2020
Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses
Zhang H, Ahearn TU, Lecarpentier J, Barnes D, Beesley J, Qi G, Jiang X, O’Mara T, Zhao N, Bolla MK, Dunning AM, Dennis J, Wang Q, Ful ZA, Aittomäki K, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Arun BK, Auer PL, Azzollini J, Barrowdale D, Becher H, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bialkowska K, Blanco A, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova NV, Bojesen SE, Bonanni B, Bondavalli D, Borg A, Brauch H, Brenner H, Briceno I, Broeks A, Brucker SY, Brüning T, Burwinkel B, Buys SS, Byers H, Caldés T, Caligo MA, Calvello M, Campa D, Castelao JE, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Christiaens M, Christiansen H, Chung WK, Claes KBM, Clarke CL, Cornelissen S, Couch FJ, Cox A, Cross SS, Czene K, Daly MB, Devilee P, Diez O, Domchek SM, Dörk T, Dwek M, Eccles DM, Ekici AB, Evans DG, Fasching PA, Figueroa J, Foretova L, Fostira F, Friedman E, Frost D, Gago-Dominguez M, Gapstur SM, Garber J, García-Sáenz JA, Gaudet MM, Gayther SA, Giles GG, Godwin AK, Goldberg MS, Goldgar DE, González-Neira A, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Häberle L, Hahnen E, Haiman CA, Hake CR, Hall P, Hamann U, Harkness EF, Heemskerk-Gerritsen BAM, Hillemanns P, Hogervorst FBL, Holleczek B, Hollestelle A, Hooning MJ, Hoover RN, Hopper JL, Howell A, Huebner H, Hulick PJ, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Izatt L, Jager A, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Janni W, John E, Jones M, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kapoor P, Karlan B, Keeman R, Khan S, Khusnutdinova E, Kitahara C, Ko Y, Konstantopoulou I, Koppert L, Koutros S, Kristensen V, Laenkholm A, Lambrechts D, Larsson S, Laurent-Puig P, Lazaro C, Lazarova E, Lejbkowicz F, Leslie G, Lesueur F, Lindblom A, Lissowska J, Lo W, Loud J, Lubinski J, Lukomska A, MacInnis R, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Martinez M, Matricardi L, McGuffog L, McLean C, Mebirouk N, Meindl A, Menon U, Miller A, Mingazheva E, Montagna M, Mulligan A, Mulot C, Muranen T, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Neven P, Newman W, Nielsen F, Nikitina-Zake L, Nodora J, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olsson H, Orr N, Papi L, Papp J, Park-Simon T, Parsons M, Peissel B, Peixoto A, Peshkin B, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Phillips K, Piedmonte M, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Prajzendanc K, Prentice R, Prokofyeva D, Rack B, Radice P, Ramus S, Rantala J, Rashid M, Rennert G, Rennert H, Risch H, Romero A, Rookus M, Rübner M, Rüdiger T, Saloustros E, Sampson S, Sandler D, Sawyer E, Scheuner M, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Schoemaker M, Schöttker B, Schürmann P, Senter L, Sharma P, Sherman M, Shu X, Singer C, Smichkoska S, Soucy P, Southey M, Spinelli J, Stone J, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Swerdlow A, Szabo C, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teixeira M, Terry M, Thomassen M, Thull D, Tischkowitz M, Toland A, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Torres D, Troester M, Truong T, Tung N, Untch M, Vachon C, van den Ouweland A, van der Kolk L, van Veen E, vanRensburg E, Vega A, Wappenschmidt B, Weinberg C, Weitzel J, Wildiers H, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Yang X, Yannoukakos D, Zheng W, Zorn K, Milne R, Kraft P, Simard J, Pharoah P, Michailidou K, Antoniou A, Schmidt M, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton D, Chatterjee N, García-Closas M. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses. Nature Genetics 2020, 52: 572-581. PMID: 32424353, PMCID: PMC7808397, DOI: 10.1038/s41588-020-0609-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSusceptibility lociAssociation studiesGenome-wide association studiesCell-specific enhancerWide association studyNovel breast cancer susceptibility lociNovel susceptibility lociBasal mammary cellsBreast cancer susceptibility lociCancer susceptibility lociTriple-negative diseaseCancer susceptibility variantsChip heritabilityNovel lociPolygenic risk scoresSilico analysisLociSusceptibility variantsGenetic correlationsRisk scoreMammary cellsHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) statusEpidermal growth factor receptor 2 statusBreast cancer susceptibility variantsEuropean ancestryA Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Pancreatic Cancer
Zhong J, Jermusyk A, Wu L, Hoskins JW, Collins I, Mocci E, Zhang M, Song L, Chung CC, Zhang T, Xiao W, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Arslan AA, Babic A, Bamlet WR, Beane-Freeman L, Berndt S, Borgida A, Bracci PM, Brais L, Brennan P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring J, Canzian F, Childs EJ, Cotterchio M, Du M, Duell EJ, Fuchs C, Gallinger S, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Giovannucci E, Goggins M, Goodman GE, Goodman PJ, Haiman C, Hartge P, Hasan M, Helzlsouer KJ, Holly EA, Klein EA, Kogevinas M, Kurtz RJ, LeMarchand L, Malats N, Männistö S, Milne R, Neale RE, Ng K, Obazee O, Oberg AL, Orlow I, Patel AV, Peters U, Porta M, Rothman N, Scelo G, Sesso HD, Severi G, Sieri S, Silverman D, Sund M, Tjønneland A, Thornquist MD, Tobias GS, Trichopoulou A, Van Den Eeden SK, Visvanathan K, Wactawski-Wende J, Wentzensen N, White E, Yu H, Yuan C, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Hoover R, Brown K, Kooperberg C, Risch HA, Jacobs EJ, Li D, Yu K, Shu XO, Chanock SJ, Wolpin BM, Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Chatterjee N, Klein AP, Smith JP, Kraft P, Shi J, Petersen GM, Zheng W, Amundadottir LT. A Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Identifies Novel Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Pancreatic Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2020, 112: 1003-1012. PMID: 31917448, PMCID: PMC7566474, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djz246.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscriptome-wide association studyCancer risk lociRisk lociAssociation studiesPancreatic cancer susceptibility lociGene expression prediction modelsNovel candidate susceptibility genesPossible causal genesGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide associationCancer susceptibility lociCandidate susceptibility genesNormal pancreatic tissue samplesFunctional genesTranscriptome dataCausal genesNovel lociCandidate genesGene expressionSusceptibility lociGenesGenotype dataLociSusceptibility genesDifferent tissues
2018
A Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Among 97,898 Women to Identify Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk
Lu Y, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Wu L, Guo X, Li B, Schildkraut JM, Im HK, Chen YA, Permuth JB, Reid BM, Teer JK, Moysich KB, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arun BK, Bandera EV, Barkardottir RB, Barnes DR, Benitez J, Bjorge L, Brenton J, Butzow R, Caldes T, Caligo MA, Campbell I, Chang-Claude J, Claes KBM, Couch FJ, Cramer DW, Daly MB, deFazio A, Dennis J, Diez O, Domchek SM, Dörk T, Easton DF, Eccles DM, Fasching PA, Fortner RT, Fountzilas G, Friedman E, Ganz PA, Garber J, Giles GG, Godwin AK, Goldgar DE, Goodman MT, Greene MH, Gronwald J, Hamann U, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MAT, Høgdall CK, Hollestelle A, Hulick PJ, Huntsman DG, Imyanitov EN, Isaacs C, Jakubowska A, James P, Karlan BY, Kelemen LE, Kiemeney LA, Kjaer SK, Kwong A, Le ND, Leslie G, Lesueur F, Levine DA, Mattiello A, May T, McGuffog L, McNeish IA, Merritt MA, Modugno F, Montagna M, Neuhausen SL, Nevanlinna H, Nielsen FC, Nikitina-Zake L, Nussbaum RL, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade OI, Olson SH, Olsson H, Osorio A, Park SK, Parsons MT, Peeters PHM, Pejovic T, Peterlongo P, Phelan CM, Pujana MA, Ramus SJ, Rennert G, Risch H, Rodriguez GC, Rodríguez-Antona C, Romieu I, Rookus MA, Rossing MA, Rzepecka IK, Sandler DP, Schmutzler RK, Setiawan VW, Sharma P, Sieh W, Simard J, Singer CF, Song H, Southey MC, Spurdle AB, Sutphen R, Swerdlow AJ, Teixeira MR, Teo SH, Thomassen M, Tischkowitz M, Toland AE, Trichopoulou A, Tung N, Tworoger SS, van Rensburg EJ, Vanderstichele A, Vega A, Edwards DV, Webb PM, Weitzel JN, Wentzensen N, White E, Wolk A, Wu AH, Yannoukakos D, Zorn KK, Gayther SA, Antoniou AC, Berchuck A, Goode EL, Chenevix-Trench G, Sellers TA, Pharoah PDP, Zheng W, Long J. A Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Among 97,898 Women to Identify Candidate Susceptibility Genes for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Risk. Cancer Research 2018, 78: 5419-5430. PMID: 30054336, PMCID: PMC6139053, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-18-0951.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesNovel lociGWAS lociCausal genesMajority of GWASTranscriptome-wide association studyAssociation studiesGenotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) projectLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesHigh-density genotyping dataPlausible causal genesPotential novel lociNovel genetic lociGWAS-identified variantsRNA sequencing dataDisease susceptibility variantsBonferroni-corrected significance levelTranscriptomic analysisExpression projectGenetic lociSummary statistics dataRisk lociGene expressionSequencing dataGenes