2020
Fine-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 variants
2013
Genome-wide association study identifies 25 known breast cancer susceptibility loci as risk factors for triple-negative breast cancer
Purrington K, Slager S, Eccles D, Yannoukakos D, Fasching P, Miron P, Carpenter J, Chang-Claude J, Martin N, Montgomery G, Kristensen V, Anton-Culver H, Goodfellow P, Tapper W, Rafiq S, Gerty S, Durcan L, Konstantopoulou I, Fostira F, Vratimos A, Apostolou P, Konstanta I, Kotoula V, Lakis S, Dimopoulos M, Skarlos D, Pectasides D, Fountzilas G, Beckmann M, Hein A, Ruebner M, Ekici A, Hartmann A, Schulz-Wendtland R, Renner S, Janni W, Rack B, Scholz C, Neugebauer J, Andergassen U, Lux M, Haeberle L, Clarke C, Pathmanathan N, Rudolph A, Flesch-Janys D, Nickels S, Olson J, Ingle J, Olswold C, Slettedahl S, Eckel-Passow J, Anderson S, Visscher D, Cafourek V, Sicotte H, Prodduturi N, Weiderpass E, Bernstein L, Ziogas A, Ivanovich J, Giles G, Baglietto L, Southey M, Kosma V, Fischer H, Network T, Reed M, Cross S, Deming-Halverson S, Shrubsole M, Cai Q, Shu X, Daly M, Weaver J, Ross E, Klemp J, Sharma P, Torres D, Rüdiger T, Wölfing H, Ulmer H, Försti A, Khoury T, Kumar S, Pilarski R, Shapiro C, Greco D, Heikkilä P, Aittomäki K, Blomqvist C, Irwanto A, Liu J, Pankratz V, Wang X, Severi G, Mannermaa A, Easton D, Hall P, Brauch H, Cox A, Zheng W, Godwin A, Hamann U, Ambrosone C, Toland A, Nevanlinna H, Vachon C, Couch F. Genome-wide association study identifies 25 known breast cancer susceptibility loci as risk factors for triple-negative breast cancer. Carcinogenesis 2013, 35: 1012-1019. PMID: 24325915, PMCID: PMC4004200, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgt404.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTN breast cancerTriple-negative breast cancerBreast cancerBreast cancer susceptibility lociRisk factorsPolygenic risk scoresSingle nucleotide polymorphismsGenome-wide association studiesBreast cancer riskCancer susceptibility lociBreast cancer risk predictionGenetic risk factorsCancer risk predictionAbsolute riskAggressive subtypeAssociation studiesTwo-stage genome-wide association studyCancer riskRisk scoreSusceptibility lociGenome-wide significant associationSignificant associationCancerBreast cancer risk variantsPTHLH locus