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1. Fractionation of a Polydisperse Polymer Using an Anti-Solvent, Application of Continuous Thermodynamics

Author: Wu, A.H. and Prausnitz, John M.
Published: 2017

2. Association between circulating inflammatory markers and adult cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis

Author: Yarmolinsky, J., Robinson, J.W., Mariosa, D., Karhunen, V., Huang, Jian, Dimou, N., Murphy, N., Burrows, K., Bouras, E., Smith-Byrne, K., Lewis, S.J., Galesloot, T.E., Kiemeney, B., Vermeulen, S., Martin, P., Albanes, D., Hou, L., Newcomb, P.A., White, E., Wolk, A., Wu, A.H., Marchand, L. Le, Phipps, A.I., Buchanan, D.D., Zhao, S.S., Gill, D., Chanock, S.J., Purdue, M.P., Smith, G. Davey, Brennan, P., Herzig, K.H., Järvelin, M.R., Amos, C.I., Hung, R.J., Dehghan, A., Johansson, M., Gunter, M.J., Tsilidis, K.K., Martin, R.M., Yarmolinsky, J., Robinson, J.W., Mariosa, D., Karhunen, V., Huang, Jian, Dimou, N., Murphy, N., Burrows, K., Bouras, E., Smith-Byrne, K., Lewis, S.J., Galesloot, T.E., Kiemeney, B., Vermeulen, S., Martin, P., Albanes, D., Hou, L., Newcomb, P.A., White, E., Wolk, A., Wu, A.H., Marchand, L. Le, Phipps, A.I., Buchanan, D.D., Zhao, S.S., Gill, D., Chanock, S.J., Purdue, M.P., Smith, G. Davey, Brennan, P., Herzig, K.H., Järvelin, M.R., Amos, C.I., Hung, R.J., Dehghan, A., Johansson, M., Gunter, M.J., Tsilidis, K.K., and Martin, R.M.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 304872.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access), BACKGROUND: Tumour-promoting inflammation is a "hallmark" of cancer and conventional epidemiological studies have reported links between various inflammatory markers and cancer risk. The causal nature of these relationships and, thus, the suitability of these markers as intervention targets for cancer prevention is unclear. METHODS: We meta-analysed 6 genome-wide association studies of circulating inflammatory markers comprising 59,969 participants of European ancestry. We then used combined cis-Mendelian randomization and colocalisation analysis to evaluate the causal role of 66 circulating inflammatory markers in risk of 30 adult cancers in 338,294 cancer cases and up to 1,238,345 controls. Genetic instruments for inflammatory markers were constructed using genome-wide significant (P < 5.0 × 10(-8)) cis-acting SNPs (i.e., in or ±250 kb from the gene encoding the relevant protein) in weak linkage disequilibrium (LD, r(2) < 0.10). Effect estimates were generated using inverse-variance weighted random-effects models and standard errors were inflated to account for weak LD between variants with reference to the 1000 Genomes Phase 3 CEU panel. A false discovery rate (FDR)-corrected P-value ("q-value") <0.05 was used as a threshold to define "strong evidence" to support associations and 0.05 ≤ q-value < 0.20 to define "suggestive evidence". A colocalisation posterior probability (PPH(4)) >70% was employed to indicate support for shared causal variants across inflammatory markers and cancer outcomes. Findings were replicated in the FinnGen study and then pooled using meta-analysis. FINDINGS: We found strong evidence to support an association of genetically-proxied circulating pro-adrenomedullin concentrations with increased breast cancer risk (OR: 1.19, 95% CI: 1.10-1.29, q-value = 0.033, PPH(4) = 84.3%) and suggestive evidence to support associations of interleukin-23 receptor concentrations with increased pancreatic cancer risk (OR: 1.42, 95% CI: 1.20-1.69, q-value = 0
Published: 2024

3. Prognostic gene expression signature for high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Author: Bowtell, D., Chenevix-Trench, G., Green, A., Webb, P., DeFazio, A., Gertig, D., Traficante, N., Fereday, S., Moore, S., Hung, J., Harrap, K., Sadkowsky, T., Pandeya, N., Malt, M., Mellon, A., Robertson, R., Vanden Bergh, T., Jones, M., Mackenzie, P., Maidens, J., Nattress, K., Chiew, Y.E., Stenlake, A., Sullivan, H., Alexander, B., Ashover, P., Brown, S., Corrish, T., Green, L., Jackman, L., Ferguson, K., Martin, K., Martyn, A., Ranieri, B., White, J., Jayde, V., Mamers, P., Bowes, L., Galletta, L., Giles, D., Hendley, J., Alsop, K., Schmidt, T., Shirley, H., Ball, C., Young, C., Viduka, S., Tran, Hoa, Bilic, Sanela, Glavinas, Lydia, Brooks, Julia, Stuart-Harris, R., Kirsten, F., Rutovitz, J., Clingan, P., Glasgow, A., Proietto, A., Braye, S., Otton, G., Shannon, J., Bonaventura, T., Stewart, J., Begbie, S., Friedlander, M., Bell, D., Baron-Hay, S., Ferrier,a, A., Gard, G., Nevell, D., Pavlakis, N., Valmadre, S., Young, B., Camaris, C., Crouch, R., Edwards, L., Hacker, N., Marsden, D., Robertson, G., Beale, P., Beith, J., Carter, J., Dalrymple, C., Houghton, R., Russell, P., Links, M., Grygiel, J., Hill, J., Brand, A., Byth, K., Jaworski, R., Harnett, P., Sharma, R., Wain, G., Ward, B., Papadimos, D., Crandon, A., Cummings, M., Horwood, K., Obermair, A., Perrin, L., Wyld, D., Nicklin, J., Davy, M., Oehler, M.K., Hall, C., Dodd, T., Healy, T., Pittman, K., Henderson, D., Miller, J., Pierdes, J., Blomfield, P., Challis, D., McIntosh, R., Parker, A., Brown, B., Rome, R., Allen, D., Grant, P., Hyde, S., Laurie, R., Robbie, M., Healy, D., Jobling, T., Manolitsas, T., McNealage, J., Rogers, P., Susil, B., Sumithran, E., Simpson, I., Phillips, K., Rischin, D., Fox, S., Johnson, D., Lade, S., Loughrey, M., O’Callaghan, N., Murray, W., Waring, P., Billson, V., Pyman, J., Neesham, D., Quinn, M., Underhill, C., Bell, R., Ng, L.F., Blum, R., Ganju, V., Hammond, I., Leung, Y., McCartney, A., Buck, M., Haviv, I., Purdie, D., Whiteman, D., Zeps, N., Millstein, J., Budden, T., Goode, E.L., Anglesio, M.S., Talhouk, A., Intermaggio, M.P., Leong, H.S., Chen, S., Elatre, W., Gilks, B., Nazeran, T., Volchek, M., Bentley, R.C., Wang, C., Chiu, D.S., Kommoss, S., Leung, S.C.Y., Senz, J., Lum, A., Chow, V., Sudderuddin, H., Mackenzie, R., George, J., Steed, H., Koziak, J.M., Köbel, M., McNeish, I.A., Goranova, T., Ennis, D., Macintyre, G., Silva De Silva, D., Ramón y Cajal, T., García-Donas, J., Hernando Polo, S., Rodriguez, G.C., Cushing-Haugen, K.L., Harris, H.R., Greene, C.S., Zelaya, R.A., Behrens, S., Fortner, R.T., Sinn, P., Herpel, E., Lester, J., Lubiński, J., Oszurek, O., Tołoczko, A., Cybulski, C., Menkiszak, J., Pearce, C.L., Pike, M.C., Tseng, C., Alsop, J., Rhenius, V., Song, H., Jimenez-Linan, M., Piskorz, A.M., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Karpinskyj, C., Widschwendter, M., Singh, N., Kennedy, C.J., Harnett, P.R., Gao, B., Johnatty, S.E., Sayer, R., Boros, J., Winham, S.J., Keeney, G.L., Kaufmann, S.H., Larson, M.C., Luk, H., Hernandez, B.Y., Thompson, P.J., Wilkens, L.R., Carney, M.E., Trabert, B., Lissowska, J., Brinton, L., Sherman, M.E., Bodelon, C., Hinsley, S., Lewsley, L.A., Glasspool, R., Banerjee, S.N., Stronach, E.A., Haluska, P., Ray-Coquard, I., Mahner, S., Winterhoff, B., Slamon, D., Levine, D.A., Kelemen, L.E., Benitez, J., Chang-Claude, J., Gronwald, J., Wu, A.H., Menon, U., Goodman, M.T., Schildkraut, J.M., Wentzensen, N., Brown, R., Berchuck, A., deFazio, A., Gayther, S.A., García, M.J., Henderson, M.J., Rossing, M.A., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Fasching, P.A., Orsulic, S., Karlan, B.Y., Konecny, G.E., Huntsman, D.G., Bowtell, D.D., Brenton, J.D., Doherty, J.A., Pharoah, P.D.P., and Ramus, S.J.
Published: 2020
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4. Lifetime ovulatory years and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a multinational pooled analysis.

Author: Fu, Z., Brooks, M.M., Irvin, S., Jordan, S., Aben, K.K.H., Anton-Culver, H., Bandera, E.V., Beckmann, M.W., Berchuck, A., Brooks-Wilson, A., Chang-Claude, J., Cook, L.S., Cramer, D.W, Cushing-Haugen, K.L., Doherty, J.A., Ekici, A.B., Fasching, P.A., Fortner, R.T., Gayther, S.A., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Giles, G.G., Goode, E.L., Goodman, M.T., Harris, H.R., Hein, A., Kaaks, R., Kiemeney, L.A., Köbel, M., Kotsopoulos, J., Le, N.D., Lee, A.W.C., Matsuo, K., McGuire, V., McLaughlin, J.R., Menon, U., Milne, R.L., Moysich, K.B., Pearce, C.L., Pike, M.C., Qin, B., Ramus, S.J., Riggan, M.J., Rothstein, J.H., Schildkraut, J.M., Sieh, W., Sutphen, R., Terry, K.L., Thompson, P.J., Titus, L., Altena, A.M. van, White, E., Whittemore, A.S., Wu, A.H., Zheng, W., Ziogas, Argyrios, Taylor, S.E., Tang, L., Songer, T., Wentzensen, N., Webb, P.M., Risch, H.A., Modugno, F., Fu, Z., Brooks, M.M., Irvin, S., Jordan, S., Aben, K.K.H., Anton-Culver, H., Bandera, E.V., Beckmann, M.W., Berchuck, A., Brooks-Wilson, A., Chang-Claude, J., Cook, L.S., Cramer, D.W, Cushing-Haugen, K.L., Doherty, J.A., Ekici, A.B., Fasching, P.A., Fortner, R.T., Gayther, S.A., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Giles, G.G., Goode, E.L., Goodman, M.T., Harris, H.R., Hein, A., Kaaks, R., Kiemeney, L.A., Köbel, M., Kotsopoulos, J., Le, N.D., Lee, A.W.C., Matsuo, K., McGuire, V., McLaughlin, J.R., Menon, U., Milne, R.L., Moysich, K.B., Pearce, C.L., Pike, M.C., Qin, B., Ramus, S.J., Riggan, M.J., Rothstein, J.H., Schildkraut, J.M., Sieh, W., Sutphen, R., Terry, K.L., Thompson, P.J., Titus, L., Altena, A.M. van, White, E., Whittemore, A.S., Wu, A.H., Zheng, W., Ziogas, Argyrios, Taylor, S.E., Tang, L., Songer, T., Wentzensen, N., Webb, P.M., Risch, H.A., and Modugno, F.
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext, BACKGROUND: The role of ovulation in epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is supported by the consistent protective effects of parity and oral contraceptive use. Whether these factors protect through anovulation alone remains unclear. We explored the association between lifetime ovulatory years (LOY) and EOC. METHODS: LOY was calculated using 12 algorithms. Odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) estimated the association between LOY or LOY components and EOC among 26 204 control participants and 21 267 case patients from 25 studies. To assess whether LOY components act through ovulation suppression alone, we compared beta coefficients obtained from regression models with expected estimates assuming 1 year of ovulation suppression has the same effect regardless of source. RESULTS: LOY was associated with increased EOC risk (OR per year increase = 1.014, 95% CI = 1.009 to 1.020 to OR per year increase = 1.044, 95% CI = 1.041 to 1.048). Individual LOY components, except age at menarche, also associated with EOC. The estimated model coefficient for oral contraceptive use and pregnancies were 4.45 times and 12- to 15-fold greater than expected, respectively. LOY was associated with high-grade serous, low-grade serous, endometrioid, and clear cell histotypes (ORs per year increase = 1.054, 1.040, 1.065, and 1.098, respectively) but not mucinous tumors. Estimated coefficients of LOY components were close to expected estimates for high-grade serous but larger than expected for low-grade serous, endometrioid, and clear cell histotypes. CONCLUSIONS: LOY is positively associated with nonmucinous EOC. Differences between estimated and expected model coefficients for LOY components suggest factors beyond ovulation underlie the associations between LOY components and EOC in general and for non-HGSOC.
Published: 2023

5. Behavior of overlapped CHS K/KK-joints with different welding situations

Author: Zhao, X.Z., primary, Qiu, S., additional, Chen, Y. Y., additional, Xu, X.B., additional, Wu, X.F., additional, Hu, K.H., additional, Wu, A.H., additional, and Chen, Y., additional
Published: 2017
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6. Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Association Study of Endometrial Cancer and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Identifies Genetic Risk Regions Associated with Risk of Both Cancers.

Author: Glubb D.M., Thompson D.J., Aben K.K.H., Alsulimani A., Amant F., Annibali D., Attia J., Barricarte A., Beckmann M.W., Berchuck A., Bermisheva M., Bernardini M.Q., Bischof K., Bjorge L., Bodelon C., Brand A.H., Brenton J.D., Brinton L.A., Bruinsma F., Buchanan D.D., Burghaus S., Butzow R., Cai H., Carney M.E., Chanock S.J., Chen C., Chen X.Q., Chen Z., Cook L.S., Cunningham J.M., De Vivo I., deFazio A., Doherty J.A., Dork T., du Bois A., Dunning A.M., Durst M., Edwards T., Edwards R.P., Ekici A.B., Ewing A., Fasching P.A., Ferguson S., Flanagan J.M., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Friedenreich C.M., Gao B., Gaudet M.M., Gawelko J., Gentry-Maharaj A., Giles G.G., Glasspool R., Goodman M.T., Gronwald J., Harris H.R., Harter P., Hein A., Heitz F., Hildebrandt M.A.T., Hillemanns P., Hogdall E., Hogdall C.K., Holliday E.G., Huntsman D.G., Huzarski T., Jakubowska A., Jensen A., Jones M.E., Karlan B.Y., Karnezis A., Kelley J.L., Khusnutdinova E., Killeen J.L., Kjaer S.K., Klapdor R., Kobel M., Konopka B., Konstantopoulou I., Kopperud R.K., Koti M., Kraft P., Kupryjanczyk J., Lambrechts D., Larson M.C., Le Marchand L., Lele S., Lester J., Li A.J., Liang D., Liebrich C., Lipworth L., Lissowska J., Lu L., Lu K.H., Macciotta A., Mattiello A., May T., McAlpine J.N., McGuire V., McNeish I.A., Menon U., Modugno F., Moysich K.B., Nevanlinna H., Odunsi K., Olsson H., Orsulic S., Osorio A., Palli D., Park-Simon T.-W., Pearce C.L., Pejovic T., Permuth J.B., Podgorska A., Ramus S.J., Rebbeck T.R., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Rothstein J.H., Runnebaum I.B., Scott R.J., Sellers T.A., Senz J., Setiawan V.W., Siddiqui N., Sieh W., Spiewankiewicz B., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Szafron L.M., Teo S.H., Thompson P.J., Thomsen L.C.V., Titus L., Tone A., Tumino R., Turman C., Vanderstichele A., Edwards D.V., Vergote I., Vierkant R.A., Wang Z., Wang-Gohrke S., Webb P.M., White E., Whittemore A.S., Winham S.J., Wu X., Wu A.H., Yannoukakos D., Spurdle A.B., O'Mara T.A., Glubb D.M., Thompson D.J., Aben K.K.H., Alsulimani A., Amant F., Annibali D., Attia J., Barricarte A., Beckmann M.W., Berchuck A., Bermisheva M., Bernardini M.Q., Bischof K., Bjorge L., Bodelon C., Brand A.H., Brenton J.D., Brinton L.A., Bruinsma F., Buchanan D.D., Burghaus S., Butzow R., Cai H., Carney M.E., Chanock S.J., Chen C., Chen X.Q., Chen Z., Cook L.S., Cunningham J.M., De Vivo I., deFazio A., Doherty J.A., Dork T., du Bois A., Dunning A.M., Durst M., Edwards T., Edwards R.P., Ekici A.B., Ewing A., Fasching P.A., Ferguson S., Flanagan J.M., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Friedenreich C.M., Gao B., Gaudet M.M., Gawelko J., Gentry-Maharaj A., Giles G.G., Glasspool R., Goodman M.T., Gronwald J., Harris H.R., Harter P., Hein A., Heitz F., Hildebrandt M.A.T., Hillemanns P., Hogdall E., Hogdall C.K., Holliday E.G., Huntsman D.G., Huzarski T., Jakubowska A., Jensen A., Jones M.E., Karlan B.Y., Karnezis A., Kelley J.L., Khusnutdinova E., Killeen J.L., Kjaer S.K., Klapdor R., Kobel M., Konopka B., Konstantopoulou I., Kopperud R.K., Koti M., Kraft P., Kupryjanczyk J., Lambrechts D., Larson M.C., Le Marchand L., Lele S., Lester J., Li A.J., Liang D., Liebrich C., Lipworth L., Lissowska J., Lu L., Lu K.H., Macciotta A., Mattiello A., May T., McAlpine J.N., McGuire V., McNeish I.A., Menon U., Modugno F., Moysich K.B., Nevanlinna H., Odunsi K., Olsson H., Orsulic S., Osorio A., Palli D., Park-Simon T.-W., Pearce C.L., Pejovic T., Permuth J.B., Podgorska A., Ramus S.J., Rebbeck T.R., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Rothstein J.H., Runnebaum I.B., Scott R.J., Sellers T.A., Senz J., Setiawan V.W., Siddiqui N., Sieh W., Spiewankiewicz B., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Szafron L.M., Teo S.H., Thompson P.J., Thomsen L.C.V., Titus L., Tone A., Tumino R., Turman C., Vanderstichele A., Edwards D.V., Vergote I., Vierkant R.A., Wang Z., Wang-Gohrke S., Webb P.M., White E., Whittemore A.S., Winham S.J., Wu X., Wu A.H., Yannoukakos D., Spurdle A.B., and O'Mara T.A.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests a relationship between endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. Independent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer have identified 16 and 27 risk regions, respectively, four of which overlap between the two cancers. We aimed to identify joint endometrial and ovarian cancer risk loci by performing a meta-analysis of GWAS summary statistics from these two cancers. METHOD(S): Using LDScore regression, we explored the genetic correlation between endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. To identify loci associated with the risk of both cancers, we implemented a pipeline of statistical genetic analyses (i.e., inverse-variance meta-analysis, colocalization, and M-values) and performed analyses stratified by subtype. Candidate target genes were then prioritized using functional genomic data. RESULT(S): Genetic correlation analysis revealed significant genetic correlation between the two cancers (rG = 0.43, P = 2.66 x 10-5). We found seven loci associated with risk for both cancers (PBonferroni < 2.4 x 10-9). In addition, four novel subgenome-wide regions at 7p22.2, 7q22.1, 9p12, and 11q13.3 were identified (P < 5 x 10-7). Promoter-associated HiChIP chromatin loops from immortalized endometrium and ovarian cell lines and expression quantitative trait loci data highlighted candidate target genes for further investigation. CONCLUSION(S): Using cross-cancer GWAS meta-analysis, we have identified several joint endometrial and ovarian cancer risk loci and candidate target genes for future functional analysis. IMPACT: Our research highlights the shared genetic relationship between endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. Further studies in larger sample sets are required to confirm our findings.Copyright ©2020 American Association for Cancer Research.
Published: 2022

7. Copy Number Variants Are Ovarian Cancer Risk Alleles at Known and Novel Risk Loci

Author: DeVries, A.A.F., Dennis, J., Tyrer, J.P., Peng, P.C., Coetzee, S.G., Reyes, A.L., Plummer, J.T., Davis, B.D., Chen, S.S., Dezem, F.S., Aben, K.K.H., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N.N., Beckmann, M.W., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Berchuck, A., Bogdanova, N.V., Bogdanova-Markov, N., Brenton, J.D., Butzow, R., Campbell, I., Chang-Claude, J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Cook, L.S., Defazio, A., Doherty, J.A., Dörk, T., Eccles, D.M., Eliassen, A.H., Fasching, P.A., Fortner, R.T., Giles, G.G., Goode, E.L., Goodman, M.T., Gronwald, J., Håkansson, N., Hildebrandt, M.A., Huff, C., Huntsman, D.G., Jensen, A., Kar, S., Karlan, B.Y., Khusnutdinova, E.K., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Kjaer, S.K., Kupryjanczyk, J., Labrie, M., Lambrechts, D., Le, N.D., Lubiński, J., May, T., Menon, U., Milne, R.L., Modugno, F., Monteiro, Ana, Moysich, K.B., Odunsi, K., Olsson, H., Pearce, C.L., Pejovic, T., Ramus, S.J., Riboli, E., Riggan, M.J., Romieu, I., Sandler, D.P., Schildkraut, J.M., Setiawan, V.W., Sieh, W., Song, H., Sutphen, R., Terry, K.L., Thompson, P.J., Titus, L., Tworoger, S.S., Nieuwenhuysen, E. Van, Edwards, D.V., Webb, P.M., Wentzensen, N., Whittemore, A.S., Wolk, A., Wu, A.H., Ziogas, Argyrios, Freedman, M.L., Lawrenson, K., Pharoah, P.D., Easton, D.F., Gayther, S.A., Jones, M.R., DeVries, A.A.F., Dennis, J., Tyrer, J.P., Peng, P.C., Coetzee, S.G., Reyes, A.L., Plummer, J.T., Davis, B.D., Chen, S.S., Dezem, F.S., Aben, K.K.H., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N.N., Beckmann, M.W., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Berchuck, A., Bogdanova, N.V., Bogdanova-Markov, N., Brenton, J.D., Butzow, R., Campbell, I., Chang-Claude, J., Chenevix-Trench, G., Cook, L.S., Defazio, A., Doherty, J.A., Dörk, T., Eccles, D.M., Eliassen, A.H., Fasching, P.A., Fortner, R.T., Giles, G.G., Goode, E.L., Goodman, M.T., Gronwald, J., Håkansson, N., Hildebrandt, M.A., Huff, C., Huntsman, D.G., Jensen, A., Kar, S., Karlan, B.Y., Khusnutdinova, E.K., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Kjaer, S.K., Kupryjanczyk, J., Labrie, M., Lambrechts, D., Le, N.D., Lubiński, J., May, T., Menon, U., Milne, R.L., Modugno, F., Monteiro, Ana, Moysich, K.B., Odunsi, K., Olsson, H., Pearce, C.L., Pejovic, T., Ramus, S.J., Riboli, E., Riggan, M.J., Romieu, I., Sandler, D.P., Schildkraut, J.M., Setiawan, V.W., Sieh, W., Song, H., Sutphen, R., Terry, K.L., Thompson, P.J., Titus, L., Tworoger, S.S., Nieuwenhuysen, E. Van, Edwards, D.V., Webb, P.M., Wentzensen, N., Whittemore, A.S., Wolk, A., Wu, A.H., Ziogas, Argyrios, Freedman, M.L., Lawrenson, K., Pharoah, P.D., Easton, D.F., Gayther, S.A., and Jones, M.R.
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext, BACKGROUND: Known risk alleles for epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) account for approximately 40% of the heritability for EOC. Copy number variants (CNVs) have not been investigated as EOC risk alleles in a large population cohort. METHODS: Single nucleotide polymorphism array data from 13 071 EOC cases and 17 306 controls of White European ancestry were used to identify CNVs associated with EOC risk using a rare admixture maximum likelihood test for gene burden and a by-probe ratio test. We performed enrichment analysis of CNVs at known EOC risk loci and functional biofeatures in ovarian cancer-related cell types. RESULTS: We identified statistically significant risk associations with CNVs at known EOC risk genes; BRCA1 (PEOC = 1.60E-21; OREOC = 8.24), RAD51C (Phigh-grade serous ovarian cancer [HGSOC] = 5.5E-4; odds ratio [OR]HGSOC = 5.74 del), and BRCA2 (PHGSOC = 7.0E-4; ORHGSOC = 3.31 deletion). Four suggestive associations (P < .001) were identified for rare CNVs. Risk-associated CNVs were enriched (P < .05) at known EOC risk loci identified by genome-wide association study. Noncoding CNVs were enriched in active promoters and insulators in EOC-related cell types. CONCLUSIONS: CNVs in BRCA1 have been previously reported in smaller studies, but their observed frequency in this large population-based cohort, along with the CNVs observed at BRCA2 and RAD51C gene loci in EOC cases, suggests that these CNVs are potentially pathogenic and may contribute to the spectrum of disease-causing mutations in these genes. CNVs are likely to occur in a wider set of susceptibility regions, with potential implications for clinical genetic testing and disease prevention.
Published: 2022

8. eQTL Set-Based Association Analysis Identifies Novel Susceptibility Loci for Barrett Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma.

Author: Wang, Xiaoyu, Gharahkhani, P., Levine, D.M., Fitzgerald, R.C., Gockel, I., Corley, D.A., Risch, H.A., Bernstein, L., Chow, W.H., Onstad, L., Shaheen, N.J., Lagergren, J., Hardie, L.J., Wu, A.H., Pharoah, P.D., Liu, G., Anderson, L.A., Iyer, P.G., Gammon, M.D., Caldas, C., Ye, W., Barr, H., Moayyedi, P., Harrison, R., Watson, R.G.P., Attwood, S., Chegwidden, L., Love, S.B., MacDonald, D., DeCaestecker, J., Prenen, H., Ott, K., Moebus, S., Venerito, M., Lang, H., Mayershofer, R., Knapp, M., Veits, L., Gerges, C., Weismüller, J., Reeh, M., Nöthen, M.M., Izbicki, J.R., Manner, H., Neuhaus, H., Rösch, T., Böhmer, A.C., Hölscher, A.H., Anders, M., Pech, O., Schumacher, B., Schmidt, C., Schmidt, T., Noder, T., Lorenz, D., Vieth, M., May, A., Hess, T., Kreuser, N., Becker, J., Ell, C., Tomlinson, I., Palles, C., Jankowski, J.A., Whiteman, D.C., MacGregor, S., Schumacher, J., Vaughan, T.L., Buas, M.F., Dai, J.Y., Wang, Xiaoyu, Gharahkhani, P., Levine, D.M., Fitzgerald, R.C., Gockel, I., Corley, D.A., Risch, H.A., Bernstein, L., Chow, W.H., Onstad, L., Shaheen, N.J., Lagergren, J., Hardie, L.J., Wu, A.H., Pharoah, P.D., Liu, G., Anderson, L.A., Iyer, P.G., Gammon, M.D., Caldas, C., Ye, W., Barr, H., Moayyedi, P., Harrison, R., Watson, R.G.P., Attwood, S., Chegwidden, L., Love, S.B., MacDonald, D., DeCaestecker, J., Prenen, H., Ott, K., Moebus, S., Venerito, M., Lang, H., Mayershofer, R., Knapp, M., Veits, L., Gerges, C., Weismüller, J., Reeh, M., Nöthen, M.M., Izbicki, J.R., Manner, H., Neuhaus, H., Rösch, T., Böhmer, A.C., Hölscher, A.H., Anders, M., Pech, O., Schumacher, B., Schmidt, C., Schmidt, T., Noder, T., Lorenz, D., Vieth, M., May, A., Hess, T., Kreuser, N., Becker, J., Ell, C., Tomlinson, I., Palles, C., Jankowski, J.A., Whiteman, D.C., MacGregor, S., Schumacher, J., Vaughan, T.L., Buas, M.F., and Dai, J.Y.
Abstract: Item does not contain fulltext, BACKGROUND: Over 20 susceptibility single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) have been identified for esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and its precursor, Barrett esophagus (BE), explaining a small portion of heritability. METHODS: Using genetic data from 4,323 BE and 4,116 EAC patients aggregated by international consortia including the Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON), we conducted a comprehensive transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) for BE/EAC, leveraging Genotype Tissue Expression (GTEx) gene-expression data from six tissue types of plausible relevance to EAC etiology: mucosa and muscularis from the esophagus, gastroesophageal (GE) junction, stomach, whole blood, and visceral adipose. Two analytical approaches were taken: standard TWAS using the predicted gene expression from local expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL), and set-based SKAT association using selected eQTLs that predict the gene expression. RESULTS: Although the standard approach did not identify significant signals, the eQTL set-based approach identified eight novel associations, three of which were validated in independent external data (eQTL SNP sets for EXOC3, ZNF641, and HSP90AA1). CONCLUSIONS: This study identified novel genetic susceptibility loci for EAC and BE using an eQTL set-based genetic association approach. IMPACT: This study expanded the pool of genetic susceptibility loci for EAC and BE, suggesting the potential of the eQTL set-based genetic association approach as an alternative method for TWAS analysis.
Published: 2022

9. 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

10. Germline variation in the insulin-like growth factor pathway and risk of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma

Author: Dighe, S.G., Chen, J., Yan, L., He, Q., Gharahkhani, P., Onstad, L., Levine, D.M., Palles, C., Ye, W., Gammon, M.D., Iyer, P.G., Anderson, L.A., Liu, G., Wu, A.H., Dai, J.Y., Chow, W.H., Risch, H.A., Lagergren, J., Shaheen, N.J., Bernstein, L., Corley, D.A., Prenen, H., DeCaestecker, J., MacDonald, D., Moayyedi, P., Barr, H., Love, S.B., Chegwidden, L., Attwood, S., Watson, P., Harrison, R., Ott, K., Moebus, S., Venerito, M., Lang, H., Mayershofer, R., Knapp, M., Veits, L., Gerges, C., Weismüller, J., Gockel, I., Vashist, Y., Nöthen, M.M., Izbicki, J.R., Manner, H., Neuhaus, H., Rösch, T., Böhmer, A.C., Hölscher, A.H., Anders, M., Pech, O., Schumacher, B., Schmidt, C., Schmidt, T., Noder, T., Lorenz, D., Vieth, M., May, A., Hess, T., Kreuser, N., Becker, J., Ell, C., Ambrosone, C.B., Moysich, K.B., MacGregor, S., Tomlinson, I., Whiteman, D.C., Jankowski, J., Schumacher, J., Vaughan, T.L., Madeleine, M.M., Hardie, L.J., Buas, M.F., Dighe, S.G., Chen, J., Yan, L., He, Q., Gharahkhani, P., Onstad, L., Levine, D.M., Palles, C., Ye, W., Gammon, M.D., Iyer, P.G., Anderson, L.A., Liu, G., Wu, A.H., Dai, J.Y., Chow, W.H., Risch, H.A., Lagergren, J., Shaheen, N.J., Bernstein, L., Corley, D.A., Prenen, H., DeCaestecker, J., MacDonald, D., Moayyedi, P., Barr, H., Love, S.B., Chegwidden, L., Attwood, S., Watson, P., Harrison, R., Ott, K., Moebus, S., Venerito, M., Lang, H., Mayershofer, R., Knapp, M., Veits, L., Gerges, C., Weismüller, J., Gockel, I., Vashist, Y., Nöthen, M.M., Izbicki, J.R., Manner, H., Neuhaus, H., Rösch, T., Böhmer, A.C., Hölscher, A.H., Anders, M., Pech, O., Schumacher, B., Schmidt, C., Schmidt, T., Noder, T., Lorenz, D., Vieth, M., May, A., Hess, T., Kreuser, N., Becker, J., Ell, C., Ambrosone, C.B., Moysich, K.B., MacGregor, S., Tomlinson, I., Whiteman, D.C., Jankowski, J., Schumacher, J., Vaughan, T.L., Madeleine, M.M., Hardie, L.J., and Buas, M.F.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 235640.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access), Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) and its precursor, Barrett's esophagus (BE), have uncovered significant genetic components of risk, but most heritability remains unexplained. Targeted assessment of genetic variation in biologically relevant pathways using novel analytical approaches may identify missed susceptibility signals. Central obesity, a key BE/EAC risk factor, is linked to systemic inflammation, altered hormonal signaling and insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis dysfunction. Here, we assessed IGF-related genetic variation and risk of BE and EAC. Principal component analysis was employed to evaluate pathway-level and gene-level associations with BE/EAC, using genotypes for 270 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in or near 12 IGF-related genes, ascertained from 3295 BE cases, 2515 EAC cases and 3207 controls in the Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium (BEACON) GWAS. Gene-level signals were assessed using Multi-marker Analysis of GenoMic Annotation (MAGMA) and SNP summary statistics from BEACON and an expanded GWAS meta-analysis (6167 BE cases, 4112 EAC cases, 17 159 controls). Global variation in the IGF pathway was associated with risk of BE (P = 0.0015). Gene-level associations with BE were observed for GHR (growth hormone receptor; P = 0.00046, false discovery rate q = 0.0056) and IGF1R (IGF1 receptor; P = 0.0090, q = 0.0542). These gene-level signals remained significant at q < 0.1 when assessed using data from the largest available BE/EAC GWAS meta-analysis. No significant associations were observed for EAC. This study represents the most comprehensive evaluation to date of inherited genetic variation in the IGF pathway and BE/EAC risk, providing novel evidence that variation in two genes encoding cell-surface receptors, GHR and IGF1R, may influence risk of BE.
Published: 2021

11. Response to Li and Hopper.

Author: Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Huyghe J.R., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., Hsu L., Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Huyghe J.R., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., and Hsu L.
Published: 2021

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

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

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

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

14. Genetically predicted circulating concentrations of micronutrients and risk of colorectal cancer among individuals of European descent: a Mendelian randomization study.

Author: Hampe J., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Markozannes G., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-de-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., Travis R.C., Hampe J., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Markozannes G., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-de-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., and Travis R.C.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: The literature on associations of circulating concentrations of minerals and vitamins with risk of colorectal cancer is limited and inconsistent. Evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to support the efficacy of dietary modification or nutrient supplementation for colorectal cancer prevention is also limited. OBJECTIVE(S): To complement observational and RCT findings, we investigated associations of genetically predicted concentrations of 11 micronutrients (beta-carotene, calcium, copper, folate, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and zinc) with colorectal cancer risk using Mendelian randomization (MR). METHOD(S): Two-sample MR was conducted using 58,221 individuals with colorectal cancer and 67,694 controls from the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, Colorectal Cancer Transdisciplinary Study, and Colon Cancer Family Registry. Inverse variance-weighted MR analyses were performed with sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of potential violations of MR assumptions. RESULT(S): Nominally significant associations were noted for genetically predicted iron concentration and higher risk of colon cancer [ORs per SD (ORSD): 1.08; 95% CI: 1.00, 1.17; P value=0.05] and similarly for proximal colon cancer, and for vitamin B-12 concentration and higher risk of colorectal cancer (ORSD: 1.12; 95% CI: 1.03, 1.21; P value=0.01) and similarly for colon cancer. A nominally significant association was also noted for genetically predicted selenium concentration and lower risk of colon cancer (ORSD: 0.98; 95% CI: 0.96, 1.00; P value=0.05) and similarly for distal colon cancer. These associations were robust to sensitivity analyses. Nominally significant inverse associations were observed for zinc and risk of colorectal and distal colon cancers, but sensitivity analyses could not be performed. None of these findings survived correction for multiple testing. Genetically predicted concentrations of beta-caroten
Published: 2021

15. Salicylic acid and risk of colorectal cancer: A two-sample mendelian randomization study.

Author: Nounu A., Richmond R.C., Stewart I.D., Surendran P., Wareham N.J., Butterworth A., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Marchand L.L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Dujinhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Amitay E., Alwers E., Chang-Claude J., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.-R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., Van Guelpen B., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Pharoah P.D.P., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Brenner H., Hoffmeister M., Williams A.C., Relton C.L., Nounu A., Richmond R.C., Stewart I.D., Surendran P., Wareham N.J., Butterworth A., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Marchand L.L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Dujinhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Amitay E., Alwers E., Chang-Claude J., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.-R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., Van Guelpen B., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Pharoah P.D.P., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Brenner H., Hoffmeister M., Williams A.C., and Relton C.L.
Abstract: Salicylic acid (SA) has observationally been shown to decrease colorectal cancer (CRC) risk. Aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid, that rapidly deacetylates to SA) is an effective primary and secondary chemopreventive agent. Through a Mendelian randomization (MR) approach, we aimed to address whether levels of SA affected CRC risk, stratifying by aspirin use. A two-sample MR analysis was performed using GWAS summary statistics of SA (INTERVAL and EPIC-Norfolk, N = 14,149) and CRC (CCFR, CORECT, GECCO and UK Biobank, 55,168 cases and 65,160 controls). The DACHS study (4410 cases and 3441 controls) was used for replication and stratification of aspirin use. SNPs proxying SA were selected via three methods: (1) functional SNPs that influence the activity of aspirin-metabolising enzymes; (2) pathway SNPs present in enzymes' coding regions; and (3) genome-wide significant SNPs. We found no association between functional SNPs and SA levels. The pathway and genome-wide SNPs showed no association between SA and CRC risk (OR:1.03, 95% CI: 0.84-1.27 and OR: 1.08, 95% CI:0.86-1.34, respectively). Results remained unchanged upon aspirin use stratification. We found little evidence to suggest that an SD increase in genetically predicted SA protects against CRC risk in the general population and upon stratification by aspirin use.Copyright © 2021 by the authors. Li-censee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Published: 2021

16. Genetically predicted circulating concentrations of micronutrients and risk of colorectal cancer among individuals of European descent: A Mendelian randomization study.

Author: Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Markozannes G., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., Travis R.C., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., Van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., De La Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-De-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Tsilidis K.K., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Gill D., Lewis S.J., Martin R.M., Murphy N., Markozannes G., Zuber V., Cross A.J., Burrows K., Lopez D.S., Key T.J., Travis R.C., Perez-Cornago A., Hunter D.J., Van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Albanes D., Arndt V., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Boehm J., Brenner H., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., De La Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Goodman P.J., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kweon S.-S., Larsson S.C., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Nan H., Nassir R., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Pharoah P.D.P., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qi L., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Slattery M.L., Snetselaar L., Schenk J., Thibodeau S.N., Ulrich C.M., Van Guelpen B., Harlid S., Visvanathan K., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Bueno-De-Mesquita B., Boutron-Ruault M.-C., Hughes D.J., Jakszyn P., Kuhn T., Palli D., Riboli E., Giovannucci E.L., Banbury B.L., Gruber S.B., Peters U., and Gunter M.J.
Abstract: Background: The literature on associations of circulating concentrations of minerals and vitamins with risk of colorectal cancer is limited and inconsistent. Evidence from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to support the efficacy of dietary modification or nutrient supplementation for colorectal cancer prevention is also limited. Objective(s): To complement observational and RCT findings, we investigated associations of genetically predicted concentrations of 11 micronutrients (beta-carotene, calcium, copper, folate, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, vitamin B-6, vitamin B-12, and zinc) with colorectal cancer risk using Mendelian randomization (MR). Method(s): Two-sample MR was conducted using 58,221 individuals with colorectal cancer and 67,694 controls from the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, Colorectal Cancer Transdisciplinary Study, and Colon Cancer Family Registry. Inverse variance-weighted MR analyses were performed with sensitivity analyses to assess the impact of potential violations of MR assumptions. Result(s): Nominally significant associations were noted for genetically predicted iron concentration and higher risk of colon cancer [ORs per SD (ORSD): 1.08 95% CI: 1.00, 1.17 P value = 0.05] and similarly for proximal colon cancer, and for vitamin B-12 concentration and higher risk of colorectal cancer (ORSD: 1.12 95% CI: 1.03, 1.21 P value = 0.01) and similarly for colon cancer. A nominally significant association was also noted for genetically predicted selenium concentration and lower risk of colon cancer (ORSD: 0.98 95% CI: 0.96, 1.00 P value = 0.05) and similarly for distal colon cancer. These associations were robust to sensitivity analyses. Nominally significant inverse associations were observed for zinc and risk of colorectal and distal colon cancers, but sensitivity analyses could not be performed. None of these findings survived correction for multiple testing. Genetically predicted concentrations of beta-caroten
Published: 2021

17. A combined proteomics and mendelian randomization approach to investigate the effects of aspirin-targeted proteins on colorectal cancer.

Author: Pharoah P.D.P., Nounu A., Greenhough A., Heesom K.J., Richmond R.C., Zheng J., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Williams A.C., Relton C.L., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Le Marchand L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Brenner H., Chang-Claude J., Hoffmeister M., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., van Guelpen B., Pharoah P.D.P., Nounu A., Greenhough A., Heesom K.J., Richmond R.C., Zheng J., Weinstein S.J., Albanes D., Gallinger S., Hampel H., Berndt S.I., Lindblom A., Wolk A., Wu A.H., White E., Peters U., Drew D.A., Scherer D., Bermejo J.L., Williams A.C., Relton C.L., Baron J.A., Hopper J.L., Figueiredo J.C., Newcomb P.A., Lindor N.M., Casey G., Platz E.A., Le Marchand L., Ulrich C.M., Li C.I., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Gsur A., Campbell P.T., Moreno V., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Brenner H., Chang-Claude J., Hoffmeister M., Sakoda L.C., Slattery M.L., Schoen R.E., Gunter M.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Kim H.R., Kweon S.-S., Chan A.T., Li L., Zheng W., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Rennert G., Stadler Z.K., Harrison T.A., Lin Y., Keku T.O., Woods M.O., Schafmayer C., and van Guelpen B.
Abstract: Background: Evidence for aspirin's chemopreventative properties on colorectal cancer (CRC) is substantial, but its mechanism of action is not well-understood. We combined a proteomic approach with Mendelian randomization (MR) to identify possible new aspirin targets that decrease CRC risk. Method(s): Human colorectal adenoma cells (RG/C2) were treated with aspirin (24 hours) and a stable isotope labeling with amino acids in cell culture (SILAC) based proteomics approach identified altered protein expression. Protein quantitative trait loci (pQTLs) from INTERVAL (N 1/4 3,301) and expression QTLs (eQTLs) from the eQTLGen Consortium (N 1/4 31,684) were used as genetic proxies for protein and mRNA expression levels. Two-sample MR of mRNA/protein expression on CRC risk was performed using eQTL/pQTL data combined with CRC genetic summary data from the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR), Colorectal Transdisciplinary (CORECT), Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer (GECCO) consortia and UK Biobank (55,168 cases and 65,160 controls). Result(s): Altered expression was detected for 125/5886 proteins. Of these, aspirin decreased MCM6, RRM2, and ARFIP2 expression, and MR analysis showed that a standard deviation increase in mRNA/protein expression was associated with increased CRC risk (OR: 1.08, 95% CI, 1.03-1.13; OR: 3.33, 95% CI, 2.46-4.50; and OR: 1.15, 95% CI, 1.02-1.29, respectively). Conclusion(s): MCM6 and RRM2 are involved in DNA repair whereby reduced expression may lead to increased DNA aberrations and ultimately cancer cell death, whereas ARFIP2 is involved in actin cytoskeletal regulation, indicating a possible role in aspirin's reduction of metastasis. Impact: Our approach has shown how laboratory experiments and population-based approaches can combine to identify aspirin-targeted proteins possibly affecting CRC risk.Copyright ©2020 American Association for Cancer Research.
Published: 2021

18. Gene-environment interactions relevant to estrogen and risk of breast cancer: Can gene-environment interactions be detected only among candidate snps from genome-wide association studies?.

Author: Park J.Y., Choi J.-Y., Choi J., Chung S., Song N., Park S.K., Han W., Noh D.-Y., Ahn S.-H., Lee J.W., Kim M.K., Jee S.H., Wen W., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Michailidou K., Shah M., Conroy D.M., Harrington P.A., Mayes R., Czene K., Hall P., Teras L.R., Patel A.V., Couch F.J., Olson J.E., Sawyer E.J., Roylance R., Bojesen S.E., Flyger H., Lambrechts D., Baten A., Matsuo K., Ito H., Guenel P., Truong T., Keeman R., Schmidt M.K., Wu A.H., Tseng C.-C., Cox A., Cross S.S., Investigators K., Andrulis I.L., Hopper J.L., Southey M.C., Wu P.-E., Shen C.-Y., Fasching P.A., Ekici A.B., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Brenner H., Arndt V., Jones M.E., Swerdlow A.J., Hoppe R., Ko Y.-D., Hartman M., Li J., Mannermaa A., Hartikainen J.M., Benitez J., Gonzalez-Neira A., Haiman C.A., Dork T., Bogdanova N.V., Teo S.H., Taib N.A.M., Fletcher O., Johnson N., Grip M., Winqvist R., Blomqvist C., Nevanlinna H., Lindblom A., Wendt C., Kristensen V.N., Collaborators N.B.C.S., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Radice P., Bonanni B., Hamann U., Manoochehri M., Lacey J.V., Martinez M.E., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Yoo K.-Y., Kang D., Park J.Y., Choi J.-Y., Choi J., Chung S., Song N., Park S.K., Han W., Noh D.-Y., Ahn S.-H., Lee J.W., Kim M.K., Jee S.H., Wen W., Bolla M.K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Michailidou K., Shah M., Conroy D.M., Harrington P.A., Mayes R., Czene K., Hall P., Teras L.R., Patel A.V., Couch F.J., Olson J.E., Sawyer E.J., Roylance R., Bojesen S.E., Flyger H., Lambrechts D., Baten A., Matsuo K., Ito H., Guenel P., Truong T., Keeman R., Schmidt M.K., Wu A.H., Tseng C.-C., Cox A., Cross S.S., Investigators K., Andrulis I.L., Hopper J.L., Southey M.C., Wu P.-E., Shen C.-Y., Fasching P.A., Ekici A.B., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Brenner H., Arndt V., Jones M.E., Swerdlow A.J., Hoppe R., Ko Y.-D., Hartman M., Li J., Mannermaa A., Hartikainen J.M., Benitez J., Gonzalez-Neira A., Haiman C.A., Dork T., Bogdanova N.V., Teo S.H., Taib N.A.M., Fletcher O., Johnson N., Grip M., Winqvist R., Blomqvist C., Nevanlinna H., Lindblom A., Wendt C., Kristensen V.N., Collaborators N.B.C.S., Tollenaar R.A.E.M., Heemskerk-Gerritsen B.A.M., Radice P., Bonanni B., Hamann U., Manoochehri M., Lacey J.V., Martinez M.E., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Easton D.F., Yoo K.-Y., and Kang D.
Abstract: In this study we aim to examine gene-environment interactions (GxEs) between genes involved with estrogen metabolism and environmental factors related to estrogen exposure. GxE analyses were conducted with 1970 Korean breast cancer cases and 2052 controls in the case-control study, the Seoul Breast Cancer Study (SEBCS). A total of 11,555 SNPs from the 137 candidate genes were included in the GxE analyses with eight established environmental factors. A replication test was conducted by using an independent population from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), with 62,485 Europeans and 9047 Asians. The GxE tests were performed by using two-step methods in GxEScan software. Two interactions were found in the SEBCS. The first interaction was shown between rs13035764 of NCOA1 and age at menarche in the GE2df model (p-2df = 1.2 x 10-3 ). The age at menarche before 14 years old was associated with the high risk of breast cancer, and the risk was higher when subjects had homozygous minor allele G. The second GxE was shown between rs851998 near ESR1 and height in the GE2df model (p-2df = 1.1 x 10-4 ). Height taller than 160 cm was associated with a high risk of breast cancer, and the risk increased when the minor allele was added. The findings were not replicated in the BCAC. These results would suggest specificity in Koreans for breast cancer risk.Copyright © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
Published: 2021

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

Author: Fachal, L., Aschard, H., Beesley, J., Barnes, D.R., Allen, J., Kar, S., Pooley, K.A., Dennis, J., Michailidou, K., Turman, C., Soucy, P., Lemaçon, A., Lush, M., Tyrer, J.P., Ghoussaini, M., Marjaneh, M.M., Jiang, X., Agata, S., Aittomäki, K., Alonso, M.R., Andrulis, I.L., Anton-Culver, H., Antonenkova, N.N., Arason, A., Arndt, V., Aronson, K.J., Arun, B.K., Auber, B., Auer, P.L., Azzollini, J., Balmaña, J., Barkardottir, R.B., Barrowdale, D., Beeghly-Fadiel, A., Benitez, J., Bermisheva, M., Białkowska, K., Blanco, A.M., Blomqvist, C., Blot, W., Bogdanova, N.V., Bojesen, S.E., Bolla, M.K., Bonanni, B., Borg, A., Bosse, K., Brauch, H., Brenner, H., Briceno, I., Brock, I.W., Brooks-Wilson, A., Brüning, T., Burwinkel, B., Buys, S.S., Cai, Q., Caldés, T., Caligo, M.A., Camp, N.J., Campbell, I., Canzian, F., Carroll, J.S., Carter, B.D., Castelao, J.E., Chiquette, J., Christiansen, H., Chung, W.K., Claes, K.B.M., Clarke, C.L., Mari, V., Berthet, P., Castera, L., Vaur, D., Lallaoui, 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Chan School of Public Health, This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement number 656144. Genotyping of the OncoArray was principally funded from three sources: the PERSPECTIVE project (funded by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the ‘Ministère de l’Économie de la Science et de l’Innovation du Québec’ (through Genome Québec) and the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation), the NCI Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME-ON) initiative and the Discovery, Biology and Risk of Inherited Variants in Breast Cancer (DRIVE) project (NIH grants U19 CA148065 and X01HG007492), and Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118, C8197/A16565 and C1287/A16563). BCAC is funded by Cancer Research UK (C1287/A16563), by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement 223175 (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175) (COGS) and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreements 633784 (B-CAST) and 634935 (BRIDGES). Genotyping of the iCOGS array was funded by the European Union (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175), Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10710), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the ‘CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer’ program, and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Quebec (grant PSR-SIIRI-701). Combining of the GWAS data was supported in part by NIH Cancer Post-Cancer GWAS initiative grant U19 CA 148065 (DRIVE, part of the GAME-ON initiative). 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University of Cambridge Repository, Academic Medical Center, ARD - Amsterdam Reproduction and Development, Human genetics, CCA - Cancer biology and immunology, Molecular cell biology and Immunology, Medicum, Kristiina Aittomäki / Principal Investigator, HUSLAB, Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, HUS Comprehensive Cancer Center, Department of Oncology, Clinicum, Doctoral Programme in Clinical Research, Staff Services, INDIVIDRUG - Individualized Drug Therapy, HUS Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Subjects: CHROMATIN, Linkage disequilibrium, Genome-wide association study, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Genome-wide association studies, Linkage Disequilibrium, Basic medicine, 0302 clinical medicine, Breast cancer, MESH: Risk Factors, Risk Factors, COMPREHENSIVE MOLECULAR PORTRAITS, 11 Medical and Health Sciences, HEBON Investigators, Genetics & Heredity, 0303 health sciences, [STAT.AP]Statistics [stat]/Applications [stat.AP], PROTEIN FUNCTION, Tumor, breast tumor, MESH: Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 1184 Genetics, developmental biology, physiology, MESH: Genetic Predisposition to Disease, apoptosis, Chromosome Mapping, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, MESH: Linkage Disequilibrium, Female, MESH: Biomarkers, Tumor, Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics, [STAT.ME]Statistics [stat]/Methodology [stat.ME], Life Sciences & Biomedicine, SUSCEPTIBILITY LOCI, MESH: Bayes Theorem, Quantitative Trait Loci, ABCTB Investigators, INTEGRATIVE ANALYSIS, Breast Neoplasms, Computational biology, Biology, Quantitative trait locus, Breast Neoplasms/genetics, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Article, ENHANCER, GEMO Study Collaborators, 03 medical and health sciences, breast cancer, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, REVEALS, Genetics, Biomarkers, Tumor, MESH: Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION, FUNCTIONAL VARIANTS, EMBRACE Collaborators, Gene, 030304 developmental biology, Genetic association, Bayes Theorem, Genome-Wide Association Study, MESH: Humans, Science & Technology, Nucleic Acid, gene mapping, 06 Biological Sciences, MESH: Quantitative Trait Loci, DNA binding site, ESTROGEN-RECEPTOR, [SDV.GEN.GH]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Genetics/Human genetics, Clinical medicine, Expression quantitative trait loci, MESH: Genome-Wide Association Study, Human genome, [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie, KConFab Investigators, [INFO.INFO-BI]Computer Science [cs]/Bioinformatics [q-bio.QM], MESH: Chromosome Mapping, Chromosome Mapping/methods, Regulatory Sequences, MESH: Female, Biomarkers, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, MESH: Breast Neoplasms, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have identified breast cancer risk variants in over 150 genomic regions, but the mechanisms underlying risk remain largely unknown. These regions were explored by combining association analysis with in silico genomic feature annotations. We defined 205 independent risk-associated signals with the set of credible causal variants in each one. In parallel, we used a Bayesian approach (PAINTOR) that combines genetic association, linkage disequilibrium and enriched genomic features to determine variants with high posterior probabilities of being causal. Potentially causal variants were significantly over-represented in active gene regulatory regions and transcription factor binding sites. We applied our INQUSIT pipeline for prioritizing genes as targets of those potentially causal variants, using gene expression (expression quantitative trait loci), chromatin interaction and functional annotations. Known cancer drivers, transcription factors and genes in the developmental, apoptosis, immune system and DNA integrity checkpoint gene ontology pathways were over-represented among the highest-confidence target genes., This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement number 656144. Genotyping of the OncoArray was principally funded from three sources: the PERSPECTIVE project (funded by the Government of Canada through Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the ‘Ministère de l’Économie de la Science et de l’Innovation du Québec’ (through Genome Québec) and the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation); the NCI Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME-ON) initiative and the Discovery, Biology and Risk of Inherited Variants in Breast Cancer (DRIVE) project (NIH grants U19 CA148065 and X01HG007492); and Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10118, C8197/A16565 and C1287/A16563). BCAC is funded by Cancer Research UK (C1287/A16563), by the European Community’s Seventh Framework Programme under grant agreement 223175 (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175) (COGS) and by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreements 633784 (B-CAST) and 634935 (BRIDGES). Genotyping of the iCOGS array was funded by the European Union (HEALTH-F2-2009-223175), Cancer Research UK (C1287/A10710), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for the ‘CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer’ program, and the Ministry of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade of Quebec (grant PSR-SIIRI-701). Combining of the GWAS data was supported in part by NIH Cancer Post-Cancer GWAS initiative grant U19 CA 148065 (DRIVE; part of the GAME-ON initiative).
Published: 2020

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

Author: Seyed Khoei, N., Jenab, M., Murphy, N., Banbury, B.L., Carreras-Torres, R., Viallon, V., Kühn, T., Bueno-de-Mesquita, B., Aleksandrova, K., Cross, A.J., Weiderpass, E., Stepien, M., Bulmer, A., Tjønneland, A., Boutron-Ruault, M.C., Severi, G., Carbonnel, F., Katzke, V., Boeing, H., Bergmann, M.M., Trichopoulou, A., Karakatsani, A., Martimianaki, G., Palli, D., Tagliabue, G., Panico, S., Tumino, R., Sacerdote, C., Skeie, G., Merino, S., Bonet, C., Rodríguez-Barranco, M., Gil, L., Chirlaque, M.D., Ardanaz, E., Myte, R., Hultdin, J., Perez-Cornago, A., Aune, D., Tsilidis, K.K., Albanes, D., Baron, J.A., Berndt, S.I., Bézieau, S., Brenner, H., Campbell, P.T., Casey, G., Chang-Claude, J., Chanock, S.J., Cotterchio, M., Gallinger, S., Gruber, S.B., Haile, R.W., Hampe, J., Hoffmeister, M., Hopper, J.L., Hsu, L., Huyghe, J.R., Jenkins, M.A., Joshi, A.D., Kampman, E., Larsson, S.C., Le Marchand, L., Li, C.I., Li, L., Lindblom, A., Lindor, N.M., Martín, V., Moreno, V., Newcomb, P.A., Offit, K., Ogino, S., Parfrey, P.S., Pharoah, P.D.P., Rennert, G., Sakoda, L.C., Schafmayer, C., Schmit, S.L., Schoen, R.E., Slattery, M.L., Thibodeau, S.N., Ulrich, C.M., van Duijnhoven, F.J.B., Weigl, K., Weinstein, S.J., White, E., Wolk, A., Woods, M.O., Wu, A.H., Zhang, X., Ferrari, P., Anton, G., Peters, A., Peters, U., Gunter, M.J., Wagner, K.H., and Freisling, H.
Subjects: Bilirubin, Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Anti-oxidants, Mendelian Randomization Analysis
Abstract: Background Bilirubin, a byproduct of hemoglobin breakdown and purported anti-oxidant, is thought to be cancer preventive. We conducted complementary serological and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to investigate whether alterations in circulating levels of bilirubin are associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). We decided a priori to perform analyses separately in men and women based on suggestive evidence that associations may differ by sex. Methods In a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), pre-diagnostic unconjugated bilirubin (UCB, the main component of total bilirubin) concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in plasma samples of 1386 CRC cases and their individually matched controls. Additionally, 115 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) robustly associated (P < 5 x 10(-8)) with circulating total bilirubin were instrumented in a 2-sample MR to test for a potential causal effect of bilirubin on CRC risk in 52,775 CRC cases and 45,940 matched controls in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO), the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR), and the Colorectal Transdisciplinary (CORECT) study. Results The associations between circulating UCB levels and CRC risk differed by sex (P-heterogeneity = 0.008). Among men, higher levels of UCB were positively associated with CRC risk (odds ratio [OR] = 1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04-1.36; per 1-SD increment of log-UCB). In women, an inverse association was observed (OR = 0.86 (0.76-0.97)). In the MR analysis of the mainUGT1A1SNP (rs6431625), genetically predicted higher levels of total bilirubin were associated with a 7% increase in CRC risk in men (OR = 1.07 (1.02-1.12);P = 0.006; per 1-SD increment of total bilirubin), while there was no association in women (OR = 1.01 (0.96-1.06);P = 0.73). Raised bilirubin levels, predicted by instrumental variables excluding rs6431625, were suggestive of an inverse association with CRC in men, but not in women. These differences by sex did not reach formal statistical significance (P-heterogeneity >= 0.2). Conclusions Additional insight into the relationship between circulating bilirubin and CRC is needed in order to conclude on a potential causal role of bilirubin in CRC development.
Published: 2020

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

Author: Seyed Khoei, N. Jenab, M. Murphy, N. Banbury, B.L. Carreras-Torres, R. Viallon, V. Kühn, T. Bueno-De-Mesquita, B. Aleksandrova, K. Cross, A.J. Weiderpass, E. Stepien, M. Bulmer, A. Tjønneland, A. Boutron-Ruault, M.-C. Severi, G. Carbonnel, F. Katzke, V. Boeing, H. Bergmann, M.M. Trichopoulou, A. Karakatsani, A. Martimianaki, G. Palli, D. Tagliabue, G. Panico, S. Tumino, R. Sacerdote, C. Skeie, G. Merino, S. Bonet, C. Rodríguez-Barranco, M. Gil, L. Chirlaque, M.-D. Ardanaz, E. Myte, R. Hultdin, J. Perez-Cornago, A. Aune, D. Tsilidis, K.K. Albanes, D. Baron, J.A. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Brenner, H. Campbell, P.T. Casey, G. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chanock, S.J. Cotterchio, M. Gallinger, S. Gruber, S.B. Haile, R.W. Hampe, J. Hoffmeister, M. Hopper, J.L. Hsu, L. Huyghe, J.R. Jenkins, M.A. Joshi, A.D. Kampman, E. Larsson, S.C. Le Marchand, L. Li, C.I. Li, L. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Martín, V. Moreno, V. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Ogino, S. Parfrey, P.S. Pharoah, P.D.P. Rennert, G. Sakoda, L.C. Schafmayer, C. Schmit, S.L. Schoen, R.E. Slattery, M.L. Thibodeau, S.N. Ulrich, C.M. Van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Weigl, K. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Zhang, X. Ferrari, P. Anton, G. Peters, A. Peters, U. Gunter, M.J. Wagner, K.-H. Freisling, H.
Abstract: Background: Bilirubin, a byproduct of hemoglobin breakdown and purported anti-oxidant, is thought to be cancer preventive. We conducted complementary serological and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to investigate whether alterations in circulating levels of bilirubin are associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). We decided a priori to perform analyses separately in men and women based on suggestive evidence that associations may differ by sex. Methods: In a case-control study nested in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC), pre-diagnostic unconjugated bilirubin (UCB, the main component of total bilirubin) concentrations were measured by high-performance liquid chromatography in plasma samples of 1386 CRC cases and their individually matched controls. Additionally, 115 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) robustly associated (P < 5 × 10-8) with circulating total bilirubin were instrumented in a 2-sample MR to test for a potential causal effect of bilirubin on CRC risk in 52,775 CRC cases and 45,940 matched controls in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO), the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR), and the Colorectal Transdisciplinary (CORECT) study. Results: The associations between circulating UCB levels and CRC risk differed by sex (P heterogeneity = 0.008). Among men, higher levels of UCB were positively associated with CRC risk (odds ratio [OR] = 1.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.04-1.36; per 1-SD increment of log-UCB). In women, an inverse association was observed (OR = 0.86 (0.76-0.97)). In the MR analysis of the main UGT1A1 SNP (rs6431625), genetically predicted higher levels of total bilirubin were associated with a 7% increase in CRC risk in men (OR = 1.07 (1.02-1.12); P = 0.006; per 1-SD increment of total bilirubin), while there was no association in women (OR = 1.01 (0.96-1.06); P = 0.73). Raised bilirubin levels, predicted by instrumental variables excluding rs6431625, were suggestive of an inverse association with CRC in men, but not in women. These differences by sex did not reach formal statistical significance (P heterogeneity ≥ 0.2). Conclusions: Additional insight into the relationship between circulating bilirubin and CRC is needed in order to conclude on a potential causal role of bilirubin in CRC development. © 2020 The Author(s).
Published: 2020

22. Sex-Specific Genetic Associations for Barrett's Esophagus and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Author: Dong, J., Maj, C., Tsavachidis, S., Ostrom, Q.T., Gharahkhani, P., Anderson, L.A., Wu, A.H., Ye, W., Bernstein, L., Borisov, O., Schröder, J., Chow, W.H., Gammon, M.D., Liu, G., Caldas, C., Pharoah, P.D., Risch, H.A., May, A., Gerges, C., Anders, M., Venerito, M., Schmidt, T., Izbicki, J.R., Hölscher, A.H., Schumacher, B., Vashist, Y., Neuhaus, H., Rösch, T., Knapp, M., Krawitz, P., Böhmer, A., Iyer, P.G., Reid, B.J., Lagergren, J., Shaheen, N.J., Corley, D.A., Gockel, I., Fitzgerald, R.C., Cook, M.B., Whiteman, D.C., Vaughan, T.L., Schumacher, J., Thrift, A.P., Dong, J., Maj, C., Tsavachidis, S., Ostrom, Q.T., Gharahkhani, P., Anderson, L.A., Wu, A.H., Ye, W., Bernstein, L., Borisov, O., Schröder, J., Chow, W.H., Gammon, M.D., Liu, G., Caldas, C., Pharoah, P.D., Risch, H.A., May, A., Gerges, C., Anders, M., Venerito, M., Schmidt, T., Izbicki, J.R., Hölscher, A.H., Schumacher, B., Vashist, Y., Neuhaus, H., Rösch, T., Knapp, M., Krawitz, P., Böhmer, A., Iyer, P.G., Reid, B.J., Lagergren, J., Shaheen, N.J., Corley, D.A., Gockel, I., Fitzgerald, R.C., Cook, M.B., Whiteman, D.C., Vaughan, T.L., Schumacher, J., and Thrift, A.P.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 229320.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Closed access), BACKGROUND & AIMS: Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) and its premalignant lesion, Barrett's esophagus (BE), are characterized by a strong and yet unexplained male predominance (with a male-to-female ratio in EA incidence of up to 6:1). Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 20 susceptibility loci for these conditions. However, potential sex differences in genetic associations with BE/EA remain largely unexplored. METHODS: Given strong genetic overlap, BE and EA cases were combined into a single case group for analysis. These were compared with population-based controls. We performed sex-specific GWAS of BE/EA in 3 separate studies and then used fixed-effects meta-analysis to provide summary estimates for >9 million variants for male and female individuals. A series of downstream analyses were conducted separately in male and female individuals to identify genes associated with BE/EA and the genetic correlations between BE/EA and other traits. RESULTS: We included 6758 male BE/EA cases, 7489 male controls, 1670 female BE/EA cases, and 6174 female controls. After Bonferroni correction, our meta-analysis of sex-specific GWAS identified 1 variant at chromosome 6q11.1 (rs112894788, KHDRBS2-MTRNR2L9, P(BONF) = .039) that was statistically significantly associated with BE/EA risk in male individuals only, and 1 variant at chromosome 8p23.1 (rs13259457, PRSS55-RP1L1, P(BONF) = 0.057) associated, at borderline significance, with BE/EA risk in female individuals only. We also observed strong genetic correlations of BE/EA with gastroesophageal reflux disease in male individuals and obesity in female individuals. CONCLUSIONS: The identified novel sex-specific variants associated with BE/EA could improve the understanding of the genetic architecture of the disease and the reasons for the male predominance.
Published: 2020

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

Author: John E.M., Shu X., Long J., Cai Q., Kweon S.-S., Choi J.-Y., Kubo M., Park S.K., Bolla M.K., Dennis J., Wang Q., Yang Y., Shi J., Guo X., Li B., Tao R., Aronson K.J., Chan K.Y.K., Chan T.L., Gao Y.-T., Hartman M., Kee Ho W., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Iwata H., Kasuga Y., Soon Khoo U., Kim M.-K., Kong S.-Y., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lee E.-S., Li J., Lophatananon A., Low S.-K., Mariapun S., Matsuda K., Matsuo K., Muir K., Noh D.-Y., Park B., Park M.-H., Shen C.-Y., Shin M.-H., Spinelli J.J., Takahashi A., Tseng C., Tsugane S., Wu A.H., Xiang Y.-B., Yamaji T., Zheng Y., Milne R.L., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Garcia-Closas M., Teo S.-H., Shu X.-O., Kang D., Easton D.F., Simard J., Zheng W., John E.M., Shu X., Long J., Cai Q., Kweon S.-S., Choi J.-Y., Kubo M., Park S.K., Bolla M.K., Dennis J., Wang Q., Yang Y., Shi J., Guo X., Li B., Tao R., Aronson K.J., Chan K.Y.K., Chan T.L., Gao Y.-T., Hartman M., Kee Ho W., Ito H., Iwasaki M., Iwata H., Kasuga Y., Soon Khoo U., Kim M.-K., Kong S.-Y., Kurian A.W., Kwong A., Lee E.-S., Li J., Lophatananon A., Low S.-K., Mariapun S., Matsuda K., Matsuo K., Muir K., Noh D.-Y., Park B., Park M.-H., Shen C.-Y., Shin M.-H., Spinelli J.J., Takahashi A., Tseng C., Tsugane S., Wu A.H., Xiang Y.-B., Yamaji T., Zheng Y., Milne R.L., Dunning A.M., Pharoah P.D.P., Garcia-Closas M., Teo S.-H., Shu X.-O., Kang D., Easton D.F., Simard J., and Zheng W.
Abstract: Known risk variants explain only a small proportion of breast cancer heritability, particularly in Asian women. To search for additional genetic susceptibility loci for breast cancer, here we perform a meta-analysis of data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) conducted in Asians (24,206 cases and 24,775 controls) and European descendants (122,977 cases and 105,974 controls). We identified 31 potential novel loci with the lead variant showing an association with breast cancer risk at P < 5 x 10-8. The associations for 10 of these loci were replicated in an independent sample of 16,787 cases and 16,680 controls of Asian women (P < 0.05). In addition, we replicated the associations for 78 of the 166 known risk variants at P < 0.05 in Asians. These findings improve our understanding of breast cancer genetics and etiology and extend previous findings from studies of European descendants to Asian women.Copyright © 2020, The Author(s).
Published: 2020

24. Genome-wide Modeling of Polygenic Risk Score in Colorectal Cancer Risk.

Author: Huyghe J.R., Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., Hsu L., Huyghe J.R., Thomas M., Sakoda L.C., Hoffmeister M., Rosenthal E.A., Lee J.K., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., Platz E.A., Wu A.H., Dampier C.H., de la Chapelle A., Wolk A., Joshi A.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Gsur A., Lindblom A., Castells A., Win A.K., Namjou B., Van Guelpen B., Tangen C.M., He Q., Li C.I., Schafmayer C., Joshu C.E., Ulrich C.M., Bishop D.T., Buchanan D.D., Schaid D., Drew D.A., Muller D.C., Duggan D., Crosslin D.R., Albanes D., Giovannucci E.L., Larson E., Qu F., Mentch F., Giles G.G., Hakonarson H., Hampel H., Stanaway I.B., Figueiredo J.C., Minnier J., Chang-Claude J., Hampe J., Harley J.B., Visvanathan K., Curtis K.R., Offit K., Li L., Le Marchand L., Vodickova L., Gunter M.J., Jenkins M.A., Slattery M.L., Lemire M., Woods M.O., Song M., Murphy N., Lindor N.M., Dikilitas O., Pharoah P.D.P., Campbell P.T., Newcomb P.A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Castellvi-Bel S., Ogino S., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Thibodeau S.N., Gallinger S.J., Zaidi S.H., Harrison T.A., Keku T.O., Hudson T.J., Vymetalkova V., Moreno V., Martin V., Arndt V., Wei W.-Q., Chung W., Su Y.-R., Hayes R.B., White E., Vodicka P., Casey G., Gruber S.B., Schoen R.E., Chan A.T., Potter J.D., Brenner H., Jarvik G.P., Corley D.A., Peters U., and Hsu L.
Abstract: Accurate colorectal cancer (CRC) risk prediction models are critical for identifying individuals at low and high risk of developing CRC, as they can then be offered targeted screening and interventions to address their risks of developing disease (if they are in a high-risk group) and avoid unnecessary screening and interventions (if they are in a low-risk group). As it is likely that thousands of genetic variants contribute to CRC risk, it is clinically important to investigate whether these genetic variants can be used jointly for CRC risk prediction. In this paper, we derived and compared different approaches to generating predictive polygenic risk scores (PRS) from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) including 55,105 CRC-affected case subjects and 65,079 control subjects of European ancestry. We built the PRS in three ways, using (1) 140 previously identified and validated CRC loci; (2) SNP selection based on linkage disequilibrium (LD) clumping followed by machine-learning approaches; and (3) LDpred, a Bayesian approach for genome-wide risk prediction. We tested the PRS in an independent cohort of 101,987 individuals with 1,699 CRC-affected case subjects. The discriminatory accuracy, calculated by the age- and sex-adjusted area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC), was highest for the LDpred-derived PRS (AUC = 0.654) including nearly 1.2 M genetic variants (the proportion of causal genetic variants for CRC assumed to be 0.003), whereas the PRS of the 140 known variants identified from GWASs had the lowest AUC (AUC = 0.629). Based on the LDpred-derived PRS, we are able to identify 30% of individuals without a family history as having risk for CRC similar to those with a family history of CRC, whereas the PRS based on known GWAS variants identified only top 10% as having a similar relative risk. About 90% of these individuals have no family history and would have been considered average risk under current screening guidelines, but might be
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25. 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.
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26. Circulating Levels of Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 and Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 Associate With Risk of Colorectal Cancer Based on Serologic and Mendelian Randomization Analyses.

Author: English D., Van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Vymetalkova V., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Murphy N., Carreras-Torres R., Song M., Chan A.T., Martin R.M., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Tsilidis K.K., Banbury B., Bradbury K.E., Besevic J., Rinaldi S., Riboli E., Cross A.J., Travis R.C., Agnoli C., Albanes D., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Onland-Moret N.C., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chang-Claude J., Chirlaque M.-D., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Hsu L., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Ose J., Perduca V., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Ulrich C.M., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., English D., Van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Vymetalkova V., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Zheng W., Peters U., Gunter M.J., Murphy N., Carreras-Torres R., Song M., Chan A.T., Martin R.M., Papadimitriou N., Dimou N., Tsilidis K.K., Banbury B., Bradbury K.E., Besevic J., Rinaldi S., Riboli E., Cross A.J., Travis R.C., Agnoli C., Albanes D., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Onland-Moret N.C., Burnett-Hartman A., Campbell P.T., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chang-Claude J., Chirlaque M.-D., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Hsu L., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Ose J., Perduca V., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Rennert G., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Ulrich C.M., and van Duijnhoven F.J.B.
Abstract: Background & Aims: Human studies examining associations between circulating levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 (IGFBP3) and colorectal cancer risk have reported inconsistent results. We conducted complementary serologic and Mendelian randomization (MR) analyses to determine whether alterations in circulating levels of IGF1 or IGFBP3 are associated with colorectal cancer development. Method(s): Serum levels of IGF1 were measured in blood samples collected from 397,380 participants from the UK Biobank, from 2006 through 2010. Incident cancer cases and cancer cases recorded first in death certificates were identified through linkage to national cancer and death registries. Complete follow-up was available through March 31, 2016. For the MR analyses, we identified genetic variants associated with circulating levels of IGF1 and IGFBP3. The association of these genetic variants with colorectal cancer was examined with 2-sample MR methods using genome-wide association study consortia data (52,865 cases with colorectal cancer and 46,287 individuals without [controls]) Results: After a median follow-up period of 7.1 years, 2665 cases of colorectal cancer were recorded. In a multivariable-adjusted model, circulating level of IGF1 associated with colorectal cancer risk (hazard ratio per 1 standard deviation increment of IGF1, 1.11; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.05-1.17). Similar associations were found by sex, follow-up time, and tumor subsite. In the MR analyses, a 1 standard deviation increment in IGF1 level, predicted based on genetic factors, was associated with a higher risk of colorectal cancer risk (odds ratio 1.08; 95% CI 1.03-1.12; P = 3.3 x 10-4). Level of IGFBP3, predicted based on genetic factors, was associated with colorectal cancer risk (odds ratio per 1 standard deviation increment, 1.12; 95% CI 1.06-1.18; P = 4.2 x 10-5). Colorectal cancer risk was associated with only 1 variant in the IGFBP3 gene re
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27. Adiposity, metabolites, and colorectal cancer risk: Mendelian randomization study.

Author: Hsu L., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Cross A.J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Gapstur S.M., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Joshu C.E., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., May A.M., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Quiros J.R., Rennert G., Riboli E., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Tsilidis K.K., Ulrich C.M., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Campbell P.T., Zheng W., Peters U., Vincent E.E., Gunter M.J., Bull C.J., Bell J.A., Murphy N., Sanderson E., Davey Smith G., Timpson N.J., Banbury B.L., Albanes D., Hsu L., Berndt S.I., Bezieau S., Bishop D.T., Brenner H., Buchanan D.D., Burnett-Hartman A., Casey G., Castellvi-Bel S., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Cross A.J., de la Chapelle A., Figueiredo J.C., Gallinger S.J., Gapstur S.M., Giles G.G., Gruber S.B., Gsur A., Hampe J., Hampel H., Harrison T.A., Hoffmeister M., Huang W.-Y., Huyghe J.R., Jenkins M.A., Joshu C.E., Keku T.O., Kuhn T., Kweon S.-S., Le Marchand L., Li C.I., Li L., Lindblom A., Martin V., May A.M., Milne R.L., Moreno V., Newcomb P.A., Offit K., Ogino S., Phipps A.I., Platz E.A., Potter J.D., Qu C., Quiros J.R., Rennert G., Riboli E., Sakoda L.C., Schafmayer C., Schoen R.E., Slattery M.L., Tangen C.M., Tsilidis K.K., Ulrich C.M., van Duijnhoven F.J.B., van Guelpen B., Visvanathan K., Vodicka P., Vodickova L., Wang H., White E., Wolk A., Woods M.O., Wu A.H., Campbell P.T., Zheng W., Peters U., Vincent E.E., Gunter M.J., Bull C.J., Bell J.A., Murphy N., Sanderson E., Davey Smith G., Timpson N.J., Banbury B.L., and Albanes D.
Abstract: Background: Higher adiposity increases the risk of colorectal cancer (CRC), but whether this relationship varies by anatomical sub-site or by sex is unclear. Further, the metabolic alterations mediating the effects of adiposity on CRC are not fully understood. Method(s): We examined sex- and site-specific associations of adiposity with CRC risk and whether adiposity-associated metabolites explain the associations of adiposity with CRC. Genetic variants from genome-wide association studies of body mass index (BMI) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR, unadjusted for BMI; N = 806,810), and 123 metabolites from targeted nuclear magnetic resonance metabolomics (N = 24,925), were used as instruments. Sex-combined and sex-specific Mendelian randomization (MR) was conducted for BMI and WHR with CRC risk (58,221 cases and 67,694 controls in the Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium, Colorectal Cancer Transdisciplinary Study, and Colon Cancer Family Registry). Sex-combined MR was conducted for BMI and WHR with metabolites, for metabolites with CRC, and for BMI and WHR with CRC adjusted for metabolite classes in multivariable models. Result(s): In sex-specific MR analyses, higher BMI (per 4.2 kg/m2) was associated with 1.23 (95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.08, 1.38) times higher CRC odds among men (inverse-variance-weighted (IVW) model); among women, higher BMI (per 5.2 kg/m2) was associated with 1.09 (95% CI = 0.97, 1.22) times higher CRC odds. WHR (per 0.07 higher) was more strongly associated with CRC risk among women (IVW OR = 1.25, 95% CI = 1.08, 1.43) than men (IVW OR = 1.05, 95% CI = 0.81, 1.36). BMI or WHR was associated with 104/123 metabolites at false discovery rate-corrected P <= 0.05; several metabolites were associated with CRC, but not in directions that were consistent with the mediation of positive adiposity-CRC relations. In multivariable MR analyses, associations of BMI and WHR with CRC were not attenuated following adjustment for representative
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28. Prognostic gene expression signature for high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Author: Millstein, J., primary, Budden, T., additional, Goode, E.L., additional, Anglesio, M.S., additional, Talhouk, A., additional, Intermaggio, M.P., additional, Leong, H.S., additional, Chen, S., additional, Elatre, W., additional, Gilks, B., additional, Nazeran, T., additional, Volchek, M., additional, Bentley, R.C., additional, Wang, C., additional, Chiu, D.S., additional, Kommoss, S., additional, Leung, S.C.Y., additional, Senz, J., additional, Lum, A., additional, Chow, V., additional, Sudderuddin, H., additional, Mackenzie, R., additional, George, J., additional, Fereday, S., additional, Hendley, J., additional, Traficante, N., additional, Steed, H., additional, Koziak, J.M., additional, Köbel, M., additional, McNeish, I.A., additional, Goranova, T., additional, Ennis, D., additional, Macintyre, G., additional, Silva De Silva, D., additional, Ramón y Cajal, T., additional, García-Donas, J., additional, Hernando Polo, S., additional, Rodriguez, G.C., additional, Cushing-Haugen, K.L., additional, Harris, H.R., additional, Greene, C.S., additional, Zelaya, R.A., additional, Behrens, S., additional, Fortner, R.T., additional, Sinn, P., additional, Herpel, E., additional, Lester, J., additional, Lubiński, J., additional, Oszurek, O., additional, Tołoczko, A., additional, Cybulski, C., additional, Menkiszak, J., additional, Pearce, C.L., additional, Pike, M.C., additional, Tseng, C., additional, Alsop, J., additional, Rhenius, V., additional, Song, H., additional, Jimenez-Linan, M., additional, Piskorz, A.M., additional, Gentry-Maharaj, A., additional, Karpinskyj, C., additional, Widschwendter, M., additional, Singh, N., additional, Kennedy, C.J., additional, Sharma, R., additional, Harnett, P.R., additional, Gao, B., additional, Johnatty, S.E., additional, Sayer, R., additional, Boros, J., additional, Winham, S.J., additional, Keeney, G.L., additional, Kaufmann, S.H., additional, Larson, M.C., additional, Luk, H., additional, Hernandez, B.Y., additional, Thompson, P.J., additional, Wilkens, L.R., additional, Carney, M.E., additional, Trabert, B., additional, Lissowska, J., additional, Brinton, L., additional, Sherman, M.E., additional, Bodelon, C., additional, Hinsley, S., additional, Lewsley, L.A., additional, Glasspool, R., additional, Banerjee, S.N., additional, Stronach, E.A., additional, Haluska, P., additional, Ray-Coquard, I., additional, Mahner, S., additional, Winterhoff, B., additional, Slamon, D., additional, Levine, D.A., additional, Kelemen, L.E., additional, Benitez, J., additional, Chang-Claude, J., additional, Gronwald, J., additional, Wu, A.H., additional, Menon, U., additional, Goodman, M.T., additional, Schildkraut, J.M., additional, Wentzensen, N., additional, Brown, R., additional, Berchuck, A., additional, Chenevix-Trench, G., additional, deFazio, A., additional, Gayther, S.A., additional, García, M.J., additional, Henderson, M.J., additional, Rossing, M.A., additional, Beeghly-Fadiel, A., additional, Fasching, P.A., additional, Orsulic, S., additional, Karlan, B.Y., additional, Konecny, G.E., additional, Huntsman, D.G., additional, Bowtell, D.D., additional, Brenton, J.D., additional, Doherty, J.A., additional, Pharoah, P.D.P., additional, Ramus, S.J., additional, Bowtell, D., additional, Green, A., additional, Webb, P., additional, DeFazio, A., additional, Gertig, D., additional, Moore, S., additional, Hung, J., additional, Harrap, K., additional, Sadkowsky, T., additional, Pandeya, N., additional, Malt, M., additional, Mellon, A., additional, Robertson, R., additional, Vanden Bergh, T., additional, Jones, M., additional, Mackenzie, P., additional, Maidens, J., additional, Nattress, K., additional, Chiew, Y.E., additional, Stenlake, A., additional, Sullivan, H., additional, Alexander, B., additional, Ashover, P., additional, Brown, S., additional, Corrish, T., additional, Green, L., additional, Jackman, L., additional, Ferguson, K., additional, Martin, K., additional, Martyn, A., additional, Ranieri, B., additional, White, J., additional, Jayde, V., additional, Mamers, P., additional, Bowes, L., additional, Galletta, L., additional, Giles, D., additional, Alsop, K., additional, Schmidt, T., additional, Shirley, H., additional, Ball, C., additional, Young, C., additional, Viduka, S., additional, Tran, Hoa, additional, Bilic, Sanela, additional, Glavinas, Lydia, additional, Brooks, Julia, additional, Stuart-Harris, R., additional, Kirsten, F., additional, Rutovitz, J., additional, Clingan, P., additional, Glasgow, A., additional, Proietto, A., additional, Braye, S., additional, Otton, G., additional, Shannon, J., additional, Bonaventura, T., additional, Stewart, J., additional, Begbie, S., additional, Friedlander, M., additional, Bell, D., additional, Baron-Hay, S., additional, Ferrier,a, A., additional, Gard, G., additional, Nevell, D., additional, Pavlakis, N., additional, Valmadre, S., additional, Young, B., additional, Camaris, C., additional, Crouch, R., additional, Edwards, L., additional, Hacker, N., additional, Marsden, D., additional, Robertson, G., additional, Beale, P., additional, Beith, J., additional, Carter, J., additional, Dalrymple, C., additional, Houghton, R., additional, Russell, P., additional, Links, M., additional, Grygiel, J., additional, Hill, J., additional, Brand, A., additional, Byth, K., additional, Jaworski, R., additional, Harnett, P., additional, Wain, G., additional, Ward, B., additional, Papadimos, D., additional, Crandon, A., additional, Cummings, M., additional, Horwood, K., additional, Obermair, A., additional, Perrin, L., additional, Wyld, D., additional, Nicklin, J., additional, Davy, M., additional, Oehler, M.K., additional, Hall, C., additional, Dodd, T., additional, Healy, T., additional, Pittman, K., additional, Henderson, D., additional, Miller, J., additional, Pierdes, J., additional, Blomfield, P., additional, Challis, D., additional, McIntosh, R., additional, Parker, A., additional, Brown, B., additional, Rome, R., additional, Allen, D., additional, Grant, P., additional, Hyde, S., additional, Laurie, R., additional, Robbie, M., additional, Healy, D., additional, Jobling, T., additional, Manolitsas, T., additional, McNealage, J., additional, Rogers, P., additional, Susil, B., additional, Sumithran, E., additional, Simpson, I., additional, Phillips, K., additional, Rischin, D., additional, Fox, S., additional, Johnson, D., additional, Lade, S., additional, Loughrey, M., additional, O’Callaghan, N., additional, Murray, W., additional, Waring, P., additional, Billson, V., additional, Pyman, J., additional, Neesham, D., additional, Quinn, M., additional, Underhill, C., additional, Bell, R., additional, Ng, L.F., additional, Blum, R., additional, Ganju, V., additional, Hammond, I., additional, Leung, Y., additional, McCartney, A., additional, Buck, M., additional, Haviv, I., additional, Purdie, D., additional, Whiteman, D., additional, and Zeps, N., additional
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29. Low pretreatment PNI correlates with worse survival in patients with stage III/IV NSCLC who received chemotherapy

Author: Shen, Y., primary, Li, H., additional, Yuan, Z.Q., additional, Ren, M.Y., additional, Yu, S.L., additional, Liao, Y.D., additional, Cai, J.J., additional, Liu, C., additional, Chen, B.C., additional, Wu, A.H., additional, Li, G.F., additional, and Xie, L., additional
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30. Fabrication and characteristics of plasma facing SiC/C functionally graded composite material

Author: Wu, A.H., Cao, W.B., Ge, C.C., Li, J.F., and Kawasaki, A.
Published: 2005
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31. Genetic variant predictors of gene expression provide new insight into risk of colorectal cancer

Author: Bien, S.A. Su, Y.-R. Conti, D.V. Harrison, T.A. Qu, C. Guo, X. Lu, Y. Albanes, D. Auer, P.L. Banbury, B.L. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Brenner, H. Buchanan, D.D. Caan, B.J. Campbell, P.T. Carlson, C.S. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chen, S. Connolly, C.M. Easton, D.F. Feskens, E.J.M. Gallinger, S. Giles, G.G. Gunter, M.J. Hampe, J. Huyghe, J.R. Hoffmeister, M. Hudson, T.J. Jacobs, E.J. Jenkins, M.A. Kampman, E. Kang, H.M. Kühn, T. Küry, S. Lejbkowicz, F. Le Marchand, L. Milne, R.L. Li, L. Li, C.I. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Martín, V. McNeil, C.E. Melas, M. Moreno, V. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Pharaoh, P.D.P. Potter, J.D. Qu, C. Riboli, E. Rennert, G. Sala, N. Schafmayer, C. Scacheri, P.C. Schmit, S.L. Severi, G. Slattery, M.L. Smith, J.D. Trichopoulou, A. Tumino, R. Ulrich, C.M. van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Van Guelpen, B. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Abecasis, G.R. Casey, G. Nickerson, D.A. Gruber, S.B. Hsu, L. Zheng, W. Peters, U.
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have reported 56 independently associated colorectal cancer (CRC) risk variants, most of which are non-coding and believed to exert their effects by modulating gene expression. The computational method PrediXcan uses cis-regulatory variant predictors to impute expression and perform gene-level association tests in GWAS without directly measured transcriptomes. In this study, we used reference datasets from colon (n = 169) and whole blood (n = 922) transcriptomes to test CRC association with genetically determined expression levels in a genome-wide analysis of 12,186 cases and 14,718 controls. Three novel associations were discovered from colon transverse models at FDR ≤ 0.2 and further evaluated in an independent replication including 32,825 cases and 39,933 controls. After adjusting for multiple comparisons, we found statistically significant associations using colon transcriptome models with TRIM4 (discovery P = 2.2 × 10− 4, replication P = 0.01), and PYGL (discovery P = 2.3 × 10− 4, replication P = 6.7 × 10− 4). Interestingly, both genes encode proteins that influence redox homeostasis and are related to cellular metabolic reprogramming in tumors, implicating a novel CRC pathway linked to cell growth and proliferation. Defining CRC risk regions as one megabase up- and downstream of one of the 56 independent risk variants, we defined 44 non-overlapping CRC-risk regions. Among these risk regions, we identified genes associated with CRC (P < 0.05) in 34/44 CRC-risk regions. Importantly, CRC association was found for two genes in the previously reported 2q25 locus, CXCR1 and CXCR2, which are potential cancer therapeutic targets. These findings provide strong candidate genes to prioritize for subsequent laboratory follow-up of GWAS loci. This study is the first to implement PrediXcan in a large colorectal cancer study and findings highlight the utility of integrating transcriptome data in GWAS for discovery of, and biological insight into, risk loci. © 2019, The Author(s).
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32. Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer

Author: Huyghe, J.R. Bien, S.A. Harrison, T.A. Kang, H.M. Chen, S. Schmit, S.L. Conti, D.V. Qu, C. Jeon, J. Edlund, C.K. Greenside, P. Wainberg, M. Schumacher, F.R. Smith, J.D. Levine, D.M. Nelson, S.C. Sinnott-Armstrong, N.A. Albanes, D. Alonso, M.H. Anderson, K. Arnau-Collell, C. Arndt, V. Bamia, C. Banbury, B.L. Baron, J.A. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Bishop, D.T. Boehm, J. Boeing, H. Brenner, H. Brezina, S. Buch, S. Buchanan, D.D. Burnett-Hartman, A. Butterbach, K. Caan, B.J. Campbell, P.T. Carlson, C.S. Castellví-Bel, S. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chanock, S.J. Chirlaque, M.-D. Cho, S.H. Connolly, C.M. Cross, A.J. Cuk, K. Curtis, K.R. de la Chapelle, A. Doheny, K.F. Duggan, D. Easton, D.F. Elias, S.G. Elliott, F. English, D.R. Feskens, E.J.M. Figueiredo, J.C. Fischer, R. FitzGerald, L.M. Forman, D. Gala, M. Gallinger, S. Gauderman, W.J. Giles, G.G. Gillanders, E. Gong, J. Goodman, P.J. Grady, W.M. Grove, J.S. Gsur, A. Gunter, M.J. Haile, R.W. Hampe, J. Hampel, H. Harlid, S. Hayes, R.B. Hofer, P. Hoffmeister, M. Hopper, J.L. Hsu, W.-L. Huang, W.-Y. Hudson, T.J. Hunter, D.J. Ibañez-Sanz, G. Idos, G.E. Ingersoll, R. Jackson, R.D. Jacobs, E.J. Jenkins, M.A. Joshi, A.D. Joshu, C.E. Keku, T.O. Key, T.J. Kim, H.R. Kobayashi, E. Kolonel, L.N. Kooperberg, C. Kühn, T. Küry, S. Kweon, S.-S. Larsson, S.C. Laurie, C.A. Le Marchand, L. Leal, S.M. Lee, S.C. Lejbkowicz, F. Lemire, M. Li, C.I. Li, L. Lieb, W. Lin, Y. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Ling, H. Louie, T.L. Männistö, S. Markowitz, S.D. Martín, V. Masala, G. McNeil, C.E. Melas, M. Milne, R.L. Moreno, L. Murphy, N. Myte, R. Naccarati, A. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Ogino, S. Onland-Moret, N.C. Pardini, B. Parfrey, P.S. Pearlman, R. Perduca, V. Pharoah, P.D.P. Pinchev, M. Platz, E.A. Prentice, R.L. Pugh, E. Raskin, L. Rennert, G. Rennert, H.S. Riboli, E. Rodríguez-Barranco, M. Romm, J. Sakoda, L.C. Schafmayer, C. Schoen, R.E. Seminara, D. Shah, M. Shelford, T. Shin, M.-H. Shulman, K. Sieri, S. Slattery, M.L. Southey, M.C. Stadler, Z.K. Stegmaier, C. Su, Y.-R. Tangen, C.M. Thibodeau, S.N. Thomas, D.C. Thomas, S.S. Toland, A.E. Trichopoulou, A. Ulrich, C.M. Van Den Berg, D.J. van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Van Guelpen, B. van Kranen, H. Vijai, J. Visvanathan, K. Vodicka, P. Vodickova, L. Vymetalkova, V. Weigl, K. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Win, A.K. Wolf, C.R. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Zaidi, S.H. Zanke, B.W. Zhang, Q. Zheng, W. Scacheri, P.C. Potter, J.D. Bassik, M.C. Kundaje, A. Casey, G. Moreno, V. Abecasis, G.R. Nickerson, D.A. Gruber, S.B. Hsu, L. Peters, U.
Abstract: To further dissect the genetic architecture of colorectal cancer (CRC), we performed whole-genome sequencing of 1,439 cases and 720 controls, imputed discovered sequence variants and Haplotype Reference Consortium panel variants into genome-wide association study data, and tested for association in 34,869 cases and 29,051 controls. Findings were followed up in an additional 23,262 cases and 38,296 controls. We discovered a strongly protective 0.3% frequency variant signal at CHD1. In a combined meta-analysis of 125,478 individuals, we identified 40 new independent signals at P < 5 × 10 −8 , bringing the number of known independent signals for CRC to ~100. New signals implicate lower-frequency variants, Krüppel-like factors, Hedgehog signaling, Hippo-YAP signaling, long noncoding RNAs and somatic drivers, and support a role for immune function. Heritability analyses suggest that CRC risk is highly polygenic, and larger, more comprehensive studies enabling rare variant analysis will improve understanding of biology underlying this risk and influence personalized screening strategies and drug development. © 2018, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.
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33. Correction to: Genetic variant predictors of gene expression provide new insight into risk of colorectal cancer (Human Genetics, (2019), 138, 4, (307-326), 10.1007/s00439-019-01989-8)

Author: Bien, S.A. Su, Y.-R. Conti, D.V. Harrison, T.A. Qu, C. Guo, X. Lu, Y. Albanes, D. Auer, P.L. Banbury, B.L. Berndt, S.I. Bézieau, S. Brenner, H. Buchanan, D.D. Caan, B.J. Campbell, P.T. Carlson, C.S. Chan, A.T. Chang-Claude, J. Chen, S. Connolly, C.M. Easton, D.F. Feskens, E.J.M. Gallinger, S. Giles, G.G. Gunter, M.J. Hampe, J. Huyghe, J.R. Hoffmeister, M. Hudson, T.J. Jacobs, E.J. Jenkins, M.A. Kampman, E. Kang, H.M. Kühn, T. Küry, S. Lejbkowicz, F. Le Marchand, L. Milne, R.L. Li, L. Li, C.I. Lindblom, A. Lindor, N.M. Martín, V. McNeil, C.E. Melas, M. Moreno, V. Newcomb, P.A. Offit, K. Pharaoh, P.D.P. Potter, J.D. Qu, C. Riboli, E. Rennert, G. Sala, N. Schafmayer, C. Scacheri, P.C. Schmit, S.L. Severi, G. Slattery, M.L. Smith, J.D. Trichopoulou, A. Tumino, R. Ulrich, C.M. van Duijnhoven, F.J.B. Van Guelpen, B. Weinstein, S.J. White, E. Wolk, A. Woods, M.O. Wu, A.H. Abeçasis, G.R. Casey, G. Nickerson, D.A. Gruber, S.B. Hsu, L. Zheng, W. Peters, U.
Abstract: Every author has erroneously been assigned to the affiliation “62”. The affiliation 62 belongs to the author Graham Casey. © 2019, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
Published: 2019

34. A CUBIC EQUATION OF STATE FOR HIGH-PRESSURE PHASE EQUILIBRIA OF MIXTURES CONTAINING POLYMERS AND VOLATILE FLUIDS

Author: Sako, T., Wu, A.H., and Prausnitz, J.M.
Published: 1987

35. EXTRACTION OF FATTY-ACID METHYL ESTERS WITH SUPERCRITICAL CARBON DIOXIDE

Author: Wu, A.H., Stanmer, A., and Prausnitz, J.M.
Published: 1987

36. No Association Between Vitamin D Status and Risk of Barrett's Esophagus or Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Mendelian Randomization Study

Author: Dong, J., Gharahkhani, P., Chow, W.H., Gammon, M.D., Liu, G., Caldas, C., Wu, A.H., Ye, W., Onstad, L., Anderson, L.A., Bernstein, L., Pharoah, P.D., Risch, H.A., Corley, D.A., Fitzgerald, R.C., Iyer, P.G., Reid, B.J., Lagergren, J., Shaheen, N.J., Vaughan, T.L., MacGregor, S., Love, S., Palles, C., Tomlinson, I., Gockel, I., May, A., Gerges, C., Anders, M., Bohmer, A.C., Becker, J., Kreuser, N., Thieme, R., Noder, T., Venerito, M., Veits, L., Schmidt, T., Schmidt, C., Izbicki, J.R., Holscher, A.H., Lang, H., Lorenz, D., Schumacher, B., Mayershofer, R., Vashist, Y., Ott, K., Vieth, M., Weismuller, J., Nothen, M.M., Moebus, S., Knapp, M., Peters, W.H.M., Neuhaus, H., Rosch, T., Ell, C., Jankowski, J., Schumacher, J., Neale, R.E., Whiteman, D.C., Thrift, A.P., Dong, J., Gharahkhani, P., Chow, W.H., Gammon, M.D., Liu, G., Caldas, C., Wu, A.H., Ye, W., Onstad, L., Anderson, L.A., Bernstein, L., Pharoah, P.D., Risch, H.A., Corley, D.A., Fitzgerald, R.C., Iyer, P.G., Reid, B.J., Lagergren, J., Shaheen, N.J., Vaughan, T.L., MacGregor, S., Love, S., Palles, C., Tomlinson, I., Gockel, I., May, A., Gerges, C., Anders, M., Bohmer, A.C., Becker, J., Kreuser, N., Thieme, R., Noder, T., Venerito, M., Veits, L., Schmidt, T., Schmidt, C., Izbicki, J.R., Holscher, A.H., Lang, H., Lorenz, D., Schumacher, B., Mayershofer, R., Vashist, Y., Ott, K., Vieth, M., Weismuller, J., Nothen, M.M., Moebus, S., Knapp, M., Peters, W.H.M., Neuhaus, H., Rosch, T., Ell, C., Jankowski, J., Schumacher, J., Neale, R.E., Whiteman, D.C., and Thrift, A.P.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 215282.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), BACKGROUND & AIMS: Epidemiology studies of circulating concentrations of 25 hydroxy vitamin D (25(OH)D) and risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) have produced conflicting results. We conducted a Mendelian randomization study to determine the associations between circulating concentrations of 25(OH)D and risks of EAC and its precursor, Barrett's esophagus (BE). METHODS: We conducted a Mendelian randomization study using a 2-sample (summary data) approach. Six single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; rs3755967, rs10741657, rs12785878, rs10745742, rs8018720, and rs17216707) associated with circulating concentrations of 25(OH)D were used as instrumental variables. We collected data from 6167 patients with BE, 4112 patients with EAC, and 17,159 individuals without BE or EAC (controls) participating in the Barrett's and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Consortium, as well as studies from Bonn, Germany, and Cambridge and Oxford, United Kingdom. Analyses were performed separately for BE and EAC. RESULTS: Overall, we found no evidence for an association between genetically estimated 25(OH)D concentration and risk of BE or EAC. The odds ratio per 20 nmol/L increase in genetically estimated 25(OH)D concentration for BE risk estimated by combining the individual SNP association using inverse variance weighting was 1.21 (95% CI, 0.77-1.92; P = .41). The odds ratio for EAC risk, estimated by combining the individual SNP association using inverse variance weighting, was 0.68 (95% CI, 0.39-1.19; P = .18). CONCLUSIONS: In a Mendelian randomization study, we found that low genetically estimated 25(OH)D concentrations were not associated with risk of BE or EAC.
Published: 2019

37. Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers.

Author: Fletcher O., Tardon A., Taylor J.A., Teare M.D., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Terry K.L., Thibodeau S.N., Thomassen M., Bjorge L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Torres D., Townsend P.A., Travis R.C., Tung N., Tworoger S.S., Ulrich C.M., Usmani N., Vachon C.M., Van Nieuwenhuysen E., Vega A., Aguado-Barrera M.E., Wang Q., Webb P.M., Weinberg C.R., Weinstein S., Weissler M.C., Weitzel J.N., West C.M.L., White E., Whittemore A.S., Wichmann H.-E., Wiklund F., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Woll P., Woods M., Wu A.H., Wu X., Yannoukakos D., Zheng W., Zienolddiny S., Ziogas A., Zorn K.K., Lane J.M., Saxena R., Thomas D., Hung R.J., Diergaarde B., McKay J., Peters U., Hsu L., Garcia-Closas M., Eeles R.A., Chenevix-Trench G., Brennan P.J., Haiman C.A., Simard J., Easton D.F., Gruber S.B., Pharoah P.D.P., Price A.L., Pasaniuc B., Amos C.I., Kraft P., Lindstrom S., Chen C., Anton-Culver H., Antoniou A.C., Antonenkova N.N., Arnold S.M., Jiang X., Finucane H.K., Schumacher F.R., Schmit S.L., Tyrer J.P., Han Y., Michailidou K., Lesseur C., Kuchenbaecker K.B., Dennis J., Conti D.V., Casey G., Gaudet M.M., Huyghe J.R., Albanes D., Aldrich M.C., Andrew A.S., Andrulis I.L., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Bandera E.V., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Batra J., Beckmann M.W., Benitez J., Benlloch S., Berchuck A., Berndt S.I., Bickeboller H., Bien S.A., Blomqvist C., Boccia S., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brenton J.D., Brook M.N., Brunet J., Brunnstrom H., Buchanan D.D., Burwinkel B., Butzow R., Cadoni G., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Campbell I., Campbell P.T., Cancel-Tassin G., Cannon-Albright L., Campa D., Caporaso N., Carvalho A.L., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiani D.C., Claes K.B.M., Claessens F., Clements J., Collee J.M., Correa M.C., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cunningham J.M., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., deFazio A., Devilee P., Diez O., Gago-Dominguez M., Donovan J.L., Dork T., Duell E.J., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Edlund C.K., Edwards D.R.V., Ellberg C., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Ferris R.L., Liloglou T., Figueiredo J.C., Fortner R.T., Fostira F., Franceschi S., Friedman E., Gallinger S.J., Ganz P.A., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gayther S.A., Giles G.G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Goode E.L., Goodman M.T., Goodman G., Grankvist K., Greene M.H., Gronberg H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hamdy F.C., Hamilton R.J., Hampe J., Haugen A., Heitz F., Herrero R., Hillemanns P., Hoffmeister M., Hogdall E., Hong Y.-C., Hopper J.L., Houlston R., Hulick P.J., Hunter D.J., Huntsman D.G., Idos G., Imyanitov E.N., Ingles S.A., Isaacs C., Jakubowska A., James P., Jenkins M.A., Johansson M., John E.M., Joshi A.D., Kaneva R., Karlan B.Y., Kelemen L.E., Kuhl T., Khaw K.-T., Khusnutdinova E., Kibel A.S., Kiemeney L.A., Kim J., Kjaer S.K., Knight J.A., Kogevinas M., Kote-Jarai Z., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kupryjanczyk J., Lacko M., Lam S., Lambrechts D., Landi M.T., Lazarus P., Le N.D., Lee E., Lejbkowicz F., Lenz H.-J., Leslie G., Lessel D., Lester J., Levine D.A., Li L., Li C.I., Lindblom A., Lindor N.M., Liu G., Loupakis F., Lubinski J., Maehle L., Maier C., Mannermaa A., Marchand L.L., Margolin S., May T., McGuffog L., Meindl A., Middha P., Miller A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Modugno F., Montagna M., Moreno V., Moysich K.B., Mucci L., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Neal D.E., Ness A.R., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newcomb P.A., Newcomb L.F., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Nordestgaard B.G., Nussbaum R.L., Offit K., Olah E., Olama A.A.A., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Osorio A., Pandha H., Park J.Y., Pashayan N., Parsons M.T., Pejovic T., Penney K.L., Peters W.H.M., Phelan C.M., Phipps A.I., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pring M., Prokofyeva D., Radice P., Stefansson K., Ramus S.J., Raskin L., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., van Rensburg E.J., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Risch A., Roobol M.J., Rosenstein B.S., Rossing M.A., De Ruyck K., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schabath M.B., Schleutker J., Schmidt M.K., Setiawan V.W., Shen H., Siegel E.M., Sieh W., Singer C.F., Slattery M.L., Sorensen K.D., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Stanford J.L., Stevens V.L., Stintzing S., Stone J., Sundfeldt K., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Tajara E.H., Tangen C.M., Fletcher O., Tardon A., Taylor J.A., Teare M.D., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Terry K.L., Thibodeau S.N., Thomassen M., Bjorge L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Torres D., Townsend P.A., Travis R.C., Tung N., Tworoger S.S., Ulrich C.M., Usmani N., Vachon C.M., Van Nieuwenhuysen E., Vega A., Aguado-Barrera M.E., Wang Q., Webb P.M., Weinberg C.R., Weinstein S., Weissler M.C., Weitzel J.N., West C.M.L., White E., Whittemore A.S., Wichmann H.-E., Wiklund F., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Woll P., Woods M., Wu A.H., Wu X., Yannoukakos D., Zheng W., Zienolddiny S., Ziogas A., Zorn K.K., Lane J.M., Saxena R., Thomas D., Hung R.J., Diergaarde B., McKay J., Peters U., Hsu L., Garcia-Closas M., Eeles R.A., Chenevix-Trench G., Brennan P.J., Haiman C.A., Simard J., Easton D.F., Gruber S.B., Pharoah P.D.P., Price A.L., Pasaniuc B., Amos C.I., Kraft P., Lindstrom S., Chen C., Anton-Culver H., Antoniou A.C., Antonenkova N.N., Arnold S.M., Jiang X., Finucane H.K., Schumacher F.R., Schmit S.L., Tyrer J.P., Han Y., Michailidou K., Lesseur C., Kuchenbaecker K.B., Dennis J., Conti D.V., Casey G., Gaudet M.M., Huyghe J.R., Albanes D., Aldrich M.C., Andrew A.S., Andrulis I.L., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Bandera E.V., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Batra J., Beckmann M.W., Benitez J., Benlloch S., Berchuck A., Berndt S.I., Bickeboller H., Bien S.A., Blomqvist C., Boccia S., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brenton J.D., Brook M.N., Brunet J., Brunnstrom H., Buchanan D.D., Burwinkel B., Butzow R., Cadoni G., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Campbell I., Campbell P.T., Cancel-Tassin G., Cannon-Albright L., Campa D., Caporaso N., Carvalho A.L., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiani D.C., Claes K.B.M., Claessens F., Clements J., Collee J.M., Correa M.C., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cunningham J.M., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., deFazio A., Devilee P., Diez O., Gago-Dominguez M., Donovan J.L., Dork T., Duell E.J., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Edlund C.K., Edwards D.R.V., Ellberg C., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Ferris R.L., Liloglou T., Figueiredo J.C., Fortner R.T., Fostira F., Franceschi S., Friedman E., Gallinger S.J., Ganz P.A., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gayther S.A., Giles G.G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Goode E.L., Goodman M.T., Goodman G., Grankvist K., Greene M.H., Gronberg H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hamdy F.C., Hamilton R.J., Hampe J., Haugen A., Heitz F., Herrero R., Hillemanns P., Hoffmeister M., Hogdall E., Hong Y.-C., Hopper J.L., Houlston R., Hulick P.J., Hunter D.J., Huntsman D.G., Idos G., Imyanitov E.N., Ingles S.A., Isaacs C., Jakubowska A., James P., Jenkins M.A., Johansson M., John E.M., Joshi A.D., Kaneva R., Karlan B.Y., Kelemen L.E., Kuhl T., Khaw K.-T., Khusnutdinova E., Kibel A.S., Kiemeney L.A., Kim J., Kjaer S.K., Knight J.A., Kogevinas M., Kote-Jarai Z., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kupryjanczyk J., Lacko M., Lam S., Lambrechts D., Landi M.T., Lazarus P., Le N.D., Lee E., Lejbkowicz F., Lenz H.-J., Leslie G., Lessel D., Lester J., Levine D.A., Li L., Li C.I., Lindblom A., Lindor N.M., Liu G., Loupakis F., Lubinski J., Maehle L., Maier C., Mannermaa A., Marchand L.L., Margolin S., May T., McGuffog L., Meindl A., Middha P., Miller A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Modugno F., Montagna M., Moreno V., Moysich K.B., Mucci L., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Neal D.E., Ness A.R., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newcomb P.A., Newcomb L.F., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Nordestgaard B.G., Nussbaum R.L., Offit K., Olah E., Olama A.A.A., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Osorio A., Pandha H., Park J.Y., Pashayan N., Parsons M.T., Pejovic T., Penney K.L., Peters W.H.M., Phelan C.M., Phipps A.I., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pring M., Prokofyeva D., Radice P., Stefansson K., Ramus S.J., Raskin L., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., van Rensburg E.J., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Risch A., Roobol M.J., Rosenstein B.S., Rossing M.A., De Ruyck K., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schabath M.B., Schleutker J., Schmidt M.K., Setiawan V.W., Shen H., Siegel E.M., Sieh W., Singer C.F., Slattery M.L., Sorensen K.D., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Stanford J.L., Stevens V.L., Stintzing S., Stone J., Sundfeldt K., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Tajara E.H., and Tangen C.M.
Abstract: Quantifying the genetic correlation between cancers can provide important insights into the mechanisms driving cancer etiology. Using genome-wide association study summary statistics across six cancer types based on a total of 296,215 cases and 301,319 controls of European ancestry, here we estimate the pair-wise genetic correlations between breast, colorectal, head/neck, lung, ovary and prostate cancer, and between cancers and 38 other diseases. We observed statistically significant genetic correlations between lung and head/neck cancer (rg = 0.57, p = 4.6 x 10-8), breast and ovarian cancer (rg = 0.24, p = 7 x 10-5), breast and lung cancer (rg = 0.18, p =1.5 x 10-6) and breast and colorectal cancer (rg = 0.15, p = 1.1 x 10-4). We also found that multiple cancers are genetically correlated with non-cancer traits including smoking, psychiatric diseases and metabolic characteristics. Functional enrichment analysis revealed a significant excess contribution of conserved and regulatory regions to cancer heritability. Our comprehensive analysis of cross-cancer heritability suggests that solid tumors arising across tissues share in part a common germline genetic basis.Copyright © 2019, The Author(s).
Published: 2019

38. Publisher Correction: Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (431), 10.1038/s41467-018-08054-4).

Author: Tangen C.M., Wu X., Yannoukakos D., Zheng W., Zienolddiny S., Ziogas A., Zorn K.K., Lane J.M., Saxena R., Thomas D., Hung R.J., Diergaarde B., McKay J., Peters U., Hsu L., Garcia-Closas M., Eeles R.A., Chenevix-Trench G., Brennan P.J., Haiman C.A., Simard J., Easton D.F., Gruber S.B., Pharoah P.D.P., Price A.L., Pasaniuc B., Amos C.I., Kraft P., Lindstrom S., Chen C., Jiang X., Finucane H.K., Schumacher F.R., Schmit S.L., Tyrer J.P., Han Y., Michailidou K., Lesseur C., Kuchenbaecker K.B., Dennis J., Conti D.V., Casey G., Gaudet M.M., Huyghe J.R., Albanes D., Aldrich M.C., Andrew A.S., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antoniou A.C., Antonenkova N.N., Arnold S.M., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Bandera E.V., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Batra J., Beckmann M.W., Benitez J., Benlloch S., Berchuck A., Berndt S.I., Bickeboller H., Bien S.A., Blomqvist C., Boccia S., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brenton J.D., Brook M.N., Brunet J., Brunnstrom H., Buchanan D.D., Burwinkel B., Butzow R., Cadoni G., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Campbell I., Campbell P.T., Cancel-Tassin G., Cannon-Albright L., Campa D., Caporaso N., Carvalho A.L., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiani D.C., Claes K.B.M., Claessens F., Clements J., Collee J.M., Correa M.C., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cunningham J.M., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., deFazio A., Devilee P., Diez O., Gago-Dominguez M., Donovan J.L., Dork T., Duell E.J., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Edlund C.K., Edwards D.R.V., Ellberg C., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Ferris R.L., Liloglou T., Figueiredo J.C., Fletcher O., Fortner R.T., Fostira F., Franceschi S., Friedman E., Gallinger S.J., Ganz P.A., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gayther S.A., Giles G.G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Goode E.L., Goodman M.T., Goodman G., Grankvist K., Greene M.H., Gronberg H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hamdy F.C., Hamilton R.J., Hampe J., Haugen A., Heitz F., Herrero R., Hillemanns P., Hoffmeister M., Hogdall E., Hong Y.-C., Hopper J.L., Houlston R., Hulick P.J., Hunter D.J., Huntsman D.G., Idos G., Imyanitov E.N., Ingles S.A., Isaacs C., Jakubowska A., James P., Jenkins M.A., Johansson M., John E.M., Joshi A.D., Kaneva R., Karlan B.Y., Kelemen L.E., Kuhl T., Khaw K.-T., Khusnutdinova E., Kibel A.S., Kiemeney L.A., Kim J., Kjaer S.K., Knight J.A., Kogevinas M., Kote-Jarai Z., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kupryjanczyk J., Lacko M., Lam S., Lambrechts D., Landi M.T., Lazarus P., Le N.D., Lee E., Lejbkowicz F., Lenz H.-J., Leslie G., Lessel D., Lester J., Levine D.A., Li L., Li C.I., Lindblom A., Lindor N.M., Liu G., Loupakis F., Lubinski J., Maehle L., Maier C., Mannermaa A., Marchand L.L., Margolin S., May T., McGuffog L., Meindl A., Middha P., Miller A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Modugno F., Montagna M., Moreno V., Moysich K.B., Mucci L., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Neal D.E., Ness A.R., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newcomb P.A., Newcomb L.F., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Nordestgaard B.G., Nussbaum R.L., Offit K., Olah E., Olama A.A.A., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Osorio A., Pandha H., Park J.Y., Pashayan N., Parsons M.T., Pejovic T., Penney K.L., Peters W.H.M., Phelan C.M., Phipps A.I., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pring M., Prokofyeva D., Radice P., Stefansson K., Ramus S.J., Raskin L., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., van Rensburg E.J., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Risch A., Roobol M.J., Rosenstein B.S., Rossing M.A., De Ruyck K., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schabath M.B., Schleutker J., Schmidt M.K., Setiawan V.W., Shen H., Siegel E.M., Sieh W., Singer C.F., Slattery M.L., Sorensen K.D., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Stanford J.L., Stevens V.L., Stintzing S., Stone J., Sundfeldt K., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Tajara E.H., Tardon A., Taylor J.A., Teare M.D., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Terry K.L., Thibodeau S.N., Thomassen M., Bjorge L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Torres D., Townsend P.A., Travis R.C., Tung N., Tworoger S.S., Ulrich C.M., Usmani N., Vachon C.M., Van Nieuwenhuysen E., Vega A., Aguado-Barrera M.E., Wang Q., Webb P.M., Weinberg C.R., Weinstein S., Weissler M.C., Weitzel J.N., West C.M.L., White E., Whittemore A.S., Wichmann H.-E., Wiklund F., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Woll P., Woods M., Wu A.H., Tangen C.M., Wu X., Yannoukakos D., Zheng W., Zienolddiny S., Ziogas A., Zorn K.K., Lane J.M., Saxena R., Thomas D., Hung R.J., Diergaarde B., McKay J., Peters U., Hsu L., Garcia-Closas M., Eeles R.A., Chenevix-Trench G., Brennan P.J., Haiman C.A., Simard J., Easton D.F., Gruber S.B., Pharoah P.D.P., Price A.L., Pasaniuc B., Amos C.I., Kraft P., Lindstrom S., Chen C., Jiang X., Finucane H.K., Schumacher F.R., Schmit S.L., Tyrer J.P., Han Y., Michailidou K., Lesseur C., Kuchenbaecker K.B., Dennis J., Conti D.V., Casey G., Gaudet M.M., Huyghe J.R., Albanes D., Aldrich M.C., Andrew A.S., Andrulis I.L., Anton-Culver H., Antoniou A.C., Antonenkova N.N., Arnold S.M., Aronson K.J., Arun B.K., Bandera E.V., Barkardottir R.B., Barnes D.R., Batra J., Beckmann M.W., Benitez J., Benlloch S., Berchuck A., Berndt S.I., Bickeboller H., Bien S.A., Blomqvist C., Boccia S., Bogdanova N.V., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brenton J.D., Brook M.N., Brunet J., Brunnstrom H., Buchanan D.D., Burwinkel B., Butzow R., Cadoni G., Caldes T., Caligo M.A., Campbell I., Campbell P.T., Cancel-Tassin G., Cannon-Albright L., Campa D., Caporaso N., Carvalho A.L., Chan A.T., Chang-Claude J., Chanock S.J., Christiani D.C., Claes K.B.M., Claessens F., Clements J., Collee J.M., Correa M.C., Couch F.J., Cox A., Cunningham J.M., Cybulski C., Czene K., Daly M.B., deFazio A., Devilee P., Diez O., Gago-Dominguez M., Donovan J.L., Dork T., Duell E.J., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eccles D.M., Edlund C.K., Edwards D.R.V., Ellberg C., Evans D.G., Fasching P.A., Ferris R.L., Liloglou T., Figueiredo J.C., Fletcher O., Fortner R.T., Fostira F., Franceschi S., Friedman E., Gallinger S.J., Ganz P.A., Garber J., Garcia-Saenz J.A., Gayther S.A., Giles G.G., Godwin A.K., Goldberg M.S., Goldgar D.E., Goode E.L., Goodman M.T., Goodman G., Grankvist K., Greene M.H., Gronberg H., Gronwald J., Guenel P., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hamann U., Hamdy F.C., Hamilton R.J., Hampe J., Haugen A., Heitz F., Herrero R., Hillemanns P., Hoffmeister M., Hogdall E., Hong Y.-C., Hopper J.L., Houlston R., Hulick P.J., Hunter D.J., Huntsman D.G., Idos G., Imyanitov E.N., Ingles S.A., Isaacs C., Jakubowska A., James P., Jenkins M.A., Johansson M., John E.M., Joshi A.D., Kaneva R., Karlan B.Y., Kelemen L.E., Kuhl T., Khaw K.-T., Khusnutdinova E., Kibel A.S., Kiemeney L.A., Kim J., Kjaer S.K., Knight J.A., Kogevinas M., Kote-Jarai Z., Koutros S., Kristensen V.N., Kupryjanczyk J., Lacko M., Lam S., Lambrechts D., Landi M.T., Lazarus P., Le N.D., Lee E., Lejbkowicz F., Lenz H.-J., Leslie G., Lessel D., Lester J., Levine D.A., Li L., Li C.I., Lindblom A., Lindor N.M., Liu G., Loupakis F., Lubinski J., Maehle L., Maier C., Mannermaa A., Marchand L.L., Margolin S., May T., McGuffog L., Meindl A., Middha P., Miller A., Milne R.L., MacInnis R.J., Modugno F., Montagna M., Moreno V., Moysich K.B., Mucci L., Muir K., Mulligan A.M., Nathanson K.L., Neal D.E., Ness A.R., Neuhausen S.L., Nevanlinna H., Newcomb P.A., Newcomb L.F., Nielsen F.C., Nikitina-Zake L., Nordestgaard B.G., Nussbaum R.L., Offit K., Olah E., Olama A.A.A., Olopade O.I., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Osorio A., Pandha H., Park J.Y., Pashayan N., Parsons M.T., Pejovic T., Penney K.L., Peters W.H.M., Phelan C.M., Phipps A.I., Plaseska-Karanfilska D., Pring M., Prokofyeva D., Radice P., Stefansson K., Ramus S.J., Raskin L., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., van Rensburg E.J., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Risch A., Roobol M.J., Rosenstein B.S., Rossing M.A., De Ruyck K., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sawyer E.J., Schabath M.B., Schleutker J., Schmidt M.K., Setiawan V.W., Shen H., Siegel E.M., Sieh W., Singer C.F., Slattery M.L., Sorensen K.D., Southey M.C., Spurdle A.B., Stanford J.L., Stevens V.L., Stintzing S., Stone J., Sundfeldt K., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Tajara E.H., Tardon A., Taylor J.A., Teare M.D., Teixeira M.R., Terry M.B., Terry K.L., Thibodeau S.N., Thomassen M., Bjorge L., Tischkowitz M., Toland A.E., Torres D., Townsend P.A., Travis R.C., Tung N., Tworoger S.S., Ulrich C.M., Usmani N., Vachon C.M., Van Nieuwenhuysen E., Vega A., Aguado-Barrera M.E., Wang Q., Webb P.M., Weinberg C.R., Weinstein S., Weissler M.C., Weitzel J.N., West C.M.L., White E., Whittemore A.S., Wichmann H.-E., Wiklund F., Winqvist R., Wolk A., Woll P., Woods M., and Wu A.H.
Published: 2019

39. A comprehensive gene-environment interaction analysis in Ovarian Cancer using genome-wide significant common variants.

Author: Kjaer S.K., Bandera E.V., Cook L.S., Cramer D.W., Milne R.L., Winham S.J., Modugno F., Mukherjee B., Pearce C.L., Pharoah P.D.P., Pike M.C., Huntsman D., Hogdall E., Trabert B., Wentzensen N., Le N.D., Schildkraut J.M., Harris H.R., Chang-Claude J., Thompson P.J., Kim S., Wang M., Tyrer J.P., Jensen A., Wiensch A., Liu G., Lee A.W., Ness R.B., Salvatore M., Tworoger S.S., Whittemore A.S., Anton-Culver H., Sieh W., Olson S.H., Berchuck A., Goode E.L., Goodman M.T., Doherty J.A., Chenevix-Trench G., Rossing M.A., Webb P.M., Giles G.G., Terry K.L., Ziogas A., Fortner R.T., Menon U., Gayther S.A., Wu A.H., Song H., Brooks-Wilson A., Kjaer S.K., Bandera E.V., Cook L.S., Cramer D.W., Milne R.L., Winham S.J., Modugno F., Mukherjee B., Pearce C.L., Pharoah P.D.P., Pike M.C., Huntsman D., Hogdall E., Trabert B., Wentzensen N., Le N.D., Schildkraut J.M., Harris H.R., Chang-Claude J., Thompson P.J., Kim S., Wang M., Tyrer J.P., Jensen A., Wiensch A., Liu G., Lee A.W., Ness R.B., Salvatore M., Tworoger S.S., Whittemore A.S., Anton-Culver H., Sieh W., Olson S.H., Berchuck A., Goode E.L., Goodman M.T., Doherty J.A., Chenevix-Trench G., Rossing M.A., Webb P.M., Giles G.G., Terry K.L., Ziogas A., Fortner R.T., Menon U., Gayther S.A., Wu A.H., Song H., and Brooks-Wilson A.
Abstract: As a follow-up to genome-wide association analysis of common variants associated with ovarian carcinoma (cancer), our study considers seven well-known ovarian cancer risk factors and their interactions with 28 genome-wide significant common genetic variants. The interaction analyses were based on data from 9971 ovarian cancer cases and 15,566 controls from 17 case-control studies. Likelihood ratio and Wald tests for multiplicative interaction and for relative excess risk due to additive interaction were used. The top multiplicative interaction was noted between oral contraceptive pill (OCP) use (ever vs. never) and rs13255292 (p value = 3.48 x 10-4). Among women with the TT genotype for this variant, the odds ratio for OCP use was 0.53 (95% CI = 0.46-0.60) compared to 0.71 (95%CI = 0.66-0.77) for women with the CC genotype. When stratified by duration of OCP use, women with 1-5 years of OCP use exhibited differential protective benefit across genotypes. However, no interaction on either the multiplicative or additive scale was found to be statistically significant after multiple testing correction. The results suggest that OCP use may offer increased benefit for women who are carriers of the T allele in rs13255292. On the other hand, for women carrying the C allele in this variant, longer (5+ years) use of OCP may reduce the impact of carrying the risk allele of this SNP. Replication of this finding is needed. The study presents a comprehensive analytic framework for conducting gene-environment analysis in ovarian cancer.Copyright © 2018 UICC
Published: 2019

40. Re-evaluating genetic variants identified in candidate gene studies of breast cancer risk using data from nearly 280,000 women of Asian and European ancestry.

Author: Long J., Simard J., Kubo M., Kraft P., Kang D., Easton D.F., Zheng W., Yang Y., Shu X., Shu X.-O., Bolla M.K., Kweon S.-S., Cai Q., Michailidou K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Park B., Matsuo K., Kwong A., Park S.K., Wu A.H., Teo S.H., Iwasaki M., Choi J.-Y., Li J., Hartman M., Shen C.-Y., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Li B., Wen W., Gao Y.-T., Xiang Y.-B., Aronson K.J., Spinell J.J., Gago-Dominguez M., John E.M., Kurian A.W., Chang-Claude J., Chen S.-T., Dork T., Evans D.G.R., Schmidt M.K., Shin M.-H., Giles G.G., Milne R.L., Long J., Simard J., Kubo M., Kraft P., Kang D., Easton D.F., Zheng W., Yang Y., Shu X., Shu X.-O., Bolla M.K., Kweon S.-S., Cai Q., Michailidou K., Wang Q., Dennis J., Park B., Matsuo K., Kwong A., Park S.K., Wu A.H., Teo S.H., Iwasaki M., Choi J.-Y., Li J., Hartman M., Shen C.-Y., Muir K., Lophatananon A., Li B., Wen W., Gao Y.-T., Xiang Y.-B., Aronson K.J., Spinell J.J., Gago-Dominguez M., John E.M., Kurian A.W., Chang-Claude J., Chen S.-T., Dork T., Evans D.G.R., Schmidt M.K., Shin M.-H., Giles G.G., and Milne R.L.
Abstract: Background: We previously conducted a systematic field synopsis of 1059 breast cancer candidate gene studies and investigated 279 genetic variants, 51 of which showed associations. The major limitation of this work was the small sample size, even pooling data from all 1059 studies. Thereafter, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have accumulated data for hundreds of thousands of subjects. It's necessary to re-evaluate these variants in large GWAS datasets. Method(s): Of these 279 variants, data were obtained for 228 from GWAS conducted within the Asian Breast Cancer Consortium (24,206 cases and 24,775 controls) and the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry). Meta-analyses were conducted to combine the results from these two datasets. Finding(s): Of those 228 variants, an association was observed for 12 variants in 10 genes at a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P < 2.19 x 10-4. The associations for four variants reached P < 5 x 10-8 and have been reported by previous GWAS, including rs6435074 and rs6723097 (CASP8), rs17879961 (CHEK2) and rs2853669 (TERT). The remaining eight variants were rs676387 (HSD17B1), rs762551 (CYP1A2), rs1045485 (CASP8), rs9340799 (ESR1), rs7931342 (CHR11), rs1050450 (GPX1), rs13010627 (CASP10) and rs9344 (CCND1). Further investigating these 10 genes identified associations for two additional variants at P < 5 x 10-8, including rs4793090 (near HSD17B1), and rs9210 (near CYP1A2), which have not been identified by previous GWAS. Interpretation(s): Though most candidate gene variants were not associated with breast cancer risk, we found 14 variants showing an association. Our findings warrant further functional investigation of these variants. Fund: National Institutes of Health.Copyright © 2018
Published: 2019

41. Erratum: Publisher Correction: Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers (Nature communications (2019) 10 1 (431))

Author: Jiang, X. (Xia), Finucane, H.K. (Hilary K.), Schumacher, F.R. (Fredrick R), Schmit, S.L. (Stephanie L.), Tyrer, J.P. (Jonathan P.), Han, Y. (Younghun), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Lesseur, C. (Corina), Kuchenbaecker, K.B. (Karoline), Dennis, J. (Joe), Conti, G. (Giario), Casey, G. (Graham), Gaudet, M.M. (Mia M.), Huyghe, J.R. (Jeroen R.), Albanes, D. (Demetrius), Aldrich, M.C. (Melinda), Andrew, A.S. (Angeline S.), Andrulis, I.L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antoniou, A.C. (Antonis C.), Antonenkova, N.N. (Natalia N.), Arnold, S.M. (Susanne M.), Aronson, K.J. (Kristan J.), Arun, B.K. (Banu), Bandera, E.V. (Elisa), Barkardottir, R.B. (Rosa B.), Barnes, D. (Daniel), Batra, J. (Jyotsna), Beckmann, M.W. (Matthias), Benítez, J. (Javier), Benlloch, S. (Sara), Berchuck, A. (Andrew), Berndt, S.I. (Sonja), Bickeböller, H. (Heike), Bien, S.A. (Stephanie A.), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Boccia, S. (Stefania), Bogdanova, N.V. (Natalia V.), Bojesen, S.E. (Stig), Bolla, M.K. (Manjeet K.), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Brenton, J.D. (James D.), Brook, R.H., Brunet, J. (Joan), Brunnström, H. (Hans), Buchanan, D.D. (Daniel D.), Burwinkel, B. (Barbara), Butzow, R. (Ralf), Cadoni, G. (Gabriella), Caldes, T. (Trinidad), Caligo, M.A. (Maria A.), Campbell, I. (Ian), Campbell, P.T. (Peter T.), Cancel-Tassin, G. (Géraldine), Cannon-Albright, L.A. (Lisa), Campa, D. (Daniele), Caporaso, N.E. (Neil), Carvalho, A.L. (André L), Chan, A.T. (Andrew T.), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S.J. (Stephen), Chen, C. (Chu), Christiani, D.C. (David C.), Claes, K.B.M. (Kathleen B M), Claessens, F. (Frank), Clements, J. (Judith), Collée, J.M. (J Margriet), Correa, M.C. (Marcia Cruz), Couch, F.J. (Fergus), Cox, A. (Angela), Cunningham, J.M. (Julie), Cybulski, C. (Cezary), Czene, K. (Kamila), Daly, M.B. (Mary), DeFazio, A. (Anna), Devilee, P. (Peter), Diez, O. (Orland), Gago-Dominguez, M. (Manuela), Donovan, J.L. (Jenny L.), Dörk, T. (Thilo), Duell, E.J. (Eric), Dunning, A.M. (Alison M.), Dwek, M. (Miriam), Eccles, D. (Diana), Edlund, C.K. (Christopher), Edwards, D.R.V. (Digna R Velez), Ellberg, C. (Carolina), Evans, D.G. (D Gareth), Fasching, P.A. (Peter), Ferris, R.L. (Robert L.), Liloglou, T. (Triantafillos), Figueiredo, J.C. (Jane C.), Fletcher, O. (Olivia), Fortner, R.T. (Renée T), Fostira, F. (Florentia), Franceschi, S. (Silvia), Friedman, E. (Eitan), Gallinger, S. (Steve), Ganz, P.A. (Patricia), Garber, J. (Judy), García-Sáenz, J.A. (José A), Gayther, S.A. (Simon), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), Godwin, A.K. (Andrew K.), Goldberg, M.S. (Mark), Goldgar, D.E. (David E.), Goode, E.L. (Ellen), Goodman, M.T. (Marc), Goodman, G. (Gary), Grankvist, K. (Kjell), Greene, M.H. (Mark H.), Grönberg, H. (Henrik), Gronwald, J. (Jacek), Guénel, P. (Pascal), Håkansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hamdy, F. (Freddie), Hamilton, R.J. (Robert J.), Hampe, J. (Jochen), Haugen, A. (Aage), Heitz, F. (Florian), Herrero, R. (Rolando), Hillemanns, P. (Peter), Hoffmeister, M. (Michael), Høgdall, E. (Estrid), Hong, Y.-C. (Yun-Chul), Hopper, J.L. (John), Houlston, R. (Richard), Hulick, P.J. (Peter J.), Hunter, D.J. (David), Huntsman, D.G. (David G.), Idos, G. (Gregory), Imyanitov, E.N. (Evgeny), Ingles, S.A. (Sue), Isaacs, C. (Claudine), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), James, M. (Margaret), Jenkins, M.A. (Mark A.), Johansson, M. (Mattias), Johansson, M. (Mikael), John, E.M. (Esther), Joshi, A.D. (Amit D.), Kaneva, R. (Radka), Karlan, B.Y. (Beth), Kelemen, L.E. (Linda E.), Kühl, T. (Tabea), Khaw, K.-T. (Kay-Tee), Khusnutdinova, E.K. (Elza), Kibel, A. (Adam), Kiemeney, L.A. (Lambertus A.), Kim, J. (Jongoh), Kjaer, M. (Michael), Knight, J.A. (Julia), Kogevinas, M. (Manolis), Kote-Jarai, Z., Koutros, S. (Stella), Kristensen, V. (Vessela), Kupryjanczyk, J. (Jolanta), Lacko, M. (Martin), Lam, S. (Stephan), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Landi, M.T. (Maria Teresa), Lazarus, P. (Philip), Le, N.D. (Nhu D.), Lee, E. 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(Erin M.), Sieh, W. (Weiva), Singer, C.F. (Christian), Slattery, M.L. (Martha L.), Sorensen, K.D. (Karina Dalsgaard), Southey, M.C. (Melissa), Spurdle, A.B. (Amanda), Stanford, J.L. (Janet L.), Stevens, V.L. (Victoria L.), Stintzing, S. (Sebastian), Stone, J. (Jennifer), Sundfeldt, K. (Karin), Sutphen, R. (Rebecca), Swerdlow, A.J. (Anthony ), Tajara, E.H. (Eloiza H.), Tangen, C.M. (Catherine M.), Tardón, A. (Adonina), Taylor, J.A. (Jack A.), Teare, M.D. (M Dawn), Teixeira, P.J., Terry, M.B. (Mary Beth), Terry, K.L. (Kathryn L.), Thibodeau, S.N. (Stephen), Thomassen, M. (Mads), Bjørge, L. (Line), Tischkowitz, M. (Marc), Toland, A.E. (Amanda), Torres, D. (Diana), Townsend, P.A. (Paul A.), Travis, S.P.L. (Simon), Tung, N. (Nadine), Tworoger, S. (Shelley), Ulrich, C. (Cornelia), Usmani, N. (Nawaid), Vachon, C. (Celine), Van Nieuwenhuysen, E. (Els), Vega, A. (Ana), Aguado-Barrera, M.E. (Miguel Elías), Wang, Q. (Qin), Webb, P. (Penny), Weinberg, C.R. (Clarice R.), Weinstein, S. 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(Hilary K.), Schumacher, F.R. (Fredrick R), Schmit, S.L. (Stephanie L.), Tyrer, J.P. (Jonathan P.), Han, Y. (Younghun), Michailidou, K. (Kyriaki), Lesseur, C. (Corina), Kuchenbaecker, K.B. (Karoline), Dennis, J. (Joe), Conti, G. (Giario), Casey, G. (Graham), Gaudet, M.M. (Mia M.), Huyghe, J.R. (Jeroen R.), Albanes, D. (Demetrius), Aldrich, M.C. (Melinda), Andrew, A.S. (Angeline S.), Andrulis, I.L. (Irene L.), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antoniou, A.C. (Antonis C.), Antonenkova, N.N. (Natalia N.), Arnold, S.M. (Susanne M.), Aronson, K.J. (Kristan J.), Arun, B.K. (Banu), Bandera, E.V. (Elisa), Barkardottir, R.B. (Rosa B.), Barnes, D. (Daniel), Batra, J. (Jyotsna), Beckmann, M.W. (Matthias), Benítez, J. (Javier), Benlloch, S. (Sara), Berchuck, A. (Andrew), Berndt, S.I. (Sonja), Bickeböller, H. (Heike), Bien, S.A. (Stephanie A.), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Boccia, S. (Stefania), Bogdanova, N.V. (Natalia V.), Bojesen, S.E. (Stig), Bolla, M.K. (Manjeet K.), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brenner, H. 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(Miriam), Eccles, D. (Diana), Edlund, C.K. (Christopher), Edwards, D.R.V. (Digna R Velez), Ellberg, C. (Carolina), Evans, D.G. (D Gareth), Fasching, P.A. (Peter), Ferris, R.L. (Robert L.), Liloglou, T. (Triantafillos), Figueiredo, J.C. (Jane C.), Fletcher, O. (Olivia), Fortner, R.T. (Renée T), Fostira, F. (Florentia), Franceschi, S. (Silvia), Friedman, E. (Eitan), Gallinger, S. (Steve), Ganz, P.A. (Patricia), Garber, J. (Judy), García-Sáenz, J.A. (José A), Gayther, S.A. (Simon), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), Godwin, A.K. (Andrew K.), Goldberg, M.S. (Mark), Goldgar, D.E. (David E.), Goode, E.L. (Ellen), Goodman, M.T. (Marc), Goodman, G. (Gary), Grankvist, K. (Kjell), Greene, M.H. (Mark H.), Grönberg, H. (Henrik), Gronwald, J. (Jacek), Guénel, P. (Pascal), Håkansson, N. (Niclas), Hall, P. (Per), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hamdy, F. (Freddie), Hamilton, R.J. (Robert J.), Hampe, J. (Jochen), Haugen, A. (Aage), Heitz, F. (Florian), Herrero, R. (Rolando), Hillemanns, P. (Peter), Hoffmeister, M. 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(Jeffrey), West, C.M.L. (Catharine M L), White, E. (Emily), Whittemore, A.S. (Alice), Wichmann, H.-E. (H-Erich), Wiklund, F. (Fredrik), Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wolk, K. (Kerstin), Woll, P.J. (Penella J), Woods, M.O. (Michael), Wu, A.H. (Anna H.), Wu, X. (Xifeng), Yannoukakos, D. (Drakoulis), Zheng, W. (Wei), Zienolddiny, S. (Shanbeh), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Zorn, K.K. (Kristin K.), Lane, J.M. (Jacqueline M.), Saxena, R. (Richa), Thomas, D.C. (Duncan), Hung, R.J. (Rayjean J.), Diergaarde, B. (Brenda), McKay, J. (James), Peters, U. (Ulrike), Hsu, L. (Li), García-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Eeles, R.A. (Rosalind A.), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Brennan, P.J. (Paul J.), Haiman, C.A. (Christopher), Simard, J. (Jacques), Easton, D.F. (Douglas), Gruber, S.B. (Stephen), Pharoah, P.D.P. (Paul), Price, A.L. (Alkes L.), Pasaniuc, B. (Bogdan), Amos, C.I. (Christopher I.), Kraft, P. (Peter), and Lindström, S. (Sara)
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Published: 2019
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42. 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

43. Robust Tests for Additive Gene-Environment Interaction in Case-Control Studies Using Gene-Environment Independence

Author: Liu, Gang, Mukherjee, Bhramar, Lee, Seunggeun, Lee, Alice W., Wu, A.H., Bandera, E.V., Kiemeney, L.A., Massuger, L.F., Risch, H., Pearce, C.L., Liu, Gang, Mukherjee, Bhramar, Lee, Seunggeun, Lee, Alice W., Wu, A.H., Bandera, E.V., Kiemeney, L.A., Massuger, L.F., Risch, H., and Pearce, C.L.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 184043.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access)
Published: 2018

44. Cigarette smoking is associated with adverse survival among women with ovarian cancer: Results from a pooled analysis of 19 studies

Author: Praestegaard, C., Jensen, A., Jensen, S.M., Nielsen, T.S., Webb, P.M., Nagle, C.M., Defazio, A., Hogdall, E., Rossing, M.A., Doherty, J.A., Wicklund, K.G., Goodman, M.T., Modugno, F., Moysich, K., Ness, R.B., Edwards, R., Matsuo, K., Hosono, S., Goode, E.L., Winham, S.J., Fridley, B.L., Cramer, D.W, Terry, K.L., Schildkraut, J.M., Berchuck, A., Bandera, E.V., Paddock, L.E., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Wentzensen, N., Pharoah, P., Song, H., Whittemore, A., McGuire, V., Sieh, W., Rothstein, J., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Menon, U., Gayther, S.A., Ramus, S.J., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Wu, A.H., Pearce, C.L., Pike, M., Lee, A.W., Sutphen, R., Chang-Claude, J., Risch, H.A., Kjaer, S.K., Praestegaard, C., Jensen, A., Jensen, S.M., Nielsen, T.S., Webb, P.M., Nagle, C.M., Defazio, A., Hogdall, E., Rossing, M.A., Doherty, J.A., Wicklund, K.G., Goodman, M.T., Modugno, F., Moysich, K., Ness, R.B., Edwards, R., Matsuo, K., Hosono, S., Goode, E.L., Winham, S.J., Fridley, B.L., Cramer, D.W, Terry, K.L., Schildkraut, J.M., Berchuck, A., Bandera, E.V., Paddock, L.E., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Wentzensen, N., Pharoah, P., Song, H., Whittemore, A., McGuire, V., Sieh, W., Rothstein, J., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Menon, U., Gayther, S.A., Ramus, S.J., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Wu, A.H., Pearce, C.L., Pike, M., Lee, A.W., Sutphen, R., Chang-Claude, J., Risch, H.A., and Kjaer, S.K.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 174714.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), Cigarette smoking is associated with an increased risk of developing mucinous ovarian tumors but whether it is associated with ovarian cancer survival overall or for the different histotypes is unestablished. Furthermore, it is unknown whether the association between cigarette smoking and survival differs according to strata of ovarian cancer stage at diagnosis. In a large pooled analysis, we evaluated the association between various measures of cigarette smoking and survival among women with epithelial ovarian cancer. We obtained data from 19 case-control studies in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC), including 9,114 women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Cox regression models were used to estimate adjusted study-specific hazard ratios (HRs), which were combined into pooled hazard ratios (pHR) with corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CIs) under random effects models. Overall, 5,149 (57%) women died during a median follow-up period of 7.0 years. Among women diagnosed with ovarian cancer, both current (pHR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.08-1.28) and former smokers (pHR = 1.10, 95% CI: 1.02-1.18) had worse survival compared with never smoking women. In histotype-stratified analyses, associations were observed for mucinous (current smoking: pHR = 1.91, 95% CI: 1.01-3.65) and serous histotypes (current smoking: pHR = 1.11, 95% CI: 1.00-1.23; former smoking: pHR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.04-1.20). Further, our results suggested that current smoking has a greater impact on survival among women with localized than disseminated disease. The identification of cigarette smoking as a modifiable factor associated with survival has potential clinical importance as a focus area to improve ovarian cancer prognosis.
Published: 2017

45. History of Comorbidities and Survival of Ovarian Cancer Patients, Results from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium

Author: Minlikeeva, A.N., Freudenheim, J.L., Eng, K.H., Cannioto, R.A., Friel, G., Szender, J.B., Segal, B., Odunsi, K., Mayor, P., Diergaarde, B., Zsiros, E., Kelemen, L.E., Kobel, M., Steed, H., Defazio, A., Jordan, S.J., Fasching, P.A., Beckmann, M.W., Risch, H.A., Rossing, M.A., Doherty, J.A., Chang-Claude, J., Goodman, M.T., Dork, T., Edwards, R., Modugno, F., Ness, R.B., Matsuo, K., Mizuno, M., Karlan, B.Y., Goode, E.L., Kjaer, S.K., Hogdall, E., Schildkraut, J.M., Terry, K.L., Cramer, D.W, Bandera, E.V., Paddock, L.E., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Sutphen, R., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Menon, U., Gayther, S.A., Ramus, S.J., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Pearce, C.L., Wu, A.H., Kupryjanczyk, J., Jensen, A., Webb, P.M., Moysich, K.B., Minlikeeva, A.N., Freudenheim, J.L., Eng, K.H., Cannioto, R.A., Friel, G., Szender, J.B., Segal, B., Odunsi, K., Mayor, P., Diergaarde, B., Zsiros, E., Kelemen, L.E., Kobel, M., Steed, H., Defazio, A., Jordan, S.J., Fasching, P.A., Beckmann, M.W., Risch, H.A., Rossing, M.A., Doherty, J.A., Chang-Claude, J., Goodman, M.T., Dork, T., Edwards, R., Modugno, F., Ness, R.B., Matsuo, K., Mizuno, M., Karlan, B.Y., Goode, E.L., Kjaer, S.K., Hogdall, E., Schildkraut, J.M., Terry, K.L., Cramer, D.W, Bandera, E.V., Paddock, L.E., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Sutphen, R., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Menon, U., Gayther, S.A., Ramus, S.J., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Pearce, C.L., Wu, A.H., Kupryjanczyk, J., Jensen, A., Webb, P.M., and Moysich, K.B.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 177359.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), Background: Comorbidities can affect survival of ovarian cancer patients by influencing treatment efficacy. However, little evidence exists on the association between individual concurrent comorbidities and prognosis in ovarian cancer patients.Methods: Among patients diagnosed with invasive ovarian carcinoma who participated in 23 studies included in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, we explored associations between histories of endometriosis; asthma; depression; osteoporosis; and autoimmune, gallbladder, kidney, liver, and neurological diseases and overall and progression-free survival. Using Cox proportional hazards regression models adjusted for age at diagnosis, stage of disease, histology, and study site, we estimated pooled HRs and 95% confidence intervals to assess associations between each comorbidity and ovarian cancer outcomes.Results: None of the comorbidities were associated with ovarian cancer outcome in the overall sample nor in strata defined by histologic subtype, weight status, age at diagnosis, or stage of disease (local/regional vs. advanced).Conclusions: Histories of endometriosis; asthma; depression; osteoporosis; and autoimmune, gallbladder, kidney, liver, or neurologic diseases were not associated with ovarian cancer overall or progression-free survival.Impact: These previously diagnosed chronic diseases do not appear to affect ovarian cancer prognosis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(9); 1470-3. (c)2017 AACR.
Published: 2017

46. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer and Borderline Ovarian Tumors: A Pooled Analysis of 13 Case-Control Studies

Author: Rasmussen, C.B., Kjaer, S.K., Albieri, V., Bandera, E.V., Doherty, J.A., Hogdall, E., Webb, P.M., Jordan, S.J., Rossing, M.A., Wicklund, K.G., Goodman, M.T., Modugno, F., Moysich, K.B., Ness, R.B., Edwards, R.P., Schildkraut, J.M., Berchuck, A., Olson, S.H., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Narod, S.A., Phelan, C.M., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Wu, A.H., Pearce, C.L., Risch, H.A., Jensen, A., Rasmussen, C.B., Kjaer, S.K., Albieri, V., Bandera, E.V., Doherty, J.A., Hogdall, E., Webb, P.M., Jordan, S.J., Rossing, M.A., Wicklund, K.G., Goodman, M.T., Modugno, F., Moysich, K.B., Ness, R.B., Edwards, R.P., Schildkraut, J.M., Berchuck, A., Olson, S.H., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Narod, S.A., Phelan, C.M., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Wu, A.H., Pearce, C.L., Risch, H.A., and Jensen, A.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 169777.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), Inflammation has been implicated in ovarian carcinogenesis. However, studies investigating the association between pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) and ovarian cancer risk are few and inconsistent. We investigated the association between PID and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer according to tumor behavior and histotype. We pooled data from 13 case-control studies, conducted between 1989 and 2009, from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium (OCAC), including 9,162 women with ovarian cancers, 2,354 women with borderline tumors, and 14,736 control participants. Study-specific odds ratios were estimated and subsequently combined into a pooled odds ratio using a random-effects model. A history of PID was associated with an increased risk of borderline tumors (pooled odds ratio (pOR) = 1.32, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.10, 1.58). Women with at least 2 episodes of PID had a 2-fold increased risk of borderline tumors (pOR = 2.14, 95% CI: 1.08, 4.24). No association was observed between PID and ovarian cancer risk overall (pOR = 0.99, 95% CI: 0.83, 1.19); however, a statistically nonsignificantly increased risk of low-grade serous tumors (pOR = 1.48, 95% CI: 0.92, 2.38) was noted. In conclusion, PID was associated with an increased risk of borderline ovarian tumors, particularly among women who had had multiple episodes of PID. Although our results indicated a histotype-specific association with PID, the association of PID with ovarian cancer risk is still somewhat uncertain and requires further investigation.
Published: 2017

47. Enrichment of putative PAX8 target genes at serous epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility loci

Author: Kar, S.P., Adler, E., Tyrer, J., Hazelett, D., Anton-Culver, H., Bandera, E.V., Beckmann, M.W., Berchuck, A., Bogdanova, N., Brinton, L., Butzow, R., Campbell, I., Carty, K., Chang-Claude, J., Cook, L.S., Cramer, D.W, Cunningham, J.M., Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A., Doherty, J.A., Dork, T., Durst, M., Eccles, D., Fasching, P.A., Flanagan, J., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Glasspool, R., Goode, E.L., Goodman, M.T., Gronwald, J., Heitz, F., Hildebrandt, M.A.T., Hogdall, E., Hogdall, C.K., Huntsman, D.G., Jensen, A., Karlan, B.Y., Kelemen, L.E., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Kjaer, S.K., Kupryjanczyk, J., Lambrechts, D., Levine, D.A., Li, Q., Lissowska, J., Lu, K.H., Lubinski, J., Massuger, L.F.A.G., McGuire, V., McNeish, I., Menon, U., Modugno, F., Monteiro, A.N., Moysich, K.B., Ness, R.B., Nevanlinna, H., Paul, J., Pearce, C.L., Pejovic, T., Permuth, J.B., Phelan, C., Pike, M.C., Poole, E.M., Ramus, S.J., Risch, H.A., Rossing, M.A., Salvesen, H.B., Schildkraut, J.M., Sellers, T.A., Sherman, M., Siddiqui, N., Sieh, W., Song, H., Southey, M., Terry, K.L., Tworoger, S.S., Walsh, C., Wentzensen, N., Whittemore, A.S., Wu, A.H., Yang, H., Zheng, W., Ziogas, A., Freedman, M.L., Gayther, S.A., Pharoah, P.D., Lawrenson, K., Kar, S.P., Adler, E., Tyrer, J., Hazelett, D., Anton-Culver, H., Bandera, E.V., Beckmann, M.W., Berchuck, A., Bogdanova, N., Brinton, L., Butzow, R., Campbell, I., Carty, K., Chang-Claude, J., Cook, L.S., Cramer, D.W, Cunningham, J.M., Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A., Doherty, J.A., Dork, T., Durst, M., Eccles, D., Fasching, P.A., Flanagan, J., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Glasspool, R., Goode, E.L., Goodman, M.T., Gronwald, J., Heitz, F., Hildebrandt, M.A.T., Hogdall, E., Hogdall, C.K., Huntsman, D.G., Jensen, A., Karlan, B.Y., Kelemen, L.E., Kiemeney, L.A.L.M., Kjaer, S.K., Kupryjanczyk, J., Lambrechts, D., Levine, D.A., Li, Q., Lissowska, J., Lu, K.H., Lubinski, J., Massuger, L.F.A.G., McGuire, V., McNeish, I., Menon, U., Modugno, F., Monteiro, A.N., Moysich, K.B., Ness, R.B., Nevanlinna, H., Paul, J., Pearce, C.L., Pejovic, T., Permuth, J.B., Phelan, C., Pike, M.C., Poole, E.M., Ramus, S.J., Risch, H.A., Rossing, M.A., Salvesen, H.B., Schildkraut, J.M., Sellers, T.A., Sherman, M., Siddiqui, N., Sieh, W., Song, H., Southey, M., Terry, K.L., Tworoger, S.S., Walsh, C., Wentzensen, N., Whittemore, A.S., Wu, A.H., Yang, H., Zheng, W., Ziogas, A., Freedman, M.L., Gayther, S.A., Pharoah, P.D., and Lawrenson, K.
Abstract: Contains fulltext : 170527.pdf (publisher's version ) (Closed access), BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 18 loci associated with serous ovarian cancer (SOC) susceptibility but the biological mechanisms driving these findings remain poorly characterised. Germline cancer risk loci may be enriched for target genes of transcription factors (TFs) critical to somatic tumorigenesis. METHODS: All 615 TF-target sets from the Molecular Signatures Database were evaluated using gene set enrichment analysis (GSEA) and three GWAS for SOC risk: discovery (2196 cases/4396 controls), replication (7035 cases/21 693 controls; independent from discovery), and combined (9627 cases/30 845 controls; including additional individuals). RESULTS: The PAX8-target gene set was ranked 1/615 in the discovery (PGSEA<0.001; FDR=0.21), 7/615 in the replication (PGSEA=0.004; FDR=0.37), and 1/615 in the combined (PGSEA<0.001; FDR=0.21) studies. Adding other genes reported to interact with PAX8 in the literature to the PAX8-target set and applying an alternative to GSEA, interval enrichment, further confirmed this association (P=0.006). Fifteen of the 157 genes from this expanded PAX8 pathway were near eight loci associated with SOC risk at P<10-5 (including six with P<5 x 10-8). The pathway was also associated with differential gene expression after shRNA-mediated silencing of PAX8 in HeyA8 (PGSEA=0.025) and IGROV1 (PGSEA=0.004) SOC cells and several PAX8 targets near SOC risk loci demonstrated in vitro transcriptomic perturbation. CONCLUSIONS: Putative PAX8 target genes are enriched for common SOC risk variants. This finding from our agnostic evaluation is of particular interest given that PAX8 is well-established as a specific marker for the cell of origin of SOC.
Published: 2017

48. Identification of 12 new susceptibility loci for different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer

Author: Phelan, C. (Catherine), Kuchenbaecker, K.B. (Karoline), Tyrer, J.P. (Jonathan P.), Kar, S.P. (Siddhartha P.), Lawrenson, K. (Kate), Winham, S.J. (Stacey J.), Dennis, J. (Joe), Pirie, A. (Ailith), Riggan, M.J. (Marjorie J.), Chornokur, G. (Ganna), Earp, M.A. (Madalene A.), Lyra, P.C. (Paulo C.), Lee, J.M. (Janet M.), Coetzee, S. (Simon), Beesley, J. (Jonathan), McGuffog, L. (Lesley), Soucy, P. (Penny), Dicks, E. (Ed), Lee, A. (Andrew), Barrowdale, D. (Daniel), Lecarpentier, J. (Julie), Leslie, G. (Goska), Aalfs, C.M. (Cora), Aben, K.K.H. (Katja), Adams, M. (Marcia), Adlard, J.W. (Julian), Andrulis, I.L. (Irene), Anton-Culver, H. (Hoda), Antonenkova, N. (Natalia), Aravantinos, G. (Gerasimos), Arnold, N. (Norbert), Arun, B.K. (Banu), Arver, B. (Brita), Azzollini, J., Balmana, J. (Judith), Banerjee, S. (Susana), Barjhoux, L. (Laure), Barkardottir, R.B. (Rosa B.), Bean, Y. (Yukie), Beckmann, M.W. (Matthias), Beeghly-Fadiel, A. (Alicia), Benítez, J. (Javier), Bermisheva, M. (Marina), Bernardini, M.Q. (Marcus Q.), Birrer, M.J. (Michael J.), Bjorge, L. (Line), Black, A., Blankstein, K. (Kenneth), Blok, M.J. (Marinus), Bodelon, C. (Clara), Bogdanova, N. (Natalia), Bojesen, A. (Anders), Bonanni, B. (Bernardo), Borg, Å. (Åke), Bradbury, A.R. (Angela R.), Brenton, J.D. (James D.), Brewer, C. (Carole), Brinton, L.A. (Louise), Broberg, P. (Per), Brooks-Wilson, A. (Angela), Bruinsma, F. (Fiona), Brunet, J. (Joan), Buecher, B. (Bruno), Butzow, R. (Ralf), Buys, S.S. (Saundra), Caldes, T. (Trinidad), Caligo, M.A. (Maria A.), Campbell, I. (Ian), Cannioto, R. (Rikki), Carney, M.E. (Michael), Cescon, T. (Terence), Chan, S. (Salina), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Chanock, S.J. (Stephen), Chen, X.Q. (Xiao Qing), Chiew, Y.-E. (Yoke-Eng), Chiquette, J. (Jocelyne), Chung, W. (Wendy), Claes, K. (Kathleen), Conner, T. (Thomas), Cook, L.S. (Linda S.), Cook, J. (Jackie), Cramer, D.W. (Daniel), Cunningham, J.M. (Julie), D'Aloisio, A.A. (Aimee A.), Daly, M.B. (Mary), Damiola, F. (Francesca), Damirovna, S.D. (Sakaeva Dina), Dansonka-Mieszkowska, A. (Agnieszka), Dao, F. (Fanny), Davidson, R. (Rosemarie), DeFazio, A. (Anna), Delnatte, C.D. (Capucine), Doheny, K.F. (Kimberly), Díez, O. (Orland), Ding, Y.C. (Yuan Chun), Doherty, J.A. (Jennifer), Domchek, S.M. (Susan), Dorfling, C.M. (Cecilia), Dörk, T. (Thilo), Dossus, L. (Laure), Duran, M. (Mercedes), Dürst, M. (Matthias), Dworniczak, B. (Bernd), Eccles, D. (Diana), Edwards, T. (Todd), Eeles, R. (Rosalind), Eilber, U. (Ursula), Ejlertsen, B. (Bent), Ekici, A.B. (Arif), Ellis, S. (Steve), Elvira, M. (Mingajeva), Eng, K.H. (Kevin H.), Engel, C. (Christoph), Evans, D.G. (Gareth), Fasching, P.A. (Peter), Ferguson, S. (Sarah), Ferrer, S.F., Flanagan, J.M. (James), Fogarty, Z.C. (Zachary C.), Fortner, R.T. (Renée T.), Fostira, F. (Florentia), Foulkes, W.D. (William D.), Fountzilas, G. (George), Fridley, B.L. (Brooke), Friebel, M.O.W. (Mark ), Friedman, E. (Eitan), Frost, D. (Debra), Ganz, P.A. (Patricia), Garber, J. (Judy), García, M.J. (María J.), Garcia-Barberan, V. (Vanesa), Gehrig, P.A. (Paola A.), Gentry-Maharaj, A. (Aleksandra), Gerdes, A-M. (Anne-Marie), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), Glasspool, R. (Rosalind), Glendon, G. (Gord), Godwin, A.K. (Andrew K.), Radice, P. (Paolo), Goranova, T. (Teodora), Gore, M. (Martin), Greene, M.H. (Mark H.), Gronwald, J. (Jacek), Gruber, S.B. (Stephen), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C.A. (Christopher), Håkansson, N. (Niclas), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hansen, T.V.O. (Thomas V.O.), Harrington, P.A. (Patricia A.), Harris, H.R. (Holly), Hauke, J. (Jan), Hein, A. (Alexander), Henderson, A. (Alex), Hildebrandt, M.A.T. (Michelle A.T.), Hillemanns, P. (Peter), Hodgson, S. (Shirley), Høgdall, C.K. (Claus), Høgdall, E. (Estrid), Hogervorst, F.B.L. (Frans B. L.), Holland, H. (Helene), Hooning, M.J. (Maartje J.), Hosking, K. (Karen), Huang, R.-Y. (Ruea-Yea), Hulick, P.J. (Peter), Hung, J. (Jillian), Hunter, D.J. (David J.), Huntsman, D.G. 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(Anne-Marie), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), Glasspool, R. (Rosalind), Glendon, G. (Gord), Godwin, A.K. (Andrew K.), Radice, P. (Paolo), Goranova, T. (Teodora), Gore, M. (Martin), Greene, M.H. (Mark H.), Gronwald, J. (Jacek), Gruber, S.B. (Stephen), Hahnen, E. (Eric), Haiman, C.A. (Christopher), Håkansson, N. (Niclas), Hamann, U. (Ute), Hansen, T.V.O. (Thomas V.O.), Harrington, P.A. (Patricia A.), Harris, H.R. (Holly), Hauke, J. (Jan), Hein, A. (Alexander), Henderson, A. (Alex), Hildebrandt, M.A.T. (Michelle A.T.), Hillemanns, P. (Peter), Hodgson, S. (Shirley), Høgdall, C.K. (Claus), Høgdall, E. (Estrid), Hogervorst, F.B.L. (Frans B. L.), Holland, H. (Helene), Hooning, M.J. (Maartje J.), Hosking, K. (Karen), Huang, R.-Y. (Ruea-Yea), Hulick, P.J. (Peter), Hung, J. (Jillian), Hunter, D.J. (David J.), Huntsman, D.G. (David G.), Huzarski, T. (Tomasz), Imyanitov, E.N. (Evgeny), Isaacs, C. (Claudine), Iversen, E. (Erik), Izatt, L. (Louise), Izquierdo, A. (A.), Jakubowska, A. (Anna), James, P. (Paul), Janavicius, R. (Ramunas), Jernetz, M. (Mats), Jensen, A. (Allan), Jensen, U.B., John, E.M. (Esther), Johnatty, S.E. (Sharon), Jones, M.E. (Michael E.), Kannisto, P. (Päivi), Karlan, B.Y. (Beth), Karnezis, A. (Anthony), Kast, K. (Karin), Kennedy, C.J. (Catherine J.), Khusnutdinova, E.K. (Elza), Kiemeney, L.A.L.M. (Bart), Kiiski, J.I. (Johanna I.), Kim, S.-W. (Sung-Won), Kjaer, M. (Michael), Köbel, M. (Martin), Kopperud, R.K. (Reidun K.), Kruse, T.A. (Torben), Kupryjanczyk, J. (Jolanta), Kwong, A. (Ava), Laitman, Y. (Yael), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Larrañaga, N. (Nerea), Larson, M.C. (Melissa), Lazaro, C. (Conxi), Le, N.D. (Nhu D.), Le Marchand, L. (Loic), Lee, J.W. (Jong Won), Lele, S.B. (Shashikant B.), Leminen, A. (Arto), Leroux, D. (Dominique), Lester, J. (Jenny), Lesueur, F. (Fabienne), Levine, D.A. (Douglas), Liang, D. (Dong), Liebrich, C. (Clemens), Lilyquist, J. (Jenna), Lipworth, L. (Loren), Lissowska, J. (Jolanta), Lu, K.H. (Karen), Lubinski, J. (Jan), Luccarini, C. (Craig), Lundvall, L. (Lene), Mai, P.L. (Phuong), Mendoza-Fandiño, G. (Gustavo), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Massuger, L.F. (Leon), May, T. (Taymaa), Mazoyer, S. (Sylvie), McAlpine, J.N. (Jessica N.), McGuire, V. (Valerie), McLaughlin, J. (John), McNeish, I. (Iain), Meijers-Heijboer, E.J. (Hanne), Meindl, A. (Alfons), Menon, U. (Usha), Mensenkamp, A.R. (Arjen R.), Merritt, M.A. (Melissa A.), Milne, R.L. (Roger), Mitchell, G. (Gillian), Modugno, F. (Francesmary), Moes-Sosnowska, J. (Joanna), Moffitt, M. (Melissa), Montagna, M. (Marco), Moysich, K.B. (Kirsten), Mulligan, A.M. (Anna Marie), Musinsky, J. (Jacob), Nathanson, K.L. (Katherine), Nedergaard, L. (Lotte), Ness, R.B. (Roberta), Neuhausen, S.L. (Susan), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Niederacher, D. (Dieter), Nussbaum, R. (Robert), Odunsi, K. (Kunle), Olah, E. (Edith), Olopade, O.I. (Olofunmilayo), Olsson, H. (Håkan), Olswold, C. (Curtis), O'Malley, D.M. (David M.), Ong, K.-R. (Kai-Ren), Onland-Moret, N.C. (Charlotte), Orr, N. (Nick), Orsulic, S. (Sandra), Osorio, A. (Ana), Palli, D. (Domenico), Papi, L. (Laura), Park-Simon, T.-W., Paul, J. (James), Pearce, C.L. (Celeste), Pedersen, I.S. (Inge Søkilde), Peeters, P.H.M., Peissel, B. (Bernard), Peixoto, A. (Ana), Pejovic, T. (Tanja), Pelttari, L.M. (Liisa M.), Permuth, J.B. (Jennifer B.), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Pezzani, L. (Lidia), Pfeiler, G. (Georg), Phillips, K.-A. (Kelly-Anne), Piedmonte, M. (Marion), Pike, M.C. (Malcolm), Piskorz, A.M. (Anna M.), Poblete, S.R. (Samantha R.), Pócza, T. (Tímea), Poole, E.M. (Elizabeth M.), Poppe, B. (Bruce), Porteous, M.E. (Mary), Prieur, F. (Fabienne), Prokofyeva, D. (Darya), Pugh, E. (Elizabeth), Pujana, M.A. (Miquel Angel), Pujol, P. (Pascal), Rantala, J. (Johanna), Rappaport-Fuerhauser, C. (Christine), Rennert, G. (Gad), Rhiem, K. (Kerstin), Rice, P. (Patricia), Richardson, A.L. (Andrea), Robson, M. (Mark), Rodriguez, G.C. (Gustavo), Rodríguez-Antona, C. (Cristina), Romm, J. (Jane), Rookus, M.A. (Matti), Rossing, M.A. (Mary Anne), Rothstein, J.H. (Joseph H.), Rudolph, A. (Anja), Runnebaum, I.B. (Ingo), Salvesen, H.B. (Helga), Sandler, D.P. (Dale P.), Schoemaker, M.J. (Minouk J.), Senter, L. (Leigha), Setiawan, V.W. (V. Wendy), Severi, G. (Gianluca), Sharma, P. (Priyanka), Shelford, T. (Tameka), Siddiqui, N. (Nadeem), Side, L. (Lucy), Sieh, W. (Weiva), Singer, C.F. (Christian), Sobol, H. (Hagay), Song, H. (Honglin), Southey, M.C. (Melissa), Spurdle, A.B. (Amanda), Stadler, Z. (Zsofia), Steinemann, D. (Doris), Stoppa-Lyonnet, D. (Dominique), Sucheston-Campbell, L.E. (Lara E.), Sukiennicki, G. (Grzegorz), Sutphen, R. (Rebecca), Sutter, C. (Christian), Swerdlow, A.J. (Anthony ), Szabo, C. (Csilla), Szafron, L. (Lukasz), Tan, Y.Y. (Yen Y.), Taylor, J.A. (Jack A.), Tea, M.-K., Teixeira, P.J., Teo, S.-H. (Soo-Hwang), Terry, K.L. (Kathryn L.), Thompson, P.J. (Pamela J.), Thomsen, L.C.V. (Liv Cecilie Vestrheim), Thull, D.L. (Darcy L.), Tihomirova, L. (Laima), Tinker, A.V. (Anna V.), Tischkowitz, M. (Marc), Tognazzo, S. (Silvia), Toland, A.E. (Amanda Ewart), Tone, A. (Alicia), Trabert, B. (Britton), Travis, S.P.L. (Simon), Trichopoulou, A. (Antonia), Tung, N. (Nadine), Tworoger, S. (Shelley), Van Altena, A.M. (Anne M.), Van Den Berg, D. (David), Van Der Hout, A.H. (Annemarie H.), Luijt, R.B. (Rob) van der, Van Heetvelde, M. (Mattias), Van Nieuwenhuysen, E. (Els), Rensburg, E.J. (Elizabeth) van, Vanderstichele, A. (Adriaan), Varon-Mateeva, R. (Raymonda), Vega, A. (Ana), Edwards, D.V. (Digna Velez), Vergote, I., Vierkant, R.A. (Robert), Vijai, J. (Joseph), Vratimos, A. (Athanassios), Walker, L.J. (Lisa), Walsh, C. (Christine), Wand, D. (Dorothea), Wang-Gohrke, S. (Shan), Wappenschmidt, B. (Barbara), Webb, P.M. (Penelope M.), Weinberg, C.R. (Clarice R.), Weitzel, J.N. (Jeffrey), Wentzensen, N. (N.), Whittemore, A.S. (Alice), Wijnen, J.T. (Juul), Wilkens, L.R. (Lynne), Wolk, K. (Kerstin), Woo, M. (Michelle), Wu, X. (Xifeng), Wu, A.H. (Anna), Yang, H.P. (Hannah), Yannoukakos, D. (Drakoulis), Ziogas, A. (Argyrios), Zorn, K.K. (Kristin K.), Narod, S.A. (Steven A.), Easton, D.F. (Douglas), Amos, W., Schildkraut, J.M. (Joellen), Ramus, S.J. (Susan), Ottini, L. (Laura), Goodman, M.T. (Marc), Park, S.K. (Sue K.), Kelemen, L.E. (Linda), Risch, H. (Harvey), Thomassen, M. (Mads), Offit, K. (Kenneth), Simard, J. (Jacques), Schmutzler, R.K. (Rita), Hazelett, D. (Dennis), Monteiro, A.N.A. (Alvaro N.), Couch, F.J. (Fergus), Berchuck, A. (Andrew), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Goode, E.L. (Ellen), Sellers, T.F., Gayther, S.A. (Simon), Antoniou, A.C. (Antonis), and Pharoah, P.D.P. (Paul)
Abstract: To identify common alleles associated with different histotypes of epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC), we pooled data from multiple genome-wide genotyping projects totaling 25,509 EOC cases and 40,941 controls. We identified nine new susceptibility loci for different EOC histotypes: six for serous EOC histotypes (3q28, 4q32.3, 8q21.11, 10q24.33, 18q11.2 and 22q12.1), two for mucinous EOC (3q22.3 and 9q31.1) and one for endometrioid EOC (5q12.3). We then performed meta-analysis on the results for high-grade serous ovarian cancer with the results from analysis of 31,448 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, including 3,887 mutation carriers with EOC. This identified three additional susceptibility loci at 2q13, 8q24.1 and 12q24.31. Integrated analyses of genes and regulatory biofeatures at each locus predicted candidate susceptibility genes, including OBFC1, a new candidate susceptibility gene for low-grade and borderline serous EOC.
Published: 2017
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49. Reproductive profiles and risk of breast cancer subtypes

Author: Brouckaert, O. (Olivier), Rudolph, A. (Anja), Laenen, A. (Annouschka), Keeman, J.N., Bolla, M.K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Soubry, A. (Adelheid), Wildiers, H. (Hans), Andrulis, I.L. (Irene), Arndt, V. (Volker), Beckmann, M.W. (Matthias), Benítez, J. (Javier), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Bojesen, S.E. (Stig), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brennan, P. (Paul), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Choi, J.-Y. (Ji-Yeob), Cornelissen, S. (Sten), Couch, F.J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S.S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Eriksson, M. (Mats), Fasching, P.A. (Peter), Figueroa, J.D. (Jonine), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), González-Neira, A. (Anna), Guénel, P. (Pascal), Hall, P. (Per), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hopper, J.L. (John), Ito, H. (Hidemi), Jones, M. (Michael), Kang, D. (Daehee), Knight, J.A. (Julia), Kosma, V-M. (Veli-Matti), Li, J. (Jingmei), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Lilyquist, J. (Jenna), Lophatananon, A. (Artitaya), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Matsuo, K. (Keitaro), Muir, K.R. (K.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Pykäs, K. (Katri), Saajrang, S. (Suleeporn), Seynaeve, C.M. (Caroline), Shen, C.-Y. (Chen-Yang), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Southey, M.C. (Melissa C.), Swerdlow, A.J. (Anthony ), Teo, S.H. (Soo Hwang), Tollenaar, R.A.E.M. (Rob), Truong, T. (Thérèse), Tseng, C.-C. (Chiu-Chen), van den Broek, A.J. (Alexandra J.), Deurzen, C.H.M. (Carolien) van, Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wu, A.H. (Anna), Yip, C.H. (Cheng Har), Yu, J.-C. (Jyh-Cherng), Zheng, W. (Wei), Milne, R.L. (Roger), Pharoah, P.D.P. (Paul), Easton, D.F. (Douglas), Schmidt, M.K. (Marjanka), García-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), Neven, P. (Patrick), Brouckaert, O. (Olivier), Rudolph, A. (Anja), Laenen, A. (Annouschka), Keeman, J.N., Bolla, M.K. (Manjeet K.), Wang, Q. (Qin), Soubry, A. (Adelheid), Wildiers, H. (Hans), Andrulis, I.L. (Irene), Arndt, V. (Volker), Beckmann, M.W. (Matthias), Benítez, J. (Javier), Blomqvist, C. (Carl), Bojesen, S.E. (Stig), Brauch, H. (Hiltrud), Brennan, P. (Paul), Brenner, H. (Hermann), Chenevix-Trench, G. (Georgia), Choi, J.-Y. (Ji-Yeob), Cornelissen, S. (Sten), Couch, F.J. (Fergus J.), Cox, A. (Angela), Cross, S.S. (Simon S.), Czene, K. (Kamila), Eriksson, M. (Mats), Fasching, P.A. (Peter), Figueroa, J.D. (Jonine), Flyger, H. (Henrik), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), González-Neira, A. (Anna), Guénel, P. (Pascal), Hall, P. (Per), Hollestelle, A. (Antoinette), Hopper, J.L. (John), Ito, H. (Hidemi), Jones, M. (Michael), Kang, D. (Daehee), Knight, J.A. (Julia), Kosma, V-M. (Veli-Matti), Li, J. (Jingmei), Lindblom, A. (Annika), Lilyquist, J. (Jenna), Lophatananon, A. (Artitaya), Mannermaa, A. (Arto), Manoukian, S. (Siranoush), Margolin, S. (Sara), Matsuo, K. (Keitaro), Muir, K.R. (K.), Nevanlinna, H. (Heli), Peterlongo, P. (Paolo), Pykäs, K. (Katri), Saajrang, S. (Suleeporn), Seynaeve, C.M. (Caroline), Shen, C.-Y. (Chen-Yang), Shu, X.-O. (Xiao-Ou), Southey, M.C. (Melissa C.), Swerdlow, A.J. (Anthony ), Teo, S.H. (Soo Hwang), Tollenaar, R.A.E.M. (Rob), Truong, T. (Thérèse), Tseng, C.-C. (Chiu-Chen), van den Broek, A.J. (Alexandra J.), Deurzen, C.H.M. (Carolien) van, Winqvist, R. (Robert), Wu, A.H. (Anna), Yip, C.H. (Cheng Har), Yu, J.-C. (Jyh-Cherng), Zheng, W. (Wei), Milne, R.L. (Roger), Pharoah, P.D.P. (Paul), Easton, D.F. (Douglas), Schmidt, M.K. (Marjanka), García-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Chang-Claude, J. (Jenny), Lambrechts, D. (Diether), and Neven, P. (Patrick)
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. 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. For instance, women diagnosed at age 35 were 1.48 more likely to have luminal HER2-like BC than luminal A BC, while this association was not significant at age 75. 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, but this effect was not apparent at a later FFTP. __Conclusions:__ Our main findings suggest that parity is associated with TNBC across all ages at BC diagnosis, whereas the association with luminal HER2-like BC was present only for early onset BC.
Published: 2017
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50. 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

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