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1. ANXA5 and VEGFA Gene Variants in Women with Early Pregnancy Losses from North Macedonia

Author: Terzikj M, Bozhinovski Gj, Branoski A, Dimkovska M, Kubelka-Sabit K, and Plaseska-Karanfilska D
Subjects: anxa5, haplotypes, vegfa, early pregnancy loss (epl), multiplex single-base extension, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Early pregnancy loss (EPL) is the most common pregnancy complication, found in approximately 15% of all clinically recognized pregnancy complications. Up to date, various maternal as well as fetal factors are reported as a cause of EPLs. However, in approximately 50% of EPL cases, the exact cause is not clearly identified and these cases are referred as idiopathic.
Published: 2024
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2. Study of Three Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Slc6a14 Gene in Association with Male Infertility

Author: Noveski P., Mircevska M., Plaseski T., Peterlin B., and Plaseska-Karanfilska D.
Subjects: male infertility, rs2011162, slc6a14 gene, 3’ untranslated region (3’utr), Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Although several genetic causes of male infertility are known, the condition in around 60.0-75.0% of infertile male patients appears to be idiopathic. In some, genetic causes may be polygenic and require several low-penetrance genes to produce a phenotype outcome. In others, pleiotropy, when a gene can produce several phenotypic traits, may be involved. We have investigated whether single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the SLC6A14 [solute carrier family 6 (amino acid transporter), member 14] gene are associated with male infertility. This gene has previously been linked with obesity and cystic fibrosis, which are associated with male infertility. It has a role in the transport of tryptophan and synthesis of serotonin that are important for normal spermatogenesis and testicular function. We have analyzed three SNPs (rs2312054, rs2071877 and rs2011162) in 370 infertile men and 241 fertile controls from two different populations (Macedonian and Slovenian). We found that the rs2011162(G) allele and rs2312054(A)- rs2071877(C)-rs2011162(G) haplotype are present at lower frequencies in the infertile rather than the fertile men (p = 0.044 and p = 0.0144, respectively). We concluded that the SLC6A14 gene may be a population-specific, low-penetrance locus which confers susceptibility to male infertility/subfertility. Additional follow-up studies of a large number of infertile men of different ethnic backgrounds are needed to confirm such a susceptibility.
Published: 2014
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3. Chromosomal Abnormalities in Early Pregnancy Losses: A Study of 900 Samples

Author: Bozhinovski Gj, Terzikj M, Kubelka-Sabit K, Jasar Dz, Lazarevski S, Livrinova V, and Plaseska-Karanfilska D
Subjects: chromosomal abnormality, early pregnancy loss (epl), qf-pcr, mlpa, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Chromosomal abnormalities are the most common causes of early pregnancy losses (EPLs). In this study, we aimed to evaluate the incidence and spectrum of chromosomal abnormalities in EPLs and correlate them with different clinical characteristics. We performed Quantitative Fluorescent PCR (QF-PCR), followed by subtelomeric Multiplex Ligation Probe Amplification (MLPA) analysis to detect chromosomal abnormalities in 900 products of conceptions (POCs) from EPLs collected over a period of 10 years.
Published: 2024
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4. Two Brothers from Macedonia with Gitelman Syndrome

Author: Janchevska A, Tasic V, Jordanova O, Gucev Z, Jenkins L, Jovanovska N, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Ashton E, and Bockenhauer D
Subjects: gitelman syndrome, hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, hypocalciuria, slc12a3, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Gitelman syndrome (GS) is a rare renal tubulopathy with an autosomal recessive mode of inheritance, caused by biallelic pathogenic variants in the SLC12A3 gene. The clinical features may overlap with other disorders, such as Bartter syndrome type 3, HNF1B nephropathy or even mitochondrial disease, but can be distinguished by molecular genetic analysis.
Published: 2023
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5. Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome DUE to Non-Coding Variation in the Androgen Receptor Gene: Review of the Literature and Case Report of a Patient with Mosaic c.-547C>T Variant

Author: Noveski P, Plaseski T, Dimitrovska M, and Plaseska-Karanfilska D
Subjects: androgen insensitivity syndrome (ais), 5′utr variant, upstream open reading frames (uorfs), non-coding variation, mosaicism, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Sexual development (SD) is a complex process with strict spatiotemporal regulation of gene expression. Despite advancements in molecular diagnostics, disorders of sexual development (DSD) have a diagnostic rate of ~50%. Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS) represents the most common form of 46,XY DSD, with a spectrum of defects in androgen action. Considering the importance of very strict regulation of the SD, it is reasonable to assume that the genetic cause for proportion of the DSD lies in the non-coding part of the genome that regulates proper gene functioning. Here we present a patient with partial AIS (PAIS) due to a mosaic de novo c.-547C>T pathogenic variant in the 5′UTR of androgen receptor (AR) gene. The same mutation was previously described as inherited, in two unrelated patients with complete AIS (CAIS). Thus, our case further confirms the previous findings that variable gene expressivity could be attributed to mosaicism. Mutations in 5′UTR could create new upstream open reading frames (uORFs) or could disrupt the existing one. A recent systematic genome-wide study identified AR as a member of a subset of genes where modifications of uORFs represents an important disease mechanism. Only a small number of studies are reporting non-coding mutations in the AR gene and our case emphasizes the importance of molecular testing of the entire AR locus in AIS patients. The introduction of new methods for comprehensive molecular testing in routine genetic diagnosis, accompanied with new tools for in sillico analysis could improve the genetic diagnosis of AIS, and DSD in general.
Published: 2023
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6. de novo TINF2 C.845G>A: Pathogenic Variant in Patient with Dyskeratosis Congenita

Author: Kocheva SA, Gjorgjievska M, Martinova K, Antevska-Trajkova Z, Jovanovska A, and Plaseska-Karanfilska D
Subjects: tinf2 gene mutation, aplastic anemia, dc, Genetics, QH426-470
Abstract: Dyskeratosis congenita (DC) is a clinically and genetically heterogeneous, multisystem inherited syndrome with a very high risk for bone marrow failure (BMF) and cancer predisposition. The classical clinical form of DC is characterized by abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy, and oral leukoplakia. Bone marrow failure is considered to be an important and major complication of DC and the leading cause of death which develops in around 85% of cases. A number of genes involved in telomere maintenance are associated with DC, such as genes that encode the components of the telomerase complex (TERT, DKC1, TERC, NOP10, and NHP2), T-loop assembly protein (RTEL1), telomere capping (CTC1), telomere shelterin complex (TINF2), and telomerase trafficking protein (TCAB1). Mutations in TINF2 have been reported in 11–20% of all patients with DC and have been associated with bone marrow failure. Here we report on a 19-month old boy with very early presentation of bone marrow failure as a first clinical manifestation of DC. Upon first admission, the patient presented with thrombocytopenia and macrocytic anemia. Soon after, his blood counts deteriorated with the development of pancytopenia and aplastic anemia. Four months later, he developed nail dystrophy and skin hyperpigmentation. A de novo heterozygous pathogenic variant c.845G>A, p.(Arg282His) was located in exon 6 of TINF2 gene and was identified via clinical exome sequencing. The findings confirmed the diagnosis of DC. This is the first case with DC due to TINF2 pathogenic variant reported in North Macedonia.
Published: 2022
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7. ANXA5and VEGFAGene Variants in Women with Early Pregnancy Losses from North Macedonia

Author: Terzikj, M, Bozhinovski, Gj, Branoski, A, Dimkovska, M, Kubelka-Sabit, K, and Plaseska-Karanfilska, D
Abstract: Early pregnancy loss (EPL) is the most common pregnancy complication, found in approximately 15% of all clinically recognized pregnancy complications. Up to date, various maternal as well as fetal factors are reported as a cause of EPLs. However, in approximately 50% of EPL cases, the exact cause is not clearly identified and these cases are referred as idiopathic.
Published: 2024
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8. Chromosomal Abnormalities in Early Pregnancy Losses: A Study of 900 Samples

Author: Bozhinovski, Gj, primary, Terzikj, M, additional, Kubelka-Sabit, K, additional, Jasar, Dz, additional, Lazarevski, S, additional, Livrinova, V, additional, and Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, additional
Published: 2023
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9. Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes

Author: Ahearn, TU, Zhang, H, Michailidou, K, Milne, RL, Bolla, MK, Dennis, J, Dunning, AM, Lush, M, Wang, Q, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Auer, PL, Augustinsson, A, Baten, A, Becher, H, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brooks-Wilson, A, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Buys, SS, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Collee, JM, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Floris, G, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Alnaes, GIG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, BAM, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kauppila, S, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Kruger, U, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Kyriacou, K, Lambrechts, D, Lee, DG, Lindblom, A, Linet, M, Lissowska, J, Llaneza, A, Lo, W-Y, MacInnis, RJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, McLean, C, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nodora, J, Offit, K, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peto, J, Pita, G, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prentice, R, Punie, K, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Romero, A, Ruediger, T, Saloustros, E, Sampson, S, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Schottker, B, Sherman, ME, Shu, X-O, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Vachon, CM, van Deurzen, CHM, van Veen, EM, Wagner, P, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Wesseling, J, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Zheng, W, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Kraft, P, Easton, DF, Pharoah, PDP, Schmidt, MK, Garcia-Closas, M, Chatterjee, N, Ahearn, TU, Zhang, H, Michailidou, K, Milne, RL, Bolla, MK, Dennis, J, Dunning, AM, Lush, M, Wang, Q, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Auer, PL, Augustinsson, A, Baten, A, Becher, H, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brooks-Wilson, A, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Buys, SS, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Collee, JM, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Floris, G, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Alnaes, GIG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, BAM, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kauppila, S, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Kruger, U, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Kyriacou, K, Lambrechts, D, Lee, DG, Lindblom, A, Linet, M, Lissowska, J, Llaneza, A, Lo, W-Y, MacInnis, RJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, McLean, C, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nodora, J, Offit, K, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peto, J, Pita, G, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prentice, R, Punie, K, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Romero, A, Ruediger, T, Saloustros, E, Sampson, S, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Schottker, B, Sherman, ME, Shu, X-O, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Vachon, CM, van Deurzen, CHM, van Veen, EM, Wagner, P, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Wesseling, J, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Zheng, W, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Kraft, P, Easton, DF, Pharoah, PDP, Schmidt, MK, Garcia-Closas, M, and Chatterjee, N
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple common breast cancer susceptibility variants. Many of these variants have differential associations by estrogen receptor (ER) status, but how these variants relate with other tumor features and intrinsic molecular subtypes is unclear. METHODS: Among 106,571 invasive breast cancer cases and 95,762 controls of European ancestry with data on 173 breast cancer variants identified in previous GWAS, we used novel two-stage polytomous logistic regression models to evaluate variants in relation to multiple tumor features (ER, progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and grade) adjusting for each other, and to intrinsic-like subtypes. RESULTS: Eighty-five of 173 variants were associated with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate < 5%), most commonly ER and grade, followed by PR and HER2. Models for intrinsic-like subtypes found nearly all of these variants (83 of 85) associated at p < 0.05 with risk for at least one luminal-like subtype, and approximately half (41 of 85) of the variants were associated with risk of at least one non-luminal subtype, including 32 variants associated with triple-negative (TN) disease. Ten variants were associated with risk of all subtypes in different magnitude. Five variants were associated with risk of luminal A-like and TN subtypes in opposite directions. CONCLUSION: This report demonstrates a high level of complexity in the etiology heterogeneity of breast cancer susceptibility variants and can inform investigations of subtype-specific risk prediction.
Published: 2022

10. Rare germline copy number variants (CNVs) and breast cancer risk

Author: Dennis, J, Tyrer, JP, Walker, LC, Michailidou, K, Dorling, L, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Freeman, LEB, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Brenner, H, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Collee, JM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Dossus, L, Eliassen, AH, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hollestelle, A, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Johnson, N, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Kosma, V-M, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Larson, NL, Linet, M, Ogrodniczak, A, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Mavroudis, D, Milne, RL, Muranen, TA, Murphy, RA, Nevanlinna, H, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Park-Simon, T-W, Perou, CM, Peterlongo, P, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pylkas, K, Rennert, G, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Shibli, R, Smeets, A, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Taylor, JA, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Tomlinson, I, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, Wendt, C, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Simard, J, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Dennis, J, Tyrer, JP, Walker, LC, Michailidou, K, Dorling, L, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Freeman, LEB, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Brenner, H, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Collee, JM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Dossus, L, Eliassen, AH, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hollestelle, A, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Johnson, N, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Kosma, V-M, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Larson, NL, Linet, M, Ogrodniczak, A, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Mavroudis, D, Milne, RL, Muranen, TA, Murphy, RA, Nevanlinna, H, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Park-Simon, T-W, Perou, CM, Peterlongo, P, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pylkas, K, Rennert, G, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Shibli, R, Smeets, A, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Taylor, JA, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Tomlinson, I, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, Wendt, C, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Simard, J, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, and Easton, DF
Abstract: Germline copy number variants (CNVs) are pervasive in the human genome but potential disease associations with rare CNVs have not been comprehensively assessed in large datasets. We analysed rare CNVs in genes and non-coding regions for 86,788 breast cancer cases and 76,122 controls of European ancestry with genome-wide array data. Gene burden tests detected the strongest association for deletions in BRCA1 (P = 3.7E-18). Nine other genes were associated with a p-value < 0.01 including known susceptibility genes CHEK2 (P = 0.0008), ATM (P = 0.002) and BRCA2 (P = 0.008). Outside the known genes we detected associations with p-values < 0.001 for either overall or subtype-specific breast cancer at nine deletion regions and four duplication regions. Three of the deletion regions were in established common susceptibility loci. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first genome-wide analysis of rare CNVs in a large breast cancer case-control dataset. We detected associations with exonic deletions in established breast cancer susceptibility genes. We also detected suggestive associations with non-coding CNVs in known and novel loci with large effects sizes. Larger sample sizes will be required to reach robust levels of statistical significance.
Published: 2022

11. Physical activity, sedentary time and breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomisation study

Author: Dixon-Suen, SC, Lewis, SJ, Martin, RM, English, DR, Boyle, T, Giles, GG, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Lush, M, Ahearn, TU, Ambrosone, CB, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Auvinen, P, Beane Freeman, LE, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bermisheva, M, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brenner, H, Bruening, T, Buys, SS, Camp, NJ, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Cessna, MH, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Clarke, CL, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Eliassen, AH, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Goldberg, MS, Guenel, P, Guendert, M, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Haeberle, L, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hart, SN, Harvie, M, Hillemanns, P, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoppe, R, Hopper, J, Howell, A, Hunter, DJ, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Keeman, R, Kitahara, CM, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Loibl, S, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, Menon, U, Mulligan, AM, Murphy, RA, Nevanlinna, H, Nevelsteen, I, Newman, WG, Offit, K, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Patel, A, Peto, J, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rees-Punia, E, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Schwentner, L, Scott, C, Shah, M, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Southey, MC, Stone, J, Surowy, H, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Terry, MB, Tollenaar, RAEM, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, Joseph, V, Wappenschmidt, B, Weinberg, CR, Wolk, A, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Milne, RL, Lynch, BM, Dixon-Suen, SC, Lewis, SJ, Martin, RM, English, DR, Boyle, T, Giles, GG, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Lush, M, Ahearn, TU, Ambrosone, CB, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Auvinen, P, Beane Freeman, LE, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bermisheva, M, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brenner, H, Bruening, T, Buys, SS, Camp, NJ, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Cessna, MH, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Clarke, CL, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Eliassen, AH, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Goldberg, MS, Guenel, P, Guendert, M, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Haeberle, L, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hart, SN, Harvie, M, Hillemanns, P, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoppe, R, Hopper, J, Howell, A, Hunter, DJ, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Keeman, R, Kitahara, CM, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Loibl, S, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, Menon, U, Mulligan, AM, Murphy, RA, Nevanlinna, H, Nevelsteen, I, Newman, WG, Offit, K, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Patel, A, Peto, J, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rees-Punia, E, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Schwentner, L, Scott, C, Shah, M, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Southey, MC, Stone, J, Surowy, H, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Terry, MB, Tollenaar, RAEM, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, Joseph, V, Wappenschmidt, B, Weinberg, CR, Wolk, A, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Milne, RL, and Lynch, BM
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are associated with higher breast cancer risk in observational studies, but ascribing causality is difficult. Mendelian randomisation (MR) assesses causality by simulating randomised trial groups using genotype. We assessed whether lifelong physical activity or sedentary time, assessed using genotype, may be causally associated with breast cancer risk overall, pre/post-menopause, and by case-groups defined by tumour characteristics. METHODS: We performed two-sample inverse-variance-weighted MR using individual-level Breast Cancer Association Consortium case-control data from 130 957 European-ancestry women (69 838 invasive cases), and published UK Biobank data (n=91 105-377 234). Genetic instruments were single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated in UK Biobank with wrist-worn accelerometer-measured overall physical activity (nsnps=5) or sedentary time (nsnps=6), or accelerometer-measured (nsnps=1) or self-reported (nsnps=5) vigorous physical activity. RESULTS: Greater genetically-predicted overall activity was associated with lower breast cancer overall risk (OR=0.59; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.42 to 0.83 per-standard deviation (SD;~8 milligravities acceleration)) and for most case-groups. Genetically-predicted vigorous activity was associated with lower risk of pre/perimenopausal breast cancer (OR=0.62; 95% CI 0.45 to 0.87,≥3 vs. 0 self-reported days/week), with consistent estimates for most case-groups. Greater genetically-predicted sedentary time was associated with higher hormone-receptor-negative tumour risk (OR=1.77; 95% CI 1.07 to 2.92 per-SD (~7% time spent sedentary)), with elevated estimates for most case-groups. Results were robust to sensitivity analyses examining pleiotropy (including weighted-median-MR, MR-Egger). CONCLUSION: Our study provides strong evidence that greater overall physical activity, greater vigorous activity, and lower sedentary time are likely to reduce breast cancer r
Published: 2022

12. Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes

Author: Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Zhang, H. (Haoyu), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Dennis, J. (Joe), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Lush, M. (Michael), Wang, Q. (Qin), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Auer, P. L. (Paul L.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Baten, A. (Adinda), Becher, H. (Heiko), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Borresen-Dale, A.-L. (Anne-Lise), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brooks-Wilson, A. (Angela), Bruening, T. (Thomas), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Buys, S. S. (Saundra S.), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Collee, J. M. (J. Margriet), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Dork, T. (Thilo), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Floris, G. (Giuseppe), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Gapstur, S. M. (Susan M.), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Alnaes, G. I. (Grethe I. Grenaker), Grip, M. (Mervi), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Harkness, E. F. (Elaine F.), Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B. A. (Bernadette A. M.), Holleczek, B. (Bernd), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hoover, R. N. (Robert N.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), Jakimovska, M. (Milena), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kauppila, S. (Saila), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Ko, Y.-D. (Yon-Dschun), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kruger, U. (Ute), Kubelka-Sabit, K. (Katerina), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Kyriacou, K. (Kyriacos), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Lee, D. G. (Derrick G.), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Linet, M. (Martha), Lissowska, J. (Jolanta), Llaneza, A. (Ana), Lo, W.-Y. (Wing-Yee), MacInnis, R. J. (Robert J.), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Margolin, S. (Sara), Martinez, M. E. (Maria Elena), McLean, C. (Catriona), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Menon, U. (Usha), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nodora, J. (Jesse), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Orr, N. (Nick), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Patel, A. V. (Alpa, V), Peto, J. (Julian), Pita, G. (Guillermo), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Prentice, R. (Ross), Punie, K. (Kevin), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Radice, P. (Paolo), Rennert, G. (Gad), Romero, A. (Atocha), Ruediger, T. (Thomas), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sampson, S. (Sarah), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Schottker, B. (Ben), Sherman, M. E. (Mark E.), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Smichkoska, S. (Snezhana), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Spinelli, J. J. (John J.), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Torres, D. (Diana), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van Deurzen, C. H. (Carolien H. M.), van Veen, E. M. (Elke M.), Wagner, P. (Philippe), Weinberg, C. R. (Clarice R.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Wesseling, J. (Jelle), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Yang, X. R. (Xiaohong R.), Zheng, W. (Wei), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Simard, J. (Jacques), Kraft, P. (Peter), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Chatterjee, N. (Nilanjan), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Zhang, H. (Haoyu), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Dennis, J. (Joe), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Lush, M. (Michael), Wang, Q. (Qin), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Auer, P. L. (Paul L.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Baten, A. (Adinda), Becher, H. (Heiko), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Borresen-Dale, A.-L. (Anne-Lise), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brooks-Wilson, A. (Angela), Bruening, T. (Thomas), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Buys, S. S. (Saundra S.), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Collee, J. M. (J. Margriet), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Dork, T. (Thilo), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Floris, G. (Giuseppe), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Gapstur, S. M. (Susan M.), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Alnaes, G. I. (Grethe I. Grenaker), Grip, M. (Mervi), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Harkness, E. F. (Elaine F.), Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B. A. (Bernadette A. M.), Holleczek, B. (Bernd), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hoover, R. N. (Robert N.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), Jakimovska, M. (Milena), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kauppila, S. (Saila), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Ko, Y.-D. (Yon-Dschun), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kruger, U. (Ute), Kubelka-Sabit, K. (Katerina), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Kyriacou, K. (Kyriacos), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Lee, D. G. (Derrick G.), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Linet, M. (Martha), Lissowska, J. (Jolanta), Llaneza, A. (Ana), Lo, W.-Y. (Wing-Yee), MacInnis, R. J. (Robert J.), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Margolin, S. (Sara), Martinez, M. E. (Maria Elena), McLean, C. (Catriona), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Menon, U. (Usha), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nodora, J. (Jesse), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Orr, N. (Nick), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Patel, A. V. (Alpa, V), Peto, J. (Julian), Pita, G. (Guillermo), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Prentice, R. (Ross), Punie, K. (Kevin), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Radice, P. (Paolo), Rennert, G. (Gad), Romero, A. (Atocha), Ruediger, T. (Thomas), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sampson, S. (Sarah), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Schottker, B. (Ben), Sherman, M. E. (Mark E.), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Smichkoska, S. (Snezhana), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Spinelli, J. J. (John J.), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Torres, D. (Diana), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van Deurzen, C. H. (Carolien H. M.), van Veen, E. M. (Elke M.), Wagner, P. (Philippe), Weinberg, C. R. (Clarice R.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Wesseling, J. (Jelle), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Yang, X. R. (Xiaohong R.), Zheng, W. (Wei), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Simard, J. (Jacques), Kraft, P. (Peter), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), and Chatterjee, N. (Nilanjan)
Abstract: Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple common breast cancer susceptibility variants. Many of these variants have differential associations by estrogen receptor (ER) status, but how these variants relate with other tumor features and intrinsic molecular subtypes is unclear. Methods: Among 106,571 invasive breast cancer cases and 95,762 controls of European ancestry with data on 173 breast cancer variants identified in previous GWAS, we used novel two-stage polytomous logistic regression models to evaluate variants in relation to multiple tumor features (ER, progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and grade) adjusting for each other, and to intrinsic-like subtypes. Results: Eighty-five of 173 variants were associated with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate < 5%), most commonly ER and grade, followed by PR and HER2. Models for intrinsic-like subtypes found nearly all of these variants (83 of 85) associated at p < 0.05 with risk for at least one luminal-like subtype, and approximately half (41 of 85) of the variants were associated with risk of at least one non-luminal subtype, including 32 variants associated with triple-negative (TN) disease. Ten variants were associated with risk of all subtypes in different magnitude. Five variants were associated with risk of luminal A-like and TN subtypes in opposite directions. Conclusion: This report demonstrates a high level of complexity in the etiology heterogeneity of breast cancer susceptibility variants and can inform investigations of subtype-specific risk prediction.
Published: 2022

13. Rare germline copy number variants (CNVs) and breast cancer risk

Author: Dennis, J. (Joe), Tyrer, J. P. (Jonathan P.), Walker, L. C. (Logan C.), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Dorling, L. (Leila), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Freeman, L. E. (Laura E. Beane), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia, V), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), N. C. (NBCS Collaborators), Collee, J. M. (J. Margriet), C. C. (CTS Consortium), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Devilee, P. (Peter), Dörk, T. (Thilo), Dossus, L. (Laure), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Fletcher, O. (Olivia), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Gabrielson, M. (Marike), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hall, P. (Per), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hoppe, R. (Reiner), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), A. I. (ABCTB Investigators), k. I. (kConFab/AOCS Investigators), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Johnson, N. (Nichola), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Ko, Y.-D. (Yon-Dschun), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kubelka-Sabit, K. (Katerina), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Lacey, J. V. (James, V), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Larson, N. L. (Nicole L.), Linet, M. (Martha), Ogrodniczak, A. (Alicja), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Murphy, R. A. (Rachel A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Olson, J. E. (Janet E.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Perou, C. M. (Charles M.), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Rennert, G. (Gad), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Shibli, R. (Rana), Smeets, A. (Ann), Soucy, P. (Penny), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Yang, X. R. (Xiaohong R.), Zheng, W. (Wei), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Simard, J. (Jacques), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Dennis, J. (Joe), Tyrer, J. P. (Jonathan P.), Walker, L. C. (Logan C.), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Dorling, L. (Leila), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Freeman, L. E. (Laura E. Beane), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia, V), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), N. C. (NBCS Collaborators), Collee, J. M. (J. Margriet), C. C. (CTS Consortium), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Devilee, P. (Peter), Dörk, T. (Thilo), Dossus, L. (Laure), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Fletcher, O. (Olivia), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Gabrielson, M. (Marike), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hall, P. (Per), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hoppe, R. (Reiner), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), A. I. (ABCTB Investigators), k. I. (kConFab/AOCS Investigators), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Johnson, N. (Nichola), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Ko, Y.-D. (Yon-Dschun), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kubelka-Sabit, K. (Katerina), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Lacey, J. V. (James, V), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Larson, N. L. (Nicole L.), Linet, M. (Martha), Ogrodniczak, A. (Alicja), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Murphy, R. A. (Rachel A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Olson, J. E. (Janet E.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Perou, C. M. (Charles M.), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Rennert, G. (Gad), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Shibli, R. (Rana), Smeets, A. (Ann), Soucy, P. (Penny), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Yang, X. R. (Xiaohong R.), Zheng, W. (Wei), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Simard, J. (Jacques), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), and Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.)
Abstract: Germline copy number variants (CNVs) are pervasive in the human genome but potential disease associations with rare CNVs have not been comprehensively assessed in large datasets. We analysed rare CNVs in genes and non-coding regions for 86,788 breast cancer cases and 76,122 controls of European ancestry with genome-wide array data. Gene burden tests detected the strongest association for deletions in BRCA1 (P = 3.7E-18). Nine other genes were associated with a p-value < 0.01 including known susceptibility genes CHEK2 (P = 0.0008), ATM (P = 0.002) and BRCA2 (P = 0.008). Outside the known genes we detected associations with p-values < 0.001 for either overall or subtype-specific breast cancer at nine deletion regions and four duplication regions. Three of the deletion regions were in established common susceptibility loci. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first genome-wide analysis of rare CNVs in a large breast cancer case-control dataset. We detected associations with exonic deletions in established breast cancer susceptibility genes. We also detected suggestive associations with non-coding CNVs in known and novel loci with large effects sizes. Larger sample sizes will be required to reach robust levels of statistical significance.
Published: 2022

14. de novo TINF2 C.845G>A: Pathogenic Variant in Patient with Dyskeratosis Congenita

Author: Kocheva, SA, primary, Gjorgjievska, M, additional, Martinova, K, additional, Antevska-Trajkova, Z, additional, Jovanovska, A, additional, and Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, additional
Published: 2021
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15. Functional annotation of the 2q35 breast cancer risk locus implicates a structural variant in influencing activity of a long-range enhancer element

Author: Baxter, J.S., Johnson, N., Tomczyk, K., Gillespie, A., Maguire, S., Brough, R., Fachal, L., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Ahearn, T.U., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N.N., Arndt, V., Aronson, K.J., Augustinsson, A., Becher, H., Beckmann, M.W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Brenner, H., Brucker, S.Y., Cai, Q.Y., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Castelao, J.E., Chan, T.L., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Choi, J.Y., Clarke, C.L., Collaborators, N., Colonna, S., Conroy, D.M., Couch, F.J., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., Devilee, P., Dork, T., Dossus, L., Dwek, M., Eccles, D.M., Ekici, A.B., Eliassen, A.H., Engel, C., Fasching, P.A., Figueroa, J., Flyger, H., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gao, C., Garcia-Closas, M., Garcia-Saenz, J.A., Ghoussaini, M., Giles, G.G., Goldberg, M.S., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Guenel, P., Gundert, M., Haeberle, L., Hahnen, E., Haiman, C.A., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Hartman, M., Hatse, S., Hauke, J., Hollestelle, A., Hoppe, R., Hopper, J.L., Hou, M.F., Ito, H., Iwasaki, M., Jager, A., Jakubowska, A., Janni, W., John, E.M., Joseph, V., Jung, A., Kaaks, R., Kang, D., Keeman, R., Khusnutdinova, E., Kim, S.W., Kosma, V.M., Kraft, P., Kristensen, V.N., Kubelka-Sabit, K., Kurian, A.W., Kwong, A., Lacey, J.V., Lambrechts, D., Larson, N.L., Larsson, S.C., Marchand, L. le, Lejbkowicz, F., Li, J.M., Long, J.R., Lophatananon, A., LubiNski, J., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Manoukian, S., Margolin, S., Matsuo, K., Mavroudis, D., Mayes, R., Menon, U., Milne, R.L., Taib, N.A.M., Muir, K., Muranen, T.A., Murphy, R.A., Nevanlinna, H., O'Brien, K.M., Offit, K., Olson, J.E., Olsson, H., Park, S.K., Park-Simon, T.W., Patel, A.V., Peterlongo, P., Peto, J., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Presneau, N., Pylkas, K., Rack, B., Rennert, G., Romero, A., Ruebner, M., Rudiger, T., Saloustros, E., Sandler, D.P., Sawyer, E.J., Schmidt, M.K., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneeweiss, A., Schoemaker, M.J., Shah, M., Shen, C.Y., Shu, X.O., Simard, J., Southey, M.C., Stone, J., Surowy, H., Swerdlow, A.J., Tamimi, R.M., Tapper, W.J., Taylor, J.A., Teo, S.H., Teras, L.R., Terry, M.B., Toland, A.E., Tomlinson, I., Truong, T., Tseng, C.C., Untch, M., Vachon, C.M., Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Wang, S.S., Weinberg, C.R., Wendt, C., Winham, S.J., Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Wu, A.H., Yamaji, T., Zheng, W., Ziogas, A., Pharoah, P.D.P., Dunning, A.M., Easton, D.F., Pettitt, S.J., Lord, C.J., Haider, S., Orr, N., Fletcher, O., kConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Medical Oncology, Clinical Genetics, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Biosciences, Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Basic medicine, breast cancer risk, 0302 clinical medicine, Transcription (biology), Risk Factors, WIDE ASSOCIATION, TRANSCRIPTION, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Genetics (clinical), Sequence Deletion, Genetics, Genetics & Heredity, 0303 health sciences, Chromosome Mapping, 3. Good health, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, Pair 2, Female, Medical Genetics, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Human, Tumor suppressor gene, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, In silico, 3122 Cancers, Locus (genetics), Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Chromosomes, Article, Cell Line, RNAS, Promoter Regions, 03 medical and health sciences, functional annotation, risk locus, CRISPR-Cas Systems, Genetic Association Studies, Genetic Variation, Humans, Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 5, Molecular Sequence Annotation, 11Q13, Genetic, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Enhancer, Transcription factor, 030304 developmental biology, Medicinsk genetik, Reporter gene, Science & Technology, IDENTIFICATION, Clinical medicine, Estrogen receptor alpha
Abstract: A combination of genetic and functional approaches has identified three independent breast cancer risk loci at 2q35. A recent fine-scale mapping analysis to refine these associations resulted in 1 (signal 1), 5 (signal 2), and 42 (signal 3) credible causal variants at these loci. We used publicly available in silico DNase I and ChIP-seq data with in vitro reporter gene and CRISPR assays to annotate signals 2 and 3. We identified putative regulatory elements that enhanced cell-type-specific transcription from the IGFBP5 promoter at both signals (30- to 40-fold increased expression by the putative regulatory element at signal 2, 2- to 3-fold by the putative regulatory element at signal 3). We further identified one of the five credible causal variants at signal 2, a 1.4 kb deletion (esv3594306), as the likely causal variant; the deletion allele of this variant was associated with an average additional increase in IGFBP5 expression of 1.3-fold (MCF-7) and 2.2-fold (T-47D). We propose a model in which the deletion allele of esv3594306 juxtaposes two transcription factor binding regions (annotated by estrogen receptor alpha ChIP-seq peaks) to generate a single extended regulatory element. This regulatory element increases cell-type-specific expression of the tumor suppressor gene IGFBP5 and, thereby, reduces risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% CI 0.74-0.81, p = 3.1 × 10-31). ispartof: AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS vol:108 issue:7 pages:1190-1203 ispartof: location:United States status: published
Published: 2021

16. Identification of six novel F9 mutations among haemophilia B patients from Macedonia and Bulgaria

Author: SUKAROVA STEFANOVSKA, E. P., BOZINOVSKI, G., TRAJKOVA-ANTEVSKA, Z., DEJANOVA-ILIJEVSKA, V., PETKOV, G., and PLASESKA-KARANFILSKA, D. A.
Published: 2015
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17. Two years of newborn screening for cystic fibrosis in North Macedonia: First experience

Author: Fustik, S, primary, Anastasovska, V, additional, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, additional, Stamatova, A, additional, Spirevska, L, additional, Pesevska, M, additional, Terzikj, M, additional, and Vujovic, M, additional
Published: 2021
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18. CYP3A7*1C allele:linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers

Author: Johnson, N. (Nichola), Maguire, S. (Sarah), Morra, A. (Anna), Kapoor, P. M. (Pooja Middha), Tomczyk, K. (Katarzyna), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Gilham, C. (Clare), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Dennis, J. (Joe), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Baynes, C. (Caroline), Freeman, L. E. (Laura E. Beane), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Boeckx, B. (Bram), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia V.), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Conroy, D. M. (Don M.), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Doerk, T. (Thilo), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Engel, C. (Christoph), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Floris, G. (Giuseppe), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Gapstur, S. M. (Susan M.), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hakansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Harrington, P. A. (Patricia A.), Hart, S. N. (Steven N.), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), Hunter, D. J. (David J.), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Linet, M. (Martha), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Martens, J. W. (John W. M.), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Mayes, R. (Rebecca), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Neuhausen, S. L. (Susan L.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nielsen, S. F. (Sune F.), Nordestgaard, B. G. (Borge G.), Obi, N. (Nadia), Olshan, A. F. (Andrew F.), Olson, J. E. (Janet E.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Orban, E. (Ester), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Pylkäs, K. (Katri), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rennert, H. S. (Hedy S.), Ruddy, K. J. (Kathryn J.), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Scott, C. (Christopher), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Simard, J. (Jacques), Smichkoska, S. (Snezhana), Sohn, C. (Christof), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Spinelli, J. J. (John J.), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Tollenaar, R. A. (Rob A. E. M.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van Veen, E. M. (Elke M.), Wang, S. S. (Sophia S.), Weinberg, C. R. (Clarice R.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Wildiers, H. (Hans), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Zheng, W. (Wei), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Howie, A. F. (A. Forbes), Peto, J. (Julian), dos-Santos-Silva, I. (Isabel), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Orr, N. (Nick), and Fletcher, O. (Olivia)
Abstract: Background: Epidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cancer. The aim of this analysis was to identify genetic variants that are associated with urinary sex-hormone levels and breast cancer risk. Methods: We carried out a genome-wide association study of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide levels in 560 premenopausal women, with additional analysis of progesterone levels in 298 premenopausal women. To test for the association with breast cancer risk, we carried out follow-up genotyping in 90,916 cases and 89,893 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. All women were of European ancestry. Results: For pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, there were no genome-wide significant associations; for oestrone-3-glucuronide, we identified a single peak mapping to the CYP3A locus, annotated by rs45446698. The minor rs45446698-C allele was associated with lower oestrone-3-glucuronide (−49.2%, 95% CI −56.1% to −41.1%, P = 3.1 × 10⁻¹⁸); in follow-up analyses, rs45446698-C was also associated with lower progesterone (−26.7%, 95% CI −39.4% to −11.6%, P = 0.001) and reduced risk of oestrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer (OR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.82–0.91, P = 6.9 × 10⁻¹⁸). Conclusions: The CYP3A7*1C allele is associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer possibly mediated via an effect on the metabolism of endogenous sex hormones in premenopausal women.
Published: 2021

19. Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk

Author: Park, HA, Neumeyer, S, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Baten, A, Beane Freeman, LE, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brucker, SY, Burwinkel, B, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Børresen-Dale, A-L, Grenaker Alnæs, GI, Sahlberg, KK, Ottestad, L, Kåresen, R, Schlichting, E, Holmen, MM, Sauer, T, Haakensen, V, Engebråten, O, Naume, B, Fosså, A, Kiserud, CE, Reinertsen, KV, Helland, Å, Riis, M, Geisler, J, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Dörk, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Eliassen, AH, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, García-Closas, M, García-Sáenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Glendon, G, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, González-Neira, A, Grip, M, Guénel, P, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Håkansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Han, S, Harkness, EF, Hart, SN, He, W, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, BAM, Hopper, JL, Hunter, DJ, Clarke, C, Marsh, D, Scott, R, Baxter, R, Yip, D, Carpenter, J, Davis, A, Pathmanathan, N, Simpson, P, Graham, D, Sachchithananthan, M, Amor, D, Andrews, L, Antill, Y, Balleine, R, Beesley, J, Bennett, I, Bogwitz, M, Botes, L, Brennan, M, Brown, M, Buckley, M, Burke, J, Butow, P, Caldon, L, Campbell, I, Chauhan, D, Chauhan, M, Christian, A, Cohen, P, Colley, A, Crook, A, Cui, J, Cummings, M, Dawson, S-J, DeFazio, A, Delatycki, M, Dickson, R, Dixon, J, Edkins, T, Edwards, S, Farshid, G, Fellows, A, Fenton, G, Field, M, Flanagan, J, Fong, P, Forrest, L, Fox, S, French, J, Friedlander, M, Gaff, C, Gattas, M, George, P, Greening, S, Harris, M, Hart, S, Hayward, N, Hopper, J, Hoskins, C, Hunt, C, James, P, Jenkins, M, Kidd, A, Kirk, J, Koehler, J, Kollias, J, Lakhani, S, Lawrence, M, Lindeman, G, Lipton, L, Lobb, L, Mann, G, McLachlan, SA, Meiser, B, Milne, R, Nightingale, S, O’Connell, S, O’Sullivan, S, Ortega, DG, Pachter, N, Patterson, B, Pearn, A, Phillips, K, Pieper, E, Rickard, E, Robinson, B, Saleh, M, Salisbury, E, Saunders, C, Saunus, J, Scott, C, Sexton, A, Shelling, A, Southey, M, Spurdle, A, Taylor, J, Taylor, R, Thorne, H, Trainer, A, Tucker, K, Visvader, J, Walker, L, Williams, R, Winship, I, Young, MA, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kapoor, PM, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Koppert, LB, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lo, W-Y, Lubiński, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Milne, RL, Muranen, TA, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nordestgaard, BG, Offit, K, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Park-Simon, T-W, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Schwentner, L, Shah, M, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Smeets, A, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stevens, V, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Terry, MB, Tomlinson, I, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, van Veen, EM, Vijai, J, Wang, S, Wendt, C, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Ziogas, A, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Zheng, W, Kraft, P, Chang-Claude, J, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Park, Hanla A. [0000-0001-8055-3729], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Augustinsson, Annelie [0000-0003-3415-0536], Brenner, Hermann [0000-0002-6129-1572], Canzian, Federico [0000-0002-4261-4583], Cox, Angela [0000-0002-5138-1099], Devilee, Peter [0000-0002-8023-2009], Fasching, Peter A. [0000-0003-4885-8471], Harkness, Elaine F. [0000-0001-6625-7739], Hart, Steven N. [0000-0001-7714-2734], Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette A. M. [0000-0002-9724-6693], Jakubowska, Anna [0000-0002-5650-0501], Kapoor, Pooja Middha [0000-0001-5503-8215], Kurian, Allison W. [0000-0002-6175-9470], Newman, William G. [0000-0002-6382-4678], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Peto, Julian [0000-0002-1685-8912], Sawyer, Elinor J. [0000-0001-8285-4111], Scott, Christopher [0000-0003-1340-0647], Smeets, Ann [0000-0002-5091-6602], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], Truong, Thérèse [0000-0002-2943-6786], Pharoah, Paul D. P. [0000-0001-8494-732X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Medicin och hälsovetenskap, Cancer Research, Genotyping Techniques, Breast Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Cigarette Smoking, Female, Genetic Pleiotropy, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, ALCOHOL, Medical and Health Sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Pleiotropy, Epidemiology, Medicine, TOBACCO, Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology, Cigarette Smoking/adverse effects, WOMEN, ASSOCIATION, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, Substance abuse, 692/699/67/1347, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, 692/499, medicine.medical_specialty, 3122 Cancers, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, ddc:610, Polymorphism, Genetic association, Science & Technology, business.industry, Cancer, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Clinical research, Risk factors, TISSUE, INFERENCE, CIGARETTE-SMOKING, business
Abstract: Background Despite a modest association between tobacco smoking and breast cancer risk reported by recent epidemiological studies, it is still equivocal whether smoking is causally related to breast cancer risk. Methods We applied Mendelian randomisation (MR) to evaluate a potential causal effect of cigarette smoking on breast cancer risk. Both individual-level data as well as summary statistics for 164 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) reported in genome-wide association studies of lifetime smoking index (LSI) or cigarette per day (CPD) were used to obtain MR effect estimates. Data from 108,420 invasive breast cancer cases and 87,681 controls were used for the LSI analysis and for the CPD analysis conducted among ever-smokers from 26,147 cancer cases and 26,072 controls. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to address pleiotropy. Results Genetically predicted LSI was associated with increased breast cancer risk (OR 1.18 per SD, 95% CI: 1.07–1.30, P = 0.11 × 10–2), but there was no evidence of association for genetically predicted CPD (OR 1.02, 95% CI: 0.78–1.19, P = 0.85). The sensitivity analyses yielded similar results and showed no strong evidence of pleiotropic effect. Conclusion Our MR study provides supportive evidence for a potential causal association with breast cancer risk for lifetime smoking exposure but not cigarettes per day among smokers.
Published: 2021

20. Breast cancer risk factors and survival by tumor subtype: Pooled analyses from the breast cancer association consortium.

Author: Morra A., Jung A.Y., Behrens S., Keeman R., Ahearn T.U., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Augustinsson A., Auvinen P.K., Beane Freeman L.E., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Blomqvist C., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brenner H., Briceno I., Brucker S.Y., Camp N.J., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Dork T., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Easton D.F., Eccles D.M., Egan K.M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Grip M., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Han S.N., Hart S.N., Hartman M., Heyworth J.S., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Hunter D.J., Ito H., Jager A., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kapoor P.M., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lubi-Nski J., Lush M., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Mariapun S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Milne R.L., Muranen T.A., Newman W.G., Noh D.-Y., Nordestgaard B.G., Obi N., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Petridis C., Pharoah P.D.P., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Romero A., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schneeweiss A., Schwentner L., Scott C., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Southey M.C., Stram D.O., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Torres D., Troester M.A., Therese Truong, Vachon C.M., Wang Q., Wang S.S., Williams J.A., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yoo K.-Y., Yu J.-C., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Yang X.R., Eliassen A.H., Holmes M.D., Garcia-Closas M., Teo S.H., Schmidt M.K., Chang-Claude J., Morra A., Jung A.Y., Behrens S., Keeman R., Ahearn T.U., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Augustinsson A., Auvinen P.K., Beane Freeman L.E., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Blomqvist C., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brenner H., Briceno I., Brucker S.Y., Camp N.J., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Dork T., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Easton D.F., Eccles D.M., Egan K.M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Grip M., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Han S.N., Hart S.N., Hartman M., Heyworth J.S., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Hunter D.J., Ito H., Jager A., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kapoor P.M., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lubi-Nski J., Lush M., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Mariapun S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Milne R.L., Muranen T.A., Newman W.G., Noh D.-Y., Nordestgaard B.G., Obi N., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Petridis C., Pharoah P.D.P., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Romero A., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schneeweiss A., Schwentner L., Scott C., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Southey M.C., Stram D.O., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Torres D., Troester M.A., Therese Truong, Vachon C.M., Wang Q., Wang S.S., Williams J.A., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yoo K.-Y., Yu J.-C., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Yang X.R., Eliassen A.H., Holmes M.D., Garcia-Closas M., Teo S.H., Schmidt M.K., and Chang-Claude J.
Abstract: Background: It is not known whether modifiable lifestyle factors that predict survival after invasive breast cancer differ by subtype. Method(s): We analyzed data for 121,435 women diagnosed with breast cancer from 67 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium with 16,890 deaths (8,554 breast cancer specific) over 10 years. Cox regression was used to estimate associations between risk factors and 10-year all-cause mortality and breast cancer. specific mortality overall, by estrogen receptor (ER) status, and by intrinsic-like subtype. Result(s): There was no evidence of heterogeneous associations between risk factors and mortality by subtype (Padj > 0.30). The strongest associations were between all-cause mortality and BMI >=30 versus 18.5.25 kg/m2 [HR (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19 (1.06-1.34)]; current versus never smoking [1.37 (1.27-1.47)], high versus low physical activity [0.43 (0.21-0.86)], age >=30 years versus <20 years at first pregnancy [0.79 (0.72-0.86)]; >0.<5 years versus >=10 years since last full-term birth [1.31 (1.11-1.55)]; ever versus never use of oral contraceptives [0.91 (0.87-0.96)]; ever versus never use of menopausal hormone therapy, including current estrogen.progestin therapy [0.61 (0.54.0.69)]. Similar associations with breast cancer mortality were weaker; for example, 1.11 (1.02-1.21) for current versus never smoking. Conclusion(s): We confirm associations between modifiable lifestyle factors and 10-year all-cause mortality. There was no strong evidence that associations differed by ER status or intrinsic-like subtype. Impact: Given the large dataset and lack of evidence that associations between modifiable risk factors and 10-year mortality differed by subtype, these associations could be cautiously used in prognostication models to inform patient-centered care.Copyright © 2021 American Association for Cancer Research.
Published: 2021

21. Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk.

Author: Park H.A., Neumeyer S., Michailidou K., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Baten A., Beane Freeman L.E., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Burwinkel B., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Grenaker Alnaes G.I., Sahlberg K.K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C.E., Reinertsen K.V., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Glendon G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Grip M., Guenel P., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Han S., Harkness E.F., Hart S.N., He W., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Hopper J.L., Hunter D.J., Clarke C., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Graham D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Chenevix-Trench G., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., DeFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., Marsh D., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Milne R., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Scott R., Sexton A., Shelling A., Simpson P., Southey M., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., Young M.A., Jager A., Jakubowska A., John E.M., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kapoor P.M., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kitahara C.M., Koppert L.B., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Lacey J., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Lo W.-Y., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Martinez M.E., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Muranen T.A., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Nordestgaard B.G., Offit K., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Radice P., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Romero A., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schoemaker M.J., Schwentner L., Scott C., Shah M., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Smeets A., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stevens V., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Terry M.B., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Truong T., Vachon C.M., van Veen E.M., Vijai J., Wang S., Wendt C., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Ziogas A., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Zheng W., Kraft P., Chang-Claude J., Park H.A., Neumeyer S., Michailidou K., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Baten A., Beane Freeman L.E., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Burwinkel B., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Grenaker Alnaes G.I., Sahlberg K.K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C.E., Reinertsen K.V., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Glendon G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Grip M., Guenel P., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Han S., Harkness E.F., Hart S.N., He W., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Hopper J.L., Hunter D.J., Clarke C., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Graham D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Chenevix-Trench G., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., DeFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., Marsh D., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Milne R., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Scott R., Sexton A., Shelling A., Simpson P., Southey M., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., Young M.A., Jager A., Jakubowska A., John E.M., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kapoor P.M., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kitahara C.M., Koppert L.B., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Lacey J., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Lo W.-Y., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Martinez M.E., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Muranen T.A., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Nordestgaard B.G., Offit K., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Radice P., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Romero A., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schoemaker M.J., Schwentner L., Scott C., Shah M., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Smeets A., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stevens V., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Terry M.B., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Truong T., Vachon C.M., van Veen E.M., Vijai J., Wang S., Wendt C., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Ziogas A., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Zheng W., Kraft P., and Chang-Claude J.
Abstract: Background: Despite a modest association between tobacco smoking and breast cancer risk reported by recent epidemiological studies, it is still equivocal whether smoking is causally related to breast cancer risk. Method(s): We applied Mendelian randomisation (MR) to evaluate a potential causal effect of cigarette smoking on breast cancer risk. Both individual-level data as well as summary statistics for 164 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) reported in genome-wide association studies of lifetime smoking index (LSI) or cigarette per day (CPD) were used to obtain MR effect estimates. Data from 108,420 invasive breast cancer cases and 87,681 controls were used for the LSI analysis and for the CPD analysis conducted among ever-smokers from 26,147 cancer cases and 26,072 controls. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to address pleiotropy. Result(s): Genetically predicted LSI was associated with increased breast cancer risk (OR 1.18 per SD, 95% CI: 1.07-1.30, P = 0.11 x 10-2), but there was no evidence of association for genetically predicted CPD (OR 1.02, 95% CI: 0.78-1.19, P = 0.85). The sensitivity analyses yielded similar results and showed no strong evidence of pleiotropic effect. Conclusion(s): Our MR study provides supportive evidence for a potential causal association with breast cancer risk for lifetime smoking exposure but not cigarettes per day among smokers.Copyright © 2021, The Author(s).
Published: 2021

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

Author: Baxter J.S., Johnson N., Tomczyk K., Gillespie A., Maguire S., Brough R., Fachal L., Michailidou K., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Cai Q., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Colonna S., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., Dossus L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Ghoussaini M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Guenel P., Gundert M., Haeberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hatse S., Hauke J., Hollestelle A., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jager A., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Joseph V., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kang D., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kosma V.-M., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kubelka-Sabit K., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Larson N.L., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Lejbkowicz F., Li J., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Muranen T.A., Murphy R.A., Nevanlinna H., O'Brien K.M., Offit K., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Patel A.V., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Rack B., Rennert G., Romero A., Ruebner M., Rudiger T., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Southey M.C., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teo S.H., Teras L.R., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tomlinson I., Truong T., Tseng C.-C., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van den Ouweland A.M.W., Wang S.S., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Winham S.J., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yamaji T., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Pharoah P.D.P., Dunning A.M., Easton D.F., Pettitt S.J., Lord C.J., Haider S., Orr N., Fletcher O., Baxter J.S., Johnson N., Tomczyk K., Gillespie A., Maguire S., Brough R., Fachal L., Michailidou K., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Cai Q., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Colonna S., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., Dossus L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Ghoussaini M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Guenel P., Gundert M., Haeberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hatse S., Hauke J., Hollestelle A., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jager A., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Joseph V., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kang D., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kosma V.-M., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kubelka-Sabit K., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Larson N.L., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Lejbkowicz F., Li J., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Muranen T.A., Murphy R.A., Nevanlinna H., O'Brien K.M., Offit K., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Patel A.V., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Rack B., Rennert G., Romero A., Ruebner M., Rudiger T., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Southey M.C., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teo S.H., Teras L.R., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tomlinson I., Truong T., Tseng C.-C., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van den Ouweland A.M.W., Wang S.S., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Winham S.J., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yamaji T., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Pharoah P.D.P., Dunning A.M., Easton D.F., Pettitt S.J., Lord C.J., Haider S., Orr N., and Fletcher O.
Abstract: A combination of genetic and functional approaches has identified three independent breast cancer risk loci at 2q35. A recent fine-scale mapping analysis to refine these associations resulted in 1 (signal 1), 5 (signal 2), and 42 (signal 3) credible causal variants at these loci. We used publicly available in silico DNase I and ChIP-seq data with in vitro reporter gene and CRISPR assays to annotate signals 2 and 3. We identified putative regulatory elements that enhanced cell-type-specific transcription from the IGFBP5 promoter at both signals (30- to 40-fold increased expression by the putative regulatory element at signal 2, 2- to 3-fold by the putative regulatory element at signal 3). We further identified one of the five credible causal variants at signal 2, a 1.4 kb deletion (esv3594306), as the likely causal variant; the deletion allele of this variant was associated with an average additional increase in IGFBP5 expression of 1.3-fold (MCF-7) and 2.2-fold (T-47D). We propose a model in which the deletion allele of esv3594306 juxtaposes two transcription factor binding regions (annotated by estrogen receptor alpha ChIP-seq peaks) to generate a single extended regulatory element. This regulatory element increases cell-type-specific expression of the tumor suppressor gene IGFBP5 and, thereby, reduces risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% CI 0.74-0.81, p = 3.1 x 10-31).Copyright © 2021 The Authors
Published: 2021

23. CYP3A7*1C allele: linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers.

Author: Johnson N., Maguire S., Morra A., Kapoor P.M., Tomczyk K., Jones M.E., Schoemaker M.J., Gilham C., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Baynes C., Freeman L.E.B., Beckmann M.W., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Blomqvist C., Boeckx B., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Burwinkel B., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Alnaes G.I.G., Sahlberg K.K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C.E., Reinertsen K.V., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Dork T., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Floris G., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Bowtell D.D.L., Webb P.M., Guenel P., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Harrington P.A., Hart S.N., Hooning M.J., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Hunter D.J., Clarke C., Scott R., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Graham D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., DeFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., Marsh D., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Milne R.L., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Sexton A., Shelling A., Simpson P., Southey M.C., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., Young M.A., Jager A., Jakubowska A., John E.M., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kitahara C.M., Kosma V.-M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Linet M., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., Meindl A., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G., Obi N., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Orban E., Park-Simon T.-W., Peterlongo P., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pylkas K., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Ruddy K.J., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Scott C., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Smichkoska S., Sohn C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Tamimi R.M., Taylor J.A., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Truong T., Vachon C.M., van Veen E.M., Wang S.S., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Wildiers H., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Howie A.F., Peto J., dos-Santos-Silva I., Swerdlow A.J., Chang-Claude J., Schmidt M.K., Orr N., Fletcher O., Johnson N., Maguire S., Morra A., Kapoor P.M., Tomczyk K., Jones M.E., Schoemaker M.J., Gilham C., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Baynes C., Freeman L.E.B., Beckmann M.W., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Blomqvist C., Boeckx B., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Burwinkel B., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Alnaes G.I.G., Sahlberg K.K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C.E., Reinertsen K.V., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Conroy D.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Dork T., Eliassen A.H., Engel C., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Floris G., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Bowtell D.D.L., Webb P.M., Guenel P., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Harrington P.A., Hart S.N., Hooning M.J., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Hunter D.J., Clarke C., Scott R., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Graham D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., DeFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., Marsh D., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Milne R.L., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Sexton A., Shelling A., Simpson P., Southey M.C., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., Young M.A., Jager A., Jakubowska A., John E.M., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kitahara C.M., Kosma V.-M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Linet M., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., Meindl A., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G., Obi N., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Orban E., Park-Simon T.-W., Peterlongo P., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pylkas K., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Ruddy K.J., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Scott C., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Smichkoska S., Sohn C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Tamimi R.M., Taylor J.A., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Truong T., Vachon C.M., van Veen E.M., Wang S.S., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Wildiers H., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Howie A.F., Peto J., dos-Santos-Silva I., Swerdlow A.J., Chang-Claude J., Schmidt M.K., Orr N., and Fletcher O.
Abstract: Background: Epidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cancer. The aim of this analysis was to identify genetic variants that are associated with urinary sex-hormone levels and breast cancer risk. Method(s): We carried out a genome-wide association study of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide levels in 560 premenopausal women, with additional analysis of progesterone levels in 298 premenopausal women. To test for the association with breast cancer risk, we carried out follow-up genotyping in 90,916 cases and 89,893 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. All women were of European ancestry. Result(s): For pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, there were no genome-wide significant associations; for oestrone-3-glucuronide, we identified a single peak mapping to the CYP3A locus, annotated by rs45446698. The minor rs45446698-C allele was associated with lower oestrone-3-glucuronide (-49.2%, 95% CI -56.1% to -41.1%, P = 3.1 x 10-18); in follow-up analyses, rs45446698-C was also associated with lower progesterone (-26.7%, 95% CI -39.4% to -11.6%, P = 0.001) and reduced risk of oestrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer (OR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.82-0.91, P = 6.9 x 10-8). Conclusion(s): The CYP3A7*1C allele is associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer possibly mediated via an effect on the metabolism of endogenous sex hormones in premenopausal women.Copyright © 2021, The Author(s).
Published: 2021

24. Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment.

Author: Morra A., Escala-Garcia M., Beesley J., Keeman R., Canisius S., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Auer P.L., Augustinsson A., Beane Freeman L.E., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brenner H., Bruning T., Buys S.S., Caan B., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Cheng T.-Y.D., Clarke C.L., Colonna S.V., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Dennis J., Dork T., Dossus L., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gago-Dominguez M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Giles G.G., Grip M., Guenel P., Gundert M., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hart S.N., Hartikainen J.M., Hartmann A., He W., Hooning M.J., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Hunter D.J., Jager A., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Jung A.Y., Kaaks R., Keupers M., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Lindblom A., Linet M., Luben R.N., Lubinski J., Lush M., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Martinez M.E., Mavroudis D., Michailidou K., Milne R.L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Orr N., Park-Simon T.-W., Patel A.V., Peissel B., Peterlongo P., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Prajzendanc K., Prentice R., Presneau N., Rack B., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Romero A., Roylance R., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Scott C., Shah M., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teras L.R., Terry M.B., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Truong T., Vachon C.M., Wang Q., Hurson A.N., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Ziogas A., Brauch H., Garcia-Closas M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Chenevix-Trench G., Schmidt M.K., Morra A., Escala-Garcia M., Beesley J., Keeman R., Canisius S., Ahearn T.U., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Auer P.L., Augustinsson A., Beane Freeman L.E., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brenner H., Bruning T., Buys S.S., Caan B., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Cheng T.-Y.D., Clarke C.L., Colonna S.V., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Dennis J., Dork T., Dossus L., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gago-Dominguez M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Giles G.G., Grip M., Guenel P., Gundert M., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hart S.N., Hartikainen J.M., Hartmann A., He W., Hooning M.J., Hoppe R., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Hunter D.J., Jager A., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Jung A.Y., Kaaks R., Keupers M., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Lacey J.V., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Lindblom A., Linet M., Luben R.N., Lubinski J., Lush M., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Martinez M.E., Mavroudis D., Michailidou K., Milne R.L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Orr N., Park-Simon T.-W., Patel A.V., Peissel B., Peterlongo P., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Prajzendanc K., Prentice R., Presneau N., Rack B., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Romero A., Roylance R., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Scott C., Shah M., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teras L.R., Terry M.B., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Truong T., Vachon C.M., Wang Q., Hurson A.N., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Ziogas A., Brauch H., Garcia-Closas M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Chenevix-Trench G., and Schmidt M.K.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Given the high heterogeneity among breast tumors, associations between common germline genetic variants and survival that may exist within specific subgroups could go undetected in an unstratified set of breast cancer patients. METHOD(S): We performed genome-wide association analyses within 15 subgroups of breast cancer patients based on prognostic factors, including hormone receptors, tumor grade, age, and type of systemic treatment. Analyses were based on 91,686 female patients of European ancestry from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, including 7531 breast cancer-specific deaths over a median follow-up of 8.1years. Cox regression was used to assess associations of common germline variants with 15-year and 5-year breast cancer-specific survival. We assessed the probability of these associations being true positives via the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP <0.15). RESULT(S): Evidence of associations with breast cancer-specific survival was observed in three patient subgroups, with variant rs5934618 in patients with grade 3 tumors (15-year-hazard ratio (HR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.32 [1.20, 1.45], P = 1.4E-08, BFDP = 0.01, per G allele); variant rs4679741 in patients with ER-positive tumors treated with endocrine therapy (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.18 [1.11, 1.26], P = 1.6E-07, BFDP = 0.09, per G allele); variants rs1106333 (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.68 [1.39,2.03], P = 5.6E-08, BFDP = 0.12, per A allele) and rs78754389 (5-year-HR [95% CI] 1.79 [1.46,2.20], P = 1.7E-08, BFDP = 0.07, per A allele), in patients with ER-negative tumors treated with chemotherapy. CONCLUSION(S): We found evidence of four loci associated with breast cancer-specific survival within three patient subgroups. There was limited evidence for the existence of associations in other patient subgroups. However, the power for many subgroups is limited due to the low number of events. Even so, our results suggest that the impact of common germline genetic variants on br
Published: 2021

25. Breast Cancer Risk Factors and Survival by Tumor Subtype: Pooled Analyses from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium

Author: Morra, A, Jung, AY, Behrens, S, Keeman, R, Ahearn, TU, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Augustinsson, A, Auvinen, PK, Freeman, LEB, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Brucker, SY, Camp, NJ, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chanock, SJ, Choi, J-Y, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Dork, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Egan, KM, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Flyger, H, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Han, SN, Hart, SN, Hartman, M, Heyworth, JS, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Hunter, DJ, Ito, H, Jager, A, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, Kaaks, R, Kang, D, Kapoor, PM, Kitahara, CM, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lush, M, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Mariapun, S, Matsuo, K, Mavroudis, D, Milne, RL, Muranen, TA, Newman, WG, Noh, D-Y, Nordestgaard, BG, Obi, N, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Park-Simon, T-W, Petridis, C, Pharoah, PDP, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Rashid, MU, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schneeweiss, A, Schwentner, L, Scott, C, Shah, M, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Stram, DO, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, W, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, Wang, Q, Wang, SS, Williams, JA, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, Yoo, K-Y, Yu, J-C, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Yang, XR, Eliassen, AH, Holmes, MD, Garcia-Closas, M, Teo, SH, Schmidt, MK, Chang-Claude, J, Morra, A, Jung, AY, Behrens, S, Keeman, R, Ahearn, TU, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Augustinsson, A, Auvinen, PK, Freeman, LEB, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Brucker, SY, Camp, NJ, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chanock, SJ, Choi, J-Y, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Dork, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Egan, KM, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Flyger, H, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Han, SN, Hart, SN, Hartman, M, Heyworth, JS, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Hunter, DJ, Ito, H, Jager, A, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, Kaaks, R, Kang, D, Kapoor, PM, Kitahara, CM, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lush, M, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Mariapun, S, Matsuo, K, Mavroudis, D, Milne, RL, Muranen, TA, Newman, WG, Noh, D-Y, Nordestgaard, BG, Obi, N, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Park-Simon, T-W, Petridis, C, Pharoah, PDP, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Rashid, MU, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schneeweiss, A, Schwentner, L, Scott, C, Shah, M, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Stram, DO, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, W, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, Wang, Q, Wang, SS, Williams, JA, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, Yoo, K-Y, Yu, J-C, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Yang, XR, Eliassen, AH, Holmes, MD, Garcia-Closas, M, Teo, SH, Schmidt, MK, and Chang-Claude, J
Abstract: BACKGROUND: It is not known whether modifiable lifestyle factors that predict survival after invasive breast cancer differ by subtype. METHODS: We analyzed data for 121,435 women diagnosed with breast cancer from 67 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium with 16,890 deaths (8,554 breast cancer specific) over 10 years. Cox regression was used to estimate associations between risk factors and 10-year all-cause mortality and breast cancer-specific mortality overall, by estrogen receptor (ER) status, and by intrinsic-like subtype. RESULTS: There was no evidence of heterogeneous associations between risk factors and mortality by subtype (P adj > 0.30). The strongest associations were between all-cause mortality and BMI ≥30 versus 18.5-25 kg/m2 [HR (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.19 (1.06-1.34)]; current versus never smoking [1.37 (1.27-1.47)], high versus low physical activity [0.43 (0.21-0.86)], age ≥30 years versus <20 years at first pregnancy [0.79 (0.72-0.86)]; >0-<5 years versus ≥10 years since last full-term birth [1.31 (1.11-1.55)]; ever versus never use of oral contraceptives [0.91 (0.87-0.96)]; ever versus never use of menopausal hormone therapy, including current estrogen-progestin therapy [0.61 (0.54-0.69)]. Similar associations with breast cancer mortality were weaker; for example, 1.11 (1.02-1.21) for current versus never smoking. CONCLUSIONS: We confirm associations between modifiable lifestyle factors and 10-year all-cause mortality. There was no strong evidence that associations differed by ER status or intrinsic-like subtype. IMPACT: Given the large dataset and lack of evidence that associations between modifiable risk factors and 10-year mortality differed by subtype, these associations could be cautiously used in prognostication models to inform patient-centered care.
Published: 2021

26. Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment

Author: Morra, A, Escala-Garcia, M, Beesley, J, Keeman, R, Canisius, S, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Auer, PL, Augustinsson, A, Freeman, LEB, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Brenner, H, Bruening, T, Buys, SS, Caan, B, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Cheng, T-YD, Clarke, CL, Colonna, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Dennis, J, Dork, T, Dossus, L, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Giles, GG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Guendert, M, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hart, SN, Hartikainen, JM, Hartmann, A, He, W, Hooning, MJ, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Hunter, DJ, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Jung, AY, Kaaks, R, Keupers, M, Kitahara, CM, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Linet, M, Luben, RN, Lush, M, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, Michailidou, K, Milne, RL, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peissel, B, Peterlongo, P, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prajzendanc, K, Prentice, R, Presneau, N, Rack, B, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Roylance, R, Lubinski, J, Ruebner, M, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Scott, C, Shah, M, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Stone, J, Surowy, H, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, Wang, Q, Hurson, AN, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Ziogas, A, Brauch, H, Garcia-Closas, M, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Schmidt, MK, Morra, A, Escala-Garcia, M, Beesley, J, Keeman, R, Canisius, S, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Auer, PL, Augustinsson, A, Freeman, LEB, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Brenner, H, Bruening, T, Buys, SS, Caan, B, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Cheng, T-YD, Clarke, CL, Colonna, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Dennis, J, Dork, T, Dossus, L, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Giles, GG, Grip, M, Guenel, P, Guendert, M, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hart, SN, Hartikainen, JM, Hartmann, A, He, W, Hooning, MJ, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Hunter, DJ, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Jung, AY, Kaaks, R, Keupers, M, Kitahara, CM, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Linet, M, Luben, RN, Lush, M, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Martinez, ME, Mavroudis, D, Michailidou, K, Milne, RL, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peissel, B, Peterlongo, P, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prajzendanc, K, Prentice, R, Presneau, N, Rack, B, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Roylance, R, Lubinski, J, Ruebner, M, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Scott, C, Shah, M, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Stone, J, Surowy, H, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, Wang, Q, Hurson, AN, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Ziogas, A, Brauch, H, Garcia-Closas, M, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, and Schmidt, MK
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Given the high heterogeneity among breast tumors, associations between common germline genetic variants and survival that may exist within specific subgroups could go undetected in an unstratified set of breast cancer patients. METHODS: We performed genome-wide association analyses within 15 subgroups of breast cancer patients based on prognostic factors, including hormone receptors, tumor grade, age, and type of systemic treatment. Analyses were based on 91,686 female patients of European ancestry from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, including 7531 breast cancer-specific deaths over a median follow-up of 8.1 years. Cox regression was used to assess associations of common germline variants with 15-year and 5-year breast cancer-specific survival. We assessed the probability of these associations being true positives via the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP < 0.15). RESULTS: Evidence of associations with breast cancer-specific survival was observed in three patient subgroups, with variant rs5934618 in patients with grade 3 tumors (15-year-hazard ratio (HR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.32 [1.20, 1.45], P = 1.4E-08, BFDP = 0.01, per G allele); variant rs4679741 in patients with ER-positive tumors treated with endocrine therapy (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.18 [1.11, 1.26], P = 1.6E-07, BFDP = 0.09, per G allele); variants rs1106333 (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.68 [1.39,2.03], P = 5.6E-08, BFDP = 0.12, per A allele) and rs78754389 (5-year-HR [95% CI] 1.79 [1.46,2.20], P = 1.7E-08, BFDP = 0.07, per A allele), in patients with ER-negative tumors treated with chemotherapy. CONCLUSIONS: We found evidence of four loci associated with breast cancer-specific survival within three patient subgroups. There was limited evidence for the existence of associations in other patient subgroups. However, the power for many subgroups is limited due to the low number of events. Even so, our results suggest that the impact of common germline genetic variants on breast
Published: 2021

27. CYP3A7*1C allele: linking premenopausal oestrone and progesterone levels with risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers

Author: Johnson, N, Maguire, S, Morra, A, Kapoor, PM, Tomczyk, K, Jones, ME, Schoemaker, MJ, Gilham, C, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Baynes, C, Freeman, LEB, Beckmann, MW, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Blomqvist, C, Boeckx, B, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Burwinkel, B, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Doerk, T, Eliassen, AH, Engel, C, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Floris, G, Flyger, H, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harrington, PA, Hart, SN, Hooning, MJ, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Hunter, DJ, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Kaaks, R, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Kosma, V-M, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Linet, M, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Mavroudis, D, Mayes, R, Meindl, A, Milne, RL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Obi, N, Olshan, AF, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Orban, E, Park-Simon, T-W, Peterlongo, P, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pylkas, K, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Ruddy, KJ, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Scott, C, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Smichkoska, S, Sohn, C, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stone, J, Tamimi, RM, Taylor, JA, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, van Veen, EM, Wang, SS, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Wildiers, H, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Howie, AF, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Swerdlow, AJ, Chang-Claude, J, Schmidt, MK, Orr, N, Fletcher, O, Johnson, N, Maguire, S, Morra, A, Kapoor, PM, Tomczyk, K, Jones, ME, Schoemaker, MJ, Gilham, C, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Baynes, C, Freeman, LEB, Beckmann, MW, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Blomqvist, C, Boeckx, B, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Burwinkel, B, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Doerk, T, Eliassen, AH, Engel, C, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Floris, G, Flyger, H, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harrington, PA, Hart, SN, Hooning, MJ, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Hunter, DJ, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Kaaks, R, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Kosma, V-M, Koutros, S, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Linet, M, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Mavroudis, D, Mayes, R, Meindl, A, Milne, RL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Obi, N, Olshan, AF, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Orban, E, Park-Simon, T-W, Peterlongo, P, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pylkas, K, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Ruddy, KJ, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Scott, C, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Smichkoska, S, Sohn, C, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stone, J, Tamimi, RM, Taylor, JA, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Vachon, CM, van Veen, EM, Wang, SS, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Wildiers, H, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Howie, AF, Peto, J, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Swerdlow, AJ, Chang-Claude, J, Schmidt, MK, Orr, N, and Fletcher, O
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Epidemiological studies provide strong evidence for a role of endogenous sex hormones in the aetiology of breast cancer. The aim of this analysis was to identify genetic variants that are associated with urinary sex-hormone levels and breast cancer risk. METHODS: We carried out a genome-wide association study of urinary oestrone-3-glucuronide and pregnanediol-3-glucuronide levels in 560 premenopausal women, with additional analysis of progesterone levels in 298 premenopausal women. To test for the association with breast cancer risk, we carried out follow-up genotyping in 90,916 cases and 89,893 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. All women were of European ancestry. RESULTS: For pregnanediol-3-glucuronide, there were no genome-wide significant associations; for oestrone-3-glucuronide, we identified a single peak mapping to the CYP3A locus, annotated by rs45446698. The minor rs45446698-C allele was associated with lower oestrone-3-glucuronide (-49.2%, 95% CI -56.1% to -41.1%, P = 3.1 × 10-18); in follow-up analyses, rs45446698-C was also associated with lower progesterone (-26.7%, 95% CI -39.4% to -11.6%, P = 0.001) and reduced risk of oestrogen and progesterone receptor-positive breast cancer (OR = 0.86, 95% CI 0.82-0.91, P = 6.9 × 10-8). CONCLUSIONS: The CYP3A7*1C allele is associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer possibly mediated via an effect on the metabolism of endogenous sex hormones in premenopausal women.
Published: 2021

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

Author: Baxter, JS, Johnson, N, Tomczyk, K, Gillespie, A, Maguire, S, Brough, R, Fachal, L, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Brenner, H, Brucker, SY, Cai, Q, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chan, TL, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Choi, J-Y, Clarke, CL, Collaborators, N, Colonna, S, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, Dossus, L, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Engel, C, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flyger, H, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gao, C, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Ghoussaini, M, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Guendert, M, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hartman, M, Hatse, S, Hauke, J, Hollestelle, A, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Hou, M-F, Ito, H, Iwasaki, M, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Joseph, V, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kang, D, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kim, S-W, Kosma, V-M, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Kwong, A, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Larson, NL, Larsson, SC, Le Marchand, L, Lejbkowicz, F, Li, J, Long, J, Lophatananon, A, LubiNski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Matsuo, K, Mavroudis, D, Mayes, R, Menon, U, Milne, RL, Taib, NAM, Muir, K, Muranen, TA, Murphy, RA, Nevanlinna, H, O'Brien, KM, Offit, K, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Park, SK, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Rennert, G, Romero, A, Ruebner, M, Ruediger, T, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Shah, M, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Southey, MC, Stone, J, Surowy, H, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teo, SH, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, Tseng, C-C, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van den Ouweland, AMW, Wang, SS, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Winham, SJ, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, Yamaji, T, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Easton, DF, Pettitt, SJ, Lord, CJ, Haider, S, Orr, N, Fletcher, O, Baxter, JS, Johnson, N, Tomczyk, K, Gillespie, A, Maguire, S, Brough, R, Fachal, L, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Brenner, H, Brucker, SY, Cai, Q, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chan, TL, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Choi, J-Y, Clarke, CL, Collaborators, N, Colonna, S, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, Dossus, L, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eliassen, AH, Engel, C, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flyger, H, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gao, C, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Ghoussaini, M, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Guendert, M, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hartman, M, Hatse, S, Hauke, J, Hollestelle, A, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Hou, M-F, Ito, H, Iwasaki, M, Jager, A, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Joseph, V, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kang, D, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kim, S-W, Kosma, V-M, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Kwong, A, Lacey, J, Lambrechts, D, Larson, NL, Larsson, SC, Le Marchand, L, Lejbkowicz, F, Li, J, Long, J, Lophatananon, A, LubiNski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Matsuo, K, Mavroudis, D, Mayes, R, Menon, U, Milne, RL, Taib, NAM, Muir, K, Muranen, TA, Murphy, RA, Nevanlinna, H, O'Brien, KM, Offit, K, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Park, SK, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Rennert, G, Romero, A, Ruebner, M, Ruediger, T, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Shah, M, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Southey, MC, Stone, J, Surowy, H, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teo, SH, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, Tseng, C-C, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van den Ouweland, AMW, Wang, SS, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Winham, SJ, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Wu, AH, Yamaji, T, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Easton, DF, Pettitt, SJ, Lord, CJ, Haider, S, Orr, N, and Fletcher, O
Abstract: A combination of genetic and functional approaches has identified three independent breast cancer risk loci at 2q35. A recent fine-scale mapping analysis to refine these associations resulted in 1 (signal 1), 5 (signal 2), and 42 (signal 3) credible causal variants at these loci. We used publicly available in silico DNase I and ChIP-seq data with in vitro reporter gene and CRISPR assays to annotate signals 2 and 3. We identified putative regulatory elements that enhanced cell-type-specific transcription from the IGFBP5 promoter at both signals (30- to 40-fold increased expression by the putative regulatory element at signal 2, 2- to 3-fold by the putative regulatory element at signal 3). We further identified one of the five credible causal variants at signal 2, a 1.4 kb deletion (esv3594306), as the likely causal variant; the deletion allele of this variant was associated with an average additional increase in IGFBP5 expression of 1.3-fold (MCF-7) and 2.2-fold (T-47D). We propose a model in which the deletion allele of esv3594306 juxtaposes two transcription factor binding regions (annotated by estrogen receptor alpha ChIP-seq peaks) to generate a single extended regulatory element. This regulatory element increases cell-type-specific expression of the tumor suppressor gene IGFBP5 and, thereby, reduces risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% CI 0.74-0.81, p = 3.1 × 10-31).
Published: 2021

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

Author: Baxter, J. S. (Joseph S.), Johnson, N. (Nichola), Tomczyk, K. (Katarzyna), Gillespie, A. (Andrea), Maguire, S. (Sarah), Brough, R. (Rachel), Fachal, L. (Laura), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Dennis, J. (Joe), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia, V), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brucker, S. Y. (Sara Y.), Cai, Q. (Qiuyin), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chan, T. L. (Tsun L.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Choi, J.-Y. (Ji-Yeob), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Collaborators, N. (Nbcs), Colonna, S. (Sarah), Conroy, D. M. (Don M.), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Doerk, T. (Thilo), Dossus, L. (Laure), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Ekici, A. B. (Arif B.), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Engel, C. (Christoph), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Gao, C. (Chi), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Ghoussaini, M. (Maya), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Guendert, M. (Melanie), Haeberle, L. (Lothar), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hartman, M. (Mikael), Hatse, S. (Sigrid), Hauke, J. (Jan), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hoppe, R. (Reiner), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Hou, M.-F. (Ming-Feng), Ito, H. (Hidemi), Iwasaki, M. (Motoki), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), Janni, W. (Wolfgang), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Joseph, V. (Vijai), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kang, D. (Daehee), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kim, S.-W. (Sung-Won), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kubelka-Sabit, K. (Katerina), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Kwong, A. (Ava), Lacey, J. V. (James, V), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Larson, N. L. (Nicole L.), Larsson, S. C. (Susanna C.), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lejbkowicz, F. (Flavio), Li, J. (Jingmei), Long, J. (Jirong), Lophatananon, A. (Artitaya), LubiNski, J. (Jan), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Matsuo, K. (Keitaro), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Mayes, R. (Rebecca), Menon, U. (Usha), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Taib, N. A. (Nur Aishah Mohd), Muir, K. (Kenneth), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Murphy, R. A. (Rachel A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), O'Brien, K. M. (Katie M.), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olson, J. E. (Janet E.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Park, S. K. (Sue K.), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Patel, A. V. (Alpa, V), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Peto, J. (Julian), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Pylkäs, K. (Katri), Rack, B. (Brigitte), Rennert, G. (Gad), Romero, A. (Atocha), Ruebner, M. (Matthias), Ruediger, T. (Thomas), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schneeweiss, A. (Andreas), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Shah, M. (Mitul), Shen, C.-Y. (Chen-Yang), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Simard, J. (Jacques), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Surowy, H. (Harald), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Teo, S. H. (Soo Hwang), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Toland, A. E. (Amanda E.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Truong, T. (Therese), Tseng, C.-C. (Chiu-Chen), Untch, M. (Michael), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van den Ouweland, A. M. (Ans M. W.), Wang, S. S. (Sophia S.), Weinberg, C. R. (Clarice R.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winham, S. J. (Stacey J.), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Wu, A. H. (Anna H.), Yamaji, T. (Taiki), Zheng, W. (Wei), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Pettitt, S. J. (Stephen J.), Lord, C. J. (Christopher J.), Haider, S. (Syed), Orr, N. (Nick), Fletcher, O. (Olivia), Baxter, J. S. (Joseph S.), Johnson, N. (Nichola), Tomczyk, K. (Katarzyna), Gillespie, A. (Andrea), Maguire, S. (Sarah), Brough, R. (Rachel), Fachal, L. (Laura), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Dennis, J. (Joe), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia, V), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brucker, S. Y. (Sara Y.), Cai, Q. (Qiuyin), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chan, T. L. (Tsun L.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Choi, J.-Y. (Ji-Yeob), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Collaborators, N. (Nbcs), Colonna, S. (Sarah), Conroy, D. M. (Don M.), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Doerk, T. (Thilo), Dossus, L. (Laure), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Ekici, A. B. (Arif B.), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Engel, C. (Christoph), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Gao, C. (Chi), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Ghoussaini, M. (Maya), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Guendert, M. (Melanie), Haeberle, L. (Lothar), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hartman, M. (Mikael), Hatse, S. (Sigrid), Hauke, J. (Jan), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hoppe, R. (Reiner), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Hou, M.-F. (Ming-Feng), Ito, H. (Hidemi), Iwasaki, M. (Motoki), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), Janni, W. (Wolfgang), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Joseph, V. (Vijai), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kang, D. (Daehee), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kim, S.-W. (Sung-Won), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kubelka-Sabit, K. (Katerina), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Kwong, A. (Ava), Lacey, J. V. (James, V), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Larson, N. L. (Nicole L.), Larsson, S. C. (Susanna C.), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lejbkowicz, F. (Flavio), Li, J. (Jingmei), Long, J. (Jirong), Lophatananon, A. (Artitaya), LubiNski, J. (Jan), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Matsuo, K. (Keitaro), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Mayes, R. (Rebecca), Menon, U. (Usha), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Taib, N. A. (Nur Aishah Mohd), Muir, K. (Kenneth), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Murphy, R. A. (Rachel A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), O'Brien, K. M. (Katie M.), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olson, J. E. (Janet E.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Park, S. K. (Sue K.), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Patel, A. V. (Alpa, V), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Peto, J. (Julian), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Pylkäs, K. (Katri), Rack, B. (Brigitte), Rennert, G. (Gad), Romero, A. (Atocha), Ruebner, M. (Matthias), Ruediger, T. (Thomas), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schneeweiss, A. (Andreas), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Shah, M. (Mitul), Shen, C.-Y. (Chen-Yang), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Simard, J. (Jacques), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Surowy, H. (Harald), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Teo, S. H. (Soo Hwang), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Toland, A. E. (Amanda E.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Truong, T. (Therese), Tseng, C.-C. (Chiu-Chen), Untch, M. (Michael), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van den Ouweland, A. M. (Ans M. W.), Wang, S. S. (Sophia S.), Weinberg, C. R. (Clarice R.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winham, S. J. (Stacey J.), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Wu, A. H. (Anna H.), Yamaji, T. (Taiki), Zheng, W. (Wei), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Pettitt, S. J. (Stephen J.), Lord, C. J. (Christopher J.), Haider, S. (Syed), Orr, N. (Nick), and Fletcher, O. (Olivia)
Abstract: A combination of genetic and functional approaches has identified three independent breast cancer risk loci at 2q35. A recent fine-scale mapping analysis to refine these associations resulted in 1 (signal 1), 5 (signal 2), and 42 (signal 3) credible causal variants at these loci. We used publicly available in silico DNase I and ChIP-seq data with in vitro reporter gene and CRISPR assays to annotate signals 2 and 3. We identified putative regulatory elements that enhanced cell-type-specific transcription from the IGFBP5 promoter at both signals (30- to 40-fold increased expression by the putative regulatory element at signal 2, 2- to 3-fold by the putative regulatory element at signal 3). We further identified one of the five credible causal variants at signal 2, a 1.4 kb deletion (esv3594306), as the likely causal variant; the deletion allele of this variant was associated with an average additional increase in IGFBP5 expression of 1.3-fold (MCF-7) and 2.2-fold (T-47D). We propose a model in which the deletion allele of esv3594306 juxtaposes two transcription factor binding regions (annotated by estrogen receptor alpha ChIP-seq peaks) to generate a single extended regulatory element. This regulatory element increases cell-type-specific expression of the tumor suppressor gene IGFBP5 and, thereby, reduces risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer (odds ratio = 0.77, 95% CI 0.74–0.81, p = 3.1 × 10−31).
Published: 2021

30. Mendelian randomisation study of smoking exposure in relation to breast cancer risk

Author: Park, H. A. (Hanla A.), Neumeyer, S. (Sonja), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Dennis, J. (Joe), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Baten, A. (Adinda), Freeman, L. E. (Laura E. Beane), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia, V), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brucker, S. Y. (Sara Y.), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Conroy, D. M. (Don M.), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Dork, T. (Thilo), Dos-Santos-Silva, I. (Isabel), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Engel, C. (Christoph), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Glendon, G. (Gord), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Goldgar, D. E. (David E.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Grip, M. (Mervi), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hakansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Han, S. (Sileny), Harkness, E. F. (Elaine F.), Hart, S. N. (Steven N.), He, W. (Wei), Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B. A. (Bernadette A. M.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Hunter, D. J. (David J.), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kapoor, P. M. (Pooja Middha), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Koppert, L. B. (Linetta B.), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Lacey, J. (James), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), LeMarchand, L. (Loic), Lo, W.-Y. (Wing-Yee), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Margolin, S. (Sara), ElenaMartinez, M. (Maria), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Menon, U. (Usha), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nordestgaard, B. G. (Borge G.), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olshan, A. F. (Andrew F.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Peto, J. (Julian), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Radice, P. (Paolo), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rennert, H. S. (Hedy S.), Romero, A. (Atocha), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Schwentner, L. (Lukas), Scott, C. (Christopher), Shah, M. (Mitul), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Simard, J. (Jacques), Smeets, A. (Ann), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Spinelli, J. J. (John J.), Stevens, V. (Victoria), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van Veen, E. M. (Elke M.), Vijai, J. (Joseph), Wang, S. (Sophia), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Zheng, W. (Wei), Kraft, P. (Peter), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Park, H. A. (Hanla A.), Neumeyer, S. (Sonja), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Dennis, J. (Joe), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Baten, A. (Adinda), Freeman, L. E. (Laura E. Beane), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia, V), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brucker, S. Y. (Sara Y.), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Conroy, D. M. (Don M.), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Dork, T. (Thilo), Dos-Santos-Silva, I. (Isabel), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Engel, C. (Christoph), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Glendon, G. (Gord), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Goldgar, D. E. (David E.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Grip, M. (Mervi), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hakansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Han, S. (Sileny), Harkness, E. F. (Elaine F.), Hart, S. N. (Steven N.), He, W. (Wei), Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B. A. (Bernadette A. M.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Hunter, D. J. (David J.), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kapoor, P. M. (Pooja Middha), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Koppert, L. B. (Linetta B.), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Lacey, J. (James), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), LeMarchand, L. (Loic), Lo, W.-Y. (Wing-Yee), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Margolin, S. (Sara), ElenaMartinez, M. (Maria), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Menon, U. (Usha), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nordestgaard, B. G. (Borge G.), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olshan, A. F. (Andrew F.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Peto, J. (Julian), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Radice, P. (Paolo), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rennert, H. S. (Hedy S.), Romero, A. (Atocha), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Schwentner, L. (Lukas), Scott, C. (Christopher), Shah, M. (Mitul), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Simard, J. (Jacques), Smeets, A. (Ann), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Spinelli, J. J. (John J.), Stevens, V. (Victoria), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van Veen, E. M. (Elke M.), Vijai, J. (Joseph), Wang, S. (Sophia), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Zheng, W. (Wei), Kraft, P. (Peter), and Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny)
Abstract: Background: Despite a modest association between tobacco smoking and breast cancer risk reported by recent epidemiological studies, it is still equivocal whether smoking is causally related to breast cancer risk. Methods: We applied Mendelian randomisation (MR) to evaluate a potential causal effect of cigarette smoking on breast cancer risk. Both individual-level data as well as summary statistics for 164 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) reported in genome-wide association studies of lifetime smoking index (LSI) or cigarette per day (CPD) were used to obtain MR effect estimates. Data from 108,420 invasive breast cancer cases and 87,681 controls were used for the LSI analysis and for the CPD analysis conducted among ever-smokers from 26,147 cancer cases and 26,072 controls. Sensitivity analyses were conducted to address pleiotropy. Results: Genetically predicted LSI was associated with increased breast cancer risk (OR 1.18 per SD, 95% CI: 1.07–1.30, P = 0.11 × 10⁻²), but there was no evidence of association for genetically predicted CPD (OR 1.02, 95% CI: 0.78–1.19, P = 0.85). The sensitivity analyses yielded similar results and showed no strong evidence of pleiotropic effect. Conclusions: Our MR study provides supportive evidence for a potential causal association with breast cancer risk for lifetime smoking exposure but not cigarettes per day among smokers.
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31. Association of germline genetic variants with breast cancer-specific survival in patient subgroups defined by clinic-pathological variables related to tumor biology and type of systemic treatment

Author: Morra, A. (Anna), Escala-Garcia, M. (Maria), Beesley, J. (Jonathan), Keeman, R. (Renske), Canisius, S. (Sander), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Arndt, V. (Volker), Auer, P. L. (Paul L.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Freeman, L. E. (Laura E. Beane), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Bruening, T. (Thomas), Buys, S. S. (Saundra S.), Caan, B. (Bette), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Cheng, T. D. (Ting-Yuan David), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Colonna, S. V. (Sarah, V), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Dennis, J. (Joe), Dork, T. (Thilo), Dossus, L. (Laure), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Ekici, A. B. (Arif B.), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Grip, M. (Mervi), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Guendert, M. (Melanie), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hakansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hart, S. N. (Steven N.), Hartikainen, J. M. (Jaana M.), Hartmann, A. (Arndt), He, W. (Wei), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hoppe, R. (Reiner), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), Hunter, D. J. (David J.), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), Janni, W. (Wolfgang), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jung, A. Y. (Audrey Y.), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Keupers, M. (Machteld), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Lacey, J. V. (James, V), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Linet, M. (Martha), Luben, R. N. (Robert N.), Lush, M. (Michael), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Margolin, S. (Sara), Martens, J. W. (John W. M.), Martinez, M. E. (Maria Elena), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Mulligan, A. M. (Anna Marie), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nielsen, S. F. (Sune F.), Nordestgaard, B. G. (Borge G.), Olshan, A. F. (Andrew F.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Orr, N. (Nick), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Patel, A. V. (Alpa, V), Peissel, B. (Bernard), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Prajzendanc, K. (Karolina), Prentice, R. (Ross), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Rack, B. (Brigitte), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rennert, H. S. (Hedy S.), Rhenius, V. (Valerie), Romero, A. (Atocha), Roylance, R. (Rebecca), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Ruebner, M. (Matthias), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schneeweiss, A. (Andreas), Scott, C. (Christopher), Shah, M. (Mitul), Smichkoska, S. (Snezhana), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Surowy, H. (Harald), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Tollenaar, R. A. (Rob A. E. M.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Hurson, A. N. (Amber N.), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Morra, A. (Anna), Escala-Garcia, M. (Maria), Beesley, J. (Jonathan), Keeman, R. (Renske), Canisius, S. (Sander), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Arndt, V. (Volker), Auer, P. L. (Paul L.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Freeman, L. E. (Laura E. Beane), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Bruening, T. (Thomas), Buys, S. S. (Saundra S.), Caan, B. (Bette), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Cheng, T. D. (Ting-Yuan David), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Colonna, S. V. (Sarah, V), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Dennis, J. (Joe), Dork, T. (Thilo), Dossus, L. (Laure), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Ekici, A. B. (Arif B.), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Grip, M. (Mervi), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Guendert, M. (Melanie), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hakansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hart, S. N. (Steven N.), Hartikainen, J. M. (Jaana M.), Hartmann, A. (Arndt), He, W. (Wei), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hoppe, R. (Reiner), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), Hunter, D. J. (David J.), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), Janni, W. (Wolfgang), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jung, A. Y. (Audrey Y.), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Keupers, M. (Machteld), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kurian, A. W. (Allison W.), Lacey, J. V. (James, V), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Linet, M. (Martha), Luben, R. N. (Robert N.), Lush, M. (Michael), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Margolin, S. (Sara), Martens, J. W. (John W. M.), Martinez, M. E. (Maria Elena), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Mulligan, A. M. (Anna Marie), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nielsen, S. F. (Sune F.), Nordestgaard, B. G. (Borge G.), Olshan, A. F. (Andrew F.), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Orr, N. (Nick), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Patel, A. V. (Alpa, V), Peissel, B. (Bernard), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Prajzendanc, K. (Karolina), Prentice, R. (Ross), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Rack, B. (Brigitte), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rennert, H. S. (Hedy S.), Rhenius, V. (Valerie), Romero, A. (Atocha), Roylance, R. (Rebecca), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Ruebner, M. (Matthias), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schneeweiss, A. (Andreas), Scott, C. (Christopher), Shah, M. (Mitul), Smichkoska, S. (Snezhana), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Surowy, H. (Harald), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Teras, L. R. (Lauren R.), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Tollenaar, R. A. (Rob A. E. M.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Hurson, A. N. (Amber N.), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), and Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.)
Abstract: Background: Given the high heterogeneity among breast tumors, associations between common germline genetic variants and survival that may exist within specific subgroups could go undetected in an unstratified set of breast cancer patients. Methods: We performed genome-wide association analyses within 15 subgroups of breast cancer patients based on prognostic factors, including hormone receptors, tumor grade, age, and type of systemic treatment. Analyses were based on 91,686 female patients of European ancestry from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, including 7531 breast cancer-specific deaths over a median follow-up of 8.1 years. Cox regression was used to assess associations of common germline variants with 15-year and 5-year breast cancer-specific survival. We assessed the probability of these associations being true positives via the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP & 0.15). Results: Evidence of associations with breast cancer-specific survival was observed in three patient subgroups, with variant rs5934618 in patients with grade 3 tumors (15-year-hazard ratio (HR) [95% confidence interval (CI)] 1.32 [1.20, 1.45], P = 1.4E−08, BFDP = 0.01, per G allele); variant rs4679741 in patients with ER-positive tumors treated with endocrine therapy (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.18 [1.11, 1.26], P = 1.6E−07, BFDP = 0.09, per G allele); variants rs1106333 (15-year-HR [95% CI] 1.68 [1.39,2.03], P = 5.6E−08, BFDP = 0.12, per A allele) and rs78754389 (5-year-HR [95% CI] 1.79 [1.46,2.20], P = 1.7E−08, BFDP = 0.07, per A allele), in patients with ER-negative tumors treated with chemotherapy. Conclusions: We found evidence of four loci associated with breast cancer-specific survival within three patient subgroups. There was limited evidence for the existence of associations in other patient subgroups. However, the power for many subgroups is limited due to the low number of events. Even so, our results suggest that the impact of common germline genetic varia
Published: 2021

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

Author: Kramer, I., Hooning, M.J., Mavaddat, N., Hauptmann, M., Keeman, R., Steyerberg, E.W., Giardiello, D., Antoniou, A.C., Pharoah, P.D.P., Canisius, S., Abu-Ful, Z., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Aronson, K.J., Augustinsson, A., Becher, H., Beckmann, M.W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Bolla, M.K., Bonanni, B., Brauch, H., Bremer, M., Brucker, S.Y., Burwinkel, B., Castelao, J.E., Chan, T.L., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Choi, J.Y., Clarke, C.L., Collee, J.M., Couch, F.J., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., Devilee, P., Dork, T., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Dunning, A.M., Dwek, M., Eccles, D.M., Evans, D.G., Fasching, P.A., Flyger, H., Gago-Dominguez, M., Garcia-Closas, M., Garcia-Saenz, J.A., Giles, G.G., Goldgar, D.E., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Haiman, C.A., Hakansson, N., Hamann, U., Hartman, M., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B.A.M., Hollestelle, A., Hopper, J.L., Hou, M.F., Howell, A., Ito, H., Jakimovska, M., Jakubowska, A., Janni, W., John, E.M., Jung, A., Kang, D., Kets, C.M., Khusnutdinova, E., Ko, Y.D., Kristensen, V.N., Kurian, A.W., Kwong, A., Lambrechts, D., Marchand, L. le, Li, J.M., Lindblom, A., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Margolin, S., Matsuo, K., Mavroudis, D., Meindl, A., Milne, R.L., Mulligan, A.M., Muranen, T.A., Neuhausen, S.L., Nevanlinna, H., Newman, W.G., Olshan, A.F., Olson, J.E., Olsson, H., Park-Simon, T.W., Peto, J., Petridis, C., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Presneau, N., Pylkas, K., Radice, P., Rennert, G., Romero, A., Roylance, R., Saloustros, E., Sawyer, E.J., Schmutzler, R.K., Schwentner, L., Scott, C., See, M.H., Shah, M., Shen, C.Y., Shu, X.O., Siesling, S., Slager, S., Sohn, C., Southey, M.C., Spinelli, J.J., Stone, J., Tapper, W.J., Tengstrom, M., Teo, S.H., Terry, M.B., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Tomlinson, I., Troester, M.A., Vachon, C.M., Ongeval, C. van, Veen, E.M. van, Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Zheng, W., Ziogas, A., Easton, D.F., Hall, P., Schmidt, M.K., NBCS Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators, and kConFab Investigators
Subjects: parasitic diseases
Abstract: Previous research has shown that polygenic risk scores (PRSs) can be used to stratify women according to their risk of developing primary invasive breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the association between a recently validated PRS of 313 germline variants (PRS313) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk. We included 56,068 women of European ancestry diagnosed with first invasive breast cancer from 1990 onward with follow-up from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Metachronous CBC risk (N = 1,027) according to the distribution of PRS313 was quantified using Cox regression analyses. We assessed PRS313 interaction with age at first diagnosis, family history, morphology, ER status, PR status, and HER2 status, and (neo)adjuvant therapy. In studies of Asian women, with limited follow-up, CBC risk associated with PRS313 was assessed using logistic regression for 340 women with CBC compared with 12,133 women with unilateral breast cancer. Higher PRS313 was associated with increased CBC risk: hazard ratio per standard deviation (SD) = 1.25 (95%CI = 1.18-1.33) for Europeans, and an OR per SD = 1.15 (95%CI = 1.02-1.29) for Asians. The absolute lifetime risks of CBC, accounting for death as competing risk, were 12.4% for European women at the 10th percentile and 20.5% at the 90th percentile of PRS313. We found no evidence of confounding by or interaction with individual characteristics, characteristics of the primary tumor, or treatment. The C-index for the PRS313 alone was 0.563 (95%CI = 0.547-0.586). In conclusion, PRS313 is an independent factor associated with CBC risk and can be incorporated into CBC risk prediction models to help improve stratification and optimize surveillance and treatment strategies.
Published: 2020

33. Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes

Author: Ahearn, TU, Zhang, H, Michailidou, K, Milne, RL, Bolla, MK, Dennis, J, Dunning, AM, Lush, M, Wang, Q, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Auer, PL, Augustinsson, A, Baten, A, Becher, H, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Børresen-Dale, A-L, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brooks-Wilson, A, Brüning, T, Burwinkel, B, Buys, SS, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Clarke, CL, Sahlberg, KK, Ottestad, L, Kåresen, R, Schlichting, E, Holmen, MM, Sauer, T, Haakensen, V, Engebråten, O, Naume, B, Fosså, A, Kiserud, CE, Reinertsen, KV, Helland, Å, Riis, M, Geisler, J, Collée, JM, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Dörk, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Floris, G, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, García-Sáenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, González-Neira, A, Alnæs, GIG, Grip, M, Guénel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, BAM, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Clarke, C, Balleine, R, Baxter, R, Braye, S, Carpenter, J, Dahlstrom, J, Forbes, J, Lee, C, Marsh, D, Morey, A, Pathmanathan, N, Scott, R, Simpson, P, Spigelman, A, Wilcken, N, Yip, D, Zeps, N, Fox, S, Campbell, I, Bowtell, D, Spurdle, A, Webb, P, de Fazio, A, Tassell, M, Kirk, J, Lindeman, G, Price, M, Southey, M, Milne, R, Deb, S, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kauppila, S, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Krüger, U, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Kurian, AW, Kyriacou, K, Lambrechts, D, Lee, DG, Lindblom, A, Linet, M, Lissowska, J, Llaneza, A, Lo, W-Y, MacInnis, RJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, McLean, C, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Nodora, J, Offit, K, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, AV, Peto, J, Pita, G, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prentice, R, Punie, K, Pylkäs, K, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Romero, A, Rüdiger, T, Saloustros, E, Sampson, S, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Schöttker, B, Sherman, ME, Shu, X-O, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Swerdlow, AJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teras, LR, Terry, MB, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Vachon, CM, van Deurzen, CHM, van Veen, EM, Wagner, P, Weinberg, CR, Wendt, C, Wesseling, J, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Zheng, W, Couch, FJ, Simard, J, Kraft, P, Easton, DF, Pharoah, PDP, Schmidt, MK, García-Closas, M, Chatterjee, N, Ahearn, Thomas U [0000-0003-0771-7752], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Medicum, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Clinicum, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Biosciences, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, and Pathology
Subjects: False discovery rate, Oncology, Common breast cancer susceptibility variants, Receptor, ErbB-2, Estrogen receptor, PROGRESSION, Etiologic heterogeneity, Logistic regression, Basic medicine, Breast cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, PRIMARY THERAPY, HETEROGENEITY, RC254-282, HISTOLOGICAL GRADE, 0303 health sciences, Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology, Receptors, Estrogen/genetics, Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens, INTERNATIONAL EXPERT CONSENSUS, humanities, Receptor, ErbB-2/genetics, 3. Good health, Receptors, Estrogen, Receptors, Progesterone/genetics, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Female, Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics, Receptors, Progesterone, Medical Genetics, Research Article, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, 3122 Cancers, Breast Neoplasms, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, 03 medical and health sciences, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, Progesterone receptor, Biomarkers, Tumor, medicine, Genetic predisposition, Humans, ddc:610, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, Genetic association, Medicinsk genetik, 030304 developmental biology, Cancer och onkologi, medicine.disease, Cancer and Oncology, Clinical medicine, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Background Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple common breast cancer susceptibility variants. Many of these variants have differential associations by estrogen receptor (ER) status, but how these variants relate with other tumor features and intrinsic molecular subtypes is unclear. Methods Among 106,571 invasive breast cancer cases and 95,762 controls of European ancestry with data on 173 breast cancer variants identified in previous GWAS, we used novel two-stage polytomous logistic regression models to evaluate variants in relation to multiple tumor features (ER, progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and grade) adjusting for each other, and to intrinsic-like subtypes. Results Eighty-five of 173 variants were associated with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate p Conclusion This report demonstrates a high level of complexity in the etiology heterogeneity of breast cancer susceptibility variants and can inform investigations of subtype-specific risk prediction.
Published: 2020

34. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhang, H, Ahearn, TU, Lecarpentier, J, Barnes, D, Beesley, J, Qi, G, Jiang, X, O’Mara, TA, Zhao, N, Bolla, MK, Dunning, AM, Dennis, J, Wang, Q, Ful, ZA, Aittomäki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Arun, BK, Auer, PL, Azzollini, J, Barrowdale, D, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bialkowska, K, Blanco, A, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Bondavalli, D, Borg, A, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Broeks, A, Brucker, SY, Brüning, T, Burwinkel, B, Buys, SS, Byers, H, Caldés, T, Caligo, MA, Calvello, M, Campa, D, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Christiaens, M, Christiansen, H, Chung, WK, Claes, KBM, Clarke, CL, Cornelissen, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Diez, O, Domchek, SM, Dörk, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Foretova, L, Fostira, F, Friedman, E, Frost, D, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garber, J, García-Sáenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Gayther, SA, Giles, GG, Godwin, AK, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, González-Neira, A, Greene, MH, Gronwald, J, Guénel, P, Häberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hake, CR, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, BAM, Hillemanns, P, Hogervorst, FBL, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Huebner, H, Hulick, PJ, Imyanitov, EN, Isaacs, C, Izatt, L, Jager, A, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, James, P, Janavicius, R, Janni, W, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kapoor, PM, Karlan, BY, Keeman, R, Khan, S, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Konstantopoulou, I, Koppert, LB, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Laenkholm, A-V, Lambrechts, D, Larsson, SC, Laurent-Puig, P, Lazaro, C, Lazarova, E, Lejbkowicz, F, Leslie, G, Lesueur, F, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Lo, W-Y, Loud, JT, Lubinski, J, Lukomska, A, MacInnis, RJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Matricardi, L, McGuffog, L, McLean, C, Mebirouk, N, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Miller, A, Mingazheva, E, Montagna, M, Mulligan, AM, Mulot, C, Muranen, TA, Nathanson, KL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, WG, Nielsen, FC, Nikitina-Zake, L, Nodora, J, Offit, K, Olah, E, Olopade, OI, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Papi, L, Papp, J, Park-Simon, T-W, Parsons, MT, Peissel, B, Peixoto, A, Peshkin, B, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Phillips, K-A, Piedmonte, M, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prajzendanc, K, Prentice, R, Prokofyeva, D, Rack, B, Radice, P, Ramus, SJ, Rantala, J, Rashid, MU, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Risch, HA, Romero, A, Rookus, MA, Rübner, M, Rüdiger, T, Saloustros, E, Sampson, S, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Scheuner, MT, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Schöttker, B, Schürmann, P, Senter, L, Sharma, P, Sherman, ME, Shu, X-O, Singer, CF, Smichkoska, S, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stone, J, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Swerdlow, AJ, Szabo, CI, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teixeira, MR, Terry, M, Thomassen, M, Thull, DL, Tischkowitz, M, Toland, AE, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Tung, N, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van den Ouweland, AMW, van der Kolk, LE, van Veen, EM, vanRensburg, EJ, Vega, A, Wappenschmidt, B, Weinberg, CR, Weitzel, JN, Wildiers, H, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Zorn, KK, Milne, RL, Kraft, P, Simard, J, Pharoah, PDP, Michailidou, K, Antoniou, AC, Schmidt, MK, Chenevix-Trench, G, Easton, DF, Chatterjee, N, and García-Closas, M
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1,2,3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P
Published: 2020

35. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhan, H.Y., Ahearn, T.U., Lecarpentier, J., Barnes, D., Beesley, J., Qi, G.H., Jiang, X., O'Mara, T.A., Zhao, N., Bolla, M.K., Dunning, A.M., Dennis, J., Wang, Q., Abu Ful, Z., Aittomaki, K., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Aronson, K.J., Arun, B.K., Auer, P.L., Azzollini, J., Barrowdale, D., Becher, H., Beckmann, M.W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bialkowska, K., Blanco, A., Blomqvist, C., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Bonanni, B., Bondavalli, D., Borg, A., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Briceno, I., Broeks, A., Brucker, S.Y., Bruning, T., Burwinkel, B., Buys, S.S., Byers, H., Caldes, T., Caligo, M.A., Calvello, M., Campa, D., Castelao, J.E., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Christiaens, M., Christiansen, H., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Clarke, C.L., Cornelissen, S., Couch, F.J., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., Devilee, P., Diez, O., Domchek, S.M., Dork, T., Dwek, M., Eccles, D.M., Ekici, A.B., Evans, D.G., Fasching, P.A., Figueroa, J., Foretova, L., Fostira, F., Friedman, E., Frost, D., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gapstur, S.M., Garber, J., Garcia-Saenz, J.A., Gaudet, M.M., Gayther, S.A., Giles, G.G., Godwin, A.K., Goldberg, M.S., Goldgar, D.E., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Greene, M.H., Gronwald, J., Guenel, P., Haberle, L., Hahnen, E., Haiman, C.A., Hake, C.R., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Harkness, E.F., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B.A.M., Hillemanns, P., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Holleczek, B., Hollestelle, A., Hooning, M.J., Hoover, R.N., Hopper, J.L., Howell, A., Huebner, H., Hulick, P.J., Imyanitov, E.N., Isaacs, C., Izatt, L., Jager, A., Jakimovska, M., Jakubowska, A., James, P., Janavicius, R., Janni, W., John, E.M., Jones, M.E., Jung, A., Kaaks, R., Kapoor, P.M., Karlan, B.Y., Keeman, R., Khan, S., Khusnutdinova, E., Kitahara, C.M., Ko, Y.D., Konstantopoulou, I., Koppert, L.B., Koutros, S., Kristensen, V.N., Laenkholm, A.V., Lambrechts, D., Larsson, S.C., Laurent-Puig, P., Lazaro, C., Lazarova, E., Lejbkowicz, F., Leslie, G., Lesueur, F., Lindblom, A., Lissowska, J., W.Y. lo, Loud, J.T., Lubinski, J., Lukomska, A., MacInnis, R.J., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Manoukian, S., Margolin, S., Martinez, M.E., Matricardi, L., McGuffog, L., McLean, C., Mebirouk, N., Meindl, A., Menon, U., Miller, A., Mingazheva, E., Montagna, M., Mulligan, A.M., Mulot, C., Muranen, T.A., Nathanson, K.L., Neuhausen, S.L., Nevanlinna, H., Neven, P., Newman, W.G., Nielsens, F.C., Nikitina-Zake, L., Nodora, J., Offit, K., Olah, E., Olopade, O.I., Olsson, H., Orr, N., Papi, L., Papp, J., Park-Simon, T.W., Parsons, M.T., Peissel, B., Peixoto, A., Peshkin, B., Peterlongo, P., Peto, J., Phillips, K.A., Piedmonte, M., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Prajzendanc, K., Prentice, R., Prokofyeva, D., Rack, B., Radice, P., Ramus, S.J., Rantala, J., Rashid, M.U., Rennert, G., Rennert, H.S., Risch, H.A., Romero, A., Rookus, M.A., Rubner, M., Rudiger, T., Saloustros, E., Sampson, S., Sandler, D.P., Sawyer, E.J., Scheuner, M.T., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneeweiss, A., Schoemaker, M.J., Schottker, B., Schurmann, P., Senter, L., Sharma, P., Sherman, M.E., Shu, X.O., Singer, C.F., Smichkoska, S., Soucy, P., Southey, M.C., Spinelli, J.J., Stone, J., Stoppa-Lyonnet, D., Swerdlow, A.J., Szabo, C.I., Tamimi, R.M., Tapper, W.J., Taylor, J.A., Teixeira, M.R., Terry, M., Thomassen, M., Thull, D.L., Tischkowitz, M., Toland, A.E., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Tomlinson, I., Torres, D., Troester, M.A., Truong, T., Tung, N., Untch, M., Vachon, C.M., Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Kolk, L.E. van der, Veen, E.M. van, vanRensburg, E.J., Vega, A., Wappenschmidt, B., Weinberg, C.R., Weitzel, J.N., Wildiers, H., Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Yang, X.H.R., Yannoukakos, D., Zheng, W., Zorn, K.K., Milne, R.L., Kraft, P., Simard, J., Pharoah, P.D.P., Michailidou, K., Antoniou, A.C., Schmidt, M.K., Chenevix-Trench, G., Easton, D.F., Chatterjee, N., Garcia-Closas, M., kConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, EMBRACE Study, and GEMO Study Collaborators
Abstract: Genome-wide analysis identifies 32 loci associated with breast cancer susceptibility, accounting for estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade.Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype(1-3). To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P < 5.0 x 10(-8)), 15 of which showed evidence for associations with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate < 0.05). Five loci showed associations (P < 0.05) in opposite directions between luminal and non-luminal subtypes. In silico analyses showed that these five loci contained cell-specific enhancers that differed between normal luminal and basal mammary cells. The genetic correlations between five intrinsic-like subtypes ranged from 0.35 to 0.80. The proportion of genome-wide chip heritability explained by all known susceptibility loci was 54.2% for luminal A-like disease and 37.6% for triple-negative disease. The odds ratios of polygenic risk scores, which included 330 variants, for the highest 1% of quantiles compared with middle quantiles were 5.63 and 3.02 for luminal A-like and triple-negative disease, respectively. These findings provide an improved understanding of genetic predisposition to breast cancer subtypes and will inform the development of subtype-specific polygenic risk scores.
Published: 2020

36. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes

Author: Fachal, L., Aschard, H., Beesley, J., Barnes, D.R., Allen, J., Kar, S., Pooley, K.A., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Turman, C., Soucy, P., Lemaçon, A., Lush, M., Tyrer, J.P., Ghoussaini, M., Marjaneh, M.M., Jiang, X., Agata, S., Aittomäki, K., Alonso, M.R., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N.N., Arason, A., Arndt, V., Aronson, K.J., Arun, B.K., Auber, B., Auer, P.L., Azzollini, J., Balmaña, J., Barkardottir, R.B., Barrowdale, D., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Białkowska, K., Blanco, A.M., Blomqvist, C., Blot, W., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Bolla, M.K., Bonanni, B., Borg, A., Bosse, K., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Briceno, I., Brock, I.W., Brooks-Wilson, A., Brüning, T., Burwinkel, B., Buys, S.S., Cai, Q., Caldés, T., Caligo, M.A., Camp, N.J., Campbell, I., Canzian, F., Carroll, J.S., Carter, B.D., Castelao, J.E., Chiquette, J., Christiansen, H., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Clarke, C.L., Mari, V., Berthet, P., Castera, L., Vaur, D., Lallaoui, H., Bignon, Y.-J., Uhrhammer, N., Bonadona, V., Lasset, C., Révillion, F., Vennin, P., Muller, D., Gomes, D.M., Ingster, O., Coupier, I., Pujol, P., Collonge-Rame, M.-A., Mortemousque, I., Bera, O., Rose, M., Baurand, A., Bertolone, G., Faivre, L., Dreyfus, H., Leroux, D., Venat-Bouvet, L., Bézieau, S., Delnatte, C., Chiesa, J., Gilbert-Dussardier, B., Gesta, P., Prieur, F.P., Bronner, M., Sokolowska, J., Coulet, F., Boutry-Kryza, N., Calender, A., Giraud, S., Leone, M., Fert-Ferrer, S., Stoppa-Lyonnet, D., Jiao, Y., Lesueur, F.L., Mebirouk, N., Barouk-Simonet, E., Bubien, V., Longy, M., Sevenet, N., Gladieff, L., Toulas, C., Reimineras, A., Sobol, H., Paillerets, B.B.-D., Cabaret, O., Caron, O., Guillaud-Bataille, M., Rouleau, E., Belotti, M., Buecher, B., Caputo, S., Colas, C., Pauw, A.D., Fourme, E., Gauthier-Villars, M., Golmard, L., Moncoutier, V., Saule, C., Donaldson, A., Murray, A., Brady, A., Brewer, C., Pottinger, C., Miller, C., Gallagher, D., Gregory, H., Cook, J., Eason, J., Adlard, J., Barwell, J., Ong, K.-R., Snape, K., Walker, L., Izatt, L., Side, L., Tischkowitz, M., Rogers, M.T., Porteous, M.E., Ahmed, M., Morrison, P.J., Brennan, P., Eeles, R., Davidson, R., Collée, M., Cornelissen, S., Couch, F.J., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Cybulski, C., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., de la Hoya, M., Devilee, P., Diez, O., Ding, Y.C., Dite, G.S., Domchek, S.M., Dörk, T., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Droit, A., Dubois, S., Dumont, M., Duran, M., Durcan, L., Dwek, M., Eccles, D.M., Engel, C., Eriksson, M., Evans, D.G., Fasching, P.A., Fletcher, O., Floris, G., Flyger, H., Foretova, L., Foulkes, W.D., Friedman, E., Fritschi, L., Frost, D., Gabrielson, M., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gambino, G., Ganz, P.A., Gapstur, S.M., Garber, J., García-Sáenz, J.A., Gaudet, M.M., Georgoulias, V., Giles, G., Glendon, G., Godwin, A.K., Goldberg, M.S., Goldgar, D.E., González-Neira, A., Tibiletti, M.G., Greene, M.H., Grip, M., Gronwald, J., Grundy, A., Guénel, P., Hahnen, E., Haiman, C.A., Håkansson, N., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Harrington, P.A., Hartikainen, J.M., Hartman, M., He, W., Healey, C.S., Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B.A.M., Heyworth, J., Hillemanns, P., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Hollestelle, A., Hooning, M., Hopper, J., Howell, A., Huang, G., Hulick, P.J., Imyanitov, E.N., Sexton, A., Christian, A., Trainer, A., Spigelman, A., Fellows, A., Shelling, A., Fazio, A.D., Blackburn, A., Crook, A., Meiser, B., Patterson, B., Clarke, C., Saunders, C., Hunt, C., Scott, C., Amor, D., Marsh, D., Edkins, E., Salisbury, E., Haan, E., Neidermayr, E., Macrea, F., Farshid, G., Lindeman, G., Chenevix-Trench, G., Mann, G., Gill, G., Thorne, H., Hickie, I., Winship, I., Flanagan, J., Kollias, J., Visvader, J., Stone, J., Taylor, J., Burke, J., Saunus, J., Forbes, J., Kirk, J., French, J., Tucker, K., Wu, K., Phillips, K., Lipton, L., Andrews, L., Lobb, L., Kentwell, M., Spurdle, M., Cummings, M., Gleeson, M., Harris, M., Jenkins, M., Young, M.A., Delatycki, M., Wallis, M., Burgess, M., Price, M., Brown, M., 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Olsson, H., Orr, N., Osorio, A., Pankratz, V.S., Papp, J., Park, S.K., Park-Simon, T.-W., Parsons, M.T., Paul, J., Pedersen, I.S., Peissel, B., Peshkin, B., Peterlongo, P., Peto, J., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Prajzendanc, K., Prentice, R., Presneau, N., Prokofyeva, D., Pujana, M.A., Pylkäs, K., Radice, P., Ramus, S.J., Rantala, J., Rau-Murthy, R., Rennert, G., Risch, H.A., Robson, M., Romero, A., Rossing, M., Saloustros, E., Sánchez-Herrero, E., Sandler, D.P., Santamariña, M., Sawyer, E.J., Scheuner, M.T., Schmidt, D.F., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneeweiss, A., Schoemaker, M.J., Schöttker, B., Schürmann, P., Scott, R.J., Senter, L., Seynaeve, C.M., Shah, M., Sharma, P., Shen, C.-Y., Shu, X.-O., Singer, C.F., Slavin, T.P., Smichkoska, S., Southey, M.C., Spinelli, J.J., Spurdle, A.B., Sutter, C., Swerdlow, A.J., Tamimi, R.M., Tan, Y.Y., Tapper, W.J., Taylor, J.A., Teixeira, M.R., Tengström, M., Teo, S.H., Terry, M.B., Teulé, A., Thomassen, M., Thull, D.L., Toland, A.E., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., 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Chan School of Public Health, This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement number 656144. Genotyping of the OncoArray was principally funded from three sources: the PERSPECTIVE project (funded by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the ‘Ministère de l’Économie de la Science et de l’Innovation du Québec’ (through Genome Québec) and the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation), the NCI Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME-ON) initiative and the Discovery, Biology and Risk of Inherited Variants in Breast Cancer (DRIVE) project (NIH grants U19 CA148065 and X01HG007492), and Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118, C8197/A16565 and C1287/A16563). BCAC is funded by Cancer Research UK (C1287/A16563), by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement 223175 (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175) (COGS) and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreements 633784 (B-CAST) and 634935 (BRIDGES). Genotyping of the iCOGS array was funded by the European Union (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175), Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10710), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the ‘CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer’ program, and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Quebec (grant PSR-SIIRI-701). Combining of the GWAS data was supported in part by NIH Cancer Post-Cancer GWAS initiative grant U19 CA 148065 (DRIVE, part of the GAME-ON initiative). For a full description of funding and acknowledgments, see the Supplementary Note., We thank all of the individuals who took part in these studies, as well as all of the researchers, clinicians, technicians and administrative staff who enabled this work to be carried out, European Project: 656144,H2020,H2020-MSCA-IF-2014,RADIOGENFF(2016), European Project: 223175,EC:FP7:HEALTH,FP7-HEALTH-2007-B,COGS(2009), European Project: 633784,H2020,H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage,B-CAST(2015), European Project: 634935,H2020,H2020-PHC-2014-two-stage,BRIDGES(2015), Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, Pathology, Radiology & Nuclear Medicine, Institut Pasteur [Paris] (IP)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Cyprus [Nicosia] (UCY), Centre de recherche en épidémiologie et santé des populations (CESP), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Hôpital Paul Brousse-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Paris-Saclay, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Life Course Epidemiology (LCE), Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON), Basic and Translational Research and Imaging Methodology Development in Groningen (BRIDGE), Aschard, Hugues [0000-0002-7554-6783], Barnes, Daniel R [0000-0002-3781-7570], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Michailidou, Kyriaki [0000-0001-7065-1237], Lemaçon, Audrey [0000-0002-1817-7029], Andrulis, Irene L [0000-0002-4226-6435], Arason, Adalgeir [0000-0003-0480-886X], Arndt, Volker [0000-0001-9320-8684], Auber, Bernd [0000-0003-1880-291X], Azzollini, Jacopo [0000-0002-9364-9778], Bojesen, Stig E [0000-0002-4061-4133], Bonanni, Bernardo [0000-0003-3589-2128], Brauch, Hiltrud [0000-0001-7531-2736], Campbell, Ian [0000-0002-7773-4155], Carroll, Jason S [0000-0003-3643-0080], Claes, Kathleen BM [0000-0003-0841-7372], Collée, J Margriet [0000-0002-9272-9346], Devilee, Peter [0000-0002-8023-2009], Dörk, Thilo [0000-0002-9458-0282], Dwek, Miriam [0000-0001-7184-2932], Fletcher, Olivia [0000-0001-9387-7116], Floris, Giuseppe [0000-0003-2391-5425], Foulkes, William D [0000-0001-7427-4651], García-Sáenz, José A [0000-0001-6880-0301], Greene, Mark H [0000-0003-1852-9239], Guénel, Pascal [0000-0002-8359-518X], Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM [0000-0002-9724-6693], Hollestelle, Antoinette [0000-0003-1166-1966], Hulick, Peter J [0000-0001-8397-4078], Jakimovska, Milena [0000-0002-1506-0669], Jakubowska, Anna [0000-0002-5650-0501], James, Paul A [0000-0002-4361-4657], Jones, Michael E [0000-0001-7479-3451], Kapoor, Pooja Middha [0000-0001-5503-8215], Keeman, Renske [0000-0002-5452-9933], Konstantopoulou, Irene [0000-0002-0470-0309], Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Lesueur, Fabienne [0000-0001-7404-4549], Matsuo, Keitaro [0000-0003-1761-6314], McLean, Catriona [0000-0002-0302-5727], Miller, Austin [0000-0001-9739-8462], Muir, Kenneth [0000-0001-6429-988X], Muranen, Taru A [0000-0002-5895-1808], Nathanson, Katherine L [0000-0002-6740-0901], Nevanlinna, Heli [0000-0002-0916-2976], Olopade, Olufunmilayo I [0000-0002-9936-1599], Orr, Nick [0000-0003-2866-942X], Pankratz, V Shane [0000-0002-3742-040X], Parsons, Michael T [0000-0003-3242-8477], Paul, James [0000-0001-7367-5816], Peshkin, Beth [0000-0002-2997-4701], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Peto, Julian [0000-0002-1685-8912], Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana [0000-0001-8877-2416], Pylkäs, Katri [0000-0002-2449-0521], Radice, Paolo [0000-0001-6298-4111], Rennert, Gad [0000-0002-8512-068X], Robson, Mark [0000-0002-3109-1692], Romero, Atocha [0000-0002-1634-7397], Saloustros, Emmanouil [0000-0002-0485-0120], Scott, Christopher [0000-0003-1340-0647], Scott, Rodney J [0000-0001-7724-3404], Spurdle, Amanda B [0000-0003-1337-7897], Stone, Jennifer [0000-0001-5077-0124], Sutter, Christian [0000-0003-4051-5888], Tan, Yen Yen [0000-0003-1063-5352], Teixeira, Manuel R [0000-0002-4896-5982], Toland, Amanda E [0000-0002-0271-1792], Tomlinson, Ian [0000-0003-3037-1470], Viel, Alessandra [0000-0003-2804-0840], Vijai, Joseph [0000-0002-7933-151X], Wolk, Alicja [0000-0001-7387-6845], Yannoukakos, Drakoulis [0000-0001-7509-3510], Pharoah, Paul DP [0000-0001-8494-732X], Schmidt, Marjanka K [0000-0002-2228-429X], Milne, Roger L [0000-0001-5764-7268], Edwards, Stacey L [0000-0001-7428-4139], Simard, Jacques [0000-0001-6906-3390], Easton, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247], Kraft, Peter [0000-0002-4472-8103], Dunning, Alison M [0000-0001-6651-7166], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Academic Medical Center, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Human genetics, CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, Molecular cell biology and Immunology, Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, HUSLAB, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Clinicum, Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research, Staff Services, INDIVIDRUG - Individualized Drug Therapy, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subjects: CHROMATIN, Linkage disequilibrium, Genome-wide association study, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Genome-wide association studies, Linkage Disequilibrium, Basic medicine, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, MESH: Risk Factors, Risk Factors, COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PORTRAITS, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, HEBON Investigators, Genetics & Heredity, 0303 health sciences, [STAT.AP]Statistics [stat]/Applications [stat.AP], PROTEIN FUNCTION, Tumor, breast tumor, MESH: Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, MESH: Genetic Predisposition to Disease, apoptosis, Chromosome Mapping, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, MESH: Linkage Disequilibrium, Female, MESH: Biomarkers, Tumor, Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics, [STAT.ME]Statistics [stat]/Methodology [stat.ME], Life Sciences & Biomedicine, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, MESH: Bayes Theorem, Quantitative Trait Loci, ABCTB Investigators, INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS, Breast Neoplasms, Computational biology, Biology, Quantitative trait locus, Breast Neoplasms/genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, ENHANCER, GEMO Study Collaborators, 03 medical and health sciences, breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, REVEALS, Genetics, Biomarkers, Tumor, MESH: Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, FUNCTIONAL VARIANTS, EMBRACE Collaborators, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association, Bayes Theorem, Genome-Wide Association Study, MESH: Humans, Science & Technology, Nucleic Acid, gene mapping, 06 Biological Sciences, MESH: Quantitative Trait Loci, DNA binding site, ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Clinical medicine, Expression quantitative trait loci, MESH: Genome-Wide Association Study, Human genome, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, KConFab Investigators, [INFO.INFO-BI]Computer Science [cs]/Bioinformatics [q-bio.QM], MESH: Chromosome Mapping, Chromosome Mapping/methods, Regulatory Sequences, MESH: Female, Biomarkers, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, MESH: Breast Neoplasms, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have identified breast cancer risk variants in over 150 genomic regions, but the mechanisms underlying risk remain largely unknown. These regions were explored by combining association analysis with in silico genomic feature annotations. We defined 205 independent risk-associated signals with the set of credible causal variants in each one. In parallel, we used a Bayesian approach (PAINTOR) that combines genetic association, linkage disequilibrium and enriched genomic features to determine variants with high posterior probabilities of being causal. Potentially causal variants were significantly over-represented in active gene regulatory regions and transcription factor binding sites. We applied our INQUSIT pipeline for prioritizing genes as targets of those potentially causal variants, using gene expression (expression quantitative trait loci), chromatin interaction and functional annotations. Known cancer drivers, transcription factors and genes in the developmental, apoptosis, immune system and DNA integrity checkpoint gene ontology pathways were over-represented among the highest-confidence target genes., This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement number 656144. Genotyping of the OncoArray was principally funded from three sources: the PERSPECTIVE project (funded by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the ‘Ministère de l’Économie de la Science et de l’Innovation du Québec’ (through Genome Québec) and the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation); the NCI Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME-ON) initiative and the Discovery, Biology and Risk of Inherited Variants in Breast Cancer (DRIVE) project (NIH grants U19 CA148065 and X01HG007492); and Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118, C8197/A16565 and C1287/A16563). BCAC is funded by Cancer Research UK (C1287/A16563), by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement 223175 (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175) (COGS) and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreements 633784 (B-CAST) and 634935 (BRIDGES). Genotyping of the iCOGS array was funded by the European Union (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175), Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10710), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the ‘CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer’ program, and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Quebec (grant PSR-SIIRI-701). Combining of the GWAS data was supported in part by NIH Cancer Post-Cancer GWAS initiative grant U19 CA 148065 (DRIVE; part of the GAME-ON initiative).
Published: 2020

37. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhang, H. (Haoyu), Ahearn, T. U. (Thomas U.), Lecarpentier, J. (Julie), Barnes, D. (Daniel), Beesley, J. (Jonathan), Qi, G. (Guanghao), Hang, X. (Xia), O'Mara, T. A. (Tracy A.), Zhao, N. (Ni), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Dennis, J. (Joe), Wang, Q. (Qin), Abu Ful, Z. (Zumuruda), Aittomaki, K. (Kristiina), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K. J. (Kristan J.), Arun, B. K. (Banu K.), Auer, P. L. (Paul L.), Azzollini, J. (Jacopo), Barrowdale, D. (Daniel), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bialkowska, K. (Katarzyna), Blanco, A. (Ana), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Bogdanova, N. V. (Natalia, V), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Bondavalli, D. (Davide), Borg, A. (Ake), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Briceno, I. (Ignacio), Broeks, A. (Annegien), Brucker, S. Y. (Sara Y.), Bruening, T. (Thomas), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Buys, S. S. (Saundra S.), Byers, H. (Helen), Caldes, T. (Trinidad), Caligo, M. A. (Maria A.), Calvello, M. (Mariarosaria), Campa, D. (Daniele), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Christiaens, M. (Melissa), Christiansen, H. (Hans), Chung, W. K. (Wendy K.), Claes, K. B. (Kathleen B. M.), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Cornelissen, S. (Sten), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Diez, O. (Orland), Domchek, S. M. (Susan M.), Doerk, T. (Thilo), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Ekici, A. B. (Arif B.), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Foretova, L. (Lenka), Fostira, F. (Florentia), Friedman, E. (Eitan), Frost, D. (Debra), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Gapstur, S. M. (Susan M.), Garber, J. (Judy), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), Gayther, S. A. (Simon A.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Godwin, A. K. (Andrew K.), Goldberg, M. S. (Mark S.), Goldgar, D. E. (David E.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Greene, M. H. (Mark H.), Gronwald, J. (Jacek), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Haeberle, L. (Lothar), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hake, C. R. (Christopher R.), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Harkness, E. F. (Elaine F.), Heemskerk-Gerritsen, B. A. (Bernadette A. M.), Hillemanns, P. (Peter), Hogervorst, F. B. (Frans B. L.), Holleczek, B. (Bernd), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hoover, R. N. (Robert N.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), Huebner, H. (Hanna), Hulick, P. J. (Peter J.), Imyanitov, E. N. (Evgeny N.), Isaacs, C. (Claudine), Izatt, L. (Louise), Jager, A. (Agnes), Jakimovska, M. (Milena), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), James, P. (Paul), Janavicius, R. (Ramunas), Janni, W. (Wolfgang), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kapoor, P. M. (Pooja Middha), Karlan, B. Y. (Beth Y.), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khan, S. (Sofia), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Ko, Y.-D. (Yon-Dschun), Konstantopoulou, I. (Irene), Koppert, L. B. (Linetta B.), Koutros, S. (Stella), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Laenkholm, A.-V. (Anne-Vibeke), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Larsson, S. C. (Susanna C.), Laurent-Puig, P. (Pierre), Lazaro, C. (Conxi), Lazarova, E. (Emilija), Lejbkowicz, F. (Flavio), Leslie, G. (Goska), Lesueur, F. (Fabienne), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Lissowska, J. (Jolanta), Lo, W.-Y. (Wing-Yee), Loud, J. T. (Jennifer T.), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Lukomska, A. (Alicja), Maclnnis, R. J. (Robert J.), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Martinez, M. E. (Maria Elena), Matricardi, L. (Laura), McGuffog, L. (Lesley), McLean, C. (Catriona), Mebirouk, N. (Noura), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Menon, U. (Usha), Miller, A. (Austin), Mingazheva, E. (Elvira), Montagna, M. (Marco), Mulligan, A. M. (Anna Marie), Mulot, C. (Claire), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Nathanson, K. L. (Katherine L.), Neuhausen, S. L. (Susan L.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Neven, P. (Patrick), Newman, W. G. (William G.), Nielsens, F. C. (Finn C.), Nikitina-Zake, L. (Liene), Nodora, J. (Jesse), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olah, E. (Edith), Olopade, O. I. (Olufunmilayo, I), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Orr, N. (Nick), Papi, L. (Laura), Papp, J. (Janos), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Parsons, M. T. (Michael T.), Peissel, B. (Bernard), Peixoto, A. (Ana), Peshkin, B. (Beth), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Peto, J. (Julian), Phillips, K.-A. (Kelly-Anne), Piedmonte, M. (Marion), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Prajzendanc, K. (Karolina), Prentice, R. (Ross), Prokofyeva, D. (Darya), Rack, B. (Brigitte), Radice, P. (Paolo), Ramus, S. J. (Susan J.), Rantala, J. (Johanna), Rashid, M. U. (Muhammad U.), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rennert, H. S. (Hedy S.), Risch, H. A. (Harvey A.), Romero, A. (Atocha), Rookus, M. A. (Matti A.), Ruebner, M. (Matthias), Ruediger, T. (Thomas), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sampson, S. (Sarah), Sandler, D. P. (Dale P.), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Scheuner, M. T. (Maren T.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schneeweiss, A. (Andreas), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Schoettker, B. (Ben), Schuermann, P. (Peter), Senter, L. (Leigha), Sharma, P. (Priyanka), Sherman, M. E. (Mark E.), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Singer, C. F. (Christian F.), Smichkoska, S. (Snezhana), Soucy, P. (Penny), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Spinelli, J. J. (John J.), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Stoppa-Lyonnet, D. (Dominique), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Szabo, C. I. (Csilla, I), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Taylor, J. A. (Jack A.), Teixeira, M. R. (Manuel R.), Terry, M. (MaryBeth), Thomassen, M. (Mads), Thull, D. L. (Darcy L.), Tischkowitz, M. (Marc), Toland, A. E. (Amanda E.), Tollenaar, R. A. (Rob A. E. M.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Torres, D. (Diana), Troester, M. A. (Melissa A.), Truong, T. (Therese), Tung, N. (Nadine), Untch, M. (Michael), Vachon, C. M. (Celine M.), van den Ouweland, A. M. (Ans M. W.), van der Kolk, L. E. (Lizet E.), van Veen, E. M. (Elke M.), vanRensburg, E. J. (Elizabeth J.), Vega, A. (Ana), Wappenschmidt, B. (Barbara), Weinberg, C. R. (Clarice R.), Weitzel, J. N. (Jeffrey N.), Wildiers, H. (Hans), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Yang, X. R. (Xiaohong R.), Yannoukakos, D. (Drakoulis), Zheng, W. (Wei), Zorn, K. K. (Kristin K.), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Kraft, P. (Peter), Simard, J. (Jacques), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Antoniou, A. C. (Antonis C.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Chatterjee, N. (Nilanjan), and Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat)
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P
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38. Two truncating variants in FANCC and breast cancer risk.

Author: Gaudet M.M., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Marchand L.L., Li J., Lindstrom S., Linet M., Lo W.-Y., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez E., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Newman W.G., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pohl-Rescigno E., Presneau N., Rack B., Radice P., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Romero A., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneider M.O., Schoemaker M.J., Scott C., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Slager S., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Torres D., Torres-Mejia G., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tsugane S., Untch M., Vachon C.M., Ouweland A.M.W.V.D., Veen E.M.V., Vijai J., Wendt C., Wolk A., Yu J.-C., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Ziv E., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Schindler D., Devilee P., Easton D.F., Hopper J.L., Howell T., Huo D., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Dork T., Peterlongo P., Mannermaa A., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Freeman L.E.B., Beckmann M.W., Beeghly-Fadiel A., Behrens S., Bermisheva M., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Burwinkel B., Canzian F., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Christiansen H., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Czene K., Daly M.B., Dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Jung A., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Guenel P., Haeberle L., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hauke J., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hooning M.J., Kapoor P.M., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Gaudet M.M., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Marchand L.L., Li J., Lindstrom S., Linet M., Lo W.-Y., Long J., Lophatananon A., Lubinski J., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez E., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Mohd Taib N.A., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Newman W.G., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pohl-Rescigno E., Presneau N., Rack B., Radice P., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Romero A., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Schmidt M.K., Schmutzler R.K., Schneider M.O., Schoemaker M.J., Scott C., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Slager S., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Surowy H., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Torres D., Torres-Mejia G., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tsugane S., Untch M., Vachon C.M., Ouweland A.M.W.V.D., Veen E.M.V., Vijai J., Wendt C., Wolk A., Yu J.-C., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Ziv E., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Schindler D., Devilee P., Easton D.F., Hopper J.L., Howell T., Huo D., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Dork T., Peterlongo P., Mannermaa A., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Ahearn T., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Freeman L.E.B., Beckmann M.W., Beeghly-Fadiel A., Behrens S., Bermisheva M., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Burwinkel B., Canzian F., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Christiansen H., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Czene K., Daly M.B., Dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gao C., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Jung A., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Guenel P., Haeberle L., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hauke J., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hooning M.J., Kapoor P.M., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kitahara C.M., Koutros S., Kraft P., and Kristensen V.N.
Abstract: Fanconi anemia (FA) is a genetically heterogeneous disorder with 22 disease-causing genes reported to date. In some FA genes, monoallelic mutations have been found to be associated with breast cancer risk, while the risk associations of others remain unknown. The gene for FA type C, FANCC, has been proposed as a breast cancer susceptibility gene based on epidemiological and sequencing studies. We used the Oncoarray project to genotype two truncating FANCC variants (p.R185X and p.R548X) in 64,760 breast cancer cases and 49,793 controls of European descent. FANCC mutations were observed in 25 cases (14 with p.R185X, 11 with p.R548X) and 26 controls (18 with p.R185X, 8 with p.R548X). There was no evidence of an association with the risk of breast cancer, neither overall (odds ratio 0.77, 95%CI 0.44-1.33, p=0.4) nor by histology, hormone receptor status, age or family history. We conclude that the breast cancer risk association of these two FANCC variants, if any, is much smaller than for BRCA1, BRCA2 or PALB2 mutations. If this applies to all truncating variants in FANCC it would suggest there are differences between FA genes in their roles on breast cancer risk and demonstrates the merit of large consortia for clarifying risk associations of rare variants.
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39. The spectrum of fancm protein truncating variants in European breast cancer cases.

Author: Torngren T., Teixeira M., Toss A., Urioste M., Vega A., Vlckova Z., Yannoukakos D., Zampiga V., Kleibl Z., Radice P., Nevanlinna H., Ehrencrona H., Janavicius R., Peterlongo P., Figlioli G., Kvist A., Tham E., Soukupova J., Kleiblova P., Muranen T.A., Andrieu N., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barroso A., Benitez J., Bertelsen B., Blanco A., Bonanni B., Borg A., Brunet J., Calistri D., Calvello M., Chvojka S., Cortesi L., Darder E., Del Valle J., Diez O., Eon-Marchais S., Fostira F., Gensini F., Houdayer C., Janatova M., Kiiski J.I., Konstantopoulou I., Kubelka-Sabit K., Lazaro C., Lesueur F., Manoukian S., Marcinkute R., Mickys U., Moncoutier V., Myszka A., Nguyen-Dumont T., Nielsen F.C., Norvilas R., Olah E., Osorio A., Papi L., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pocza T., Rossing M., Rudaitis V., Santamarina M., Santos C., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Torngren T., Teixeira M., Toss A., Urioste M., Vega A., Vlckova Z., Yannoukakos D., Zampiga V., Kleibl Z., Radice P., Nevanlinna H., Ehrencrona H., Janavicius R., Peterlongo P., Figlioli G., Kvist A., Tham E., Soukupova J., Kleiblova P., Muranen T.A., Andrieu N., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barroso A., Benitez J., Bertelsen B., Blanco A., Bonanni B., Borg A., Brunet J., Calistri D., Calvello M., Chvojka S., Cortesi L., Darder E., Del Valle J., Diez O., Eon-Marchais S., Fostira F., Gensini F., Houdayer C., Janatova M., Kiiski J.I., Konstantopoulou I., Kubelka-Sabit K., Lazaro C., Lesueur F., Manoukian S., Marcinkute R., Mickys U., Moncoutier V., Myszka A., Nguyen-Dumont T., Nielsen F.C., Norvilas R., Olah E., Osorio A., Papi L., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pocza T., Rossing M., Rudaitis V., Santamarina M., Santos C., Smichkoska S., Southey M.C., and Stoppa-Lyonnet D.
Abstract: Germline protein truncating variants (PTVs) in the FANCM gene have been associated with a 2-4-fold increased breast cancer risk in case-control studies conducted in different European populations. However, the distribution and the frequency of FANCM PTVs in Europe have never been investigated. In the present study, we collected the data of 114 European female breast cancer cases with FANCM PTVs ascertained in 20 centers from 13 European countries. We identified 27 different FANCM PTVs. The p.Gln1701* PTV is the most common PTV in Northern Europe with a maximum frequency in Finland and a lower relative frequency in Southern Europe. On the contrary, p.Arg1931* seems to be the most common PTV in Southern Europe. We also showed that p.Arg658*, the third most common PTV, is more frequent in Central Europe, and p.Gln498Thrfs*7 is probably a founder variant from Lithuania. Of the 23 rare or unique FANCM PTVs, 15 have not been previously reported. We provide here the initial spectrum of FANCM PTVs in European breast cancer cases.Copyright © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
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40. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes.

Author: Ramus S.J., Carroll J.S., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Schottker B., Schurmann P., Scott C., Scott R.J., Senter L., Shah M., Sharma P., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Singer C.F., Slavin T.P., Smichkoska S., Spinelli J.J., Spurdle A.B., Sutter C., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tan Y.Y., Tapper W.J., Taylor J., Teixeira M.R., Tengstrom M., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Teule A., Thomassen M., Thull D.L., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Torres D., Torres-Mejia G., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tung N., Tzardi M., Ulmer H.-U., Vachon C.M., van der Kolk L.E., van Rensburg E.J., Vega A., Viel A., Vijai J., Vogel M.J., Wang Q., Wappenschmidt B., Weinberg C.R., Weitzel J.N., Wendt C., Wildiers H., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yannoukakos D., Zhang Y., Zheng W., Hunter D., Pharoah P.D.P., Chang-Claude J., Garcia-Closas M., Schmidt M.K., Kristensen V.N., French J.D., Antoniou A.C., Chenevix-Trench G., Simard J., Easton D.F., Kraft P., Allen J., Harris M., Fachal L., Aschard H., Beesley J., Barnes D.R., Kar S., Pooley K.A., Dennis J., Michailidou K., Turman C., Soucy P., Lemacon A., Lush M., Tyrer J.P., Ghoussaini M., Marjaneh M.M., Jiang X., Agata S., Aittomaki K., Alonso M.R., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arason A., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Auber B., Auer P.L., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barrowdale D., Beeghly-Fadiel A., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bialkowska K., Blanco A.M., Blomqvist C., Blot W., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Borg A., Bosse K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Briceno I., Brock I.W., Brooks-Wilson A., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Buys S.S., Cai Q., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Camp N.J., Campbell I., Carter B.D., Castelao J.E., Chiquette J., Christiansen H., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Clarke C.L., Mari V., Berthet P., Castera L., Vaur D., Lallaoui H., Bignon Y.-J., Uhrhammer N., Bonadona V., Lasset C., Revillion F., Vennin P., Muller D., Gomes D.M., Ingster O., Coupier I., Pujol P., Collonge-Rame M.-A., Mortemousque I., Bera O., Rose M., Baurand A., Bertolone G., Faivre L., Dreyfus H., Leroux D., Venat-Bouvet L., Bezieau S., Delnatte C., Chiesa J., Gilbert-Dussardier B., Gesta P., Prieur F.P., Bronner M., Sokolowska J., Coulet F., Boutry-Kryza N., Calender A., Giraud S., Leone M., Fert-Ferrer S., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Jiao Y., Lesueur F.L., Mebirouk N., Barouk-Simonet E., Bubien V., Longy M., Sevenet N., Gladieff L., Toulas C., Reimineras A., Sobol H., Paillerets B.B.-D., Cabaret O., Caron O., Guillaud-Bataille M., Rouleau E., Belotti M., Buecher B., Caputo S., Colas C., Pauw A.D., Fourme E., Gauthier-Villars M., Golmard L., Moncoutier V., Saule C., Donaldson A., Murray A., Brady A., Brewer C., Pottinger C., Miller C., Gallagher D., Gregory H., Cook J., Eason J., Adlard J., Barwell J., Ong K.-R., Snape K., Walker L., Izatt L., Side L., Tischkowitz M., Rogers M.T., Porteous M.E., Ahmed M., Morrison P.J., Brennan P., Eeles R., Davidson R., Collee J.M., Cornelissen S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., de la Hoya M., Devilee P., Diez O., Ding Y.C., Dite G.S., Domchek S.M., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Droit A., Dubois S., Dumont M., Duran M., Durcan L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Engel C., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Fletcher O., Floris G., Flyger H., Foretova L., Foulkes W.D., Friedman E., Fritschi L., Frost D., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gambino G., Ganz P.A., Gapstur S.M., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Georgoulias V., Giles G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Tibiletti M.G., Greene M.H., Grip M., Gronwald J., Grundy A., Guenel P., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Harrington P.A., Hartikainen J.M., Hartman M., He W., Healey C.S., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Heyworth J., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hollestelle A., Hooning M., Hopper J., Howell A., Huang G., Hulick P.J., Imyanitov E.N., Sexton A., Christian A., Trainer A., Spigelman A., Fellows A., Shelling A., Fazio A.D., Blackburn A., Crook A., Meiser B., Patterson B., Clarke C., Saunders C., Hunt C., Amor D., Marsh D., Edkins E., Salisbury E., Haan E., Neidermayr E., Macrea F., Farshid G., Lindeman G., Trench G., Mann G., Gill G., Thorne H., Hickie I., Winship I., Flanagan J., Kollias J., Visvader J., Stone J., Burke J., Saunus J., Forbes J., French J., Tucker K., Wu K., Phillips K., Lipton L., Andrews L., Lobb L., Kentwell M., Spurdle M., Cummings M., Gleeson M., Jenkins M., Young M.A., Delatycki M., Wallis M., Burgess M., Price M., Brown M., Southey M., Bogwitz M., Field M., Friedlander M., Gattas M., Saleh M., Hayward N., Pachter N., Cohen P., Duijf P., James P., Simpson P., Fong P., Butow P., Williams R., Kefford R., Scott R., Milne R.L., Balleine R., Dawson S.-J., Lok S., O'Connell S., Greening S., Nightingale S., Edwards S., Fox S., McLachlan S.-A., Lakhani S., Antill Y., Aalfs C., Meijers-Heijboer H., van Engelen K., Gille H., Boere I., Collee M., van Deurzen C., Obdeijn I.-M., van den Ouweland A., Seynaeve C., Siesling S., Verloop J., van Asperen C., van Cronenburg T., Blok R., de Boer M., Garcia E.G., Adank M., Hogervorst F., Jenner D., van Leeuwen F., Rookus M., Russell N., Schmidt M., van den Belt-Dusebout S., Kets C., Mensenkamp A., de Bock T., van der Hout A., Mourits M., Oosterwijk J., Ausems M., Koudijs M., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Graham D., Sachchithananthan M., Isaacs C., Iwasaki M., Jager A., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janavicius R., Jankowitz R.C., John E.M., Johnson N., Jones M.E., Jukkola-Vuorinen A., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kapoor P.M., Karlan B.Y., Keeman R., Kerin M.J., Khusnutdinova E., Kiiski J.I., Kirk J., Kitahara C.M., Ko Y.-D., Konstantopoulou I., Kosma V.-M., Koutros S., Kubelka-Sabit K., Kwong A., Kyriacou K., Laitman Y., Lambrechts D., Lee E., Leslie G., Lester J., Lesueur F., Lindblom A., Lo W.-Y., Long J., Lophatananon A., Loud J.T., Lubinski J., MacInnis R.J., Maishman T., Makalic E., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez M.E., Matsuo K., Maurer T., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., McGuffog L., McLean C., Meindl A., Miller A., Miller N., Montagna M., Moreno F., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Munoz-Garzon V.M., Muranen T.A., Narod S.A., Nassir R., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Norman A., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Olsson H., Orr N., Osorio A., Pankratz V.S., Papp J., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Parsons M.T., Paul J., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Peshkin B., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Prajzendanc K., Prentice R., Presneau N., Prokofyeva D., Pujana M.A., Pylkas K., Radice P., Canzian F., Rantala J., Rau-Murthy R., Rennert G., Risch H.A., Robson M., Romero A., Rossing M., Saloustros E., Sanchez-Herrero E., Sandler D.P., Santamarina M., Sawyer E.J., Scheuner M.T., Schmidt D.F., Schmutzler R.K., Ramus S.J., Carroll J.S., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Schottker B., Schurmann P., Scott C., Scott R.J., Senter L., Shah M., Sharma P., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Singer C.F., Slavin T.P., Smichkoska S., Spinelli J.J., Spurdle A.B., Sutter C., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tan Y.Y., Tapper W.J., Taylor J., Teixeira M.R., Tengstrom M., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Teule A., Thomassen M., Thull D.L., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Torres D., Torres-Mejia G., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tung N., Tzardi M., Ulmer H.-U., Vachon C.M., van der Kolk L.E., van Rensburg E.J., Vega A., Viel A., Vijai J., Vogel M.J., Wang Q., Wappenschmidt B., Weinberg C.R., Weitzel J.N., Wendt C., Wildiers H., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Wu A.H., Yannoukakos D., Zhang Y., Zheng W., Hunter D., Pharoah P.D.P., Chang-Claude J., Garcia-Closas M., Schmidt M.K., Kristensen V.N., French J.D., Antoniou A.C., Chenevix-Trench G., Simard J., Easton D.F., Kraft P., Allen J., Harris M., Fachal L., Aschard H., Beesley J., Barnes D.R., Kar S., Pooley K.A., Dennis J., Michailidou K., Turman C., Soucy P., Lemacon A., Lush M., Tyrer J.P., Ghoussaini M., Marjaneh M.M., Jiang X., Agata S., Aittomaki K., Alonso M.R., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arason A., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Auber B., Auer P.L., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barrowdale D., Beeghly-Fadiel A., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bialkowska K., Blanco A.M., Blomqvist C., Blot W., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Borg A., Bosse K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Briceno I., Brock I.W., Brooks-Wilson A., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Buys S.S., Cai Q., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Camp N.J., Campbell I., Carter B.D., Castelao J.E., Chiquette J., Christiansen H., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Clarke C.L., Mari V., Berthet P., Castera L., Vaur D., Lallaoui H., Bignon Y.-J., Uhrhammer N., Bonadona V., Lasset C., Revillion F., Vennin P., Muller D., Gomes D.M., Ingster O., Coupier I., Pujol P., Collonge-Rame M.-A., Mortemousque I., Bera O., Rose M., Baurand A., Bertolone G., Faivre L., Dreyfus H., Leroux D., Venat-Bouvet L., Bezieau S., Delnatte C., Chiesa J., Gilbert-Dussardier B., Gesta P., Prieur F.P., Bronner M., Sokolowska J., Coulet F., Boutry-Kryza N., Calender A., Giraud S., Leone M., Fert-Ferrer S., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Jiao Y., Lesueur F.L., Mebirouk N., Barouk-Simonet E., Bubien V., Longy M., Sevenet N., Gladieff L., Toulas C., Reimineras A., Sobol H., Paillerets B.B.-D., Cabaret O., Caron O., Guillaud-Bataille M., Rouleau E., Belotti M., Buecher B., Caputo S., Colas C., Pauw A.D., Fourme E., Gauthier-Villars M., Golmard L., Moncoutier V., Saule C., Donaldson A., Murray A., Brady A., Brewer C., Pottinger C., Miller C., Gallagher D., Gregory H., Cook J., Eason J., Adlard J., Barwell J., Ong K.-R., Snape K., Walker L., Izatt L., Side L., Tischkowitz M., Rogers M.T., Porteous M.E., Ahmed M., Morrison P.J., Brennan P., Eeles R., Davidson R., Collee J.M., Cornelissen S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., de la Hoya M., Devilee P., Diez O., Ding Y.C., Dite G.S., Domchek S.M., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Droit A., Dubois S., Dumont M., Duran M., Durcan L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Engel C., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Fletcher O., Floris G., Flyger H., Foretova L., Foulkes W.D., Friedman E., Fritschi L., Frost D., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gambino G., Ganz P.A., Gapstur S.M., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Georgoulias V., Giles G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Tibiletti M.G., Greene M.H., Grip M., Gronwald J., Grundy A., Guenel P., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Harrington P.A., Hartikainen J.M., Hartman M., He W., Healey C.S., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Heyworth J., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hollestelle A., Hooning M., Hopper J., Howell A., Huang G., Hulick P.J., Imyanitov E.N., Sexton A., Christian A., Trainer A., Spigelman A., Fellows A., Shelling A., Fazio A.D., Blackburn A., Crook A., Meiser B., Patterson B., Clarke C., Saunders C., Hunt C., Amor D., Marsh D., Edkins E., Salisbury E., Haan E., Neidermayr E., Macrea F., Farshid G., Lindeman G., Trench G., Mann G., Gill G., Thorne H., Hickie I., Winship I., Flanagan J., Kollias J., Visvader J., Stone J., Burke J., Saunus J., Forbes J., French J., Tucker K., Wu K., Phillips K., Lipton L., Andrews L., Lobb L., Kentwell M., Spurdle M., Cummings M., Gleeson M., Jenkins M., Young M.A., Delatycki M., Wallis M., Burgess M., Price M., Brown M., Southey M., Bogwitz M., Field M., Friedlander M., Gattas M., Saleh M., Hayward N., Pachter N., Cohen P., Duijf P., James P., Simpson P., Fong P., Butow P., Williams R., Kefford R., Scott R., Milne R.L., Balleine R., Dawson S.-J., Lok S., O'Connell S., Greening S., Nightingale S., Edwards S., Fox S., McLachlan S.-A., Lakhani S., Antill Y., Aalfs C., Meijers-Heijboer H., van Engelen K., Gille H., Boere I., Collee M., van Deurzen C., Obdeijn I.-M., van den Ouweland A., Seynaeve C., Siesling S., Verloop J., van Asperen C., van Cronenburg T., Blok R., de Boer M., Garcia E.G., Adank M., Hogervorst F., Jenner D., van Leeuwen F., Rookus M., Russell N., Schmidt M., van den Belt-Dusebout S., Kets C., Mensenkamp A., de Bock T., van der Hout A., Mourits M., Oosterwijk J., Ausems M., Koudijs M., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Graham D., Sachchithananthan M., Isaacs C., Iwasaki M., Jager A., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janavicius R., Jankowitz R.C., John E.M., Johnson N., Jones M.E., Jukkola-Vuorinen A., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kang D., Kapoor P.M., Karlan B.Y., Keeman R., Kerin M.J., Khusnutdinova E., Kiiski J.I., Kirk J., Kitahara C.M., Ko Y.-D., Konstantopoulou I., Kosma V.-M., Koutros S., Kubelka-Sabit K., Kwong A., Kyriacou K., Laitman Y., Lambrechts D., Lee E., Leslie G., Lester J., Lesueur F., Lindblom A., Lo W.-Y., Long J., Lophatananon A., Loud J.T., Lubinski J., MacInnis R.J., Maishman T., Makalic E., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez M.E., Matsuo K., Maurer T., Mavroudis D., Mayes R., McGuffog L., McLean C., Meindl A., Miller A., Miller N., Montagna M., Moreno F., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Munoz-Garzon V.M., Muranen T.A., Narod S.A., Nassir R., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Norman A., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Olsson H., Orr N., Osorio A., Pankratz V.S., Papp J., Park S.K., Park-Simon T.-W., Parsons M.T., Paul J., Pedersen I.S., Peissel B., Peshkin B., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Prajzendanc K., Prentice R., Presneau N., Prokofyeva D., Pujana M.A., Pylkas K., Radice P., Canzian F., Rantala J., Rau-Murthy R., Rennert G., Risch H.A., Robson M., Romero A., Rossing M., Saloustros E., Sanchez-Herrero E., Sandler D.P., Santamarina M., Sawyer E.J., Scheuner M.T., Schmidt D.F., and Schmutzler R.K.
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have identified breast cancer risk variants in over 150 genomic regions, but the mechanisms underlying risk remain largely unknown. These regions were explored by combining association analysis with in silico genomic feature annotations. We defined 205 independent risk-associated signals with the set of credible causal variants in each one. In parallel, we used a Bayesian approach (PAINTOR) that combines genetic association, linkage disequilibrium and enriched genomic features to determine variants with high posterior probabilities of being causal. Potentially causal variants were significantly over-represented in active gene regulatory regions and transcription factor binding sites. We applied our INQUSIT pipeline for prioritizing genes as targets of those potentially causal variants, using gene expression (expression quantitative trait loci), chromatin interaction and functional annotations. Known cancer drivers, transcription factors and genes in the developmental, apoptosis, immune system and DNA integrity checkpoint gene ontology pathways were over-represented among the highest-confidence target genes.Copyright © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
Published: 2020

41. Germline HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C do not confer an increased breast cancer risk.

Author: Briceno I., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Harrington P.A., Hart S.N., Hartman M., Hillemanns P., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Hunter D.J., Huo D., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., John E.M., Presneau N., Rack B., Rau-Murthy R., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Romero A., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Scott C., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Sohn C., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Torres D., Truong T., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van Asperen C.J., Wolk A., Yamaji T., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Ziv E., Torres-Mejia G., Dork T., Swerdlow A.J., Hamann U., Schmidt M.K., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Hooning M.J., Martens J.W.M., Hollestelle A., Liu J., Prager-van der Smissen W.J.C., Collee J.M., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Michailidou K., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Aittomaki K., Ambrosone C.B., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Arnold N., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Auvinen P., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Bermisheva M., Bernstein L., Bogdanova N.V., Bogdanova-Markov N., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Cai Q., Cai H., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Christiaens M., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Eliassen A.H., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Kaaks R., Kang D., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lophatananon A., Luben R.N., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Mariapun S., Matsuo K., Maurer T., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Orr N., Park S.K., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Briceno I., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Harrington P.A., Hart S.N., Hartman M., Hillemanns P., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Hunter D.J., Huo D., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., John E.M., Presneau N., Rack B., Rau-Murthy R., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Romero A., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Scott C., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Sohn C., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Torres D., Truong T., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van Asperen C.J., Wolk A., Yamaji T., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Ziv E., Torres-Mejia G., Dork T., Swerdlow A.J., Hamann U., Schmidt M.K., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Hooning M.J., Martens J.W.M., Hollestelle A., Liu J., Prager-van der Smissen W.J.C., Collee J.M., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Michailidou K., Dennis J., Ahearn T.U., Aittomaki K., Ambrosone C.B., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Arnold N., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Auvinen P., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Bermisheva M., Bernstein L., Bogdanova N.V., Bogdanova-Markov N., Bojesen S.E., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brucker S.Y., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Cai Q., Cai H., Campa D., Canzian F., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Choi J.-Y., Christiaens M., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dos-Santos-Silva I., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Eliassen A.H., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Flyger H., Fritschi L., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Kaaks R., Kang D., Keeman R., Khusnutdinova E., Kim S.-W., Kraft P., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lophatananon A., Luben R.N., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Mariapun S., Matsuo K., Maurer T., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Menon U., Milne R.L., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Orr N., Park S.K., Peterlongo P., Peto J., and Plaseska-Karanfilska D.
Abstract: In breast cancer, high levels of homeobox protein Hox-B13 (HOXB13) have been associated with disease progression of ER-positive breast cancer patients and resistance to tamoxifen treatment. Since HOXB13 p.G84E is a prostate cancer risk allele, we evaluated the association between HOXB13 germline mutations and breast cancer risk in a previous study consisting of 3,270 familial non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer cases and 2,327 controls from the Netherlands. Although both recurrent HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C were not associated with breast cancer risk, the risk estimation for p.R217C was not very precise. To provide more conclusive evidence regarding the role of HOXB13 in breast cancer susceptibility, we here evaluated the association between HOXB13 mutations and increased breast cancer risk within 81 studies of the international Breast Cancer Association Consortium containing 68,521 invasive breast cancer patients and 54,865 controls. Both HOXB13 p.G84E and p.R217C did not associate with the development of breast cancer in European women, neither in the overall analysis (OR=1.035, 95% CI=0.859-1.246, P=0.718 and OR=0.798, 95% CI=0.482-1.322, P=0.381 respectively), nor in specific high-risk subgroups or breast cancer subtypes. Thus, although involved in breast cancer progression, HOXB13 is not a material breast cancer susceptibility gene.
Published: 2020

42. Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status.

Author: Eriksson M., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Pharoah P.D.P., Phillips K.-A., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Poppe B., Pradhan N., Prajzendanc K., Presneau N., Punie K., Pylkas K., Radice P., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Risch H.A., Robson M., Romero A., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Santos C., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmidt D.F., Schmutzler R.K., Schoemaker M.J., Scott R.J., Sharma P., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Singer C.F., Skytte A.-B., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Spurdle A.B., Stone J., Swerdlow A.J., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Teule A., Thomassen M., Thone K., Thull D.L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Torres D., Truong T., Tung N., Vachon C.M., van Asperen C.J., van den Ouweland A.M.W., van Rensburg E.J., Vega A., Viel A., Vieiro-Balo P., Wang Q., Wappenschmidt B., Weinberg C.R., Weitzel J.N., Wendt C., Winqvist R., Yang X.R., Yannoukakos D., Ziogas A., Milne R.L., Easton D.F., Chenevix-Trench G., Zheng W., Kraft P., Jiang X., Feng H., Gusev A., Pasaniuc B., Wu L., Long J., Abu-full Z., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antoniou A.C., Arason A., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Asseryanis E., Auer P.L., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Barrowdale D., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bialkowska K., Blanco A., Blomqvist C., Boeckx B., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Borg A., Brauch H., Brenner H., Briceno I., Broeks A., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Cai Q., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Campbell I., Canisius S., Campa D., Carter B.D., Carter J., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiansen H., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., de la Hoya M., De Leeneer K., Dennis J., Devilee P., Diez O., Domchek S.M., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ejlertsen B., Ellberg C., Engel C., Fasching P.A., Fletcher O., Flyger H., Fostira F., Friedman E., Fritschi L., Frost D., Gabrielson M., Ganz P.A., Gapstur S.M., Garber J., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Greene M.H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hamann U., Hake C., He W., Heyworth J., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hollestelle A., Hooning M.J., Hoover R.N., Hopper J.L., Huang G., Hulick P.J., Humphreys K., Imyanitov E.N., Isaacs C., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., James P., Janavicius R., Jankowitz R.C., John E.M., Johnson N., Joseph V., Jung A., Karlan B.Y., Khusnutdinova E., Kiiski J.I., Konstantopoulou I., Kristensen V.N., Laitman Y., Lambrechts D., Lazaro C., Leroux D., Leslie G., Lester J., Lesueur F., Lindor N., Lindstrom S., Lo W.-Y., Loud J.T., Lubinski J., Makalic E., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Martinez M.E., Matricardi L., Maurer T., Mavroudis D., McGuffog L., Meindl A., Menon U., Michailidou K., Kapoor P.M., Miller A., Montagna M., Moreno F., Moserle L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Nevelsteen I., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Olsson H., Osorio A., Papp J., Park-Simon T.-W., Parsons M.T., Pedersen I.S., Peixoto A., Eriksson M., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Pharoah P.D.P., Phillips K.-A., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Poppe B., Pradhan N., Prajzendanc K., Presneau N., Punie K., Pylkas K., Radice P., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Risch H.A., Robson M., Romero A., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Santos C., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt M.K., Schmidt D.F., Schmutzler R.K., Schoemaker M.J., Scott R.J., Sharma P., Shu X.-O., Simard J., Singer C.F., Skytte A.-B., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Spurdle A.B., Stone J., Swerdlow A.J., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Teule A., Thomassen M., Thone K., Thull D.L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Torres D., Truong T., Tung N., Vachon C.M., van Asperen C.J., van den Ouweland A.M.W., van Rensburg E.J., Vega A., Viel A., Vieiro-Balo P., Wang Q., Wappenschmidt B., Weinberg C.R., Weitzel J.N., Wendt C., Winqvist R., Yang X.R., Yannoukakos D., Ziogas A., Milne R.L., Easton D.F., Chenevix-Trench G., Zheng W., Kraft P., Jiang X., Feng H., Gusev A., Pasaniuc B., Wu L., Long J., Abu-full Z., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antoniou A.C., Arason A., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Asseryanis E., Auer P.L., Azzollini J., Balmana J., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Barrowdale D., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bialkowska K., Blanco A., Blomqvist C., Boeckx B., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Borg A., Brauch H., Brenner H., Briceno I., Broeks A., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Cai Q., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Campbell I., Canisius S., Campa D., Carter B.D., Carter J., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiansen H., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Clarke C.L., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., de la Hoya M., De Leeneer K., Dennis J., Devilee P., Diez O., Domchek S.M., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ejlertsen B., Ellberg C., Engel C., Fasching P.A., Fletcher O., Flyger H., Fostira F., Friedman E., Fritschi L., Frost D., Gabrielson M., Ganz P.A., Gapstur S.M., Garber J., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Glendon G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Greene M.H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hamann U., Hake C., He W., Heyworth J., Hogervorst F.B.L., Hollestelle A., Hooning M.J., Hoover R.N., Hopper J.L., Huang G., Hulick P.J., Humphreys K., Imyanitov E.N., Isaacs C., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., James P., Janavicius R., Jankowitz R.C., John E.M., Johnson N., Joseph V., Jung A., Karlan B.Y., Khusnutdinova E., Kiiski J.I., Konstantopoulou I., Kristensen V.N., Laitman Y., Lambrechts D., Lazaro C., Leroux D., Leslie G., Lester J., Lesueur F., Lindor N., Lindstrom S., Lo W.-Y., Loud J.T., Lubinski J., Makalic E., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Martinez M.E., Matricardi L., Maurer T., Mavroudis D., McGuffog L., Meindl A., Menon U., Michailidou K., Kapoor P.M., Miller A., Montagna M., Moreno F., Moserle L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Nevelsteen I., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Olsson H., Osorio A., Papp J., Park-Simon T.-W., Parsons M.T., Pedersen I.S., and Peixoto A.
Abstract: Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype-specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER-). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER- subtypes, using a case-only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER- breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS-significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast-cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS-significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER- breast cancer.Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Genetic Epidemiology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Published: 2020

43. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses.

Author: Goldgar D.E., Newman W.G., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Nodora J., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Olsson H., Orr N., Papi L., Papp J., Park-Simon T.-W., Parsons M.T., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Peshkin B., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Phillips K.-A., Piedmonte M., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Prajzendanc K., Prentice R., Prokofyeva D., Rack B., Radice P., Ramus S.J., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Risch H.A., Romero A., Rookus M.A., Rubner M., Rudiger T., Saloustros E., Sampson S., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Scheuner M.T., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Schottker B., Schurmann P., Senter L., Sharma P., Sherman M.E., Shu X.-O., Singer C.F., Smichkoska S., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Swerdlow A.J., Szabo C.I., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Thomassen M., Thull D.L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Torres D., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tung N., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van den Ouweland A.M.W., van der Kolk L.E., van Veen E.M., vanRensburg E.J., Vega A., Wappenschmidt B., Weinberg C.R., Weitzel J.N., Wildiers H., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Yang X.R., Yannoukakos D., Zheng W., Zorn K.K., Milne R.L., Kraft P., Simard J., Pharoah P.D.P., Michailidou K., Antoniou A.C., Schmidt M.K., Chenevix-Trench G., Easton D.F., Chatterjee N., Garcia-Closas M., Zhang H., Ahearn T.U., Lecarpentier J., Barnes D., Beesley J., Qi G., Jiang X., O'Mara T.A., Zhao N., Bolla M.K., Dunning A.M., Dennis J., Wang Q., Ful Z.A., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Auer P.L., Azzollini J., Barrowdale D., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bialkowska K., Blanco A., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bonanni B., Bondavalli D., Borg A., Brauch H., Brenner H., Briceno I., Broeks A., Brucker S.Y., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Buys S.S., Byers H., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Campa D., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiaens M., Christiansen H., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Clarke C.L., Cornelissen S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Diez O., Domchek S.M., Dork T., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Foretova L., Fostira F., Friedman E., Frost D., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Gayther S.A., Giles G.G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Greene M.H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Haberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hake C.R., Hall P., Hamann U., Harkness E.F., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Holleczek B., Hollestelle A., Hooning M.J., Hoover R.N., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Huebner H., Hulick P.J., Imyanitov E.N., Isaacs C., Izatt L., Jager A., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., James P., Janavicius R., Janni W., John E.M., Jones M.E., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kapoor P.M., Karlan B.Y., Keeman R., Khan S., Khusnutdinova E., Kitahara C.M., Ko Y.-D., Konstantopoulou I., Koppert L.B., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Laenkholm A.-V., Lambrechts D., Larsson S.C., Laurent-Puig P., Lazaro C., Lazarova E., Lejbkowicz F., Leslie G., Lesueur F., Lindblom A., Lissowska J., Lo W.-Y., Loud J.T., Lubinski J., Lukomska A., MacInnis R.J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez M.E., Matricardi L., McGuffog L., McLean C., Mebirouk N., Meindl A., Menon U., Miller A., Mingazheva E., Montagna M., Mulligan A.M., Mulot C., Muranen T.A., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Goldgar D.E., Newman W.G., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Nodora J., Offit K., Olah E., Olopade O.I., Olsson H., Orr N., Papi L., Papp J., Park-Simon T.-W., Parsons M.T., Peissel B., Peixoto A., Peshkin B., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Phillips K.-A., Piedmonte M., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Prajzendanc K., Prentice R., Prokofyeva D., Rack B., Radice P., Ramus S.J., Rantala J., Rashid M.U., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Risch H.A., Romero A., Rookus M.A., Rubner M., Rudiger T., Saloustros E., Sampson S., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Scheuner M.T., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Schottker B., Schurmann P., Senter L., Sharma P., Sherman M.E., Shu X.-O., Singer C.F., Smichkoska S., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Stoppa-Lyonnet D., Swerdlow A.J., Szabo C.I., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Thomassen M., Thull D.L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Torres D., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tung N., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van den Ouweland A.M.W., van der Kolk L.E., van Veen E.M., vanRensburg E.J., Vega A., Wappenschmidt B., Weinberg C.R., Weitzel J.N., Wildiers H., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Yang X.R., Yannoukakos D., Zheng W., Zorn K.K., Milne R.L., Kraft P., Simard J., Pharoah P.D.P., Michailidou K., Antoniou A.C., Schmidt M.K., Chenevix-Trench G., Easton D.F., Chatterjee N., Garcia-Closas M., Zhang H., Ahearn T.U., Lecarpentier J., Barnes D., Beesley J., Qi G., Jiang X., O'Mara T.A., Zhao N., Bolla M.K., Dunning A.M., Dennis J., Wang Q., Ful Z.A., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Auer P.L., Azzollini J., Barrowdale D., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bialkowska K., Blanco A., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bonanni B., Bondavalli D., Borg A., Brauch H., Brenner H., Briceno I., Broeks A., Brucker S.Y., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Buys S.S., Byers H., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Calvello M., Campa D., Castelao J.E., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiaens M., Christiansen H., Chung W.K., Claes K.B.M., Clarke C.L., Cornelissen S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Diez O., Domchek S.M., Dork T., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Foretova L., Fostira F., Friedman E., Frost D., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Gayther S.A., Giles G.G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Gonzalez-Neira A., Greene M.H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Haberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hake C.R., Hall P., Hamann U., Harkness E.F., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Hillemanns P., Hogervorst F.B.L., Holleczek B., Hollestelle A., Hooning M.J., Hoover R.N., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Huebner H., Hulick P.J., Imyanitov E.N., Isaacs C., Izatt L., Jager A., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., James P., Janavicius R., Janni W., John E.M., Jones M.E., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kapoor P.M., Karlan B.Y., Keeman R., Khan S., Khusnutdinova E., Kitahara C.M., Ko Y.-D., Konstantopoulou I., Koppert L.B., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Laenkholm A.-V., Lambrechts D., Larsson S.C., Laurent-Puig P., Lazaro C., Lazarova E., Lejbkowicz F., Leslie G., Lesueur F., Lindblom A., Lissowska J., Lo W.-Y., Loud J.T., Lubinski J., Lukomska A., MacInnis R.J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martinez M.E., Matricardi L., McGuffog L., McLean C., Mebirouk N., Meindl A., Menon U., Miller A., Mingazheva E., Montagna M., Mulligan A.M., Mulot C., Muranen T.A., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., and Neven P.
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1-3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P < 5.0 x 10-8), 15 of which showed evidence for associations with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate < 0.05). Five loci showed associations (P < 0.05) in opposite directions between luminal and non-luminal subtypes. In silico analyses showed that these five loci contained cell-specific enhancers that differed between normal luminal and basal mammary cells. The genetic correlations between five intrinsic-like subtypes ranged from 0.35 to 0.80. The proportion of genome-wide chip heritability explained by all known susceptibility loci was 54.2% for luminal A-like disease and 37.6% for triple-negative disease. The odds ratios of polygenic risk scores, which included 330 variants, for the highest 1% of quantiles compared with middle quantiles were 5.63 and 3.02 for luminal A-like and triple-negative disease, respectively. These findings provide an improved understanding of genetic predisposition to breast cancer subtypes and will inform the development of subtype-specific polygenic risk scores.Copyright © 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
Published: 2020

44. Germline HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C do not confer an increased breast cancer risk

Author: Liu, J. (Jingjing), Prager-van der Smissen, W.J.C. (Wendy), Collée, J.M. (J Margriet), Bolla, M.K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Dennis, J. (Joe), Ahearn, T.U. (Thomas U.), Aittomäki, K. (Kristiina), Ambrosone, C.B. (Christine), Andrulis, I.L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N.N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Arnold, N. (Norbert), Aronson, K.J. (Kristan J.), Augustinsson, A. (Annelie), Auvinen, P. (Päivi), Becher, H. (Heiko), Beckmann, M.W. (Matthias), Behrens, T.W. (Timothy), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bernstein, L. (Leslie), Bogdanova, N.V. (Natalia V.), Bogdanova-Markov, N. (Nadja), Bojesen, S.E. (Stig), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Briceno, I. (Ignacio), Brucker, S.Y. (Sara Y.), Brüning, T. (Thomas), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Cai, Q. (Qiuyin), Cai, H. (Hui), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Castelao, J.E. (Jose ), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S.J. (Stephen), Choi, J.-Y. (J.), Christiaens, M. (Melissa), Clarke, C. (Christine), Couch, F.J. (Fergus), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M.B. (Mary), Devilee, P. (Peter), Santos Silva, I. (Isabel) dos, Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D.M. (Diana M.), Eliassen, A.H. (A Heather), Fasching, P.A. (Peter), Figueroa, J.D. (Jonine), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Gapstur, S.M. (Susan M.), García-Closas, M. (Montserrat), García-Sáenz, J.A. (José A), Gaudet, M.M. (Mia M.), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), Goldberg, M.S. (Mark), Radice, P. (Paolo), Guénel, P. (Pascal), Haiman, C.A. (Christopher), Håkansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Harrington, P.A. (Patricia A.), Hart, S.N. (Steven N.), Hartman, J.M. (Joost), Hillemanns, P. (Peter), Hopper, J.L. (John), Hou, M.-F. (Ming-Feng), Hunter, D.J. (David), Huo, D. (Dezheng), Ito, H. (Hidemi), Iwasaki, M. (Motoki), Jakimovska, M. (Milena), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), John, E.M. (Esther), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kang, D. (Daehee), Keeman, R. (Renske), Khusnutdinova, E.K. (Elza), Kim, S.-W. (Sung-Won), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. (Vessela), Kurian, A.W. (Allison W.), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Li, J. (Jingmei), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Lophatananon, A. (Artitaya), Luben, R.N. (Robert N.), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Mariapun, S. (Shivaani), Matsuo, K. (Keitaro), Maurer, T. (Tabea), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitris), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Menon, U. (Usha), Milne, R.L. (Roger), Muir, K. (Kenneth), Mulligan, A.-M. (Anna-Marie), Floris, O.A.M., Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Olopade, O.I. (Olofunmilayo), Olson, J.E. (Janet), Olsson, H. (Håkan), Orr, N. (Nick), Park, S.K. (Sue K.), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Peto, J. (Julian), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Rack, B. (Brigitte), Rau-Murthy, R. (Rohini), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rennert, H.S. (Hedy S.), Rhenius, V. (Valerie), Romero, A. (Atocha), Ruebner, M. 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Abstract: In breast cancer, high levels of homeobox protein Hox-B13 (HOXB13) have been associated with disease progression of ER-positive breast cancer patients and resistance to tamoxifen treatment. Since HOXB13 p.G84E is a prostate cancer risk allele, we evaluated the association between HOXB13 germline mutations and breast cancer risk in a previous study consisting of 3,270 familial non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer cases and 2,327 controls from the Netherlands. Although both recurrent HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C were not associated with breast cancer risk, the risk estimation for p.R217C was not very precise. To provide more conclusive evidence regarding the role of HOXB13 in breast cancer susceptibility, we here evaluated the association between HOXB13 mutations and increased breast cancer risk within 81 studies of the international Breast Cancer Association Consortium containing 68,521 invasive breast cancer patients and 54,865 controls. Both HOXB13 p.G84E and p.R217C did not associate with the development of breast cancer in European women, neither in the overall analysis (OR = 1.035, 95% CI = 0.859-1.246, P = 0.718 and OR = 0.798, 95% CI = 0.482-1.322, P = 0.381 respectively), nor in specific high-risk subgroups or breast cancer subtypes. Thus, although involved in breast cancer progression, HOXB13 is not a material breast cancer susceptibility gene.
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45. Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status

Author: Feng, H. (Helian), Gusev, A. (Alexander), Pasaniuc, B. (Bogdan), Wu, L. (Lang), Long, J. (Jirong), Abu-full, Z. (Zomoroda), Aittomäki, K. (Kristiina), Andrulis, I.L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antoniou, A.C. (Antonis C.), Arason, A. (Adalgeir), Arndt, V. (Volker), Aronson, K.J. (Kristan J.), Arun, B.K. (Banu), Asseryanis, E. (Ella), Auer, P.L. (Paul L.), Azzollini, J., Balmaña, J. (Judith), Barkardottir, R.B. (Rosa B.), Barnes, D. (Daniel), Barrowdale, D. (Daniel), Beckmann, M.W. (Matthias), Behrens, T.W. (Timothy), Benítez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Białkowska, K. (Katarzyna), Blanco, A. (Ana), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Boeckx, B. (Bram), Bogdanova, N.V. (Natalia V.), Bojesen, S.E. (Stig), Bolla, M.K. (Manjeet K.), Bonnani, B. (Bernardo), Borg, Å. (Åke), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Briceno, I. (Ignacio), Broeks, A. (Annegien), Brüning, T. (Thomas), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Cai, Q. (Qiuyin), Caldes, T. (Trinidad), Caligo, M.A. (Maria A.), Campbell, I. (Ian), Canisius, S. (Sander), Campa, D. (Daniele), Carter, B.D. (Brian D.), Carter, J. (Jonathan), Castelao, J.E. (Jose ), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S.J. (Stephen), Christiansen, H. (Hans), Chung, W. (Wendy), Claes, K.B.M. (Kathleen B. M.), Clarke, C. (Christine), Couch, F.J. (Fergus), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S.S. (Simon S.), Cybulski, C. (Cezary), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M.B. (Mary), de la Hoya, M. (Miguel), De Leeneer, K. (Kim), Dennis, J. (Joe), Devilee, P. (Peter), Diez, O. (Orland), Domchek, S.M. (Susan), Dörk, T. (Thilo), Santos Silva, I. (Isabel) dos, Dunning, A.M. (Alison M.), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D.M. (Diana M.), Ejlertsen, B. (Bent), Ellberg, C. (Carolina), Engel, C. (Christoph), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Fasching, P.A. (Peter), Fletcher, O. (Olivia), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Fostira, F. (Florentia), Friedman, E. (Eitan), Fritschi, L. (Lin), Frost, D. (Debra), Gabrielson, M. (Marike), Ganz, P.A. 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(Judy), García-Closas, M. (Montserrat), García-Sáenz, J.A. (José A.), Gaudet, M.M. (Mia M.), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), Glendon, G. (Gord), Godwin, A.K. (Andrew), Goldberg, M.S. (Mark), Radice, P. (Paolo), González-Neira, A. (Anna), Greene, M.H. (Mark H.), Gronwald, J. (Jacek), Guénel, P. (Pascal), Haiman, C.A. (Christopher), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hake, C. (Christopher), He, W. (Wei), Heyworth, J. (Jane), Hogervorst, F.B.L. (Frans B.L.), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hooning, M.J. (Maartje J.), Hoover, R.N. (Robert), Hopper, J.L. (John), Huang, G. (Guanmengqian), Hulick, P.J. (Peter J.), Humphreys, K. (Keith), Imyanitov, E.N. (Evgeny), Isaacs, C. (Claudine), Jakimovska, M. (Milena), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), James, M. (Margaret), Janavicius, R. (Ramunas), Jankowitz, R.C. (Rachel C.), John, E.M. (Esther), Johnson, N. (Nichola), Joseph, V. (Vijai), Jung, A. (Audrey), Karlan, B.Y. (Beth), Khusnutdinova, E.K. (Elza), Kiiski, J.I. (Johanna I.), Konstantopoulou, I. 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(Olofunmilayo), Olsson, H. (Håkan), Osorio, A. (Ana), Papp, J. (Janos), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Parsons, M. (Marilyn), Pedersen, I.S. (Inge S.), Peixoto, A. (Ana), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Peto, J. (Julian), Pharoah, P.D.P. (Paul), Phillips, K.-A. (Kelly-Anne), Plaseska-Karanfilska, D. (Dijana), Poppe, B. (Bruce), Pradhan, N. (Nisha), Prajzendanc, K. (Karolina), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Punie, K. (Kevin), Pylkäs, K. (Katri), Rantala, J. (Johanna), Rashid, M.U. (Muhammad), Rennert, G. (Gad), Risch, H.A. (Harvey A.), Robson, M. (Mark), Romero, A. (Atocha), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sandler, D.P. (Dale P.), Santos, C. (Catarina), Sawyer, E.J. (Elinor), Schmidt, M.K. (Marjanka), Schmidt, D.F. (Daniel), Schmutzler, R.K. (Rita), Schoemaker, M.J. (Minouk J.), Scott, R.J. (Rodney), Sharma, P. (Priyanka), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Simard, J. (Jacques), Singer, C.F. (Christian), Skytte, A.-B. (Anne-Bine), Soucy, P. (Penny), Southey, M.C. (Melissa), Spinelli, J.J. (John J.), Spurdle, A.B. (Amanda), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Swerdlow, A.J. (Anthony ), Tapper, W.J. (William J.), Taylor, J.A. (Jack A.), Teixeira, P.J., Terry, M.B. (Mary Beth), Teulé, A. (Alex), Thomassen, M. (Mads), Thöne, K. (Kathrin), Thull, D.L. (Darcy L.), Tischkowitz, M. (Marc), Toland, A.E. (Amanda), Tollenaar, R.A.E.M. (Rob), Torres, D. (Diana), Truong, T. (Thérèse), Tung, N. (Nadine), Vachon, C. (Celine), van Asperen, C.J. (Christi J.), Ouweland, A.M.W. (Ans) van den, Rensburg, E.J. (Elizabeth) van, Vega, A. (Ana), Viel, A. (Alessandra), Vieiro-Balo, P. (Paula), Wang, Q. (Qin), Wappenschmidt, B. (Barbara), Weinberg, C.R. (Clarice R.), Weitzel, J.N. (Jeffrey), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Yang, X.R. (Xiaohong R.), Yannoukakos, D. (Drakoulis), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Milne, R.L. (Roger), Adamo, P. (Pio) d', Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Zheng, W. (Wei), Kraft, P. (Peter), and Jiang, X. (Xia)
Abstract: Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype-specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER−). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER− subtypes, using a case-only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER– breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS-significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast-cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS-significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER− breast cancer.
Published: 2020
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46. Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk.

Author: Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Ito H., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Jung A., Kang D., Kets C.M., Khusnutdinova E., Ko Y.-D., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Milne R.L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Petridis C., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Radice P., Rennert G., Romero A., Roylance R., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Schwentner L., Scott C., See M.-H., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Siesling S., Slager S., Sohn C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Tapper W.J., Tengstrom M., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Vachon C.M., van Ongeval C., van Veen E.M., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Easton D.F., Hall P., Schmidt M.K., Kramer I., Hooning M.J., Mavaddat N., Hauptmann M., Keeman R., Steyerberg E.W., Giardiello D., Antoniou A.C., Pharoah P.D.P., Canisius S., Abu-Ful Z., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Brauch H., Bremer M., Brucker S.Y., Burwinkel B., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Sahlberg K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C., Reinertsen K., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Alnaes G.G., Collee J.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Giles G.G., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hollestelle A., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Howell A., Clarke C., Marsh D., Scott R., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Simpson P., Graham J.D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., deFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Sexton A., Shelling A., Southey M.C., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., Young M.A., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Ito H., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Jung A., Kang D., Kets C.M., Khusnutdinova E., Ko Y.-D., Kristensen V.N., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lubinski J., Mannermaa A., Manoochehri M., Margolin S., Matsuo K., Mavroudis D., Meindl A., Milne R.L., Mulligan A.M., Muranen T.A., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newman W.G., Olshan A.F., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Park-Simon T.-W., Peto J., Petridis C., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Presneau N., Pylkas K., Radice P., Rennert G., Romero A., Roylance R., Saloustros E., Sawyer E.J., Schmutzler R.K., Schwentner L., Scott C., See M.-H., Shah M., Shen C.-Y., Shu X.-O., Siesling S., Slager S., Sohn C., Spinelli J.J., Stone J., Tapper W.J., Tengstrom M., Teo S.H., Terry M.B., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Troester M.A., Vachon C.M., van Ongeval C., van Veen E.M., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Easton D.F., Hall P., Schmidt M.K., Kramer I., Hooning M.J., Mavaddat N., Hauptmann M., Keeman R., Steyerberg E.W., Giardiello D., Antoniou A.C., Pharoah P.D.P., Canisius S., Abu-Ful Z., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Bonanni B., Brauch H., Bremer M., Brucker S.Y., Burwinkel B., Castelao J.E., Chan T.L., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Choi J.-Y., Clarke C.L., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Sahlberg K., Ottestad L., Karesen R., Schlichting E., Holmen M.M., Sauer T., Haakensen V., Engebraten O., Naume B., Fossa A., Kiserud C., Reinertsen K., Helland A., Riis M., Geisler J., Alnaes G.G., Collee J.M., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Flyger H., Gago-Dominguez M., Garcia-Closas M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Giles G.G., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hamann U., Hartman M., Hollestelle A., Hopper J.L., Hou M.-F., Howell A., Clarke C., Marsh D., Scott R., Baxter R., Yip D., Carpenter J., Davis A., Pathmanathan N., Simpson P., Graham J.D., Sachchithananthan M., Amor D., Andrews L., Antill Y., Balleine R., Beesley J., Bennett I., Bogwitz M., Botes L., Brennan M., Brown M., Buckley M., Burke J., Butow P., Caldon L., Campbell I., Chauhan D., Chauhan M., Christian A., Cohen P., Colley A., Crook A., Cui J., Cummings M., Dawson S.-J., deFazio A., Delatycki M., Dickson R., Dixon J., Edkins T., Edwards S., Farshid G., Fellows A., Fenton G., Field M., Flanagan J., Fong P., Forrest L., Fox S., French J., Friedlander M., Gaff C., Gattas M., George P., Greening S., Harris M., Hart S., Hayward N., Hopper J., Hoskins C., Hunt C., James P., Jenkins M., Kidd A., Kirk J., Koehler J., Kollias J., Lakhani S., Lawrence M., Lindeman G., Lipton L., Lobb L., Mann G., McLachlan S.A., Meiser B., Nightingale S., O'Connell S., O'Sullivan S., Ortega D.G., Pachter N., Patterson B., Pearn A., Phillips K., Pieper E., Rickard E., Robinson B., Saleh M., Salisbury E., Saunders C., Saunus J., Sexton A., Shelling A., Southey M.C., Spurdle A., Taylor J., Taylor R., Thorne H., Trainer A., Tucker K., Visvader J., Walker L., Williams R., Winship I., and Young M.A.
Abstract: Previous research has shown that polygenic risk scores (PRSs) can be used to stratify women according to their risk of developing primary invasive breast cancer. This study aimed to evaluate the association between a recently validated PRS of 313 germline variants (PRS313) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk. We included 56,068 women of European ancestry diagnosed with first invasive breast cancer from 1990 onward with follow-up from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Metachronous CBC risk (N = 1,027) according to the distribution of PRS313 was quantified using Cox regression analyses. We assessed PRS313 interaction with age at first diagnosis, family history, morphology, ER status, PR status, and HER2 status, and (neo)adjuvant therapy. In studies of Asian women, with limited follow-up, CBC risk associated with PRS313 was assessed using logistic regression for 340 women with CBC compared with 12,133 women with unilateral breast cancer. Higher PRS313 was associated with increased CBC risk: hazard ratio per standard deviation (SD) = 1.25 (95%CI = 1.18-1.33) for Europeans, and an OR per SD = 1.15 (95%CI = 1.02-1.29) for Asians. The absolute lifetime risks of CBC, accounting for death as competing risk, were 12.4% for European women at the 10th percentile and 20.5% at the 90th percentile of PRS313. We found no evidence of confounding by or interaction with individual characteristics, characteristics of the primary tumor, or treatment. The C-index for the PRS313 alone was 0.563 (95%CI = 0.547-0.586). In conclusion, PRS313 is an independent factor associated with CBC risk and can be incorporated into CBC risk prediction models to help improve stratification and optimize surveillance and treatment strategies.Copyright © 2020 American Society of Human Genetics
Published: 2020

47. Germline HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C do not confer an increased breast cancer risk

Author: Liu, J, van der Smissen, WJCP, Collee, JM, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Michailidou, K, Dennis, J, Ahearn, TU, Aittomaki, K, Ambrosone, CB, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Arnold, N, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Auvinen, P, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bermisheva, M, Bernstein, L, Bogdanova, N, Bogdanova-Markov, N, Bojesen, SE, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Brucker, SY, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Cai, Q, Cai, H, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Choi, J-Y, Christiaens, M, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Eliassen, AH, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Harrington, PA, Hart, SN, Hartman, M, Hillemanns, P, Hopper, JL, Hou, M-F, Hunter, DJ, Huo, D, Ito, H, Iwasaki, M, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Kaaks, R, Kang, D, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kim, S-W, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lophatananon, A, Luben, RN, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Mariapun, S, Matsuo, K, Maurer, T, Mavroudis, D, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Milne, RL, Muir, K, Mulligan, AM, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Offit, K, Olopade, O, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Park, SK, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Rack, B, Rau-Murthy, R, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Ruebner, M, Saloustros, E, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Scott, C, Shah, M, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Sohn, C, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Teo, SH, Terry, MB, Torres, D, Truong, T, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van Asperen, CJ, Wolk, A, Yamaji, T, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Ziv, E, Torres-Mejia, G, Doerk, T, Swerdlow, AJ, Hamann, U, Schmidt, MK, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Hooning, MJ, Martens, JWM, Hollestelle, A, Liu, J, van der Smissen, WJCP, Collee, JM, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Michailidou, K, Dennis, J, Ahearn, TU, Aittomaki, K, Ambrosone, CB, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Arnold, N, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Auvinen, P, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bermisheva, M, Bernstein, L, Bogdanova, N, Bogdanova-Markov, N, Bojesen, SE, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Brucker, SY, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Cai, Q, Cai, H, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Choi, J-Y, Christiaens, M, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Eliassen, AH, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flyger, H, Fritschi, L, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Harrington, PA, Hart, SN, Hartman, M, Hillemanns, P, Hopper, JL, Hou, M-F, Hunter, DJ, Huo, D, Ito, H, Iwasaki, M, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, John, EM, Kaaks, R, Kang, D, Keeman, R, Khusnutdinova, E, Kim, S-W, Kraft, P, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lophatananon, A, Luben, RN, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Mariapun, S, Matsuo, K, Maurer, T, Mavroudis, D, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Milne, RL, Muir, K, Mulligan, AM, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Offit, K, Olopade, O, Olson, JE, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Park, SK, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Presneau, N, Rack, B, Rau-Murthy, R, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Rhenius, V, Romero, A, Ruebner, M, Saloustros, E, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Scott, C, Shah, M, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Sohn, C, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Teo, SH, Terry, MB, Torres, D, Truong, T, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van Asperen, CJ, Wolk, A, Yamaji, T, Zheng, W, Ziogas, A, Ziv, E, Torres-Mejia, G, Doerk, T, Swerdlow, AJ, Hamann, U, Schmidt, MK, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Hooning, MJ, Martens, JWM, and Hollestelle, A
Abstract: In breast cancer, high levels of homeobox protein Hox-B13 (HOXB13) have been associated with disease progression of ER-positive breast cancer patients and resistance to tamoxifen treatment. Since HOXB13 p.G84E is a prostate cancer risk allele, we evaluated the association between HOXB13 germline mutations and breast cancer risk in a previous study consisting of 3,270 familial non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer cases and 2,327 controls from the Netherlands. Although both recurrent HOXB13 mutations p.G84E and p.R217C were not associated with breast cancer risk, the risk estimation for p.R217C was not very precise. To provide more conclusive evidence regarding the role of HOXB13 in breast cancer susceptibility, we here evaluated the association between HOXB13 mutations and increased breast cancer risk within 81 studies of the international Breast Cancer Association Consortium containing 68,521 invasive breast cancer patients and 54,865 controls. Both HOXB13 p.G84E and p.R217C did not associate with the development of breast cancer in European women, neither in the overall analysis (OR = 1.035, 95% CI = 0.859-1.246, P = 0.718 and OR = 0.798, 95% CI = 0.482-1.322, P = 0.381 respectively), nor in specific high-risk subgroups or breast cancer subtypes. Thus, although involved in breast cancer progression, HOXB13 is not a material breast cancer susceptibility gene.
Published: 2020

48. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses

Author: Zhan, H, Ahearn, TU, Lecarpentier, J, Barnes, D, Beesley, J, Qi, G, Jiang, X, O'Mara, TA, Zhao, N, Bolla, MK, Dunning, AM, Dennis, J, Wang, Q, Abu Ful, Z, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Arun, BK, Auer, PL, Azzollini, J, Barrowdale, D, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bialkowska, K, Blanco, A, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Bondavalli, D, Borg, A, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Broeks, A, Brucker, SY, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Buys, SS, Byers, H, Caldes, T, Caligo, MA, Calvello, M, Campa, D, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Christiaens, M, Christiansen, H, Chung, WK, Claes, KBM, Clarke, CL, Cornelissen, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Diez, O, Domchek, SM, Doerk, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Foretova, L, Fostira, F, Friedman, E, Frost, D, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garber, J, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Gayther, SA, Giles, GG, Godwin, AK, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Greene, MH, Gronwald, J, Guenel, P, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hake, CR, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, BAM, Hillemanns, P, Hogervorst, FBL, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Huebner, H, Hulick, PJ, Imyanitov, EN, Isaacs, C, Izatt, L, Jager, A, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, James, P, Janavicius, R, Janni, W, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kapoor, PM, Karlan, BY, Keeman, R, Khan, S, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Konstantopoulou, I, Koppert, LB, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Laenkholm, A-V, Lambrechts, D, Larsson, SC, Laurent-Puig, P, Lazaro, C, Lazarova, E, Lejbkowicz, F, Leslie, G, Lesueur, F, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Lo, W-Y, Loud, JT, Lubinski, J, Lukomska, A, MacInnis, RJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Matricardi, L, McGuffog, L, McLean, C, Mebirouk, N, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Miller, A, Mingazheva, E, Montagna, M, Mulligan, AM, Mulot, C, Muranen, TA, Nathanson, KL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, WG, Nielsens, FC, Nikitina-Zake, L, Nodora, J, Offit, K, Olah, E, Olopade, O, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Papi, L, Papp, J, Park-Simon, T-W, Parsons, MT, Peissel, B, Peixoto, A, Peshkin, B, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Phillips, K-A, Piedmonte, M, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prajzendanc, K, Prentice, R, Prokofyeva, D, Rack, B, Radice, P, Ramus, SJ, Rantala, J, Rashid, MU, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Risch, HA, Romero, A, Rookus, MA, Ruebner, M, Ruediger, T, Saloustros, E, Sampson, S, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Scheuner, MT, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Schoettker, B, Schuermann, P, Senter, L, Sharma, P, Sherman, ME, Shu, X-O, Singer, CF, Smichkoska, S, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stone, J, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Swerdlow, AJ, Szabo, C, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teixeira, MR, Terry, M, Thomassen, M, Thull, DL, Tischkowitz, M, Toland, AE, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Tung, N, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van den Ouweland, AMW, van der Kolk, LE, van Veen, EM, vanRensburg, EJ, Vega, A, Wappenschmidt, B, Weinberg, CR, Weitzel, JN, Wildiers, H, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Zorn, KK, Milne, RL, Kraft, P, Simard, J, Pharoah, PDP, Michailidou, K, Antoniou, AC, Schmidt, MK, Chenevix-Trench, G, Easton, DF, Chatterjee, N, Garcia-Closas, M, Zhan, H, Ahearn, TU, Lecarpentier, J, Barnes, D, Beesley, J, Qi, G, Jiang, X, O'Mara, TA, Zhao, N, Bolla, MK, Dunning, AM, Dennis, J, Wang, Q, Abu Ful, Z, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Arun, BK, Auer, PL, Azzollini, J, Barrowdale, D, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bialkowska, K, Blanco, A, Blomqvist, C, Bogdanova, N, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Bondavalli, D, Borg, A, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Broeks, A, Brucker, SY, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Buys, SS, Byers, H, Caldes, T, Caligo, MA, Calvello, M, Campa, D, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Christiaens, M, Christiansen, H, Chung, WK, Claes, KBM, Clarke, CL, Cornelissen, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Devilee, P, Diez, O, Domchek, SM, Doerk, T, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Foretova, L, Fostira, F, Friedman, E, Frost, D, Gago-Dominguez, M, Gapstur, SM, Garber, J, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Gayther, SA, Giles, GG, Godwin, AK, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Greene, MH, Gronwald, J, Guenel, P, Haeberle, L, Hahnen, E, Haiman, CA, Hake, CR, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, BAM, Hillemanns, P, Hogervorst, FBL, Holleczek, B, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Howell, A, Huebner, H, Hulick, PJ, Imyanitov, EN, Isaacs, C, Izatt, L, Jager, A, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, James, P, Janavicius, R, Janni, W, John, EM, Jones, ME, Jung, A, Kaaks, R, Kapoor, PM, Karlan, BY, Keeman, R, Khan, S, Khusnutdinova, E, Kitahara, CM, Ko, Y-D, Konstantopoulou, I, Koppert, LB, Koutros, S, Kristensen, VN, Laenkholm, A-V, Lambrechts, D, Larsson, SC, Laurent-Puig, P, Lazaro, C, Lazarova, E, Lejbkowicz, F, Leslie, G, Lesueur, F, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Lo, W-Y, Loud, JT, Lubinski, J, Lukomska, A, MacInnis, RJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martinez, ME, Matricardi, L, McGuffog, L, McLean, C, Mebirouk, N, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Miller, A, Mingazheva, E, Montagna, M, Mulligan, AM, Mulot, C, Muranen, TA, Nathanson, KL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, WG, Nielsens, FC, Nikitina-Zake, L, Nodora, J, Offit, K, Olah, E, Olopade, O, Olsson, H, Orr, N, Papi, L, Papp, J, Park-Simon, T-W, Parsons, MT, Peissel, B, Peixoto, A, Peshkin, B, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Phillips, K-A, Piedmonte, M, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Prajzendanc, K, Prentice, R, Prokofyeva, D, Rack, B, Radice, P, Ramus, SJ, Rantala, J, Rashid, MU, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Risch, HA, Romero, A, Rookus, MA, Ruebner, M, Ruediger, T, Saloustros, E, Sampson, S, Sandler, DP, Sawyer, EJ, Scheuner, MT, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, Schoettker, B, Schuermann, P, Senter, L, Sharma, P, Sherman, ME, Shu, X-O, Singer, CF, Smichkoska, S, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Stone, J, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Swerdlow, AJ, Szabo, C, Tamimi, RM, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teixeira, MR, Terry, M, Thomassen, M, Thull, DL, Tischkowitz, M, Toland, AE, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Torres, D, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Tung, N, Untch, M, Vachon, CM, van den Ouweland, AMW, van der Kolk, LE, van Veen, EM, vanRensburg, EJ, Vega, A, Wappenschmidt, B, Weinberg, CR, Weitzel, JN, Wildiers, H, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Yang, XR, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Zorn, KK, Milne, RL, Kraft, P, Simard, J, Pharoah, PDP, Michailidou, K, Antoniou, AC, Schmidt, MK, Chenevix-Trench, G, Easton, DF, Chatterjee, N, and Garcia-Closas, M
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1-3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P < 5.0 × 10-8), 15 of which showed evidence for associations with at least one tumor feature (false discovery rate < 0.05). Five loci showed associations (P < 0.05) in opposite directions between luminal and non-luminal subtypes. In silico analyses showed that these five loci contained cell-specific enhancers that differed between normal luminal and basal mammary cells. The genetic correlations between five intrinsic-like subtypes ranged from 0.35 to 0.80. The proportion of genome-wide chip heritability explained by all known susceptibility loci was 54.2% for luminal A-like disease and 37.6% for triple-negative disease. The odds ratios of polygenic risk scores, which included 330 variants, for the highest 1% of quantiles compared with middle quantiles were 5.63 and 3.02 for luminal A-like and triple-negative disease, respectively. These findings provide an improved understanding of genetic predisposition to breast cancer subtypes and will inform the development of subtype-specific polygenic risk scores.
Published: 2020

49. Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status

Author: Feng, H, Gusev, A, Pasaniuc, B, Wu, L, Long, J, Abu-full, Z, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antoniou, AC, Arason, A, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Arun, BK, Asseryanis, E, Auer, PL, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Barnes, DR, Barrowdale, D, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bialkowska, K, Blanco, A, Blomqvist, C, Boeckx, B, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Bonanni, B, Borg, A, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Broeks, A, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Cai, Q, Caldes, T, Caligo, MA, Campbell, I, Canisius, S, Campa, D, Carter, BD, Carter, J, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Christiansen, H, Chung, WK, Claes, KBM, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Cybulski, C, Czene, K, Daly, MB, de la Hoya, M, De Leeneer, K, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Diez, O, Domchek, SM, Doerk, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ejlertsen, B, Ellberg, C, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Fostira, F, Friedman, E, Fritschi, L, Frost, D, Gabrielson, M, Ganz, PA, Gapstur, SM, Garber, J, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Glendon, G, Godwin, AK, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Greene, MH, Gronwald, J, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hake, C, He, W, Heyworth, J, Hogervorst, FBL, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Huang, G, Hulick, PJ, Humphreys, K, Imyanitov, EN, Isaacs, C, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, James, P, Janavicius, R, Jankowitz, RC, John, EM, Johnson, N, Joseph, V, Jung, A, Karlan, BY, Khusnutdinova, E, Kiiski, J, Konstantopoulou, I, Kristensen, VN, Laitman, Y, Lambrechts, D, Lazaro, C, Leroux, D, Leslie, G, Lester, J, Lesueur, F, Lindor, N, Lindstrom, S, Lo, W-Y, Loud, JT, Lubinski, J, Makalic, E, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Martinez, ME, Matricardi, L, Maurer, T, Mavroudis, D, McGuffog, L, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Michailidou, K, Kapoor, PM, Miller, A, Montagna, M, Moreno, F, Moserle, L, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nathanson, KL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Nevelsteen, I, Nielsen, FC, Nikitina-Zake, L, Offit, K, Olah, E, Olopade, O, Olsson, H, Osorio, A, Papp, J, Park-Simon, T-W, Parsons, MT, Pedersen, IS, Peixoto, A, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Pharoah, PDP, Phillips, K-A, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Poppe, B, Pradhan, N, Prajzendanc, K, Presneau, N, Punie, K, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rantala, J, Rashid, MU, Rennert, G, Risch, HA, Robson, M, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Santos, C, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmidt, DF, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Scott, RJ, Sharma, P, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Singer, CF, Skytte, A-B, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Spurdle, AB, Stone, J, Swerdlow, AJ, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teixeira, MR, Terry, MB, Teule, A, Thomassen, M, Thoene, K, Thull, DL, Tischkowitz, M, Toland, AE, Tollenaar, RAEM, Torres, D, Truong, T, Tung, N, Vachon, CM, van Asperen, CJ, van den Ouweland, AMW, van Rensburg, EJ, Vega, A, Viel, A, Vieiro-Balo, P, Wang, Q, Wappenschmidt, B, Weinberg, CR, Weitzel, JN, Wendt, C, Winqvist, R, Yang, XR, Yannoukakos, D, Ziogas, A, Milne, RL, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Zheng, W, Kraft, P, Jiang, X, Feng, H, Gusev, A, Pasaniuc, B, Wu, L, Long, J, Abu-full, Z, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antoniou, AC, Arason, A, Arndt, V, Aronson, KJ, Arun, BK, Asseryanis, E, Auer, PL, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barkardottir, RB, Barnes, DR, Barrowdale, D, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Benitez, J, Bermisheva, M, Bialkowska, K, Blanco, A, Blomqvist, C, Boeckx, B, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Bonanni, B, Borg, A, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Briceno, I, Broeks, A, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Cai, Q, Caldes, T, Caligo, MA, Campbell, I, Canisius, S, Campa, D, Carter, BD, Carter, J, Castelao, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Christiansen, H, Chung, WK, Claes, KBM, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Cybulski, C, Czene, K, Daly, MB, de la Hoya, M, De Leeneer, K, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Diez, O, Domchek, SM, Doerk, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eccles, DM, Ejlertsen, B, Ellberg, C, Engel, C, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Fostira, F, Friedman, E, Fritschi, L, Frost, D, Gabrielson, M, Ganz, PA, Gapstur, SM, Garber, J, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Glendon, G, Godwin, AK, Goldberg, MS, Goldgar, DE, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Greene, MH, Gronwald, J, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hake, C, He, W, Heyworth, J, Hogervorst, FBL, Hollestelle, A, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Hopper, JL, Huang, G, Hulick, PJ, Humphreys, K, Imyanitov, EN, Isaacs, C, Jakimovska, M, Jakubowska, A, James, P, Janavicius, R, Jankowitz, RC, John, EM, Johnson, N, Joseph, V, Jung, A, Karlan, BY, Khusnutdinova, E, Kiiski, J, Konstantopoulou, I, Kristensen, VN, Laitman, Y, Lambrechts, D, Lazaro, C, Leroux, D, Leslie, G, Lester, J, Lesueur, F, Lindor, N, Lindstrom, S, Lo, W-Y, Loud, JT, Lubinski, J, Makalic, E, Mannermaa, A, Manoochehri, M, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Martens, JWM, Martinez, ME, Matricardi, L, Maurer, T, Mavroudis, D, McGuffog, L, Meindl, A, Menon, U, Michailidou, K, Kapoor, PM, Miller, A, Montagna, M, Moreno, F, Moserle, L, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nathanson, KL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Nevelsteen, I, Nielsen, FC, Nikitina-Zake, L, Offit, K, Olah, E, Olopade, O, Olsson, H, Osorio, A, Papp, J, Park-Simon, T-W, Parsons, MT, Pedersen, IS, Peixoto, A, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Pharoah, PDP, Phillips, K-A, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Poppe, B, Pradhan, N, Prajzendanc, K, Presneau, N, Punie, K, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rantala, J, Rashid, MU, Rennert, G, Risch, HA, Robson, M, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Santos, C, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmidt, DF, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Scott, RJ, Sharma, P, Shu, X-O, Simard, J, Singer, CF, Skytte, A-B, Soucy, P, Southey, MC, Spinelli, JJ, Spurdle, AB, Stone, J, Swerdlow, AJ, Tapper, WJ, Taylor, JA, Teixeira, MR, Terry, MB, Teule, A, Thomassen, M, Thoene, K, Thull, DL, Tischkowitz, M, Toland, AE, Tollenaar, RAEM, Torres, D, Truong, T, Tung, N, Vachon, CM, van Asperen, CJ, van den Ouweland, AMW, van Rensburg, EJ, Vega, A, Viel, A, Vieiro-Balo, P, Wang, Q, Wappenschmidt, B, Weinberg, CR, Weitzel, JN, Wendt, C, Winqvist, R, Yang, XR, Yannoukakos, D, Ziogas, A, Milne, RL, Easton, DF, Chenevix-Trench, G, Zheng, W, Kraft, P, and Jiang, X
Abstract: Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype-specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER-). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER- subtypes, using a case-only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER- breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS-significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast-cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS-significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER- breast cancer.
Published: 2020

50. The Spectrum of FANCM Protein Truncating Variants in European Breast Cancer Cases

Author: Figlioli, G, Kvist, A, Tham, E, Soukupova, J, Kleiblova, P, Muranen, TA, Andrieu, N, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barroso, A, Benitez, J, Bertelsen, B, Blanco, A, Bonanni, B, Borg, A, Brunet, J, Calistri, D, Calvello, M, Chvojka, S, Cortesi, L, Darder, E, Del Valle, J, Diez, O, Eon-Marchais, S, Fostira, F, Gensini, F, Houdayer, C, Janatova, M, Kiiski, J, Konstantopoulou, I, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Lazaro, C, Lesueur, F, Manoukian, S, Marcinkute, R, Mickys, U, Moncoutier, V, Myszka, A, Tu, N-D, Nielsen, FC, Norvilas, R, Olah, E, Osorio, A, Papi, L, Peissel, B, Peixoto, A, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pocza, T, Rossing, M, Rudaitis, V, Santamarina, M, Santos, C, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Teixeira, M, Torngren, T, Toss, A, Urioste, M, Vega, A, Vlckova, Z, Yannoukakos, D, Zampiga, V, Kleibl, Z, Radice, P, Nevanlinna, H, Ehrencrona, H, Janavicius, R, Peterlongo, P, Figlioli, G, Kvist, A, Tham, E, Soukupova, J, Kleiblova, P, Muranen, TA, Andrieu, N, Azzollini, J, Balmana, J, Barroso, A, Benitez, J, Bertelsen, B, Blanco, A, Bonanni, B, Borg, A, Brunet, J, Calistri, D, Calvello, M, Chvojka, S, Cortesi, L, Darder, E, Del Valle, J, Diez, O, Eon-Marchais, S, Fostira, F, Gensini, F, Houdayer, C, Janatova, M, Kiiski, J, Konstantopoulou, I, Kubelka-Sabit, K, Lazaro, C, Lesueur, F, Manoukian, S, Marcinkute, R, Mickys, U, Moncoutier, V, Myszka, A, Tu, N-D, Nielsen, FC, Norvilas, R, Olah, E, Osorio, A, Papi, L, Peissel, B, Peixoto, A, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pocza, T, Rossing, M, Rudaitis, V, Santamarina, M, Santos, C, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Stoppa-Lyonnet, D, Teixeira, M, Torngren, T, Toss, A, Urioste, M, Vega, A, Vlckova, Z, Yannoukakos, D, Zampiga, V, Kleibl, Z, Radice, P, Nevanlinna, H, Ehrencrona, H, Janavicius, R, and Peterlongo, P
Abstract: Germline protein truncating variants (PTVs) in the FANCM gene have been associated with a 2-4-fold increased breast cancer risk in case-control studies conducted in different European populations. However, the distribution and the frequency of FANCM PTVs in Europe have never been investigated. In the present study, we collected the data of 114 European female breast cancer cases with FANCM PTVs ascertained in 20 centers from 13 European countries. We identified 27 different FANCM PTVs. The p.Gln1701* PTV is the most common PTV in Northern Europe with a maximum frequency in Finland and a lower relative frequency in Southern Europe. On the contrary, p.Arg1931* seems to be the most common PTV in Southern Europe. We also showed that p.Arg658*, the third most common PTV, is more frequent in Central Europe, and p.Gln498Thrfs*7 is probably a founder variant from Lithuania. Of the 23 rare or unique FANCM PTVs, 15 have not been previously reported. We provide here the initial spectrum of FANCM PTVs in European breast cancer cases.
Published: 2020

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