MiRNA-Related SNPs and Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Barrett’s Esophagus: Post Genome-Wide Association Analysis in the BEACON Consortium
Buas MF, Onstad L, Levine DM, Risch HA, Chow WH, Liu G, Fitzgerald RC, Bernstein L, Ye W, Bird NC, Romero Y, Casson AG, Corley DA, Shaheen NJ, Wu AH, Gammon MD, Reid BJ, Hardie LJ, Peters U, Whiteman DC, Vaughan TL. MiRNA-Related SNPs and Risk of Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Barrett’s Esophagus: Post Genome-Wide Association Analysis in the BEACON Consortium. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0128617. PMID: 26039359, PMCID: PMC4454432, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128617.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAgedBarrett EsophagusCase-Control StudiesEsophageal NeoplasmsEsophagusFemaleGastroesophageal RefluxGene Expression RegulationGenetic LociGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansMaleMicroRNAsMiddle AgedObesityPolymorphism, Single NucleotideRisk FactorsSex FactorsSmokingWhite PeopleConceptsGenome-wide association studiesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsPost-transcriptional gene regulationGenome-wide association analysisMiRNA-related single nucleotide polymorphismsMiRNA gene lociSmall non-coding RNAsClasses of genesMiRNA-targeted mRNAsMiRNA biogenesis genesGenetic variantsNon-coding RNAsCommon genetic variantsGermline genetic variantsMiRNA genesBiogenesis genesGene regulationCore pathwaysGene locusAssociation studiesAssociation analysisGenesNucleotide polymorphismsNominal associationEuropean ancestry