2017
Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study
Haycock P, Burgess S, Nounu A, Zheng J, Okoli G, Bowden J, Wade K, Timpson N, Evans D, Willeit P, Aviv A, Gaunt T, Hemani G, Mangino M, Ellis H, Kurian K, Pooley K, Eeles R, Lee J, Fang S, Chen W, Law M, Bowdler L, Iles M, Yang Q, Worrall B, Markus H, Hung R, Amos C, Spurdle A, Thompson D, O’Mara T, Wolpin B, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Trichopoulou A, Onland-Moret N, Lund E, Duell E, Canzian F, Severi G, Overvad K, Gunter M, Tumino R, Svenson U, van Rij A, Baas A, Bown M, Samani N, van t’Hof F, Tromp G, Jones G, Kuivaniemi H, Elmore J, Johansson M, Mckay J, Scelo G, Carreras-Torres R, Gaborieau V, Brennan P, Bracci P, Neale R, Olson S, Gallinger S, Li D, Petersen G, Risch H, Klein A, Han J, Abnet C, Freedman N, Taylor P, Maris J, Aben K, Kiemeney L, Vermeulen S, Wiencke J, Walsh K, Wrensch M, Rice T, Turnbull C, Litchfield K, Paternoster L, Standl M, Abecasis G, SanGiovanni J, Li Y, Mijatovic V, Sapkota Y, Low S, Zondervan K, Montgomery G, Nyholt D, van Heel D, Hunt K, Arking D, Ashar F, Sotoodehnia N, Woo D, Rosand J, Comeau M, Brown W, Silverman E, Hokanson J, Cho M, Hui J, Ferreira M, Thompson P, Morrison A, Felix J, Smith N, Christiano A, Petukhova L, Betz R, Fan X, Zhang X, Zhu C, Langefeld C, Thompson S, Wang F, Lin X, Schwartz D, Fingerlin T, Rotter J, Cotch M, Jensen R, Munz M, Dommisch H, Schaefer A, Han F, Ollila H, Hillary R, Albagha O, Ralston S, Zeng C, Zheng W, Shu X, Reis A, Uebe S, Hüffmeier U, Kawamura Y, Otowa T, Sasaki T, Hibberd M, Davila S, Xie G, Siminovitch K, Bei J, Zeng Y, Försti A, Chen B, Landi S, Franke A, Fischer A, Ellinghaus D, Flores C, Noth I, Ma S, Foo J, Liu J, Kim J, Cox D, Delattre O, Mirabeau O, Skibola C, Tang C, Garcia-Barcelo M, Chang K, Su W, Chang Y, Martin N, Gordon S, Wade T, Lee C, Kubo M, Cha P, Nakamura Y, Levy D, Kimura M, Hwang S, Hunt S, Spector T, Soranzo N, Manichaikul A, Barr R, Kahali B, Speliotes E, Yerges-Armstrong L, Cheng C, Jonas J, Wong T, Fogh I, Lin K, Powell J, Rice K, Relton C, Martin R, Smith G. Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study. JAMA Oncology 2017, 3: 636-651. PMID: 28241208, PMCID: PMC5638008, DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2016.5945.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGermline genetic variationGenomewide association studiesGenetic variationSingle nucleotide polymorphismsTelomere lengthStem cell divisionSummary association statisticsGermline genetic variantsCell divisionAssociation studiesLonger telomeresGenetic variantsNucleotide polymorphismsAssociation statisticsTelomeresSummary dataLung adenocarcinomaKidney cancerNon-neoplastic diseasesPolymorphismVariationTissue sitesCancerOvarian cancerDivision
2015
Polymorphisms in Genes of Relevance for Oestrogen and Oxytocin Pathways and Risk of Barrett’s Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Pooled Analysis from the BEACON Consortium
Lagergren K, Ek WE, Levine D, Chow WH, Bernstein L, Casson AG, Risch HA, Shaheen NJ, Bird NC, Reid BJ, Corley DA, Hardie LJ, Wu AH, Fitzgerald RC, Pharoah P, Caldas C, Romero Y, Vaughan TL, MacGregor S, Whiteman D, Westberg L, Nyren O, Lagergren J. Polymorphisms in Genes of Relevance for Oestrogen and Oxytocin Pathways and Risk of Barrett’s Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Pooled Analysis from the BEACON Consortium. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0138738. PMID: 26406593, PMCID: PMC4583498, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138738.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaADP-ribosyl Cyclase 1AromataseBarrett EsophagusEsophageal NeoplasmsEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogen Receptor betaFemaleGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHumansMaleMembrane GlycoproteinsOxytocinPolymorphism, Single NucleotideReceptors, OxytocinSex FactorsConceptsKey genesGenetic variantsGenes of relevanceGene-based approachesAssociation studiesGenesOxytocin pathwaysGenetic epidemiological studiesEstrogen receptor alphaRisk of OACRisk of BEPathwayReceptor alphaOesophageal adenocarcinomaBarrett's esophagusNorth AmericaReplicationPolymorphismEstrogen pathwayVariantsStrong male predominanceOAC patientsMalesBO patientsMale predominance
2014
Polymorphisms Near TBX5 and GDF7 Are Associated With Increased Risk for Barrett’s Esophagus
Palles C, Chegwidden L, Li X, Findlay JM, Farnham G, Giner F, Peppelenbosch MP, Kovac M, Adams CL, Prenen H, Briggs S, Harrison R, Sanders S, MacDonald D, Haigh C, Tucker A, Love S, Nanji M, deCaestecker J, Ferry D, Rathbone B, Hapeshi J, Barr H, Moayyedi P, Watson P, Zietek B, Maroo N, Gay L, Underwood T, Boulter L, McMurtry H, Monk D, Patel P, Ragunath K, Al Dulaimi D, Murray I, Koss K, Veitch A, Trudgill N, Nwokolo C, Rembacken B, Atherfold P, Green E, Ang Y, Kuipers EJ, Chow W, Paterson S, Kadri S, Beales I, Grimley C, Mullins P, Beckett C, Farrant M, Dixon A, Kelly S, Johnson M, Wajed S, Dhar A, Sawyer E, Roylance R, Onstad L, Gammon MD, Corley DA, Shaheen NJ, Bird NC, Hardie LJ, Reid BJ, Ye W, Liu G, Romero Y, Bernstein L, Wu AH, Casson AG, Fitzgerald R, Whiteman DC, Risch HA, Levine DM, Vaughan TL, Verhaar AP, van den Brande J, Toxopeus EL, Spaander MC, Wijnhoven BP, van der Laan LJ, Krishnadath K, Wijmenga C, Trynka G, McManus R, Reynolds JV, O’Sullivan J, MacMathuna P, McGarrigle SA, Kelleher D, Vermeire S, Cleynen I, Bisschops R, Tomlinson I, Jankowski J. Polymorphisms Near TBX5 and GDF7 Are Associated With Increased Risk for Barrett’s Esophagus. Gastroenterology 2014, 148: 367-378. PMID: 25447851, PMCID: PMC4315134, DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2014.10.041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtein-coding genesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsTranscription factorsBone morphogenetic protein (BMP) pathwayWide association studyFurther single nucleotide polymorphismsRisk single nucleotide polymorphismsEsophageal developmentCardiac developmentRisk lociAssociation studiesFurther lociProtein pathwayChromosome 6p21GenesNucleotide polymorphismsLociTbx5GDF7Promising variantsPolymorphismBarx1FOXF1KbCRTC1
2013
Genome-wide association study of endometrial cancer in E2C2
De Vivo I, Prescott J, Setiawan VW, Olson SH, Wentzensen N, The Australian National Endometrial Cancer Study Group, Attia J, Black A, Brinton L, Chen C, Chen C, Cook LS, Crous-Bou M, Doherty J, Dunning AM, Easton DF, Friedenreich CM, Garcia-Closas M, Gaudet MM, Haiman C, Hankinson SE, Hartge P, Henderson BE, Holliday E, Horn-Ross PL, Hunter DJ, Le Marchand L, Liang X, Lissowska J, Long J, Lu L, Magliocco AM, McEvoy M, O’Mara T, Orlow I, Painter JN, Pooler L, Rastogi R, Rebbeck TR, Risch H, Sacerdote C, Schumacher F, Scott RJ, Sheng X, Shu XO, Spurdle AB, Thompson D, VanDen Berg D, Weiss NS, Xia L, Xiang YB, Yang HP, Yu H, Zheng W, Chanock S, Kraft P. Genome-wide association study of endometrial cancer in E2C2. Human Genetics 2013, 133: 211-224. PMID: 24096698, PMCID: PMC3898362, DOI: 10.1007/s00439-013-1369-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedAsian PeopleBlack or African AmericanCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesEndometrial NeoplasmsFemaleGenetic LociGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHepatocyte Nuclear Factor 1-betaHumansMiddle AgedPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsGenome-wide association studiesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsTwo-stage genome-wide association studyAssociation studiesGenome-wide significanceIndependent single nucleotide polymorphismsNovel genetic polymorphismsHNF1B locusGenetic markersEuropean ancestryNovel variantsGenetic polymorphismsGenetic factorsEC susceptibilityPolymorphismLociCommon gynecological malignancyE2C2AncestryReplicationCancerVariantsIdentification and molecular characterization of a new ovarian cancer susceptibility locus at 17q21.31
Permuth-Wey J, Lawrenson K, Shen HC, Velkova A, Tyrer JP, Chen Z, Lin HY, Ann Chen Y, Tsai YY, Qu X, Ramus SJ, Karevan R, Lee J, Lee N, Larson MC, Aben KK, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Antoniou AC, Armasu SM, Bacot F, Baglietto L, Bandera E, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Beckmann M, Birrer M, Bloom G, Bogdanova N, Brinton L, Brooks-Wilson A, Brown R, Butzow R, Cai Q, Campbell I, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Cheng J, Cicek M, Coetzee G, Cook L, Couch F, Cramer D, Cunningham J, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Despierre E, Doherty J, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dürst M, Easton D, Eccles D, Edwards R, Ekici A, Fasching P, Fenstermacher D, Flanagan J, Garcia-Closas M, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles G, Glasspool R, Gonzalez-Bosquet J, Goodman M, Gore M, Górski B, Gronwald J, Hall P, Halle M, Harter P, Heitz F, Hillemanns P, Hoatlin M, Høgdall C, Høgdall E, Hosono S, Jakubowska A, Jensen A, Jim H, Kalli K, Karlan B, Kaye S, Kelemen L, Kiemeney L, Kikkawa F, Konecny G, Krakstad C, Krüger Kjaer S, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Lambrechts S, Lancaster J, Le N, Leminen A, Levine D, Liang D, Kiong Lim B, Lin J, Lissowska J, Lu K, Lubiński J, Lurie G, Massuger L, Matsuo K, McGuire V, McLaughlin J, Menon U, Modugno F, Moysich K, Nakanishi T, Narod S, Nedergaard L, Ness R, Nevanlinna H, Nickels S, Noushmehr H, Odunsi K, Olson S, Orlow I, Paul J, Pearce C, Pejovic T, Pelttari L, Pike M, Poole E, Raska P, Renner S, Risch H, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Anne Rossing M, Rudolph A, Runnebaum I, Rzepecka I, Salvesen H, Schwaab I, Severi G, Shridhar V, Shu X, Shvetsov Y, Sieh W, Song H, Southey M, Spiewankiewicz B, Stram D, Sutphen R, Teo S, Terry K, Tessier D, Thompson P, Tworoger S, van Altena A, Vergote I, Vierkant R, Vincent D, Vitonis A, Wang-Gohrke S, Palmieri Weber R, Wentzensen N, Whittemore A, Wik E, Wilkens L, Winterhoff B, Ling Woo Y, Wu A, Xiang Y, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Zulkifli F, Phelan C, Iversen E, Schildkraut J, Berchuck A, Fridley B, Goode E, Pharoah P, Monteiro A, Sellers T, Gayther S. Identification and molecular characterization of a new ovarian cancer susceptibility locus at 17q21.31. Nature Communications 2013, 4: 1627. PMID: 23535648, PMCID: PMC3709460, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2613.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer susceptibility lociMiRNA-related single nucleotide polymorphismsEOC susceptibilityIntegrated molecular analysisCommon susceptibility variantsCancer susceptibility lociEOC susceptibility genesCollaborative Oncological Gene-environment StudyInversion polymorphismSingle nucleotide polymorphismsUntranslated regionHeritable componentMolecular characterizationSusceptibility lociAdditional genotypingFunctional targetSusceptibility variantsSusceptibility genesMolecular analysisStrong signalGene-environment studiesPolymorphismARHGAP27PLEKHM1MiRSNPsPolymorphisms in genes related to one-carbon metabolism are not related to pancreatic cancer in PanScan and PanC4
Leenders M, Bhattacharjee S, Vineis P, Stevens V, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Shu XO, Amundadottir L, Gross M, Tobias GS, Wactawski-Wende J, Arslan AA, Duell EJ, Fuchs CS, Gallinger S, Hartge P, Hoover RN, Holly EA, Jacobs EJ, Klein AP, Kooperberg C, LaCroix A, Li D, Mandelson MT, Olson SH, Petersen G, Risch HA, Yu K, Wolpin BM, Zheng W, Agalliu I, Albanes D, Boutron-Ruault MC, Bracci PM, Buring JE, Canzian F, Chang K, Chanock SJ, Cotterchio M, Gaziano JM, Giovanucci EL, Goggins M, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Hoffman-Bolton JA, Hunter DJ, Hutchinson A, Jacobs KB, Jenab M, Khaw KT, Kraft P, Krogh V, Kurtz RC, McWilliams RR, Mendelsohn JB, Patel AV, Rabe KG, Riboli E, Tjønneland A, Trichopoulos D, Virtamo J, Visvanathan K, Elena JW, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ. Polymorphisms in genes related to one-carbon metabolism are not related to pancreatic cancer in PanScan and PanC4. Cancer Causes & Control 2013, 24: 595-602. PMID: 23334854, PMCID: PMC4127987, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-012-0138-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCase-control studyOne-carbon metabolismSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPancreatic cancerOne-carbon biomarkersEuropean Prospective InvestigationCorrelation of SNPsProspective InvestigationFolate intakePancreatic carcinogenesisLarge genetic studiesGene polymorphismsSignificant associationPANCACancerMetabolite levelsGermline variationP-valueMultiple comparisonsAssociationSuggestive associationPolymorphismSuggestive evidenceMetabolismOCM pathway
2011
MicroRNA Processing and Binding Site Polymorphisms Are Not Replicated in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium
Permuth-Wey J, Chen Z, Tsai YY, Lin HY, Chen YA, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Birrer MJ, Chanock SJ, Cramer DW, Cunningham JM, Fenstermacher D, Fridley BL, Garcia-Closas M, Gayther SA, Gentry-Maharaj A, Gonzalez-Bosquet J, Iversen E, Jim H, McLaughlin J, Menon U, Narod SA, Phelan CM, Ramus SJ, Risch H, Song H, Sutphen R, Terry KL, Tyrer J, Vierkant RA, Wentzensen N, Lancaster JM, Cheng JQ, Berchuck A, Pharoah PD, Schildkraut JM, Goode EL, Sellers TA. MicroRNA Processing and Binding Site Polymorphisms Are Not Replicated in the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2011, 20: 1793-1797. PMID: 21636674, PMCID: PMC3153581, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-11-0397.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenotype dataMiRNA biogenesis genesBiogenesis genesInvasive EOC casesMicroRNA processingPutative miRNASNP dataPopulation admixtureSite polymorphismOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumGenesGenetic variantsNucleotide polymorphismsEOC riskPopulation stratificationCommon variantsEuropean ancestryPolymorphismEarly associationEOC casesMicroRNAsKbMiRNAVariants
2007
Alcohol dehydrogenase 3 and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas
Terry MB, Gammon MD, Zhang FF, Vaughan TL, Chow WH, Risch HA, Schoenberg JB, Mayne ST, Stanford JL, West AB, Rotterdam H, Blot WJ, Fraumeni JF, Santella RM. Alcohol dehydrogenase 3 and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas. Cancer Causes & Control 2007, 18: 1039-1046. PMID: 17665311, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-007-9046-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAlcohol DehydrogenaseAlcohol DrinkingAllelesCase-Control StudiesChi-Square DistributionConfidence IntervalsEsophageal NeoplasmsFemaleGene FrequencyGenotypeHomozygoteHumansInterviews as TopicLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPolymorphism, GeneticRisk FactorsStomach NeoplasmsUnited StatesConceptsRisk of esophagealEsophageal adenocarcinomaHigh riskGastric Cancer StudyGastric cardia adenocarcinomaGastric adenocarcinomaCarcinoma riskConclusionThese dataCancer riskCardia adenocarcinomaTumor typesAdenocarcinomaAlcohol dehydrogenase 3Common polymorphismsEsophagealRisk estimatesCancer studiesRiskAlcohol dehydrogenase 3 geneDrinkersDehydrogenase 3PolymorphismNondrinkersMethodsWeGenotypes