2024
Genome-Wide Analysis to Assess if Heavy Alcohol Consumption Modifies the Association between SNPs and Pancreatic Cancer Risk.
Ni Z, Kundu P, McKean D, Wheeler W, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Antwi S, Arslan A, Bamlet W, Beane-Freeman L, Berndt S, Bracci P, Brennan P, Buring J, Chanock S, Gallinger S, Gaziano J, Giles G, Giovannucci E, Goggins M, Goodman P, Haiman C, Hassan M, Holly E, Hung R, Katzke V, Kooperberg C, Kraft P, LeMarchand L, Li D, McCullough M, Milne R, Moore S, Neale R, Oberg A, Patel A, Peters U, Rabe K, Risch H, Shu X, Smith-Byrne K, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, White E, Wolpin B, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Zhong J, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein A. Genome-Wide Analysis to Assess if Heavy Alcohol Consumption Modifies the Association between SNPs and Pancreatic Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2024, 33: 1229-1239. PMID: 38869494, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-24-0096.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic cancer riskHeavy alcohol consumptionCancer riskSingle-nucleotide polymorphismsAlcohol consumptionExpression quantitative trait lociQuantitative trait lociAssociated with pancreatic cancer riskGenome-wide interaction analysisGenome-wide significant evidenceEtiology of pancreatic cancerFixed-effect meta-analysesGenomic regionsGenome-wide significant evidence of associationLead single-nucleotide polymorphismsTrait lociGenetic variantsEuropean ancestry populationsEvidence of associationGenome-wide association studiesAnalysis of single-nucleotide polymorphismsCase-control studyPancreatic cancerGenome-wide analysisAncestry populationsHypertension and risk of endometrial cancer: a pooled analysis in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)
Habeshian T, Peeri N, De Vivo I, Schouten L, Shu X, Cote M, Bertrand K, Chen Y, Clarke M, Clendenen T, Cook L, Costas L, Dal Maso L, Freudenheim J, Friedenreich C, Gallagher G, Gierach G, Goodman M, Jordan S, La Vecchia C, Lacey J, Levi F, Liao L, Lipworth L, Lu L, Matias-Guiu X, Moysich K, Mutter G, Na R, Naduparambil J, Negri E, O'Connell K, O'Mara T, Hernández I, Palmer J, Parazzini F, Patel A, Penney K, Prizment A, Ricceri F, Risch H, Sacerdote C, Sandin S, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, van den Brandt P, Webb P, Wentzensen N, Wijayabahu A, Wilkens L, Xu W, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Du M, Setiawan V. Hypertension and risk of endometrial cancer: a pooled analysis in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2). Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2024, 33: 788-795. PMID: 38530242, PMCID: PMC11145161, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-1444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpidemiology of Endometrial Cancer ConsortiumRisk of endometrial cancerComponents of metabolic syndromeCancer ConsortiumRisk factorsAssociated with endometrial cancer riskIncidence rates of endometrial cancerMultivariable unconditional logistic regression modelStronger magnitude of associationEtiology of endometrial cancerStudy designUnconditional logistic regression modelsIncreased risk of endometrial cancerEndometrial cancer riskRates of endometrial cancerUsers of postmenopausal hormone therapyConfidence intervalsRising prevalence of obesityPrevalence of obesityEndometrial cancerMagnitude of associationEndometrial cancer casesMetabolic syndromeBody mass indexLogistic regression models
2023
Machine learning-based cluster analysis of immune cell subtypes and breast cancer survival
Wang Z, Katsaros D, Wang J, Biglio N, Hernandez B, Fei P, Lu L, Risch H, Yu H. Machine learning-based cluster analysis of immune cell subtypes and breast cancer survival. Scientific Reports 2023, 13: 18962. PMID: 37923775, PMCID: PMC10624674, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-45932-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune cell clustersT cellsHost immunityImmune cellsUnsupervised hierarchical clusteringImmune responseCD8-positive T cellsMemory CD4 T cellsCox regression survival analysisRegulatory T cellsPositive T cellsCD4 T cellsDifferent immune cellsDistinct immune responsesBreast cancer survivalImmune cell subtypesMemory B cellsImmune cell typesRegression survival analysisCell clustersBreast cancer progressionT cell receptor signalingCytokine stormOverall survivalFavorable survivalNight shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2)
Frias-Gomez J, Alemany L, Benavente Y, Clarke M, de Francisco J, De Vivo I, Du M, Goodman M, Lacey J, Liao L, Lipworth L, Lu L, Merritt M, Michels K, O'Connell K, Paytubi S, Pelegrina B, Peremiquel-Trillas P, Petruzella S, Ponce J, Risch H, Setiawan V, Schouten L, Shu X, Trabert B, Van den Brandt P, Wentzensen N, Wilkens L, Yu H, Costas L. Night shift work, sleep duration and endometrial cancer risk: A pooled analysis from the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium (E2C2). Sleep Medicine Reviews 2023, 72: 101848. PMID: 37716022, PMCID: PMC10840870, DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2023.101848.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNight shift workEndometrial Cancer ConsortiumEndometrial cancer riskEndometrial cancerSleep durationShift workPostmenopausal womenPooled analysisInverse associationOdds ratioCancer riskCancer ConsortiumNon-significant inverse associationStudy-specific odds ratiosEndometrial cancer casesStrong risk factorConfidence intervalsLong sleep durationDaily sleep durationObese womenRisk factorsCancer casesLogistic regressionIndividual dataCancerGenetic Susceptibility to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk for Pancreatic Cancer: Mendelian Randomization.
King S, Veliginti S, Brouwers M, Ren Z, Zheng W, Setiawan V, Wilkens L, Shu X, Arslan A, Beane Freeman L, Bracci P, Canzian F, Du M, Gallinger S, Giles G, Goodman P, Haiman C, Kogevinas M, Kooperberg C, LeMarchand L, Neale R, Visvanathan K, White E, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Babic A, Berndt S, Brais L, Brennan P, Buring J, Rabe K, Bamlet W, Chanock S, Fuchs C, Gaziano J, Giovannucci E, Hackert T, Hassan M, Katzke V, Kurtz R, Lee I, Malats N, Murphy N, Oberg A, Orlow I, Porta M, Real F, Rothman N, Sesso H, Silverman D, Thompson I, Wactawski-Wende J, Wang X, Wentzensen N, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Yu K, Wolpin B, Duell E, Li D, Hung R, Perdomo S, McCullough M, Freedman N, Patel A, Peters U, Riboli E, Sund M, Tjønneland A, Zhong J, Van Den Eeden S, Kraft P, Risch H, Amundadottir L, Klein A, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Antwi S. Genetic Susceptibility to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease and Risk for Pancreatic Cancer: Mendelian Randomization. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: 1265-1269. PMID: 37351909, PMCID: PMC10529823, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0453.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonalcoholic fatty liver diseasePancreatic cancer riskFatty liver diseasePancreatic cancerCancer riskLiver diseaseGenetic predispositionMendelian randomizationPancreatic Cancer Case-Control ConsortiumConfidence intervalsPancreatic Cancer Cohort ConsortiumPC risk factorsMR methodsRisk factorsGenome-wide association studiesGenetic susceptibilityLogistic regressionCancerMetabolic perturbationsMetabolic conditionsRiskDiseaseGenetic variantsAssociationPredispositionRelationship between ABO Blood Group Alleles and Pancreatic Cancer Is Modulated by Secretor (FUT2) Genotype, but Not Lewis Antigen (FUT3) Genotype.
Kim J, Yuan C, Amundadottir L, Wolpin B, Klein A, Risch H, Kraft P. Relationship between ABO Blood Group Alleles and Pancreatic Cancer Is Modulated by Secretor (FUT2) Genotype, but Not Lewis Antigen (FUT3) Genotype. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: 1242-1248. PMID: 37342060, PMCID: PMC10527950, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNon-O blood typeABO blood groupSecretor statusBlood typeBlood groupNon-O blood groupMultivariable logistic regressionConfidence intervalsPancreatic cancer riskO blood typeABO blood typeABO blood group allelesPancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) riskAdenocarcinoma riskAntigen genotypesPancreatic cancerEffect modificationSecretor genotypesCancer riskPDAC riskCancer ConsortiumBlood group allelesLogistic regressionLewis antigensWestern populationsRandomized trial of exercise on cancer‐related blood biomarkers and survival in women with ovarian cancer
Cartmel B, Li F, Zhou Y, Gottlieb L, Lu L, Mszar R, Harrigan M, Ligibel J, Gogoi R, Schwartz P, Risch H, Irwin M. Randomized trial of exercise on cancer‐related blood biomarkers and survival in women with ovarian cancer. Cancer Medicine 2023, 12: 15492-15503. PMID: 37269192, PMCID: PMC10417064, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.6187.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsExercise interventionOvarian cancerTrial of exerciseExercise-induced changesMin/weekGroup differencesSubset of participantsCause mortalityExercise groupOverall survivalStudy armsCA 125Randomized trialsBlood biomarkersBlood drawBreast cancerClinical significanceIGF-1Effect model analysisSecondary analysisBeneficial effectsCancerBiomarkersTrialsWomenFolate Intake and Ovarian Cancer Risk among Women with Endometriosis: A Case–Control Study from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium
Gersekowski K, Ibiebele T, Group F, Doherty J, Harris H, Goodman M, Terry K, Wu A, Bandera E, Qin B, Ong J, Tyrer J, Dixon-Suen S, Modugno F, Risch H, Webb P. Folate Intake and Ovarian Cancer Risk among Women with Endometriosis: A Case–Control Study from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2023, 32: of1-of10. PMID: 37220873, PMCID: PMC10390886, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-23-0121.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer riskHigh dietary folate intakeDietary folate intakeCase-control studyFolate intakeOvarian cancerOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumCancer riskOdds ratioMendelian randomizationSelf-reported endometriosisSupplemental folate intakeHigh folate intakeHigh folate dietCancer-promoting effectsPooled analysisFolate dietPrecancerous lesionsFolate statusEndometriosisIncrease riskCancerCancer typesLogistic regressionIntakeDynamic changes of circulating soluble PD-1/PD-L1 and its association with patient survival in immune checkpoint blockade-treated melanoma
Lu L, Risch E, Halaban R, Zhen P, Bacchiocchi A, Risch H. Dynamic changes of circulating soluble PD-1/PD-L1 and its association with patient survival in immune checkpoint blockade-treated melanoma. International Immunopharmacology 2023, 118: 110092. PMID: 37004344, DOI: 10.1016/j.intimp.2023.110092.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmune checkpoint blockadeSoluble PD-L1 (sPD-L1) levelsPD-L1 ratioPD-L1 levelsSoluble PD-1Soluble PD-L1PD-L1PD-1Patient survivalSurvival statusPD-1/PD-L1Immune checkpoints PD-1T cell exhaustionPatients' survival statusSolid tumor typesInitial immunotherapyCheckpoint blockadeMelanoma patientsPoor prognosisRetrospective studyPatient responseCell exhaustionTumor typesMelanomaSurvivalGenome-wide analyses characterize shared heritability among cancers and identify novel cancer susceptibility regions
Lindström S, Wang L, Feng H, Majumdar A, Huo S, Macdonald J, Harrison T, Turman C, Chen H, Mancuso N, Bammler T, Consortium B, Gallinger S, Gruber S, Gunter M, Le Marchand L, Moreno V, Offit K, Study G, De Vivo I, O’Mara T, Spurdle A, Tomlinson I, Consortium E, Fitzgerald R, Gharahkhani P, Gockel I, Jankowski J, Macgregor S, Schumacher J, Barnholtz-Sloan J, Bondy M, Houlston R, Jenkins R, Melin B, Wrensch M, Brennan P, Christiani D, Johansson M, Mckay J, Aldrich M, Amos C, Landi M, Tardon A, Consortium I, Bishop D, Demenais F, Goldstein A, Iles M, Kanetsky P, Law M, Consortium O, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Wolpin B, Consortium P, Klein A, Petersen G, Risch H, Consortium T, Chanock S, Purdue M, Scelo G, Pharoah P, Kar S, Hung R, Pasaniuc B, Kraft P. Genome-wide analyses characterize shared heritability among cancers and identify novel cancer susceptibility regions. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 115: 712-732. PMID: 36929942, PMCID: PMC10248849, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad043.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesTranscriptome-wide association studyCancer susceptibility lociGenome-wide genetic correlationSusceptibility lociAssociation studiesMultiple cancer typesCancer genome-wide association studyGenome-wide analysisCross-disease analysisGenetic correlationsSusceptibility regionsGWAS summary statisticsCancer typesGenetic risk variantsDistinct lociCancer heritabilityLociRisk variantsGenetic contributionEuropean ancestryPleiotropyAdditional regionsDifferent cancersHeritabilityRisk prediction models for endometrial cancer: development and validation in an international consortium
Shi J, Kraft P, Rosner B, Benavente Y, Black A, Brinton L, Chen C, Clarke M, Cook L, Costas L, Dal Maso L, Freudenheim J, Frias-Gomez J, Friedenreich C, Garcia-Closas M, Goodman M, Johnson L, La Vecchia C, Levi F, Lissowska J, Lu L, McCann S, Moysich K, Negri E, O'Connell K, Parazzini F, Petruzella S, Polesel J, Ponte J, Rebbeck T, Reynolds P, Ricceri F, Risch H, Sacerdote C, Setiawan V, Shu X, Spurdle A, Trabert B, Webb P, Wentzensen N, Wilkens L, Xu W, Yang H, Yu H, Du M, De Vivo I. Risk prediction models for endometrial cancer: development and validation in an international consortium. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 115: 552-559. PMID: 36688725, PMCID: PMC10165481, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNurses' Health StudyRisk prediction modelNHS IIEndometrial cancerHealth StudyGenetic factorsEndometrial cancer incidence ratesOvarian Cancer Screening TrialCancer risk prediction modelsEndometrial Cancer ConsortiumPostmenopausal white womenCancer Screening TrialCancer risk stratificationCase-control studyRisk factor distributionCancer incidence ratesRelative risk estimatesEpidemiologic modelHeterogeneous study populationsPublic health practiceProphylactic hysterectomyRisk stratificationEpidemiologic factorsIncidence rateSelect cohortLifetime ovulatory years and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a multinational pooled analysis
Fu Z, Brooks M, Irvin S, Jordan S, Aben K, Anton-Culver H, Bandera E, Beckmann M, Berchuck A, Brooks-Wilson A, Chang-Claude J, Cook L, Cramer D, Cushing-Haugen K, Doherty J, Ekici A, Fasching P, Fortner R, Gayther S, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles G, Goode E, Goodman M, Group A, Harris H, Hein A, Kaaks R, Kiemeney L, Köbel M, Kotsopoulos J, Kotsopoulos J, Le N, Lee A, Matsuo K, McGuire V, McLaughlin J, Menon U, Milne R, Moysich K, Pearce C, Pike M, Qin B, Ramus S, Riggan M, Rothstein J, Schildkraut J, Sieh W, Sutphen R, Terry K, Thompson P, Titus L, van Altena A, White E, Whittemore A, Wu A, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Taylor S, Tang L, Songer T, Wentzensen N, Webb P, Risch H, Modugno F. Lifetime ovulatory years and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer: a multinational pooled analysis. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2023, 115: 539-551. PMID: 36688720, PMCID: PMC10165492, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djad011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEpithelial ovarian cancerOral contraceptive useClear cell histotypeOvulatory yearsOvulation suppressionOdds ratioOvarian cancerContraceptive useNonmucinous epithelial ovarian cancerConfidence intervalsConsistent protective effectCase patientsMucinous tumorsPooled analysisProtective effectEOC riskControl participantsHistotypeCancerOvulationAssociationRegression modelsRiskYearsBeta coefficients
2022
Dietary omega-3 fatty acids and endometrial cancer risk in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium: An individual-participant meta-analysis
Brasky T, Hade E, Cohn D, Newton A, Petruzella S, O'Connell K, Bertrand K, Cook L, De Vivo I, Du M, Freudenheim J, Friedenreich C, Goodman M, Gorzelitz J, Ibiebele T, Krogh V, Liao L, Lipworth L, Lu L, McCann S, O'Mara T, Palmer J, Ponte J, Prizment A, Risch H, Sandin S, Schouten L, Setiawan V, Shu X, Trabert B, van den Brandt P, Webb P, Wentzensen N, Wilkens L, Wolk A, Yu H, Neuhouser M. Dietary omega-3 fatty acids and endometrial cancer risk in the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium: An individual-participant meta-analysis. Gynecologic Oncology 2022, 169: 137-146. PMID: 36934308, PMCID: PMC10025515, DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2022.10.015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEndometrial cancer riskEndometrial Cancer ConsortiumHigh dietary intakeCancer riskDietary intakeObese womenOdds ratioCancer ConsortiumDietary omega-3 fatty acidsOmega-3 fatty acidsEnergy-adjusted quartilesEndometrial cancer casesEndometrial cancer incidenceProspective cohort studyFood frequency questionnaireNormal-weight womenFatty acid intakeAdjusted odds ratioBody mass indexLong-chain omega-3Anti-inflammatory propertiesSubgroup of womenConfidence intervalsCase-control studyTwo-stage individual participant dataThe age-dependent association of risk factors with pancreatic cancer
Yuan C, Kim J, Wang QL, Lee AA, Babic A, Consortium P, Amundadottir LT, Ardanaz E, Arslan A, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Du M, Gallinger S, Giles G, Goodman P, Katzke V, Klein A, Kooperberg C, Kraft P, Li D, Malats N, Marchand L, McCullough M, Milne R, Neoptolemos J, Perdomo S, Petersen G, Risch H, Shu X, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Van Den Eeden S, Visvanathan K, White E, Wolpin B, Zheng W, Amundadottir L, Klein A, Li D, McCullough M, Petersen G, Risch H, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Perez K, Ng K, Giovannucci E, Stampfer M, Kraft P, Wolpin B. The age-dependent association of risk factors with pancreatic cancer. Annals Of Oncology 2022, 33: 693-701. PMID: 35398288, PMCID: PMC9233063, DOI: 10.1016/j.annonc.2022.03.276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic cancer casesRisk factorsPancreatic cancerProspective cohortMale sexBlack raceSEER programCancer casesPolygenic risk scoresRisk scoreProspective US cohort studyNon-modifiable risk factorsNon-O blood groupIncident pancreatic cancerUS cohort studyEnd Results ProgramPancreatic cancer riskAge-specific associationsEarly detection strategiesAge-dependent associationGenome-wide association studiesAdvanced diseaseCancer presentsCohort studyUS SurveillancePolygenic risk modeling for prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer risk
Dareng EO, Tyrer JP, Barnes DR, Jones MR, Yang X, Aben KKH, Adank MA, Agata S, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova NN, Aravantinos G, Arun BK, Augustinsson A, Balmaña J, Bandera EV, Barkardottir RB, Barrowdale D, Beckmann MW, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bernardini MQ, Bjorge L, Black A, Bogdanova NV, Bonanni B, Borg A, Brenton JD, Budzilowska A, Butzow R, Buys SS, Cai H, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Cannioto R, Cassingham H, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Chen K, Chiew YE, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Colonna S, Cook L, Couch F, Daly M, Dao F, Davies E, de la Hoya M, de Putter R, Dennis J, DePersia A, Devilee P, Diez O, Ding Y, Doherty J, Domchek S, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dürst M, Eccles D, Eliassen H, Engel C, Evans G, Fasching P, Flanagan J, Fortner R, Machackova E, Friedman E, Ganz P, Garber J, Gensini F, Giles G, Glendon G, Godwin A, Goodman M, Greene M, Gronwald J, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hamann U, Hansen T, Harris H, Hartman M, Heitz F, Hildebrandt M, Høgdall E, Høgdall C, Hopper J, Huang R, Huff C, Hulick P, Huntsman D, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jensen A, Johannsson O, John E, Jones M, Kang D, Karlan B, Karnezis A, Kelemen L, Khusnutdinova E, Kiemeney L, Kim B, Kjaer S, Komenaka I, Kupryjanczyk J, Kurian A, Kwong A, Lambrechts D, Larson M, Lazaro C, Le N, Leslie G, Lester J, Lesueur F, Levine D, Li L, Li J, Loud J, Lu K, Lubiński J, Mai P, Manoukian S, Marks J, Matsuno R, Matsuo K, May T, McGuffog L, McLaughlin J, McNeish I, Mebirouk N, Menon U, Miller A, Milne R, Minlikeeva A, Modugno F, Montagna M, Moysich K, Munro E, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Yie J, Nielsen H, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Odunsi K, Offit K, Olah E, Olbrecht S, Olopade O, Olson S, Olsson H, Osorio A, Papi L, Park S, Parsons M, Pathak H, Pedersen I, Peixoto A, Pejovic T, Perez-Segura P, Permuth J, Peshkin B, Peterlongo P, Piskorz A, Prokofyeva D, Radice P, Rantala J, Riggan M, Risch H, Rodriguez-Antona C, Ross E, Rossing M, Runnebaum I, Sandler D, Santamariña M, Soucy P, Schmutzler R, Setiawan V, Shan K, Sieh W, Simard J, Singer C, Sokolenko A, Song H, Southey M, Steed H, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sutphen R, Swerdlow A, Tan Y, Teixeira M, Teo S, Terry K, Terry M, Thomassen M, Thompson P, Thomsen L, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Titus L, Toland A, Torres D, Trabert B, Travis R, Tung N, Tworoger S, Valen E, van Altena A, van der Hout A, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, van Rensburg E, Vega A, Edwards D, Vierkant R, Wang F, Wappenschmidt B, Webb P, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wentzensen N, White E, Whittemore A, Winham S, Wolk A, Woo Y, Wu A, Yan L, Yannoukakos D, Zavaglia K, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Zorn K, Kleibl Z, Easton D, Lawrenson K, DeFazio A, Sellers T, Ramus S, Pearce C, Monteiro A, Cunningham J, Goode E, Schildkraut J, Berchuck A, Chenevix-Trench G, Gayther S, Antoniou A, Pharoah P. Polygenic risk modeling for prediction of epithelial ovarian cancer risk. European Journal Of Human Genetics 2022, 30: 349-362. PMID: 35027648, PMCID: PMC8904525, DOI: 10.1038/s41431-021-00987-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
A 584 bp deletion in CTRB2 inhibits chymotrypsin B2 activity and secretion and confers risk of pancreatic cancer
Jermusyk A, Zhong J, Connelly KE, Gordon N, Perera S, Abdolalizadeh E, Zhang T, O’Brien A, Hoskins JW, Collins I, Eiser D, Yuan C, Consortium P, Consortium P, Albanes D, Arslan A, Gurrea A, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring J, Canzian F, Gallinger S, Gaziano J, Giles G, Goodman P, Johansson M, Kooperberg C, LeMarchand L, Malats N, Neale R, Panico S, Peters U, Real F, Shu X, Sund M, Thornquist M, Tjønneland A, Travis R, Van Den Eeden S, Visvanathan K, Zheng W, Kraft P, Risch H, Jacobs E, Li D, Du M, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein A, Smith J, Wolpin B, Chanock S, Shi J, Petersen G, Westlake C, Amundadottir L. A 584 bp deletion in CTRB2 inhibits chymotrypsin B2 activity and secretion and confers risk of pancreatic cancer. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 1852-1865. PMID: 34559995, PMCID: PMC8546220, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.09.002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesB2 proteinEndoplasmic reticulumDeletion allelePremature stop codonHuman genomeGWAS datasetsSuch lociRisk lociAssociation studiesStop codonER stressCTRB2Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaBp deletionExon 6European ancestryLociExon 7Intracellular accumulationExon 5ProteinGermline variantsChymotrypsin activityAllelesMultitrait genetic association analysis identifies 50 new risk loci for gastro-oesophageal reflux, seven new loci for Barrett’s oesophagus and provides insights into clinical heterogeneity in reflux diagnosis
Ong J, An J, Han X, Law M, Nandakumar P, team 2, consortium E, Schumacher J, Gockel I, Bohmer A, Jankowski J, Palles C, Olsen C, Neale R, Fitzgerald R, Thrift A, Vaughan T, Buas M, Hinds D, Gharahkhani P, Kendall B, MacGregor S, consortium E, Fitzgerald R, Buas M, Gammon M, Corley D, Shaheen N, Hardie L, Bird N, Reid B, Chow W, Risch H, Ye W, Liu G, Romero Y, Bernstein L, Wu A, Schumacher J, Gockel I, Bohmer A, Jankowski J, Palles C, Whiteman D, team 2, Agee M, Aslibekyan S, Auton A, Bell R, Bryc K, Clark S, Elson S, Fletez-Brant K, Fontanillas P, Furlotte N, Gandhi P, Heilbron K, Hicks B, Hinds D, Huber K, Jewett E, Jiang Y, Kleinman A, Lin K, Litterman N, Luff M, McCreight J, McIntyre M, McManus K, Mountain J, Mozaffari S, Nandakumar P, Noblin E, Northover C, O'Connell J, Petrakovitz A, Pitts S, Poznik G, Sathirapongsasuti J, Shastri A, Shelton J, Shringarpure S, Tian C, Tung J, Tunney R, Vacic V, Wang X, Zare A. Multitrait genetic association analysis identifies 50 new risk loci for gastro-oesophageal reflux, seven new loci for Barrett’s oesophagus and provides insights into clinical heterogeneity in reflux diagnosis. Gut 2021, 71: 1053-1061. PMID: 34187846, PMCID: PMC9120377, DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2020-323906.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe predictive ability of the 313 variant–based polygenic risk score for contralateral breast cancer risk prediction in women of European ancestry with a heterozygous BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant
Lakeman IMM, van den Broek AJ, Vos JAM, Barnes DR, Adlard J, Andrulis IL, Arason A, Arnold N, Arun BK, Balmaña J, Barrowdale D, Benitez J, Borg A, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Collée J, Couch F, Daly M, Dennis J, Dhawan M, Domchek S, Eeles R, Engel C, Evans D, Feliubadaló L, Foretova L, Friedman E, Frost D, Ganz P, Garber J, Gayther S, Gerdes A, Godwin A, Goldgar D, Hahnen E, Hake C, Hamann U, Hogervorst F, Hooning M, Hopper J, Hulick P, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Izatt L, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jensen U, Jiao Y, John E, Joseph V, Karlan B, Kets C, Konstantopoulou I, Kwong A, Legrand C, Leslie G, Lesueur F, Loud J, Lubiński J, Manoukian S, McGuffog L, Miller A, Gomes D, Montagna M, Mouret-Fourme E, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Yie J, Olah E, Olopade O, Park S, Parsons M, Peterlongo P, Piedmonte M, Radice P, Rantala J, Rennert G, Risch H, Schmutzler R, Sharma P, Simard J, Singer C, Stadler Z, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Sutter C, Tan Y, Teixeira M, Teo S, Teulé A, Thomassen M, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Tung N, van Rensburg E, Vega A, Wappenschmidt B, Devilee P, van Asperen C, Bernstein J, Offit K, Easton D, Rookus M, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou A, Robson M, Schmidt M. The predictive ability of the 313 variant–based polygenic risk score for contralateral breast cancer risk prediction in women of European ancestry with a heterozygous BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant. Genetics In Medicine 2021, 23: 1726-1737. PMID: 34113011, PMCID: PMC8460445, DOI: 10.1038/s41436-021-01198-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCBC riskHazard ratioFirst BCC-indexPolygenic risk scoresRisk scoreConfidence intervalsContralateral breast cancer riskBreast cancer polygenic risk scoreBRCA2 pathogenic variantsAge 40 yearsBreast cancer riskMultifactorial risk modelEuropean ancestryModifiers of BRCA1/2Breast cancer risk predictionCancer risk predictionConsortium of InvestigatorsRetrospective seriesInvasive BCPathological characteristicsFamily historyEstrogen receptorHeterozygous BRCA1Cancer riskA multilayered post-GWAS assessment on genetic susceptibility to pancreatic cancer
López de Maturana E, Rodríguez JA, Alonso L, Lao O, Molina-Montes E, Martín-Antoniano IA, Gómez-Rubio P, Lawlor R, Carrato A, Hidalgo M, Iglesias M, Molero X, Löhr M, Michalski C, Perea J, O’Rorke M, Barberà VM, Tardón A, Farré A, Muñoz-Bellvís L, Crnogorac-Jurcevic T, Domínguez-Muñoz E, Gress T, Greenhalf W, Sharp L, Arnes L, Cecchini L, Balsells J, Costello E, Ilzarbe L, Kleeff J, Kong B, Márquez M, Mora J, O’Driscoll D, Scarpa A, Ye W, Yu J, García-Closas M, Kogevinas M, Rothman N, Silverman D, Albanes D, Arslan A, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci P, Brennan P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring J, Canzian F, Du M, Gallinger S, Gaziano J, Goodman P, Gunter M, LeMarchand L, Li D, Neale R, Peters U, Petersen G, Risch H, Sánchez M, Shu X, Thornquist M, Visvanathan K, Zheng W, Chanock S, Easton D, Wolpin B, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein A, Amundadottir L, Marti-Renom M, Real F, Malats N. A multilayered post-GWAS assessment on genetic susceptibility to pancreatic cancer. Genome Medicine 2021, 13: 15. PMID: 33517887, PMCID: PMC7849104, DOI: 10.1186/s13073-020-00816-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSilico functional analysisFunctional analysisPublic genomic informationUnfolded protein responseMeta-analysis p-valueLow-frequency variantsPc locusGWAS hitsGenomic informationPhenotypic varianceProtein responseSpatial autocorrelation analysisER stressMajor regulatorFrequency variantsPancreatic acinar cellsGenetic susceptibilityCandidate variantsFactor interplayComplex diseasesIndependent variantsGWASInherited basisLow p-valuesAcinar cells
2020
Genome-Wide Gene–Diabetes and Gene–Obesity Interaction Scan in 8,255 Cases and 11,900 Controls from PanScan and PanC4 Consortia
Tang H, Jiang L, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Arslan AA, Beane Freeman LE, Bracci PM, Brennan P, Canzian F, Du M, Gallinger S, Giles GG, Goodman PJ, Kooperberg C, Le Marchand L, Neale RE, Shu XO, Visvanathan K, White E, Zheng W, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Babic A, Bamlet WR, Berndt SI, Blackford A, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring JE, Campa D, Chanock SJ, Childs E, Duell EJ, Fuchs C, Gaziano JM, Goggins M, Hartge P, Hassam MH, Holly EA, Hoover RN, Hung RJ, Kurtz RC, Lee IM, Malats N, Milne RL, Ng K, Oberg AL, Orlow I, Peters U, Porta M, Rabe KG, Rothman N, Scelo G, Sesso HD, Silverman DT, Thompson IM, Tjønneland A, Trichopoulou A, Wactawski-Wende J, Wentzensen N, Wilkens LR, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Amundadottir LT, Jacobs EJ, Petersen GM, Wolpin BM, Risch HA, Chatterjee N, Klein AP, Li D, Kraft P, Wei P. Genome-Wide Gene–Diabetes and Gene–Obesity Interaction Scan in 8,255 Cases and 11,900 Controls from PanScan and PanC4 Consortia. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2020, 29: 1784-1791. PMID: 32546605, PMCID: PMC7483330, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSNP levelGenome-wide association study datasetGenome-wide levelGene-based analysisGWAS summary statisticsJoint effect testsGxE analysisGWAS top hitsPopulation substructureSignificant GxE interactionGene levelGene-environment interaction analysisAdditional genetic factorsTop hitsEnvironmental variablesGenetic variantsDiabetes/obesityGxE interactionsPancreatic cancerStudy sitesGenetic factorsMajor modifiable risk factorHit regionsModifiable risk factorsInteraction analysis