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2. Common variants at 12p11, 12q24, 9p21, 9q31.2 and in ZNF365 are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers
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Antoniou, Antonis C, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Soucy, Penny, Beesley, Jonathan, Chen, Xiaoqing, McGuffog, Lesley, Lee, Andrew, Barrowdale, Daniel, Healey, Sue, Sinilnikova, Olga M, Caligo, Maria A, Loman, Niklas, Harbst, Katja, Lindblom, Annika, Arver, Brita, Rosenquist, Richard, Karlsson, Per, Nathanson, Kate, Domchek, Susan, Rebbeck, Tim, Jakubowska, Anna, Lubinski, Jan, Jaworska, Katarzyna, Durda, Katarzyna, Złowowcka-Perłowska, Elżbieta, Osorio, Ana, Durán, Mercedes, Andrés, Raquel, Benítez, Javier, Hamann, Ute, Hogervorst, Frans B, van Os, Theo A, Verhoef, Senno, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne EJ, Wijnen, Juul, Gómez Garcia, Encarna B, Ligtenberg, Marjolijn J, Kriege, Mieke, Collée, J Margriet, Ausems, Margreet GEM, Oosterwijk, Jan C, Peock, Susan, Frost, Debra, Ellis, Steve D, Platte, Radka, Fineberg, Elena, Evans, D Gareth, Lalloo, Fiona, Jacobs, Chris, Eeles, Ros, Adlard, Julian, Davidson, Rosemarie, Cole, Trevor, Cook, Jackie, Paterson, Joan, Douglas, Fiona, Brewer, Carole, Hodgson, Shirley, Morrison, Patrick J, Walker, Lisa, Rogers, Mark T, Donaldson, Alan, Dorkins, Huw, Godwin, Andrew K, Bove, Betsy, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Houdayer, Claude, Buecher, Bruno, de Pauw, Antoine, Mazoyer, Sylvie, Calender, Alain, Léoné, Mélanie, Bressac- de Paillerets, Brigitte, Caron, Olivier, Sobol, Hagay, Frenay, Marc, Prieur, Fabienne, Ferrer, Sandra, Mortemousque, Isabelle, Buys, Saundra, Daly, Mary, Miron, Alexander, Terry, Mary, Hopper, John L, John, Esther M, Southey, Melissa, Goldgar, David, Singer, Christian F, Fink-Retter, Anneliese, Tea, Muy-Kheng, Kaulich, Daphne, Hansen, Thomas VO, Nielsen, Finn C, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Gaudet, Mia, Kirchhoff, Tomas, Joseph, Vijai, Dutra-Clarke, Ana, Offit, Kenneth, and Piedmonte, Marion
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AbstractIntroductionSeveral common alleles have been shown to be associated with breast and/or ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Recent genome-wide association studies of breast cancer have identified eight additional breast cancer susceptibility loci: rs1011970 (9p21, CDKN2A/B), rs10995190 (ZNF365), rs704010 (ZMIZ1), rs2380205 (10p15), rs614367 (11q13), rs1292011 (12q24), rs10771399 (12p11 near PTHLH) and rs865686 (9q31.2). MethodsTo evaluate whether these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers, we genotyped these SNPs in 12599 BRCA1 and 7132 BRCA2 mutation carriers and analysed the associations with breast cancer risk within a retrospective likelihood framework. ResultsOnly SNP rs10771399 near PTHLH was associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers (per-allele Hazard Ratio (HR)= 0.87, 95%CI:0.81-0.94, P-trend=3x10^-4). The association was restricted to mutations proven or predicted to lead to absence of protein expression (HR=0.82, 95%CI:0.74-0.90, P-trend=3.1x10^-5, P-difference=0.03). Four SNPs were associated with the risk of breast cancer for BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs10995190, P-trend=0.015; rs1011970, P-trend=0.048; rs865686, 2df-P=0.007; rs1292011 2df-P=0.03. rs10771399 (PTHLH) was predominantly associated with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer for BRCA1 mutation carriers (HR=0.81, 95%CI: 0.74-0.90, P-trend=4x10^-5) and there was marginal evidence of association with ER-negative breast cancer for BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR=0.78, 95%CI:0.62-1.00, P-trend=0.049). ConclusionsThe present findings, in combination with previously identified modifiers of risk, will ultimately lead to more accurate risk prediction and an improved understanding of the disease etiology in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
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3. Filaggrin-2 variation is associated with more persistent atopic dermatitis in African American subjects
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Margolis, David J., Gupta, Jayanta, Apter, Andrea J., Ganguly, Tapan, Hoffstad, Ole, Papadopoulos, Maryte, Rebbeck, Tim R., and Mitra, Nandita
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- 2014
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4. Prevalence of multimorbidity in men of African descent with and without prostate cancer in Soweto, South Africa.
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Mapanga, Witness, Norris, Shane A., Craig, Ashleigh, Pumpalova, Yoanna, Ayeni, Oluwatosin A., Chen, Wenlong Carl, Jacobson, Judith S., Neugut, Alfred I., Muchengeti, Mazvita, Pentz, Audrey, Doherty, Sean, Minkowitz, Shauli, Haffejee, Mohammed, Rebbeck, Tim, and Joffe, Maureen
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PROSTATE-specific antigen ,PROSTATE cancer ,PROSTATE cancer patients ,DIGITAL rectal examination ,CANCER diagnosis ,BLOOD pressure measurement ,BLOOD pressure testing machines - Abstract
Objective: With increases in chronic disease, men with prostate cancer are likely to have at least one other chronic health condition. The burden and complexity of each additional chronic disease may complicate prostate cancer treatment and reduce survival. In this paper, we describe the frequency of multimorbid chronic diseases, HIV and depression among men in Soweto, South Africa (SA) with and without prostate cancer and determine whether the presence of multimorbid diseases is associated with metastatic and high-risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer. Methods: A population-based case-control study on prostate cancer was conducted among black men in Soweto. All participants completed a baseline survey on sociodemographics, lifestyle, and comorbid medical conditions. All participants completed a depression screening survey and HIV testing at enrolment. Blood pressure measurements and blood testing for fasting glucose, total cholesterol, and high-density lipoprotein were performed on a subset of randomly selected cases and controls. For men with prostate cancer, clinical T staging was assessed with the digital rectal examination, the diagnosis was confirmed with a biopsy and PSA levels were assessed at presentation. The metastatic staging was assessed by bone scans, and this was confirmed with PSMA PET scans, CT scans and X-rays, standard for our resource-constrained setting. Normal PSA scores were used as an inclusion criterion for controls. Results: Of the 2136 men (1095 with prostate cancer and 1041 controls) included in the analysis, 43.0% reported at least one chronic metabolic disease; 24.1% reported two metabolic diseases; 5.3% reported three metabolic diseases; and 0.3% reported four metabolic diseases. Men with prostate cancer were more likely to report a multimorbid chronic metabolic disease compared to controls (p<0.001) and more likely to test positive for HIV (p = 0.05). The majority of men (66.2%) reported at least one metabolic disease, tested negative for HIV and had a negative depression screen. The clinical characteristics of men with prostate cancer, were as follows: 396 (36.2%) had a Gleason score of 8 and above; 552 (51.3%) had a PSA score of >20ng/ml; 233 (21.7%) had confirmed metastatic prostate cancer at diagnosis. Older age was associated with metastatic prostate cancer (OR = 1.043 95% CI:1.02–1.07) and NCCN defined high-risk non-metastatic prostate cancer (OR = 1.03 95% CI:1.01–1.05), whilst being hypertensive was protective (OR = 0.63 95% CI:0.47–0.84 and OR = 0.55 95% CI:0.37–0.83) respectively for metastatic and high-risk, non-metastatic prostate cancer. Conclusion: The high prevalence of multimorbid metabolic diseases and HIV among men with prostate cancer represents a public health concern in South Africa. There is a need to effectively address multiple chronic diseases among men with prostate cancer by incorporating coordinated care models. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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5. A genome-wide association study of breast cancer in women of African ancestry
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Chen, Fang, Chen, Gary K., Stram, Daniel O., Millikan, Robert C., Ambrosone, Christine B., John, Esther M., Bernstein, Leslie, Zheng, Wei, Palmer, Julie R., Hu, Jennifer J., Rebbeck, Tim R., Ziegler, Regina G., Nyante, Sarah, Bandera, Elisa V., Ingles, Sue A., Press, Michael F., Ruiz-Narvaez, Edward A., Deming, Sandra L., Rodriguez-Gil, Jorge L., DeMichele, Angela, Chanock, Stephen J., Blot, William, Signorello, Lisa, Cai, Qiuyin, Li, Guoliang, Long, Jirong, Huo, Dezheng, Zheng, Yonglan, Cox, Nancy J., Olopade, Olufunmilayo I., Ogundiran, Temidayo O., Adebamowo, Clement, Nathanson, Katherine L., Domchek, Susan M., Simon, Michael S., Hennis, Anselm, Nemesure, Barbara, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Leske, M. Cristina, Ambs, Stefan, Hutter, Carolyn M., Young, Alicia, Kooperberg, Charles, Peters, Ulrike, Rhie, Suhn K., Wan, Peggy, Sheng, Xin, Pooler, Loreall C., Van Den Berg, David J., Le Marchand, Loic, Kolonel, Laurence N., Henderson, Brian E., and Haiman, Christopher A.
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- 2013
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6. Pooled analysis indicates that the GSTT1 deletion, GSTM1 deletion, and GSTP1 Ile105Val polymorphisms do not modify breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
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Spurdle, Amanda B., Fahey, Paul, Chen, Xiaoqing, McGuffog, Lesley, Easton, Douglas, Peock, Susan, Cook, Margaret, Simard, Jacques, Rebbeck, Tim R., Antoniou, Antonis C., Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, kConFab, EMBRACE, INHERIT, and MAGIC
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- 2010
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7. The persistence of atopic dermatitis and filaggrin (FLG) mutations in a US longitudinal cohort
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Margolis, David J., Apter, Andrea J., Gupta, Jayanta, Hoffstad, Ole, Papadopoulos, Maryte, Campbell, Linda E., Sandilands, Aileen, McLean, Irwin W.H., Rebbeck, Tim R., and Mitra, Nandita
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- 2012
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8. Breast Cancer Risk Following Bilateral Oophorectomy in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers: An International Case-Control Study
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Eisen, Andrea, Lubinski, Jan, Klijn, Jan, Moller, Pal, Lynch, Henry T., Offit, Kenneth, Weber, Barbara, Rebbeck, Tim, Neuhausen, Susan L., Ghadirian, Parviz, Foulkes, William D., Gershoni-Baruch, Ruth, Friedman, Eitan, Rennert, Gadi, Wagner, Teresa, Isaacs, Claudine, Kim-Sing, Charmaine, Ainsworth, Peter, Sun, Ping, and Narod, Steven A.
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- 2005
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9. Exome Sequencing of Filaggrin and Related Genes in African-American Children with Atopic Dermatitis.
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Margolis, David J, Gupta, Jayanta, Apter, Andrea J, Hoffstad, Ole, Papadopoulos, Maryte, Rebbeck, Tim R, Wubbenhorst, Bradley, and Mitra, Nandita
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FILAGGRIN , *ATOPIC dermatitis , *DISEASES in African Americans - Abstract
A letter to the editor is presented regarding filaggrin (FLG) protein exome sequencing and associated genes in African Americans with atopic dermatitis (AD).
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10. Obtaining DNA in the Mail from a National Sample of Children with a Chronic Non-Fatal Illness.
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Margolis, David J., Papadopoulos, Maryte, Apter, Andrea J., McLean, W. H. Irwin, Mitra, Nandita, and Rebbeck, Tim R.
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LETTERS to the editor , *ATOPIC dermatitis , *PATIENTS - Abstract
A letter to the editor is presented which discusses a feasibility study of obtaining DNA from a huge national-community-based population of children with atopic dermatitis (AD).
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- 2011
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11. Reliability and validity of genotyping filaggrin null mutations
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Margolis, David J., Apter, Andrea J., Mitra, Nandita, Gupta, Jayanta, Hoffstad, Ole, Papadopoulos, Maryte, Rebbeck, Tim R., MacCallum, Stephanie, Campbell, Linda E., Sandilands, Aileen, and McLean, W.H. Irwin
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- 2013
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12. Common breast cancer susceptibility alleles are associated with tumour subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: results from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2.
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Mulligan AM, Couch FJ, Barrowdale D, Domchek SM, Eccles D, Nevanlinna H, Ramus SJ, Robson M, Sherman M, Spurdle AB, Wappenschmidt B, Lee A, McGuffog L, Healey S, Sinilnikova OM, Janavicius R, Hansen Tv, Nielsen FC, Ejlertsen B, Osorio A, Muñoz-Repeto I, Durán M, Godino J, Pertesi M, Benítez J, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Peissel B, Zaffaroni D, Cattaneo E, Bonanni B, Viel A, Pasini B, Papi L, Ottini L, Savarese A, Bernard L, Radice P, Hamann U, Verheus M, Meijers-Heijboer HE, Wijnen J, Gómez García EB, Nelen MR, Kets CM, Seynaeve C, Tilanus-Linthorst MM, van der Luijt RB, van Os T, Rookus M, Frost D, Jones JL, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Eeles R, Izatt L, Adlard J, Davidson R, Cook J, Donaldson A, Dorkins H, Gregory H, Eason J, Houghton C, Barwell J, Side LE, McCann E, Murray A, Peock S, Godwin AK, Schmutzler RK, Rhiem K, Engel C, Meindl A, Ruehl I, Arnold N, Niederacher D, Sutter C, Deissler H, Gadzicki D, Kast K, Preisler-Adams S, Varon-Mateeva R, Schoenbuchner I, Fiebig B, Heinritz W, Schäfer D, Gevensleben H, Caux-Moncoutier V, Fassy-Colcombet M, Cornelis F, Mazoyer S, Léoné M, Boutry-Kryza N, Hardouin A, Berthet P, Muller D, Fricker JP, Mortemousque I, Pujol P, Coupier I, Lebrun M, Kientz C, Longy M, Sevenet N, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Isaacs C, Caldes T, de la Hoya M, Heikkinen T, Aittomäki K, Blanco I, Lazaro C, Barkardottir RB, Soucy P, Dumont M, Simard J, Montagna M, Tognazzo S, D'Andrea E, Fox S, Yan M, Rebbeck T, Olopade O, Weitzel JN, Lynch HT, Ganz PA, Tomlinson GE, Wang X, Fredericksen Z, Pankratz VS, Lindor NM, Szabo C, Offit K, Sakr R, Gaudet M, Bhatia J, Kauff N, Singer CF, Tea MK, Gschwantler-Kaulich D, Fink-Retter A, Mai PL, Greene MH, Imyanitov E, O'Malley FP, Ozcelik H, Glendon G, Toland AE, Gerdes AM, Thomassen M, Kruse TA, Jensen UB, Skytte AB, Caligo MA, Soller M, Henriksson K, Wachenfeldt vA, Arver B, Stenmark-Askmalm M, Karlsson P, Ding YC, Neuhausen SL, Beattie M, Pharoah PD, Moysich KB, Nathanson KL, Karlan BY, Gross J, John EM, Daly MB, Buys SM, Southey MC, Hopper JL, Terry MB, Chung W, Miron AF, Goldgar D, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton DF, Andrulis IL, and Antoniou AC
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- Breast Neoplasms classification, Breast Neoplasms metabolism, Female, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptors, Estrogen metabolism, Receptors, Progesterone metabolism, Risk, Alleles, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Heterozygote, Mutation
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Introduction: Previous studies have demonstrated that common breast cancer susceptibility alleles are differentially associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers. It is currently unknown how these alleles are associated with different breast cancer subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers defined by estrogen (ER) or progesterone receptor (PR) status of the tumour., Methods: We used genotype data on up to 11,421 BRCA1 and 7,080 BRCA2 carriers, of whom 4,310 had been affected with breast cancer and had information on either ER or PR status of the tumour, to assess the associations of 12 loci with breast cancer tumour characteristics. Associations were evaluated using a retrospective cohort approach., Results: The results suggested stronger associations with ER-positive breast cancer than ER-negative for 11 loci in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. Among BRCA1 carriers, single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2981582 (FGFR2) exhibited the biggest difference based on ER status (per-allele hazard ratio (HR) for ER-positive = 1.35, 95% CI: 1.17 to 1.56 vs HR = 0.91, 95% CI: 0.85 to 0.98 for ER-negative, P-heterogeneity = 6.5 × 10-6). In contrast, SNP rs2046210 at 6q25.1 near ESR1 was primarily associated with ER-negative breast cancer risk for both BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. In BRCA2 carriers, SNPs in FGFR2, TOX3, LSP1, SLC4A7/NEK10, 5p12, 2q35, and 1p11.2 were significantly associated with ER-positive but not ER-negative disease. Similar results were observed when differentiating breast cancer cases by PR status., Conclusions: The associations of the 12 SNPs with risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers differ by ER-positive or ER-negative breast cancer status. The apparent differences in SNP associations between BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers, and non-carriers, may be explicable by differences in the prevalence of tumour subtypes. As more risk modifying variants are identified, incorporating these associations into breast cancer subtype-specific risk models may improve clinical management for mutation carriers.
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13. Common genetic variants and modification of penetrance of BRCA2-associated breast cancer.
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Gaudet MM, Kirchhoff T, Green T, Vijai J, Korn JM, Guiducci C, Segrè AV, McGee K, McGuffog L, Kartsonaki C, Morrison J, Healey S, Sinilnikova OM, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Mazoyer S, Gauthier-Villars M, Sobol H, Longy M, Frenay M, GEMO Study Collaborators, Hogervorst FB, Rookus MA, Collée JM, Hoogerbrugge N, van Roozendaal KE, Piedmonte M, Rubinstein W, Nerenstone S, Van Le L, Blank SV, Caldés T, de la Hoya M, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, Lazaro C, Blanco I, Arason A, Johannsson OT, Barkardottir RB, Devilee P, Olopade OI, Neuhausen SL, Wang X, Fredericksen ZS, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Barile M, Viel A, Radice P, Phelan CM, Narod S, Rennert G, Lejbkowicz F, Flugelman A, Andrulis IL, Glendon G, Ozcelik H, Toland AE, Montagna M, D'Andrea E, Friedman E, Laitman Y, Borg A, Beattie M, Ramus SJ, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Rebbeck T, Spurdle AB, Chen X, Holland H, John EM, Hopper JL, Buys SS, Daly MB, Southey MC, Terry MB, Tung N, Overeem Hansen TV, Nielsen FC, Greene MH, Mai PL, Osorio A, Durán M, Andres R, Benítez J, Weitzel JN, Garber J, Hamann U, Peock S, Cook M, Oliver C, Frost D, Platte R, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Eeles R, Izatt L, Walker L, Eason J, Barwell J, Godwin AK, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Engert S, Arnold N, Gadzicki D, Dean M, Gold B, Klein RJ, Couch FJ, Chenevix-Trench G, Easton DF, Daly MJ, Antoniou AC, Altshuler DM, and Offit K
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- Adult, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20, DNA-Binding Proteins genetics, Female, Gene Frequency, Genetic Predisposition to Disease genetics, Haplotypes, Heterozygote, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Middle Aged, Mutation, Penetrance, Receptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 2 genetics, Risk Factors, Transcription Factors genetics, White People genetics, BRCA2 Protein genetics, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Genome-Wide Association Study methods, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
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The considerable uncertainty regarding cancer risks associated with inherited mutations of BRCA2 is due to unknown factors. To investigate whether common genetic variants modify penetrance for BRCA2 mutation carriers, we undertook a two-staged genome-wide association study in BRCA2 mutation carriers. In stage 1 using the Affymetrix 6.0 platform, 592,163 filtered SNPs genotyped were available on 899 young (<40 years) affected and 804 unaffected carriers of European ancestry. Associations were evaluated using a survival-based score test adjusted for familial correlations and stratified by country of the study and BRCA2*6174delT mutation status. The genomic inflation factor (λ) was 1.011. The stage 1 association analysis revealed multiple variants associated with breast cancer risk: 3 SNPs had p-values<10(-5) and 39 SNPs had p-values<10(-4). These variants included several previously associated with sporadic breast cancer risk and two novel loci on chromosome 20 (rs311499) and chromosome 10 (rs16917302). The chromosome 10 locus was in ZNF365, which contains another variant that has recently been associated with breast cancer in an independent study of unselected cases. In stage 2, the top 85 loci from stage 1 were genotyped in 1,264 cases and 1,222 controls. Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for stage 1 and 2 were combined and estimated using a retrospective likelihood approach, stratified by country of residence and the most common mutation, BRCA2*6174delT. The combined per allele HR of the minor allele for the novel loci rs16917302 was 0.75 (95% CI 0.66-0.86, ) and for rs311499 was 0.72 (95% CI 0.61-0.85, ). FGFR2 rs2981575 had the strongest association with breast cancer risk (per allele HR = 1.28, 95% CI 1.18-1.39, ). These results indicate that SNPs that modify BRCA2 penetrance identified by an agnostic approach thus far are limited to variants that also modify risk of sporadic BRCA2 wild-type breast cancer., Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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14. Evidence for SMAD3 as a modifier of breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers.
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Walker LC, Fredericksen ZS, Wang X, Tarrell R, Pankratz VS, Lindor NM, Beesley J, Healey S, Chen X, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Tirapo C, Giraud S, Mazoyer S, Muller D, Fricker JP, Delnatte C, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Engel C, Schönbuchner I, Deissler H, Meindl A, Hogervorst FB, Verheus M, Hooning MJ, van den Ouweland AM, Nelen MR, Ausems MG, Aalfs CM, van Asperen CJ, Devilee P, Gerrits MM, Waisfisz Q, Szabo CI, Easton DF, Peock S, Cook M, Oliver CT, Frost D, Harrington P, Evans DG, Lalloo F, Eeles R, Izatt L, Chu C, Davidson R, Eccles D, Ong KR, Cook J, Rebbeck T, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Singer CF, Gschwantler-Kaulich D, Dressler AC, Pfeiler G, Godwin AK, Heikkinen T, Nevanlinna H, Agnarsson BA, Caligo MA, Olsson H, Kristoffersson U, Liljegren A, Arver B, Karlsson P, Melin B, Sinilnikova OM, McGuffog L, Antoniou AC, Chenevix-Trench G, Spurdle AB, and Couch FJ
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- Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Gene Expression, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Linkage Disequilibrium, Middle Aged, Mutation, Risk Factors, Signal Transduction, Transforming Growth Factor beta genetics, Breast Neoplasms genetics, Genes, BRCA2, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Smad3 Protein genetics
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Introduction: Current attempts to identify genetic modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 associated risk have focused on a candidate gene approach, based on knowledge of gene functions, or the development of large genome-wide association studies. In this study, we evaluated 24 SNPs tagged to 14 candidate genes derived through a novel approach that analysed gene expression differences to prioritise candidate modifier genes for association studies., Methods: We successfully genotyped 24 SNPs in a cohort of up to 4,724 BRCA1 and 2,693 BRCA2 female mutation carriers from 15 study groups and assessed whether these variants were associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers., Results: SNPs in five of the 14 candidate genes showed evidence of association with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 or BRCA2 carriers (P < 0.05). Notably, the minor alleles of two SNPs (rs7166081 and rs3825977) in high linkage disequilibrium (r² = 0.77), located at the SMAD3 locus (15q22), were each associated with increased breast cancer risk for BRCA2 mutation carriers (relative risk = 1.25, 95% confidence interval = 1.07 to 1.45, P(trend) = 0.004; and relative risk = 1.20, 95% confidence interval = 1.03 to 1.40, P(trend) = 0.018)., Conclusions: This study provides evidence that the SMAD3 gene, which encodes a key regulatory protein in the transforming growth factor beta signalling pathway and is known to interact directly with BRCA2, may contribute to increased risk of breast cancer in BRCA2 mutation carriers. This finding suggests that genes with expression associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status are enriched for the presence of common genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk in these populations.
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