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
Functional analysis and fine mapping of the 9p22.2 ovarian cancer susceptibility locus
Buckley MA, Woods NT, Tyrer JP, Mendoza-Fandiño G, Lawrenson K, Hazelett DJ, Najafabadi HS, Gjyshi A, Carvalho RS, Lyra PC, Coetzee SG, Shen HC, Yang AW, Earp MA, Yoder S, Risch H, Chenevix-Trench G, Ramus SJ, Phelan CM, Coetzee GA, Noushmehr H, Hughes TR, Sellers TA, Goode EL, Pharoah P, Gayther SA, Monteiro A. Functional analysis and fine mapping of the 9p22.2 ovarian cancer susceptibility locus. Cancer Research 2019, 79: canres.3864.2017. PMID: 30487138, PMCID: PMC6359979, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-3864.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsBase SequenceCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCell Cycle ProteinsCell Line, TumorChromosome MappingChromosomes, Human, Pair 9Cystadenocarcinoma, SerousDNA-Binding ProteinsDNA, NeoplasmFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHEK293 CellsHumansLinkage DisequilibriumOvarian NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideConceptsScaffold/matrix attachment regionsMatrix attachment regionsTarget genesAttachment regionsOvarian cancer susceptibility lociGenome-wide association studiesCancer risk lociLikely target genesTranscriptional regulatory elementsAllele-specific effectsDownstream target genesLikely causal variantsCancer susceptibility lociCandidate causal SNPsFine mappingRegulatory elementsLoci identifiesCausal variantsRisk lociCausal SNPsFunctional analysisAssociation studiesCancer risk genesSusceptibility lociRisk genes
2015
Common variants at the CHEK2 gene locus and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer
Lawrenson K, Iversen ES, Tyrer J, Weber RP, Concannon P, Hazelett DJ, Li Q, Marks JR, Berchuck A, Lee JM, Aben KK, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Bandera E, Bean Y, Beckmann M, Bisogna M, Bjorge L, Bogdanova N, Brinton L, Brooks-Wilson A, Bruinsma F, Butzow R, Campbell I, Carty K, Chang-Claude J, Chenevix-Trench G, Chen A, Chen Z, Cook L, Cramer D, Cunningham J, Cybulski C, Plisiecka-Halasa J, Dennis J, Dicks E, Doherty J, Dörk T, du Bois A, Eccles D, Easton D, Edwards R, Eilber U, Ekici A, Fasching P, Fridley B, Gao Y, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles G, Glasspool R, Goode E, Goodman M, Gronwald J, Harter P, Hasmad H, Hein A, Heitz F, Hildebrandt M, Hillemanns P, Hogdall E, Hogdall C, Hosono S, Jakubowska A, Paul J, Jensen A, Karlan B, Kjaer S, Kelemen L, Kellar M, Kelley J, Kiemeney L, Krakstad C, Lambrechts D, Lambrechts S, Le N, Lee A, Cannioto R, Leminen A, Lester J, Levine D, Liang D, Lissowska J, Lu K, Lubinski J, Lundvall L, Massuger L, Matsuo K, McGuire V, McLaughlin J, Nevanlinna H, McNeish I, Menon U, Modugno F, Moysich K, Narod S, Nedergaard L, Ness R, Azmi M, Odunsi K, Olson S, Orlow I, Orsulic S, Pearce C, Pejovic T, Pelttari L, Permuth-Wey J, Phelan C, Pike M, Poole E, Ramus S, Risch H, Rosen B, Rossing M, Rothstein J, Rudolph A, Runnebaum I, Rzepecka I, Salvesen H, Budzilowska A, Sellers T, Shu X, Shvetsov Y, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Song H, Southey M, Sucheston L, Tangen I, Teo S, Terry K, Thompson P, Timorek A, Tworoger S, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Vergote I, Vierkant R, Wang-Gohrke S, Walsh C, Wentzensen N, Whittemore A, Wicklund K, Wilkens L, Woo Y, Wu X, Wu A, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Coetzee G, Freedman M, Monteiro A, Moes-Sosnowska J, Kupryjanczyk J, Pharoah P, Gayther S, Schildkraut J. Common variants at the CHEK2 gene locus and risk of epithelial ovarian cancer. Carcinogenesis 2015, 36: 1341-1353. PMID: 26424751, PMCID: PMC4635670, DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgv138.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGene locusCommon variantsGenome-wide association studiesAdditional risk variantsDNA repair genesCommon genetic variantsImputation of genotypesCancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) datasetFunctional annotationGenomic regionsTranscription factorsRegulatory elementsNormal fallopian tube tissuesGenome ProjectCausal variantsPrecursor tissueGene expressionSerous epithelial ovarian cancerCandidate SNPsAssociation studiesAdditional genotypingRepair genesSusceptibility genesRisk variantsGenetic variantsCis-eQTL analysis and functional validation of candidate susceptibility genes for high-grade serous ovarian cancer
Lawrenson K, Li Q, Kar S, Seo JH, Tyrer J, Spindler TJ, Lee J, Chen Y, Karst A, Drapkin R, Aben KK, Anton-Culver H, Antonenkova N, Baker H, Bandera E, Bean Y, Beckmann M, Berchuck A, Bisogna M, Bjorge L, Bogdanova N, Brinton L, Brooks-Wilson A, Bruinsma F, Butzow R, Campbell I, Carty K, Chang-Claude J, Chenevix-Trench G, Chen A, Chen Z, Cook L, Cramer D, Cunningham J, Cybulski C, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Dennis J, Dicks E, Doherty J, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dürst M, Eccles D, Easton D, Edwards R, Eilber U, Ekici A, Fasching P, Fridley B, Gao Y, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles G, Glasspool R, Goode E, Goodman M, Grownwald J, Harrington P, Harter P, Hasmad H, Hein A, Heitz F, Hildebrandt M, Hillemanns P, Hogdall E, Hogdall C, Hosono S, Iversen E, Jakubowska A, James P, Jensen A, Ji B, Karlan B, Kruger Kjaer S, Kelemen L, Kellar M, Kelley J, Kiemeney L, Krakstad C, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Lambrechts S, Le N, Lee A, Lele S, Leminen A, Lester J, Levine D, Liang D, Lissowska J, Lu K, Lubinski J, Lundvall L, Massuger L, Matsuo K, McGuire V, McLaughlin J, Nevanlinna H, McNeish I, Menon U, Modugno F, Moysich K, Narod S, Nedergaard L, Ness R, Azmi M, Odunsi K, Olson S, Orlow I, Orsulic S, Weber R, Pearce C, Pejovic T, Pelttari L, Permuth-Wey J, Phelan C, Pike M, Poole E, Ramus S, Risch H, Rosen B, Rossing M, Rothstein J, Rudolph A, Runnebaum I, Rzepecka I, Salvesen H, Schildkraut J, Schwaab I, Sellers T, Shu X, Shvetsov Y, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Song H, Southey M, Sucheston L, Tangen I, Teo S, Terry K, Thompson P, Timorek A, Tsai Y, Tworoger S, van Altena A, Van Nieuwenhuysen E, Vergote I, Vierkant R, Wang-Gohrke S, Walsh C, Wentzensen N, Whittemore A, Wicklund K, Wilkens L, Woo Y, Wu X, Wu A, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Monteiro A, Pharoah P, Gayther S, Freedman M. Cis-eQTL analysis and functional validation of candidate susceptibility genes for high-grade serous ovarian cancer. Nature Communications 2015, 6: 8234. PMID: 26391404, PMCID: PMC4580986, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsCarcinoma, Ovarian EpithelialCell Line, TumorFemaleGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticGenetic Association StudiesGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseHomeodomain ProteinsHumansNeoplasm ProteinsNeoplasms, Glandular and EpithelialNuchal CordOvarian NeoplasmsProtein BindingQuantitative Trait LociConceptsCandidate susceptibility genesExpression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysisQuantitative trait locus (QTL) analysisChromosome conformation captureGenome-wide association studiesSusceptibility genesCis-eQTL analysisHigh-grade serous epithelial ovarian cancerAnchorage-independent growthConformation captureHOXD9 promoterTranscriptomic profilingCausal variantsFunctional validationRisk lociLocus analysisAssociation studiesBroader roleFunctional roleGenesContact inhibitionRisk variantsPopulation-doubling timePrecursor cellsHOXD9