2016
Female chromosome X mosaicism is age-related and preferentially affects the inactivated X chromosome
Machiela MJ, Zhou W, Karlins E, Sampson JN, Freedman ND, Yang Q, Hicks B, Dagnall C, Hautman C, Jacobs KB, Abnet CC, Aldrich MC, Amos C, Amundadottir LT, Arslan AA, Beane-Freeman LE, Berndt SI, Black A, Blot WJ, Bock CH, Bracci PM, Brinton LA, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Burdett L, Buring JE, Butler MA, Canzian F, Carreón T, Chaffee KG, Chang IS, Chatterjee N, Chen C, Chen C, Chen K, Chung CC, Cook LS, Crous Bou M, Cullen M, Davis FG, De Vivo I, Ding T, Doherty J, Duell EJ, Epstein CG, Fan JH, Figueroa JD, Fraumeni JF, Friedenreich CM, Fuchs CS, Gallinger S, Gao YT, Gapstur SM, Garcia-Closas M, Gaudet MM, Gaziano JM, Giles GG, Gillanders EM, Giovannucci EL, Goldin L, Goldstein AM, Haiman CA, Hallmans G, Hankinson SE, Harris CC, Henriksson R, Holly EA, Hong YC, Hoover RN, Hsiung CA, Hu N, Hu W, Hunter DJ, Hutchinson A, Jenab M, Johansen C, Khaw KT, Kim HN, Kim YH, Kim YT, Klein AP, Klein R, Koh WP, Kolonel LN, Kooperberg C, Kraft P, Krogh V, Kurtz RC, LaCroix A, Lan Q, Landi MT, Marchand LL, Li D, Liang X, Liao LM, Lin D, Liu J, Lissowska J, Lu L, Magliocco AM, Malats N, Matsuo K, McNeill LH, McWilliams RR, Melin BS, Mirabello L, Moore L, Olson SH, Orlow I, Park JY, Patiño-Garcia A, Peplonska B, Peters U, Petersen GM, Pooler L, Prescott J, Prokunina-Olsson L, Purdue MP, Qiao YL, Rajaraman P, Real FX, Riboli E, Risch HA, Rodriguez-Santiago B, Ruder AM, Savage SA, Schumacher F, Schwartz AG, Schwartz KL, Seow A, Wendy Setiawan V, Severi G, Shen H, Sheng X, Shin MH, Shu XO, Silverman DT, Spitz MR, Stevens VL, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Stram D, Tang ZZ, Taylor PR, Teras LR, Tobias GS, Van Den Berg D, Visvanathan K, Wacholder S, Wang JC, Wang Z, Wentzensen N, Wheeler W, White E, Wiencke JK, Wolpin BM, Wong MP, Wu C, Wu T, Wu X, Wu YL, Wunder JS, Xia L, Yang HP, Yang PC, Yu K, Zanetti KA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A, Zheng W, Zhou B, Ziegler RG, Perez-Jurado LA, Caporaso NE, Rothman N, Tucker M, Dean MC, Yeager M, Chanock SJ. Female chromosome X mosaicism is age-related and preferentially affects the inactivated X chromosome. Nature Communications 2016, 7: 11843. PMID: 27291797, PMCID: PMC4909985, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11843.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
Association between hypermethylation of DNA repetitive elements in white blood cell DNA and pancreatic cancer
Neale RE, Clark PJ, Fawcett J, Fritschi L, Nagler BN, Risch HA, Walters RJ, Crawford WJ, Webb PM, Whiteman DC, Buchanan DD. Association between hypermethylation of DNA repetitive elements in white blood cell DNA and pancreatic cancer. Cancer Epidemiology 2014, 38: 576-582. PMID: 25201440, DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2014.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPancreatic cancerWhite blood cell DNABlood cell DNAOdds ratioPresence of metastasesCancer-related deathPancreatic cancer casesHealthy unrelated controlsEarly diseaseCell DNALeading causeCancer casesWBC DNADNA repetitive elementsBlood collectionCancerConfidence intervalsUnrelated controlsMethylation scoreFurther studiesAssociationMarkersDeathPCR assaysQuantitative PCR assays
2007
GST, NAT1, CYP1A1 polymorphisms and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas
Wideroff L, Vaughan TL, Farin FM, Gammon MD, Risch H, Stanford JL, Chow WH. GST, NAT1, CYP1A1 polymorphisms and risk of esophageal and gastric adenocarcinomas. Cancer Epidemiology 2007, 31: 233-236. PMID: 17646057, PMCID: PMC2268246, DOI: 10.1016/j.cdp.2007.03.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdenocarcinomaAdultAgedAllelesArylamine N-AcetyltransferaseCase-Control StudiesCytochrome P-450 CYP1A1Esophageal NeoplasmsFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGlutathione S-Transferase piGlutathione TransferaseHumansIsoenzymesMaleMiddle AgedOdds RatioPolymerase Chain ReactionPolymorphism, GeneticRisk FactorsStomach NeoplasmsUnited StatesConceptsGastric adenocarcinomaOdds ratioGastric cardia adenocarcinomaEsophageal adenocarcinomaCardia adenocarcinomaElevated riskConfidence intervalsVal genotypePopulation-based case-control studyCYP1A1 Val/ValGSTP1 Val/Val genotypeNoncardia gastric adenocarcinomaEpidemiologic risk factorsRespective odds ratiosRisk of esophagealIle/Val genotypeVal/Val genotypeCase-control studyVal/ValN-acetyltransferase 1Same catchment areaHistologic subgroupsIncident casesRisk factorsGSTT1 genotype