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1. The predictive ability of the 313 variant-based polygenic risk score for contralateral breast cancer risk prediction in women of European ancestry with a heterozygous BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant.

Author: Lakeman, Inge MM, van den Broek, Alexandra J, Vos, Juliën AM, Barnes, Daniel R, Adlard, Julian, Andrulis, Irene L, Arason, Adalgeir, Arnold, Norbert, Arun, Banu K, Balmaña, Judith, Barrowdale, Daniel, Benitez, Javier, Borg, Ake, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Collée, J Margriet, Couch, Fergus J, Daly, Mary B, Dennis, Joe, Dhawan, Mallika, Domchek, Susan M, Eeles, Ros, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Feliubadaló, Lidia, Foretova, Lenka, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Ganz, Patricia A, Garber, Judy, Gayther, Simon A, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, Hahnen, Eric, Hake, Christopher R, Hamann, Ute, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, OCGN Investigators, HEBON Investigators, KconFab Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Izatt, Louise, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Uffe Birk, Jiao, Yue, John, Esther M, Joseph, Vijai, Karlan, Beth Y, Kets, Carolien M, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kwong, Ava, Legrand, Clémentine, Leslie, Goska, Lesueur, Fabienne, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, Manoukian, Siranoush, McGuffog, Lesley, Miller, Austin, Gomes, Denise Molina, Montagna, Marco, Mouret-Fourme, Emmanuelle, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Yie, Joanne Ngeow Yuen, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Park, Sue K, Parsons, Michael T, Peterlongo, Paolo, Piedmonte, Marion, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey A, Schmutzler, Rita K, Sharma, Priyanka, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F, Stadler, Zsofia, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutter, Christian, Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R, Teo, Soo Hwang, Teulé, Alex, Thomassen, Mads, and Thull, Darcy L
Subjects: GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, OCGN Investigators, HEBON Investigators, KconFab Investigators, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, BRCA1 Protein, BRCA2 Protein, Risk Factors, Retrospective Studies, Heterozygote, Mutation, Adult, Female, Prevention, Cancer, Aging, Breast Cancer, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Genetics & Heredity, Genetics, Clinical Sciences
Abstract: PurposeTo evaluate the association between a previously published 313 variant-based breast cancer (BC) polygenic risk score (PRS313) and contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk, in BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant heterozygotes.MethodsWe included women of European ancestry with a prevalent first primary invasive BC (BRCA1 = 6,591 with 1,402 prevalent CBC cases; BRCA2 = 4,208 with 647 prevalent CBC cases) from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA), a large international retrospective series. Cox regression analysis was performed to assess the association between overall and ER-specific PRS313 and CBC risk.ResultsFor BRCA1 heterozygotes the estrogen receptor (ER)-negative PRS313 showed the largest association with CBC risk, hazard ratio (HR) per SD = 1.12, 95% confidence interval (CI) (1.06-1.18), C-index = 0.53; for BRCA2 heterozygotes, this was the ER-positive PRS313, HR = 1.15, 95% CI (1.07-1.25), C-index = 0.57. Adjusting for family history, age at diagnosis, treatment, or pathological characteristics for the first BC did not change association effect sizes. For women developing first BC
Published: 2021

2. A case-only study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers.

Author: Coignard, Juliette, Lush, Michael, Beesley, Jonathan, O'Mara, Tracy A, Dennis, Joe, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Barnes, Daniel R, McGuffog, Lesley, Leslie, Goska, Bolla, Manjeet K, Adank, Muriel A, Agata, Simona, Ahearn, Thomas, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Arnold, Norbert, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Augustinsson, Annelie, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Baynes, Caroline, Becher, Heiko, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campa, Daniele, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Collée, J Margriet, Conroy, Don M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, Garcia-Barberan, Vanesa, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gayther, Simon A, Gehrig, Andrea, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hart, Steven N, He, Wei, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hollestelle, Antoinette, and Hopper, John L
Subjects: GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, BRCA1 Protein, BRCA2 Protein, Risk Factors, Genotype, Linkage Disequilibrium, Mutation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Alleles, Quantitative Trait Loci, Adult, Middle Aged, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Breast Cancer, Prevention, Cancer, Genetic Testing, Human Genome, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Abstract: Breast cancer (BC) risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers varies by genetic and familial factors. About 50 common variants have been shown to modify BC risk for mutation carriers. All but three, were identified in general population studies. Other mutation carrier-specific susceptibility variants may exist but studies of mutation carriers have so far been underpowered. We conduct a novel case-only genome-wide association study comparing genotype frequencies between 60,212 general population BC cases and 13,007 cases with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. We identify robust novel associations for 2 variants with BC for BRCA1 and 3 for BRCA2 mutation carriers, P
Published: 2021

3. Polygenic risk scores and breast and epithelial ovarian cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants

Author: Barnes, Daniel R, Rookus, Matti A, McGuffog, Lesley, Leslie, Goska, Mooij, Thea M, Dennis, Joe, Mavaddat, Nasim, Adlard, Julian, Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrieu, Nadine, Andrulis, Irene L, Arnold, Norbert, Arun, Banu K, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrowdale, Daniel, Benitez, Javier, Berthet, Pascaline, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Amie M, Blok, Marinus J, Bonanni, Bernardo, Boonen, Susanne E, Borg, Åke, Bozsik, Aniko, Bradbury, Angela R, Brennan, Paul, Brewer, Carole, Brunet, Joan, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Christensen, Lise Lotte, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Colas, Chrystelle, Collonge-Rame, Marie-Agnès, Cook, Jackie, Daly, Mary B, Davidson, Rosemarie, de la Hoya, Miguel, de Putter, Robin, Delnatte, Capucine, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Domchek, Susan M, Dorfling, Cecilia M, Dumont, Martine, Eeles, Ros, Ejlertsen, Bent, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Faivre, Laurence, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Friedlander, Michael, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Ganz, Patricia A, Garber, Judy, Gehrig, Andrea, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Gesta, Paul, Giraud, Sophie, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gschwantler-Kaulich, Daphne, Hahnen, Eric, Hamann, Ute, Hanson, Helen, Hentschel, Julia, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hooning, Maartje J, Horvath, Judit, Hu, Chunling, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, Isaacs, Claudine, Izatt, Louise, Izquierdo, Angel, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, John, Esther M, Joseph, Vijai, Karlan, Beth Y, Kast, Karin, Koudijs, Marco, Kruse, Torben A, Kwong, Ava, Laitman, Yael, Lasset, Christine, and Lazaro, Conxi
Subjects: Clinical Research, Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prevention, Rare Diseases, Breast Cancer, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, BRCA1 Protein, BRCA2 Protein, Breast Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Heterozygote, Humans, Mutation, Ovarian Neoplasms, Prospective Studies, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, BRCA1, 2, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, PRS, genetics, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, kConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, GENEPSO Investigators, Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA and BRCA2, BRCA1/2, Genetics, Clinical Sciences, Genetics & Heredity
Abstract: PurposeWe assessed the associations between population-based polygenic risk scores (PRS) for breast (BC) or epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) with cancer risks for BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers.MethodsRetrospective cohort data on 18,935 BRCA1 and 12,339 BRCA2 female pathogenic variant carriers of European ancestry were available. Three versions of a 313 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) BC PRS were evaluated based on whether they predict overall, estrogen receptor (ER)-negative, or ER-positive BC, and two PRS for overall or high-grade serous EOC. Associations were validated in a prospective cohort.ResultsThe ER-negative PRS showed the strongest association with BC risk for BRCA1 carriers (hazard ratio [HR] per standard deviation = 1.29 [95% CI 1.25-1.33], P = 3×10-72). For BRCA2, the strongest association was with overall BC PRS (HR = 1.31 [95% CI 1.27-1.36], P = 7×10-50). HR estimates decreased significantly with age and there was evidence for differences in associations by predicted variant effects on protein expression. The HR estimates were smaller than general population estimates. The high-grade serous PRS yielded the strongest associations with EOC risk for BRCA1 (HR = 1.32 [95% CI 1.25-1.40], P = 3×10-22) and BRCA2 (HR = 1.44 [95% CI 1.30-1.60], P = 4×10-12) carriers. The associations in the prospective cohort were similar.ConclusionPopulation-based PRS are strongly associated with BC and EOC risks for BRCA1/2 carriers and predict substantial absolute risk differences for women at PRS distribution extremes.
Published: 2020

4. Transcriptome‐wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen‐receptor status

Author: Feng, Helian, Gusev, Alexander, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Wu, Lang, Long, Jirong, Abu‐full, Zomoroda, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton‐Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Asseryanis, Ella, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barnes, Daniel R, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Canisius, Sander, Campa, Daniele, Carter, Brian D, Carter, Jonathan, Castelao, Jose E, Chang‐Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, Collaborators, GEMO Study, Collaborators, EMBRACE, Collaborators, GC‐HBOC study, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, de la Hoya, Miguel, De Leeneer, Kim, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Ganz, Patricia A, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García‐Closas, Montserrat, García‐Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González‐Neira, Anna, and Greene, Mark H
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Health Sciences, Genetics, Cancer, Biotechnology, Prevention, Clinical Research, Human Genome, Estrogen, Breast Cancer, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Breast Neoplasms, Estrogens, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genomics, Humans, Receptors, Estrogen, Risk Assessment, Transcriptome, Vesicular Transport Proteins, breast cancer subtype, causal gene, GWAS, TWAS, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, GC-HBOC study Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators, HEBON Investigators, BCFR Investigators, OCGN Investigators, Public Health and Health Services, Epidemiology
Abstract: Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype-specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER-). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER- subtypes, using a case-only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER- breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS-significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast-cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS-significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER- breast cancer.
Published: 2020

5. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses.

Author: Zhang, Haoyu, Ahearn, Thomas U, Lecarpentier, Julie, Barnes, Daniel, Beesley, Jonathan, Qi, Guanghao, Jiang, Xia, O'Mara, Tracy A, Zhao, Ni, Bolla, Manjeet K, Dunning, Alison M, Dennis, Joe, Wang, Qin, Ful, Zumuruda Abu, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Becher, Heiko, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bialkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Bondavalli, Davide, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brucker, Sara Y, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Byers, Helen, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campa, Daniele, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiaens, Melissa, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gayther, Simon A, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Häberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Hake, Christopher R, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harkness, Elaine F, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, and Hillemanns, Peter
Subjects: kConFab Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, EMBRACE Study, GEMO Study Collaborators, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, BRCA1 Protein, Case-Control Studies, Linkage Disequilibrium, Mutation, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Triple Negative Breast Neoplasms, Human Genome, Cancer, Prevention, Genetics, Breast Cancer, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Developmental Biology, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences
Abstract: Breast cancer susceptibility variants frequently show heterogeneity in associations by tumor subtype1-3. To identify novel loci, we performed a genome-wide association study including 133,384 breast cancer cases and 113,789 controls, plus 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer) of European ancestry, using both standard and novel methodologies that account for underlying tumor heterogeneity by estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 status and tumor grade. We identified 32 novel susceptibility loci (P
Published: 2020

6. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes.

Author: Fachal, Laura, Aschard, Hugues, Beesley, Jonathan, Barnes, Daniel R, Allen, Jamie, Kar, Siddhartha, Pooley, Karen A, Dennis, Joe, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Turman, Constance, Soucy, Penny, Lemaçon, Audrey, Lush, Michael, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Ghoussaini, Maya, Moradi Marjaneh, Mahdi, Jiang, Xia, Agata, Simona, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Alonso, M Rosario, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Auber, Bernd, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Amie M, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Bosse, Kristin, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Brock, Ian W, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Camp, Nicola J, Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Carroll, Jason S, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Collée, J Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, de la Hoya, Miguel, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Dite, Gillian S, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Droit, Arnaud, Dubois, Stéphane, Dumont, Martine, Duran, Mercedes, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Floris, Giuseppe, and Flyger, Henrik
Subjects: GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Bayes Theorem, Risk Factors, Chromosome Mapping, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Linkage Disequilibrium, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Quantitative Trait Loci, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Biomarkers, Tumor, Genetic Testing, Prevention, Genetics, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Human Genome, Biotechnology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Developmental Biology, Biological Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have identified breast cancer risk variants in over 150 genomic regions, but the mechanisms underlying risk remain largely unknown. These regions were explored by combining association analysis with in silico genomic feature annotations. We defined 205 independent risk-associated signals with the set of credible causal variants in each one. In parallel, we used a Bayesian approach (PAINTOR) that combines genetic association, linkage disequilibrium and enriched genomic features to determine variants with high posterior probabilities of being causal. Potentially causal variants were significantly over-represented in active gene regulatory regions and transcription factor binding sites. We applied our INQUSIT pipeline for prioritizing genes as targets of those potentially causal variants, using gene expression (expression quantitative trait loci), chromatin interaction and functional annotations. Known cancer drivers, transcription factors and genes in the developmental, apoptosis, immune system and DNA integrity checkpoint gene ontology pathways were over-represented among the highest-confidence target genes.
Published: 2020

7. Mendelian randomisation study of height and body mass index as modifiers of ovarian cancer risk in 22,588 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Qian, Frank, Rookus, Matti A, Leslie, Goska, Risch, Harvey A, Greene, Mark H, Aalfs, Cora M, Adank, Muriel A, Adlard, Julian, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Arnold, Norbert, Arun, Banu K, Ausems, Margreet GEM, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Barwell, Julian, Benitez, Javier, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Bonadona, Valérie, Borde, Julika, Borg, Ake, Bradbury, Angela R, Brunet, Joan, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Carter, Jonathan, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Collée, J Margriet, Collonge-Rame, Marie-Agnès, Couch, Fergus J, Daly, Mary B, Delnatte, Capucine, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dorfling, Cecilia M, Eason, Jacqueline, Easton, Douglas F, Eeles, Ros, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Faivre, Laurence, Feliubadaló, Lidia, Foretova, Lenka, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Ganz, Patricia A, Garber, Judy, Garcia-Barberan, Vanesa, Gehrig, Andrea, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Gómez Garcia, Encarna B, Hamann, Ute, Hauke, Jan, Hopper, John L, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, Isaacs, Claudine, Izatt, Louise, Jakubowska, Anna, Janavicius, Ramunas, John, Esther M, Karlan, Beth Y, Kets, Carolien M, Laitman, Yael, Lázaro, Conxi, Leroux, Dominique, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, Łukomska, Alicja, McGuffog, Lesley, Mebirouk, Noura, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne EJ, Meindl, Alfons, Miller, Austin, Montagna, Marco, Mooij, Thea M, Mouret-Fourme, Emmanuelle, Nathanson, Katherine L, Nehoray, Bita, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nielsen, Finn C, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Ong, Kai-ren, Oosterwijk, Jan C, Ottini, Laura, Parsons, Michael T, Peterlongo, Paolo, Pfeiler, Georg, and Pradhan, Nisha
Subjects: Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Clinical Research, Prevention, Ovarian Cancer, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Aging, Cancer, Rare Diseases, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Adult, Aged, Body Height, Body Mass Index, Female, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Heterozygote, Humans, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Menopause, Middle Aged, Mutation, Ovarian Neoplasms, Proportional Hazards Models, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, CIMBA, Public Health and Health Services, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Oncology and carcinogenesis
Abstract: BackgroundHeight and body mass index (BMI) are associated with higher ovarian cancer risk in the general population, but whether such associations exist among BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is unknown.MethodsWe applied a Mendelian randomisation approach to examine height/BMI with ovarian cancer risk using the Consortium of Investigators for the Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA) data set, comprising 14,676 BRCA1 and 7912 BRCA2 mutation carriers, with 2923 ovarian cancer cases. We created a height genetic score (height-GS) using 586 height-associated variants and a BMI genetic score (BMI-GS) using 93 BMI-associated variants. Associations were assessed using weighted Cox models.ResultsObserved height was not associated with ovarian cancer risk (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.07 per 10-cm increase in height, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.94-1.23). Height-GS showed similar results (HR = 1.02, 95% CI: 0.85-1.23). Higher BMI was significantly associated with increased risk in premenopausal women with HR = 1.25 (95% CI: 1.06-1.48) and HR = 1.59 (95% CI: 1.08-2.33) per 5-kg/m2 increase in observed and genetically determined BMI, respectively. No association was found for postmenopausal women. Interaction between menopausal status and BMI was significant (Pinteraction
Published: 2019

8. Associations of obesity and circulating insulin and glucose with breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis.

Author: Shu, Xiang, Wu, Lang, Khankari, Nikhil K, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Wang, Thomas J, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Milne, Roger L, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Pharoah, Paul DP, Andrulis, Irene L, Hunter, David J, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F, Zheng, Wei, Alicia, Beeghly-Fadiel J, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Barrdahl, Myrto, Baynes, Caroline, Beane Freeman, Laura E, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brucker, Sara Y, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, David Cheng, Ting-Yuan, Clarke, Christine L, Conroy, Don M, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, David G, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cunningham, Julie M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Doheny, Kimberly F, Dörk, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dumont, Martine, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Earp, H Shelton, Eccles, Diana M, Heather Eliassen, A, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Gareth Evans, D, Fachal, Laura, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia M, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham G, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, He, Wei, Hein, Alexander, Hicks, Belynda, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogervorst, Frans B, Hollestelle, Antoinette, and Hoover, Robert N
Subjects: Clinical Research, Diabetes, Prevention, Nutrition, Obesity, Cancer, Aging, Breast Cancer, Genetics, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, Metabolic and endocrine, Adult, Aged, Blood Glucose, Body Mass Index, Breast Neoplasms, Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, Female, Humans, Insulin, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Obesity, Abdominal, Waist-Hip Ratio, Breast cancer, insulin, glucose, obesity, genetics, Mendelian randomization analysis, Breast Cancer Association Consortium, Statistics, Public Health and Health Services, Epidemiology
Abstract: BackgroundIn addition to the established association between general obesity and breast cancer risk, central obesity and circulating fasting insulin and glucose have been linked to the development of this common malignancy. Findings from previous studies, however, have been inconsistent, and the nature of the associations is unclear.MethodsWe conducted Mendelian randomization analyses to evaluate the association of breast cancer risk, using genetic instruments, with fasting insulin, fasting glucose, 2-h glucose, body mass index (BMI) and BMI-adjusted waist-hip-ratio (WHRadj BMI). We first confirmed the association of these instruments with type 2 diabetes risk in a large diabetes genome-wide association study consortium. We then investigated their associations with breast cancer risk using individual-level data obtained from 98 842 cases and 83 464 controls of European descent in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium.ResultsAll sets of instruments were associated with risk of type 2 diabetes. Associations with breast cancer risk were found for genetically predicted fasting insulin [odds ratio (OR) = 1.71 per standard deviation (SD) increase, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.26-2.31, p = 5.09 × 10-4], 2-h glucose (OR = 1.80 per SD increase, 95% CI = 1.3 0-2.49, p = 4.02 × 10-4), BMI (OR = 0.70 per 5-unit increase, 95% CI = 0.65-0.76, p = 5.05 × 10-19) and WHRadj BMI (OR = 0.85, 95% CI = 0.79-0.91, p = 9.22 × 10-6). Stratified analyses showed that genetically predicted fasting insulin was more closely related to risk of estrogen-receptor [ER]-positive cancer, whereas the associations with instruments of 2-h glucose, BMI and WHRadj BMI were consistent regardless of age, menopausal status, estrogen receptor status and family history of breast cancer.ConclusionsWe confirmed the previously reported inverse association of genetically predicted BMI with breast cancer risk, and showed a positive association of genetically predicted fasting insulin and 2-h glucose and an inverse association of WHRadj BMI with breast cancer risk. Our study suggests that genetically determined obesity and glucose/insulin-related traits have an important role in the aetiology of breast cancer.
Published: 2019

9. Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer.

Author: Ferreira, Manuel A, Gamazon, Eric R, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Asseryanis, Ella, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barnes, Daniel R, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Broeks, Annegien, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campa, Daniele, Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Jonathan, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, EMBRACE Collaborators, GC-HBOC Study Collaborators, GEMO Study Collaborators, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, de la Hoya, Miguel, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Ganz, Patricia A, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, He, Wei, Heyworth, Jane, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Hulick, Peter J, Humphreys, Keith, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, ABCTB Investigators, HEBON Investigators, and BCFR Investigators
Subjects: EMBRACE Collaborators, GC-HBOC Study Collaborators, GEMO Study Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators, HEBON Investigators, BCFR Investigators, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Gene Expression Profiling, Quantitative Trait Loci, Female, Genome-Wide Association Study, Prevention, Cancer, Human Genome, Aging, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Biotechnology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 170 breast cancer susceptibility loci. Here we hypothesize that some risk-associated variants might act in non-breast tissues, specifically adipose tissue and immune cells from blood and spleen. Using expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) reported in these tissues, we identify 26 previously unreported, likely target genes of overall breast cancer risk variants, and 17 for estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, several with a known immune function. We determine the directional effect of gene expression on disease risk measured based on single and multiple eQTL. In addition, using a gene-based test of association that considers eQTL from multiple tissues, we identify seven (and four) regions with variants associated with overall (and ER-negative) breast cancer risk, which were not reported in previous GWAS. Further investigation of the function of the implicated genes in breast and immune cells may provide insights into the etiology of breast cancer.
Published: 2019

10. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality.

Author: Escala-Garcia, Maria, Guo, Qi, Dörk, Thilo, Canisius, Sander, Keeman, Renske, Dennis, Joe, Beesley, Jonathan, Lecarpentier, Julie, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Abraham, Jean, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Auer, Paul L, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brentnall, Adam, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brock, Ian W, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldas, Carlos, Caldés, Trinidad, Campa, Daniele, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Chin, Suet-Feung, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Cordina-Duverger, Emilie, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, David G, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Dunn, Janet A, Dunning, Alison M, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Earl, Helena M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Flyger, Henrik, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Galle, Eva, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, George, Angela, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Alnæs, Grethe I Grenaker, Grip, Mervi, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hankinson, Susan, Harkness, Elaine F, Harrington, Patricia A, Hart, Steven N, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hein, Alexander, Hillemanns, Peter, Hiller, Louise, and Holleczek, Bernd
Subjects: NBCS Collaborators, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Receptors, Estrogen, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Bayes Theorem, Female, Genetic Variation, Genome-Wide Association Study, White People, Genetics, Breast Cancer, Human Genome, Cancer, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Good Health and Well Being, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Public Health and Health Services, Oncology & Carcinogenesis
Abstract: BackgroundWe examined the associations between germline variants and breast cancer mortality using a large meta-analysis of women of European ancestry.MethodsMeta-analyses included summary estimates based on Cox models of twelve datasets using ~10.4 million variants for 96,661 women with breast cancer and 7697 events (breast cancer-specific deaths). Oestrogen receptor (ER)-specific analyses were based on 64,171 ER-positive (4116) and 16,172 ER-negative (2125) patients. We evaluated the probability of a signal to be a true positive using the Bayesian false discovery probability (BFDP).ResultsWe did not find any variant associated with breast cancer-specific mortality at P
Published: 2019

11. Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers.

Author: Jiang, Xia, Finucane, Hilary K, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Schmit, Stephanie L, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Han, Younghun, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Lesseur, Corina, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Dennis, Joe, Conti, David V, Casey, Graham, Gaudet, Mia M, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Albanes, Demetrius, Aldrich, Melinda C, Andrew, Angeline S, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arnold, Susanne M, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Bandera, Elisa V, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barnes, Daniel R, Batra, Jyotsna, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Benlloch, Sara, Berchuck, Andrew, Berndt, Sonja I, Bickeböller, Heike, Bien, Stephanie A, Blomqvist, Carl, Boccia, Stefania, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brenton, James D, Brook, Mark N, Brunet, Joan, Brunnström, Hans, Buchanan, Daniel D, Burwinkel, Barbara, Butzow, Ralf, Cadoni, Gabriella, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Campbell, Peter T, Cancel-Tassin, Géraldine, Cannon-Albright, Lisa, Campa, Daniele, Caporaso, Neil, Carvalho, André L, Chan, Andrew T, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Chu, Christiani, David C, Claes, Kathleen BM, Claessens, Frank, Clements, Judith, Collée, J Margriet, Correa, Marcia Cruz, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, deFazio, Anna, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Donovan, Jenny L, Dörk, Thilo, Duell, Eric J, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Edlund, Christopher K, Edwards, Digna R Velez, Ellberg, Carolina, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Ferris, Robert L, Liloglou, Triantafillos, Figueiredo, Jane C, Fletcher, Olivia, Fortner, Renée T, Fostira, Florentia, Franceschi, Silvia, Friedman, Eitan, Gallinger, Steven J, and Ganz, Patricia A
Subjects: Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Colorectal Neoplasms, Ovarian Neoplasms, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms, Prostatic Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Neoplasm Proteins, Case-Control Studies, Smoking, Mental Disorders, Inheritance Patterns, Phenotype, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, European Continental Ancestry Group, Female, Male, Genome-Wide Association Study, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Prevention, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Genetics, Rare Diseases, Lung Cancer, Human Genome, Colo-Rectal Cancer, Digestive Diseases, Lung, MD Multidisciplinary
Abstract: Quantifying the genetic correlation between cancers can provide important insights into the mechanisms driving cancer etiology. Using genome-wide association study summary statistics across six cancer types based on a total of 296,215 cases and 301,319 controls of European ancestry, here we estimate the pair-wise genetic correlations between breast, colorectal, head/neck, lung, ovary and prostate cancer, and between cancers and 38 other diseases. We observed statistically significant genetic correlations between lung and head/neck cancer (rg = 0.57, p = 4.6 × 10-8), breast and ovarian cancer (rg = 0.24, p = 7 × 10-5), breast and lung cancer (rg = 0.18, p =1.5 × 10-6) and breast and colorectal cancer (rg = 0.15, p = 1.1 × 10-4). We also found that multiple cancers are genetically correlated with non-cancer traits including smoking, psychiatric diseases and metabolic characteristics. Functional enrichment analysis revealed a significant excess contribution of conserved and regulatory regions to cancer heritability. Our comprehensive analysis of cross-cancer heritability suggests that solid tumors arising across tissues share in part a common germline genetic basis.
Published: 2019

12. A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer

Author: Wu, Lang, Shi, Wei, Long, Jirong, Guo, Xingyi, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Beesley, Jonathan, Bolla, Manjeet K, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Lu, Yingchang, Cai, Qiuyin, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Rozali, Esdy, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Li, Bingshan, Zeng, Chenjie, Feng, Helian, Gusev, Alexander, Barfield, Richard T, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Barrdahl, Myrto, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldés, Trinidad, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, J Esteban, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chen, Xiaoqing, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Christiansen, Hans, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Collée, Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, David, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cunningham, Julie M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Doheny, Kimberly F, Dörk, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dumont, Martine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eilber, Ursula, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fachal, Laura, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia M, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham G, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, Hein, Alexander, Hicks, Belynda, Hillemanns, Peter, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, and Huang, Guanmengqian
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Genetics, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Human Genome, Prevention, Women's Health, Cancer Genomics, Biotechnology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Generic health relevance, Breast Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Female, Gene Expression, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk, Transcriptome, NBCS Collaborators, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract: The breast cancer risk variants identified in genome-wide association studies explain only a small fraction of the familial relative risk, and the genes responsible for these associations remain largely unknown. To identify novel risk loci and likely causal genes, we performed a transcriptome-wide association study evaluating associations of genetically predicted gene expression with breast cancer risk in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry. We used data from the Genotype-Tissue Expression Project to establish genetic models to predict gene expression in breast tissue and evaluated model performance using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Of the 8,597 genes evaluated, significant associations were identified for 48 at a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P
Published: 2018

13. Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer

Author: Milne, Roger L, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Beesley, Jonathan, Kar, Siddhartha, Lindström, Sara, Hui, Shirley, Lemaçon, Audrey, Soucy, Penny, Dennis, Joe, Jiang, Xia, Rostamianfar, Asha, Finucane, Hilary, Bolla, Manjeet K, McGuffog, Lesley, Wang, Qin, Aalfs, Cora M, Adams, Marcia, Adlard, Julian, Agata, Simona, Ahmed, Shahana, Ahsan, Habibul, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Allen, Jamie, Ambrosone, Christine B, Amos, Christopher I, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Arnold, Norbert, Aronson, Kristan J, Auber, Bernd, Auer, Paul L, Ausems, Margreet GEM, Azzollini, Jacopo, Bacot, François, Balmaña, Judith, Barile, Monica, Barjhoux, Laure, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrdahl, Myrto, Barnes, Daniel, Barrowdale, Daniel, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Bignon, Yves-Jean, Blazer, Kathleen R, Blok, Marinus J, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bobolis, Kristie, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Anders, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Bozsik, Aniko, Bradbury, Angela R, Brand, Judith S, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Bressac-de Paillerets, Brigitte, Brewer, Carole, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brunet, Joan, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Byun, Jinyoung, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Caron, Olivier, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, J Esteban, Castera, Laurent, Caux-Moncoutier, Virginie, Chan, Salina B, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Xiaoqing, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Christiansen, Hans, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, Conner, Thomas, Conroy, Don M, and Cook, Jackie
Subjects: Biological Sciences, Genetics, Cancer, Human Genome, Prevention, Breast Cancer, Aging, Estrogen, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Aetiology, BRCA1 Protein, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Heterozygote, Humans, Mutation, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Receptors, Estrogen, Risk Factors, White People, ABCTB Investigators, EMBRACE, GEMO Study Collaborators, HEBON, kConFab/AOCS Investigators, NBSC Collaborators, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology, Agricultural biotechnology, Bioinformatics and computational biology
Abstract: Most common breast cancer susceptibility variants have been identified through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) of predominantly estrogen receptor (ER)-positive disease. We conducted a GWAS using 21,468 ER-negative cases and 100,594 controls combined with 18,908 BRCA1 mutation carriers (9,414 with breast cancer), all of European origin. We identified independent associations at P < 5 × 10-8 with ten variants at nine new loci. At P < 0.05, we replicated associations with 10 of 11 variants previously reported in ER-negative disease or BRCA1 mutation carrier GWAS and observed consistent associations with ER-negative disease for 105 susceptibility variants identified by other studies. These 125 variants explain approximately 16% of the familial risk of this breast cancer subtype. There was high genetic correlation (0.72) between risk of ER-negative breast cancer and breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers. These findings may lead to improved risk prediction and inform further fine-mapping and functional work to better understand the biological basis of ER-negative breast cancer.
Published: 2017

14. Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

Author: Michailidou, Kyriaki, Lindström, Sara, Dennis, Joe, Beesley, Jonathan, Hui, Shirley, Kar, Siddhartha, Lemaçon, Audrey, Soucy, Penny, Glubb, Dylan, Rostamianfar, Asha, Bolla, Manjeet K, Wang, Qin, Tyrer, Jonathan, Dicks, Ed, Lee, Andrew, Wang, Zhaoming, Allen, Jamie, Keeman, Renske, Eilber, Ursula, French, Juliet D, Qing Chen, Xiao, Fachal, Laura, McCue, Karen, McCart Reed, Amy E, Ghoussaini, Maya, Carroll, Jason S, Jiang, Xia, Finucane, Hilary, Adams, Marcia, Adank, Muriel A, Ahsan, Habibul, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu, Auer, Paul L, Bacot, François, Barrdahl, Myrto, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise, Brand, Judith S, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brennan, Paul, Brenner, Hermann, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brock, Ian W, Broeks, Annegien, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brucker, Sara Y, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Butterbach, Katja, Cai, Qiuyin, Cai, Hui, Caldés, Trinidad, Canzian, Federico, Carracedo, Angel, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chan, Tsun L, David Cheng, Ting-Yuan, Seng Chia, Kee, Choi, Ji-Yeob, Christiansen, Hans, Clarke, Christine L, Collée, Margriet, Conroy, Don M, Cordina-Duverger, Emilie, Cornelissen, Sten, Cox, David G, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cunningham, Julie M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Doheny, Kimberly F, Dörk, Thilo, dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dumont, Martine, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ekici, Arif B, Eliassen, A Heather, Ellberg, Carolina, Elvira, Mingajeva, and Engel, Christoph
Subjects: Cancer, Asia, Asian People, Binding Sites, Breast Neoplasms, Computer Simulation, Europe, Female, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Humans, Multifactorial Inheritance, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Risk Assessment, Transcription Factors, White People, NBCS Collaborators, ABCTB Investigators, ConFab/AOCS Investigators, General Science & Technology
Abstract: Breast cancer risk is influenced by rare coding variants in susceptibility genes, such as BRCA1, and many common, mostly non-coding variants. However, much of the genetic contribution to breast cancer risk remains unknown. Here we report the results of a genome-wide association study of breast cancer in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry and 14,068 cases and 13,104 controls of East Asian ancestry. We identified 65 new loci that are associated with overall breast cancer risk at P
Published: 2017

15. Assessing associations between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.

Author: Blanco, Ignacio, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline, Cuadras, Daniel, Wang, Xianshu, Barrowdale, Daniel, de Garibay, Gorka, Librado, Pablo, Sánchez-Gracia, Alejandro, Rozas, Julio, Bonifaci, Núria, McGuffog, Lesley, Pankratz, Vernon, Islam, Abul, Mateo, Francesca, Berenguer, Antoni, Petit, Anna, Català, Isabel, Brunet, Joan, Feliubadaló, Lidia, Tornero, Eva, Benítez, Javier, Osorio, Ana, Ramón y Cajal, Teresa, Nevanlinna, Heli, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Arun, Banu, Toland, Amanda, Karlan, Beth, Walsh, Christine, Lester, Jenny, Greene, Mark, Mai, Phuong, Nussbaum, Robert, Andrulis, Irene, Domchek, Susan, Nathanson, Katherine, Rebbeck, Timothy, Barkardottir, Rosa, Jakubowska, Anna, Lubinski, Jan, Durda, Katarzyna, Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna, Claes, Kathleen, Van Maerken, Tom, Díez, Orland, Hansen, Thomas, Jønson, Lars, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Ejlertsen, Bent, de la Hoya, Miguel, Caldés, Trinidad, Dunning, Alison, Oliver, Clare, Fineberg, Elena, Cook, Margaret, Peock, Susan, McCann, Emma, Murray, Alex, Jacobs, Chris, Pichert, Gabriella, Lalloo, Fiona, Chu, Carol, Dorkins, Huw, Paterson, Joan, Ong, Kai-Ren, Teixeira, Manuel, Hogervorst, Frans, van der Hout, Annemarie, Seynaeve, Caroline, van der Luijt, Rob, Ligtenberg, Marjolijn, Devilee, Peter, Wijnen, Juul, Rookus, Matti, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne, Blok, Marinus, van den Ouweland, Ans, Aalfs, Cora, Rodriguez, Gustavo, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Piedmonte, Marion, Nerenstone, Stacy, Bae-Jump, Victoria, OMalley, David, Ratner, Elena, Schmutzler, Rita, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Rhiem, Kerstin, Engel, Christoph, Meindl, Alfons, Ditsch, Nina, Arnold, Norbert, Plendl, Hansjoerg, Niederacher, Dieter, Sutter, Christian, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Steinemann, Doris, Preisler-Adams, Sabine, Kast, Karin, and Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda
Subjects: Aurora Kinase A, Breast Neoplasms, Carcinogenesis, Cell Cycle Proteins, Estrogen Receptor alpha, Evolution, Molecular, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Female, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Hyaluronan Receptors, Likelihood Functions, Mammary Glands, Human, Microtubule-Associated Proteins, Mutation, Nuclear Proteins, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Retrospective Studies, Tubulin
Abstract: While interplay between BRCA1 and AURKA-RHAMM-TPX2-TUBG1 regulates mammary epithelial polarization, common genetic variation in HMMR (gene product RHAMM) may be associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Following on these observations, we further assessed the link between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. Forty-one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers and subsequently analyzed using a retrospective likelihood approach. The association of HMMR rs299290 with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers was confirmed: per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04-1.15, p = 1.9 x 10(-4) (false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted p = 0.043). Variation in CSTF1, located next to AURKA, was also found to be associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs2426618 per-allele HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.03-1.16, p = 0.005 (FDR-adjusted p = 0.045). Assessment of pairwise interactions provided suggestions (FDR-adjusted pinteraction values > 0.05) for deviations from the multiplicative model for rs299290 and CSTF1 rs6064391, and rs299290 and TUBG1 rs11649877 in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Following these suggestions, the expression of HMMR and AURKA or TUBG1 in sporadic breast tumors was found to potentially interact, influencing patients survival. Together, the results of this study support the hypothesis of a causative link between altered function of AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 and breast carcinogenesis in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
Published: 2015

16. Interplay between BRCA1 and RHAMM regulates epithelial apicobasal polarization and may influence risk of breast cancer.

Author: Maxwell, Christopher A, Benítez, Javier, Gómez-Baldó, Laia, Osorio, Ana, Bonifaci, Núria, Fernández-Ramires, Ricardo, Costes, Sylvain V, Guinó, Elisabet, Chen, Helen, Evans, Gareth JR, Mohan, Pooja, Català, Isabel, Petit, Anna, Aguilar, Helena, Villanueva, Alberto, Aytes, Alvaro, Serra-Musach, Jordi, Rennert, Gad, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Peterlongo, Paolo, Manoukian, Siranoush, Peissel, Bernard, Ripamonti, Carla B, Bonanni, Bernardo, Viel, Alessandra, Allavena, Anna, Bernard, Loris, Radice, Paolo, Friedman, Eitan, Kaufman, Bella, Laitman, Yael, Dubrovsky, Maya, Milgrom, Roni, Jakubowska, Anna, Cybulski, Cezary, Gorski, Bohdan, Jaworska, Katarzyna, Durda, Katarzyna, Sukiennicki, Grzegorz, Lubiński, Jan, Shugart, Yin Yao, Domchek, Susan M, Letrero, Richard, Weber, Barbara L, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Rookus, Matti A, Collee, J Margriet, Devilee, Peter, Ligtenberg, Marjolijn J, Luijt, Rob B van der, Aalfs, Cora M, Waisfisz, Quinten, Wijnen, Juul, Roozendaal, Cornelis EP van, HEBON, EMBRACE, Easton, Douglas F, Peock, Susan, Cook, Margaret, Oliver, Clare, Frost, Debra, Harrington, Patricia, Evans, D Gareth, Lalloo, Fiona, Eeles, Rosalind, Izatt, Louise, Chu, Carol, Eccles, Diana, Douglas, Fiona, Brewer, Carole, Nevanlinna, Heli, Heikkinen, Tuomas, Couch, Fergus J, Lindor, Noralane M, Wang, Xianshu, Godwin, Andrew K, Caligo, Maria A, Lombardi, Grazia, Loman, Niklas, Karlsson, Per, Ehrencrona, Hans, Wachenfeldt, Anna von, SWE-BRCA, Barkardottir, Rosa Bjork, Hamann, Ute, Rashid, Muhammad U, Lasa, Adriana, Caldés, Trinidad, Andrés, Raquel, Schmitt, Michael, Assmann, Volker, Stevens, Kristen, Offit, Kenneth, Curado, João, Tilgner, Hagen, Guigó, Roderic, Aiza, Gemma, Brunet, Joan, Castellsagué, Joan, and Martrat, Griselda
Subjects: HEBON, EMBRACE, SWE-BRCA, BCFR, GEMO Study Collaborators, kConFab, Breast, Cell Line, Tumor, Hela Cells, Microtubules, Epithelial Cells, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Protein-Serine-Threonine Kinases, BRCA1 Protein, BRCA2 Protein, Receptors, Estrogen, Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Cell Polarity, Genotype, Heterozygote, Genes, BRCA1, Genes, BRCA2, Female, Genetic Variation, Aurora Kinase A, Aurora Kinases, Hyaluronan Receptors, HeLa Cells, Cell Line, Tumor, Receptors, Estrogen, Genes, BRCA1, BRCA2, Biological Sciences, Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences, Medical and Health Sciences, Developmental Biology
Abstract: Differentiated mammary epithelium shows apicobasal polarity, and loss of tissue organization is an early hallmark of breast carcinogenesis. In BRCA1 mutation carriers, accumulation of stem and progenitor cells in normal breast tissue and increased risk of developing tumors of basal-like type suggest that BRCA1 regulates stem/progenitor cell proliferation and differentiation. However, the function of BRCA1 in this process and its link to carcinogenesis remain unknown. Here we depict a molecular mechanism involving BRCA1 and RHAMM that regulates apicobasal polarity and, when perturbed, may increase risk of breast cancer. Starting from complementary genetic analyses across families and populations, we identified common genetic variation at the low-penetrance susceptibility HMMR locus (encoding for RHAMM) that modifies breast cancer risk among BRCA1, but probably not BRCA2, mutation carriers: n = 7,584, weighted hazard ratio ((w)HR) = 1.09 (95% CI 1.02-1.16), p(trend) = 0.017; and n = 3,965, (w)HR = 1.04 (95% CI 0.94-1.16), p(trend) = 0.43; respectively. Subsequently, studies of MCF10A apicobasal polarization revealed a central role for BRCA1 and RHAMM, together with AURKA and TPX2, in essential reorganization of microtubules. Mechanistically, reorganization is facilitated by BRCA1 and impaired by AURKA, which is regulated by negative feedback involving RHAMM and TPX2. Taken together, our data provide fundamental insight into apicobasal polarization through BRCA1 function, which may explain the expanded cell subsets and characteristic tumor type accompanying BRCA1 mutation, while also linking this process to sporadic breast cancer through perturbation of HMMR/RHAMM.
Published: 2011

17. Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks for Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Carriers Using Polygenic Risk Scores

Author: Barnes, Daniel R, Silvestri, Valentina, Leslie, Goska, McGuffog, Lesley, Dennis, Joe, Yang, Xin, Adlard, Julian, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Arason, Adalgeir, Arnold, Norbert, Auber, Bernd, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrowdale, Daniel, Barwell, Julian, Belotti, Muriel, Benitez, Javier, Berthet, Pascaline, Boonen, Susanne E, Borg, Åke, Bozsik, Aniko, Brady, Angela F, Brennan, Paul, Brewer, Carole, Brunet, Joan, Bucalo, Agostino, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Cassingham, Hayley, Christensen, Lise Lotte, Cini, Giulia, Claes, Kathleen BM, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Cook, Jackie, Coppa, Anna, Cortesi, Laura, Damante, Giuseppe, Darder, Esther, Davidson, Rosemarie, de la Hoya, Miguel, De Leeneer, Kim, de Putter, Robin, Del Valle, Jesús, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Domchek, Susan M, Donaldson, Alan, Eason, Jacqueline, Eeles, Ros, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Feliubadaló, Lidia, Fostira, Florentia, Frone, Megan, Frost, Debra, Gallagher, David, Gehrig, Andrea, Giraud, Sophie, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, Greene, Mark H, Gregory, Helen, Gross, Eva, Hahnen, Eric, Hamann, Ute, Hansen, Thomas VO, Hanson, Helen, Hentschel, Julia, Horvath, Judit, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, Izatt, Louise, Izquierdo, Angel, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Uffe Birk, Johannsson, Oskar Th, John, Esther M, Kramer, Gero, Kroeldrup, Lone, Kruse, Torben A, Lautrup, Charlotte, Lazaro, Conxi, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lopez-Fernández, Adria, Mai, Phuong L, Manoukian, Siranoush, Matrai, Zoltan, Matricardi, Laura, Maxwell, Kara N, Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons, Montagna, Marco, Monteiro, Alvaro N, Morrison, Patrick J, Muranen, Taru A, Murray, Alex, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nguyen-Dumont, Tu, Niederacher, Dieter, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Palli, Domenico, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peissel, Bernard, Perez-Segura, Pedro, Peterlongo, Paolo, Petersen, Annabeth H, Pinto, Pedro, Porteous, Mary E, Pottinger, Caroline, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Radice, Paolo, Ramser, Juliane, Rantala, Johanna, Robson, Mark, Rogers, Mark T, Rønlund, Karina, Rump, Andreas, Sánchez de Abajo, Ana María, Shah, Payal D, Sharif, Saba, Side, Lucy E, Singer, Christian F, Stadler, Zsofia, Steele, Linda, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutter, Christian, Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R, Teulé, Alex, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tommasi, Stefania, Toss, Angela, Trainer, Alison H, Tripathi, Vishakha, Valentini, Virginia, van Asperen, Christi J, Venturelli, Marta, Viel, Alessandra, Vijai, Joseph, Walker, Lisa, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Whaite, Anna, Zanna, Ines, Offit, Kenneth, Thomassen, Mads, Couch, Fergus J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Antoniou, Antonis C, Ottini, Laura, Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2, Barnes, Daniel R [0000-0002-3781-7570], Silvestri, Valentina [0000-0003-0712-9379], Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Dennis, Joe [0000-0003-4591-1214], Yang, Xin [0000-0003-0037-3790], Adlard, Julian [0000-0002-1693-0435], Agnarsson, Bjarni A [0000-0001-7721-9965], Andrulis, Irene L [0000-0002-4226-6435], Arason, Adalgeir [0000-0003-0480-886X], Arnold, Norbert [0000-0003-4523-8808], Auber, Bernd [0000-0003-1880-291X], Azzollini, Jacopo [0000-0002-9364-9778], Barkardottir, Rosa B [0000-0003-0629-2772], Barrowdale, Daniel [0000-0003-1661-3939], Benitez, Javier [0000-0002-0923-7202], Boonen, Susanne E [0000-0002-7824-2080], Bozsik, Aniko [0000-0001-5410-9173], Brennan, Paul [0000-0003-1128-6254], Brunet, Joan [0000-0003-1945-3512], Bucalo, Agostino [0000-0003-3475-1067], Caligo, Maria A [0000-0003-0589-1829], Campbell, Ian [0000-0002-7773-4155], Cassingham, Hayley [0000-0001-9922-2321], Cini, Giulia [0000-0002-8696-8922], Claes, Kathleen BM [0000-0003-0841-7372], Coppa, Anna [0000-0001-9758-5444], Cortesi, Laura [0000-0001-8950-8561], Darder, Esther [0000-0002-7764-1397], de la Hoya, Miguel [0000-0002-8113-1410], de Putter, Robin [0000-0001-9410-8941], Del Valle, Jesús [0000-0003-3607-7045], Domchek, Susan M [0000-0002-5914-7272], Donaldson, Alan [0000-0001-9193-4172], Eason, Jacqueline [0000-0002-8711-8671], Engel, Christoph [0000-0002-7247-282X], Fostira, Florentia [0000-0003-2751-2332], Frone, Megan [0000-0001-8273-8866], Glendon, Gord [0000-0001-8630-6673], Godwin, Andrew K [0000-0002-3987-9580], Greene, Mark H [0000-0003-1852-9239], Hahnen, Eric [0000-0003-2448-7872], Hanson, Helen [0000-0002-3303-8713], Izatt, Louise [0000-0003-1258-4843], Izquierdo, Angel [0000-0003-2004-3246], James, Paul A [0000-0002-4361-4657], John, Esther M [0000-0003-3259-8003], Kroeldrup, Lone [0000-0003-3623-6536], Kruse, Torben A [0000-0002-2460-6483], Lazaro, Conxi [0000-0002-7198-5906], Lesueur, Fabienne [0000-0001-7404-4549], Matrai, Zoltan [0000-0001-8160-7100], Montagna, Marco [0000-0002-4929-2150], Monteiro, Alvaro N [0000-0002-8448-4801], Morrison, Patrick J [0000-0002-2823-1762], Muranen, Taru A [0000-0002-5895-1808], Nathanson, Katherine L [0000-0002-6740-0901], Neuhausen, Susan L [0000-0001-5053-0390], Nevanlinna, Heli [0000-0002-0916-2976], Nguyen-Dumont, Tu [0000-0002-6217-0182], Niederacher, Dieter [0000-0001-6231-9226], Palli, Domenico [0000-0002-5558-2437], Parsons, Michael T [0000-0003-3242-8477], Perez-Segura, Pedro [0000-0001-5049-7199], Peterlongo, Paolo [0000-0001-6951-6855], Pinto, Pedro [0000-0001-6289-5792], Pottinger, Caroline [0000-0003-4233-882X], Radice, Paolo [0000-0001-6298-4111], Robson, Mark [0000-0002-3109-1692], Rump, Andreas [0000-0001-7116-6364], Sharif, Saba [0000-0002-9564-4890], Steele, Linda [0000-0003-3628-2022], Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique [0000-0002-5438-8309], Teixeira, Manuel R [0000-0002-4896-5982], Thull, Darcy L [0000-0001-7999-2804], Tischkowitz, Marc [0000-0002-7880-0628], Toland, Amanda E [0000-0002-0271-1792], Tommasi, Stefania [0000-0002-2157-2978], Toss, Angela [0000-0002-1854-6701], Tripathi, Vishakha [0000-0001-8118-8364], Valentini, Virginia [0000-0003-3393-7185], van Asperen, Christi J [0000-0002-1436-7650], Venturelli, Marta [0000-0003-0658-8004], Viel, Alessandra [0000-0003-2804-0840], Vijai, Joseph [0000-0002-7933-151X], Whaite, Anna [0000-0003-4485-0341], Simard, Jacques [0000-0001-6906-3390], Easton, Douglas F [0000-0003-2444-3247], Chenevix-Trench, Georgia [0000-0002-1878-2587], Ottini, Laura [0000-0001-8030-0449], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Aged, 80 and over, BRCA2 Protein, Male, Heterozygote, BRCA1 Protein, Prostatic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Mutation, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Recent population-based female breast cancer and prostate cancer polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been developed. We assessed the associations of these PRS with breast and prostate cancer risks for male BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers. METHODS: 483 BRCA1 and 1318 BRCA2 European ancestry male carriers were available from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). A 147-single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) prostate cancer PRS (PRSPC) and a 313-SNP breast cancer PRS were evaluated. There were 3 versions of the breast cancer PRS, optimized to predict overall (PRSBC), estrogen receptor (ER)-negative (PRSER-), or ER-positive (PRSER+) breast cancer risk. RESULTS: PRSER+ yielded the strongest association with breast cancer risk. The odds ratios (ORs) per PRSER+ standard deviation estimates were 1.40 (95% confidence interval [CI] =1.07 to 1.83) for BRCA1 and 1.33 (95% CI = 1.16 to 1.52) for BRCA2 carriers. PRSPC was associated with prostate cancer risk for BRCA1 (OR = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.28 to 2.33) and BRCA2 (OR = 1.60, 95% CI = 1.34 to 1.91) carriers. The estimated breast cancer odds ratios were larger after adjusting for female relative breast cancer family history. By age 85 years, for BRCA2 carriers, the breast cancer risk varied from 7.7% to 18.4% and prostate cancer risk from 34.1% to 87.6% between the 5th and 95th percentiles of the PRS distributions. CONCLUSIONS: Population-based prostate and female breast cancer PRS are associated with a wide range of absolute breast and prostate cancer risks for male BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. These findings warrant further investigation aimed at providing personalized cancer risks for male carriers and informing clinical management.
Published: 2022

18. Characterization of the Cancer Spectrum in Men With Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants: Results From the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA)

Author: Silvestri, Valentina, Leslie, Goska, Barnes, Daniel R, CIMBA Group, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Alducci, Elisa, Andrulis, Irene L, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barroso, Alicia, Barrowdale, Daniel, Benitez, Javier, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Capalbo, Carlo, Campbell, Ian, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Colonna, Sarah V, Cortesi, Laura, Couch, Fergus J, De La Hoya, Miguel, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Domchek, Susan, Easton, Douglas F, Ejlertsen, Bent, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Feliubadalò, Lidia, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Géczi, Lajos, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, Hahnen, Eric, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hopper, John L, Hulick, Peter J, Isaacs, Claudine, Izquierdo, Angel, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Uffe Birk, John, Esther M, Joseph, Vijai, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kurian, Allison W, Kwong, Ava, Landucci, Elisabetta, Lesueur, Fabienne, Loud, Jennifer T, Machackova, Eva, Mai, Phuong L, Majidzadeh-A, Keivan, Manoukian, Siranoush, Montagna, Marco, Moserle, Lidia, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Nathanson, Katherine L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Ngeow, Joanne, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Osorio, Ana, Papi, Laura, Park, Sue K, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Perez-Segura, Pedro, Petersen, Annabeth H, Pinto, Pedro, Porfirio, Berardino, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rosenzweig, Barak, Rossing, Maria, Santamariña, Marta, Schmutzler, Rita K, Senter, Leigha, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F, Solano, Angela R, Southey, Melissa C, Steele, Linda, Steinsnyder, Zoe, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R, Teo, Soo H, Terry, Mary Beth, Thomassen, Mads, Toland, Amanda E, Torres-Esquius, Sara, Tung, Nadine, Van Asperen, Christi J, Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Vierstraete, Jeroen, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wieme, Greet, Yoon, Sook-Yee, Zorn, Kristin K, McGuffog, Lesley, Parsons, Michael T, Hamann, Ute, Greene, Mark H, Kirk, Judy A, Neuhausen, Susan L, Rebbeck, Timothy R, Tischkowitz, Marc, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Antoniou, Antonis C, Friedman, Eitan, Ottini, Laura, Leslie, Goska [0000-0001-5756-6222], Barnes, Daniel [0000-0002-3781-7570], Easton, Douglas [0000-0003-2444-3247], Tischkowitz, Marc [0000-0002-7880-0628], Antoniou, Antonis [0000-0001-9223-3116], and Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Subjects: Adult, Aged, 80 and over, BRCA2 Protein, Male, endocrine system diseases, Adolescent, BRCA1 Protein, Middle Aged, Young Adult, Phenotype, Neoplasms, Humans, skin and connective tissue diseases, Germ-Line Mutation, Aged, Retrospective Studies
Abstract: IMPORTANCE: The limited data on cancer phenotypes in men with germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants (PVs) have hampered the development of evidence-based recommendations for early cancer detection and risk reduction in this population. OBJECTIVE: To compare the cancer spectrum and frequencies between male BRCA1 and BRCA2 PV carriers. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Retrospective cohort study of 6902 men, including 3651 BRCA1 and 3251 BRCA2 PV carriers, older than 18 years recruited from cancer genetics clinics from 1966 to 2017 by 53 study groups in 33 countries worldwide collaborating through the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). Clinical data and pathologic characteristics were collected. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: BRCA1/2 status was the outcome in a logistic regression, and cancer diagnoses were the independent predictors. All odds ratios (ORs) were adjusted for age, country of origin, and calendar year of the first interview. RESULTS: Among the 6902 men in the study (median [range] age, 51.6 [18-100] years), 1634 cancers were diagnosed in 1376 men (19.9%), the majority (922 of 1,376 [67%]) being BRCA2 PV carriers. Being affected by any cancer was associated with a higher probability of being a BRCA2, rather than a BRCA1, PV carrier (OR, 3.23; 95% CI, 2.81-3.70; P < .001), as well as developing 2 (OR, 7.97; 95% CI, 5.47-11.60; P < .001) and 3 (OR, 19.60; 95% CI, 4.64-82.89; P < .001) primary tumors. A higher frequency of breast (OR, 5.47; 95% CI, 4.06-7.37; P < .001) and prostate (OR, 1.39; 95% CI, 1.09-1.78; P = .008) cancers was associated with a higher probability of being a BRCA2 PV carrier. Among cancers other than breast and prostate, pancreatic cancer was associated with a higher probability (OR, 3.00; 95% CI, 1.55-5.81; P = .001) and colorectal cancer with a lower probability (OR, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.29-0.78; P = .003) of being a BRCA2 PV carrier. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: Significant differences in the cancer spectrum were observed in male BRCA2, compared with BRCA1, PV carriers. These data may inform future recommendations for surveillance of BRCA1/2-associated cancers and guide future prospective studies for estimating cancer risks in men with BRCA1/2 PVs.
Published: 2020
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19. Evaluation of Rare Variants in the New Fanconi Anemia Gene ERCC4 (FANCQ) as Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Alleles

Author: Osorio, Ana, Bogliolo, Massimo, Fernández, Victoria, Barroso, Alicia, De la Hoya, Miguel, Caldés, Trinidad, Lasa, Adriana, Ramon y Cajal, Teresa, Santamariña, Marta, Vega, Ana, Quiles, Francisco, Lázaro, Conxi, Diez, Orland, Fernández García, Daniel, González-Sarmiento, Rogelio, Durán, Mercedes, Fernández Piqueras, José, Marín, Maria, Pujol i Calvet, M. Roser, Surrallés i Calonge, Jordi, Benítez, Javier, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Fundación Mutua Madrileña, Generalitat de Catalunya, Institución Catalana de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados, European Commission, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer, and Comunidad de Madrid
Subjects: XPF, Heterozygote, Breast Neoplasms, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, Breast cancer, Fanconi anemia, Genetics, medicine, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Allele, Gene, Genetics (clinical), Alleles, FANCQ, Ovarian Neoplasms, Mutation, Genetic Variation, Exons, medicine.disease, FANCA, DNA-Binding Proteins, Phenotype, Amino Acid Substitution, Spain, Case-Control Studies, Cancer research, Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Syndrome, Female, Ovarian cancer, ERCC4
Abstract: Recently, it has been reported that biallelic mutations in the ERCC4 (FANCQ) gene cause Fanconi anemia (FA) subtype FA-Q. To investigate the possible role of ERCC4 in breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility, as occurs with other FA genes, we screened the 11 coding exons and exon-intron boundaries of ERCC4 in 1573 index cases from high-risk Spanish familial breast and ovarian cancer pedigrees that had been tested negative for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations and 854 controls. The frequency of ERCC4 mutation carriers does not differ between cases and controls, suggesting that ERCC4 is not a cancer susceptibility gene. Interestingly, the prevalence of ERCC4 mutation carriers (one in 288) is similar to that reported for FANCA, whereas there are approximately 100-fold more FA-A than FA-Q patients, indicating that most biallelic combinations of ERCC4 mutations are embryo lethal. Finally, we identified additional bone-fide FA ERCC4 mutations specifically disrupting interstrand cross-link repair. © 2013 WILEY PERIODICALS, INC., Contract grant sponsors: Mutua Madrileña Foundation (FMMA); Intrasalud PI12/00070; Accion Cooperativa y Colaborativa Intramural-CIBER2012; SAF2010-20493; Generalitat de Catalunya (SGR0489-2009), the ICREA-Academia award, the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (CIBERER CB06/07/0023, SAF2009-11936 and SAF2012-31881); the European Regional Development FEDER Funds; Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria (FIS) (PI 12/00539); European Regional Development FEDER Funds; Asociacion Española Contra el Cáncer; Spanish Health Research Fund; Carlos III Health Institute; Catalan Health Institute and Autonomous Government of Catalonia (ISCIIIRETIC RD06/0020/1051, RD12/0036/008, PI10/01422, PI10/00748, and 2009SGR290). Accion Cooperativa y Colaborativa Intramural-CIBERER 2012, the OncoCycle Pro-gramme (S2011/BMD-2470) and SAF2012-36556); and Fondo de Investigacion Sanitaria (PI10/00219).
Published: 2013

20. Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status

Author: Feng, Helian, Gusev, Alexander, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Wu, Lang, Long, Jirong, Abu-Full, Zomoroda, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Asseryanis, Ella, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barnes, Daniel R, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Ana, Blomqvist, Carl, Boeckx, Bram, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Broeks, Annegien, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Canisius, Sander, Campa, Daniele, Carter, Brian D, Carter, Jonathan, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, GC-HBOC Study Collaborators, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, De La Hoya, Miguel, De Leeneer, Kim, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Ganz, Patricia A, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hake, Christopher, He, Wei, Heyworth, Jane, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter J, Humphreys, Keith, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, ABCTB Investigators, HEBON Investigators, BCFR Investigators, OCGN Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel C, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Joseph, Vijai, Jung, Audrey, Karlan, Beth Y, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kristensen, Vessela N, Laitman, Yael, Lambrechts, Diether, Lazaro, Conxi, Leroux, Dominique, Leslie, Goska, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindor, Noralane, Lindström, Sara, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, Makalic, Enes, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John WM, Martinez, Maria E, Matricardi, Laura, Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McGuffog, Lesley, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Kapoor, Pooja M, Miller, Austin, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Fernando, Moserle, Lidia, Mulligan, Anna M, Muranen, Taru A, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nevelsteen, Ines, Nielsen, Finn C, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Papp, Janos, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge S, Peixoto, Ana, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul DP, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Poppe, Bruce, Pradhan, Nisha, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Presneau, Nadege, Punie, Kevin, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad Usman, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey A, Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Santos, Catarina, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmidt, Daniel F, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Scott, Rodney J, Sharma, Priyanka, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F, Skytte, Anne-Bine, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Spurdle, Amanda B, Stone, Jennifer, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, Mary Beth, Teulé, Alex, Thomassen, Mads, Thöne, Kathrin, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Vachon, Celine M, Van Asperen, Christi J, Van Den Ouweland, Ans MW, Van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Vieiro-Balo, Paula, Wang, Qin, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Ziogas, Argyrios, Milne, Roger L, Easton, Douglas F, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Zheng, Wei, Kraft, Peter, and Jiang, Xia
Subjects: causal gene, TWAS, Vesicular Transport Proteins, Breast Neoplasms, Estrogens, Genomics, Risk Assessment, 3. Good health, Receptors, Estrogen, breast cancer subtype, GWAS, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Transcriptome, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Previous transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome-wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype-specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta-analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER-). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER- subtypes, using a case-only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER- breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS-significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast-cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS-significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER- breast cancer.

21. A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer

Author: Wu, Lang, Shi, Wei, Long, Jirong, Guo, Xingyi, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Beesley, Jonathan, Bolla, Manjeet K, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Lu, Yingchang, Cai, Qiuyin, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Rozali, Esdy, Wang, Qin, Dennis, Joe, Li, Bingshan, Zeng, Chenjie, Feng, Helian, Gusev, Alexander, Barfield, Richard T, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Auer, Paul L, Barrdahl, Myrto, Baynes, Caroline, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brinton, Louise, Broberg, Per, Brucker, Sara Y, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldés, Trinidad, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, J Esteban, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chen, Xiaoqing, Cheng, Ting-Yuan David, Christiansen, Hans, Clarke, Christine L, NBCS Collaborators, Collée, Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, David, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cunningham, Julie M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Doheny, Kimberly F, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dumont, Martine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eilber, Ursula, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fachal, Laura, Fasching, Peter A, Figueroa, Jonine, Flesch-Janys, Dieter, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Fritschi, Lin, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, García-Closas, Montserrat, Gaudet, Mia M, Ghoussaini, Maya, Giles, Graham G, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hallberg, Emily, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia, Hein, Alexander, Hicks, Belynda, Hillemanns, Peter, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Huang, Guanmengqian, Humphreys, Keith, Hunter, David J, Jakubowska, Anna, Janni, Wolfgang, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Kristine, Jones, Michael E, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kerin, Michael J, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kristensen, Vessela N, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Li, Jingmei, Lindström, Sara, Lissowska, Jolanta, Lo, Wing-Yee, Loibl, Sibylle, Lubinski, Jan, Luccarini, Craig, Lux, Michael P, MacInnis, Robert J, Maishman, Tom, Kostovska, Ivana Maleva, Mannermaa, Arto, Manson, JoAnn E, Margolin, Sara, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Meyer, Jeffery, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nielsen, Sune F, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Pylkäs, Katri, Rack, Brigitte, Radice, Paolo, Rahman, Nazneen, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Rhenius, Valerie, Romero, Atocha, Romm, Jane, Rudolph, Anja, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Scott, Rodney J, Scott, Christopher G, Seal, Sheila, Shah, Mitul, Shrubsole, Martha J, Smeets, Ann, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Stone, Jennifer, Surowy, Harald, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William, Taylor, Jack A, Terry, Mary Beth, Tessier, Daniel C, Thomas, Abigail, Thöne, Kathrin, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Untch, Michael, Vachon, Celine, Van Den Berg, David, Vincent, Daniel, Waisfisz, Quinten, Weinberg, Clarice R, Wendt, Camilla, Whittemore, Alice S, Wildiers, Hans, Willett, Walter C, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Xia, Lucy, Yang, Xiaohong R, Ziogas, Argyrios, Ziv, Elad, KConFab/AOCS Investigators, Dunning, Alison M, Pharoah, Paul DP, Simard, Jacques, Milne, Roger L, Edwards, Stacey L, Kraft, Peter, Easton, Douglas F, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, and Zheng, Wei
Subjects: Risk, Case-Control Studies, Gene Expression, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Transcriptome, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, 3. Good health, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: The breast cancer risk variants identified in genome-wide association studies explain only a small fraction of the familial relative risk, and the genes responsible for these associations remain largely unknown. To identify novel risk loci and likely causal genes, we performed a transcriptome-wide association study evaluating associations of genetically predicted gene expression with breast cancer risk in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry. We used data from the Genotype-Tissue Expression Project to establish genetic models to predict gene expression in breast tissue and evaluated model performance using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Of the 8,597 genes evaluated, significant associations were identified for 48 at a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P < 5.82 × 10-6, including 14 genes at loci not yet reported for breast cancer. We silenced 13 genes and showed an effect for 11 on cell proliferation and/or colony-forming efficiency. Our study provides new insights into breast cancer genetics and biology.

22. Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer

Author: Ferreira, Manuel A, Gamazon, Eric R, Al-Ejeh, Fares, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Asseryanis, Ella, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barnes, Daniel R, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beckmann, Matthias W, Behrens, Sabine, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blomqvist, Carl, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Broeks, Annegien, Burwinkel, Barbara, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campa, Daniele, Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Carter, Jonathan, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, EMBRACE Collaborators, GC-HBOC Study Collaborators, GEMO Study Collaborators, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, De La Hoya, Miguel, Dennis, Joe, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Dörk, Thilo, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Ejlertsen, Bent, Ellberg, Carolina, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Flyger, Henrik, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Ganz, Patricia A, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Haiman, Christopher A, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, He, Wei, Heyworth, Jane, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hoover, Robert N, Hopper, John L, Hulick, Peter J, Humphreys, Keith, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, ABCTB Investigators, HEBON Investigators, BCFR Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel C, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Joseph, Vijai, Karlan, Beth Y, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Jones, Michael E, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kristensen, Vessela N, Laitman, Yael, Lambrechts, Diether, Lazaro, Conxi, Leslie, Goska, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindström, Sara, Long, Jirong, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, Makalic, Enes, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Margolin, Sara, Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McGuffog, Lesley, Meindl, Alfons, Menon, Usha, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Miller, Austin, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Fernando, Moserle, Lidia, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nevelsteen, Ines, Nielsen, Finn C, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Nussbaum, Robert L, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Papp, Janos, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peixoto, Ana, Peterlongo, Paolo, Pharoah, Paul DP, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Poppe, Bruce, Presneau, Nadege, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey A, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sanden, Kristin, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmutzler, Rita K, Sharma, Priyanka, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Spurdle, Amanda B, Stone, Jennifer, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, Mary Beth, Teulé, Alex, Thomassen, Mads, Thöne, Kathrin, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Torres, Diana, Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Vachon, Celine M, Van Asperen, Christi J, Van Den Ouweland, Ans MW, Van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Wang, Qin, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Ziogas, Argyrios, Kraft, Peter, Antoniou, Antonis C, Zheng, Wei, Easton, Douglas F, Milne, Roger L, Beesley, Jonathan, and Chenevix-Trench, Georgia
Subjects: Gene Expression Profiling, Quantitative Trait Loci, Humans, Breast Neoplasms, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases, 3. Good health, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 170 breast cancer susceptibility loci. Here we hypothesize that some risk-associated variants might act in non-breast tissues, specifically adipose tissue and immune cells from blood and spleen. Using expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) reported in these tissues, we identify 26 previously unreported, likely target genes of overall breast cancer risk variants, and 17 for estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer, several with a known immune function. We determine the directional effect of gene expression on disease risk measured based on single and multiple eQTL. In addition, using a gene-based test of association that considers eQTL from multiple tissues, we identify seven (and four) regions with variants associated with overall (and ER-negative) breast cancer risk, which were not reported in previous GWAS. Further investigation of the function of the implicated genes in breast and immune cells may provide insights into the etiology of breast cancer.

23. Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness

Author: Patel, Vivek L, Busch, Evan L, Friebel, Tara M, Cronin, Angel, Leslie, Goska, McGuffog, Lesley, Adlard, Julian, Agata, Simona, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Alducci, Elisa, Andrulis, Irene L, Arason, Adalgeir, Arnold, Norbert, Artioli, Grazia, Arver, Brita, Auber, Bernd, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barnes, Daniel R, Barroso, Alicia, Barrowdale, Daniel, Belotti, Muriel, Benitez, Javier, Bertelsen, Birgitte, Blok, Marinus J, Bodrogi, Istvan, Bonadona, Valérie, Bonanni, Bernardo, Bondavalli, Davide, Boonen, Susanne E, Borde, Julika, Borg, Ake, Bradbury, Angela R, Brady, Angela, Brewer, Carole, Brunet, Joan, Buecher, Bruno, Buys, Saundra S, Cabezas-Camarero, Santiago, Caldés, Trinidad, Caliebe, Almuth, Caligo, Maria A, Calvello, Mariarosaria, Campbell, Ian G, Carnevali, Ileana, Carrasco, Estela, Chan, Tsun L, Chu, Annie TW, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Collaborators, Gemo Study, Collaborators, Embrace, Cook, Jackie, Cortesi, Laura, Couch, Fergus J, Daly, Mary B, Damante, Giuseppe, Darder, Esther, Davidson, Rosemarie, De La Hoya, Miguel, Puppa, Lara Della, Dennis, Joe, Díez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Ditsch, Nina, Domchek, Susan M, Donaldson, Alan, Dworniczak, Bernd, Easton, Douglas F, Eccles, Diana M, Eeles, Rosalind A, Ehrencrona, Hans, Ejlertsen, Bent, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Faivre, Laurence, Faust, Ulrike, Feliubadaló, Lídia, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Fountzilas, George, Frost, Debra, García-Barberán, Vanesa, Garre, Pilar, Gauthier-Villars, Marion, Géczi, Lajos, Gehrig, Andrea, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Gesta, Paul, Giannini, Giuseppe, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, Greene, Mark H, Gutierrez-Barrera, Angelica M, Hahnen, Eric, Hamann, Ute, Hauke, Jan, Herold, Natalie, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Honisch, Ellen, Hopper, John L, Hulick, Peter J, Investigators, KConFab, Investigators, Hebon, Izatt, Louise, Jager, Agnes, James, Paul, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Uffe Birk, Jensen, Thomas Dyrso, Johannsson, Oskar Th, John, Esther M, Joseph, Vijai, Kang, Eunyoung, Kast, Karin, Kiiski, Johanna I, Kim, Sung-Won, Kim, Zisun, Ko, Kwang-Pil, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kramer, Gero, Krogh, Lotte, Kruse, Torben A, Kwong, Ava, Larsen, Mirjam, Lasset, Christine, Lautrup, Charlotte, Lazaro, Conxi, Lee, Jihyoun, Lee, Jong Won, Lee, Min Hyuk, Lemke, Johannes, Lesueur, Fabienne, Liljegren, Annelie, Lindblom, Annika, Llovet, Patricia, Lopez-Fernández, Adria, Lopez-Perolio, Irene, Lorca, Victor, Loud, Jennifer T, Ma, Edmond SK, Mai, Phuong L, Manoukian, Siranoush, Mari, Veronique, Martin, Lynn, Matricardi, Laura, Mebirouk, Noura, Medici, Veronica, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne EJ, Meindl, Alfons, Mensenkamp, Arjen R, Miller, Clare, Gomes, Denise Molina, Montagna, Marco, Mooij, Thea M, Moserle, Lidia, Mouret-Fourme, Emmanuelle, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Nathanson, Katherine L, Navratilova, Marie, Nevanlinna, Heli, Niederacher, Dieter, Nielsen, Finn C Cilius, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Ong, Kai-Ren, Osorio, Ana, Ott, Claus-Eric, Palli, Domenico, Park, Sue K, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peissel, Bernard, Peixoto, Ana, Pérez-Segura, Pedro, Peterlongo, Paolo, Petersen, Annabeth Høgh, Porteous, Mary E, Pujana, Miguel Angel, Radice, Paolo, Ramser, Juliane, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rhiem, Kerstin, Rizzolo, Piera, Robson, Mark E, Rookus, Matti A, Rossing, Caroline M, Ruddy, Kathryn J, Santos, Catarina, Saule, Claire, Scarpitta, Rosa, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schuster, Hélène, Senter, Leigha, Seynaeve, Caroline M, Shah, Payal D, Sharma, Priyanka, Shin, Vivian Y, Silvestri, Valentina, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F, Skytte, Anne-Bine, Snape, Katie, Solano, Angela R, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spurdle, Amanda B, Steele, Linda, Steinemann, Doris, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Stradella, Agostina, Sunde, Lone, Sutter, Christian, Tan, Yen Y, Teixeira, Manuel R, Teo, Soo Hwang, Thomassen, Mads, Tibiletti, Maria Grazia, Tischkowitz, Marc, Tognazzo, Silvia, Toland, Amanda E, Tommasi, Stefania, Torres, Diana, Toss, Angela, Trainer, Alison H, Tung, Nadine, Van Asperen, Christi J, Van Der Baan, Frederieke H, Van Der Kolk, Lizet E, Van Der Luijt, Rob B, Van Hest, Liselotte P, Varesco, Liliana, Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Viel, Alessandra, Vierstraete, Jeroen, Villa, Roberta, Von Wachenfeldt, Anna, Wagner, Philipp, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wieme, Greet, Yadav, Siddhartha, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Yoon, Sook-Yee, Zanzottera, Cristina, Zorn, Kristin K, D'Amico, Anthony V, Freedman, Matthew L, Pomerantz, Mark M, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Antoniou, Antonis C, Neuhausen, Susan L, Ottini, Laura, Nielsen, Henriette Roed, and Rebbeck, Timothy R
Subjects: Adult, Aged, 80 and over, BRCA2 Protein, Male, Heterozygote, endocrine system diseases, Adolescent, BRCA1 Protein, Prostatic Neoplasms, Genomics, Middle Aged, Prognosis, 3. Good health, Young Adult, Risk Factors, Mutation, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases, Genetic Association Studies, Aged
Abstract: Pathogenic sequence variants (PSV) in BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) are associated with increased risk and severity of prostate cancer. We evaluated whether PSVs in BRCA1/2 were associated with risk of overall prostate cancer or high grade (Gleason 8+) prostate cancer using an international sample of 65 BRCA1 and 171 BRCA2 male PSV carriers with prostate cancer, and 3,388 BRCA1 and 2,880 BRCA2 male PSV carriers without prostate cancer. PSVs in the 3' region of BRCA2 (c.7914+) were significantly associated with elevated risk of prostate cancer compared with reference bin c.1001-c.7913 [HR = 1.78; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.25-2.52; P = 0.001], as well as elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 3.11; 95% CI, 1.63-5.95; P = 0.001). c.756-c.1000 was also associated with elevated prostate cancer risk (HR = 2.83; 95% CI, 1.71-4.68; P = 0.00004) and elevated risk of Gleason 8+ prostate cancer (HR = 4.95; 95% CI, 2.12-11.54; P = 0.0002). No genotype-phenotype associations were detected for PSVs in BRCA1. These results demonstrate that specific BRCA2 PSVs may be associated with elevated risk of developing aggressive prostate cancer. SIGNIFICANCE: Aggressive prostate cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers may vary according to the specific BRCA2 mutation inherited by the at-risk individual.

24. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes

Author: Fachal, Laura, Aschard, Hugues, Beesley, Jonathan, Barnes, Daniel R, Allen, Jamie, Kar, Siddhartha, Pooley, Karen A, Dennis, Joe, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Turman, Constance, Soucy, Penny, Lemaçon, Audrey, Lush, Michael, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Ghoussaini, Maya, Moradi Marjaneh, Mahdi, Jiang, Xia, Agata, Simona, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Alonso, M Rosario, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arason, Adalgeir, Arndt, Volker, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Auber, Bernd, Auer, Paul L, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrowdale, Daniel, Beeghly-Fadiel, Alicia, Benitez, Javier, Bermisheva, Marina, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Amie M, Blomqvist, Carl, Blot, William, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Bosse, Kristin, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Briceno, Ignacio, Brock, Ian W, Brooks-Wilson, Angela, Brüning, Thomas, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Cai, Qiuyin, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Camp, Nicola J, Campbell, Ian, Canzian, Federico, Carroll, Jason S, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Christiansen, Hans, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Collée, J Margriet, Cornelissen, Sten, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cross, Simon S, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, De La Hoya, Miguel, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Dite, Gillian S, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Droit, Arnaud, Dubois, Stéphane, Dumont, Martine, Duran, Mercedes, Durcan, Lorraine, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Fletcher, Olivia, Floris, Giuseppe, Flyger, Henrik, Foretova, Lenka, Foulkes, William D, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gambino, Gaetana, Ganz, Patricia A, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Tibiletti, Maria Grazia, Greene, Mark H, Grip, Mervi, Gronwald, Jacek, Grundy, Anne, Guénel, Pascal, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hartikainen, Jaana M, Hartman, Mikael, He, Wei, Healey, Catherine S, Heemskerk-Gerritsen, Bernadette AM, Heyworth, Jane, Hillemanns, Peter, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hooning, Maartje J, Hopper, John L, Howell, Anthony, Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Iwasaki, Motoki, Jager, Agnes, Jakimovska, Milena, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel C, John, Esther M, Johnson, Nichola, Jones, Michael E, Jukkola-Vuorinen, Arja, Jung, Audrey, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kang, Daehee, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Karlan, Beth Y, Keeman, Renske, Kerin, Michael J, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Kirk, Judy, Kitahara, Cari M, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Konstantopoulou, Irene, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Koutros, Stella, Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina, Kwong, Ava, Kyriacou, Kyriacos, Laitman, Yael, Lambrechts, Diether, Lee, Eunjung, Leslie, Goska, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindblom, Annika, Lo, Wing-Yee, Long, Jirong, Lophatananon, Artitaya, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, MacInnis, Robert J, Maishman, Tom, Makalic, Enes, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martinez, Maria Elena, Matsuo, Keitaro, Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, Mayes, Rebecca, McGuffog, Lesley, McLean, Catriona, Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons, Miller, Austin, Miller, Nicola, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Fernando, Muir, Kenneth, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Muñoz-Garzon, Victor M, Muranen, Taru A, Narod, Steven A, Nassir, Rami, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Neven, Patrick, Nielsen, Finn C, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Norman, Aaron, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olsson, Håkan, Orr, Nick, Osorio, Ana, Pankratz, V Shane, Papp, Janos, Park, Sue K, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T, Paul, James, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peissel, Bernard, Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Prentice, Ross, Presneau, Nadege, Prokofyeva, Darya, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Pylkäs, Katri, Radice, Paolo, Ramus, Susan J, Rantala, Johanna, Rau-Murthy, Rohini, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey A, Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Rossing, Maria, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sánchez-Herrero, Estela, Sandler, Dale P, Santamariña, Marta, Saunders, Christobel, Sawyer, Elinor J, Scheuner, Maren T, Schmidt, Daniel F, Schmutzler, Rita K, Schneeweiss, Andreas, Schoemaker, Minouk J, Schöttker, Ben, Schürmann, Peter, Scott, Christopher, Scott, Rodney J, Senter, Leigha, Seynaeve, Caroline M, Shah, Mitul, Sharma, Priyanka, Shen, Chen-Yang, Shu, Xiao-Ou, Singer, Christian F, Slavin, Thomas P, Smichkoska, Snezhana, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Spurdle, Amanda B, Stone, Jennifer, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutter, Christian, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tan, Yen Yen, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Teixeira, Manuel R, Tengström, Maria, Teo, Soo Hwang, Terry, Mary Beth, Teulé, Alex, Thomassen, Mads, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tollenaar, Rob AEM, Tomlinson, Ian, Torres, Diana, Torres-Mejía, Gabriela, Troester, Melissa A, Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Tzardi, Maria, Ulmer, Hans-Ulrich, Vachon, Celine M, Van Asperen, Christi J, Van Der Kolk, Lizet E, Van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Vega, Ana, Viel, Alessandra, Vijai, Joseph, Vogel, Maartje J, Wang, Qin, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wendt, Camilla, Wildiers, Hans, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Wu, Anna H, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zhang, Yan, Zheng, Wei, Hunter, David, Pharoah, Paul DP, Chang-Claude, Jenny, García-Closas, Montserrat, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Milne, Roger L, Kristensen, Vessela N, French, Juliet D, Edwards, Stacey L, Antoniou, Antonis C, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F, Kraft, Peter, and Dunning, Alison M
Subjects: Quantitative Trait Loci, Chromosome Mapping, Bayes Theorem, Breast Neoplasms, Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, 3. Good health, Risk Factors, Biomarkers, Tumor, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies have identified breast cancer risk variants in over 150 genomic regions, but the mechanisms underlying risk remain largely unknown. These regions were explored by combining association analysis with in silico genomic feature annotations. We defined 205 independent risk-associated signals with the set of credible causal variants in each one. In parallel, we used a Bayesian approach (PAINTOR) that combines genetic association, linkage disequilibrium and enriched genomic features to determine variants with high posterior probabilities of being causal. Potentially causal variants were significantly over-represented in active gene regulatory regions and transcription factor binding sites. We applied our INQUSIT pipeline for prioritizing genes as targets of those potentially causal variants, using gene expression (expression quantitative trait loci), chromatin interaction and functional annotations. Known cancer drivers, transcription factors and genes in the developmental, apoptosis, immune system and DNA integrity checkpoint gene ontology pathways were over-represented among the highest-confidence target genes.

25. Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks for Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Carriers Using Polygenic Risk Scores

Author: Barnes, Daniel R, Silvestri, Valentina, Leslie, Goska, McGuffog, Lesley, Dennis, Joe, Yang, Xin, Adlard, Julian, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Arason, Adalgeir, Arnold, Norbert, Auber, Bernd, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrowdale, Daniel, Barwell, Julian, Belotti, Muriel, Benitez, Javier, Berthet, Pascaline, Boonen, Susanne E, Borg, Åke, Bozsik, Aniko, Brady, Angela F, Brennan, Paul, Brewer, Carole, Brunet, Joan, Bucalo, Agostino, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Cassingham, Hayley, Christensen, Lise Lotte, Cini, Giulia, Claes, Kathleen BM, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Cook, Jackie, Coppa, Anna, Cortesi, Laura, Damante, Giuseppe, Darder, Esther, Davidson, Rosemarie, De La Hoya, Miguel, De Leeneer, Kim, De Putter, Robin, Del Valle, Jesús, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Domchek, Susan M, Donaldson, Alan, Eason, Jacqueline, Eeles, Ros, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Feliubadaló, Lidia, Fostira, Florentia, Frone, Megan, Frost, Debra, Gallagher, David, Gehrig, Andrea, Giraud, Sophie, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, Greene, Mark H, Gregory, Helen, Gross, Eva, Hahnen, Eric, Hamann, Ute, Hansen, Thomas VO, Hanson, Helen, Hentschel, Julia, Horvath, Judit, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, Izatt, Louise, Izquierdo, Angel, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, Jensen, Uffe Birk, Johannsson, Oskar Th, John, Esther M, Kramer, Gero, Kroeldrup, Lone, Kruse, Torben A, Lautrup, Charlotte, Lazaro, Conxi, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lopez-Fernández, Adria, Mai, Phuong L, Manoukian, Siranoush, Matrai, Zoltan, Matricardi, Laura, Maxwell, Kara N, Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons, Montagna, Marco, Monteiro, Alvaro N, Morrison, Patrick J, Muranen, Taru A, Murray, Alex, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nguyen-Dumont, Tu, Niederacher, Dieter, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Palli, Domenico, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peissel, Bernard, Perez-Segura, Pedro, Peterlongo, Paolo, Petersen, Annabeth H, Pinto, Pedro, Porteous, Mary E, Pottinger, Caroline, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Radice, Paolo, Ramser, Juliane, Rantala, Johanna, Robson, Mark, Rogers, Mark T, Rønlund, Karina, Rump, Andreas, Sánchez De Abajo, Ana María, Shah, Payal D, Sharif, Saba, Side, Lucy E, Singer, Christian F, Stadler, Zsofia, Steele, Linda, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutter, Christian, Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R, Teulé, Alex, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Tommasi, Stefania, Toss, Angela, Trainer, Alison H, Tripathi, Vishakha, Valentini, Virginia, Van Asperen, Christi J, Venturelli, Marta, Viel, Alessandra, Vijai, Joseph, Walker, Lisa, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Whaite, Anna, Zanna, Ines, Offit, Kenneth, Thomassen, Mads, Couch, Fergus J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Antoniou, Antonis C, Ottini, Laura, and Consortium Of Investigators Of Modifiers Of BRCA1 And BRCA2
Subjects: Aged, 80 and over, BRCA2 Protein, Male, Heterozygote, BRCA1 Protein, Prostatic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Risk Assessment, 3. Good health, Risk Factors, Mutation, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Recent population-based female breast cancer and prostate cancer polygenic risk scores (PRS) have been developed. We assessed the associations of these PRS with breast and prostate cancer risks for male BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers. METHODS: 483 BRCA1 and 1318 BRCA2 European ancestry male carriers were available from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA). A 147-single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) prostate cancer PRS (PRSPC) and a 313-SNP breast cancer PRS were evaluated. There were 3 versions of the breast cancer PRS, optimized to predict overall (PRSBC), estrogen receptor (ER)-negative (PRSER-), or ER-positive (PRSER+) breast cancer risk. RESULTS: PRSER+ yielded the strongest association with breast cancer risk. The odds ratios (ORs) per PRSER+ standard deviation estimates were 1.40 (95% confidence interval [CI] =1.07 to 1.83) for BRCA1 and 1.33 (95% CI = 1.16 to 1.52) for BRCA2 carriers. PRSPC was associated with prostate cancer risk for BRCA1 (OR = 1.73, 95% CI = 1.28 to 2.33) and BRCA2 (OR = 1.60, 95% CI = 1.34 to 1.91) carriers. The estimated breast cancer odds ratios were larger after adjusting for female relative breast cancer family history. By age 85 years, for BRCA2 carriers, the breast cancer risk varied from 7.7% to 18.4% and prostate cancer risk from 34.1% to 87.6% between the 5th and 95th percentiles of the PRS distributions. CONCLUSIONS: Population-based prostate and female breast cancer PRS are associated with a wide range of absolute breast and prostate cancer risks for male BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. These findings warrant further investigation aimed at providing personalized cancer risks for male carriers and informing clinical management.

26. Mendelian randomisation study of height and body mass index as modifiers of ovarian cancer risk in 22,588 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Qian, Frank, Rookus, Matti A, Leslie, Goska, Risch, Harvey A, Greene, Mark H, Aalfs, Cora M, Adank, Muriel A, Adlard, Julian, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Arnold, Norbert, Arun, Banu K, Ausems, Margreet GEM, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Barwell, Julian, Benitez, Javier, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Bonadona, Valérie, Borde, Julika, Borg, Ake, Bradbury, Angela R, Brunet, Joan, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Carter, Jonathan, Chiquette, Jocelyne, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Collée, J Margriet, Collonge-Rame, Marie-Agnès, Couch, Fergus J, Daly, Mary B, Delnatte, Capucine, Diez, Orland, Domchek, Susan M, Dorfling, Cecilia M, Eason, Jacqueline, Easton, Douglas F, Eeles, Ros, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Faivre, Laurence, Feliubadaló, Lidia, Foretova, Lenka, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Ganz, Patricia A, Garber, Judy, Garcia-Barberan, Vanesa, Gehrig, Andrea, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Gómez Garcia, Encarna B, Hamann, Ute, Hauke, Jan, Hopper, John L, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, Isaacs, Claudine, Izatt, Louise, Jakubowska, Anna, Janavicius, Ramunas, John, Esther M, Karlan, Beth Y, Kets, Carolien M, Laitman, Yael, Lázaro, Conxi, Leroux, Dominique, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, Łukomska, Alicja, McGuffog, Lesley, Mebirouk, Noura, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne EJ, Meindl, Alfons, Miller, Austin, Montagna, Marco, Mooij, Thea M, Mouret-Fourme, Emmanuelle, Nathanson, Katherine L, Nehoray, Bita, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nielsen, Finn C, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Ong, Kai-Ren, Oosterwijk, Jan C, Ottini, Laura, Parsons, Michael T, Peterlongo, Paolo, Pfeiler, Georg, Pradhan, Nisha, Radice, Paolo, Ramus, Susan J, Rantala, Johanna, Rennert, Gad, Robson, Mark, Rodriguez, Gustavo C, Salani, Ritu, Scheuner, Maren T, Schmutzler, Rita K, Shah, Payal D, Side, Lucy E, Simard, Jacques, Singer, Christian F, Steinemann, Doris, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, Mary Beth, Thomassen, Mads, Tischkowitz, Marc, Tognazzo, Silvia, Toland, Amanda E, Tung, Nadine, Van Asperen, Christi J, Van Engelen, Klaartje, Van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Venat-Bouvet, Laurence, Vierstraete, Jeroen, Wagner, Gabriel, Walker, Lisa, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Antoniou, Antonis C, Goldgar, David E, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Rebbeck, Timothy R, Huo, Dezheng, and CIMBA
Subjects: 2. Zero hunger, Adult, Ovarian Neoplasms, Heterozygote, Genes, BRCA2, Genes, BRCA1, Mendelian Randomization Analysis, Middle Aged, Body Height, 3. Good health, Body Mass Index, Mutation, Humans, Female, Menopause, Aged, Proportional Hazards Models
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Height and body mass index (BMI) are associated with higher ovarian cancer risk in the general population, but whether such associations exist among BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is unknown. METHODS: We applied a Mendelian randomisation approach to examine height/BMI with ovarian cancer risk using the Consortium of Investigators for the Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA) data set, comprising 14,676 BRCA1 and 7912 BRCA2 mutation carriers, with 2923 ovarian cancer cases. We created a height genetic score (height-GS) using 586 height-associated variants and a BMI genetic score (BMI-GS) using 93 BMI-associated variants. Associations were assessed using weighted Cox models. RESULTS: Observed height was not associated with ovarian cancer risk (hazard ratio [HR]: 1.07 per 10-cm increase in height, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.94-1.23). Height-GS showed similar results (HR = 1.02, 95% CI: 0.85-1.23). Higher BMI was significantly associated with increased risk in premenopausal women with HR = 1.25 (95% CI: 1.06-1.48) and HR = 1.59 (95% CI: 1.08-2.33) per 5-kg/m2 increase in observed and genetically determined BMI, respectively. No association was found for postmenopausal women. Interaction between menopausal status and BMI was significant (Pinteraction < 0.05). CONCLUSION: Our observation of a positive association between BMI and ovarian cancer risk in premenopausal BRCA1/2 mutation carriers is consistent with findings in the general population.

27. Polygenic risk scores and breast and epithelial ovarian cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants

Author: Barnes, Daniel R, Rookus, Matti A, McGuffog, Lesley, Leslie, Goska, Mooij, Thea M, Dennis, Joe, Mavaddat, Nasim, Adlard, Julian, Ahmed, Munaza, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrieu, Nadine, Andrulis, Irene L, Arnold, Norbert, Arun, Banu K, Azzollini, Jacopo, Balmaña, Judith, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barrowdale, Daniel, Benitez, Javier, Berthet, Pascaline, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blanco, Amie M, Blok, Marinus J, Bonanni, Bernardo, Boonen, Susanne E, Borg, Åke, Bozsik, Aniko, Bradbury, Angela R, Brennan, Paul, Brewer, Carole, Brunet, Joan, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Christensen, Lise Lotte, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Colas, Chrystelle, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Collonge-Rame, Marie-Agnès, Cook, Jackie, Daly, Mary B, Davidson, Rosemarie, De La Hoya, Miguel, De Putter, Robin, Delnatte, Capucine, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Domchek, Susan M, Dorfling, Cecilia M, Dumont, Martine, Eeles, Ros, Ejlertsen, Bent, Engel, Christoph, Evans, D Gareth, Faivre, Laurence, Foretova, Lenka, Fostira, Florentia, Friedlander, Michael, Friedman, Eitan, Frost, Debra, Ganz, Patricia A, Garber, Judy, Gehrig, Andrea, Gerdes, Anne-Marie, Gesta, Paul, Giraud, Sophie, Glendon, Gord, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Gschwantler-Kaulich, Daphne, Hahnen, Eric, Hamann, Ute, Hanson, Helen, Hentschel, Julia, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hooning, Maartje J, Horvath, Judit, Hu, Chunling, Hulick, Peter J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, GENEPSO Investigators, Isaacs, Claudine, Izatt, Louise, Izquierdo, Angel, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A, Janavicius, Ramunas, John, Esther M, Joseph, Vijai, Karlan, Beth Y, Kast, Karin, Koudijs, Marco, Kruse, Torben A, Kwong, Ava, Laitman, Yael, Lasset, Christine, Lazaro, Conxi, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Liljegren, Annelie, Loud, Jennifer T, Lubiński, Jan, Mai, Phuong L, Manoukian, Siranoush, Mari, Véronique, Mebirouk, Noura, Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne EJ, Meindl, Alfons, Mensenkamp, Arjen R, Miller, Austin, Montagna, Marco, Mouret-Fourme, Emmanuelle, Mukherjee, Semanti, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Niederacher, Dieter, Nielsen, Finn Cilius, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Noguès, Catherine, Olah, Edith, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Ong, Kai-Ren, O'Shaughnessy-Kirwan, Aoife, Osorio, Ana, Ott, Claus-Eric, Papi, Laura, Park, Sue K, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peissel, Bernard, Peixoto, Ana, Peterlongo, Paolo, Pfeiler, Georg, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Prajzendanc, Karolina, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Radice, Paolo, Ramser, Juliane, Ramus, Susan J, Rantala, Johanna, Rennert, Gad, Risch, Harvey A, Robson, Mark, Rønlund, Karina, Salani, Ritu, Schuster, Hélène, Senter, Leigha, Shah, Payal D, Sharma, Priyanka, Side, Lucy E, Singer, Christian F, Slavin, Thomas P, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spurdle, Amanda B, Steinemann, Doris, Steinsnyder, Zoe, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Sutter, Christian, Tan, Yen Yen, Teixeira, Manuel R, Teo, Soo Hwang, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Tognazzo, Silvia, Toland, Amanda E, Trainer, Alison H, Tung, Nadine, Van Engelen, Klaartje, Van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Vega, Ana, Vierstraete, Jeroen, Wagner, Gabriel, Walker, Lisa, Wang-Gohrke, Shan, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Yadav, Siddhartha, Yang, Xin, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zimbalatti, Dario, Offit, Kenneth, Thomassen, Mads, Couch, Fergus J, Schmutzler, Rita K, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Antoniou, Antonis C, and Consortium Of Investigators Of Modifiers Of BRCA And BRCA2
Subjects: BRCA2 Protein, Ovarian Neoplasms, Heterozygote, endocrine system diseases, BRCA1 Protein, Breast Neoplasms, Carcinoma, Ovarian Epithelial, PRS, 3. Good health, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, BRCA1/2, Risk Factors, Mutation, Humans, genetics, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Prospective Studies, Retrospective Studies
Abstract: PURPOSE: We assessed the associations between population-based polygenic risk scores (PRS) for breast (BC) or epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) with cancer risks for BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers. METHODS: Retrospective cohort data on 18,935 BRCA1 and 12,339 BRCA2 female pathogenic variant carriers of European ancestry were available. Three versions of a 313 single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) BC PRS were evaluated based on whether they predict overall, estrogen receptor (ER)-negative, or ER-positive BC, and two PRS for overall or high-grade serous EOC. Associations were validated in a prospective cohort. RESULTS: The ER-negative PRS showed the strongest association with BC risk for BRCA1 carriers (hazard ratio [HR] per standard deviation = 1.29 [95% CI 1.25-1.33], P = 3×10-72). For BRCA2, the strongest association was with overall BC PRS (HR = 1.31 [95% CI 1.27-1.36], P = 7×10-50). HR estimates decreased significantly with age and there was evidence for differences in associations by predicted variant effects on protein expression. The HR estimates were smaller than general population estimates. The high-grade serous PRS yielded the strongest associations with EOC risk for BRCA1 (HR = 1.32 [95% CI 1.25-1.40], P = 3×10-22) and BRCA2 (HR = 1.44 [95% CI 1.30-1.60], P = 4×10-12) carriers. The associations in the prospective cohort were similar. CONCLUSION: Population-based PRS are strongly associated with BC and EOC risks for BRCA1/2 carriers and predict substantial absolute risk differences for women at PRS distribution extremes.

28. A case-only study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers

Author: Coignard, Juliette, Lush, Michael, Beesley, Jonathan, O'Mara, Tracy A, Dennis, Joe, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Barnes, Daniel R, McGuffog, Lesley, Leslie, Goska, Bolla, Manjeet K, Adank, Muriel A, Agata, Simona, Ahearn, Thomas, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Arndt, Volker, Arnold, Norbert, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Augustinsson, Annelie, Azzollini, Jacopo, Barrowdale, Daniel, Baynes, Caroline, Becher, Heiko, Bermisheva, Marina, Bernstein, Leslie, Białkowska, Katarzyna, Blomqvist, Carl, Bojesen, Stig E, Bonanni, Bernardo, Borg, Ake, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Burwinkel, Barbara, Buys, Saundra S, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campa, Daniele, Carter, Brian D, Castelao, Jose E, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chung, Wendy K, Claes, Kathleen BM, Clarke, Christine L, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, Collée, J Margriet, Conroy, Don M, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Ding, Yuan Chun, Domchek, Susan M, Dörk, Thilo, Dos-Santos-Silva, Isabel, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Eliassen, A Heather, Engel, Christoph, Eriksson, Mikael, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Flyger, Henrik, Fostira, Florentia, Friedman, Eitan, Fritschi, Lin, Frost, Debra, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Gapstur, Susan M, Garber, Judy, Garcia-Barberan, Vanesa, García-Closas, Montserrat, García-Sáenz, José A, Gaudet, Mia M, Gayther, Simon A, Gehrig, Andrea, Georgoulias, Vassilios, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, González-Neira, Anna, Greene, Mark H, Guénel, Pascal, Haeberle, Lothar, Hahnen, Eric, Haiman, Christopher A, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Harrington, Patricia A, Hart, Steven N, He, Wei, Hogervorst, Frans BL, Hollestelle, Antoinette, Hopper, John L, Horcasitas, Darling J, Hulick, Peter J, Hunter, David J, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, KConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, ABCTB Investigators, Jager, Agnes, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul A, Jensen, Uffe Birk, John, Esther M, Jones, Michael E, Kaaks, Rudolf, Kapoor, Pooja Middha, Karlan, Beth Y, Keeman, Renske, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kiiski, Johanna I, Ko, Yon-Dschun, Kosma, Veli-Matti, Kraft, Peter, Kurian, Allison W, Laitman, Yael, Lambrechts, Diether, Le Marchand, Loic, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne, Lindstrom, Tricia, Lopez-Fernández, Adria, Loud, Jennifer T, Luccarini, Craig, Mannermaa, Arto, Manoukian, Siranoush, Margolin, Sara, Martens, John WM, Mebirouk, Noura, Meindl, Alfons, Miller, Austin, Milne, Roger L, Montagna, Marco, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Nielsen, Finn C, O'Brien, Katie M, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olson, Janet E, Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Ottini, Laura, Park-Simon, Tjoung-Won, Parsons, Michael T, Pedersen, Inge Sokilde, Peshkin, Beth, Peterlongo, Paolo, Peto, Julian, Pharoah, Paul DP, Phillips, Kelly-Anne, Polley, Eric C, Poppe, Bruce, Presneau, Nadege, Pujana, Miquel Angel, Punie, Kevin, Radice, Paolo, Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad U, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Robson, Mark, Romero, Atocha, Rossing, Maria, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Santella, Regina, Scheuner, Maren T, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Schmidt, Gunnar, Scott, Christopher, Sharma, Priyanka, Soucy, Penny, Southey, Melissa C, Spinelli, John J, Steinsnyder, Zoe, Stone, Jennifer, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Swerdlow, Anthony, Tamimi, Rulla M, Tapper, William J, Taylor, Jack A, Terry, Mary Beth, Teulé, Alex, Thull, Darcy L, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Torres, Diana, Trainer, Alison H, Truong, Thérèse, Tung, Nadine, Vachon, Celine M, Vega, Ana, Vijai, Joseph, Wang, Qin, Wappenschmidt, Barbara, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, Wendt, Camilla, Wolk, Alicja, Yadav, Siddhartha, Yang, Xiaohong R, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, Ziogas, Argyrios, Zorn, Kristin K, Park, Sue K, Thomassen, Mads, Offit, Kenneth, Schmutzler, Rita K, Couch, Fergus J, Simard, Jacques, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Easton, Douglas F, Andrieu, Nadine, and Antoniou, Antonis C
Subjects: Adult, BRCA2 Protein, endocrine system diseases, Genotype, BRCA1 Protein, Quantitative Trait Loci, Breast Neoplasms, Middle Aged, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, 3. Good health, Risk Factors, Mutation, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, skin and connective tissue diseases, Alleles, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Breast cancer (BC) risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers varies by genetic and familial factors. About 50 common variants have been shown to modify BC risk for mutation carriers. All but three, were identified in general population studies. Other mutation carrier-specific susceptibility variants may exist but studies of mutation carriers have so far been underpowered. We conduct a novel case-only genome-wide association study comparing genotype frequencies between 60,212 general population BC cases and 13,007 cases with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. We identify robust novel associations for 2 variants with BC for BRCA1 and 3 for BRCA2 mutation carriers, P < 10-8, at 5 loci, which are not associated with risk in the general population. They include rs60882887 at 11p11.2 where MADD, SP11 and EIF1, genes previously implicated in BC biology, are predicted as potential targets. These findings will contribute towards customising BC polygenic risk scores for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

29. Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

Author: Jiang, Xia, Finucane, Hilary K, Schumacher, Fredrick R, Schmit, Stephanie L, Tyrer, Jonathan P, Han, Younghun, Michailidou, Kyriaki, Lesseur, Corina, Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B, Dennis, Joe, Conti, David V, Casey, Graham, Gaudet, Mia M, Huyghe, Jeroen R, Albanes, Demetrius, Aldrich, Melinda C, Andrew, Angeline S, Andrulis, Irene L, Anton-Culver, Hoda, Antoniou, Antonis C, Antonenkova, Natalia N, Arnold, Susanne M, Aronson, Kristan J, Arun, Banu K, Bandera, Elisa V, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Barnes, Daniel R, Batra, Jyotsna, Beckmann, Matthias W, Benitez, Javier, Benlloch, Sara, Berchuck, Andrew, Berndt, Sonja I, Bickeböller, Heike, Bien, Stephanie A, Blomqvist, Carl, Boccia, Stefania, Bogdanova, Natalia V, Bojesen, Stig E, Bolla, Manjeet K, Brauch, Hiltrud, Brenner, Hermann, Brenton, James D, Brook, Mark N, Brunet, Joan, Brunnström, Hans, Buchanan, Daniel D, Burwinkel, Barbara, Butzow, Ralf, Cadoni, Gabriella, Caldés, Trinidad, Caligo, Maria A, Campbell, Ian, Campbell, Peter T, Cancel-Tassin, Géraldine, Cannon-Albright, Lisa, Campa, Daniele, Caporaso, Neil, Carvalho, André L, Chan, Andrew T, Chang-Claude, Jenny, Chanock, Stephen J, Chen, Chu, Christiani, David C, Claes, Kathleen BM, Claessens, Frank, Clements, Judith, Collée, J Margriet, Correa, Marcia Cruz, Couch, Fergus J, Cox, Angela, Cunningham, Julie M, Cybulski, Cezary, Czene, Kamila, Daly, Mary B, DeFazio, Anna, Devilee, Peter, Diez, Orland, Gago-Dominguez, Manuela, Donovan, Jenny L, Dörk, Thilo, Duell, Eric J, Dunning, Alison M, Dwek, Miriam, Eccles, Diana M, Edlund, Christopher K, Edwards, Digna R Velez, Ellberg, Carolina, Evans, D Gareth, Fasching, Peter A, Ferris, Robert L, Liloglou, Triantafillos, Figueiredo, Jane C, Fletcher, Olivia, Fortner, Renée T, Fostira, Florentia, Franceschi, Silvia, Friedman, Eitan, Gallinger, Steven J, Ganz, Patricia A, Garber, Judy, García-Sáenz, José A, Gayther, Simon A, Giles, Graham G, Godwin, Andrew K, Goldberg, Mark S, Goldgar, David E, Goode, Ellen L, Goodman, Marc T, Goodman, Gary, Grankvist, Kjell, Greene, Mark H, Gronberg, Henrik, Gronwald, Jacek, Guénel, Pascal, Håkansson, Niclas, Hall, Per, Hamann, Ute, Hamdy, Freddie C, Hamilton, Robert J, Hampe, Jochen, Haugen, Aage, Heitz, Florian, Herrero, Rolando, Hillemanns, Peter, Hoffmeister, Michael, Høgdall, Estrid, Hong, Yun-Chul, Hopper, John L, Houlston, Richard, Hulick, Peter J, Hunter, David J, Huntsman, David G, Idos, Gregory, Imyanitov, Evgeny N, Ingles, Sue Ann, Isaacs, Claudine, Jakubowska, Anna, James, Paul, Jenkins, Mark A, Johansson, Mattias, Johansson, Mikael, John, Esther M, Joshi, Amit D, Kaneva, Radka, Karlan, Beth Y, Kelemen, Linda E, Kühl, Tabea, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Khusnutdinova, Elza, Kibel, Adam S, Kiemeney, Lambertus A, Kim, Jeri, Kjaer, Susanne K, Knight, Julia A, Kogevinas, Manolis, Kote-Jarai, Zsofia, Koutros, Stella, Kristensen, Vessela N, Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta, Lacko, Martin, Lam, Stephan, Lambrechts, Diether, Landi, Maria Teresa, Lazarus, Philip, Le, Nhu D, Lee, Eunjung, Lejbkowicz, Flavio, Lenz, Heinz-Josef, Leslie, Goska, Lessel, Davor, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A, Li, Li, Li, Christopher I, Lindblom, Annika, Lindor, Noralane M, Liu, Geoffrey, Loupakis, Fotios, Lubiński, Jan, Maehle, Lovise, Maier, Christiane, Mannermaa, Arto, Marchand, Loic Le, Margolin, Sara, May, Taymaa, McGuffog, Lesley, Meindl, Alfons, Middha, Pooja, Miller, Austin, Milne, Roger L, MacInnis, Robert J, Modugno, Francesmary, Montagna, Marco, Moreno, Victor, Moysich, Kirsten B, Mucci, Lorelei, Muir, Kenneth, Mulligan, Anna Marie, Nathanson, Katherine L, Neal, David E, Ness, Andrew R, Neuhausen, Susan L, Nevanlinna, Heli, Newcomb, Polly A, Newcomb, Lisa F, Nielsen, Finn Cilius, Nikitina-Zake, Liene, Nordestgaard, Børge G, Nussbaum, Robert L, Offit, Kenneth, Olah, Edith, Olama, Ali Amin Al, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Olshan, Andrew F, Olsson, Håkan, Osorio, Ana, Pandha, Hardev, Park, Jong Y, Pashayan, Nora, Parsons, Michael T, Pejovic, Tanja, Penney, Kathryn L, Peters, Wilbert HM, Phelan, Catherine M, Phipps, Amanda I, Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana, Pring, Miranda, Prokofyeva, Darya, Radice, Paolo, Stefansson, Kari, Ramus, Susan J, Raskin, Leon, Rennert, Gad, Rennert, Hedy S, Van Rensburg, Elizabeth J, Riggan, Marjorie J, Risch, Harvey A, Risch, Angela, Roobol, Monique J, Rosenstein, Barry S, Rossing, Mary Anne, De Ruyck, Kim, Saloustros, Emmanouil, Sandler, Dale P, Sawyer, Elinor J, Schabath, Matthew B, Schleutker, Johanna, Schmidt, Marjanka K, Setiawan, V Wendy, Shen, Hongbing, Siegel, Erin M, Sieh, Weiva, Singer, Christian F, Slattery, Martha L, Sorensen, Karina Dalsgaard, Southey, Melissa C, Spurdle, Amanda B, Stanford, Janet L, Stevens, Victoria L, Stintzing, Sebastian, Stone, Jennifer, Sundfeldt, Karin, Sutphen, Rebecca, Swerdlow, Anthony J, Tajara, Eloiza H, Tangen, Catherine M, Tardon, Adonina, Taylor, Jack A, Teare, M Dawn, Teixeira, Manuel R, Terry, Mary Beth, Terry, Kathryn L, Thibodeau, Stephen N, Thomassen, Mads, Bjørge, Line, Tischkowitz, Marc, Toland, Amanda E, Torres, Diana, Townsend, Paul A, Travis, Ruth C, Tung, Nadine, Tworoger, Shelley S, Ulrich, Cornelia M, Usmani, Nawaid, Vachon, Celine M, Van Nieuwenhuysen, Els, Vega, Ana, Aguado-Barrera, Miguel Elías, Wang, Qin, Webb, Penelope M, Weinberg, Clarice R, Weinstein, Stephanie, Weissler, Mark C, Weitzel, Jeffrey N, West, Catharine ML, White, Emily, Whittemore, Alice S, Wichmann, H-Erich, Wiklund, Fredrik, Winqvist, Robert, Wolk, Alicja, Woll, Penella, Woods, Michael, Wu, Anna H, Wu, Xifeng, Yannoukakos, Drakoulis, Zheng, Wei, Zienolddiny, Shanbeh, Ziogas, Argyrios, Zorn, Kristin K, Lane, Jacqueline M, Saxena, Richa, Thomas, Duncan, Hung, Rayjean J, Diergaarde, Brenda, McKay, James, Peters, Ulrike, Hsu, Li, García-Closas, Montserrat, Eeles, Rosalind A, Chenevix-Trench, Georgia, Brennan, Paul J, Haiman, Christopher A, Simard, Jacques, Easton, Douglas F, Gruber, Stephen B, Pharoah, Paul DP, Price, Alkes L, Pasaniuc, Bogdan, Amos, Christopher I, Kraft, Peter, and Lindström, Sara
Subjects: Male, Ovarian Neoplasms, Lung Neoplasms, Mental Disorders, Smoking, Inheritance Patterns, Prostatic Neoplasms, Breast Neoplasms, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, White People, 3. Good health, Neoplasm Proteins, Phenotype, Head and Neck Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Humans, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Colorectal Neoplasms, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Quantifying the genetic correlation between cancers can provide important insights into the mechanisms driving cancer etiology. Using genome-wide association study summary statistics across six cancer types based on a total of 296,215 cases and 301,319 controls of European ancestry, here we estimate the pair-wise genetic correlations between breast, colorectal, head/neck, lung, ovary and prostate cancer, and between cancers and 38 other diseases. We observed statistically significant genetic correlations between lung and head/neck cancer (rg = 0.57, p = 4.6 × 10-8), breast and ovarian cancer (rg = 0.24, p = 7 × 10-5), breast and lung cancer (rg = 0.18, p =1.5 × 10-6) and breast and colorectal cancer (rg = 0.15, p = 1.1 × 10-4). We also found that multiple cancers are genetically correlated with non-cancer traits including smoking, psychiatric diseases and metabolic characteristics. Functional enrichment analysis revealed a significant excess contribution of conserved and regulatory regions to cancer heritability. Our comprehensive analysis of cross-cancer heritability suggests that solid tumors arising across tissues share in part a common germline genetic basis.

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1. The predictive ability of the 313 variant-based polygenic risk score for contralateral breast cancer risk prediction in women of European ancestry with a heterozygous BRCA1 or BRCA2 pathogenic variant.

2. A case-only study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers.

3. Polygenic risk scores and breast and epithelial ovarian cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants

4. Transcriptome‐wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen‐receptor status

5. Genome-wide association study identifies 32 novel breast cancer susceptibility loci from overall and subtype-specific analyses.

6. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes.

7. Mendelian randomisation study of height and body mass index as modifiers of ovarian cancer risk in 22,588 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

8. Associations of obesity and circulating insulin and glucose with breast cancer risk: a Mendelian randomization analysis.

9. Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer.

10. Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality.

11. Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers.

12. A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer

13. Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer

14. Association analysis identifies 65 new breast cancer risk loci

15. Assessing associations between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.

16. Interplay between BRCA1 and RHAMM regulates epithelial apicobasal polarization and may influence risk of breast cancer.

17. Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks for Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Carriers Using Polygenic Risk Scores

18. Characterization of the Cancer Spectrum in Men With Germline BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variants: Results From the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 (CIMBA)

19. Evaluation of Rare Variants in the New Fanconi Anemia Gene ERCC4 (FANCQ) as Familial Breast/Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Alleles

20. Transcriptome-wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen-receptor status

21. A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer

22. Genome-wide association and transcriptome studies identify target genes and risk loci for breast cancer

23. Association of Genomic Domains in BRCA1 and BRCA2 with Prostate Cancer Risk and Aggressiveness

24. Fine-mapping of 150 breast cancer risk regions identifies 191 likely target genes

25. Breast and Prostate Cancer Risks for Male BRCA1 and BRCA2 Pathogenic Variant Carriers Using Polygenic Risk Scores

26. Mendelian randomisation study of height and body mass index as modifiers of ovarian cancer risk in 22,588 BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

27. Polygenic risk scores and breast and epithelial ovarian cancer risks for carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variants

28. A case-only study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers

29. Shared heritability and functional enrichment across six solid cancers

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