2021
Functional annotation of the 2q35 breast cancer risk locus implicates a structural variant in influencing activity of a long-range enhancer element
Baxter J, Johnson N, Tomczyk K, Gillespie A, Maguire S, Brough R, Fachal L, Michailidou K, Bolla M, Wang Q, Dennis J, Ahearn T, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Arndt V, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Brenner H, Brucker S, Cai Q, Campa D, Canzian F, Castelao J, Chan T, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Choi J, Clarke C, Collaborators N, Colonna S, Conroy D, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dörk T, Dossus L, Dwek M, Eccles D, Ekici A, Eliassen A, Engel C, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, Gao C, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Ghoussaini M, Giles G, Goldberg M, González-Neira A, Guénel P, Gündert M, Haeberle L, Hahnen E, Haiman C, Hall P, Hamann U, Hartman M, Hatse S, Hauke J, Hollestelle A, Hoppe R, Hopper J, Hou M, Investigators K, Investigators A, Ito H, Iwasaki M, Jager A, Jakubowska A, Janni W, John E, Joseph V, Jung A, Kaaks R, Kang D, Keeman R, Khusnutdinova E, Kim S, Kosma V, Kraft P, Kristensen V, Kubelka-Sabit K, Kurian A, Kwong A, Lacey J, Lambrechts D, Larson N, Larsson S, Le Marchand L, Lejbkowicz F, Li J, Long J, Lophatananon A, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Matsuo K, Mavroudis D, Mayes R, Menon U, Milne R, Taib N, Muir K, Muranen T, Murphy R, Nevanlinna H, O’Brien K, Offit K, Olson J, Olsson H, Park S, Park-Simon T, Patel A, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Pylkäs K, Rack B, Rennert G, Romero A, Ruebner M, Rüdiger T, Saloustros E, Sandler D, Sawyer E, Schmidt M, Schmutzler R, Schneeweiss A, Schoemaker M, Shah M, Shen C, Shu X, Simard J, Southey M, Stone J, Surowy H, Swerdlow A, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Taylor J, Teo S, Teras L, Terry M, Toland A, Tomlinson I, Truong T, Tseng C, Untch M, Vachon C, van den Ouweland A, Wang S, Weinberg C, Wendt C, Winham S, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Wu A, Yamaji T, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Pharoah P, Dunning A, Easton D, Pettitt S, Lord C, Haider S, Orr N, Fletcher O. Functional annotation of the 2q35 breast cancer risk locus implicates a structural variant in influencing activity of a long-range enhancer element. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 1190-1203. PMID: 34146516, PMCID: PMC8322933, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.05.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer risk lociCredible causal variantsCancer risk lociRegulatory elementsCausal variantsRisk lociCell type-specific transcriptionDeletion alleleTranscription factor binding regionsIdentified putative regulatory elementsChIP-seq dataPutative regulatory elementsCell type-specific expressionSignal 2ChIP-seqFunctional annotationStructural variantsDNase IBinding regionCRISPR assayIGFBP5 promoterEstrogen receptor-positive breast cancerReceptor-positive breast cancerRisk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancerLoci
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
2016
Identification of four novel susceptibility loci for oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer
Couch F, Kuchenbaecker K, Michailidou K, Mendoza-Fandino G, Nord S, Lilyquist J, Olswold C, Hallberg E, Agata S, Ahsan H, Aittomäki K, Ambrosone C, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Arun B, Arver B, Barile M, Barkardottir R, Barrowdale D, Beckmann L, Beckmann M, Benitez J, Blank S, Blomqvist C, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Bonanni B, Brauch H, Brenner H, Burwinkel B, Buys S, Caldes T, Caligo M, Canzian F, Carpenter J, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chung W, Claes K, Cox A, Cross S, Cunningham J, Czene K, Daly M, Damiola F, Darabi H, de la Hoya M, Devilee P, Diez O, Ding Y, Dolcetti R, Domchek S, Dorfling C, dos-Santos-Silva I, Dumont M, Dunning A, Eccles D, Ehrencrona H, Ekici A, Eliassen H, Ellis S, Fasching P, Figueroa J, Flesch-Janys D, Försti A, Fostira F, Foulkes W, Friebel T, Friedman E, Frost D, Gabrielson M, Gammon M, Ganz P, Gapstur S, Garber J, Gaudet M, Gayther S, Gerdes A, Ghoussaini M, Giles G, Glendon G, Godwin A, Goldberg M, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Greene M, Gronwald J, Guénel P, Gunter M, Haeberle L, Haiman C, Hamann U, Hansen T, Hart S, Healey S, Heikkinen T, Henderson B, Herzog J, Hogervorst F, Hollestelle A, Hooning M, Hoover R, Hopper J, Humphreys K, Hunter D, Huzarski T, Imyanitov E, Isaacs C, Jakubowska A, James P, Janavicius R, Jensen U, John E, Jones M, Kabisch M, Kar S, Karlan B, Khan S, Khaw K, Kibriya M, Knight J, Ko Y, Konstantopoulou I, Kosma V, Kristensen V, Kwong A, Laitman Y, Lambrechts D, Lazaro C, Lee E, Le Marchand L, Lester J, Lindblom A, Lindor N, Lindstrom S, Liu J, Long J, Lubinski J, Mai P, Makalic E, Malone K, Mannermaa A, Manoukian S, Margolin S, Marme F, Martens J, McGuffog L, Meindl A, Miller A, Milne R, Miron P, Montagna M, Mazoyer S, Mulligan A, Muranen T, Nathanson K, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Nordestgaard B, Nussbaum R, Offit K, Olah E, Olopade O, Olson J, Osorio A, Park S, Peeters P, Peissel B, Peterlongo P, Peto J, Phelan C, Pilarski R, Poppe B, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Rahman N, Rantala J, Rappaport C, Rennert G, Richardson A, Robson M, Romieu I, Rudolph A, Rutgers E, Sanchez M, Santella R, Sawyer E, Schmidt D, Schmidt M, Schmutzler R, Schumacher F, Scott R, Senter L, Sharma P, Simard J, Singer C, Sinilnikova O, Soucy P, Southey M, Steinemann D, Stenmark-Askmalm M, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Swerdlow A, Szabo C, Tamimi R, Tapper W, Teixeira M, Teo S, Terry M, Thomassen M, Thompson D, Tihomirova L, Toland A, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Truong T, Tsimiklis H, Teulé A, Tumino R, Tung N, Turnbull C, Ursin G, van Deurzen C, van Rensburg E, Varon-Mateeva R, Wang Z, Wang-Gohrke S, Weiderpass E, Weitzel J, Whittemore A, Wildiers H, Winqvist R, Yang X, Yannoukakos D, Yao S, Zamora M, Zheng W, Hall P, Kraft P, Vachon C, Slager S, Chenevix-Trench G, Pharoah P, Monteiro A, García-Closas M, Easton D, Antoniou A. Identification of four novel susceptibility loci for oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 11375. PMID: 27117709, PMCID: PMC4853421, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11375.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide significant associationGenome-wide association studiesBreast cancer risk lociSusceptibility lociCancer risk lociNovel susceptibility lociEQTL studiesICOGS arrayRisk lociAssociation studiesUnidentified locusLociPPIL3WDR43Common variantsNegative breast cancerFamilial relative riskCancer etiologyER-negative casesTRMT61BEstrogen receptor-negative breast cancerER-negative breast cancerKLF5BRCA1Breast cancer