2020
Associations between Genetically Predicted Blood Protein Biomarkers and Pancreatic Cancer Risk
Zhu J, Shu X, Guo X, Liu D, Bao J, Milne RL, Giles GG, Wu C, Du M, White E, Risch HA, Malats N, Duell EJ, Goodman PJ, Li D, Bracci P, Katzke V, Neale RE, Gallinger S, Van Den Eeden SK, Arslan AA, Canzian F, Kooperberg C, Freeman L, Scelo G, Visvanathan K, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Yu H, Petersen GM, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein AP, Cai Q, Long J, Shu XO, Zheng W, Wu L. Associations between Genetically Predicted Blood Protein Biomarkers and Pancreatic Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2020, 29: 1501-1508. PMID: 32439797, PMCID: PMC7334065, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0091.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaProtein quantitative trait lociQuantitative trait lociRisk variantsBlood protein biomarkersPathway enrichment analysisPotential target genesCancer-related pathwaysPDAC riskProtein biomarkersTrait lociTarget genesPancreatic Cancer Case-Control ConsortiumPancreatic Cancer Cohort ConsortiumEnrichment analysisProteinGenetic instrumentsPancreatic cancer riskProtein levelsGenesPDAC developmentProtein biomarker candidatesRisk factorsDuctal adenocarcinomaLethal malignancyFine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes
Fachal L, Aschard H, Beesley J, Barnes DR, Allen J, Kar S, Pooley KA, Dennis J, Michailidou K, Turman C, Soucy P, Lemaçon A, Lush M, Tyrer JP, Ghoussaini M, Moradi Marjaneh M, Jiang X, Agata S, Aittomäki K, Alonso MR, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Arason A, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Auber B, Auer PL, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barkardottir RB, Barrowdale D, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Białkowska K, Blanco AM, Blomqvist C, Blot W, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Bonanni B, Borg A, Bosse K, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Brock IW, Brooks-Wilson A, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Buys SS, Cai Q, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Camp NJ, Campbell I, Canzian F, Carroll JS, Carter BD, Castelao JE, Chiquette J, Christiansen H, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Clarke CL, Collée J, Cornelissen S, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Cybulski C, Czene K, Daly M, de la Hoya M, Devilee P, Diez O, Ding Y, Dite G, Domchek S, Dörk T, dos-Santos-Silva I, Droit A, Dubois S, Dumont M, Duran M, Durcan L, Dwek M, Eccles D, Engel C, Eriksson M, Evans D, Fasching P, Fletcher O, Floris G, Flyger H, Foretova L, Foulkes W, Friedman E, Fritschi L, Frost D, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, Gambino G, Ganz P, Gapstur S, Garber J, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Georgoulias V, Giles G, Glendon G, Godwin A, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Tibiletti M, Greene M, Grip M, Gronwald J, Grundy A, Guénel P, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hall P, Hamann U, Harrington P, Hartikainen J, Hartman M, He W, Healey C, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Heyworth J, Hillemanns P, Hogervorst F, Hollestelle A, Hooning M, Hopper J, Howell A, Huang G, Hulick P, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Iwasaki M, Jager A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jankowitz R, John E, Johnson N, Jones M, Jukkola-Vuorinen A, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kang D, Kapoor P, Karlan B, Keeman R, Kerin M, Khusnutdinova E, Kiiski J, Kirk J, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Konstantopoulou I, Kosma V, 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, Long J, Lophatananon A, Loud J, Lubiński J, MacInnis R, Maishman T, Makalic E, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martinez M, Matsuo K, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, Mayes R, McGuffog L, McLean C, Mebirouk N, Meindl A, Miller A, Miller N, Montagna M, Moreno F, Muir K, Mulligan A, Muñoz-Garzon V, Muranen T, Narod S, Nassir R, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Neven P, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Norman A, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Orr N, Osorio A, Pankratz V, Papp J, Park S, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Paul J, Pedersen I, Peissel B, Peshkin B, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prajzendanc K, Prentice R, Presneau N, Prokofyeva D, Pujana M, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Ramus S, Rantala J, Rau-Murthy R, Rennert G, Risch H, Robson M, Romero A, Rossing M, Saloustros E, Sánchez-Herrero E, Sandler D, Santamariña M, Saunders C, Sawyer E, Scheuner M, Schmidt D, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Schoemaker M, Schöttker B, Schürmann P, Scott C, Scott R, Senter L, Seynaeve C, Shah M, Sharma P, Shen C, Shu X, Singer C, Slavin T, Smichkoska S, Southey M, Spinelli J, Spurdle A, Stone J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sutter C, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tan Y, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teixeira M, Tengström M, Teo S, Terry M, Teulé A, Thomassen M, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Torres-Mejía G, Troester M, Truong T, Tung N, Tzardi M, Ulmer H, Vachon C, van Asperen C, van der Kolk L, van Rensburg E, Vega A, Viel A, Vijai J, Vogel M, Wang Q, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wendt C, Wildiers H, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Wu A, Yannoukakos D, Zhang Y, Zheng W, Hunter D, Pharoah P, Chang-Claude J, García-Closas M, Schmidt M, Milne R, Kristensen V, French J, Edwards S, Antoniou A, Chenevix-Trench G, Simard J, Easton D, Kraft P, Dunning A. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 56-73. PMID: 31911677, PMCID: PMC6974400, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-019-0537-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCausal variantsTranscription factorsTarget genesActive gene regulatory regionsHigh-confidence target genesGenomic feature annotationsGenome-wide association studiesBreast cancer risk variantsGene regulatory regionsCredible causal variantsGene ontology pathwaysChromatin interactionsFunctional annotationGenomic regionsOntology pathwaysRegulatory regionsGenomic featuresCancer driversGene expressionAssociation studiesAssociation analysisGenesLinkage disequilibriumRisk variantsHigh posterior probability
2019
Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer
Ferreira MA, Gamazon ER, Al-Ejeh F, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arason A, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Asseryanis E, Azzollini J, Balmaña J, Barnes DR, Barrowdale D, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Białkowska K, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bolla MK, Borg A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Broeks A, Burwinkel B, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Campa D, Campbell I, Canzian F, Carter J, Carter BD, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Christiansen H, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Clarke CL, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, de la Hoya M, Dennis J, Devilee P, Diez O, Dörk T, Dunning A, Dwek M, Eccles D, Ejlertsen B, Ellberg C, Engel C, Eriksson M, Fasching P, Fletcher O, Flyger H, Friedman E, Frost D, Gabrielson M, Gago-Dominguez M, Ganz P, Gapstur S, Garber J, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Gaudet M, Giles G, Glendon G, Godwin A, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Greene M, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Haiman C, Hall P, Hamann U, He W, Heyworth J, Hogervorst F, Hollestelle A, Hoover R, Hopper J, Hulick P, Humphreys K, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jankowitz R, John E, Johnson N, Joseph V, Karlan B, Khusnutdinova E, Kiiski J, Ko Y, Jones M, Konstantopoulou I, Kristensen V, Laitman Y, Lambrechts D, Lazaro C, Leslie G, Lester J, Lesueur F, Lindström S, Long J, Loud J, Lubiński J, Makalic E, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Maurer T, Mavroudis D, McGuffog L, Meindl A, Menon U, Michailidou K, Miller A, Montagna M, Moreno F, Moserle L, Mulligan A, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Nevelsteen I, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Nussbaum R, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Osorio A, Papp J, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Pedersen I, Peixoto A, Peterlongo P, Pharoah P, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Poppe B, Presneau N, Radice P, Rantala J, Rennert G, Risch H, Saloustros E, Sanden K, Sawyer E, Schmidt M, Schmutzler R, Sharma P, Shu X, Simard J, Singer C, Soucy P, Southey M, Spinelli J, Spurdle A, Stone J, Swerdlow A, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teixeira M, Terry M, Teulé A, Thomassen M, Thöne K, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Torres D, Truong T, Tung N, Vachon C, van Asperen C, van den Ouweland A, van Rensburg E, Vega A, Viel A, Wang Q, Wappenschmidt B, Weitzel J, Wendt C, Winqvist R, Yang X, Yannoukakos D, Ziogas A, Kraft P, Antoniou A, Zheng W, Easton D, Milne R, Beesley J, Chenevix-Trench G. Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer. Nature Communications 2019, 10: 1741. PMID: 30988301, PMCID: PMC6465407, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-08053-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExpression quantitative trait lociGenome-wide association studiesTarget genesMultiple expression quantitative trait lociBreast cancer risk variantsPrevious genome-wide association studyQuantitative trait lociGenome-wide associationGene-based testsBreast cancerBreast cancer susceptibility lociCancer susceptibility lociRisk-associated variantsImmune cellsTrait lociTranscriptome studiesRisk lociGene expressionAssociation studiesOverall breast cancer riskSusceptibility lociMultiple tissuesBreast cancer riskNegative breast cancerRisk variantsFunctional analysis and fine mapping of the 9p22.2 ovarian cancer susceptibility locus
Buckley MA, Woods NT, Tyrer JP, Mendoza-Fandiño G, Lawrenson K, Hazelett DJ, Najafabadi HS, Gjyshi A, Carvalho RS, Lyra PC, Coetzee SG, Shen HC, Yang AW, Earp MA, Yoder S, Risch H, Chenevix-Trench G, Ramus SJ, Phelan CM, Coetzee GA, Noushmehr H, Hughes TR, Sellers TA, Goode EL, Pharoah P, Gayther SA, Monteiro A. Functional analysis and fine mapping of the 9p22.2 ovarian cancer susceptibility locus. Cancer Research 2019, 79: canres.3864.2017. PMID: 30487138, PMCID: PMC6359979, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-3864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 9Cystadenocarcinoma, SerousDNA, NeoplasmDNA-Binding ProteinsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHEK293 CellsHumansLinkage DisequilibriumOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideConceptsScaffold/matrix attachment regionsMatrix attachment regionsTarget genesAttachment regionsOvarian cancer susceptibility lociGenome-wide association studiesCancer risk lociLikely target genesTranscriptional regulatory elementsAllele-specific effectsDownstream target genesLikely causal variantsCancer susceptibility lociCandidate causal SNPsFine mappingRegulatory elementsLoci identifiesCausal variantsRisk lociCausal SNPsFunctional analysisAssociation studiesCancer risk genesSusceptibility lociRisk genes
2017
Enrichment of putative PAX8 target genes at serous epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility loci
Kar SP, Adler E, Tyrer J, Hazelett D, Anton-Culver H, Bandera EV, Beckmann MW, Berchuck A, Bogdanova N, Brinton L, Butzow R, Campbell I, Carty K, Chang-Claude J, Cook LS, Cramer DW, Cunningham JM, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Doherty JA, Dörk T, Dürst M, Eccles D, Fasching PA, Flanagan J, Gentry-Maharaj A, Glasspool R, Goode EL, Goodman MT, Gronwald J, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MA, Høgdall E, Høgdall CK, Huntsman DG, Jensen A, Karlan BY, Kelemen LE, Kiemeney LA, Kjaer SK, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Levine DA, Li Q, Lissowska J, Lu KH, Lubiński J, Massuger LF, McGuire V, McNeish I, Menon U, Modugno F, Monteiro AN, Moysich KB, Ness RB, Nevanlinna H, Paul J, Pearce CL, Pejovic T, Permuth JB, Phelan C, Pike MC, Poole EM, Ramus SJ, Risch HA, Rossing MA, Salvesen HB, Schildkraut JM, Sellers TA, Sherman M, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Song H, Southey M, Terry KL, Tworoger SS, Walsh C, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Wu AH, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Freedman ML, Gayther SA, Pharoah PD, Lawrenson K. Enrichment of putative PAX8 target genes at serous epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility loci. British Journal Of Cancer 2017, 116: 524-535. PMID: 28103614, PMCID: PMC5318969, DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2016.426.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCase-Control StudiesCell Line, TumorCell Transformation, NeoplasticCystadenocarcinoma, SerousFemaleGene AmplificationGene Expression ProfilingGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic LociGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicMicroarray AnalysisNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideConceptsGenome-wide association studiesTarget genesTranscription factorsRisk lociOvarian cancer susceptibility lociCancer risk lociDifferential gene expressionCancer susceptibility lociMolecular Signatures DatabaseShRNA-mediated silencingGene setsEnrichment analysisGene expressionTranscriptomic perturbationsAssociation studiesSusceptibility lociGenesLociOvarian cancer susceptibilityRisk variantsAgnostic evaluationCell of originCancer susceptibilityBiological mechanismsPathway
2016
Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Association Studies Identify Multiple New Susceptibility Loci Shared by at Least Two Cancer Types
Kar SP, Beesley J, Al Olama A, Michailidou K, Tyrer J, Kote-Jarai Z, Lawrenson K, Lindstrom S, Ramus SJ, Thompson DJ, Investigators A, Kibel AS, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Michael A, Dieffenbach AK, Gentry-Maharaj A, Whittemore AS, Wolk A, Monteiro A, Peixoto A, Kierzek A, Cox A, Rudolph A, Gonzalez-Neira A, Wu AH, Lindblom A, Swerdlow A, Study A, BioResource A, Ziogas A, Ekici AB, Burwinkel B, Karlan BY, Nordestgaard BG, Blomqvist C, Phelan C, McLean C, Pearce CL, Vachon C, Cybulski C, Slavov C, Stegmaier C, Maier C, Ambrosone CB, Høgdall CK, Teerlink CC, Kang D, Tessier DC, Schaid DJ, Stram DO, Cramer DW, Neal DE, Eccles D, Flesch-Janys D, Edwards DR, Wokozorczyk D, Levine DA, Yannoukakos D, Sawyer EJ, Bandera EV, Poole EM, Goode EL, Khusnutdinova E, Høgdall E, Song F, Bruinsma F, Heitz F, Modugno F, Hamdy FC, Wiklund F, Giles GG, Olsson H, Wildiers H, Ulmer HU, Pandha H, Risch HA, Darabi H, Salvesen HB, Nevanlinna H, Gronberg H, Brenner H, Brauch H, Anton-Culver H, Song H, Lim HY, McNeish I, Campbell I, Vergote I, Gronwald J, Lubiński J, Stanford JL, Benítez J, Doherty JA, Permuth JB, Chang-Claude J, Donovan JL, Dennis J, Schildkraut JM, Schleutker J, Hopper JL, Kupryjanczyk J, Park JY, Figueroa J, Clements JA, Knight JA, Peto J, Cunningham JM, Pow-Sang J, Batra J, Czene K, Lu KH, Herkommer K, Khaw KT, Investigators K, Matsuo K, Muir K, Offitt K, Chen K, Moysich KB, Aittomäki K, Odunsi K, Kiemeney LA, Massuger LF, Fitzgerald LM, Cook LS, Cannon-Albright L, Hooning MJ, Pike MC, Bolla MK, Luedeke M, Teixeira MR, Goodman MT, Schmidt MK, Riggan M, Aly M, Rossing MA, Beckmann MW, Moisse M, Sanderson M, Southey MC, Jones M, Lush M, Hildebrandt MA, Hou MF, Schoemaker MJ, Garcia-Closas M, Bogdanova N, Rahman N, Investigators N, Le ND, Orr N, Wentzensen N, Pashayan N, Peterlongo P, Guénel P, Brennan P, Paulo P, Webb PM, Broberg P, Fasching PA, Devilee P, Wang Q, Cai Q, Li Q, Kaneva R, Butzow R, Kopperud RK, Schmutzler RK, Stephenson RA, MacInnis RJ, Hoover RN, Winqvist R, Ness R, Milne RL, Travis RC, Benlloch S, Olson SH, McDonnell SK, Tworoger SS, Maia S, Berndt S, Lee SC, Teo SH, Thibodeau SN, Bojesen SE, Gapstur SM, Kjær SK, Pejovic T, Tammela TL, Network T, consortium T, Dörk T, Brüning T, Wahlfors T, Key TJ, Edwards TL, Menon U, Hamann U, Mitev V, Kosma VM, Setiawan VW, Kristensen V, Arndt V, Vogel W, Zheng W, Sieh W, Blot WJ, Kluzniak W, Shu XO, Gao YT, Schumacher F, Freedman ML, Berchuck A, Dunning AM, Simard J, Haiman CA, Spurdle A, Sellers TA, Hunter DJ, Henderson BE, Kraft P, Chanock SJ, Couch FJ, Hall P, Gayther SA, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Eeles R, Pharoah PD, Lambrechts D. Genome-Wide Meta-Analyses of Breast, Ovarian, and Prostate Cancer Association Studies Identify Multiple New Susceptibility Loci Shared by at Least Two Cancer Types. Cancer Discovery 2016, 6: 1052-1067. PMID: 27432226, PMCID: PMC5010513, DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-15-1227.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBreast NeoplasmsCase-Control StudiesChromosome MappingDatasets as TopicEnhancer Elements, GeneticFemaleGene Regulatory NetworksGenetic LociGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMeta-Analysis as TopicOrgan SpecificityOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideProstatic NeoplasmsQuantitative Trait LociSignal TransductionConceptsCancer risk lociRisk lociSpecific expression quantitative trait lociExpression quantitative trait lociGenome-wide association studiesProstate cancer risk lociQuantitative trait lociNew risk lociMeta-analysis data setsTrait lociTarget genesGenetic basisNew lociCancer typesDeath receptorsPathway analysisInteraction annotationsAssociation studiesLociSignificant enrichmentIndex variantsEuropean ancestryAdditional regionsGenesSecond cancer typesThree new pancreatic cancer susceptibility signals identified on chromosomes 1q32.1, 5p15.33 and 8q24.21
Zhang M, Wang Z, Obazee O, Jia J, Childs EJ, Hoskins J, Figlioli G, Mocci E, Collins I, Chung CC, Hautman C, Arslan AA, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci PM, Buring J, Duell EJ, Gallinger S, Giles GG, Goodman GE, Goodman PJ, Kamineni A, Kolonel LN, Kulke MH, Malats N, Olson SH, Sesso HD, Visvanathan K, White E, Zheng W, Abnet CC, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Brais L, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Basso D, Berndt SI, Boutron-Ruault MC, Bijlsma MF, Brenner H, Burdette L, Campa D, Caporaso NE, Capurso G, Cavestro GM, Cotterchio M, Costello E, Elena J, Boggi U, Gaziano JM, Gazouli M, Giovannucci EL, Goggins M, Gross M, Haiman CA, Hassan M, Helzlsouer KJ, Hu N, Hunter DJ, Iskierka-Jazdzewska E, Jenab M, Kaaks R, Key TJ, Khaw KT, Klein EA, Kogevinas M, Krogh V, Kupcinskas J, Kurtz RC, Landi MT, Landi S, Marchand L, Mambrini A, Mannisto S, Milne RL, Neale RE, Oberg AL, Panico S, Patel AV, Peeters PH, Peters U, Pezzilli R, Porta M, Purdue M, Quiros JR, Riboli E, Rothman N, Scarpa A, Scelo G, Shu XO, Silverman DT, Soucek P, Strobel O, Sund M, Małecka-Panas E, Taylor PR, Tavano F, Travis RC, Thornquist M, Tjønneland A, Tobias GS, Trichopoulos D, Vashist Y, Vodicka P, Wactawski-Wende J, Wentzensen N, Yu H, Yu K, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Kooperberg C, Risch HA, Jacobs EJ, Li D, Fuchs C, Hoover R, Hartge P, Chanock SJ, Petersen GM, Stolzenberg-Solomon RS, Wolpin BM, Kraft P, Klein AP, Canzian F, Amundadottir LT. Three new pancreatic cancer susceptibility signals identified on chromosomes 1q32.1, 5p15.33 and 8q24.21. Oncotarget 2016, 7: 66328-66343. PMID: 27579533, PMCID: PMC5340084, DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.11041.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic tissue samplesControl subjectsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsTissue samplesPancreatic Cancer Case-Control ConsortiumCase-control studyPancreatic cancer riskSusceptibility variantsGenome-wide association studiesChromosome 1q32.1Risk lociCancer riskNew susceptibility variantsNR5A2 expressionCancer susceptibility variantsIndependent risk variantsMarked reductionTumorsEuropean descentRisk variantsDisease researchNucleotide polymorphismsCancer risk lociTarget genesSubjects
2015
Network-Based Integration of GWAS and Gene Expression Identifies a HOX-Centric Network Associated with Serous Ovarian Cancer Risk
Kar SP, Tyrer JP, Li Q, Lawrenson K, Aben KK, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Chenevix-Trench G, Study O, Group A, Baker H, Bandera EV, Bean YT, Beckmann MW, Berchuck A, Bisogna M, Bjørge L, Bogdanova N, Brinton L, Brooks-Wilson A, Butzow R, Campbell I, Carty K, Chang-Claude J, Chen YA, Chen Z, Cook LS, Cramer D, Cunningham JM, Cybulski C, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Dennis J, Dicks E, Doherty JA, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dürst M, Eccles D, Easton DF, Edwards RP, Ekici AB, Fasching PA, Fridley BL, Gao YT, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles GG, Glasspool R, Goode EL, Goodman MT, Grownwald J, Harrington P, Harter P, Hein A, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MA, Hillemanns P, Hogdall E, Hogdall CK, Hosono S, Iversen ES, Jakubowska A, Paul J, Jensen A, Ji BT, Karlan BY, Kjaer SK, Kelemen LE, Kellar M, Kelley J, Kiemeney LA, Krakstad C, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Lambrechts S, Le ND, Lee AW, Lele S, Leminen A, Lester J, Levine DA, Liang D, Lissowska J, Lu K, Lubinski J, Lundvall L, Massuger L, Matsuo K, McGuire V, McLaughlin JR, McNeish IA, Menon U, Modugno F, Moysich KB, Narod SA, Nedergaard L, Ness RB, Nevanlinna H, Odunsi K, Olson SH, Orlow I, Orsulic S, Weber RP, Pearce CL, Pejovic T, Pelttari LM, Permuth-Wey J, Phelan CM, Pike MC, Poole EM, Ramus SJ, Risch HA, Rosen B, Rossing MA, Rothstein JH, Rudolph A, Runnebaum IB, Rzepecka IK, Salvesen HB, Schildkraut JM, Schwaab I, Shu XO, Shvetsov YB, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Song H, Southey MC, Sucheston-Campbell LE, Tangen IL, Teo SH, Terry KL, Thompson PJ, Timorek A, Tsai YY, Tworoger SS, van Altena AM, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Vergote I, Vierkant RA, Wang-Gohrke S, Walsh C, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Wicklund KG, Wilkens LR, Woo YL, Wu X, Wu A, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Sellers TA, Monteiro AN, Freedman ML, Gayther SA, Pharoah PD. Network-Based Integration of GWAS and Gene Expression Identifies a HOX-Centric Network Associated with Serous Ovarian Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2015, 24: 1574-1584. PMID: 26209509, PMCID: PMC4592449, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-14-1270.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesTF genesGenome-wide significant risk lociAssociation studiesTranscription factor genesNetwork of genesPutative target genesSignificant risk lociGene-level testsIndependent association studiesContext-specific datasetsSerous ovarian cancer riskCancer Genome AtlasLocus functionsTarget genesFactor genesEnrichment analysisRisk lociGene expressionTop signalsGenesMicroarray datasetsNetworks AssociatedEOC tumorsGenome Atlas