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
Analysis of Heritability and Genetic Architecture of Pancreatic Cancer: A PanC4 Study
Chen F, Childs EJ, Mocci E, Bracci P, Gallinger S, Li D, Neale RE, Olson SH, Scelo G, Bamlet WR, Blackford AL, Borges M, Brennan P, Chaffee KG, Duggal P, Hassan MJ, Holly EA, Hung RJ, Goggins MG, Kurtz RC, Oberg AL, Orlow I, Yu H, Petersen GM, Risch H, Klein AP. Analysis of Heritability and Genetic Architecture of Pancreatic Cancer: A PanC4 Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2019, 28: 1238-1245. PMID: 31015203, PMCID: PMC6606380, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-18-1235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGWAS dataOverall heritabilityGenome-wide association study dataTotal phenotypic variationAssociation study dataPancreatic cancer susceptibility genesTotal phenotypic varianceAnalysis of heritabilityGWAS lociGenetic architectureFunctional annotationCancer susceptibility genesPhenotypic variationLoci accountPhenotypic varianceLinkage disequilibriumSusceptibility genesHeritabilityCommon variantsIntronic variantsEuropean ancestryGenesRare variants
2018
Agnostic Pathway/Gene Set Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Data Identifies Associations for Pancreatic Cancer
Walsh N, Zhang H, Hyland PL, Yang Q, Mocci E, Zhang M, Childs EJ, Collins I, Wang Z, Arslan AA, Beane-Freeman L, Bracci PM, Brennan P, Canzian F, Duell EJ, Gallinger S, Giles GG, Goggins M, Goodman GE, Goodman PJ, Hung RJ, Kooperberg C, Kurtz RC, Malats N, LeMarchand L, Neale RE, Olson SH, Scelo G, Shu XO, Van Den Eeden SK, Visvanathan K, White E, Zheng W, consortia P, Albanes D, Andreotti G, Babic A, Bamlet W, Berndt S, Borgida A, Boutron-Ruault M, Brais L, Brennan P, Bueno-de-Mesquita B, Buring J, Chaffee K, Chanock S, Cleary S, Cotterchio M, Foretova L, Fuchs C, Gaziano J, Giovannucci E, Goggins M, Hackert T, Haiman C, Hartge P, Hasan M, Helzlsouer K, Herman J, Holcatova I, Holly E, Hoover R, Hung R, Janout V, Klein E, Kurtz R, Laheru D, Lee I, Lu L, Malats N, Mannisto S, Milne R, Oberg A, Orlow I, Patel A, Peters U, Porta M, Real F, Rothman N, Sesso H, Severi G, Silverman D, Strobel O, Sund M, Thornquist M, Tobias G, Wactawski-Wende J, Wareham N, Weiderpass E, Wentzensen N, Wheeler W, Yu H, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Kraft P, Li D, Jacobs E, Petersen G, Wolpin B, Risch H, Amundadottir L, Yu K, Klein A, Stolzenberg-Solomon R. Agnostic Pathway/Gene Set Analysis of Genome-Wide Association Data Identifies Associations for Pancreatic Cancer. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2018, 111: 557-567. PMID: 30541042, PMCID: PMC6579744, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djy155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGene setsSingle nucleotide polymorphismsFunctional annotationEpidermal growth factor receptor transactivationExpression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) analysisQuantitative trait locus (QTL) analysisGrowth factor receptor transactivationTop single nucleotide polymorphismsG protein-coupled receptorsGene-set analysisProtein-coupled receptorsIndividual single nucleotide polymorphismsBeta-cell developmentEQTL analysisGWAS dataPCC genesPancreatic ductal adenocarcinomaReceptor transactivationLocus analysisPathway analysisAssociation studiesGenesSusceptibility genesIdentifies associationsVariants in genes encoding small GTPases and association with epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility
Earp M, Tyrer JP, Winham SJ, Lin HY, Chornokur G, Dennis J, Aben KKH, Anton‐Culver H, Antonenkova N, Bandera EV, Bean YT, Beckmann MW, Bjorge L, Bogdanova N, Brinton LA, Brooks-Wilson A, Bruinsma F, Bunker CH, Butzow R, Campbell IG, Carty K, Chang-Claude J, Cook LS, Cramer DW, Cunningham JM, Cybulski C, Dansonka-Mieszkowska A, Despierre E, Doherty JA, Dörk T, du Bois A, Dürst M, Easton DF, Eccles DM, Edwards RP, Ekici AB, Fasching PA, Fridley BL, Gentry-Maharaj A, Giles GG, Glasspool R, Goodman MT, Gronwald J, Harter P, Hein A, Heitz F, Hildebrandt MAT, Hillemanns P, Hogdall CK, Høgdall E, Hosono S, Iversen ES, Jakubowska A, Jensen A, Ji BT, Jung AY, Karlan BY, Kellar M, Kiemeney LA, Lim B, Kjaer SK, Krakstad C, Kupryjanczyk J, Lambrechts D, Lambrechts S, Le ND, Lele S, Lester J, Levine DA, Li Z, Liang D, Lissowska J, Lu K, Lubinski J, Lundvall L, Massuger LFAG, Matsuo K, McGuire V, McLaughlin JR, McNeish I, Menon U, Milne RL, Modugno F, Moysich KB, Ness RB, Nevanlinna H, Odunsi K, Olson SH, Orlow I, Orsulic S, Paul J, Pejovic T, Pelttari LM, Permuth JB, Pike MC, Poole EM, Rosen B, Rossing MA, Rothstein JH, Runnebaum IB, Rzepecka IK, Schernhammer E, Schwaab I, Shu XO, Shvetsov YB, Siddiqui N, Sieh W, Song H, Southey MC, Spiewankiewicz B, Sucheston-Campbell L, Tangen IL, Teo SH, Terry KL, Thompson PJ, Thomsen L, Tworoger SS, van Altena AM, Vergote I, Thomsen L, Vierkant RA, Walsh CS, Wang-Gohrke S, Wentzensen N, Whittemore AS, Wicklund KG, Wilkens LR, Woo YL, Wu AH, Wu X, Xiang YB, Yang H, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Lee AW, Pearce CL, Berchuck A, Schildkraut JM, Ramus SJ, Monteiro ANA, Narod SA, Sellers TA, Gayther SA, Kelemen LE, Chenevix-Trench G, Risch HA, Pharoah PDP, Goode EL, Phelan CM. Variants in genes encoding small GTPases and association with epithelial ovarian cancer susceptibility. PLOS ONE 2018, 13: e0197561. PMID: 29979793, PMCID: PMC6034790, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0197561.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFunctional annotationSmall GTPasesExpression quantitative trait lociPotential transcriptional regulatory functionTranscriptional regulatory functionQuantitative trait lociEpithelial ovarian cancer susceptibilitySmall GTPase genesSuper-enhancer regionsVesicle transportTrait lociGTPase genesSmall GTPSignal transductionCell motilityGenotype arraysRegulatory functionsNormal ovarian physiologyOvarian cancer susceptibilityVariants of interestRisk variantsEOC riskGermline variationGenesGTPases
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 variants