beattie, MS, Southey, MC, Imyanitov, EN, Tischkowitz, M, Janavicius, R, John, EM, Kwong, A, Diez, O, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Arun, BK, Rennert, G, Teo, S-H, Ganz, PA, Campbell, I, van der Hout, AH, van Deurzen, CHM, Seynaeve, C, Garcia, EBG, van Leeuwen, FE, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Gille, JJP, Ausems, MGEM, Blok, MJ, Ligtenberg, MJL, Rookus, MA, Devilee, P, Verhoef, S, van Os, TAM, Wijnen, JT, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Izatt, L, Eeles, RA, Adlard, J, Eccles, DM, Cook, J, Brewer, C, Douglas, F, Hodgson, S, Morrison, PJ, Side, LE, Donaldson, A, Houghton, C, Rogers, MT, Dorkins, H, Eason, J, Gregory, H, McCann, E, Murray, A, Calender, A, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Delnatte, C, Nogues, C, Lasset, C, Houdayer, C, Leroux, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, Sobol, H, Coupier, I, Venat-Bouvet, L, Castera, L, Gauthier-Villars, M, Leone, M, Pujol, P, Mazoyer, S, Bignon, Y-J, Zlowocka-Perlowska, E, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska, K, Huzarski, T, Spurdle, AB, Viel, A, Peissel, B, Bonanni, B, Melloni, G, Ottini, L, Papi, L, Varesco, L, Tibiletti, MG, Peterlongo, P, Volorio, S, Manoukian, S, Pensotti, V, Arnold, N, Engel, C, Deissler, H, Gadzicki, D, Gehrig, A, Kast, K, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Niederacher, D, Ditsch, N, Plendl, H, Preisler-Adams, S, Engert, S, Sutter, C, Varon-Mateeva, R, Wappenschmidt, B, Weber, BHF, Arver, B, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Loman, N, Rosenquist, R, Einbeigi, Z, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Blank, SV, Cohn, DE, Rodriguez, GC, Small, L, Friedlander, M, Bae-Jump, VL, Fink-Retter, A, Rappaport, C, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M-K, Lindor, NM, Kaufman, B, Paluch, SS, Laitman, Y, Skytte, A-B, Gerdes, A-M, Pedersen, IS, Moeller, ST, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Vijai, J, Sarrel, K, Robson, M, Kauff, N, Mulligan, AM, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Ejlertsen, B, Nielsen, FC, Jonson, L, Andersen, MK, Ding, YC, Steele, L, Foretova, L, Teule, A, Lazaro, C, Brunet, J, Angel Pujana, M, Mai, PL, Loud, JT, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Orsulic, S, Narod, SA, Herzog, J, Sand, SR, Tognazzo, S, Agata, S, Vaszko, T, Weaver, J, Stavropoulou, AV, Buys, SS, Romero, A, de la Hoya, M, Aittomaki, K, Muranen, TA, Duran, M, Chung, WK, Lasa, A, Dorfling, CM, Miron, A, Benitez, J, Senter, L, Huo, D, Chan, SB, Sokolenko, AP, Chiquette, J, Tihomirova, L, Friebel, TM, Agnarsson, BA, Lu, KH, Lejbkowicz, F, James, PA, Hall, P, Dunning, AM, Tessier, D, Cunningham, J, Slager, SL, Wang, C, Hart, S, Stevens, K, Simard, J, Pastinen, T, Pankratz, VS, Offit, K, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Hunter, KW, Couch, FJ, Wang, X, McGuffog, L, Lee, A, Olswold, C, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Soucy, P, Fredericksen, Z, Barrowdale, D, Dennis, J, Gaudet, MM, Dicks, E, Kosel, M, Healey, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Bacot, F, Vincent, D, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Jakubowska, A, Radice, P, Schmutzler, RK, Domchek, SM, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Friedman, E, Thomassen, M, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Szabo, CI, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Karlan, BY, Garber, J, Phelan, CM, Weitzel, JN, Montagna, M, Olah, E, Andrulis, IL, Godwin, AK, Yannoukakos, D, Goldgar, DE, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, van Rensburg, EJ, Hamann, U, Ramus, SJ, Toland, AE, Caligo, MA, Olopade, OI, Tung, N, Claes, K, Beattie, MS, Southey, MC, Imyanitov, EN, Tischkowitz, M, Janavicius, R, John, EM, Kwong, A, Diez, O, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Arun, BK, Rennert, G, Teo, S-H, Ganz, PA, Campbell, I, van der Hout, AH, van Deurzen, CHM, Seynaeve, C, Garcia, EBG, van Leeuwen, FE, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Gille, JJP, Ausems, MGEM, Blok, MJ, Ligtenberg, MJL, Rookus, MA, Devilee, P, Verhoef, S, van Os, TAM, Wijnen, JT, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Izatt, L, Eeles, RA, Adlard, J, Eccles, DM, Cook, J, Brewer, C, Douglas, F, Hodgson, S, Morrison, PJ, Side, LE, Donaldson, A, Houghton, C, Rogers, MT, Dorkins, H, Eason, J, Gregory, H, McCann, E, Murray, A, Calender, A, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Delnatte, C, Nogues, C, Lasset, C, Houdayer, C, Leroux, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, Sobol, H, Coupier, I, Venat-Bouvet, L, Castera, L, Gauthier-Villars, M, Leone, M, Pujol, P, Mazoyer, S, Bignon, Y-J, Zlowocka-Perlowska, E, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska, K, Huzarski, T, Spurdle, AB, Viel, A, Peissel, B, Bonanni, B, Melloni, G, Ottini, L, Papi, L, Varesco, L, Tibiletti, MG, Peterlongo, P, Volorio, S, Manoukian, S, Pensotti, V, Arnold, N, Engel, C, Deissler, H, Gadzicki, D, Gehrig, A, Kast, K, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Niederacher, D, Ditsch, N, Plendl, H, Preisler-Adams, S, Engert, S, Sutter, C, Varon-Mateeva, R, Wappenschmidt, B, Weber, BHF, Arver, B, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Loman, N, Rosenquist, R, Einbeigi, Z, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Blank, SV, Cohn, DE, Rodriguez, GC, Small, L, Friedlander, M, Bae-Jump, VL, Fink-Retter, A, Rappaport, C, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Pfeiler, G, Tea, M-K, Lindor, NM, Kaufman, B, Paluch, SS, Laitman, Y, Skytte, A-B, Gerdes, A-M, Pedersen, IS, Moeller, ST, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Vijai, J, Sarrel, K, Robson, M, Kauff, N, Mulligan, AM, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Ejlertsen, B, Nielsen, FC, Jonson, L, Andersen, MK, Ding, YC, Steele, L, Foretova, L, Teule, A, Lazaro, C, Brunet, J, Angel Pujana, M, Mai, PL, Loud, JT, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Orsulic, S, Narod, SA, Herzog, J, Sand, SR, Tognazzo, S, Agata, S, Vaszko, T, Weaver, J, Stavropoulou, AV, Buys, SS, Romero, A, de la Hoya, M, Aittomaki, K, Muranen, TA, Duran, M, Chung, WK, Lasa, A, Dorfling, CM, Miron, A, Benitez, J, Senter, L, Huo, D, Chan, SB, Sokolenko, AP, Chiquette, J, Tihomirova, L, Friebel, TM, Agnarsson, BA, Lu, KH, Lejbkowicz, F, James, PA, Hall, P, Dunning, AM, Tessier, D, Cunningham, J, Slager, SL, Wang, C, Hart, S, Stevens, K, Simard, J, Pastinen, T, Pankratz, VS, Offit, K, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, and Antoniou, AC
Abstract: BRCA1-associated breast and ovarian cancer risks can be modified by common genetic variants. To identify further cancer risk-modifying loci, we performed a multi-stage GWAS of 11,705 BRCA1 carriers (of whom 5,920 were diagnosed with breast and 1,839 were diagnosed with ovarian cancer), with a further replication in an additional sample of 2,646 BRCA1 carriers. We identified a novel breast cancer risk modifier locus at 1q32 for BRCA1 carriers (rs2290854, P = 2.7 × 10(-8), HR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.09-1.20). In addition, we identified two novel ovarian cancer risk modifier loci: 17q21.31 (rs17631303, P = 1.4 × 10(-8), HR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.17-1.38) and 4q32.3 (rs4691139, P = 3.4 × 10(-8), HR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.17-1.38). The 4q32.3 locus was not associated with ovarian cancer risk in the general population or BRCA2 carriers, suggesting a BRCA1-specific association. The 17q21.31 locus was also associated with ovarian cancer risk in 8,211 BRCA2 carriers (P = 2×10(-4)). These loci may lead to an improved understanding of the etiology of breast and ovarian tumors in BRCA1 carriers. Based on the joint distribution of the known BRCA1 breast cancer risk-modifying loci, we estimated that the breast cancer lifetime risks for the 5% of BRCA1 carriers at lowest risk are 28%-50% compared to 81%-100% for the 5% at highest risk. Similarly, based on the known ovarian cancer risk-modifying loci, the 5% of BRCA1 carriers at lowest risk have an estimated lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer of 28% or lower, whereas the 5% at highest risk will have a risk of 63% or higher. Such differences in risk may have important implications for risk prediction and clinical management for BRCA1 carriers.
Published: 2013

26. Genome-Wide Association Study in BRCA1 Mutation Carriers Identifies Novel Loci Associated with Breast and Ovarian Cancer Risk

Author: Couch, FJ, Wang, XS, Olswold, C, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Soucy, P, Fredericksen, Z, Barrowdale, D, Dennis, J, Gaudet, MM, Dicks, E, Kosel, M, Healey, S, Sinilnikova, OM, van der Lee, A, Bacot, F, Vincent, D, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Jakubowska, A, Radice, P, Schmutzler, RK, Domchek, SM, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Friedman, E, Thomassen, Marga, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Szabo, CI, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Karlan, BY, Garber, J, Phelan, CM, Weitzel, JN, Montagna, M, Olah, E, Andrulis, IL, Godwin, AK, Yannoukakos, D, Goldgar, DE, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, van Rensburg, EJ, Hamann, U, Ramus, SJ, Toland, AE, Caligo, MA, Olopade, OI, Tung, N, Claes, K, Beattie, MS, Southey, MC, Imyanitov, EN, Tischkowitz, M, Janavicius, R, John, EM, Kwong, A, Diez, O, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Arun, BK, Rennert, G, Teo, SH, Ganz, PA, Campbell, I, van der Hout, AH, van Deurzen, Carolien, Seynaeve, Caroline, Garcia, EBG, van Leeuwen, FE, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Gille, JJP, Ausems, MGEM, Blok, MJ, Ligtenberg, MJL, Rookus, MA, Devilee, P, Verhoef, S, van Os, TAM, Wijnen, JT, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Izatt, L, Eeles, RA, Adlard, J, Eccles, DM, Cook, J, Brewer, C, Douglas, F, Hodgson, S, Morrison, PJ, Side, LE, Donaldson, A, Houghton, C, Rogers, MT, Dorkins, H, Eason, J, Gregory, H, McCann, E, Murray, A, Calender, A, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Delnatte, C, Nogues, C, Lasset, C, Houdayer, C, Leroux, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, Sobol, H, Coupier, I, Venat-Bouvet, L, Castera, L, Gauthier-Villars, M, Leone, M, Pujol, P, Mazoyer, S, Bignon, YJ, Zlowocka-Perlowska, E, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska, K, Huzarski, T, Spurdle, AB, Viel, A, Peissel, B, Bonanni, B, Melloni, G, Ottini, L, Papi, L, Varesco, L, Tibiletti, MG, Peterlongo, P, Volorio, S, Manoukian, S, Pensotti, V, Arnold, N, Engel, C, Deissler, H, Gadzicki, D, Gehrig, A, Kast, K, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Niederacher, D, Ditsch, N, Plendl, H, Preisler-Adams, S, Engert, S, Sutter, C, Varon-Mateeva, R, Wappenschmidt, B, Weber, BHF, Arver, B, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Loman, N, Rosenquist, R, Einbeigi, Z, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Blank, SV, Cohn, DE, Rodriguez, GC, Small, L, Friedlander, M, Bae-Jump, VL, Fink-Retter, A, Rappaport, C, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Pfeiler, G, Tea, MK, Lindor, NM, Kaufman, B, Paluch, SS, Laitman, Y, Skytte, AB, Gerdes, AM, Pedersen, IS, Moeller, ST, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Vijai, J, Sarrel, K, Robson, M, Kauff, N, Mulligan, AM, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Ejlertsen, B, Nielsen, FC, Jonson, L, Andersen, MK, Ding, YC, Steele, L, Foretova, L, Teule, A, Lazaro, C (Conxi), Brunet, J, Pujana, MA, Mai, PL, Loud, JT, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Orsulic, S, Narod, SA, Herzog, J, Sand, SR, Tognazzo, S, Agata, S, Vaszko, T, Weaver, J, Stavropoulou, AV, Buys, SS, Romero, A, de la Hoya, M, Aittomaki, K, Muranen, TA, Duran, M (Mercedes), Chung, WK, Lasa, A, Dorfling, CM, Miron, A, Benitez, J, Senter, L, Huo, DZ, Chan, SB, Sokolenko, AP, Chiquette, J, Tihomirova, L, Friebel, TM, Agnarsson, BA, Lu, KH, Lejbkowicz, F, James, PA, Hall, P, Dunning, AM, Tessier, D, Cunningham, J, Slager, SL, Wang, C, Hart, S, Stevens, K, Simard, J, Pastinen, T, Pankratz, VS, Offit, K, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Couch, FJ, Wang, XS, Olswold, C, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Soucy, P, Fredericksen, Z, Barrowdale, D, Dennis, J, Gaudet, MM, Dicks, E, Kosel, M, Healey, S, Sinilnikova, OM, van der Lee, A, Bacot, F, Vincent, D, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Jakubowska, A, Radice, P, Schmutzler, RK, Domchek, SM, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Friedman, E, Thomassen, Marga, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Szabo, CI, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Karlan, BY, Garber, J, Phelan, CM, Weitzel, JN, Montagna, M, Olah, E, Andrulis, IL, Godwin, AK, Yannoukakos, D, Goldgar, DE, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, Terry, MB, Daly, MB, van Rensburg, EJ, Hamann, U, Ramus, SJ, Toland, AE, Caligo, MA, Olopade, OI, Tung, N, Claes, K, Beattie, MS, Southey, MC, Imyanitov, EN, Tischkowitz, M, Janavicius, R, John, EM, Kwong, A, Diez, O, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Arun, BK, Rennert, G, Teo, SH, Ganz, PA, Campbell, I, van der Hout, AH, van Deurzen, Carolien, Seynaeve, Caroline, Garcia, EBG, van Leeuwen, FE, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Gille, JJP, Ausems, MGEM, Blok, MJ, Ligtenberg, MJL, Rookus, MA, Devilee, P, Verhoef, S, van Os, TAM, Wijnen, JT, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Izatt, L, Eeles, RA, Adlard, J, Eccles, DM, Cook, J, Brewer, C, Douglas, F, Hodgson, S, Morrison, PJ, Side, LE, Donaldson, A, Houghton, C, Rogers, MT, Dorkins, H, Eason, J, Gregory, H, McCann, E, Murray, A, Calender, A, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Delnatte, C, Nogues, C, Lasset, C, Houdayer, C, Leroux, D, Rouleau, E, Prieur, F, Damiola, F, Sobol, H, Coupier, I, Venat-Bouvet, L, Castera, L, Gauthier-Villars, M, Leone, M, Pujol, P, Mazoyer, S, Bignon, YJ, Zlowocka-Perlowska, E, Gronwald, J, Lubinski, J, Durda, K, Jaworska, K, Huzarski, T, Spurdle, AB, Viel, A, Peissel, B, Bonanni, B, Melloni, G, Ottini, L, Papi, L, Varesco, L, Tibiletti, MG, Peterlongo, P, Volorio, S, Manoukian, S, Pensotti, V, Arnold, N, Engel, C, Deissler, H, Gadzicki, D, Gehrig, A, Kast, K, Rhiem, K, Meindl, A, Niederacher, D, Ditsch, N, Plendl, H, Preisler-Adams, S, Engert, S, Sutter, C, Varon-Mateeva, R, Wappenschmidt, B, Weber, BHF, Arver, B, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Loman, N, Rosenquist, R, Einbeigi, Z, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Blank, SV, Cohn, DE, Rodriguez, GC, Small, L, Friedlander, M, Bae-Jump, VL, Fink-Retter, A, Rappaport, C, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Pfeiler, G, Tea, MK, Lindor, NM, Kaufman, B, Paluch, SS, Laitman, Y, Skytte, AB, Gerdes, AM, Pedersen, IS, Moeller, ST, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Vijai, J, Sarrel, K, Robson, M, Kauff, N, Mulligan, AM, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Ejlertsen, B, Nielsen, FC, Jonson, L, Andersen, MK, Ding, YC, Steele, L, Foretova, L, Teule, A, Lazaro, C (Conxi), Brunet, J, Pujana, MA, Mai, PL, Loud, JT, Walsh, C, Lester, J, Orsulic, S, Narod, SA, Herzog, J, Sand, SR, Tognazzo, S, Agata, S, Vaszko, T, Weaver, J, Stavropoulou, AV, Buys, SS, Romero, A, de la Hoya, M, Aittomaki, K, Muranen, TA, Duran, M (Mercedes), Chung, WK, Lasa, A, Dorfling, CM, Miron, A, Benitez, J, Senter, L, Huo, DZ, Chan, SB, Sokolenko, AP, Chiquette, J, Tihomirova, L, Friebel, TM, Agnarsson, BA, Lu, KH, Lejbkowicz, F, James, PA, Hall, P, Dunning, AM, Tessier, D, Cunningham, J, Slager, SL, Wang, C, Hart, S, Stevens, K, Simard, J, Pastinen, T, Pankratz, VS, Offit, K, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, and Antoniou, AC
Abstract: BRCA1-associated breast and ovarian cancer risks can be modified by common genetic variants. To identify further cancer risk-modifying loci, we performed a multi-stage GWAS of 11,705 BRCA1 carriers (of whom 5,920 were diagnosed with breast and 1,839 were diagnosed with ovarian cancer), with a further replication in an additional sample of 2,646 BRCA1 carriers. We identified a novel breast cancer risk modifier locus at 1q32 for BRCA1 carriers (rs2290854, P = 2.7 x 10(-8), HR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.09-1.20). In addition, we identified two novel ovarian cancer risk modifier loci: 17q21.31 (rs17631303, P = 1.4 x 10(-8), HR = 1.27, 95% CI: 1.17-1.38) and 4q32.3 (rs4691139, P = 3.4 x 10(-8), HR = 1.20, 95% CI: 1.17-1.38). The 4q32.3 locus was not associated with ovarian cancer risk in the general population or BRCA2 carriers, suggesting a BRCA1-specific association. The 17q21.31 locus was also associated with ovarian cancer risk in 8,211 BRCA2 carriers (P = 2 x 10(-4)). These loci may lead to an improved understanding of the etiology of breast and ovarian tumors in BRCA1 carriers. Based on the joint distribution of the known BRCA1 breast cancer risk-modifying loci, we estimated that the breast cancer lifetime risks for the 5% of BRCA1 carriers at lowest risk are 28%-50% compared to 81%-100% for the 5% at highest risk. Similarly, based on the known ovarian cancer risk-modifying loci, the 5% of BRCA1 carriers at lowest risk have an estimated lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer of 28% or lower, whereas the 5% at highest risk will have a risk of 63% or higher. Such differences in risk may have important implications for risk prediction and clinical management for BRCA1 carriers.
Published: 2013

27. Identification of a BRCA2-Specific Modifier Locus at 6p24 Related to Breast Cancer Risk

Author: Gaudet, MM, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Vijai, J, Klein, RJ, Kirchhoff, T, McGuffog, L, Barrowdale, D, Dunning, AM, van der Lee, A, Dennis, J, Healey, S, Dicks, E, Soucy, P, Sinilnikova, O, Pankratz, VS, Wang, XS, Eldridge, RC, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Peterlongo, P, Schmutzler, RK, Nathanson, KL, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Thomassen, Marga, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Garber, J, Weitzel, JN, Andrulis, IL, Goldgar, DE, D'Andrea, E, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, van Rensburg, EJ, Arason, A, Rennert, G, van den Ouweland, Ans, van der Hout, AH, Kets, CM, Aalfs, CM, Wijnen, JT, Ausems, MGEM, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Jacobs, C, Adlard, J, Tischkowitz, M, Porteous, ME, Damiola, F, Golmard, L, Barjhoux, L, Longy, M, Belotti, M, Ferrer, SF, Mazoyer, S, Spurdle, AB, Manoukian, S, Barile, M, Genuardi, M, Arnold, N, Meindl, A, Sutter, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Domchek, SM, Pfeiler, G, Friedman, E, Jensen, UB, Robson, M, Shah, S, Lazaro, C (Conxi), Mai, PL, Benitez, J, Southey, MC, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Fasching, PA, Peto, J, Humphreys, MK, Wang, Q (Qing), Michailidou, K, Sawyer, EJ, Burwinkel, B, Guenel, P, Bojesen, SE, Milne, RL, Brenner, H, Lochmann, M, Aittomaki, K, Dork, T, Margolin, S, Mannermaa, A, Lambrechts, D, Chang-Claude, J, Radice, P, Giles, GG, Haiman, CA, Winqvist, R, Devillee, P, Garcia-Closas, M, Schoof, N, Hooning, Maartje, Cox, A, Pharoah, PDP, Jakubowska, A, Orr, N, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Alonso, MR, Hall, P, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Altshuler, D, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Offit, K, Gaudet, MM, Kuchenbaecker, KB, Vijai, J, Klein, RJ, Kirchhoff, T, McGuffog, L, Barrowdale, D, Dunning, AM, van der Lee, A, Dennis, J, Healey, S, Dicks, E, Soucy, P, Sinilnikova, O, Pankratz, VS, Wang, XS, Eldridge, RC, Tessier, DC, Vincent, D, Bacot, F, Hogervorst, FBL, Peock, S, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Peterlongo, P, Schmutzler, RK, Nathanson, KL, Piedmonte, M, Singer, CF, Thomassen, Marga, Hansen, TVO, Neuhausen, SL, Blanco, I, Greene, MH, Garber, J, Weitzel, JN, Andrulis, IL, Goldgar, DE, D'Andrea, E, Caldes, T, Nevanlinna, H, Osorio, A, van Rensburg, EJ, Arason, A, Rennert, G, van den Ouweland, Ans, van der Hout, AH, Kets, CM, Aalfs, CM, Wijnen, JT, Ausems, MGEM, Frost, D, Ellis, S, Fineberg, E, Platte, R, Evans, DG, Jacobs, C, Adlard, J, Tischkowitz, M, Porteous, ME, Damiola, F, Golmard, L, Barjhoux, L, Longy, M, Belotti, M, Ferrer, SF, Mazoyer, S, Spurdle, AB, Manoukian, S, Barile, M, Genuardi, M, Arnold, N, Meindl, A, Sutter, C, Wappenschmidt, B, Domchek, SM, Pfeiler, G, Friedman, E, Jensen, UB, Robson, M, Shah, S, Lazaro, C (Conxi), Mai, PL, Benitez, J, Southey, MC, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Fasching, PA, Peto, J, Humphreys, MK, Wang, Q (Qing), Michailidou, K, Sawyer, EJ, Burwinkel, B, Guenel, P, Bojesen, SE, Milne, RL, Brenner, H, Lochmann, M, Aittomaki, K, Dork, T, Margolin, S, Mannermaa, A, Lambrechts, D, Chang-Claude, J, Radice, P, Giles, GG, Haiman, CA, Winqvist, R, Devillee, P, Garcia-Closas, M, Schoof, N, Hooning, Maartje, Cox, A, Pharoah, PDP, Jakubowska, A, Orr, N, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Pita, G, Alonso, MR, Hall, P, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Altshuler, D, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, and Offit, K
Published: 2013

28. A pedigree partitioning approach to quantitative trait loci mapping of IgE serum level in the GAW12 Hutterite data

Author: Iturria Sj and Pankratz Vs
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Adult, Male, Epidemiology, Pedigree chart, 030105 genetics & heredity, Quantitative trait locus, Immunoglobulin E, Genetic analysis, 03 medical and health sciences, Consanguinity, Quantitative Trait, Heritable, Chromosome (genetic algorithm), Humans, Association mapping, Child, Genetics (clinical), Lod score, Linkage (software), Genetics, biology, Chromosome Mapping, Asthma, Pedigree, 030104 developmental biology, South Dakota, biology.protein, Female, Lod Score, Factor Analysis, Statistical
Abstract: We present a semi-automatic method that uses principles from factor analysis to subdivide large pedigrees into smaller, non-overlapping sub-pedigrees. Application of our method to the Genetic Analysis Workshop 12 Hutterite pedigree yielded 12 sub-pedigrees that were used to carry out a genome-wide linkage scan for IgE serum level in SOLAR. Two-point analyses resulted in strong evidence for linkage to two marker loci on chromosome 1, D1S3723 (lod = 3.70) and D1S534 (lod = 3.58). Multipoint analysis resulted in a maximum lod of 4.58 on chromosome 1 at 143 cM. After extending the two pedigrees that contributed the most evidence for linkage, the maximum lod score decreased to 4.18, with most of the evidence for linkage due to a single large sub-pedigree.
Published: 2002

29. Common Breast Cancer Susceptibility Variants in LSP1 and RAD51L1 Are Associated with Mammographic Density Measures that Predict Breast Cancer Risk

Author: Vachon, CM, Scott, CG, Fasching, PA, Hall, P, Tamimi, RM, Li, J, Stone, J, Apicella, C, Odefrey, F, Gierach, GL, Jud, SM, Heusinger, K, Beckmann, MW, Pollan, M, Fernandez-Navarro, P, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Benitez, J, van Gils, CH, Lokate, M, Onland-Moret, NC, Peeters, PHM, Brown, J, Leyland, J, Varghese, JS, Easton, DF, Thompson, DJ, Luben, RN, Warren, RML, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Khaw, K-T, Ursin, G, Lee, E, Gayther, SA, Ramus, SJ, Eeles, RA, Leach, MO, Kwan-Lim, G, Couch, FJ, Giles, GG, Baglietto, L, Krishnan, K, Southey, MC, Le Marchand, L, Kolonel, LN, Woolcott, C, Maskarinec, G, Haiman, CA, Walker, K, Johnson, N, McCormack, VA, Biong, M, Alnaes, GIG, Gram, IT, Kristensen, VN, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Lindstroem, S, Hankinson, SE, Hunter, DJ, Andrulis, IL, Knight, JA, Boyd, NF, Figuero, JD, Lissowska, J, Wesolowska, E, Peplonska, B, Bukowska, A, Reszka, E, Liu, J, Eriksson, L, Czene, K, Audley, T, Wu, AH, Pankratz, VS, Hopper, JL, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Vachon, CM, Scott, CG, Fasching, PA, Hall, P, Tamimi, RM, Li, J, Stone, J, Apicella, C, Odefrey, F, Gierach, GL, Jud, SM, Heusinger, K, Beckmann, MW, Pollan, M, Fernandez-Navarro, P, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Benitez, J, van Gils, CH, Lokate, M, Onland-Moret, NC, Peeters, PHM, Brown, J, Leyland, J, Varghese, JS, Easton, DF, Thompson, DJ, Luben, RN, Warren, RML, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Khaw, K-T, Ursin, G, Lee, E, Gayther, SA, Ramus, SJ, Eeles, RA, Leach, MO, Kwan-Lim, G, Couch, FJ, Giles, GG, Baglietto, L, Krishnan, K, Southey, MC, Le Marchand, L, Kolonel, LN, Woolcott, C, Maskarinec, G, Haiman, CA, Walker, K, Johnson, N, McCormack, VA, Biong, M, Alnaes, GIG, Gram, IT, Kristensen, VN, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Lindstroem, S, Hankinson, SE, Hunter, DJ, Andrulis, IL, Knight, JA, Boyd, NF, Figuero, JD, Lissowska, J, Wesolowska, E, Peplonska, B, Bukowska, A, Reszka, E, Liu, J, Eriksson, L, Czene, K, Audley, T, Wu, AH, Pankratz, VS, Hopper, JL, and dos-Santos-Silva, I
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Mammographic density adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI) is a heritable marker of breast cancer susceptibility. Little is known about the biologic mechanisms underlying the association between mammographic density and breast cancer risk. We examined whether common low-penetrance breast cancer susceptibility variants contribute to interindividual differences in mammographic density measures. METHODS: We established an international consortium (DENSNP) of 19 studies from 10 countries, comprising 16,895 Caucasian women, to conduct a pooled cross-sectional analysis of common breast cancer susceptibility variants in 14 independent loci and mammographic density measures. Dense and nondense areas, and percent density, were measured using interactive-thresholding techniques. Mixed linear models were used to assess the association between genetic variants and the square roots of mammographic density measures adjusted for study, age, case status, BMI, and menopausal status. RESULTS: Consistent with their breast cancer associations, the C-allele of rs3817198 in LSP1 was positively associated with both adjusted dense area (P = 0.00005) and adjusted percent density (P = 0.001), whereas the A-allele of rs10483813 in RAD51L1 was inversely associated with adjusted percent density (P = 0.003), but not with adjusted dense area (P = 0.07). CONCLUSION: We identified two common breast cancer susceptibility variants associated with mammographic measures of radiodense tissue in the breast gland. IMPACT: We examined the association of 14 established breast cancer susceptibility loci with mammographic density phenotypes within a large genetic consortium and identified two breast cancer susceptibility variants, LSP1-rs3817198 and RAD51L1-rs10483813, associated with mammographic measures and in the same direction as the breast cancer association.
Published: 2012

30. A Nonsynonymous Polymorphism in IRS1 Modifies Risk of Developing Breast and Ovarian Cancers in BRCA1 and Ovarian Cancer in BRCA2 Mutation Carriers

Author: Ding, YC, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Friedman, E, Laitman, Y, Shani-Paluch-Shimon, Kaufman, B, Liljegren, A, Lindblom, A, Olsson, H, Kristoffersson, U, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Melin, B, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska, K, Durda, K, Gronwald, J, Huzarski, T, Cybulski, C, Byrski, T, Osorio, A, Ramony Cajal, T, Stavropoulou, AV, Benitez, J, Hamann, U, Rookus, M, Aalfs, CM, de Lange, JL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Oosterwijk, JC, van Asperen, CJ, Garcia, EBG, Hoogerbrugge, N, Jager, A, van der Luijt, RB, Easton, DF, Peock, S, Frost, D, Ellis, SD, Platte, R, Fineberg, E, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Izatt, L, Eeles, R, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Eccles, D, Cole, T, Cook, J, Brewer, C, Tischkowitz, M, Godwin, AK, Pathak, H, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Sinilnikova, OM, Mazoyer, S, Barjhoux, L, Leone, M, Gauthier-Villars, M, Caux-Moncoutier, V, de Pauw, A, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Dreyfus, H, Ferrer, SF, Collonge-Rame, M-A, Sokolowska, J, Buys, S, Daly, M, Miron, A, Terry, MB, Chung, W, John, EM, Southey, M, Goldgar, D, Singer, CF, Tea, M-KM, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Fink-Retter, A, Hansen, TVO, Ejlertsen, B, Johannsson, OT, Offit, K, Sarrel, K, Gaudet, MM, Vijai, J, Robson, M, Piedmonte, MR, Andrews, L, Cohn, D, DeMars, LR, DiSilvestro, P, Rodriguez, G, Toland, AE, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Imyanitov, E, Isaacs, C, Janavicius, R, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Ramus, SJ, Sucheston, L, Karlan, BY, Gross, J, Ganz, PA, Beattie, MS, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Meindl, A, Arnold, N, Niederacher, D, Preisler-Adams, S, Gadzicki, D, Varon-Mateeva, R, Deissler, H, Gehrig, A, Sutter, C, Kast, K, Nevanlinna, H, Aittomaki, K, Simard, J, Spurdle, AB, Beesley, J, Chen, X, Tomlinson, GE, Weitzel, J, Garber, JE, Olopade, OI, Rubinstein, WS, Tung, N, Blum, JL, Narod, SA, Brummel, S, Gillen, DL, Lindor, N, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Couch, FJ, Radice, P, Peterlongo, P, Greene, MH, Loud, JT, Mai, PL, Andrulis, IL, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Gerdes, A-M, Thomassen, M, Jensen, UB, Skytte, A-B, Caligo, MA, Lee, A, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Neuhausen, SL, Ding, YC, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Friedman, E, Laitman, Y, Shani-Paluch-Shimon, Kaufman, B, Liljegren, A, Lindblom, A, Olsson, H, Kristoffersson, U, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Melin, B, Domchek, SM, Nathanson, KL, Rebbeck, TR, Jakubowska, A, Lubinski, J, Jaworska, K, Durda, K, Gronwald, J, Huzarski, T, Cybulski, C, Byrski, T, Osorio, A, Ramony Cajal, T, Stavropoulou, AV, Benitez, J, Hamann, U, Rookus, M, Aalfs, CM, de Lange, JL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Oosterwijk, JC, van Asperen, CJ, Garcia, EBG, Hoogerbrugge, N, Jager, A, van der Luijt, RB, Easton, DF, Peock, S, Frost, D, Ellis, SD, Platte, R, Fineberg, E, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Izatt, L, Eeles, R, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Eccles, D, Cole, T, Cook, J, Brewer, C, Tischkowitz, M, Godwin, AK, Pathak, H, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Sinilnikova, OM, Mazoyer, S, Barjhoux, L, Leone, M, Gauthier-Villars, M, Caux-Moncoutier, V, de Pauw, A, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Dreyfus, H, Ferrer, SF, Collonge-Rame, M-A, Sokolowska, J, Buys, S, Daly, M, Miron, A, Terry, MB, Chung, W, John, EM, Southey, M, Goldgar, D, Singer, CF, Tea, M-KM, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Fink-Retter, A, Hansen, TVO, Ejlertsen, B, Johannsson, OT, Offit, K, Sarrel, K, Gaudet, MM, Vijai, J, Robson, M, Piedmonte, MR, Andrews, L, Cohn, D, DeMars, LR, DiSilvestro, P, Rodriguez, G, Toland, AE, Montagna, M, Agata, S, Imyanitov, E, Isaacs, C, Janavicius, R, Lazaro, C, Blanco, I, Ramus, SJ, Sucheston, L, Karlan, BY, Gross, J, Ganz, PA, Beattie, MS, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Meindl, A, Arnold, N, Niederacher, D, Preisler-Adams, S, Gadzicki, D, Varon-Mateeva, R, Deissler, H, Gehrig, A, Sutter, C, Kast, K, Nevanlinna, H, Aittomaki, K, Simard, J, Spurdle, AB, Beesley, J, Chen, X, Tomlinson, GE, Weitzel, J, Garber, JE, Olopade, OI, Rubinstein, WS, Tung, N, Blum, JL, Narod, SA, Brummel, S, Gillen, DL, Lindor, N, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Couch, FJ, Radice, P, Peterlongo, P, Greene, MH, Loud, JT, Mai, PL, Andrulis, IL, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Gerdes, A-M, Thomassen, M, Jensen, UB, Skytte, A-B, Caligo, MA, Lee, A, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, and Neuhausen, SL
Abstract: BACKGROUND: We previously reported significant associations between genetic variants in insulin receptor substrate 1 (IRS1) and breast cancer risk in women carrying BRCA1 mutations. The objectives of this study were to investigate whether the IRS1 variants modified ovarian cancer risk and were associated with breast cancer risk in a larger cohort of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. METHODS: IRS1 rs1801123, rs1330645, and rs1801278 were genotyped in samples from 36 centers in the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Data were analyzed by a retrospective cohort approach modeling the associations with breast and ovarian cancer risks simultaneously. Analyses were stratified by BRCA1 and BRCA2 status and mutation class in BRCA1 carriers. RESULTS: Rs1801278 (Gly972Arg) was associated with ovarian cancer risk for both BRCA1 (HR, 1.43; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.06-1.92; P = 0.019) and BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR, 2.21; 95% CI, 1.39-3.52, P = 0.0008). For BRCA1 mutation carriers, the breast cancer risk was higher in carriers with class II mutations than class I mutations (class II HR, 1.86; 95% CI, 1.28-2.70; class I HR, 0.86; 95%CI, 0.69-1.09; P(difference), 0.0006). Rs13306465 was associated with ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 class II mutation carriers (HR, 2.42; P = 0.03). CONCLUSION: The IRS1 Gly972Arg single-nucleotide polymorphism, which affects insulin-like growth factor and insulin signaling, modifies ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers and breast cancer risk in BRCA1 class II mutation carriers. IMPACT: These findings may prove useful for risk prediction for breast and ovarian cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
Published: 2012

31. Evaluation of chromosome 6p22 as a breast cancer risk modifier locus in a follow-up study of BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Stevens, KN, Wang, X, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Greene, MH, Andrulis, IL, Thomassen, M, Caligo, M, Nathanson, KL, Jakubowska, A, Osorio, A, Hamann, U, Godwin, AK, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Southey, M, Buys, SS, Singer, CF, Hansen, TVO, Arason, A, Offit, K, Piedmonte, M, Montagna, M, Imyanitov, E, Tihomirova, L, Sucheston, L, Beattie, M, Neuhausen, SL, Szabo, CI, Simard, J, Spurdle, AB, Healey, S, Chen, X, Rebbeck, TR, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, Couch, FJ, Stevens, KN, Wang, X, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Greene, MH, Andrulis, IL, Thomassen, M, Caligo, M, Nathanson, KL, Jakubowska, A, Osorio, A, Hamann, U, Godwin, AK, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Southey, M, Buys, SS, Singer, CF, Hansen, TVO, Arason, A, Offit, K, Piedmonte, M, Montagna, M, Imyanitov, E, Tihomirova, L, Sucheston, L, Beattie, M, Neuhausen, SL, Szabo, CI, Simard, J, Spurdle, AB, Healey, S, Chen, X, Rebbeck, TR, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Antoniou, AC, and Couch, FJ
Abstract: Several common germline variants identified through genome-wide association studies of breast cancer risk in the general population have recently been shown to be associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers. When combined, these variants can identify marked differences in the absolute risk of developing breast cancer for mutation carriers, suggesting that additional modifier loci may further enhance individual risk assessment for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Recently, a common variant on 6p22 (rs9393597) was found to be associated with increased breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.55, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 1.25-1.92, p = 6.0 × 10(-5)]. This observation was based on data from GWAS studies in which, despite statistical correction for multiple comparisons, the possibility of false discovery remains a concern. Here, we report on an analysis of this variant in an additional 6,165 BRCA1 and 3,900 BRCA2 mutation carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). In this replication analysis, rs9393597 was not associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR = 1.09, 95 % CI 0.96-1.24, p = 0.18). No association with ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers or with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers was observed. This follow-up study suggests that, contrary to our initial report, this variant is not associated with breast cancer risk among individuals with germline BRCA2 mutations.
Published: 2012

32. Association of PHB 1630 C > T and MTHFR 677 C > T polymorphisms with breast and ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers: results from a multicenter study

Author: Jakubowska, A, Rozkrut, D, Antoniou, A, Hamann, U, Scott, RJ, McGuffog, L, Healy, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Rennert, G, Lejbkowicz, F, Flugelman, A, Andrulis, IL, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Thomassen, Marga, Paligo, M, Aretini, P, Kantala, J, Aroer, B, von Wachenfeldt, A, Liljegren, A, Loman, N, Herbst, K, Kristoffersson, U, Rosenquist, R, Karlsson, P, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Melin, B, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Byrski, T, Huzarski, T, Gronwald, J, Menkiszak, J, Cybulski, C, Serrano, P, Osorio, A, Cajal, TR, Tsitlaidou, M, Benitez, J, Gilbert, M, Rookus, M, Aalfs, CM, Kluijt, I, Boessenkool-Pape, JL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Oosterwijk, JC, van Asperen, CJ, Blok, MJ, Nelen, MR, van den Ouweland, Ans, Seynaeve, Caroline, van der Luijt, RB, Devilee, P, Easton, DF, Peock, S, Frost, D, Platte, R, Ellis, SD, Fineberg, E, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Eeles, R, Jacobs, C, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Eccles, D, Cole, T, Cook, J, Godwin, A, Bove, B, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Belotti, M, Tirapo, C, Mazoyer, S, Barjhoux, L, Boutry-Kryza, N, Pujol, P, Coupier, I, Peyrat, JP, Vennin, P, Muller, D, Fricker, JP, Venat-Bouvet, L, Johannsson, O, Isaacs, C, Schmutzler, R, Wappenschmidt, B, Meindl, A, Arnold, N, Varon-Mateeva, R, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Deissler, H, Preisler-Adams, S, Simard, J, Soucy, P, Durocher, F, Chenevix-Trench, G, Beesley, J, Chen, X, Rebbeck, T, Couch, F, Wang, X, Lindor, N, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Peterlongo, P, Bonanni, B, Fortuzzi, S, Peissel, B, Szabo, C, Mai, PL, Loud, JT, Lubinski, J, Jakubowska, A, Rozkrut, D, Antoniou, A, Hamann, U, Scott, RJ, McGuffog, L, Healy, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Rennert, G, Lejbkowicz, F, Flugelman, A, Andrulis, IL, Glendon, G, Ozcelik, H, Thomassen, Marga, Paligo, M, Aretini, P, Kantala, J, Aroer, B, von Wachenfeldt, A, Liljegren, A, Loman, N, Herbst, K, Kristoffersson, U, Rosenquist, R, Karlsson, P, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Melin, B, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Byrski, T, Huzarski, T, Gronwald, J, Menkiszak, J, Cybulski, C, Serrano, P, Osorio, A, Cajal, TR, Tsitlaidou, M, Benitez, J, Gilbert, M, Rookus, M, Aalfs, CM, Kluijt, I, Boessenkool-Pape, JL, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Oosterwijk, JC, van Asperen, CJ, Blok, MJ, Nelen, MR, van den Ouweland, Ans, Seynaeve, Caroline, van der Luijt, RB, Devilee, P, Easton, DF, Peock, S, Frost, D, Platte, R, Ellis, SD, Fineberg, E, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Eeles, R, Jacobs, C, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Eccles, D, Cole, T, Cook, J, Godwin, A, Bove, B, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Belotti, M, Tirapo, C, Mazoyer, S, Barjhoux, L, Boutry-Kryza, N, Pujol, P, Coupier, I, Peyrat, JP, Vennin, P, Muller, D, Fricker, JP, Venat-Bouvet, L, Johannsson, O, Isaacs, C, Schmutzler, R, Wappenschmidt, B, Meindl, A, Arnold, N, Varon-Mateeva, R, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Deissler, H, Preisler-Adams, S, Simard, J, Soucy, P, Durocher, F, Chenevix-Trench, G, Beesley, J, Chen, X, Rebbeck, T, Couch, F, Wang, X, Lindor, N, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Peterlongo, P, Bonanni, B, Fortuzzi, S, Peissel, B, Szabo, C, Mai, PL, Loud, JT, and Lubinski, J
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The variable penetrance of breast cancer in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers suggests that other genetic or environmental factors modify breast cancer risk. Two genes of special interest are prohibitin (PHB) and methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), both of which are important either directly or indirectly in maintaining genomic integrity. METHODS: To evaluate the potential role of genetic variants within PHB and MTHFR in breast and ovarian cancer risk, 4102 BRCA1 and 2093 BRCA2 mutation carriers, and 6211 BRCA1 and 2902 BRCA2 carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 (CIMBA) were genotyped for the PHB 1630 C>T (rs6917) polymorphism and the MTHFR 677 C>T (rs1801133) polymorphism, respectively. RESULTS: There was no evidence of association between the PHB 1630 C>T and MTHFR 677 C>T polymorphisms with either disease for BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers when breast and ovarian cancer associations were evaluated separately. Analysis that evaluated associations for breast and ovarian cancer simultaneously showed some evidence that BRCA1 mutation carriers who had the rare homozygote genotype (TT) of the PHB 1630 C>T polymorphism were at increased risk of both breast and ovarian cancer (HR 1 CONCLUSION: The PHB 1630TT genotype may modify breast and ovarian cancer risks in BRCA1 mutation carriers. This association need to be evaluated in larger series of BRCA1 mutation carriers. British Journal of Cancer (2012) 106, 2016-2024. doi:10.1038/bjc.2012.160 www.bjcancer.com Published online 15 May 2012 (C) 2012 Cancer Research UK
Published: 2012

33. Common breast cancer susceptibility alleles are associated with tumour subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2

Author: Mulligan, AM, Couch, FJ, Barrowdale, D, Domchek, SM, Eccles, D, Nevanlinna, H, Ramus, SJ, Robson, M, Sherman, M, Spurdle, AB, Wappenschmidt, B, Lee, A, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Janavicius, R, Hansen, TVO, Nielsen, FC, Ejlertsen, B, Osorio, A, Munoz-Repeto, I, Duran, M, Godino, J, Pertesi, M, Benitez, J, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Peissel, B, Zaffaroni, D, Cattaneo, E, Bonanni, B, Viel, A, Pasini, B, Papi, L, Ottini, L, Savarese, A, Bernard, L, Radice, P, Hamann, U, Verheus, M, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Wijnen, J, Garcia, EBG, Nelen, MR, Kets, CM, Seynaeve, C, Tilanus-Linthorst, MMA, van der Luijt, RB, van Os, T, Rookus, M, Frost, D, Jones, JL, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Eeles, R, Izatt, L, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Cook, J, Donaldson, A, Dorkins, H, Gregory, H, Eason, J, Houghton, C, Barwell, J, Side, LE, McCann, E, Murray, A, Peock, S, Godwin, AK, Schmutzler, RK, Rhiem, K, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ruehl, I, Arnold, N, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Deissler, H, Gadzicki, D, Kast, K, Preisler-Adams, S, Varon-Mateeva, R, Schoenbuchner, I, Fiebig, B, Heinritz, W, Schaefer, D, Gevensleben, H, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Fassy-Colcombet, M, Cornelis, F, Mazoyer, S, Leone, M, Boutry-Kryza, N, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Muller, D, Fricker, J-P, Mortemousque, I, Pujol, P, Coupier, I, Lebrun, M, Kientz, C, Longy, M, Sevenet, N, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Isaacs, C, Caldes, T, de la Hoya, M, Heikkinen, T, Aittomaki, K, Blanco, I, Lazaro, C, Barkardottir, RB, Soucy, P, Dumont, M, Simard, J, Montagna, M, Tognazzo, S, D'Andrea, E, Fox, S, Yan, M, Rebbeck, T, Olopade, OI, Weitzel, JN, Lynch, HT, Ganz, PA, Tomlinson, GE, Wang, X, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Lindor, NM, Szabo, C, Offit, K, Sakr, R, Gaudet, M, Bhatia, J, Kauff, N, Singer, CF, Tea, M-K, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Fink-Retter, A, Mai, PL, Greene, MH, Imyanitov, E, O'Malley, FP, Ozcelik, H, Glendon, G, Toland, AE, Gerdes, A-M, Thomassen, M, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Skytte, A-B, Caligo, MA, Soller, M, Henriksson, K, Wachenfeldt, VA, Arver, B, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Karlsson, P, Ding, YC, Neuhausen, SL, Beattie, M, Pharoah, PDP, Moysich, KB, Nathanson, KL, Karlan, BY, Gross, J, John, EM, Daly, MB, Buys, SM, Southey, MC, Hopper, JL, Terry, MB, Chung, W, Miron, AF, Goldgar, D, Chenevix-Trench, G, Easton, DF, Andrulis, IL, Antoniou, AC, Mulligan, AM, Couch, FJ, Barrowdale, D, Domchek, SM, Eccles, D, Nevanlinna, H, Ramus, SJ, Robson, M, Sherman, M, Spurdle, AB, Wappenschmidt, B, Lee, A, McGuffog, L, Healey, S, Sinilnikova, OM, Janavicius, R, Hansen, TVO, Nielsen, FC, Ejlertsen, B, Osorio, A, Munoz-Repeto, I, Duran, M, Godino, J, Pertesi, M, Benitez, J, Peterlongo, P, Manoukian, S, Peissel, B, Zaffaroni, D, Cattaneo, E, Bonanni, B, Viel, A, Pasini, B, Papi, L, Ottini, L, Savarese, A, Bernard, L, Radice, P, Hamann, U, Verheus, M, Meijers-Heijboer, HEJ, Wijnen, J, Garcia, EBG, Nelen, MR, Kets, CM, Seynaeve, C, Tilanus-Linthorst, MMA, van der Luijt, RB, van Os, T, Rookus, M, Frost, D, Jones, JL, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Eeles, R, Izatt, L, Adlard, J, Davidson, R, Cook, J, Donaldson, A, Dorkins, H, Gregory, H, Eason, J, Houghton, C, Barwell, J, Side, LE, McCann, E, Murray, A, Peock, S, Godwin, AK, Schmutzler, RK, Rhiem, K, Engel, C, Meindl, A, Ruehl, I, Arnold, N, Niederacher, D, Sutter, C, Deissler, H, Gadzicki, D, Kast, K, Preisler-Adams, S, Varon-Mateeva, R, Schoenbuchner, I, Fiebig, B, Heinritz, W, Schaefer, D, Gevensleben, H, Caux-Moncoutier, V, Fassy-Colcombet, M, Cornelis, F, Mazoyer, S, Leone, M, Boutry-Kryza, N, Hardouin, A, Berthet, P, Muller, D, Fricker, J-P, Mortemousque, I, Pujol, P, Coupier, I, Lebrun, M, Kientz, C, Longy, M, Sevenet, N, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Isaacs, C, Caldes, T, de la Hoya, M, Heikkinen, T, Aittomaki, K, Blanco, I, Lazaro, C, Barkardottir, RB, Soucy, P, Dumont, M, Simard, J, Montagna, M, Tognazzo, S, D'Andrea, E, Fox, S, Yan, M, Rebbeck, T, Olopade, OI, Weitzel, JN, Lynch, HT, Ganz, PA, Tomlinson, GE, Wang, X, Fredericksen, Z, Pankratz, VS, Lindor, NM, Szabo, C, Offit, K, Sakr, R, Gaudet, M, Bhatia, J, Kauff, N, Singer, CF, Tea, M-K, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Fink-Retter, A, Mai, PL, Greene, MH, Imyanitov, E, O'Malley, FP, Ozcelik, H, Glendon, G, Toland, AE, Gerdes, A-M, Thomassen, M, Kruse, TA, Jensen, UB, Skytte, A-B, Caligo, MA, Soller, M, Henriksson, K, Wachenfeldt, VA, Arver, B, Stenmark-Askmalm, M, Karlsson, P, Ding, YC, Neuhausen, SL, Beattie, M, Pharoah, PDP, Moysich, KB, Nathanson, KL, Karlan, BY, Gross, J, John, EM, Daly, MB, Buys, SM, Southey, MC, Hopper, JL, Terry, MB, Chung, W, Miron, AF, Goldgar, D, Chenevix-Trench, G, Easton, DF, Andrulis, IL, and Antoniou, AC
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Previous studies have demonstrated that common breast cancer susceptibility alleles are differentially associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers. It is currently unknown how these alleles are associated with different breast cancer subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers defined by estrogen (ER) or progesterone receptor (PR) status of the tumour. METHODS: We used genotype data on up to 11,421 BRCA1 and 7,080 BRCA2 carriers, of whom 4,310 had been affected with breast cancer and had information on either ER or PR status of the tumour, to assess the associations of 12 loci with breast cancer tumour characteristics. Associations were evaluated using a retrospective cohort approach. RESULTS: The results suggested stronger associations with ER-positive breast cancer than ER-negative for 11 loci in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. Among BRCA1 carriers, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2981582 (FGFR2) exhibited the biggest difference based on ER status (per-allele hazard ratio (HR) for ER-positive = 1.35, 95% CI: 1.17 to 1.56 vs HR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.85 to 0.98 for ER-negative, P-heterogeneity = 6.5 × 10-6). In contrast, SNP rs2046210 at 6q25.1 near ESR1 was primarily associated with ER-negative breast cancer risk for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. In BRCA2 carriers, SNPs in FGFR2, TOX3, LSP1, SLC4A7/NEK10, 5p12, 2q35, and 1p11.2 were significantly associated with ER-positive but not ER-negative disease. Similar results were observed when differentiating breast cancer cases by PR status. CONCLUSIONS: The associations of the 12 SNPs with risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers differ by ER-positive or ER-negative breast cancer status. The apparent differences in SNP associations between BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers, and non-carriers, may be explicable by differences in the prevalence of tumour subtypes. As more risk modifying variants are identified, incorporating these associations into breast cancer subtype-specific risk mode
Published: 2011

34. Common variants in ZNF365 are associated with both mammographic density and breast cancer risk

Author: Lindstroem, S, Vachon, CM, Li, J, Varghese, J, Thompson, D, Warren, R, Brown, J, Leyland, J, Audley, T, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Paterson, AD, Rommens, J, Waggott, D, Martin, LJ, Scott, CG, Pankratz, VS, Hankinson, SE, Hazra, A, Hunter, DJ, Hopper, JL, Southey, MC, Chanock, SJ, Silva, IDS, Liu, J, Eriksson, L, Couch, FJ, Stone, J, Apicella, C, Czene, K, Kraft, P, Hall, P, Easton, DF, Boyd, NF, Tamimi, RM, Lindstroem, S, Vachon, CM, Li, J, Varghese, J, Thompson, D, Warren, R, Brown, J, Leyland, J, Audley, T, Wareham, NJ, Loos, RJF, Paterson, AD, Rommens, J, Waggott, D, Martin, LJ, Scott, CG, Pankratz, VS, Hankinson, SE, Hazra, A, Hunter, DJ, Hopper, JL, Southey, MC, Chanock, SJ, Silva, IDS, Liu, J, Eriksson, L, Couch, FJ, Stone, J, Apicella, C, Czene, K, Kraft, P, Hall, P, Easton, DF, Boyd, NF, and Tamimi, RM
Abstract: High-percent mammographic density adjusted for age and body mass index is one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer. We conducted a meta analysis of five genome-wide association studies of percent mammographic density and report an association with rs10995190 in ZNF365 (combined P = 9.6 × 10(-10)). Common variants in ZNF365 have also recently been associated with susceptibility to breast cancer.
Published: 2011

35. Common variants at ABCA7, MS4A6A/MS4A4E, EPHA1, CD33 and CD2AP are associated with Alzheimer's disease

Author: Hollingworth, P, Harold, D, Sims, R, Gerrish, A, Lambert, J, Carrasquillo, M, Abraham, R, Hamshere, M, Pahwa, J, Moskvina, V, Dowzell, K, Jones, N, Stretton, A, Thomas, C, Richards, A, Ivanov, D, Widdowson, C, Chapman, J, Lovestone, S, Powell, J, Proitsi, P, Lupton, M, Brayne, C, Rubinsztein, D, Gill, M, Lawlor, B, Lynch, A, Brown, K, Passmore, P, Craig, D, Mcguinness, B, Todd, S, Holmes, C, Mann, D, Smith, A, Beaumont, H, Warden, D, Wilcock, G, Love, S, Kehoe, P, Hooper, N, Vardy, E, Hardy, J, Mead, S, Fox, N, Rossor, M, Collinge, J, Maier, W, Jessen, F, Rüther, E, Schürmann, B, Heun, R, Kölsch, H, van den Bussche, H, Heuser, I, Kornhuber, J, Wiltfang, J, Dichgans, M, Frölich, L, Hampel, H, Gallacher, J, Hüll, M, Rujescu, D, Giegling, I, Goate, A, Kauwe, J, Cruchaga, C, Nowotny, P, Morris, J, Mayo, K, Sleegers, K, Bettens, K, Engelborghs, S, De Deyn, P, Van Broeckhoven, C, Livingston, G, Bass, N, Gurling, H, Mcquillin, A, Gwilliam, R, Deloukas, P, Al Chalabi, A, Shaw, C, Tsolaki, M, Singleton, A, Guerreiro, R, Mühleisen, T, Nöthen, M, Moebus, S, Jöckel, K, Klopp, N, Wichmann, H, Pankratz, V, Sando, S, Aasly, J, Barcikowska, M, Wszolek, Z, Dickson, D, Graff Radford, N, Petersen, R, van Duijn, C, Breteler, M, Ikram, M, Destefano, A, Fitzpatrick, A, Lopez, O, Launer, L, Seshadri, S, Berr, C, Campion, D, Epelbaum, J, Dartigues, J, Tzourio, C, Alpérovitch, A, Lathrop, M, Feulner, T, Friedrich, P, Riehle, C, Krawczak, M, Schreiber, S, Mayhaus, M, Nicolhaus, S, Wagenpfeil, S, Steinberg, S, Stefansson, H, Stefansson, K, Snædal, J, Björnsson, S, Jonsson, P, Chouraki, V, Genier Boley, B, Hiltunen, M, Soininen, H, Combarros, O, Zelenika, D, Delepine, M, Bullido, M, Pasquier, F, Mateo, I, Frank Garcia, A, Porcellini, E, Hanon, O, Coto, E, Alvarez, V, Bosco, P, Siciliano, G, Mancuso, M, Panza, F, Solfrizzi, V, Nacmias, B, Sorbi, S, Bossù, P, Piccardi, P, Arosio, B, Annoni, G, Seripa, D, Pilotto, A, Scarpini, E, Galimberti, D, Brice, A, Hannequin, D, Licastro, F, Jones, L, Holmans, P, Jonsson, T, Riemenschneider, M, Morgan, K, Younkin, S, Owen, M, O'Donovan, M, Amouyel, P, Williams, J, Carrasquillo, MM, Hamshere, ML, Pahwa, JS, Lupton, MK, Rubinsztein, DC, Brown, KS, Passmore, PA, McGuinness, B, Smith, AD, Kehoe, PG, Hooper, NM, Vardy, ERLC, Fox, NC, Goate, AM, Kauwe, JSK, Morris, JC, De Deyn, PP, Bass, NJ, McQuillin, A, Shaw, CE, Singleton, AB, Mühleisen, TW, Nöthen, MM, Pankratz, VS, Sando, SB, Aasly, JO, Wszolek, ZK, Dickson, DW, Graff Radford, NR, Petersen, RC, van Duijn, CM, Breteler, MMB, Ikram, MA, DeStefano, AL, Fitzpatrick, AL, Launer, LJ, Feulner, TM, Jonsson, PV, Bullido, MJ, ANNONI, GIORGIO, Holmans, PA, Younkin, SG, Owen, MJ, Williams, J., Hollingworth, P, Harold, D, Sims, R, Gerrish, A, Lambert, J, Carrasquillo, M, Abraham, R, Hamshere, M, Pahwa, J, Moskvina, V, Dowzell, K, Jones, N, Stretton, A, Thomas, C, Richards, A, Ivanov, D, Widdowson, C, Chapman, J, Lovestone, S, Powell, J, Proitsi, P, Lupton, M, Brayne, C, Rubinsztein, D, Gill, M, Lawlor, B, Lynch, A, Brown, K, Passmore, P, Craig, D, Mcguinness, B, Todd, S, Holmes, C, Mann, D, Smith, A, Beaumont, H, Warden, D, Wilcock, G, Love, S, Kehoe, P, Hooper, N, Vardy, E, Hardy, J, Mead, S, Fox, N, Rossor, M, Collinge, J, Maier, W, Jessen, F, Rüther, E, Schürmann, B, Heun, R, Kölsch, H, van den Bussche, H, Heuser, I, Kornhuber, J, Wiltfang, J, Dichgans, M, Frölich, L, Hampel, H, Gallacher, J, Hüll, M, Rujescu, D, Giegling, I, Goate, A, Kauwe, J, Cruchaga, C, Nowotny, P, Morris, J, Mayo, K, Sleegers, K, Bettens, K, Engelborghs, S, De Deyn, P, Van Broeckhoven, C, Livingston, G, Bass, N, Gurling, H, Mcquillin, A, Gwilliam, R, Deloukas, P, Al Chalabi, A, Shaw, C, Tsolaki, M, Singleton, A, Guerreiro, R, Mühleisen, T, Nöthen, M, Moebus, S, Jöckel, K, Klopp, N, Wichmann, H, Pankratz, V, Sando, S, Aasly, J, Barcikowska, M, Wszolek, Z, Dickson, D, Graff Radford, N, Petersen, R, van Duijn, C, Breteler, M, Ikram, M, Destefano, A, Fitzpatrick, A, Lopez, O, Launer, L, Seshadri, S, Berr, C, Campion, D, Epelbaum, J, Dartigues, J, Tzourio, C, Alpérovitch, A, Lathrop, M, Feulner, T, Friedrich, P, Riehle, C, Krawczak, M, Schreiber, S, Mayhaus, M, Nicolhaus, S, Wagenpfeil, S, Steinberg, S, Stefansson, H, Stefansson, K, Snædal, J, Björnsson, S, Jonsson, P, Chouraki, V, Genier Boley, B, Hiltunen, M, Soininen, H, Combarros, O, Zelenika, D, Delepine, M, Bullido, M, Pasquier, F, Mateo, I, Frank Garcia, A, Porcellini, E, Hanon, O, Coto, E, Alvarez, V, Bosco, P, Siciliano, G, Mancuso, M, Panza, F, Solfrizzi, V, Nacmias, B, Sorbi, S, Bossù, P, Piccardi, P, Arosio, B, Annoni, G, Seripa, D, Pilotto, A, Scarpini, E, Galimberti, D, Brice, A, Hannequin, D, Licastro, F, Jones, L, Holmans, P, Jonsson, T, Riemenschneider, M, Morgan, K, Younkin, S, Owen, M, O'Donovan, M, Amouyel, P, Williams, J, Carrasquillo, MM, Hamshere, ML, Pahwa, JS, Lupton, MK, Rubinsztein, DC, Brown, KS, Passmore, PA, McGuinness, B, Smith, AD, Kehoe, PG, Hooper, NM, Vardy, ERLC, Fox, NC, Goate, AM, Kauwe, JSK, Morris, JC, De Deyn, PP, Bass, NJ, McQuillin, A, Shaw, CE, Singleton, AB, Mühleisen, TW, Nöthen, MM, Pankratz, VS, Sando, SB, Aasly, JO, Wszolek, ZK, Dickson, DW, Graff Radford, NR, Petersen, RC, van Duijn, CM, Breteler, MMB, Ikram, MA, DeStefano, AL, Fitzpatrick, AL, Launer, LJ, Feulner, TM, Jonsson, PV, Bullido, MJ, ANNONI, GIORGIO, Holmans, PA, Younkin, SG, Owen, MJ, and Williams, J.
Abstract: We sought to identify new susceptibility loci for Alzheimer's disease through a staged association study (GERAD+) and by testing suggestive loci reported by the Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Consortium (ADGC) in a companion paper. We undertook a combined analysis of four genome-wide association datasets (stage 1) and identified ten newly associated variants with P ĝ‰Currency sign 1 × 10 -5. We tested these variants for association in an independent sample (stage 2). Three SNPs at two loci replicated and showed evidence for association in a further sample (stage 3). Meta-analyses of all data provided compelling evidence that ABCA7 (rs3764650, meta P = 4.5 × 10 -17; including ADGC data, meta P = 5.0 × 10 -21) and the MS4A gene cluster (rs610932, meta P = 1.8 × 10 -14; including ADGC data, meta P = 1.2 × 10 -16) are new Alzheimer's disease susceptibility loci. We also found independent evidence for association for three loci reported by the ADGC, which, when combined, showed genome-wide significance: CD2AP (GERAD+, P = 8.0 × 10 -4; including ADGC data, meta P = 8.6 × 10 -9), CD33 (GERAD+, P = 2.2 × 10 -4; including ADGC data, meta P = 1.6 × 10 -9) and EPHA1 (GERAD+, P = 3.4 × 10 -4; including ADGC data, meta P = 6.0 × 10 -10). © 2011 Nature America, Inc. All rights reserved.
Published: 2011

36. Evidence for SMAD3 as a modifier of breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Walker, LC, Fredericksen, ZS, Wang, XS, Tarrell, R, Pankratz, VS, Lindor, NM, Beesley, J, Healey, S, Chen, XQ, Fab, KC, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Tirapo, C, Giraud, S, Mazoyer, S, Muller, D, Fricker, JP, Delnatte, C, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Engel, C, Schonbuchner, I, Deissler, H, Meindl, A, Hogervorst, FB, Verheus, M, Hooning, Maartje, van den Ouweland, Ans, Nelen, MR, Ausems, MGEM, Aalfs, CM, van Asperen, CJ, Devilee, P, Gerrits, MM, Waisfisz, Q, Szabo, CI, Quad, MS, Easton, DF, Peock, S, Cook, M, Oliver, CT, Frost, D, Harrington, P, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Eeles, R, Izatt, L, Chu, C, Davidson, R, Eccles, D, Ong, KR, Cook, J, Rebbeck, T, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Singer, CF, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Dressler, AC, Pfeiler, G, Godwin, AK, Heikkinen, T, Nevanlinna, H, Agnarsson, BA, Caligo, MA, Olsson, H, Kristoffersson, U, Liljegren, A, Arver, B, Karlsson, P, Melin, B, Sinilnikova, OM, McGuffog, L, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, Spurdle, AB, Couch, FJ, Walker, LC, Fredericksen, ZS, Wang, XS, Tarrell, R, Pankratz, VS, Lindor, NM, Beesley, J, Healey, S, Chen, XQ, Fab, KC, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Tirapo, C, Giraud, S, Mazoyer, S, Muller, D, Fricker, JP, Delnatte, C, Schmutzler, RK, Wappenschmidt, B, Engel, C, Schonbuchner, I, Deissler, H, Meindl, A, Hogervorst, FB, Verheus, M, Hooning, Maartje, van den Ouweland, Ans, Nelen, MR, Ausems, MGEM, Aalfs, CM, van Asperen, CJ, Devilee, P, Gerrits, MM, Waisfisz, Q, Szabo, CI, Quad, MS, Easton, DF, Peock, S, Cook, M, Oliver, CT, Frost, D, Harrington, P, Evans, DG, Lalloo, F, Eeles, R, Izatt, L, Chu, C, Davidson, R, Eccles, D, Ong, KR, Cook, J, Rebbeck, T, Nathanson, KL, Domchek, SM, Singer, CF, Gschwantler-Kaulich, D, Dressler, AC, Pfeiler, G, Godwin, AK, Heikkinen, T, Nevanlinna, H, Agnarsson, BA, Caligo, MA, Olsson, H, Kristoffersson, U, Liljegren, A, Arver, B, Karlsson, P, Melin, B, Sinilnikova, OM, McGuffog, L, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, Spurdle, AB, and Couch, FJ
Abstract: Introduction: Current attempts to identify genetic modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 associated risk have focused on a candidate gene approach, based on knowledge of gene functions, or the development of large genome-wide association studies. In this study, we evaluated 24 SNPs tagged to 14 candidate genes derived through a novel approach that analysed gene expression differences to prioritise candidate modifier genes for association studies. Methods: We successfully genotyped 24 SNPs in a cohort of up to 4,724 BRCA1 and 2,693 BRCA2 female mutation carriers from 15 study groups and assessed whether these variants were associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Results: SNPs in five of the 14 candidate genes showed evidence of association with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 or BRCA2 carriers (P < 0.05). Notably, the minor alleles of two SNPs (rs7166081 and rs3825977) in high linkage disequilibrium (r(2) = 0.77), located at the SMAD3 locus (15q22), were each associated with increased breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers (relative risk = 1.25, 95% confidence interval = 1.07 to 1.45, P-trend = 0.004; and relative risk = 1.20, 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 1.40, P-trend = 0.018). Conclusions: This study provides evidence that the SMAD3 gene, which encodes a key regulatory protein in the transforming growth factor beta signalling pathway and is known to interact directly with BRCA2, may contribute to increased risk of breast cancer in BRCA2 mutation carriers. This finding suggests that genes with expression associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status are enriched for the presence of common genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk in these populations.
Published: 2010

37. Abstract P4-12-03: Towards a risk prediction model for breast cancer that utilizes breast tissue risk features

Author: Pankratz, VS, primary, Degnim, AC, additional, Visscher, DW, additional, Frank, RD, additional, Vierkant, RA, additional, Ghosh, K, additional, Aziza, N, additional, Vachon, CM, additional, Frost, M, additional, Radisky, DC, additional, and Hartmann, LC, additional
Published: 2012
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38. Interobserver Variability in the Diagnosis of Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma and Quantitative Measures in Mixed-Type Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma – A Pilot Study.

Author: Boland, JM, primary, Wampfler, JA, additional, Pankratz, VS, additional, Yang, P, additional, Aubry, MC, additional, and Yi, ES, additional
Published: 2009
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39. Benign breast disease and breast cancer risk in young women.

Author: Ghosh, K, primary, Pankratz, VS, additional, Reynolds, CA, additional, Vierkant, RA, additional, Anderson, SS, additional, Degnim, AC, additional, Visscher, DW, additional, Frost, MH, additional, Vachon, CM, additional, and Hartmann, LC, additional
Published: 2009
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40. Histologic markers of mammographic breast density: core-needle biopsy tissue from healthy volunteers.

Author: Ghosh, K, primary, Brandt, KR, additional, Reynolds, CA, additional, Watson, DA, additional, Lingle, WL, additional, Pankratz, VS, additional, Hartmann, LC, additional, and Vachon, CM, additional
Published: 2009
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41. A novel breast tissue feature strongly associated with risk of breast cancer.

Author: McKian, KP, primary, Reynolds, CA, additional, Anderson, S, additional, Vierkant, RA, additional, Visscher, DW, additional, Frost, MH, additional, Pankratz, VS, additional, Nassar, A, additional, and Hartmann, LC, additional
Published: 2009
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42. Evaluation of aromatase expression in mammographically dense and non-dense regions of the breast in healthy women.

Author: Vachon, C, primary, Sasano, H, additional, Ghosh, K, additional, Brandt, K, additional, Santen, R, additional, Watson, D, additional, Lingle, W, additional, Goss, P, additional, Hartmann, L, additional, Reynolds, C, additional, Pankratz, VS, additional, and Ingle, J, additional
Published: 2009
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43. PMH19 GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PSYCHOACTIVE MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR ATTENTIONDEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (AD/HD): RESULTS FROM A POPULATION-BASED STUDY

Author: Barbaresi, WJ, primary, Katusic, SK, additional, Colligan, RC, additional, Weaver, AL, additional, Pankratz, VS, additional, Mrazek, DA, additional, Hankin, CS, additional, and Jacobsen, SJ, additional
Published: 2002
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44. Novel late-onset Alzheimer disease loci variants associate with brain gene expression.

Author: Allen M, Zou F, Chai HS, Younkin CS, Crook J, Pankratz VS, Carrasquillo MM, Rowley CN, Nair AA, Middha S, Maharjan S, Nguyen T, Ma L, Malphrus KG, Palusak R, Lincoln S, Bisceglio G, Georgescu C, Schultz D, and Rakhshan F
Published: 2012
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45. A novel automated mammographic density measure and breast cancer risk.

Author: Heine JJ, Scott CG, Sellers TA, Brandt KR, Serie DJ, Wu FF, Morton MJ, Schueler BA, Couch FJ, Olson JE, Pankratz VS, Vachon CM, Heine, John J, Scott, Christopher G, Sellers, Thomas A, Brandt, Kathleen R, Serie, Daniel J, Wu, Fang-Fang, Morton, Marilyn J, and Schueler, Beth A
Abstract: Background: Mammographic breast density is a strong breast cancer risk factor but is not used in the clinical setting, partly because of a lack of standardization and automation. We developed an automated and objective measurement of the grayscale value variation within a mammogram, evaluated its association with breast cancer, and compared its performance with that of percent density (PD).Methods: Three clinic-based studies were included: a case-cohort study of 217 breast cancer case subjects and 2094 non-case subjects and two case-control studies comprising 928 case subjects and 1039 control subjects and 246 case subjects and 516 control subjects, respectively. Percent density was estimated from digitized mammograms using the computer-assisted Cumulus thresholding program, and variation was estimated from an automated algorithm. We estimated hazards ratios (HRs), odds ratios (ORs), the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) using Cox proportional hazards models for the cohort and logistic regression for case-control studies, with adjustment for age and body mass index. We performed a meta-analysis using random study effects to obtain pooled estimates of the associations between the two mammographic measures and breast cancer. All statistical tests were two-sided.Results: The variation measure was statistically significantly associated with the risk of breast cancer in all three studies (highest vs lowest quartile: HR = 2.0 [95% CI = 1.3 to 3.1]; OR = 2.7 [95% CI = 2.1 to 3.6]; OR = 2.4 [95% CI = 1.4 to 3.9]; [corrected] all P (trend) < .001). [corrected]. The risk estimates and AUCs for the variation measure were similar to [corrected] those for percent density (AUCs for variation = 0.60-0.62 and [corrected] AUCs for percent density = 0.61-0.65). [corrected]. A meta-analysis of the three studies demonstrated similar associations [corrected] between variation and breast cancer (highest vs lowest quartile: RR = 1.8, 95% CI = 1.4 to 2.3) and [corrected] percent density and breast cancer (highest vs lowest quartile: RR = 2.3, 95% CI = 1.9 to 2.9).Conclusion: The association between the automated variation measure and the risk of breast cancer is at least as strong as that for percent density. Efforts to further evaluate and translate the variation measure to the clinical setting are warranted. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2012
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46. The incidence of MCI differs by subtype and is higher in men: the Mayo Clinic Study of Aging.

Author: Roberts RO, Geda YE, Knopman DS, Cha RH, Pankratz VS, Boeve BF, Tangalos EG, Ivnik RJ, Rocca WA, Petersen RC, Roberts, R O, Geda, Y E, Knopman, D S, Cha, R H, Pankratz, V S, Boeve, B F, Tangalos, E G, Ivnik, R J, Rocca, W A, and Petersen, R C
Published: 2012
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47. Relative intake of macronutrients impacts risk of mild cognitive impairment or dementia.

Author: Roberts RO, Roberts LA, Geda YE, Cha RH, Pankratz VS, O'Connor HM, Knopman DS, Petersen RC, Roberts, Rosebud O, Roberts, Lewis A, Geda, Yonas E, Cha, Ruth H, Pankratz, V Shane, O'Connor, Helen M, Knopman, David S, and Petersen, Ronald C
Abstract: High caloric intake has been associated with an increased risk of cognitive impairment. Total caloric intake is determined by the calories derived from macronutrients. The objective of the study was to investigate the association between percent of daily energy (calories) from macronutrients and incident mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. Participants were a population-based prospective cohort of elderly persons who were followed over a median 3.7 years (interquartile range, 2.5-3.9) of follow-up. At baseline and every 15 months, participants (median age, 79.5 years) were evaluated using the Clinical Dementia Rating scale, a neurological evaluation, and neuropsychological testing for a diagnosis of MCI, normal cognition, or dementia. Participants also completed a 128-item food-frequency questionnaire at baseline; total daily caloric and macronutrient intakes were calculated using an established database. The percent of total daily energy from protein (% protein), carbohydrate (% carbohydrate), and total fat (% fat) was computed. Among 937 subjects who were cognitively normal at baseline, 200 developed incident MCI or dementia. The risk of MCI or dementia (hazard ratio, [95% confidence interval]) was elevated in subjects with high % carbohydrate (upper quartile: 1.89 [1.17-3.06]; p for trend = 0.004), but was reduced in subjects with high % fat (upper quartile: 0.56 [0.34-0.91]; p for trend = 0.03), and high % protein (upper quartile 0.79 [0.52-1.20]; p for trend = 0.03) in the fully adjusted models. A dietary pattern with relatively high caloric intake from carbohydrates and low caloric intake from fat and proteins may increase the risk of MCI or dementia in elderly persons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2012
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48. Systematic evaluation of genetic variants in three biological pathways on patient survival in low-stage non-small cell lung cancer.

Author: Pankratz VS, Sun Z, Aakre J, Li Y, Johnson C, Garces YI, Aubry MC, Molina JR, Wigle DA, Yang P, Pankratz, V Shane, Sun, Zhifu, Aakre, Jeremiah, Li, Yan, Johnson, Cassandra, Garces, Yolanda I, Aubry, Marie C, Molina, Julian R, Wigle, Dennis A, and Yang, Ping
Published: 2011
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49. Inclusion of RBD improves the diagnostic classification of dementia with Lewy bodies.

Author: Ferman TJ, Boeve BF, Smith GE, Lin SC, Silber MH, Pedraza O, Wszolek Z, Graff-Radford NR, Uitti R, Van Gerpen J, Pao W, Knopman D, Pankratz VS, Kantarci K, Boot B, Parisi JE, Dugger BN, Fujishiro H, Petersen RC, and Dickson DW
Published: 2011
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50. Common SNPs/haplotypes in IL18R1 and IL18 genes are associated with variations in humoral immunity to smallpox vaccination in Caucasians and African Americans.

Author: Haralambieva IH, Ovsyannikova IG, Dhiman N, Kennedy RB, O'Byrne M, Pankratz VS, Jacobson RM, Poland GA, Haralambieva, Iana H, Ovsyannikova, Inna G, Dhiman, Neelam, Kennedy, Richard B, O'Byrne, Megan, Pankratz, V Shane, Jacobson, Robert M, and Poland, Gregory A
Abstract: Background: Identifying genetic factors that influence poxvirus immunity across races may assist in the development of better vaccines and approaches for vaccine development.Methods: We performed an extensive candidate-gene genetic screen (across 32 cytokine and cytokine receptor genes) in a racially diverse cohort of 1056 healthy adults after a single dose of smallpox vaccine. Associations between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)/haplotypes and vaccinia virus-specific neutralizing antibodies were assessed using linear regression methodologies.Results: The combined analysis identified 63 associations between candidate SNPs and antibody levels after smallpox vaccination with P < .05. Thirty-one of these were within the IL18R1 and IL18 genes. Five IL18R1 SNPs, including a coding synonymous polymorphism rs1035130 (Phe251Phe) and 2 promoter SNPs (rs6710885, rs2287037), all in linkage disequilibrium, were associated with significant variations in antibody levels in both Caucasians (P ≤ .016) and African Americans (P ≤ .025). Similarly, associations with 2 intronic IL18 SNPs (rs2043055 and rs5744280) were consistent in the Caucasian (P ≤ .023) and African American samples (P ≤ .014). Haplotype analysis revealed highly significant associations between IL18R1 haplotypes and vaccinia virus-specific antibody levels (P < .001, by combined analysis) that were consistent across races.Conclusions: Our study provides evidence for IL18 and IL18R1 genes as plausible genes regulating the humoral immune response to smallpox vaccine in both Caucasians and African Americans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Published: 2011
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