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1. Association of the CHEK2 c.1100delC variant, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with contralateral breast cancer risk and breast cancer-specific survival

Author: Morra, A, Schreurs, MAC, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Augustinsson, A, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Brauch, H, Broeks, A, Buys, SS, Camp, NJ, Castelao, JE, Cessna, MH, Chang-Claude, J, Chung, WK, Colonna, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Fehm, TN, Figueroa, JD, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Genkinger, JA, Grassmann, F, Guendert, M, Hahnen, E, Haiman, C, Hamann, U, Harrington, PA, Hartikainen, JM, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Houlston, RS, Howell, A, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, Jernstroem, H, John, EM, Johnson, N, Jones, ME, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Lubinski, J, Lux, MP, Mannermaa, A, Mavroudis, D, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nevanlinna, H, Nevelsteen, I, Neven, P, Newman, WG, Obi, N, Offit, K, Olshan, AF, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peterlongo, P, Phillips, K-A, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Polley, EC, Presneau, N, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rashid, MU, Rhenius, V, Robson, M, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Schuetze, S, Scott, C, Shah, MT, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Tapper, WJ, Teras, LR, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomczyk, K, Tomlinson, I, Troester, M, Vachon, C, van Veen, E, Wang, Q, Wendt, C, Wildiers, H, Winqvist, RA, Ziogas, A, Hall, P, Pharoah, PDP, Adank, M, Hollestelle, A, Schmidt, MK, Hooning, MJ, Morra, A, Schreurs, MAC, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Augustinsson, A, Beckmann, MW, Behrens, S, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Brauch, H, Broeks, A, Buys, SS, Camp, NJ, Castelao, JE, Cessna, MH, Chang-Claude, J, Chung, WK, Colonna, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Fehm, TN, Figueroa, JD, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Genkinger, JA, Grassmann, F, Guendert, M, Hahnen, E, Haiman, C, Hamann, U, Harrington, PA, Hartikainen, JM, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Houlston, RS, Howell, A, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, Jernstroem, H, John, EM, Johnson, N, Jones, ME, Kristensen, VN, Kurian, AW, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Lubinski, J, Lux, MP, Mannermaa, A, Mavroudis, D, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nevanlinna, H, Nevelsteen, I, Neven, P, Newman, WG, Obi, N, Offit, K, Olshan, AF, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Peterlongo, P, Phillips, K-A, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Polley, EC, Presneau, N, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rashid, MU, Rhenius, V, Robson, M, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schmutzler, RK, Schuetze, S, Scott, C, Shah, MT, Smichkoska, S, Southey, MC, Tapper, WJ, Teras, LR, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomczyk, K, Tomlinson, I, Troester, M, Vachon, C, van Veen, E, Wang, Q, Wendt, C, Wildiers, H, Winqvist, RA, Ziogas, A, Hall, P, Pharoah, PDP, Adank, M, Hollestelle, A, Schmidt, MK, and Hooning, MJ
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Breast cancer (BC) patients with a germline CHEK2 c.1100delC variant have an increased risk of contralateral BC (CBC) and worse BC-specific survival (BCSS) compared to non-carriers. AIM: To assessed the associations of CHEK2 c.1100delC, radiotherapy, and systemic treatment with CBC risk and BCSS. METHODS: Analyses were based on 82,701 women diagnosed with a first primary invasive BC including 963 CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers; median follow-up was 9.1 years. Differential associations with treatment by CHEK2 c.1100delC status were tested by including interaction terms in a multivariable Cox regression model. A multi-state model was used for further insight into the relation between CHEK2 c.1100delC status, treatment, CBC risk and death. RESULTS: There was no evidence for differential associations of therapy with CBC risk by CHEK2 c.1100delC status. The strongest association with reduced CBC risk was observed for the combination of chemotherapy and endocrine therapy [HR (95% CI): 0.66 (0.55-0.78)]. No association was observed with radiotherapy. Results from the multi-state model showed shorter BCSS for CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers versus non-carriers also after accounting for CBC occurrence [HR (95% CI): 1.30 (1.09-1.56)]. CONCLUSION: Systemic therapy was associated with reduced CBC risk irrespective of CHEK2 c.1100delC status. Moreover, CHEK2 c.1100delC carriers had shorter BCSS, which appears not to be fully explained by their CBC risk.
Published: 2023

2. 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

3. 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

4. Incorporating progesterone receptor expression into the PREDICT breast prognostic model

Author: Grootes, I, Keeman, R, Blows, FM, Milne, RL, Giles, GG, Swerdlow, AJ, Fasching, PA, Abubakar, M, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Beckmann, MW, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Bonanni, B, Briceno, I, Burwinkel, B, Camp, NJ, Castelao, JE, Choi, J-Y, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Eriksson, M, Ernst, K, Evans, DG, Figueroa, JD, Fink, V, Floris, G, Fox, S, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Haeberle, L, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Hartman, M, Hein, A, Hooning, MJ, Hou, M-F, Howell, SJ, Ito, H, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Jung, A, Kang, D, Kristensen, VN, Kwong, A, Lambrechts, D, Li, J, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Matsuo, K, Taib, NAM, Mulligan, AM, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Offit, K, Osorio, A, Park, SK, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Presneau, N, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schneeweiss, A, Schochter, F, Schoemaker, MJ, Shen, C-Y, Shibli, R, Sinn, P, Tapper, WJ, Tawfiq, E, Teo, SH, Teras, LR, Torres, D, Vachon, CM, van Deurzen, CHM, Wendt, C, Williams, JA, Winqvist, R, Elwood, M, Schmidt, MK, Pharoah, PDP, Grootes, I, Keeman, R, Blows, FM, Milne, RL, Giles, GG, Swerdlow, AJ, Fasching, PA, Abubakar, M, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Beckmann, MW, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Bonanni, B, Briceno, I, Burwinkel, B, Camp, NJ, Castelao, JE, Choi, J-Y, Clarke, CL, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Easton, DF, Eccles, DM, Eriksson, M, Ernst, K, Evans, DG, Figueroa, JD, Fink, V, Floris, G, Fox, S, Gabrielson, M, Gago-Dominguez, M, Garcia-Saenz, JA, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Haeberle, L, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Harkness, EF, Hartman, M, Hein, A, Hooning, MJ, Hou, M-F, Howell, SJ, Ito, H, Jakubowska, A, Janni, W, John, EM, Jung, A, Kang, D, Kristensen, VN, Kwong, A, Lambrechts, D, Li, J, Manoochehri, M, Margolin, S, Matsuo, K, Taib, NAM, Mulligan, AM, Nevanlinna, H, Newman, WG, Offit, K, Osorio, A, Park, SK, Park-Simon, T-W, Patel, A, Presneau, N, Pylkas, K, Rack, B, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Romero, A, Saloustros, E, Sawyer, EJ, Schneeweiss, A, Schochter, F, Schoemaker, MJ, Shen, C-Y, Shibli, R, Sinn, P, Tapper, WJ, Tawfiq, E, Teo, SH, Teras, LR, Torres, D, Vachon, CM, van Deurzen, CHM, Wendt, C, Williams, JA, Winqvist, R, Elwood, M, Schmidt, MK, and Pharoah, PDP
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Predict Breast (www.predict.nhs.uk) is an online prognostication and treatment benefit tool for early invasive breast cancer. The aim of this study was to incorporate the prognostic effect of progesterone receptor (PR) status into a new version of PREDICT and to compare its performance to the current version (2.2). METHOD: The prognostic effect of PR status was based on the analysis of data from 45,088 European patients with breast cancer from 49 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate the hazard ratio for PR status. Data from a New Zealand study of 11,365 patients with early invasive breast cancer were used for external validation. Model calibration and discrimination were used to test the model performance. RESULTS: Having a PR-positive tumour was associated with a 23% and 28% lower risk of dying from breast cancer for women with oestrogen receptor (ER)-negative and ER-positive breast cancer, respectively. The area under the ROC curve increased with the addition of PR status from 0.807 to 0.809 for patients with ER-negative tumours (p = 0.023) and from 0.898 to 0.902 for patients with ER-positive tumours (p = 2.3 × 10-6) in the New Zealand cohort. Model calibration was modest with 940 observed deaths compared to 1151 predicted. CONCLUSION: The inclusion of the prognostic effect of PR status to PREDICT Breast has led to an improvement of model performance and more accurate absolute treatment benefit predictions for individual patients. Further studies should determine whether the baseline hazard function requires recalibration.
Published: 2022

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. Cancer risks associated with germline PALB2 pathogenic variants: An international study of 524 families.

Author: Hake C., Redman J., Kleibl Z., Kleiblova P., Konstantopoulou I., Kvist A., Laduca H., Lee A.S.G., Lesueur F., Maher E.R., Mannermaa A., Manoukian S., McFarland R., McKinnon W., Meindl A., Metcalfe K., Taib N.A.M., Moilanen J., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S., Ng P.S., Nguyen-Dumont T., Nielsen S.M., Obermair F., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Ottini L., Penkert J., Pylkas K., Radice P., Ramus S.J., Rudaitis V., Side L., Silva-Smith R., Silvestri V., Skytte A.-B., Slavin T., Soukupova J., Tondini C., Trainer A.H., Unzeitig G., Usha L., Van Overeem Hansen T., Whitworth J., Wood M., Yip C.H., Yoon S.-Y., Yussuf A., Zogopoulos G., Goldgar D., Hopper J.L., Chenevix-Trench G., Pharoah P., George S.H.L., Balmana J., Houdayer C., James P., El-Haffaf Z., Ehrencrona H., Janatova M., Peterlongo P., Nevanlinna H., Schmutzler R., Teo S.-H., Robson M., Pal T., Couch F., Weitzel J.N., Elliott A., Southey M., Winqvist R., Easton D.F., Foulkes W.D., Antoniou A.C., Tischkowitz M., Yang X., Leslie G., Doroszuk A., Schneider S., Allen J., Decker B., Dunning A.M., Scarth J., Plaskocinska I., Luccarini C., Shah M., Pooley K., Dorling L., Leei A., Adank M.A., Adlard J., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Ang P., Barwell J., Bernstein J.L., Bobolis K., Borg A., Blomqvist C., Claes K.B.M., Concannon P., Cuggia A., Culver J.O., Damiola F., De Pauw A., Diez O., Dolinsky J.S., Domchek S.M., Engel C., Evans D.G., Fostira F., Garber J., Golmard L., Goode E.L., Gruber S.B., Hahnen E., Heikkinen T., Hurley J.E., Janavicius R., Hake C., Redman J., Kleibl Z., Kleiblova P., Konstantopoulou I., Kvist A., Laduca H., Lee A.S.G., Lesueur F., Maher E.R., Mannermaa A., Manoukian S., McFarland R., McKinnon W., Meindl A., Metcalfe K., Taib N.A.M., Moilanen J., Nathanson K.L., Neuhausen S., Ng P.S., Nguyen-Dumont T., Nielsen S.M., Obermair F., Offit K., Olopade O.I., Ottini L., Penkert J., Pylkas K., Radice P., Ramus S.J., Rudaitis V., Side L., Silva-Smith R., Silvestri V., Skytte A.-B., Slavin T., Soukupova J., Tondini C., Trainer A.H., Unzeitig G., Usha L., Van Overeem Hansen T., Whitworth J., Wood M., Yip C.H., Yoon S.-Y., Yussuf A., Zogopoulos G., Goldgar D., Hopper J.L., Chenevix-Trench G., Pharoah P., George S.H.L., Balmana J., Houdayer C., James P., El-Haffaf Z., Ehrencrona H., Janatova M., Peterlongo P., Nevanlinna H., Schmutzler R., Teo S.-H., Robson M., Pal T., Couch F., Weitzel J.N., Elliott A., Southey M., Winqvist R., Easton D.F., Foulkes W.D., Antoniou A.C., Tischkowitz M., Yang X., Leslie G., Doroszuk A., Schneider S., Allen J., Decker B., Dunning A.M., Scarth J., Plaskocinska I., Luccarini C., Shah M., Pooley K., Dorling L., Leei A., Adank M.A., Adlard J., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Ang P., Barwell J., Bernstein J.L., Bobolis K., Borg A., Blomqvist C., Claes K.B.M., Concannon P., Cuggia A., Culver J.O., Damiola F., De Pauw A., Diez O., Dolinsky J.S., Domchek S.M., Engel C., Evans D.G., Fostira F., Garber J., Golmard L., Goode E.L., Gruber S.B., Hahnen E., Heikkinen T., Hurley J.E., and Janavicius R.
Abstract: PURPOSE To estimate age-specific relative and absolute cancer risks of breast cancer and to estimate risks of ovarian, pancreatic, male breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers associated with germline PALB2 pathogenic variants (PVs) because these risks have not been extensively characterized. METHODS We analyzed data from 524 families with PALB2 PVs from 21 countries. Complex segregation analysis was used to estimate relative risks (RRs; relative to country-specific population incidences) and absolute risks of cancers. The models allowed for residual familial aggregation of breast and ovarian cancer and were adjusted for the family-specific ascertainment schemes. RESULTS We found associations between PALB2 PVs and risk of female breast cancer (RR, 7.18; 95% CI, 5.82 to 8.85; P = 6.5 x 10-76), ovarian cancer (RR, 2.91; 95% CI, 1.40 to 6.04; P = 4.1 x 10-3), pancreatic cancer (RR, 2.37; 95% CI, 1.24 to 4.50; P = 8.7 x 10-3), and male breast cancer (RR, 7.34; 95% CI, 1.28 to 42.18; P = 2.6 3 1022). There was no evidence for increased risks of prostate or colorectal cancer. The breast cancer RRs declined with age (P for trend = 2.0 x 10-3). After adjusting for family ascertainment, breast cancer risk estimates on the basis of multiple case families were similar to the estimates from families ascertained through population-based studies (P for difference = .41). On the basis of the combined data, the estimated risks to age 80 years were 53% (95% CI, 44% to 63%) for female breast cancer, 5% (95% CI, 2% to 10%) for ovarian cancer, 2%-3% (95% CI females, 1% to 4%; 95% CI males, 2% to 5%) for pancreatic cancer, and 1% (95% CI, 0.2% to 5%) for male breast cancer. CONCLUSION These results confirm PALB2 as a major breast cancer susceptibility gene and establish substantial associations between germline PALB2 PVs and ovarian, pancreatic, and male breast cancers. These findings will facilitate incorporation of PALB2 into risk prediction models and optimize the clinical cancer ri
Published: 2020

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. Cancer Risks Associated With Germline PALB2 Pathogenic Variants: An International Study of 524 Families

Author: Yang, X, Leslie, G, Doroszuk, A, Schneider, S, Allen, J, Decker, B, Dunning, AM, Redman, J, Scarth, J, Plaskocinska, I, Luccarini, C, Shah, M, Pooley, K, Dorling, L, Lee, A, Adank, MA, Adlard, J, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Ang, P, Barwell, J, Bernstein, JL, Bobolis, K, Borg, A, Blomqvist, C, Claes, KBM, Concannon, P, Cuggia, A, Culver, JO, Damiola, F, de Pauw, A, Diez, O, Dolinsky, JS, Domchek, SM, Engel, C, Evans, DG, Fostira, F, Garber, J, Golmard, L, Goode, EL, Gruber, SB, Hahnen, E, Hake, C, Heikkinen, T, Hurley, JE, Janavicius, R, Kleibl, Z, Kleiblova, P, Konstantopoulou, I, Kvist, A, Laduca, H, Lee, ASG, Lesueur, F, Maher, ER, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, McFarland, R, McKinnon, W, Meindl, A, Metcalfe, K, Taib, NAM, Moilanen, J, Nathanson, KL, Neuhausen, S, Ng, PS, Nguyen-Dumont, T, Nielsen, SM, Obermair, F, Offit, K, Olopade, O, Ottini, L, Penkert, J, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Ramus, SJ, Rudaitis, V, Side, L, Silva-Smith, R, Silvestri, V, Skytte, A-B, Slavin, T, Soukupova, J, Tondini, C, Trainer, AH, Unzeitig, G, Usha, L, Hansen, TVO, Whitworth, J, Wood, M, Yip, CH, Yoon, S-Y, Yussuf, A, Zogopoulos, G, Goldgar, D, Hopper, JL, Chenevix-Trench, G, Pharoah, P, George, SHL, Balmana, J, Houdayer, C, James, P, El-Haffaf, Z, Ehrencrona, H, Janatova, M, Peterlongo, P, Nevanlinna, H, Schmutzler, R, Teo, S-H, Robson, M, Pal, T, Couch, F, Weitzel, JN, Elliott, A, Southey, M, Winqvist, R, Easton, DF, Foulkes, WD, Antoniou, AC, Tischkowitz, M, Yang, X, Leslie, G, Doroszuk, A, Schneider, S, Allen, J, Decker, B, Dunning, AM, Redman, J, Scarth, J, Plaskocinska, I, Luccarini, C, Shah, M, Pooley, K, Dorling, L, Lee, A, Adank, MA, Adlard, J, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Ang, P, Barwell, J, Bernstein, JL, Bobolis, K, Borg, A, Blomqvist, C, Claes, KBM, Concannon, P, Cuggia, A, Culver, JO, Damiola, F, de Pauw, A, Diez, O, Dolinsky, JS, Domchek, SM, Engel, C, Evans, DG, Fostira, F, Garber, J, Golmard, L, Goode, EL, Gruber, SB, Hahnen, E, Hake, C, Heikkinen, T, Hurley, JE, Janavicius, R, Kleibl, Z, Kleiblova, P, Konstantopoulou, I, Kvist, A, Laduca, H, Lee, ASG, Lesueur, F, Maher, ER, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, McFarland, R, McKinnon, W, Meindl, A, Metcalfe, K, Taib, NAM, Moilanen, J, Nathanson, KL, Neuhausen, S, Ng, PS, Nguyen-Dumont, T, Nielsen, SM, Obermair, F, Offit, K, Olopade, O, Ottini, L, Penkert, J, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Ramus, SJ, Rudaitis, V, Side, L, Silva-Smith, R, Silvestri, V, Skytte, A-B, Slavin, T, Soukupova, J, Tondini, C, Trainer, AH, Unzeitig, G, Usha, L, Hansen, TVO, Whitworth, J, Wood, M, Yip, CH, Yoon, S-Y, Yussuf, A, Zogopoulos, G, Goldgar, D, Hopper, JL, Chenevix-Trench, G, Pharoah, P, George, SHL, Balmana, J, Houdayer, C, James, P, El-Haffaf, Z, Ehrencrona, H, Janatova, M, Peterlongo, P, Nevanlinna, H, Schmutzler, R, Teo, S-H, Robson, M, Pal, T, Couch, F, Weitzel, JN, Elliott, A, Southey, M, Winqvist, R, Easton, DF, Foulkes, WD, Antoniou, AC, and Tischkowitz, M
Abstract: PURPOSE: To estimate age-specific relative and absolute cancer risks of breast cancer and to estimate risks of ovarian, pancreatic, male breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers associated with germline PALB2 pathogenic variants (PVs) because these risks have not been extensively characterized. METHODS: We analyzed data from 524 families with PALB2 PVs from 21 countries. Complex segregation analysis was used to estimate relative risks (RRs; relative to country-specific population incidences) and absolute risks of cancers. The models allowed for residual familial aggregation of breast and ovarian cancer and were adjusted for the family-specific ascertainment schemes. RESULTS: We found associations between PALB2 PVs and risk of female breast cancer (RR, 7.18; 95% CI, 5.82 to 8.85; P = 6.5 × 10-76), ovarian cancer (RR, 2.91; 95% CI, 1.40 to 6.04; P = 4.1 × 10-3), pancreatic cancer (RR, 2.37; 95% CI, 1.24 to 4.50; P = 8.7 × 10-3), and male breast cancer (RR, 7.34; 95% CI, 1.28 to 42.18; P = 2.6 × 10-2). There was no evidence for increased risks of prostate or colorectal cancer. The breast cancer RRs declined with age (P for trend = 2.0 × 10-3). After adjusting for family ascertainment, breast cancer risk estimates on the basis of multiple case families were similar to the estimates from families ascertained through population-based studies (P for difference = .41). On the basis of the combined data, the estimated risks to age 80 years were 53% (95% CI, 44% to 63%) for female breast cancer, 5% (95% CI, 2% to 10%) for ovarian cancer, 2%-3% (95% CI females, 1% to 4%; 95% CI males, 2% to 5%) for pancreatic cancer, and 1% (95% CI, 0.2% to 5%) for male breast cancer. CONCLUSION: These results confirm PALB2 as a major breast cancer susceptibility gene and establish substantial associations between germline PALB2 PVs and ovarian, pancreatic, and male breast cancers. These findings will facilitate incorporation of PALB2 into risk prediction models and optimize the clinical cance
Published: 2020

18. 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, J, 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, J, 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

19. P481The genetic background of sudden cardiac deaths caused by single vessel coronary artery disease and myocardial hypertrophy with fibrosis

Author: Vahatalo, J H, primary, Holmstrom, L T A, additional, Pylkas, K, additional, Porvari, K, additional, Pakanen, L, additional, Kaikkonen, K S, additional, Perkiomaki, J S, additional, Huikuri, H V, additional, and Junttila, M J, additional
Published: 2020
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20. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

Author: Escala-Garcia, M., Guo, Q., Dork, T., Canisius, S., Keeman, R., Dennis, J., Beesley, J., Lecarpentier, J., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Abraham, J., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Auer, P.L., Beckmann, M.W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Bernstein, L., Blomqvist, C., Boeckx, B., Bojesen, S.E., Bonanni, B., Borresen-Dale, A.L., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Brentnall, A., Brinton, L., Broberg, P., Brock, I.W., Brucker, S.Y., Burwinkel, B., Caldas, C., Caldes, T., Campa, D., Canzian, F., Carracedo, A., Carter, B.D., Castelao, J.E., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Cheng, T.Y.D., Chin, S.F., Clarke, C.L., Cordina-Duverger, E., Couch, F.J., Cox, D.G., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., Devilee, P., Dunn, J.A., Dunning, A.M., Durcan, L., Dwek, M., Earl, H.M., Ekici, A.B., Eliassen, A.H., Ellberg, C., Engel, C., Eriksson, M., Evans, D.G., Figueroa, J., Flesch-Janys, D., Flyger, H., Gabrielson, M., Gago-Dominguez, M., Galle, E., Gapstur, S.M., Garcia-Closas, M., Garcia-Saenz, J.A., Gaudet, M.M., George, A., Georgoulias, V., Giles, G.G., Glendon, G., Goldgar, D.E., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Alnaes, G.I.G., Grip, M., Guenel, P., Haeberle, L., Hahnen, E., Haiman, C.A., Hakansson, N., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Hankinson, S., Harkness, E.F., Harrington, P.A., Hart, S.N., Hartikainen, J.M., Hein, A., Hillemanns, P., Hiller, L., Holleczek, B., Hollestelle, A., Hooning, M.J., Hoover, R.N., Hopper, J.L., Howell, A., Huang, G.M.Q., Humphreys, K., Hunter, D.J., Janni, W., John, E.M., Jones, M.E., Jukkola-Vuorinen, A., Jung, A., Kaaks, R., Kabisch, M., Kaczmarek, K., Kerin, M.J., Khan, S., Khusnutdinova, E., Kiiski, J.I., Kitahara, C.M., Knight, J.A., Ko, Y.D., Koppert, L.B., Kosma, V.M., Kraft, P., Kristensen, V.N., Kruger, U., Kuhl, T., Lambrechts, D., Marchand, L. le, Lee, E., Lejbkowicz, F., Li, L., Lindblom, A., Lindstrom, S., Linet, M., Lissowska, J., W.Y. lo, Loibl, S., Lubinski, J., Lux, M.P., MacInnis, R.J., Maierthaler, M., Maishman, T., Makalic, E., Mannermaa, A., Manoochehri, M., Manoukian, S., Margolin, S., Martinez, M.E., Mavroudis, D., McLean, C., Meindl, A., Middha, P., Miller, N., Milne, R.L., Moreno, F., Mulligan, A.M., Mulot, C., Nassir, R., Neuhausen, S.L., Newman, W.T., Nielsen, S.F., Nordestgaard, B.G., Norman, A., Olsson, H., Orr, N., Pankratz, V.S., Park-Simon, T.W., Perez, J.I.A., Perez-Barrios, C., Peterlongo, P., Petridis, C., Pinchev, M., Prajzendanc, K., Prentice, R., Presneau, N., Prokofieva, D., Pylkas, K., Rack, B., Radice, P., Ramachandran, D., Rennert, G., Rennert, H.S., Rhenius, V., Romero, A., Roylance, R., Saloustros, E., Sawyer, E.J., Schmidt, D.F., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneeweiss, A., Schoemaker, M.J., Schumacher, F., Schwentner, L., Scott, R.J., Scott, C., Seynaeve, C., Shah, M., Simard, J., Smeets, A., Sohn, C., Southey, M.C., Swerdlow, A.J., Talhouk, A., Tamimi, R.M., Tapper, W.J., Teixeira, M.R., Tengstrom, M., Terry, M.B., Thone, K., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Tomlinson, I., Torres, D., Truong, T., Turman, C., Turnbull, C., Ulmer, H.U., Untch, M., Vachon, C., Asperen, C.J. van, Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Veen, E.M. van, Wendt, C., Whittemore, A.S., Willett, W., Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Yang, X.R., Zhang, Y., Easton, D.F., Fasching, P.A., Nevanlinna, H., Eccles, D.M., Pharoah, P.D.P., Schmidt, M.K., and NBCS Collaborators
Abstract: BACKGROUND: We examined the associations between germline variants and breast cancer mortality using a large meta-analysis of women of European ancestry.METHODS: Meta-analyses included summary estimates based on Cox models of twelve datasets using similar to 10.4 million variants for 96,661 women with breast cancer and 7697 events (breast cancer-specific deaths). Oestrogen receptor (ER)-specific analyses were based on 64,171 ER-positive (4116) and 16,172 ER-negative (2125) patients. We evaluated the probability of a signal to be a true positive using the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP).RESULTS: We did not find any variant associated with breast cancer-specific mortality at P
Published: 2019

21. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

Author: Escala-Garcia, M. (Maria), Guo, Q. (Qi), Doerk, T. (Thilo), Canisius, S. (Sander), Keeman, R. (Renske), Dennis, J. (Joe), Beesley, J. (Jonathan), Lecarpentier, J. (Julie), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Abraham, J. (Jean), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Arndt, V. (Volker), Auer, P. L. (Paul L.), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Behrens, S. (Sabine), Benitez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bernstein, L. (Leslie), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Boeckx, B. (Bram), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Borresen-Dale, A.-L. (Anne-Lise), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brentnall, A. (Adam), Brinton, L. (Louise), Broberg, P. (Per), Brock, I. W. (Ian W.), Brucker, S. Y. (Sara Y.), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Caldas, C. (Carlos), Caldes, T. (Trinidad), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Carracedo, A. (Angel), Carter, B. D. (Brian D.), Castelao, J. E. (Jose E.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Cheng, T. D. (Ting-Yuan David), Chin, S.-F. (Suet-Feung), Clarke, C. L. (Christine L.), Cordina-Duverger, E. (Emilie), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, D. G. (David G.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M. B. (Mary B.), Devilee, P. (Peter), Dunn, J. A. (Janet A.), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Durcan, L. (Lorraine), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Earl, H. M. (Helena M.), Ekici, A. B. (Arif B.), Eliassen, A. H. (A. Heather), Ellberg, C. (Carolina), Engel, C. (Christoph), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Flesch-Janys, D. (Dieter), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Gabrielson, M. (Marike), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Galle, E. (Eva), Gapstur, S. M. (Susan M.), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Garcia-Saenz, J. A. (Jose A.), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), George, A. (Angela), Georgoulias, V. (Vassilios), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Glendon, G. (Gord), Goldgar, D. E. (David E.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Alnaes, G. I. (Grethe I. Grenaker), Grip, M. (Mervi), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Haeberle, L. (Lothar), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hakansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hankinson, S. (Susan), Harkness, E. F. (Elaine F.), Harrington, P. A. (Patricia A.), Hart, S. N. (Steven N.), Hartikainen, J. M. (Jaana M.), Hein, A. (Alexander), Hillemanns, P. (Peter), Hiller, L. (Louise), Holleczek, B. (Bernd), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hoover, R. N. (Robert N.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Howell, A. (Anthony), Huang, G. (Guanmengqian), Humphreys, K. (Keith), Hunter, D. J. (David J.), Janni, W. (Wolfgang), John, E. M. (Esther M.), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Jukkola-Vuorinen, A. (Arja), Jung, A. (Audrey), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kabisch, M. (Maria), Kaczmarek, K. (Katarzyna), Kerin, M. J. (Michael J.), Khan, S. (Sofia), Khusnutdinova, E. (Elza), Kiiski, J. I. (Johanna, I), Kitahara, C. M. (Cari M.), Knight, J. A. (Julia A.), Ko, Y.-D. (Yon-Dschun), Koppert, L. B. (Linetta B.), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Kruger, U. (Ute), Kuehl, T. (Tabea), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lee, E. (Eunjung), Lejbkowicz, F. (Flavio), Li, L. (Lian), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Lindstrom, S. (Sara), Linet, M. (Martha), Lissowska, J. (Jolanta), Lo, W.-Y. (Wing-Yee), Loibl, S. (Sibylle), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Lux, M. P. (Michael P.), MacInnis, R. J. (Robert J.), Maierthaler, M. (Melanie), Maishman, T. (Tom), Makalic, E. (Enes), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoochehri, M. (Mehdi), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Martinez, M. E. (Maria Elena), Mavroudis, D. (Dimitrios), McLean, C. (Catriona), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Middha, P. (Pooja), Miller, N. (Nicola), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Moreno, F. (Fernando), Mulligan, A. M. (Anna Marie), Mulot, C. (Claire), Nassir, R. (Rami), Neuhausen, S. L. (Susan L.), Newman, W. T. (William T.), Nielsen, S. F. (Sune F.), Nordestgaard, B. G. (Borge G.), Norman, A. (Aaron), Olsson, H. (Hakan), Orr, N. (Nick), Pankratz, V. S. (V. Shane), Park-Simon, T.-W. (Tjoung-Won), Perez, J. I. (Jose I. A.), Perez-Barrios, C. (Clara), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Petridis, C. (Christos), Pinchev, M. (Mila), Prajzendanc, K. (Karoliona), Prentice, R. (Ross), Presneau, N. (Nadege), Prokofieva, D. (Darya), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Rack, B. (Brigitte), Radice, P. (Paolo), Ramachandran, D. (Dhanya), Rennert, G. (Gadi), Rennert, H. S. (Hedy S.), Rhenius, V. (Valerie), Romero, A. (Atocha), Roylance, R. (Rebecca), Saloustros, E. (Emmanouil), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, D. F. (Daniel F.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Schneeweiss, A. (Andreas), Schoemaker, M. J. (Minouk J.), Schumacher, F. (Fredrick), Schwentner, L. (Lukas), Scott, R. J. (Rodney J.), Scott, C. (Christopher), Seynaeve, C. (Caroline), Shah, M. (Mitul), Simard, J. (Jacques), Smeets, A. (Ann), Sohn, C. (Christof), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Talhouk, A. (Aline), Tamimi, R. M. (Rulla M.), Tapper, W. J. (William J.), Teixeira, M. R. (Manuel R.), Tengstrom, M. (Maria), Terry, M. B. (Mary Beth), Thoene, K. (Kathrin), Tollenaar, R. A. (Rob A. E. M.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Torres, D. (Diana), Truong, T. (Therese), Turman, C. (Constance), Turnbull, C. (Clare), Ulmer, H.-U. (Hans-Ulrich), Untch, M. (Michael), Vachon, C. (Celine), van Asperen, C. J. (Christi J.), van den Ouweland, A. M. (Ans M. W.), van Veen, E. M. (Elke M.), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Whittemore, A. S. (Alice S.), Willett, W. (Walter), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, A. (Alicja), Yang, X. R. (Xiaohong R.), Zhang, Y. (Yan), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), and Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.)
Abstract: Background: We examined the associations between germline variants and breast cancer mortality using a large meta-analysis of women of European ancestry. Methods: Meta-analyses included summary estimates based on Cox models of twelve datasets using ~10.4 million variants for 96,661 women with breast cancer and 7697 events (breast cancer-specific deaths). Oestrogen receptor (ER)-specific analyses were based on 64,171 ER-positive (4116) and 16,172 ER-negative (2125) patients. We evaluated the probability of a signal to be a true positive using the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP). Results: We did not find any variant associated with breast cancer-specific mortality at P < 5 × 10−8. For ER-positive disease, the most significantly associated variant was chr7:rs4717568 (BFDP = 7%, P = 1.28 × 10−7, hazard ratio [HR] = 0.88, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.84–0.92); the closest gene is AUTS2. For ER-negative disease, the most significant variant was chr7:rs67918676 (BFDP = 11%, P = 1.38 × 10−7, HR = 1.27, 95% CI = 1.16–1.39); located within a long intergenic non-coding RNA gene (AC004009.3), close to the HOXA gene cluster. Conclusions: We uncovered germline variants on chromosome 7 at BFDP
Published: 2019

22. Genetic architecture of human plasma lipidome and its link to cardiovascular disease

Author: Tabassum, R. (Rubina), Ramo, J. T. (Joel T.), Ripatti, P. (Pietari), Koskela, J. T. (Jukka T.), Kurki, M. (Mitja), Karjalainen, J. (Juha), Palta, P. (Priit), Hassan, S. (Shabbeer), Nunez-Fontarnau, J. (Javier), Kiiskinen, T. T. (Tuomo T. J.), Soderlund, S. (Sanni), Matikainen, N. (Niina), Gerl, M. J. (Mathias J.), Surma, M. A. (Michal A.), Klose, C. (Christian), Stitziel, N. O. (Nathan O.), Laivuori, H. (Hannele), Havulinna, A. S. (Aki S.), Service, S. K. (Susan K.), Salomaa, V. (Veikko), Pirinen, M. (Matti), Jauhiainen, M. (Matti), Daly, M. J. (Mark J.), Freimer, N. B. (Nelson B.), Palotie, A. (Aarno), Taskinen, M.-R. (Marja-Riitta), Simons, K. (Kai), Ripatti, S. (Samuli), Jalanko, A. (Anu), Kaprio, J. (Jaakko), Donner, K. (Kati), Kaunisto, M. (Mari), Mars, N. (Nina), Dada, A. (Alexander), Shcherban, A. (Anastasia), Ganna, A. (Andrea), Lehisto, A. (Arto), Kilpelainen, E. (Elina), Brein, G. (Georg), Awaisa, G. (Ghazal), Harju, J. (Jarmo), Parr, K. (Kalle), Parolo, P. D. (Pietro Della Briotta), Kajanne, R. (Risto), Lemmela, S. (Susanna), Sipila, T. P. (Timo P.), Sipila, T. (Tuomas), Lyhs, U. (Ulrike), Llorens, V. (Vincent), Niiranen, T. (Teemu), Kristiansson, K. (Kati), Mannikko, L. (Lotta), Jimenez, M. G. (Manuel Gonzalez), Perola, M. (Markus), Wong, R. (Regis), Kilpi, T. (Terhi), Hiekkalinna, T. (Tero), Jarvensivu, E. (Elina), Kaiharju, E. (Essi), Mattsson, H. (Hannele), Laukkanen, M. (Markku), Laiho, P. (Paivi), Lahteenmaki, S. (Sini), Sistonen, T. (Tuuli), Soini, S. (Sirpa), Ziemann, A. (Adam), Lehtonen, A. (Anne), Lertratanakul, A. (Apinya), Georgantas, B. (Bob), Riley-Gillis, B. (Bridget), Quarless, D. (Danjuma), Rahimov, F. (Fedik), Heap, G. (Graham), Jacob, H. (Howard), Waring, J. (Jeffrey), Davis, J. W. (Justin Wade), Smaoui, N. (Nizar), Popovic, R. (Relja), Esmaeeli, S. (Sahar), Waring, J. (Jeff), Matakidou, A. (Athena), Challis, B. (Ben), Close, D. (David), Petrovski, S. (Slave), Karlsson, A. (Antti), Schleutker, J. (Johanna), Pulkki, K. (Kari), Virolainen, P. (Petri), Kallio, L. (Lila), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Heikkinen, S. (Sami), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Chen, C.-Y. (Chia-Yen), Runz, H. (Heiko), Liu, J. (Jimmy), Bronson, P. (Paola), John, S. (Sally), Landenpera, S. (Sanni), Eaton, S. (Susan), Zhou, W. (Wei), Hendolin, M. (Minna), Tuovila, O. (Outi), Pakkanen, R. (Raimo), Maranville, J. (Joseph), Usiskin, K. (Keith), Hochfeld, M. (Marla), Plenge, R. (Robert), Yang, R. (Robert), Biswas, S. (Shameek), Greenberg, S. (Steven), Laakkonen, E. (Eija), Kononen, J. (Juha), Paloneva, J. (Juha), Kujala, U. (Urho), Kuopio, T. (Teijo), Laukkanen, J. (Jari), Kangasniemi, E. (Eeva), Savinainen, K. (Kimmo), Laaksonen, R. (Reijo), Arvas, M. (Mikko), Ritari, J. (Jarmo), Partanen, J. (Jukka), Hyvarinen, K. (Kati), Wahlfors, T. (Tiina), Peterson, A. (Andrew), Oh, D. (Danny), Chang, D. (Diana), Teng, E. (Edmond), Strauss, E. (Erich), Kerchner, G. (Geoff), Chen, H. (Hao), Chen, H. (Hubert), Schutzman, J. (Jennifer), Michon, J. (John), Hunkapiller, J. (Julie), McCarthy, M. (Mark), Bowers, N. (Natalie), Lu, T. (Tim), Bhangale, T. (Tushar), Pulford, D. (David), Waterworth, D. (Dawn), Kulkarni, D. (Diptee), Xu, F. (Fanli), Betts, J. (Jo), Gordillo, J. E. (Jorge Esparza), Hoffman, J. (Joshua), Auro, K. (Kirsi), McCarthy, L. (Linda), Ghosh, S. (Soumitra), Ehm, M. (Meg), Pitkanen, K. (Kimmo), Makela, T. (Tomi), Loukola, A. (Anu), Joensuu, H. (Heikki), Sinisalo, J. (Juha), Eklund, K. (Kari), Aaltonen, L. (Lauri), Farkkila, M. (Martti), Carpen, O. (Olli), Kauppi, P. (Paula), Tienari, P. (Pentti), Ollila, T. (Terhi), Tuomi, T. (Tiinamaija), Meretoja, T. (Tuomo), Pitkaranta, A. (Anne), Turunen, J. (Joni), Hannula-Jouppi, K. (Katariina), Pikkarainen, S. (Sampsa), Seitsonen, S. (Sanna), Koskinen, M. (Miika), Palomaki, A. (Antti), Rinne, J. (Juha), Metsarinne, K. (Kaj), Elenius, K. (Klaus), Pirila, L. (Laura), Koulu, L. (Leena), Voutilainen, M. (Markku), Juonala, M. (Markus), Peltonen, S. (Sirkku), Aaltonen, V. (Vesa), Loboda, A. (Andrey), Podgornaia, A. (Anna), Chhibber, A. (Aparna), Chu, A. (Audrey), Fox, C. (Caroline), Diogo, D. (Dorothee), Holzinger, E. (Emily), Eicher, J. (John), Gormley, P. (Padhraig), Mehta, V. (Vinay), Wang, X. (Xulong), Kettunen, J. (Johannes), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Kalaoja, M. (Marita), Karjalainen, M. (Minna), Hinttala, R. (Reetta), Kaarteenaho, R. (Riitta), Vainio, S. (Seppo), Mantere, T. (Tuomo), Remes, A. (Anne), Huhtakangas, J. (Johanna), Junttila, J. (Juhani), Tasanen, K. (Kaisa), Huilaja, L. (Laura), Luodonpaa, M. (Marja), Hautala, N. (Nina), Karihtala, P. (Peeter), Kauppila, S. (Saila), Harju, T. (Terttu), Blomster, T. (Timo), Soininen, H. (Hilkka), Harvima, I. (Ilkka), Pihlajamaki, J. (Jussi), Kaarniranta, K. (Kai), Pelkonen, M. (Margit), Laakso, M. (Markku), Hiltunen, M. (Mikko), Kiviniemi, M. (Mikko), Kaipiainen-Seppanen, O. (Oili), Auvinen, P. (Paivi), Kalviainen, R. (Reetta), Julkunen, V. (Valtteri), Malarstig, A. (Anders), Hedman, A. (Asa), Marshal, C. (Catherine), Whelan, C. (Christopher), Lehtonen, H. (Heli), Parkkinen, J. (Jaakko), Linden, K. (Kari), Kalpala, K. (Kirsi), Miller, M. (Melissa), Bing, N. (Nan), McDonough, S. (Stefan), Chen, X. (Xing), Hu, X. (Xinli), Wu, Y. (Ying), Auranen, A. (Annika), Jussila, A. (Airi), Uusitalo-Jarvinen, H. (Hannele), Kankaanranta, H. (Hannu), Uusitalo, H. (Hannu), Peltola, J. (Jukka), Kahonen, M. (Mika), Isomaki, P. (Pia), Laitinen, T. (Tarja), Salmi, T. (Teea), Muslin, A. (Anthony), Wang, C. (Clarence), Chatelain, C. (Clement), Xu, E. (Ethan), Auge, F. (Franck), Call, K. (Kathy), Klinger, K. (Kathy), Crohns, M. (Marika), Gossel, M. (Matthias), Palin, K. (Kimmo), Rivas, M. (Manuel), Siirtola, H. (Harri), and Tabuenca, J. G. (Javier Gracia)
Subjects: lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Abstract: Understanding genetic architecture of plasma lipidome could provide better insights into lipid metabolism and its link to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Here, we perform genome-wide association analyses of 141 lipid species (n = 2,181 individuals), followed by phenome-wide scans with 25 CVD related phenotypes (n = 511,700 individuals). We identify 35 lipid-species-associated loci (P
Published: 2019

23. Associations of obesity and circulating insulin and glucose with breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis

Author: Shu, X., Wu, L., Khankari, N.K., Shu, X.O., Wang, T.J., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Milne, R.L., Schmidt, M.K., Pharoah, P.D.P., Andrulis, I.L., Hunter, D.J., Simard, J., Easton, D.F., Zheng, W., Alicia, B.F.J., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N.N., Arndt, V., Aronson, K.J., Auer, P.L., Barrdahl, M., Baynes, C., Freeman, L.E.B., Beckmann, M.W., Behrens, S., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Blomqvist, C., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Brinton, L., Broberg, P., Brucker, S.Y., Bruning, T., Burwinkel, B., Cai, Q.Y., Caldes, T., Canzian, F., Carter, B.D., Castelao, J.E., Chang-Claude, J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Cheng, T.Y.D., Clarke, C.L., Conroy, D.M., Couch, F.J., Cox, D.G., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Cunningham, J.M., Czene, K., Daly, M.B., Doheny, K.F., Dork, T., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Dumont, M., Dunning, A.M., Dwek, M., Earp, H.S., Eccles, D.M., Eliassen, A.H., Engel, C., Eriksson, M., Evans, D.G., Fachal, L., Fasching, P.A., Figueroa, J., Fletcher, O., Flyger, H., Fritschi, L., Gabrielson, M., Gago-Dominguez, M., Gapstur, S.M., Garcia-Closas, M., Gaudet, M.M., Ghoussaini, M., Giles, G.G., Goldberg, M.S., Goldgar, D.E., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Guenel, P., Hahnen, E., Haiman, C.A., Hakansson, N., Hall, P., Hallberg, E., Hamann, U., Harrington, P., He, W., Hein, A., Hicks, B., Hillemanns, P., Hogervorst, F.B., Hollestelle, A., Hoover, R.N., Hopper, J.L., Howell, A., Huang, G., Jakubowska, A., Janni, W., John, E.M., Johnson, N., Jones, K., Jung, A., Kaaks, R., Kabisch, M., Kerin, M.J., Khusnutdinova, E., Kitahara, C.M., Kosma, V.M., Koutros, S., Kraft, P., Kristensen, V.N., Lambrechts, D., Marchand, L. le, Lindstrom, S., Linet, M.S., Lissowska, J., Loibl, S., Lubinski, J., Luccarini, C., Lux, M.P., Maishman, T., Kostovska, I.M., Mannermaa, A., Manoukian, S., Manson, J.E., Margolin, S., Mavroudis, D., Meijers-Heijboer, H., Meindl, A., Menon, U., Meyer, J., Mulligan, A.M., Neuhausen, S.L., Nevanlinna, H., Neven, P., Newman, W.T., Nielsen, S.F., Nordestgaard, B.G., Olopade, O.I., Olshan, A.F., Olson, J.E., Olsson, H., Olswol, C., Orr, N., Perou, C.M., Peto, J., Plaseska-Karanfilska, D., Prentice, R., Presneau, N., Pylkas, K., Rack, B., Radice, P., Rahman, N., Rennert, G., Rennert, H.S., Romero, A., Romm, J., Saloustros, E., Sandler, D.P., Sawyer, E.J., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneeweiss, A., Scott, R.J., Scott, C., Seal, S., Seynaeve, C., Smeets, A., Southey, M.C., Spinelli, J.J., Stone, J., Surowy, H., Swerdlow, A.J., Tamimi, R., Tapper, W., Taylor, J.A., Terry, M.B., Tessier, D.C., Thone, K., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Torres, D., Troester, M.A., Truong, T., Untch, M., Vachon, C., Berg, D. van den, Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Veen, E.M. van, Vincent, D., Waisfisz, Q., Weinberg, C.R., Wendt, C., Whittemore, A.S., Wildiers, H., Winqvist, R., Wolk, A., Xia, L., Yang, X.H.R., Ziogas, A., Ziv, E., Breast Canc Assoc Consortium, NBCS Collaborators, and Clinical Genetics
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, insulin, obesity, Epidemiology, medicine.medical_treatment, Mendelian randomization analysis, Type 2 diabetes, VARIANTS, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, Waist–hip ratio, FATNESS, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Mendelian Randomization, Internal medicine, Diabetes mellitus, medicine, genetics, COHORT, 030212 general & internal medicine, glucose, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, 2. Zero hunger, Science & Technology, business.industry, Insulin, Cancer, PATHWAYS, General Medicine, Odds ratio, INSTRUMENTS, medicine.disease, 3. Good health, BODY-MASS INDEX, INSIGHTS, 030104 developmental biology, FASTING PLASMA-GLUCOSE, business, Body mass index, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, RESISTANCE, EXPENDITURE
Abstract: Background In addition to the established association between general obesity and breast cancer risk, central obesity and circulating fasting insulin and glucose have been linked to the development of this common malignancy. Findings from previous studies, however, have been inconsistent, and the nature of the associations is unclear. Methods We conducted Mendelian randomization analyses to evaluate the association of breast cancer risk, using genetic instruments, with fasting insulin, fasting glucose, 2-h glucose, body mass index (BMI) and BMI-adjusted waist-hip-ratio (WHRadj BMI). We first confirmed the association of these instruments with type 2 diabetes risk in a large diabetes genome-wide association study consortium. We then investigated their associations with breast cancer risk using individual-level data obtained from 98 842 cases and 83 464 controls of European descent in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. Results All sets of instruments were associated with risk of type 2 diabetes. Associations with breast cancer risk were found for genetically predicted fasting insulin [odds ratio (OR) = 1.71 per standard deviation (SD) increase, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.26-2.31, p = 5.09 × 10–4], 2-h glucose (OR = 1.80 per SD increase, 95% CI = 1.3 0-2.49, p = 4.02 × 10–4), BMI (OR = 0.70 per 5-unit increase, 95% CI = 0.65-0.76, p = 5.05 × 10–19) and WHRadj BMI (OR = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.79-0.91, p = 9.22 × 10–6). Stratified analyses showed that genetically predicted fasting insulin was more closely related to risk of estrogen-receptor [ER]-positive cancer, whereas the associations with instruments of 2-h glucose, BMI and WHRadj BMI were consistent regardless of age, menopausal status, estrogen receptor status and family history of breast cancer. Conclusions We confirmed the previously reported inverse association of genetically predicted BMI with breast cancer risk, and showed a positive association of genetically predicted fasting insulin and 2-h glucose and an inverse association of WHRadj BMI with breast cancer risk. Our study suggests that genetically determined obesity and glucose/insulin-related traits have an important role in the aetiology of breast cancer.
Published: 2019

24. Nordic collaborative study of the BARD1 Cys557Ser allele in 3956 patients with cancer: enrichment in familial BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation-negative breast cancer but not in other malignancies

Author: Karppinen, S.-M., Barkardottir, R.B., Backenhorn, K., Sydenham, T., Syrjakoski, K., Schleutker, J., Ikonen, T., Pylkas, K., Rapakko, K., Erkko, H., Johannesdottir, G., Gerdes, A.-M., Thomassen, M., Agnarsson, B.A., Grip, M., Kallioniemi, A., Kere, J., Aaltonen, L.A., Arason, A., Moller, P., Kruse, T.A., Borg, A., and Winqvist, R.
Subjects: Breast cancer -- Genetic aspects, Breast cancer -- Risk factors, BRCA mutations -- Research, Allelomorphism -- Analysis, Health
Published: 2006

25. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality.

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

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

Author: Giles G.G., Bonanni B., Pinchev M., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Polley E.C., Prentice R., Presneau N., Prokofyeva D., Purrington K., Pylkas K., Rack B., Radice P., Rau-Murthy R., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Robson M., Romero A., Ruddy K.J., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt D.F., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Schumacher F., Schurmann P., Schwentner L., Scott C., Scott R.J., Seynaeve C., Shah M., Sherman M.E., Shrubsole M.J., Shu X.-O., Slager S., Smeets A., Sohn C., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stegmaier C., Stone J., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Terry M.B., Thone K., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Truong T., Tzardi M., Ulmer H.-U., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van Veen E.M., Vijai J., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Whittemore A.S., Wildiers H., Willett W., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Yang X.R., Yannoukakos D., Zhang Y., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Dunning A.M., Thompson D.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Chang-Claude J., Schmidt M.K., Hall P., Milne R.L., Pharoah P.D.P., Antoniou A.C., Chatterjee N., Kraft P., Garcia-Closas M., Simard J., Easton D.F., Allen J., Mavaddat N., Michailidou K., Dennis J., Lush M., Fachal L., Lee A., Tyrer J.P., Chen T.-H., Wang Q., Bolla M.K., Yang X., Adank M.A., Ahearn T., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Auer P.L., Auvinen P., Barrdahl M., Beane Freeman L.E., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bernstein L., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Brauch H., Bremer M., Brenner H., Brentnall A., Brock I.W., Brooks-Wilson A., Brucker S.Y., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Campa D., Carter B.D., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Chlebowski R., Christiansen H., Clarke C.L., Collee J.M., Cordina-Duverger E., Cornelissen S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dumont M., Durcan L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Ellberg C., Engel C., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Fletcher O., Flyger H., Forsti A., Fritschi L., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Georgoulias V., Gilyazova I.R., Glendon G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Grenaker Alnaes G.I., Grip M., Gronwald J., Grundy A., Guenel P., Haeberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hamann U., Hankinson S.E., Harkness E.F., Hart S.N., He W., Hein A., Heyworth J., Hillemanns P., Hollestelle A., Hooning M.J., Hoover R.N., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Huang G., Humphreys K., Hunter D.J., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Johnson N., Jones M.E., Jukkola-Vuorinen A., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kaczmarek K., Kataja V., Keeman R., Kerin M.J., Khusnutdinova E., Kiiski J.I., Knight J.A., Ko Y.-D., Kosma V.-M., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kruger U., Kuhl T., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Lee E., Lejbkowicz F., Lilyquist J., Lindblom A., Lindstrom S., Lissowska J., Lo W.-Y., Loibl S., Long J., Lubinski J., Lux M.P., MacInnis R.J., Maishman T., Makalic E., Maleva Kostovska I., Mannermaa A., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Martinez M.E., Mavroudis D., McLean C., Meindl A., Menon U., Middha P., Miller N., Moreno F., Mulligan A.M., Mulot C., Munoz-Garzon V.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Newman W.G., Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G., Norman A., Offit K., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Orr N., Pankratz V.S., Park-Simon T.-W., Perez J.I.A., Perez-Barrios C., Peterlongo P., Peto J., Giles G.G., Bonanni B., Pinchev M., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Polley E.C., Prentice R., Presneau N., Prokofyeva D., Purrington K., Pylkas K., Rack B., Radice P., Rau-Murthy R., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Rhenius V., Robson M., Romero A., Ruddy K.J., Ruebner M., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schmidt D.F., Schmutzler R.K., Schneeweiss A., Schoemaker M.J., Schumacher F., Schurmann P., Schwentner L., Scott C., Scott R.J., Seynaeve C., Shah M., Sherman M.E., Shrubsole M.J., Shu X.-O., Slager S., Smeets A., Sohn C., Soucy P., Southey M.C., Spinelli J.J., Stegmaier C., Stone J., Swerdlow A.J., Tamimi R.M., Tapper W.J., Taylor J.A., Terry M.B., Thone K., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Tomlinson I., Truong T., Tzardi M., Ulmer H.-U., Untch M., Vachon C.M., van Veen E.M., Vijai J., Weinberg C.R., Wendt C., Whittemore A.S., Wildiers H., Willett W., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Yang X.R., Yannoukakos D., Zhang Y., Zheng W., Ziogas A., Dunning A.M., Thompson D.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Chang-Claude J., Schmidt M.K., Hall P., Milne R.L., Pharoah P.D.P., Antoniou A.C., Chatterjee N., Kraft P., Garcia-Closas M., Simard J., Easton D.F., Allen J., Mavaddat N., Michailidou K., Dennis J., Lush M., Fachal L., Lee A., Tyrer J.P., Chen T.-H., Wang Q., Bolla M.K., Yang X., Adank M.A., Ahearn T., Aittomaki K., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antonenkova N.N., Arndt V., Aronson K.J., Auer P.L., Auvinen P., Barrdahl M., Beane Freeman L.E., Beckmann M.W., Behrens S., Benitez J., Bermisheva M., Bernstein L., Blomqvist C., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Borresen-Dale A.-L., Brauch H., Bremer M., Brenner H., Brentnall A., Brock I.W., Brooks-Wilson A., Brucker S.Y., Bruning T., Burwinkel B., Campa D., Carter B.D., Castelao J.E., Chanock S.J., Chlebowski R., Christiansen H., Clarke C.L., Collee J.M., Cordina-Duverger E., Cornelissen S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cross S.S., Czene K., Daly M.B., Devilee P., Dork T., dos-Santos-Silva I., Dumont M., Durcan L., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Ekici A.B., Eliassen A.H., Ellberg C., Engel C., Eriksson M., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Figueroa J., Fletcher O., Flyger H., Forsti A., Fritschi L., Gabrielson M., Gago-Dominguez M., Gapstur S.M., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gaudet M.M., Georgoulias V., Gilyazova I.R., Glendon G., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Gonzalez-Neira A., Grenaker Alnaes G.I., Grip M., Gronwald J., Grundy A., Guenel P., Haeberle L., Hahnen E., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hamann U., Hankinson S.E., Harkness E.F., Hart S.N., He W., Hein A., Heyworth J., Hillemanns P., Hollestelle A., Hooning M.J., Hoover R.N., Hopper J.L., Howell A., Huang G., Humphreys K., Hunter D.J., Jakimovska M., Jakubowska A., Janni W., John E.M., Johnson N., Jones M.E., Jukkola-Vuorinen A., Jung A., Kaaks R., Kaczmarek K., Kataja V., Keeman R., Kerin M.J., Khusnutdinova E., Kiiski J.I., Knight J.A., Ko Y.-D., Kosma V.-M., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kruger U., Kuhl T., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Lee E., Lejbkowicz F., Lilyquist J., Lindblom A., Lindstrom S., Lissowska J., Lo W.-Y., Loibl S., Long J., Lubinski J., Lux M.P., MacInnis R.J., Maishman T., Makalic E., Maleva Kostovska I., Mannermaa A., Manoukian S., Margolin S., Martens J.W.M., Martinez M.E., Mavroudis D., McLean C., Meindl A., Menon U., Middha P., Miller N., Moreno F., Mulligan A.M., Mulot C., Munoz-Garzon V.M., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Neven P., Newman W.G., Nielsen S.F., Nordestgaard B.G., Norman A., Offit K., Olson J.E., Olsson H., Orr N., Pankratz V.S., Park-Simon T.-W., Perez J.I.A., Perez-Barrios C., Peterlongo P., and Peto J.
Abstract: Stratification of women according to their risk of breast cancer based on polygenic risk scores (PRSs) could improve screening and prevention strategies. Our aim was to develop PRSs, optimized for prediction of estrogen receptor (ER)-specific disease, from the largest available genome-wide association dataset and to empirically validate the PRSs in prospective studies. The development dataset comprised 94,075 case subjects and 75,017 control subjects of European ancestry from 69 studies, divided into training and validation sets. Samples were genotyped using genome-wide arrays, and single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were selected by stepwise regression or lasso penalized regression. The best performing PRSs were validated in an independent test set comprising 11,428 case subjects and 18,323 control subjects from 10 prospective studies and 190,040 women from UK Biobank (3,215 incident breast cancers). For the best PRSs (313 SNPs), the odds ratio for overall disease per 1 standard deviation in ten prospective studies was 1.61 (95%CI: 1.57-1.65) with area under receiver-operator curve (AUC) = 0.630 (95%CI: 0.628-0.651). The lifetime risk of overall breast cancer in the top centile of the PRSs was 32.6%. Compared with women in the middle quintile, those in the highest 1% of risk had 4.37- and 2.78-fold risks, and those in the lowest 1% of risk had 0.16- and 0.27-fold risks, of developing ER-positive and ER-negative disease, respectively. Goodness-of-fit tests indicated that this PRS was well calibrated and predicts disease risk accurately in the tails of the distribution. This PRS is a powerful and reliable predictor of breast cancer risk that may improve breast cancer prevention programs.Copyright © 2018 The Authors
Published: 2019

27. Genetic architecture of human plasma lipidome and its link to cardiovascular disease

Author: Tabassum, R, Ramo, JT, Ripatti, P, Koskela, JT, Kurki, M, Karjalainen, J, Palta, P, Hassan, S, Nunez-Fontarnau, J, Kiiskinen, TTJ, Soderlund, S, Matikainen, N, Gerl, MJ, Surma, MA, Klose, C, Stitziel, NO, Laivuori, H, Havulinna, AS, Service, SK, Salomaa, V, Pirinen, M, Jauhiainen, M, Daly, MJ, Freimer, NB, Palotie, A, Taskinen, M-R, Simons, K, Ripatti, S, Jalanko, A, Kaprio, J, Donner, K, Kaunisto, M, Mars, N, Dada, A, Shcherban, A, Ganna, A, Lehisto, A, Kilpelainen, E, Brein, G, Awaisa, G, Harju, J, Parr, K, Parolo, PDB, Kajanne, R, Lemmela, S, Sipila, TP, Sipila, T, Lyhs, U, Llorens, V, Niiranen, T, Kristiansson, K, Mannikko, L, Jimenez, MG, Perola, M, Wong, R, Kilpi, T, Hiekkalinna, T, Jarvensivu, E, Kaiharju, E, Mattsson, H, Laukkanen, M, Laiho, P, Lahteenmaki, S, Sistonen, T, Soini, S, Ziemann, A, Lehtonen, A, Lertratanakul, A, Georgantas, B, Riley-Gillis, B, Quarless, D, Rahimov, F, Heap, G, Jacob, H, Waring, J, Davis, JW, Smaoui, N, Popovic, R, Esmaeeli, S, Matakidou, A, Challis, B, Close, D, Petrovski, S, Karlsson, A, Schleutker, J, Pulkki, K, Virolainen, P, Kallio, L, Mannermaa, A, Heikkinen, S, Kosma, V-M, Chen, C-Y, Runz, H, Liu, J, Bronson, P, John, S, Landenpera, S, Eaton, S, Zhou, W, Hendolin, M, Tuovila, O, Pakkanen, R, Maranville, J, Usiskin, K, Hochfeld, M, Plenge, R, Yang, R, Biswas, S, Greenberg, S, Laakkonen, E, Kononen, J, Paloneva, J, Kujala, U, Kuopio, T, Laukkanen, J, Kangasniemi, E, Savinainen, K, Laaksonen, R, Arvas, M, Ritari, J, Partanen, J, Hyvarinen, K, Wahlfors, T, Peterson, A, Oh, D, Chang, D, Teng, E, Strauss, E, Kerchner, G, Chen, H, Schutzman, J, Michon, J, Hunkapiller, J, McCarthy, M, Bowers, N, Lu, T, Bhangale, T, Pulford, D, Waterworth, D, Kulkarni, D, Xu, F, Betts, J, Gordillo, JE, Hoffman, J, Auro, K, McCarthy, L, Ghosh, S, Ehm, M, Pitkanen, K, Makela, T, Loukola, A, Joensuu, H, Sinisalo, J, Eklund, K, Aaltonen, L, Farkkila, M, Carpen, O, Kauppi, P, Tienari, P, Ollila, T, Tuomi, T, Meretoja, T, Pitkaranta, A, Turunen, J, Hannula-Jouppi, K, Pikkarainen, S, Seitsonen, S, Koskinen, M, Palomaki, A, Rinne, J, Metsarinne, K, Elenius, K, Pirila, L, Koulu, L, Voutilainen, M, Juonala, M, Peltonen, S, Aaltonen, V, Loboda, A, Podgornaia, A, Chhibber, A, Chu, A, Fox, C, Diogo, D, Holzinger, E, Eicher, J, Gormley, P, Mehta, V, Wang, X, Kettunen, J, Pylkas, K, Kalaoja, M, Karjalainen, M, Hinttala, R, Kaarteenaho, R, Vainio, S, Mantere, T, Remes, A, Huhtakangas, J, Junttila, J, Tasanen, K, Huilaja, L, Luodonpaa, M, Hautala, N, Karihtala, P, Kauppila, S, Harju, T, Blomster, T, Soininen, H, Harvima, I, Pihlajamaki, J, Kaarniranta, K, Pelkonen, M, Laakso, M, Hiltunen, M, Kiviniemi, M, Kaipiainen-Seppanen, O, Auvinen, P, Kalviainen, R, Julkunen, V, Malarstig, A, Hedman, A, Marshal, C, Whelan, C, Lehtonen, H, Parkkinen, J, Linden, K, Kalpala, K, Miller, M, Bing, N, McDonough, S, Chen, X, Hu, X, Wu, Y, Auranen, A, Jussila, A, Uusitalo-Jarvinen, H, Kankaanranta, H, Uusitalo, H, Peltola, J, Kahonen, M, Isomaki, P, Laitinen, T, Salmi, T, Muslin, A, Wang, C, Chatelain, C, Xu, E, Auge, F, Call, K, Klinger, K, Crohns, M, Gossel, M, Palin, K, Rivas, M, Siirtola, H, Tabuenca, JG, Tabassum, R, Ramo, JT, Ripatti, P, Koskela, JT, Kurki, M, Karjalainen, J, Palta, P, Hassan, S, Nunez-Fontarnau, J, Kiiskinen, TTJ, Soderlund, S, Matikainen, N, Gerl, MJ, Surma, MA, Klose, C, Stitziel, NO, Laivuori, H, Havulinna, AS, Service, SK, Salomaa, V, Pirinen, M, Jauhiainen, M, Daly, MJ, Freimer, NB, Palotie, A, Taskinen, M-R, Simons, K, Ripatti, S, Jalanko, A, Kaprio, J, Donner, K, Kaunisto, M, Mars, N, Dada, A, Shcherban, A, Ganna, A, Lehisto, A, Kilpelainen, E, Brein, G, Awaisa, G, Harju, J, Parr, K, Parolo, PDB, Kajanne, R, Lemmela, S, Sipila, TP, Sipila, T, Lyhs, U, Llorens, V, Niiranen, T, Kristiansson, K, Mannikko, L, Jimenez, MG, Perola, M, Wong, R, Kilpi, T, Hiekkalinna, T, Jarvensivu, E, Kaiharju, E, Mattsson, H, Laukkanen, M, Laiho, P, Lahteenmaki, S, Sistonen, T, Soini, S, Ziemann, A, Lehtonen, A, Lertratanakul, A, Georgantas, B, Riley-Gillis, B, Quarless, D, Rahimov, F, Heap, G, Jacob, H, Waring, J, Davis, JW, Smaoui, N, Popovic, R, Esmaeeli, S, Matakidou, A, Challis, B, Close, D, Petrovski, S, Karlsson, A, Schleutker, J, Pulkki, K, Virolainen, P, Kallio, L, Mannermaa, A, Heikkinen, S, Kosma, V-M, Chen, C-Y, Runz, H, Liu, J, Bronson, P, John, S, Landenpera, S, Eaton, S, Zhou, W, Hendolin, M, Tuovila, O, Pakkanen, R, Maranville, J, Usiskin, K, Hochfeld, M, Plenge, R, Yang, R, Biswas, S, Greenberg, S, Laakkonen, E, Kononen, J, Paloneva, J, Kujala, U, Kuopio, T, Laukkanen, J, Kangasniemi, E, Savinainen, K, Laaksonen, R, Arvas, M, Ritari, J, Partanen, J, Hyvarinen, K, Wahlfors, T, Peterson, A, Oh, D, Chang, D, Teng, E, Strauss, E, Kerchner, G, Chen, H, Schutzman, J, Michon, J, Hunkapiller, J, McCarthy, M, Bowers, N, Lu, T, Bhangale, T, Pulford, D, Waterworth, D, Kulkarni, D, Xu, F, Betts, J, Gordillo, JE, Hoffman, J, Auro, K, McCarthy, L, Ghosh, S, Ehm, M, Pitkanen, K, Makela, T, Loukola, A, Joensuu, H, Sinisalo, J, Eklund, K, Aaltonen, L, Farkkila, M, Carpen, O, Kauppi, P, Tienari, P, Ollila, T, Tuomi, T, Meretoja, T, Pitkaranta, A, Turunen, J, Hannula-Jouppi, K, Pikkarainen, S, Seitsonen, S, Koskinen, M, Palomaki, A, Rinne, J, Metsarinne, K, Elenius, K, Pirila, L, Koulu, L, Voutilainen, M, Juonala, M, Peltonen, S, Aaltonen, V, Loboda, A, Podgornaia, A, Chhibber, A, Chu, A, Fox, C, Diogo, D, Holzinger, E, Eicher, J, Gormley, P, Mehta, V, Wang, X, Kettunen, J, Pylkas, K, Kalaoja, M, Karjalainen, M, Hinttala, R, Kaarteenaho, R, Vainio, S, Mantere, T, Remes, A, Huhtakangas, J, Junttila, J, Tasanen, K, Huilaja, L, Luodonpaa, M, Hautala, N, Karihtala, P, Kauppila, S, Harju, T, Blomster, T, Soininen, H, Harvima, I, Pihlajamaki, J, Kaarniranta, K, Pelkonen, M, Laakso, M, Hiltunen, M, Kiviniemi, M, Kaipiainen-Seppanen, O, Auvinen, P, Kalviainen, R, Julkunen, V, Malarstig, A, Hedman, A, Marshal, C, Whelan, C, Lehtonen, H, Parkkinen, J, Linden, K, Kalpala, K, Miller, M, Bing, N, McDonough, S, Chen, X, Hu, X, Wu, Y, Auranen, A, Jussila, A, Uusitalo-Jarvinen, H, Kankaanranta, H, Uusitalo, H, Peltola, J, Kahonen, M, Isomaki, P, Laitinen, T, Salmi, T, Muslin, A, Wang, C, Chatelain, C, Xu, E, Auge, F, Call, K, Klinger, K, Crohns, M, Gossel, M, Palin, K, Rivas, M, Siirtola, H, and Tabuenca, JG
Abstract: Understanding genetic architecture of plasma lipidome could provide better insights into lipid metabolism and its link to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). Here, we perform genome-wide association analyses of 141 lipid species (n = 2,181 individuals), followed by phenome-wide scans with 25 CVD related phenotypes (n = 511,700 individuals). We identify 35 lipid-species-associated loci (P <5 ×10-8), 10 of which associate with CVD risk including five new loci-COL5A1, GLTPD2, SPTLC3, MBOAT7 and GALNT16 (false discovery rate<0.05). We identify loci for lipid species that are shown to predict CVD e.g., SPTLC3 for CER(d18:1/24:1). We show that lipoprotein lipase (LPL) may more efficiently hydrolyze medium length triacylglycerides (TAGs) than others. Polyunsaturated lipids have highest heritability and genetic correlations, suggesting considerable genetic regulation at fatty acids levels. We find low genetic correlations between traditional lipids and lipid species. Our results show that lipidomic profiles capture information beyond traditional lipids and identify genetic variants modifying lipid levels and risk of CVD.
Published: 2019

28. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality

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

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

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

30. The BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant is not pathogenic: A model for clinical calibration of spliceogenicity

Author: Colombo, M., Lopez-Perolio, I., Meeks, H.D., Caleca, L., Parsons, M.T., Li, H.Y., Vecchi, G. de, Tudini, E., Foglia, C., Mondini, P., Manoukian, S., Behar, R., Garcia, E.B.G., Meindl, A., Montagna, M., Niederacher, D., Schmidt, A.Y., Varesco, L., Wappenschmidt, B., Bolla, M.K., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Wang, Q., Aittomaki, K., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Beckmann, M.W., Beeghly-Fadel, A., Benitez, J., Boeckx, B., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Bonanni, B., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Burwinkel, B., Chang-Claude, J., Conroy, D.M., Couch, F.J., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Devilee, P., Dork, T., Eriksson, M., Fasching, P.A., Figueroa, J., Fletcher, O., Flyger, H., Gabrielson, M., Garcia-Closas, M., Giles, G.G., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Guenel, P., Haiman, C.A., Hall, P., Hamann, U., Hartman, M., Hauke, J., Hollestelle, A., Hopper, J.L., Jakubowska, A., Jung, A., Kosma, V.M., Lambrechts, D., Marchand, L. le, Lindblom, A., Lubinski, J., Mannermaa, A., Margolin, S., Miao, H., Milne, R.L., Neuhausen, S.L., Nevanlinna, H., Olson, J.E., Peterlongo, P., Peto, J., Pylkas, K., Sawyer, E.J., Schmidt, M.K., Schmutzler, R.K., Schneeweiss, A., Schoemaker, M.J., See, M.H., Southey, M.C., Swerdlow, A., Teo, S.H., Toland, A.E., Tomlinson, I., Truong, T., Asperen, C.J. van, Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Kolk, L.E. van der, Winqvist, R., Yannoukakos, D., Zheng, W., Dunning, A.M., Easton, D.F., Henderson, A., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Izatt, L., Offitt, K., Side, L.E., Rensburg, E.J. van, McGuffog, L., Antoniou, A.C., Chenevix-Trench, G., Spurdle, A.B., Goldgar, D.E., Hoya, M. de la, Radice, P., kConFab AOCS Investigators, Study EMBRACE, Study HEBON, Colombo, Mara [0000-0001-5465-354X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: BRCA2 Protein, Base Sequence, Models, Genetic, digital PCR, multifactorial likelihood analysis, Mitomycin, RNA Splicing, spliceogenic variants, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Genetic Variation, Exons, BRCA2, Cell Line, Calibration, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, RNA, Messenger, quantitative real-time PCR
Abstract: Although the spliceogenic nature of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant has been demonstrated, its association with cancer risk remains controversial. In this study, we accurately quantified by real-time PCR and digital PCR (dPCR), the BRCA2 isoforms retaining or missing exon 3. In addition, the combined odds ratio for causality of the variant was estimated using genetic and clinical data, and its associated cancer risk was estimated by case-control analysis in 83,636 individuals. Co-occurrence in trans with pathogenic BRCA2 variants was assessed in 5,382 families. Exon 3 exclusion rate was 4.5-fold higher in variant carriers (13%) than controls (3%), indicating an exclusion rate for the c.68-7T > A allele of approximately 20%. The posterior probability of pathogenicity was 7.44 × 10-115 . There was neither evidence for increased risk of breast cancer (OR 1.03; 95% CI 0.86-1.24) nor for a deleterious effect of the variant when co-occurring with pathogenic variants. Our data provide for the first time robust evidence of the nonpathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A. Genetic and quantitative transcript analyses together inform the threshold for the ratio between functional and altered BRCA2 isoforms compatible with normal cell function. These findings might be exploited to assess the relevance for cancer risk of other BRCA2 spliceogenic variants.
Published: 2018

31. Evidence that breast cancer risk at the 2q35 locus is mediated through IGFBP5 regulation (vol 5, 4999, 2014)

Author: Ghoussaini, M., Edwards, S.L., Michailidou, K., Nord, S., Lari, R.C.S., Desai, K., Kar, S., Hillman, K.M., Kaufmann, S., Glubb, D.M., Beesley, J., Dennis, J., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dicks, E., Guo, Q., Schmidt, M.K., Shah, M., Luben, R., Brown, J., Czene, K., Darabi, H., Eriksson, M., Klevebring, D., Bojesen, S.E., Nordestgaard, B.G., Nielsen, S.F., Flyger, H., Lambrechts, D., Thienpont, B., Neven, P., Wildiers, H., Broeks, A., Van't Veer, L.J., Rutgers, E.J.T., Couch, F.J., Olson, J.E., Hallberg, E., Vachon, C., Chang-Claude, J., Rudolph, A., Seibold, P., Flesch-Janys, D., Peto, J., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Gibson, L., Nevanlinna, H., Muranen, T.A., Aittomaki, K., Blomqvist, C., Hall, P., Li, J.M., Liu, J.J., Humphreys, K., Kang, D., Choi, J.Y., Park, S.K., Noh, D.Y., Matsuo, K., Ito, H., Iwata, H., Yatabe, Y., Guenel, P., Truong, T., Menegaux, F., Sanchez, M., Burwinkel, B., Marme, F., Schneeweiss, A., Sohn, C., Wu, A.H., Tseng, C.C., Berg, D. van den, Stram, D.O., Benitez, J., Zamora, M., Perez, J.I.A., Menendez, P., Shu, X.O., Lu, W., Gao, Y.T., Cai, Q.Y., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Reed, M.W.R., Andrulis, I.L., Knight, J.A., Glendon, G., Tchatchou, S., Sawyer, E.J., Tomlinson, I., Kerin, M.J., Miller, N., Haiman, C.A., Henderson, B.E., Schumacher, F., Marchand, L. le, Lindblom, A., Margolin, S., Teo, S.H., Yip, C.H., Lee, D.S.C., Wong, T.Y., Hooning, M.J., Martens, J.W.M., Collee, J.M., Deurzen, C.H.M. van, Hopper, J.L., Southey, M.C., Tsimiklis, H., Kapuscinski, M.K., Shen, C.Y., Wu, P.E., Yu, J.C., Chen, S.T., Alnaes, G.G., Borresen-Dale, A.L., Giles, G.G., Milne, R.L., McLean, C., Muir, K., Lophatananon, A., Stewart-Brown, S., Siriwanarangsan, P., Hartman, M., Miao, H., Buhari, S.A.B.S., Teo, Y.Y., Fasching, P.A., Haeberle, L., Ekici, A.B., Beckmann, M.W., Brenner, H., Dieffenbach, A.K., Arndt, V., Stegmaier, C., Swerdlow, A., Ashworth, A., Orr, N., Schoemaker, M.J., Garcia-Closas, M., Figueroa, J., Chanock, S.J., Lissowska, J., Simard, J., Goldberg, M.S., Labreche, F., Dumont, M., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Jukkola-Vuorinen, A., Brauch, H., Bruning, T., Koto, Y.D., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., Bonanni, B., Volorio, S., Dork, T., Bogdanova, N.V., Helbig, S., Mannermaa, A., Kataja, V., Kosma, V.M., Hartikainen, J.M., Devilee, P., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Seynaeve, C., Asperen, C.J. van, Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Jaworska-Bieniek, K., Durda, K., Slager, S., Toland, A.E., Ambrosone, C.B., Yannoukakos, D., Sangrajrang, S., Gaborieau, V., Brennan, P., Mckay, J., Hamann, U., Torres, D., Zheng, W., Long, J.R., Anton-Culver, H., Neuhausen, S.L., Luccarini, C., Baynes, C., Ahmed, S., Maranian, M., Healey, C.S., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Pita, G., Alonso, M.R., Alvarez, N., Herrero, D., Tessier, D.C., Vincent, D., Bacot, F., Santiago, I. de, Carroll, J., Caldas, C., Brown, M.A., Lupien, M., Kristensen, V.N., Pharoah, P.D.P., Chenevix-Trench, G., French, J.D., Easton, D.F., Dunning, A.M., and Australian Ovarian Canc Management
Published: 2018

32. The BRCA2 c.68‐7T > A variant is not pathogenic:a model for clinical calibration of spliceogenicity

Author: Colombo, M, Lopez-Perolio, I, Meeks, H D, Caleca, L, Parsons, MT, Li, HY, De Vecchi, G, Tudini, E, Foglia, C, Mondini, P, Manoukian, S, Behar, R, Garcia, EBG, Meindl, A, Montagna, M, Niederacher, D, Schmidt, AY, Varesco, L, Wappenschmidt, B, Bolla, MK, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, Wang, Q, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Beckmann, MW, Beeghly-Fadel, A, Benitez, J, Boeckx, B, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Burwinkel, B, Chang-Claude, J, Conroy, D M, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hartman, M, Hauke, J, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hopper, JL, Jakubowska, A, Jung, A, Kosma, VM, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Margolin, S, Miao, H, Milne, RL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Olson, JE, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Pylkas, K, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK (Marjanka), Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, See, MH, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, A, Teo, SH, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, van Asperen, CJ, van den Ouweland, Ans, van der Kolk, LE, Winqvist, R, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Dunning, AM, Easton, DF, Henderson, A, Hogervorst, FBL, Izatt, L, Offitt, K, Side, LE, van Rensburg, EJ, McGuffog, L, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, Spurdle, AB, Goldgar, DE, de la Hoya, M, Radice, P, Medical Oncology, and Clinical Genetics
Subjects: digital PCR, multifactorial likelihood analysis, spliceogenic variants, quantitative real-time PCR, BRCA2
Abstract: Although the spliceogenic nature of the BRCA2 c.68‐7T > A variant has been demonstrated, its association with cancer risk remains controversial. In this study, we accurately quantified by real‐time PCR and digital PCR (dPCR), the BRCA2 isoforms retaining or missing exon 3. In addition, the combined odds ratio for causality of the variant was estimated using genetic and clinical data, and its associated cancer risk was estimated by case‐control analysis in 83,636 individuals. Co‐occurrence in trans with pathogenic BRCA2 variants was assessed in 5,382 families. Exon 3 exclusion rate was 4.5‐fold higher in variant carriers (13%) than controls (3%), indicating an exclusion rate for the c.68‐7T > A allele of approximately 20%. The posterior probability of pathogenicity was 7.44 × 10⁻¹¹⁵. There was neither evidence for increased risk of breast cancer (OR 1.03; 95% CI 0.86–1.24) nor for a deleterious effect of the variant when co‐occurring with pathogenic variants. Our data provide for the first time robust evidence of the nonpathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.68‐7T > A. Genetic and quantitative transcript analyses together inform the threshold for the ratio between functional and altered BRCA2 isoforms compatible with normal cell function. These findings might be exploited to assess the relevance for cancer risk of other BRCA2 spliceogenic variants.
Published: 2018

33. The BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant is not pathogenic: A model for clinical calibration of spliceogenicity

Author: Colombo, M, Lopez-Perolio, I, Meeks, HD, Caleca, L, Parsons, MT, Li, H, De Vecchi, G, Tudini, E, Foglia, C, Mondini, P, Manoukian, S, Behar, R, Garcia, EBG, Meindl, A, Montagna, M, Niederacher, D, Schmidt, AY, Varesco, L, Wappenschmidt, B, Bolla, MK, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, Wang, Q, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Beckmann, MW, Beeghly-Fadel, A, Benitez, J, Boeckx, B, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Burwinkel, B, Chang-Claude, J, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hartman, M, Hauke, J, Hollestelle, A, Hopper, JL, Jakubowska, A, Jung, A, Kosma, V-M, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Margolin, S, Miao, H, Milne, RL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Olson, JE, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Pylkas, K, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, See, MH, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, A, Teo, SH, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, van Asperen, CJ, van den Ouweland, AMW, van der Kolk, LE, Winqvist, R, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Dunning, AM, Easton, DF, Henderson, A, Hogervorst, FBL, Izatt, L, Offitt, K, Side, LE, van Rensburg, EJ, McGuffog, L, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, Spurdle, AB, Goldgar, DE, de la Hoya, M, Radice, P, Colombo, M, Lopez-Perolio, I, Meeks, HD, Caleca, L, Parsons, MT, Li, H, De Vecchi, G, Tudini, E, Foglia, C, Mondini, P, Manoukian, S, Behar, R, Garcia, EBG, Meindl, A, Montagna, M, Niederacher, D, Schmidt, AY, Varesco, L, Wappenschmidt, B, Bolla, MK, Dennis, J, Michailidou, K, Wang, Q, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Arndt, V, Beckmann, MW, Beeghly-Fadel, A, Benitez, J, Boeckx, B, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Burwinkel, B, Chang-Claude, J, Conroy, DM, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Devilee, P, Dork, T, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Fletcher, O, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hartman, M, Hauke, J, Hollestelle, A, Hopper, JL, Jakubowska, A, Jung, A, Kosma, V-M, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lindblom, A, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Margolin, S, Miao, H, Milne, RL, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Olson, JE, Peterlongo, P, Peto, J, Pylkas, K, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Schneeweiss, A, Schoemaker, MJ, See, MH, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, A, Teo, SH, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, van Asperen, CJ, van den Ouweland, AMW, van der Kolk, LE, Winqvist, R, Yannoukakos, D, Zheng, W, Dunning, AM, Easton, DF, Henderson, A, Hogervorst, FBL, Izatt, L, Offitt, K, Side, LE, van Rensburg, EJ, McGuffog, L, Antoniou, AC, Chenevix-Trench, G, Spurdle, AB, Goldgar, DE, de la Hoya, M, and Radice, P
Abstract: Although the spliceogenic nature of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A variant has been demonstrated, its association with cancer risk remains controversial. In this study, we accurately quantified by real-time PCR and digital PCR (dPCR), the BRCA2 isoforms retaining or missing exon 3. In addition, the combined odds ratio for causality of the variant was estimated using genetic and clinical data, and its associated cancer risk was estimated by case-control analysis in 83,636 individuals. Co-occurrence in trans with pathogenic BRCA2 variants was assessed in 5,382 families. Exon 3 exclusion rate was 4.5-fold higher in variant carriers (13%) than controls (3%), indicating an exclusion rate for the c.68-7T > A allele of approximately 20%. The posterior probability of pathogenicity was 7.44 × 10-115 . There was neither evidence for increased risk of breast cancer (OR 1.03; 95% CI 0.86-1.24) nor for a deleterious effect of the variant when co-occurring with pathogenic variants. Our data provide for the first time robust evidence of the nonpathogenicity of the BRCA2 c.68-7T > A. Genetic and quantitative transcript analyses together inform the threshold for the ratio between functional and altered BRCA2 isoforms compatible with normal cell function. These findings might be exploited to assess the relevance for cancer risk of other BRCA2 spliceogenic variants.
Published: 2018

34. Body mass index and breast cancer survival:a Mendelian randomization analysis

Author: Guo, Q. (Qi), Burgess, S. (Stephen), Turman, C. (Constance), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Lush, M. (Michael), Abraham, J. (Jean), Aittomaki, K. (Kristiina), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Apicella, C. (Carmel), Arndt, V. (Volker), Barrdahl, M. (Myrto), Benitez, J. (Javier), Berg, C. D. (Christine D.), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Brand, J. S. (Judith S.), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Broeks, A. (Annegien), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Caldas, C. (Carlos), Campa, D. (Daniele), Canzian, F. (Federico), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S. J. (Stephen J.), Chin, S.-F. (Suet-Feung), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Cybulski, C. (Cezary), Czene, K. (Kamila), Darabi, H. (Hatef), Devilee, P. (Peter), Diver, W. R. (W. Ryan), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Earl, H. M. (Helena M.), Eccles, D. M. (Diana M.), Ekici, A. B. (Arif B.), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Evans, D. G. (D. Gareth), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Flesch-Janys, D. (Dieter), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Gapstur, S. M. (Susan M.), Gaudet, M. M. (Mia M.), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Glendon, G. (Gord), Grip, M. (Mervi), Gronwald, J. (Jacek), Haeberle, L. (Lothar), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hankinson, S. (Susan), Hartikainen, J. M. (Jaana M.), Hein, A. (Alexander), Hiller, L. (Louise), Hogervorst, F. B. (Frans B.), Holleczek, B. (Bernd), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hoover, R. N. (Robert N.), Humphreys, K. (Keith), Hunter, D. J. (David J.), Husing, A. (Anika), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), Jukkola-Vuorinen, A. (Arja), Kaaks, R. (Rudolf), Kabisch, M. (Maria), Kataja, V. (Vesa), Knight, J. A. (Julia A.), Koppert, L. B. (Linetta B.), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Li, J. (Jingmei), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Lindstrom, S. (Sara), Lissowska, J. (Jolanta), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Machiela, M. J. (Mitchell J.), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Marme, F. (Federik), Martens, J. W. (John W. M.), McLean, C. (Catriona), Menendez, P. (Primitiva), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Mulligan, A. M. (Anna Marie), Muranen, T. A. (Taru A.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Neven, P. (Patrick), Nielsen, S. F. (Sune F.), Nordestgaard, B. G. (Borge G.), Olson, J. E. (Janet E.), Perez, J. I. (Jose I. A.), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Phillips, K.-A. (Kelly-Anne), Poole, C. J. (Christopher J.), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Radice, P. (Paolo), Rahman, N. (Nazneen), Rudiger, T. (Thomas), Rudolph, A. (Anja), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schumacher, F. (Fredrick), Seibold, P. (Petra), Seynaeve, C. (Caroline), Shah, M. (Mitul), Smeets, A. (Ann), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Tollenaar, R. A. (Rob A. E. M.), Tomlinson, I. (Ian), Tsimiklis, H. (Helen), Ulmer, H.-U. (Hans-Ulrich), Vachon, C. (Celine), van den Ouweland, A. M. (Ans M. W.), Van't Veer, L. J. (Laura J.), Wildiers, H. (Hans), Willett, W. (Walter), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Zamora, M. P. (M. Pilar), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Dork, T. (Thilo), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Kraft, P. (Peter), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Zheng, W. (Wei), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), and Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.)
Subjects: Mendelian randomization, breast cancer survival, body mass index, epidemiology, genetics
Abstract: Background: There is increasing evidence that elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with reduced survival for women with breast cancer. However, the underlying reasons remain unclear. We conducted a Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate a possible causal role of BMI in survival from breast cancer. Methods: We used individual-level data from six large breast cancer case-cohorts including a total of 36 210 individuals (2475 events) of European ancestry. We created a BMI genetic risk score (GRS) based on genotypes at 94 known BMI-associated genetic variants. Association between the BMI genetic score and breast cancer survival was analysed by Cox regression for each study separately. Study-specific hazard ratios were pooled using fixed-effect meta-analysis. Results: BMI genetic score was found to be associated with reduced breast cancer-specific survival for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cases [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.11, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01–1.22, P = 0.03). We observed no association for ER-negative cases (HR = 1.00, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% CI 0.89–1.13, P = 0.95). Conclusions: Our findings suggest a causal effect of increased BMI on reduced breast cancer survival for ER-positive breast cancer. There is no evidence of a causal effect of higher BMI on survival for ER-negative breast cancer cases.
Published: 2017

35. Genetic variation in mitotic regulatory pathway genes is associated with breast tumor grade

Author: Purrington, K.S., Slettedahl, S., Bolla, M.K., Michailidou, K., Czene, K., Nevanlinna, H., Bojesen, S.E., Andrulis, I.L., Cox, A., Hall, P., Carpenter, J., Yannoukakos, D., Haiman, C.A., Fasching, P.A., Mannermaa, A., Winqvist, R., Brenner, H., Lindblom, A., Chenevix-Trench, G., Benitez, J., Swerdlow, A., Kristensen, V., Guenel, P., Meindl, A., Darabi, H., Eriksson, M., Fagerholm, R., Aittomaki, K., Blomqvist, C., Nordestgaard, B.G., Nielsen, S.F., Flyger, H., Wang, X.S., Olswold, C., Olson, J.E., Mulligan, A.M., Knight, J.A., Tchatchou, S., Reed, M.W.R., Cross, S.S., Liu, J.J., Li, J.M., Humphreys, K., Clarke, C., Scott, R., Fostira, F., Fountzilas, G., Konstantopoulou, I., Henderson, B.E., Schumacher, F., Marchand, L. le, Ekici, A.B., Hartmann, A., Beckmann, M.W., Hartikainen, J.M., Kosma, V.M., Kataja, V., Jukkola-Vuorinen, A., Pylkas, K., Kauppila, S., Dieffenbach, A.K., Stegmaier, C., Arndt, V., Margolin, S., Balleine, R., Perez, J.I.A., Zamora, M.P., Menendez, P., Ashworth, A., Jones, M., Orr, N., Arveux, P., Kerbrat, P., Truong, T., Bugert, P., Toland, A.E., Ambrosone, C.B., Labreche, F., Goldberg, M.S., Dumont, M., Ziogas, A., Lee, E., Dite, G.S., Apicella, C., Southey, M.C., Long, J.R., Shrubsole, M., Deming-Halverson, S., Ficarazzi, F., Barile, M., Peterlongo, P., Durda, K., Jaworska-Bieniek, K., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Seynaeve, C., Bruning, T., Ko, Y.D., Deurzen, C.H.M. van, Martens, J.W.M., Kriege, M., Figueroa, J.D., Chanock, S.J., Lissowska, J., Tomlinson, I., Kerin, M.J., Miller, N., Schneeweiss, A., Tapper, W.J., Gerty, S.M., Durcan, L., Mclean, C., Milne, R.L., Baglietto, L., Silva, I.D., Fletcher, O., Johnson, N., Van'T Veer, L.J., Cornelissen, S., Forsti, A., Torres, D., Rudiger, T., Rudolph, A., Flesch-Janys, D., Nickels, S., Weltens, C., Floris, G., Moisse, M., Dennis, J., Wang, Q., Dunning, A.M., Shah, M., Brown, J., Simard, J., Anton-Culver, H., Neuhausen, S.L., Hopper, J.L., Bogdanova, N., Dork, T., Zheng, W., Radice, P., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Devillee, P., Brauch, H., Hooning, M., Garcia-Closas, M., Sawyer, E., Burwinkel, B., Marmee, F., Eccles, D.M., Giles, G.G., Peto, J., Schmidt, M., Broeks, A., Hamann, U., Chang-Claude, J., Lambrechts, D., Pharoah, P.D.P., Easton, D., Pankratz, V.S., Slager, S., Vachon, C.M., Couch, F.J., ABCTB Investigators, Australian Ovarian Canc Study Grp, kConFab Investigators, GENICA Network, Medical Oncology, Pathology, and Clinical Genetics
Subjects: Oncology, Candidate gene, Fibroblast Growth Factor, amplification, cancer susceptibility loci, Bioinformatics, medicine.disease_cause, Medical and Health Sciences, prostate-cancer, Prostate cancer, Risk Factors, Medizinische Fakultät, Genetics (clinical), Genetics & Heredity, tacc2, Association Studies Articles, Single Nucleotide, General Medicine, Biological Sciences, ddc, risk loci, cell-division, kConFab Investigators, Female, GENICA Network, Type 2, Receptor, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Breast Neoplasms, Carrier Proteins, Case-Control Studies, Haplotypes, Humans, Neoplasm Staging, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, Tumor Suppressor Proteins, Genetic Variation, Molecular Biology, Genetics, medicine.medical_specialty, Mitotic index, ABCTB Investigators, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Biology, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Internal medicine, medicine, ddc:610, Polymorphism, Lung cancer, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, genome-wide association, lung-cancer, progression, Carcinogenesis
Abstract: Mitotic index is an important component of histologic grade and has an etiologic role in breast tumorigenesis. Several small candidate gene studies have reported associations between variation in mitotic genes and breast cancer risk. We measured associations between 2156 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from 194 mitotic genes and breast cancer risk, overall and by histologic grade, in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC) iCOGS study (n = 39 067 cases; n = 42 106 controls). SNPs in TACC2 [rs17550038: odds ratio (OR) = 1.24, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.16-1.33, P = 4.2 × 10(-10)) and EIF3H (rs799890: OR = 1.07, 95% CI 1.04-1.11, P = 8.7 × 10(-6)) were significantly associated with risk of low-grade breast cancer. The TACC2 signal was retained (rs17550038: OR = 1.15, 95% CI 1.07-1.23, P = 7.9 × 10(-5)) after adjustment for breast cancer risk SNPs in the nearby FGFR2 gene, suggesting that TACC2 is a novel, independent genome-wide significant genetic risk locus for low-grade breast cancer. While no SNPs were individually associated with high-grade disease, a pathway-level gene set analysis showed that variation across the 194 mitotic genes was associated with high-grade breast cancer risk (P = 2.1 × 10(-3)). These observations will provide insight into the contribution of mitotic defects to histological grade and the etiology of breast cancer.
Published: 2014

36. P3823The role of genetics in apparently acquired non-ischemic cardiomyopathies leading to sudden cardiac death

Author: Holmstrom, L, primary, Pylkas, K, additional, Mantere, T, additional, Porvari, K, additional, Pakanen, L, additional, Kortelainen, M L, additional, Kerkela, R, additional, Huikuri, H, additional, and Junttila, M J, additional
Published: 2018
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37. PHIP - a novel candidate breast cancer susceptibility locus on 6q14.1

Author: Jiao, X, Aravidis, C, Marikkannu, R, Rantala, J, Picelli, S, Adamovic, T, Liu, T, Maguire, P, Kremeyer, B, Luo, L, Von Holst, S, Kontham, V, Thutkawkorapin, J, Margolin, S, Du, Q, Lundin, J, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Lush, M, Ambrosone, CB, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Beckmann, MW, Blomqvist, C, Blot, W, Boeckx, B, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brand, JS, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Broeks, A, Bruning, T, Burwinkel, B, Cai, Q, Chang-Claude, J, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Deming-Halverson, SL, Devilee, P, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dork, T, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Guo, Q, Gundert, M, Haiman, CA, Hallberg, E, Hamann, U, Harrington, P, Hooning, MJ, Hopper, JL, Huang, G, Jakubowska, A, Jones, ME, Kerin, MJ, Kosma, V-M, Kristensen, VN, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Martens, JWM, Meindl, A, Milne, RL, Mulligan, AM, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Peto, J, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rhenius, V, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Simard, J, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Truong, T, Wendt, C, Winqvist, R, Zheng, W, Benitez, J, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Czene, K, Hall, P, Lindblom, A, Jiao, X, Aravidis, C, Marikkannu, R, Rantala, J, Picelli, S, Adamovic, T, Liu, T, Maguire, P, Kremeyer, B, Luo, L, Von Holst, S, Kontham, V, Thutkawkorapin, J, Margolin, S, Du, Q, Lundin, J, Michailidou, K, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Dennis, J, Lush, M, Ambrosone, CB, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antonenkova, NN, Arndt, V, Beckmann, MW, Blomqvist, C, Blot, W, Boeckx, B, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brand, JS, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Broeks, A, Bruning, T, Burwinkel, B, Cai, Q, Chang-Claude, J, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Deming-Halverson, SL, Devilee, P, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dork, T, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Flyger, H, Gabrielson, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Guo, Q, Gundert, M, Haiman, CA, Hallberg, E, Hamann, U, Harrington, P, Hooning, MJ, Hopper, JL, Huang, G, Jakubowska, A, Jones, ME, Kerin, MJ, Kosma, V-M, Kristensen, VN, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Lubinski, J, Mannermaa, A, Martens, JWM, Meindl, A, Milne, RL, Mulligan, AM, Neuhausen, SL, Nevanlinna, H, Peto, J, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rhenius, V, Sawyer, EJ, Schmidt, MK, Schmutzler, RK, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Simard, J, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Truong, T, Wendt, C, Winqvist, R, Zheng, W, Benitez, J, Dunning, AM, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Czene, K, Hall, P, and Lindblom, A
Abstract: Most non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families have no identified genetic cause. We used linkage and haplotype analyses in familial and sporadic breast cancer cases to identify a susceptibility locus on chromosome 6q. Two independent genome-wide linkage analysis studies suggested a 3 Mb locus on chromosome 6q and two unrelated Swedish families with a LOD >2 together seemed to share a haplotype in 6q14.1. We hypothesized that this region harbored a rare high-risk founder allele contributing to breast cancer in these two families. Sequencing of DNA and RNA from the two families did not detect any pathogenic mutations. Finally, 29 SNPs in the region were analyzed in 44,214 cases and 43,532 controls from BCAC, and the original haplotypes in the two families were suggested as low-risk alleles for European and Swedish women specifically. There was also some support for one additional independent moderate-risk allele in Swedish familial samples. The results were consistent with our previous findings in familial breast cancer and supported a breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q14.1 around the PHIP gene.
Published: 2017

38. Reproductive profiles and risk of breast cancer subtypes: a multi-center case-only study

Author: Brouckaert, O, Rudolph, A, Laenen, A, Keeman, R, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Soubry, A, Wildiers, H, Andrulis, IL, Arndt, V, Beckmann, MW, Benitez, J, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Brauch, H, Brennan, P, Brenner, H, Chenevix-Trench, G, Choi, J-Y, Cornelissen, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flyger, H, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Hall, P, Hollestelle, A, Hopper, JL, Ito, H, Jones, M, Kang, D, Knight, JA, Kosma, V-M, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lilyquist, J, Lophatananon, A, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Matsuo, K, Muir, K, Nevanlinna, H, Peterlongo, P, Pylkas, K, Saajrang, S, Seynaeve, C, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, A, Teo, S-H, Tollenaar, RAEM, Truong, T, Tseng, C-C, van den Broek, AJ, van Deurzen, CHM, Winqvist, R, Wu, AH, Yip, CH, Yu, J-C, Zheng, W, Milne, RL, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Schmidt, MK, Garcia-Closas, M, Chang-Claude, J, Lambrechts, D, Neven, P, Brouckaert, O, Rudolph, A, Laenen, A, Keeman, R, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Soubry, A, Wildiers, H, Andrulis, IL, Arndt, V, Beckmann, MW, Benitez, J, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Brauch, H, Brennan, P, Brenner, H, Chenevix-Trench, G, Choi, J-Y, Cornelissen, S, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Czene, K, Eriksson, M, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flyger, H, Giles, GG, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Guenel, P, Hall, P, Hollestelle, A, Hopper, JL, Ito, H, Jones, M, Kang, D, Knight, JA, Kosma, V-M, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lilyquist, J, Lophatananon, A, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Matsuo, K, Muir, K, Nevanlinna, H, Peterlongo, P, Pylkas, K, Saajrang, S, Seynaeve, C, Shen, C-Y, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, A, Teo, S-H, Tollenaar, RAEM, Truong, T, Tseng, C-C, van den Broek, AJ, van Deurzen, CHM, Winqvist, R, Wu, AH, Yip, CH, Yu, J-C, Zheng, W, Milne, RL, Pharoah, PDP, Easton, DF, Schmidt, MK, Garcia-Closas, M, Chang-Claude, J, Lambrechts, D, and Neven, P
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown that reproductive factors are differentially associated with breast cancer (BC) risk by subtypes. The aim of this study was to investigate associations between reproductive factors and BC subtypes, and whether these vary by age at diagnosis. METHODS: We used pooled data on tumor markers (estrogen and progesterone receptor, human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2)) and reproductive risk factors (parity, age at first full-time pregnancy (FFTP) and age at menarche) from 28,095 patients with invasive BC from 34 studies participating in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). In a case-only analysis, we used logistic regression to assess associations between reproductive factors and BC subtype compared to luminal A tumors as a reference. The interaction between age and parity in BC subtype risk was also tested, across all ages and, because age was modeled non-linearly, specifically at ages 35, 55 and 75 years. RESULTS: Parous women were more likely to be diagnosed with triple negative BC (TNBC) than with luminal A BC, irrespective of age (OR for parity = 1.38, 95% CI 1.16-1.65, p = 0.0004; p for interaction with age = 0.076). Parous women were also more likely to be diagnosed with luminal and non-luminal HER2-like BCs and this effect was slightly more pronounced at an early age (p for interaction with age = 0.037 and 0.030, respectively). For instance, women diagnosed at age 35 were 1.48 (CI 1.01-2.16) more likely to have luminal HER2-like BC than luminal A BC, while this association was not significant at age 75 (OR = 0.72, CI 0.45-1.14). While age at menarche was not significantly associated with BC subtype, increasing age at FFTP was non-linearly associated with TNBC relative to luminal A BC. An age at FFTP of 25 versus 20 years lowered the risk for TNBC (OR = 0.78, CI 0.70-0.88, p < 0.0001), but this effect was not apparent at a later FFTP. CONCLUSIONS: Our main findings suggest that parity is associated with TN
Published: 2017

39. Body mass index and breast cancer survival: a Mendelian randomization analysis

Author: Guo, Q, Burgess, S, Turman, C, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Lush, M, Abraham, J, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Apicella, C, Arndt, V, Barrdahl, M, Benitez, J, Berg, CD, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brand, JS, Brenner, H, Broeks, A, Burwinkel, B, Caldas, C, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chin, S-F, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Cybulski, C, Czene, K, Darabi, H, Devilee, P, Diver, WR, Dunning, AM, Earl, HM, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Flyger, H, Gapstur, SM, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Glendon, G, Grip, M, Gronwald, J, Haeberle, L, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hankinson, S, Hartikainen, JM, Hein, A, Hiller, L, Hogervorst, FB, Holleczek, B, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Husing, A, Jakubowska, A, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Kaaks, R, Kabisch, M, Kataja, V, Knight, JA, Koppert, LB, Kosma, V-M, Kristensen, VN, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Lissowska, J, Lubinski, J, Machiela, MJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Marme, F, Martens, JWM, McLean, C, Menendez, P, Milne, RL, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Olson, JE, Perez, JIA, Peterlongo, P, Phillips, K-A, Poole, CJ, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rahman, N, Rudiger, T, Rudolph, A, Sawyer, EJ, Schumacher, F, Seibold, P, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Smeets, A, Southey, MC, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Tsimiklis, H, Ulmer, H-U, Vachon, C, van den Ouweland, AMW, Van't Veer, LJ, Wildiers, H, Willett, W, Winqvist, R, Zamora, MP, Chenevix-Trench, G, Dork, T, Easton, DF, Garcia-Closas, M, Kraft, P, Hopper, JL, Zheng, W, Schmidt, MK, Pharoah, PDP, Guo, Q, Burgess, S, Turman, C, Bolla, MK, Wang, Q, Lush, M, Abraham, J, Aittomaki, K, Andrulis, IL, Apicella, C, Arndt, V, Barrdahl, M, Benitez, J, Berg, CD, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bonanni, B, Brand, JS, Brenner, H, Broeks, A, Burwinkel, B, Caldas, C, Campa, D, Canzian, F, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chin, S-F, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Cross, SS, Cybulski, C, Czene, K, Darabi, H, Devilee, P, Diver, WR, Dunning, AM, Earl, HM, Eccles, DM, Ekici, AB, Eriksson, M, Evans, DG, Fasching, PA, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Flyger, H, Gapstur, SM, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Glendon, G, Grip, M, Gronwald, J, Haeberle, L, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hankinson, S, Hartikainen, JM, Hein, A, Hiller, L, Hogervorst, FB, Holleczek, B, Hooning, MJ, Hoover, RN, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Husing, A, Jakubowska, A, Jukkola-Vuorinen, A, Kaaks, R, Kabisch, M, Kataja, V, Knight, JA, Koppert, LB, Kosma, V-M, Kristensen, VN, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Lissowska, J, Lubinski, J, Machiela, MJ, Mannermaa, A, Manoukian, S, Margolin, S, Marme, F, Martens, JWM, McLean, C, Menendez, P, Milne, RL, Mulligan, AM, Muranen, TA, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Nielsen, SF, Nordestgaard, BG, Olson, JE, Perez, JIA, Peterlongo, P, Phillips, K-A, Poole, CJ, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Rahman, N, Rudiger, T, Rudolph, A, Sawyer, EJ, Schumacher, F, Seibold, P, Seynaeve, C, Shah, M, Smeets, A, Southey, MC, Tollenaar, RAEM, Tomlinson, I, Tsimiklis, H, Ulmer, H-U, Vachon, C, van den Ouweland, AMW, Van't Veer, LJ, Wildiers, H, Willett, W, Winqvist, R, Zamora, MP, Chenevix-Trench, G, Dork, T, Easton, DF, Garcia-Closas, M, Kraft, P, Hopper, JL, Zheng, W, Schmidt, MK, and Pharoah, PDP
Abstract: BACKGROUND: There is increasing evidence that elevated body mass index (BMI) is associated with reduced survival for women with breast cancer. However, the underlying reasons remain unclear. We conducted a Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate a possible causal role of BMI in survival from breast cancer. METHODS: We used individual-level data from six large breast cancer case-cohorts including a total of 36 210 individuals (2475 events) of European ancestry. We created a BMI genetic risk score (GRS) based on genotypes at 94 known BMI-associated genetic variants. Association between the BMI genetic score and breast cancer survival was analysed by Cox regression for each study separately. Study-specific hazard ratios were pooled using fixed-effect meta-analysis. RESULTS: BMI genetic score was found to be associated with reduced breast cancer-specific survival for estrogen receptor (ER)-positive cases [hazard ratio (HR) = 1.11, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.01-1.22, P = 0.03). We observed no association for ER-negative cases (HR = 1.00, per one-unit increment of GRS, 95% CI 0.89-1.13, P = 0.95). CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest a causal effect of increased BMI on reduced breast cancer survival for ER-positive breast cancer. There is no evidence of a causal effect of higher BMI on survival for ER-negative breast cancer cases.
Published: 2017

40. PHIP:a novel candidate breast cancer susceptibility locus on 6q14.1

Author: Jiao, X. (Xiang), Aravidis, C. (Christos), Marikkannu, R. (Rajeshwari), Rantala, J. (Johanna), Picelli, S. (Simone), Adamovic, T. (Tatjana), Liu, T. (Tao), Maguire, P. (Paula), Kremeyer, B. (Barbara), Luo, L. (Liping), Von Holst, S. (Susanna), Kontham, V. (Vinaykumar), Thutkawkorapin, J. (Jessada), Margolin, S. (Sara), Du, Q. (Quan), Lundin, J. (Johanna), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Dennis, J. (Joe), Lush, M. (Michael), Ambrosone, C. B. (Christine B.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Blot, W. (William), Boeckx, B. (Bram), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Brand, J. S. (Judith S.), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Broeks, A. (Annegien), Bruning, T. (Thomas), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Cai, Q. (Qiuyin), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Deming-Halverson, S. L. (Sandra L.), Devilee, P. (Peter), dos-Santos-Silva, I. (Isabel), Dork, T. (Thilo), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Flesch-Janys, D. (Dieter), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Gabrielson, M. (Marike), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Guo, Q. (Qi), Gundert, M. (Melanie), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hallberg, E. (Emily), Hamann, U. (Ute), Harrington, P. (Patricia), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Huang, G. (Guanmengqian), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Kerin, M. J. (Michael J.), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Martens, J. W. (John W. M.), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Mulligan, A. M. (Anna Marie), Neuhausen, S. L. (Susan L.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Peto, J. (Julian), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Radice, P. (Paolo), Rhenius, V. (Valerie), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Seynaeve, C. (Caroline), Shah, M. (Mitul), Simard, J. (Jacques), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Truong, T. (Therese), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Zheng, W. (Wei), Benitez, J. (Javier), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Hall, P. (Per), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Jiao, X. (Xiang), Aravidis, C. (Christos), Marikkannu, R. (Rajeshwari), Rantala, J. (Johanna), Picelli, S. (Simone), Adamovic, T. (Tatjana), Liu, T. (Tao), Maguire, P. (Paula), Kremeyer, B. (Barbara), Luo, L. (Liping), Von Holst, S. (Susanna), Kontham, V. (Vinaykumar), Thutkawkorapin, J. (Jessada), Margolin, S. (Sara), Du, Q. (Quan), Lundin, J. (Johanna), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Bolla, M. K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Dennis, J. (Joe), Lush, M. (Michael), Ambrosone, C. B. (Christine B.), Andrulis, I. L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. N. (Natalia N.), Arndt, V. (Volker), Beckmann, M. W. (Matthias W.), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Blot, W. (William), Boeckx, B. (Bram), Bojesen, S. E. (Stig E.), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Brand, J. S. (Judith S.), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Broeks, A. (Annegien), Bruning, T. (Thomas), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Cai, Q. (Qiuyin), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Couch, F. J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S. S. (Simon S.), Deming-Halverson, S. L. (Sandra L.), Devilee, P. (Peter), dos-Santos-Silva, I. (Isabel), Dork, T. (Thilo), Eriksson, M. (Mikael), Fasching, P. A. (Peter A.), Figueroa, J. (Jonine), Flesch-Janys, D. (Dieter), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Gabrielson, M. (Marike), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Giles, G. G. (Graham G.), Gonzalez-Neira, A. (Anna), Guenel, P. (Pascal), Guo, Q. (Qi), Gundert, M. (Melanie), Haiman, C. A. (Christopher A.), Hallberg, E. (Emily), Hamann, U. (Ute), Harrington, P. (Patricia), Hooning, M. J. (Maartje J.), Hopper, J. L. (John L.), Huang, G. (Guanmengqian), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), Jones, M. E. (Michael E.), Kerin, M. J. (Michael J.), Kosma, V.-M. (Veli-Matti), Kristensen, V. N. (Vessela N.), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Martens, J. W. (John W. M.), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Milne, R. L. (Roger L.), Mulligan, A. M. (Anna Marie), Neuhausen, S. L. (Susan L.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Peto, J. (Julian), Pylkas, K. (Katri), Radice, P. (Paolo), Rhenius, V. (Valerie), Sawyer, E. J. (Elinor J.), Schmidt, M. K. (Marjanka K.), Schmutzler, R. K. (Rita K.), Seynaeve, C. (Caroline), Shah, M. (Mitul), Simard, J. (Jacques), Southey, M. C. (Melissa C.), Swerdlow, A. J. (Anthony J.), Truong, T. (Therese), Wendt, C. (Camilla), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Zheng, W. (Wei), Benitez, J. (Javier), Dunning, A. M. (Alison M.), Pharoah, P. D. (Paul D. P.), Easton, D. F. (Douglas F.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Hall, P. (Per), and Lindblom, A. (Annika)
Abstract: Most non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families have no identified genetic cause. We used linkage and haplotype analyses in familial and sporadic breast cancer cases to identify a susceptibility locus on chromosome 6q. Two independent genome-wide linkage analysis studies suggested a 3 Mb locus on chromosome 6q and two unrelated Swedish families with a LOD >2 together seemed to share a haplotype in 6q14.1. We hypothesized that this region harbored a rare high-risk founder allele contributing to breast cancer in these two families. Sequencing of DNA and RNA from the two families did not detect any pathogenic mutations. Finally, 29 SNPs in the region were analyzed in 44,214 cases and 43,532 controls from BCAC, and the original haplotypes in the two families were suggested as low-risk alleles for European and Swedish women specifically. There was also some support for one additional independent moderate-risk allele in Swedish familial samples. The results were consistent with our previous findings in familial breast cancer and supported a breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q14.1 around the PHIP gene.
Published: 2017

41. Evidence that the 5p12 Variant rs10941679 Confers Susceptibility to Estrogen-Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer through FGF10 and MRPS30 Regulation

Author: Ghoussaini, M., French, J.D., Michailidou, K., Nord, S., Beesley, J., Canisus, S., Hillman, K.M., Kaufmann, S., Sivakumaran, H., Marjaneh, M.M., Lee, J.S., Dennis, J., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dicks, E., Milne, R.L., Hopper, J.L., Southey, M.C., Schmidt, M.K., Broeks, A., Muir, K., Lophatananon, A., Fasching, P.A., Beckmann, M.W., Fletcher, O., Johnson, N., Sawyer, E.J., Tomlinson, I., Burwinkel, B., Marme, F., Guenel, P., Truong, T., Bojesen, S.E., Flyger, H., Benitez, J., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Alonso, R., Pita, G., Neuhausen, S.L., Anton-Culver, H., Brenner, H., Arndt, V., Meindl, A., Schmutzler, R.K., Brauch, H., Hamann, U., Tessier, D.C., Vincent, D., Nevanlinna, H., Khan, S., Matsuo, K., Ito, H., Dork, T., Bogdanova, N.V., Lindblom, A., Margolin, S., Mannermaa, A., Kosma, V.M., Wu, A.H., Berg, D. van den, Lambrechts, D., Floris, G., Chang-Claude, J., Rudolph, A., Radice, P., Barile, M., Couch, F.J., Hallberg, E., Giles, G.G., Haiman, C.A., Marchand, L. le, Goldberg, M.S., Teo, S.H., Yip, C.H., Borresen-Dale, A.L., Zheng, W., Cai, Q.Y., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Andrulis, I.L., Devilee, P., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Garcia-Closas, M., Figueroa, J., Hall, P., Czene, K., Brand, J.S., Darabi, H., Eriksson, M., Hooning, M.J., Koppert, L.B., Li, J.M., Shu, X.O., Zheng, Y., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Shah, M., Rhenius, V., Choi, J.Y., Kang, D., Hartman, M., Chia, K.S., Kabisch, M., Torres, D., Luccarini, C., Conroy, D.M., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Sangrajrang, S., Brennan, P., Olswold, C., Slager, S., Shen, C.Y., Hou, M.F., Swerdlow, A., Schoemaker, M.J., Simard, J., Pharoah, P.D.P., Kristensen, V., Chenevix-Trench, G., Easton, D.F., Dunning, A.M., Edwards, S.L., kConFab AOCS, NBCS Collaborators, Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Dicks, Ed [0000-0002-0617-0401], Rhenius, Valerie [0000-0003-4215-3235], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Quantitative Trait Loci, Breast Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Enhancer Elements, Genetic, Haplotypes, Receptors, Estrogen, Case-Control Studies, Cell Line, Tumor, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2, Promoter Regions, Genetic, Fibroblast Growth Factor 10, Alleles
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have revealed increased breast cancer risk associated with multiple genetic variants at 5p12. Here, we report the fine mapping of this locus using data from 104,660 subjects from 50 case-control studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). With data for 3,365 genotyped and imputed SNPs across a 1 Mb region (positions 44,394,495-45,364,167; NCBI build 37), we found evidence for at least three independent signals: the strongest signal, consisting of a single SNP rs10941679, was associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer (per-g allele OR ER+ = 1.15; 95% CI 1.13-1.18; p = 8.35 × 10-30). After adjustment for rs10941679, we detected signal 2, consisting of 38 SNPs more strongly associated with ER-negative (ER-) breast cancer (lead SNP rs6864776: per-a allele OR ER- = 1.10; 95% CI 1.05-1.14; p conditional = 1.44 × 10-12), and a single signal 3 SNP (rs200229088: per-t allele OR ER+ = 1.12; 95% CI 1.09-1.15; p conditional = 1.12 × 10-05). Expression quantitative trait locus analysis in normal breast tissues and breast tumors showed that the g (risk) allele of rs10941679 was associated with increased expression of FGF10 and MRPS30. Functional assays demonstrated that SNP rs10941679 maps to an enhancer element that physically interacts with the FGF10 and MRPS30 promoter regions in breast cancer cell lines. FGF10 is an oncogene that binds to FGFR2 and is overexpressed in ∼10% of human breast cancers, whereas MRPS30 plays a key role in apoptosis. These data suggest that the strongest signal of association at 5p12 is mediated through coordinated activation of FGF10 and MRPS30, two candidate genes for breast cancer pathogenesis.
Published: 2016

42. Identification and characterization of novel associations in the CASP8/ALS2CR12 region on chromosome 2 with breast cancer risk

Author: Lin, W.Y., Camp, N.J., Ghoussaini, M., Beesley, J., Michailidou, K., Hopper, J.L., Apicella, C., Southey, M.C., Stone, J., Schmidt, M.K., Broeks, A., Van't Veer, L.J., Rutgers, E.J.T., Muir, K., Lophatananon, A., Stewart-Brown, S., Siriwanarangsan, P., Fasching, P.A., Haeberle, L., Ekici, A.B., Beckmann, M.W., Peto, J., Dos-Santos-Silva, I., Fletcher, O., Johnson, N., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Sawyer, E.J., Cheng, T., Tomlinson, I., Kerin, M.J., Miller, N., Marme, F., Surowy, H.M., Burwinkel, B., Guenel, P., Truong, T., Menegaux, F., Mulot, C., Bojesen, S.E., Nordestgaard, B.G., Nielsen, S.F., Flyger, H., Benitez, J., Zamora, M.P., Perez, J.I.A., Menendez, P., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Pita, G., Alonso, M.R., Alvarez, N., Herrera, D., Anton-Culver, H., Brenner, H., Dieffenbach, A.K., Arndt, V., Stegmaier, C., Meindl, A., Lichtner, P., Schmutzler, R.K., Muller-Myhsok, B., Brauch, H., Bruning, T., Ko, Y.D., Tessier, D.C., Vincent, D., Bacot, F., Nevanlinna, H., Aittomaki, K., Blomqvist, C., Khan, S., Matsuo, K., Ito, H., Iwata, H., Horio, A., Bogdanova, N.V., Antonenkova, N.N., Dork, T., Lindblom, A., Margolin, S., Mannermaa, A., Kataja, V., Kosma, V.M., Hartikainen, J.M., Wu, A.H., Tseng, C.C., Berg, D. van den, Stram, D.O., Neven, P., Wauters, E., Wildiers, H., Lambrechts, D., Chang-Claude, J., Rudolph, A., Seibold, P., Flesch-Janys, D., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., Manoukian, S., Bonanni, B., Couch, F.J., Wang, X.S., Vachon, C., Purrington, K., Giles, G.G., Milne, R.L., Mclean, C., Haiman, C.A., Henderson, B.E., Schumacher, F., Marchand, L. le, Simard, J., Goldberg, M.S., Labreche, F., Dumont, M., Teo, S.H., Yip, C.H., Hassan, N., Vithana, E.N., Kristensen, V., Zheng, W., Deming-Halverson, S., Shrubsole, M.J., Long, J.R., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Jukkola-Vuorinen, A., Kauppila, S., Andrulis, I.L., Knight, J.A., Glendon, G., Tchatchou, S., Devilee, P., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Seynaeve, C., Asperen, C.J. van, Garcia-Closas, M., Figueroa, J., Lissowska, J., Brinton, L., Czene, K., Darabi, H., Eriksson, M., Brand, J.S., Hooning, M.J., Hollestelle, A., Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Jager, A., Li, J.M., Liu, J.J., Humphreys, K., Shu, X.O., Lu, W., Gao, Y.T., Cai, H., Cross, S.S., Reed, M.W.R., Blot, W., Signorello, L.B., Cai, Q.Y., Pharoah, P.D.P., Perkins, B., Shah, M., Blows, F.M., Kang, D., Yoo, K.Y., Noh, D.Y., Hartman, M., Miao, H., Chia, K.S., Putti, T.C., Hamann, U., Luccarini, C., Baynes, C., Ahmed, S., Maranian, M., Healey, C.S., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Jaworska-Bieniek, K., Durda, K., Sangrajrang, S., Gaborieau, V., Brennan, P., Mckay, J., Slager, S., Toland, A.E., Yannoukakos, D., Shen, C.Y., Hsiung, C.N., Wu, P.E., Ding, S.L., Ashworth, A., Jones, M., Orr, N., Swerdlow, A.J., Tsimiklis, H., Makalic, E., Schmidt, D.F., Bui, Q.M., Chanock, S.J., Hunter, D.J., Hein, R., Dahmen, N., Beckmann, L., Aaltonen, K., Muranen, T.A., Heikkinen, T., Irwanto, A., Rahman, N., Turnbull, C.A., Waisfisz, Q., Meijers-Heijboer, H.E.J., Adank, M.A., Luijt, R.B. van der, Hall, P., Chenevix-Trench, G., Dunning, A., Easton, D.F., Cox, A., GENICA Network, kConFab Investigators, Australian Ovarian Canc Study Grp, Breast Ovarian Canc Susceptibility, Clinical Genetics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical Oncology, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam Reproduction & Development (AR&D), Human Genetics, Human genetics, CCA - Oncogenesis, Ghoussaini, Maya [0000-0002-2415-2143], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], 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: Genotyping Techniques, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S, CASP8 and FADD-Like Apoptosis Regulating Protein, Genome-wide association study, P.H.S, Medical and Health Sciences, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility (BOCS) Study, Medizinische Fakultät, Genetics(clinical), Non-U.S. Gov't, Genetics (clinical), Genetics, Genetics & Heredity, variants, Caspase 8, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Association Studies Articles, General Medicine, Biological Sciences, ddc, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 2, kConFab Investigators, Female, GENICA Network, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, European Continental Ancestry Group, Non-P.H.S, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Research Support, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, N.I.H, Breast cancer, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, medicine, Journal Article, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, ddc:610, gene, Genotyping, Molecular Biology, Genetic association, disease, Extramural, Proteins, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, susceptibility loci, Minor allele frequency, Case-Control Studies, genome-wide association, enhancers, U.S. Gov't, casp8, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Previous studies have suggested that polymorphisms in CASP8 on chromosome 2 are associated with breast cancer risk. To clarify the role of CASP8 in breast cancer susceptibility, we carried out dense genotyping of this region in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). Single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) spanning a 1 Mb region around CASP8 were genotyped in 46 450 breast cancer cases and 42 600 controls of European origin from 41 studies participating in the BCAC as part of a custom genotyping array experiment (iCOGS). Missing genotypes and SNPs were imputed and, after quality exclusions, 501 typed and 1232 imputed SNPs were included in logistic regressionmodels adjusting for study and ancestry principal components. The SNPs retained in the final model were investigated further in data from nine genome-wide association studies (GWAS) comprising in total 10 052 case and 12 575 control subjects. The most significant association signal observed in European subjects was for the imputed intronic SNP rs1830298 in ALS2CR12 (telomeric to CASP8), with per allele odds ratio and 95% confidence interval [OR (95% confidence interval, CI)] for the minor allele of 1.05 (1.03-1.07), P = 1 × 10-5. Three additional independent signals from intronic SNPs were identified, in CASP8 (rs36043647), ALS2CR11 (rs59278883) and CFLAR (rs7558475). The association with rs1830298 was replicated in the imputed results from the combined GWAS (P=3 × 10-6), yielding a combined OR (95% CI) of 1.06 (1.04-1.08), P = 1 × 10-9. Analyses of gene expression associations in peripheral blood and normal breast tissue indicate that CASP8might be the target gene, suggesting amechanism involving apoptosis.
Published: 2016

43. Genetic predisposition to ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast

Author: Petridis, C., Brook, M.N., Shah, V., Kohut, K., Gorman, P., Caneppele, M., Levi, D., Papouli, E., Orr, N., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Peto, J., Swerdlow, A., Schoemaker, M.J., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Benitez, J., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Tessier, D.C., Vincent, D., Li, J.M., Figueroa, J., Kristensen, V., Borresen-Dale, A.L., Soucy, P., Simard, J., Milne, R.L., Giles, G.G., Margolin, S., Lindblom, A., Bruning, T., Brauch, H., Southey, M.C., Hopper, J.L., Dork, T., Bogdanova, N.V., Kabisch, M., Hamann, U., Schmutzler, R.K., Meindl, A., Brenner, H., Arndt, V., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Fasching, P.A., Beckmann, M.W., Lubinski, J., Jakubowska, A., Mulligan, A.M., Andrulis, I.L., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Devilee, P., Marchand, L. le, Haiman, C.A., Mannermaa, A., Kosma, V.M., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., Marme, F., Burwinkel, B., Deurzen, C.H.M. van, Hollestelle, A., Miller, N., Kerin, M.J., Lambrechts, D., Floris, G., Wesseling, J., Flyger, H., Bojesen, S.E., Yao, S., Ambrosone, C.B., Chenevix-Trench, G., Truong, T., Guenel, P., Rudolph, A., Chang-Claude, J., Nevanlinna, H., Blomqvist, C., Czene, K., Brand, J.S., Olson, J.E., Couch, F.J., Dunning, A.M., Hall, P., Easton, D.F., Pharoah, P.D.P., Pinder, S.E., Schmidt, M.K., Tomlinson, I., Roylance, R., Garcia-Closas, M., Sawyer, E.J., Pathology, Medical Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinicum, and Department of Oncology
Subjects: 3122 Cancers, Breast Neoplasms, cancer risk, 610 Medical sciences Medicine, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Medizinische Fakultät, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Neoplasm Invasiveness, ddc:610, risk-factors, skin and connective tissue diseases, neoplasms, Medicine(all), grade, variants, Genetic predisposition, Common variants, Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast, Ductal carcinoma in situ, susceptibility loci, Association study, body regions, dcis, Carcinoma, Intraductal, Noninfiltrating, genome-wide association, Carcinoma in Situ, metaanalysis, Research Article
Abstract: Background Ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a non-invasive form of breast cancer. It is often associated with invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC), and is considered to be a non-obligate precursor of IDC. It is not clear to what extent these two forms of cancer share low-risk susceptibility loci, or whether there are differences in the strength of association for shared loci. Methods To identify genetic polymorphisms that predispose to DCIS, we pooled data from 38 studies comprising 5,067 cases of DCIS, 24,584 cases of IDC and 37,467 controls, all genotyped using the iCOGS chip. Results Most (67 %) of the 76 known breast cancer predisposition loci showed an association with DCIS in the same direction as previously reported for invasive breast cancer. Case-only analysis showed no evidence for differences between associations for IDC and DCIS after considering multiple testing. Analysis by estrogen receptor (ER) status confirmed that loci associated with ER positive IDC were also associated with ER positive DCIS. Analysis of DCIS by grade suggested that two independent SNPs at 11q13.3 near CCND1 were specific to low/intermediate grade DCIS (rs75915166, rs554219). These associations with grade remained after adjusting for ER status and were also found in IDC. We found no novel DCIS-specific loci at a genome wide significance level of P
Published: 2016

44. BRCA2 polymorphic stop codon K3326X and the risk of breast, prostate, and ovarian cancers

Author: Meeks, H.D., Song, H.L., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M.K., Dennis, J., Wang, Q., Barrowdale, D., Frost, D., McGuffog, L., Ellis, S., Feng, B.J., Buys, S.S., Hopper, J.L., Southey, M.C., Tesoriero, A., James, P.A., Bruinsma, F., Campbell, I.G., Broeks, A., Schmidt, M.K., Hogervorst, F.B.L., Beckman, M.W., Fasching, P.A., Fletcher, O., Johnson, N., Sawyer, E.J., Riboli, E., Banerjee, S., Menon, U., Tomlinson, I., Burwinkel, B., Hamann, U., Marme, F., Rudolph, A., Janavicius, R., Tihomirova, L., Tung, N., Garber, J., Cramer, D., Terry, K.L., Poole, E.M., Tworoger, S.S., Dorfling, C.M., Rensburg, E.J. van, Godwin, A.K., Guenel, P., Truong, T., Stoppa-Lyonnet, D., Damiola, F., Mazoyer, S., Sinilnikova, O.M., Isaacs, C., Maugard, C., Bojesen, S.E., Flyger, H., Gerdes, A.M., Hansen, T.V.O., Jensen, A., Kjaer, S.K., Hogdall, C., Hogdall, E., Pedersen, I.S., Thomassen, M., Benitez, J., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Osorio, A., Hoya, M. de la, Segura, P.P., Diez, O., Lazaro, C., Brunet, J., Anton-Culver, H., Eunjung, L., John, E.M., Neuhausen, S.L., Ding, Y.C., Castillo, D., Weitzel, J.N., Ganz, P.A., Nussbaum, R.L., Chan, S.B., Karlan, B.Y., Lester, J., Wu, A., Gayther, S., Ramus, S.J., Sieh, W., Whittermore, A.S., Monteiro, A.N.A., Phelan, C.M., Terry, M.B., Piedmonte, M., Offit, K., Robson, M., Levine, D., Moysich, K.B., Cannioto, R., Olson, S.H., Daly, M.B., Nathanson, K.L., Domchek, S.M., Lu, K.H., Liang, D., Hildebrant, M.A.T., Ness, R., Modugno, F., Pearce, L., Goodman, M.T., Thompson, P.J., Brenner, H., Butterbach, K., Meindl, A., Hahnen, E., Wappenschmidt, B., Brauch, H., Bruning, T., Blomqvist, C., Khan, S., Nevanlinna, H., Pelttari, L.M., Aittomaki, K., Butzow, R., Bogdanova, N.V., Dork, T., Lindblom, A., Margolin, S., Rantala, J., Kosma, V.M., Mannermaa, A., Lambrechts, D., Neven, P., Claes, K.B.M., Maerken, T. van, Chang-Claude, J., Flesch-Janys, D., Heitz, F., Varon-Mateeva, R., Peterlongo, P., Radice, P., Viel, A., Barile, M., Peissel, B., Manoukian, S., Montagna, M., Oliani, C., Peixoto, A., Teixeira, M.R., Collavoli, A., Hallberg, E., Olson, J.E., Goode, E.L., Hart, S.N., Shimelis, H., Cunningham, J.M., Giles, G.G., Milne, R.L., Healey, S., Tucker, K., Haiman, C.A., Henderson, B.E., Goldberg, M.S., Tischkowitz, M., Simard, J., Soucy, P., Eccles, D.M., N. le, Borresen-Dale, A.L., Kristensen, V., Salvesen, H.B., Bjorge, L., Bandera, E.V., Risch, H., Zheng, W., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Cai, H., Pylkas, K., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Ouweland, A.M.W. van der, Andrulis, I.L., Knight, J.A., Narod, S., Devilee, P., Winqvist, R., Figueroa, J., Greene, M.H., Mai, P.L., Loud, J.T., Garcia-Closas, M., Schoemaker, M.J., Czene, K., Darabi, H., McNeish, I., Siddiquil, N., Glasspool, R., Kwong, A., Park, S.K., Teo, S.H., Yoon, S.Y., Matsuo, K., Hosono, S., Woo, Y.L., Gao, Y.T., Foretova, L., Singer, C.F., Rappaport-Feurhauser, C., Friedman, E., Laitman, Y., Rennert, G., Imyanitov, E.N., Hulick, P.J., Olopade, O.I., Senter, L., Olah, E., Doherty, J.A., Schildkraut, J., Koppert, L.B., Kiemeney, L.A., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Cook, L.S., Pejovic, T., Li, J.M., Borg, A., Ofverholm, A., Rossing, M.A., Wentzensen, N., Henriksson, K., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Pasini, B.J., Shah, M., Kabisch, M., Torres, D., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Gronwald, J., Agnarsson, B.A., Kupryjanczyk, J., Moes-Sosnowska, J., Fostira, F., Konstantopoulou, I., Slager, S., Jones, M., Antoniou, A.C., Berchuck, A., Swerdlow, A., Chenevix-Trench, G., Dunning, A.M., Pharoah, P.D.P., Hall, P., Easton, D.F., Couch, F.J., Spurdle, A.B., Goldgar, D.E., EMBRACE, kConFab Investigators, Australia Ovarian Canc Study Grp, HEBON, GEMO Study Collaborators, OCGN, PRostate Canc Assoc Grp, Damage and Repair in Cancer Development and Cancer Treatment (DARE), Targeted Gynaecologic Oncology (TARGON), Clinical Genetics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Surgery, and [ 1 ] Univ Utah, Huntsman Canc Inst, Canc Control & Populat Sci, Salt Lake City, UT USA [ 2 ] Univ Cambridge, Dept Oncol, Ctr Canc Genet 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Athens, Greece [ 232 ] Duke Univ, Med Ctr, Dept Obstet & Gynecol, Durham, NC 27710 USA
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, Male, Cancer Research, endocrine system diseases, LOCI, Estrogen receptor, FAMILY-HISTORY, Prostate cancer, 0302 clinical medicine, Ovarian Neoplasms/pathology, Prostate, Risk Factors, Brjóstakrabbamein, Odds Ratio, skin and connective tissue diseases, Ovarian Neoplasms, Women's cancers Radboud Institute for Molecular Life Sciences [Radboudumc 17], Prostatic Neoplasms/genetics, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, SINGLE-NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISMS, Middle Aged, BRCA2 Protein/genetics, PANCREATIC-CANCER, 3. Good health, SUSCEPTIBILITY GENE, medicine.anatomical_structure, Urological cancers Radboud Institute for Health Sciences [Radboudumc 15], 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Codon, Terminator, Female, Risk Factors Substances, Adult, medicine.medical_specialty, Heterozygote, Breast Neoplasms, Blöðruhálskirtilskrabbamein, Breast Neoplasms/genetics, Biology, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Article, Ovarian Neoplasms/genetics, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Internal medicine, Pancreatic cancer, Krabbameinsrannsóknir, medicine, Journal Article, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Neoplasm Invasiveness, Lysine/genetics, Krabbamein, Aged, Gynecology, BRCA2 Protein, Proportional hazards model, Lysine, DNA RECOMBINATION, CONSORTIUM, GERM-LINE MUTATION, Prostatic Neoplasms, Odds ratio, Arfgengi, medicine.disease, ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR, 030104 developmental biology, Logistic Models, PTT12, Eggjastokkar, FANCONI-ANEMIA, Ovarian cancer
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 172007.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access) BACKGROUND: The K3326X variant in BRCA2 (BRCA2*c.9976A>T; p.Lys3326*; rs11571833) has been found to be associated with small increased risks of breast cancer. However, it is not clear to what extent linkage disequilibrium with fully pathogenic mutations might account for this association. There is scant information about the effect of K3326X in other hormone-related cancers. METHODS: Using weighted logistic regression, we analyzed data from the large iCOGS study including 76 637 cancer case patients and 83 796 control patients to estimate odds ratios (ORw) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for K3326X variant carriers in relation to breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer risks, with weights defined as probability of not having a pathogenic BRCA2 variant. Using Cox proportional hazards modeling, we also examined the associations of K3326X with breast and ovarian cancer risks among 7183 BRCA1 variant carriers. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: The K3326X variant was associated with breast (ORw = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.17 to 1.40, P = 5.9x10(-) (6)) and invasive ovarian cancer (ORw = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.10 to 1.43, P = 3.8x10(-3)). These associations were stronger for serous ovarian cancer and for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer (ORw = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.2 to 1.70, P = 3.4x10(-5) and ORw = 1.50, 95% CI = 1.28 to 1.76, P = 4.1x10(-5), respectively). For BRCA1 mutation carriers, there was a statistically significant inverse association of the K3326X variant with risk of ovarian cancer (HR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.22 to 0.84, P = .013) but no association with breast cancer. No association with prostate cancer was observed. CONCLUSIONS: Our study provides evidence that the K3326X variant is associated with risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers independent of other pathogenic variants in BRCA2. Further studies are needed to determine the biological mechanism of action responsible for these associations.
Published: 2016

45. 1211Genetic background of sudden cardiac death caused by idiopathic myocardial fibrosis

Author: Holmstrom, L., primary, Pylkas, K., additional, Mantere, T., additional, Porvari, K., additional, Kortelainen, M.L., additional, Pakanen, L., additional, Kerkela, R., additional, Huikuri, H., additional, and Junttila, J., additional
Published: 2017
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46. SNP-SNP interaction analysis of NF-kappa B signaling pathway on breast cancer survival

Author: Jamshidi, M., Fagerholm, R., Khan, S., Aittomaki, K., Czene, K., Darabi, H., Li, J.M., Andrulis, I.L., Chang-Claude, J., Devilee, P., Fasching, P.A., Michailidou, K., Bolla, M.K., Dennis, J., Wang, Q., Guo, Q., Rhenius, V., Cornelissen, S., Rudolph, A., Knight, J.A., Loehberg, C.R., Burwinkel, B., Marme, F., Hopper, J.L., Southey, M.C., Bojesen, S.E., Flyger, H., Brenner, H., Holleczek, B., Margolin, S., Mannermaa, A., Kosma, V.M., Dyck, L. van, Nevelsteen, I., Couch, F.J., Olson, J.E., Giles, G.G., McLean, C., Haiman, C.A., Henderson, B.E., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Garcia-Closas, M., Figueroa, J., Hooning, M.J., Martens, J.W.M., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Simard, J., Dunning, A.M., Easton, D.F., Pharoah, P.D.P., Hall, P., Blomqvist, C., Schmidt, M.K., Nevanlinna, H., kConFab Investigators, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinicum, Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, and Department of Oncology
Subjects: Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, GENES, In silico, 3122 Cancers, Single-nucleotide polymorphism, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, Bioinformatics, ANNOTATION, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, survival analysis, ACTIVATION, Breast cancer, breast cancer, 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics, Internal medicine, Genetic variation, medicine, Biomarkers, Tumor, SNP, Humans, Neoplasm Invasiveness, TRANSCRIPTION, Allele, Survival rate, Survival analysis, POLYMORPHISMS, Neoplasm Staging, NF-κB pathway, IDENTIFICATION, NF-kappa B, NF-kappa B pathway, CHEMOTHERAPY, medicine.disease, Prognosis, 3. Good health, FALSE DISCOVERY RATE, Survival Rate, SNP-SNP interaction, CELLS, Female, Neoplasm Grading, Research Paper, Signal Transduction
Abstract: In breast cancer, constitutive activation of NF-κB has been reported, however, the impact of genetic variation of the pathway on patient prognosis has been little studied. Furthermore, a combination of genetic variants, rather than single polymorphisms, may affect disease prognosis. Here, in an extensive dataset (n = 30,431) from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium, we investigated the association of 917 SNPs in 75 genes in the NF-κB pathway with breast cancer prognosis. We explored SNP-SNP interactions on survival using the likelihood-ratio test comparing multivariate Cox’ egression models of SNP pairs without and with an interaction term. We found two interacting pairs associating with prognosis: patients simultaneously homozygous for the rare alleles of rs5996080 and rs7973914 had worse survival (HRinteraction 6.98, 95% CI=3.3-14.4, P=1.42E-07), and patients carrying at least one rare allele for rs17243893 and rs57890595 had better survival (HRinteraction 0.51, 95% CI=0.3-0.6, P = 2.19E-05). Based on in silico functional analyses and literature, we speculate that the rs5996080 and rs7973914 loci may affect the BAFFR and TNFR1/TNFR3 receptors and breast cancer survival, possibly by disturbing both the canonical and non-canonical NF-κB pathways or their dynamics, whereas, rs17243893-rs57890595 interaction on survival may be mediated through TRAF2-TRAIL-R4 interplay. These results warrant further validation and functional analyses. ispartof: Oncotarget vol:6 issue:35 pages:37979-94 ispartof: location:United States status: published
Published: 2015

47. No evidence that protein truncating variants in BRIP1 are associated with breast cancer risk: implications for gene panel testing

Author: Easton, D.F., Lesueur, F., Decker, B., Michailidou, K., Li, J., Allen, J., Luccarini, C., Pooley, K.A., Shah, M., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Ahmad, J., Thompson, E.R., Damiola, F., Pertesi, M., Voegele, C., Mebirouk, N., Robinot, N., Durand, G., Forey, N., Luben, R.N., Ahmed, S., Aittomaki, K., Anton-Culver, H., Arndt, V., Baynes, C., Beckman, M.W., Benitez, J., Berg, D. van den, Blot, W.J., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Brenner, H., Chang-Claude, J., Chia, K.S., Choi, J.Y., Conroy, D.M., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Czene, K., Darabi, H., Devilee, P., Eriksson, M., Fasching, P.A., Figueroa, J., Flyger, H., Fostira, F., Garcia-Closas, M., Giles, G.G., Glendon, G., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Guenel, P., Haiman, C.A., Hall, P., Hart, S.N., Hartman, M., Hooning, M.J., Hsiung, C.N., Ito, H., Jakubowska, A., James, P.A., John, E.M., Johnson, N., Jones, M., Kabisch, M., Kang, D., Kosma, V.M., Kristensen, V., Lambrechts, D., Li, N., Lindblom, A., Long, J., Lophatananon, A., Lubinski, J., Mannermaa, A., Manoukian, S., Margolin, S., Matsuo, K., Meindl, A., Mitchell, G., Muir, K., Nevelsteen, I., Ouweland, A. van den, Peterlongo, P., Phuah, S.Y., Pylkas, K., Rowley, S.M., Sangrajrang, S., Schmutzler, R.K., Shen, C.Y., Shu, X.O., Southey, M.C., Surowy, H., Swerdlow, A., Teo, S.H., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Tomlinson, I., Torres, D., Truong, T., Vachon, C., Verhoef, S., Wong-Brown, M., Zheng, W., Zheng, Y., Nevanlinna, H., Scott, R.J., Andrulis, I.L., Wu, A.H., Hopper, J.L., Couch, F.J., Winqvist, R., Burwinkel, B., Sawyer, E.J., Schmidt, M.K., Rudolph, A., Dork, T., Brauch, H., Hamann, U., Neuhausen, S.L., Milne, R.L., Fletcher, O., Pharoah, P.D.P., Campbell, I.G., Dunning, A.M., Calvez-Kelm, F. le, Goldgar, D.E., Tavtigian, S.V., Chenevix-Trench, G., Australian Ovarian Canc Study Grp, kConFab Investigators, Lifepool Investigators, NBCS Investigators, Luben, Robert N [0000-0002-5088-6343], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, and Molecular Genetics
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Bioinformatics, Medical and Health Sciences, Cohort Studies, Breast cancer screening, 0302 clinical medicine, Medizinische Fakultät, Missense mutation, Genetics (clinical), Genetics & Heredity, education.field_of_study, medicine.diagnostic_test, Biological Sciences, Middle Aged, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group Proteins, 3. Good health, ddc, DNA-Binding Proteins, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, kConFab Investigators, Female, RNA Helicases, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group, Adult, Risk, medicine.medical_specialty, PALB2, Population, European Continental Ancestry Group, Breast Neoplasms, NBCS Investigators, Biology, Article, White People, 03 medical and health sciences, Breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Molecular genetics, Genetics, medicine, breast [Cancer], Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genetic Testing, ddc:610, Allele, education, Genetic Association Studies, Aged, Cancer: breast, BRIP1, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Lifepool Investigators, Mutation
Abstract: Background: BRCA1 interacting protein C-terminal helicase 1 (BRIP1) is one of the Fanconi Anaemia Complementation (FANC) group family of DNA repair proteins. Biallelic mutations in BRIP1 are responsible for FANC group J, and previous studies have also suggested that rare protein truncating variants in BRIP1 are associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. These studies have led to inclusion of BRIP1 on targeted sequencing panels for breast cancer risk prediction. Methods: We evaluated a truncating variant, p.Arg798Ter (rs137852986), and 10 missense variants of BRIP1, in 48 144 cases and 43 607 controls of European origin, drawn from 41 studies participating in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). Additionally, we sequenced the coding regions of BRIP1 in 13 213 cases and 5242 controls from the UK, 1313 cases and 1123 controls from three population-based studies as part of the Breast Cancer Family Registry, and 1853 familial cases and 2001 controls from Australia. Results: The rare truncating allele of rs137852986 was observed in 23 cases and 18 controls in Europeans in BCAC (OR 1.09, 95% CI 0.58 to 2.03, p=0.79). Truncating variants were found in the sequencing studies in 34 cases (0.21%) and 19 controls (0.23%) (combined OR 0.90, 95% CI 0.48 to 1.70, p=0.75). Conclusions: These results suggest that truncating variants in BRIP1, and in particular p.Arg798Ter, are not associated with a substantial increase in breast cancer risk. Such observations have important implications for the reporting of results from breast cancer screening panels.
Published: 2015

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

Author: Mavaddat, N., Pharoah, P.D.P., Michailidou, K., Tyrer, J., Brook, M.N., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Dunning, A.M., Shah, M., Luben, R., Brown, J., Bojesen, S.E., Nordestgaard, B.G., Nielsen, S.F., Flyger, H., Czene, K., Darabi, H., Eriksson, M., Peto, J., dos-Santos-Silva, I., Dudbridge, F., Johnson, N., Schmidt, M.K., Broeks, A., Verhoef, S., Rutgers, E.J., Swerdlow, A., Ashworth, A., Orr, N., Schoemaker, M.J., Figueroa, J., Chanock, S.J., Brinton, L., Lissowska, J., Couch, F.J., Olson, J.E., Vachon, C., Pankratz, V.S., Lambrechts, D., Wildiers, H., Ongeval, C. van, Limbergen, E. van, Kristensen, V., Alnaes, G.G., Nord, S., Borresen-Dale, A.L., Nevanlinna, H., Muranen, T.A., Aittomaki, K., Blomqvist, C., Chang-Claude, J., Rudolph, A., Seibold, P., Flesch-Janys, D., Fasching, P.A., Haeberle, L., Ekici, A.B., Beckmann, M.W., Burwinkel, B., Marme, F., Schneeweiss, A., Sohn, C., Trentham-Dietz, A., Newcomb, P., Titus, L., Egan, K.M., Hunter, D.J., Lindstrom, S., Tamimi, R.M., Kraft, P., Rahman, N., Turnbull, C., Renwick, A., Seal, S., Li, J.M., Liu, J.J., Humphreys, K., Benitez, J., Zamora, M.P., Perez, J.I.A., Menendez, P., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Jaworska-Bieniek, K., Durda, K., Bogdanova, N.V., Antonenkova, N.N., Dork, T., Anton-Culver, H., Neuhausen, S.L., Ziogas, A., Bernstein, L., Devilee, P., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Seynaeve, C., Asperen, C.J. van, Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Reed, M.W.R., Khusnutdinova, E., Bermisheva, M., Prokofyeva, D., Takhirova, Z., Meindl, A., Schmutzler, R.K., Sutter, C., Yang, R.X., Schurmann, P., Bremer, M., Christiansen, H., Park-Simon, T.W., Hillemanns, P., Guenel, P., Truong, T., Menegaux, F., Sanchez, M., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., Manoukian, S., Pensotti, V., Hopper, J.L., Tsimiklis, H., Apicella, C., Southey, M.C., Brauch, H., Bruning, T., Ko, Y.D., Sigurdson, A.J., Doody, M.M., Hamann, U., Torres, D., Ulmer, H.U., Forsti, A., Sawyer, E.J., Tomlinson, I., Kerin, M.J., Miller, N., Andrulis, I.L., Knight, J.A., Glendon, G., Mulligan, A.M., Chenevix-Trench, G., Balleine, R., Giles, G.G., Milne, R.L., McLean, C., Lindblom, A., Margolin, S., Haiman, C.A., Henderson, B.E., Schumacher, F., Marchand, L. le, Eilber, U., Wang-Gohrke, S., Hooning, M.J., Hollestelle, A., Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Koppert, L.B., Carpenter, J., Clarke, C., Scott, R., Mannermaa, A., Kataja, V., Kosma, V.M., Hartikainen, J.M., Brenner, H., Arndt, V., Stegmaier, C., Dieffenbach, A.K., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Jukkola-Vuorinen, A., Grip, M., Offit, K., Vijai, J., Robson, M., Rau-Murthy, R., Dwek, M., Swann, R., Perkins, K.A., Goldberg, M.S., Labreche, F., Dumont, M., Eccles, D.M., Tapper, W.J., Rafiq, S., John, E.M., Whittemore, A.S., Slager, S., Yannoukakos, D., Toland, A.E., Yao, S., Zheng, W., Halverson, S.L., Gonzalez-Neira, A., Pita, G., Alonso, M.R., Alvarez, N., Herrero, D., Tessier, D.C., Vincent, D., Bacot, F., Luccarini, C., Baynes, C., Ahmed, S., Maranian, M., Healey, C.S., Simard, J., Hall, P., Easton, D.F., Garcia-Closas, M., Clinical Genetics, Medical Oncology, Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Clinicum, Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Department of Oncology, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, Mavaddat, Nasim [0000-0003-0307-055X], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], Tyrer, Jonathan [0000-0003-3724-4757], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Luben, Robert [0000-0002-5088-6343], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Adult, Genotype, 3122 Cancers, Breast Neoplasms, consortium, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Article, prevention, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, 3123 Gynaecology and paediatrics, Biomarkers, Tumor, Odds Ratio, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, family-history, Aged, prostate, Gene Expression Profiling, subtypes, Middle Aged, susceptibility loci, Europe, Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic, Receptors, Estrogen, Tumor Markers, Biological, Cancer and Oncology, genome-wide association, Female, women
Abstract: Background: Data for multiple common susceptibility alleles for breast cancer may be combined to identify women at different levels of breast cancer risk. Such stratification could guide preventive and screening strategies. However, empirical evidence for genetic risk stratification is lacking. Methods: We investigated the value of using 77 breast cancer-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for risk stratification, in a study of 33 673 breast cancer cases and 33 381 control women of European origin. We tested all possible pair-wise multiplicative interactions and constructed a 77-SNP polygenic risk score (PRS) for breast cancer overall and by estrogen receptor (ER) status. Absolute risks of breast cancer by PRS were derived from relative risk estimates and UK incidence and mortality rates. Results: There was no strong evidence for departure from a multiplicative model for any SNP pair. Women in the highest 1 of the PRS had a three-fold increased risk of developing breast cancer compared with women in the middle quintile (odds ratio [OR] = 3.36, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 2.95 to 3.83). The ORs for ER-positive and ER-negative disease were 3.73 (95% CI = 3.24 to 4.30) and 2.80 (95% CI = 2.26 to 3.46), respectively. Lifetime risk of breast cancer for women in the lowest and highest quintiles of the PRS were 5.2% and 16.6% for a woman without family history, and 8.6% and 24.4% for a woman with a first-degree family history of breast cancer. Conclusions: The PRS stratifies breast cancer risk in women both with and without a family history of breast cancer. The observed level of risk discrimination could inform targeted screening and prevention strategies. Further discrimination may be achievable through combining the PRS with lifestyle/environmental factors, although these were not considered in this report. © 2015 © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press.
Published: 2015

49. Identification of novel genetic markers of breast cancer survival

Author: Guo, Q., Schmidt, M.K., Kraft, P., Canisius, S., Chen, C., Khan, S., Tyrer, J., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Lush, M., Kar, S., Beesley, J., Dunning, A.M., Shah, M., Czene, K., Darabi, H., Eriksson, M., Lambrechts, D., Weltens, C., Leunen, K., Bojesen, S.E., Nordestgaard, B.G., Nielsen, S.F., Flyger, H., Chang-Claude, J., Rudolph, A., Seibold, P., Flesch-Janys, D., Blomqvist, C., Aittomaki, K., Fagerholm, R., Muranen, T.A., Couch, F.J., Olson, J.E., Vachon, C., Andrulis, I.L., Knight, J.A., Glendon, G., Mulligan, A.M., Broeks, A., Hogervorst, F.B., Haiman, C.A., Henderson, B.E., Schumacher, F., Marchand, L. le, Hopper, J.L., Tsimiklis, H., Apicella, C., Southey, M.C., Cox, A., Cross, S.S., Reed, M.W.R., Giles, G.G., Milne, R.L., McLean, C., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Jukkola-Vuorinen, A., Grip, M., Hooning, M.J., Hollestelle, A., Martens, J.W.M., Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Marme, F., Schneeweiss, A., Yang, R.X., Burwinkel, B., Figueroa, J., Chanock, S.J., Lissowska, J., Sawyer, E.J., Tomlinson, I., Kerin, M.J., Miller, N., Brenner, H., Dieffenbach, A.K., Arndt, V., Holleczek, B., Mannermaa, A., Kataja, V., Kosma, V.M., Hartikainen, J.M., Li, J.M., Brand, J.S., Humphreys, K., Devilee, P., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Seynaeve, C., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., Bonanni, B., Mariani, P., Fasching, P.A., Beckmann, M.W., Hein, A., Ekici, A.B., Chenevix-Trench, G., Balleine, R., Phillips, K.A., Benitez, J., Zamora, M.P., Perez, J.I.A., Menendez, P., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Jaworska-Bieniek, K., Durda, K., Hamann, U., Kabisch, M., Ulmer, H.U., Rudiger, T., Margolin, S., Kristensen, V., Nord, S., Evans, D.G., Abraham, J.E., Earl, H.M., Hiller, L., Dunn, J.A., Bowden, S., Berg, C., Campa, D., Diver, W.R., Gapstur, S.M., Gaudet, M.M., Hankinson, S.E., Hoover, R.N., Husing, A., Kaaks, R., Machiela, M.J., Willett, W., Barrdahl, M., Canzian, F., Chin, S.F., Caldas, C., Hunter, D.J., Lindstrom, S., Garcia-Closas, M., Hall, P., Easton, D.F., Eccles, D.M., Rahman, N., Nevanlinna, H., Pharoah, P.D.P., kConFab Investigators, Tyrer, Jonathan [0000-0003-3724-4757], Wang, Jean [0000-0002-9139-0627], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Dunning, Alison [0000-0001-6651-7166], Abraham, Jean [0000-0003-0688-4807], Earl, Helena [0000-0003-1549-8094], Chin, Suet-Feung [0000-0001-5697-1082], Caldas, Carlos [0000-0003-3547-1489], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Pharoah, Paul [0000-0001-8494-732X], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Genetic Markers, Genotype, Receptors, Estrogen, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Prognosis, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Survival Analysis, White People
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Survival after a diagnosis of breast cancer varies considerably between patients, and some of this variation may be because of germline genetic variation. We aimed to identify genetic markers associated with breast cancer-specific survival. METHODS: We conducted a large meta-analysis of studies in populations of European ancestry, including 37954 patients with 2900 deaths from breast cancer. Each study had been genotyped for between 200000 and 900000 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) across the genome; genotypes for nine million common variants were imputed using a common reference panel from the 1000 Genomes Project. We also carried out subtype-specific analyses based on 6881 estrogen receptor (ER)-negative patients (920 events) and 23059 ER-positive patients (1333 events). All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS: We identified one new locus (rs2059614 at 11q24.2) associated with survival in ER-negative breast cancer cases (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.95, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.55 to 2.47, P = 1.91 x 10(-8)). Genotyping a subset of 2113 case patients, of which 300 were ER negative, provided supporting evidence for the quality of the imputation. The association in this set of case patients was stronger for the observed genotypes than for the imputed genotypes. A second locus (rs148760487 at 2q24.2) was associated at genome-wide statistical significance in initial analyses; the association was similar in ER-positive and ER-negative case patients. Here the results of genotyping suggested that the finding was less robust. CONCLUSIONS: This is currently the largest study investigating genetic variation associated with breast cancer survival. Our results have potential clinical implications, as they confirm that germline genotype can provide prognostic information in addition to standard tumor prognostic factors.
Published: 2015

50. Common germline polymorphisms\ud associated with breast cancer-specific survival

Author: Pirie, A., Guo, Q., Kraft, P., Canisius, S., Eccles, D.M., Rahman, N., Nevanlinna, H., Chen, C., Khan, S., Tyrer, J., Bolla, M.K., Wang, Q., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Lush, M., Dunning, A.M., Shah, M., Czene, K., Darabi, H., Eriksson, M., Lambrechts, D., Weltens, C., Leunen, K., van Ongeval, C., Nordestgaard, B.G., Nielsen, S.F., Flyger, H., Rudolph, A., Seibold, P., Flesch-Janys, D., Blomqvist, C., Aittomaki, K., Fagerholm, R., Muranen, T.A., Olsen, J.E., Hallberg, E., Vachon, C., Knight, J.A., Glendon, G., Mulligan, A.M., Broeks, A., Cornelissen, S., Haiman, C.A., Henderson, B.E., Schumacher, F., Le Marchand, L., Hopper, J.L., Tsimiklis, H., Apicella, C., Southey, M.C., Cross, S.S., Reed, M.W.R., Giles, G.G., Milne, R.L., McLean, C., Winqvist, R., Pylkas, K., Jukkola-Vuorinen, A., Grip, M., Hooning, M.J., Hollestelle, A., Martens, J.W.M., van den Ouweland, A.M.W., Marme, F., Schneeweiss, A., Yang, R., Burwinkel, B., Figueroa, J., Chanock, S.J., Lissowska, J., Sawyer, E.J., Tomlinson, I., Kerin, M.J., Miller, N., Brenner, H., Butterbach, K., Holleczek, B., Kataja, V., Kosma, V-M., Hartikainen, J.M., Li, J., Brand, J.S., Humphreys, K., Devilee, P., Tollenaar, R.A.E.M., Seynaeve, C., Radice, P., Peterlongo, P., Manoukian, S., Ficarazzi, F., Beckmann, M.W., Hein, A., Ekici, A.B., Balleine, R., Phillips, K-A., Benitez, J., Zamora, M.P., Perez, J.I.A., Menendez, P., Jakubowska, A., Lubinski, J., Gronwald, J., Durda, K., Hamann, U., Kabisch, M., Ulmer, H.U., Ruediger, T., Margolin, S., Kristensen, V., Nord, S., Evans, D.G., Abraham, J., Earl, H., Poole, C.J., Hiller, L., Dunn, J.A., Bowden, S., Campa, D., Diver, W.R., Gapstur, S.M., Gaudet, M.M., Hankinson, S., Hoover, R.N., Husing, A., Kaaks, R., Machiela, M.J., Willett, W., Barrdahl, M., Canzian, F., Chin, S-F., Caldas, C., Hunter, D.J., Lindstrom, S., Garcia-Closas, M., Couch, F.J., Investigators, kConFab, Chenevix-Trench, G., Mannermaa, A., Andrulis, I.L., Hall, P., Chang-Claude, J., Easton, D.F., Bojesen, S.E., Cox, A., Fasching, P.A., Pharoah, P.D.P., Schmidt, M.K., and Investigators, NBCS
Abstract: Introduction: Previous studies have identified common germline variants nominally associated with breast cancer\ud survival. These associations have not been widely replicated in further studies. The purpose of this study was to\ud evaluate the association of previously reported SNPs with breast cancer-specific survival using data from a pooled\ud analysis of eight breast cancer survival genome-wide association studies (GWAS) from the Breast Cancer Association\ud Consortium.\ud Methods: A literature review was conducted of all previously published associations between common germline\ud variants and three survival outcomes: breast cancer-specific survival, overall survival and disease-free survival.\ud All associations that reached the nominal significance level of P value
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