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1. Understanding the genetic complexity of puberty timing across the allele frequency spectrum

Author: Kentistou, KA, Kaisinger, LR, Stankovic, S, Vaudel, M, Mendes de Oliveira, E, Messina, A, Walters, RG, Liu, X, Busch, AS, Helgason, H, Thompson, DJ, Santoni, F, Petricek, KM, Zouaghi, Y, Huang-Doran, I, Gudbjartsson, DF, Bratland, E, Lin, K, Gardner, EJ, Zhao, Y, Jia, RY, Terao, C, Riggan, MJ, Bolla, MK, Yazdanpanah, M, Yazdanpanah, N, Bradfield, JP, Broer, L, Campbell, A, Chasman, DI, Cousminer, DL, Franceschini, N, Franke, LH, Girotto, G, He, C, Järvelin, M-R, Joshi, PK, Kamatani, Y, Karlsson, R, Luan, J, Lunetta, KL, Mägi, R, Mangino, M, Medland, SE, Meisinger, C, Noordam, R, Nutile, T, Concas, MP, Polašek, O, Porcu, E, Ring, SM, Sala, C, Smith, AV, Tanaka, T, van der Most, PJ, Vitart, V, Wang, CA, Willemsen, G, Zygmunt, M, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antoniou, AC, Auer, PL, Barnes, CLK, Beckmann, MW, Berrington de Gonzalez, A, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Brenner, H, Buring, JE, Canzian, F, Chang-Claude, J, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Crisponi, L, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Demerath, EW, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, De Vivo, I, Dörk, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eriksson, JG, Fasching, PA, Fernandez-Rhodes, L, Ferreli, L, Fletcher, O, Gago-Dominguez, M, García-Closas, M, García-Sáenz, JA, González-Neira, A, Grallert, H, Guénel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hakonarson, H, Hart, RJ, Hickey, M, Hooning, MJ, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Hottenga, J-J, Hu, FB, Huebner, H, Hunter, DJ, ABCTB Investigators, Jernström, H, John, EM, Karasik, D, Khusnutdinova, EK, Kristensen, VN, Lacey, JV, Lambrechts, D, Launer, LJ, Lind, PA, Lindblom, A, Magnusson, PKE, Mannermaa, A, McCarthy, MI, Meitinger, T, Menni, C, Michailidou, K, Millwood, IY, Milne, RL, Montgomery, GW, Nevanlinna, H, Nolte, IM, Nyholt, DR, Obi, N, O'Brien, KM, Offit, K, Oldehinkel, AJ, Ostrowski, SR, Palotie, A, Pedersen, OB, Peters, A, Pianigiani, G, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pouta, A, Pozarickij, A, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Rosendaal, FR, Ruggiero, D, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Schipf, S, Schmidt, CO, Schmidt, MK, Small, K, Spedicati, B, Stampfer, M, Stone, J, Tamimi, RM, Teras, LR, Tikkanen, E, Turman, C, Vachon, CM, Wang, Q, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Zemel, BS, Zheng, W, van Dijk, KW, Alizadeh, BZ, Bandinelli, S, Boerwinkle, E, Boomsma, DI, Ciullo, M, Chenevix-Trench, G, Cucca, F, Esko, T, Gieger, C, Grant, SFA, Gudnason, V, Hayward, C, Kolčić, I, Kraft, P, Lawlor, DA, Martin, NG, Nøhr, EA, Pedersen, NL, Pennell, CE, Ridker, PM, Robino, A, Snieder, H, Sovio, U, Spector, TD, Stöckl, D, Sudlow, C, Timpson, NJ, Toniolo, D, Uitterlinden, A, Ulivi, S, Völzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Widen, E, Wilson, JF, Lifelines Cohort Study, Danish Blood Donor Study, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Breast Cancer Association Consortium, Biobank Japan Project, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group, Pharoah, PDP, Li, L, Easton, DF, Njølstad, PR, Sulem, P, Murabito, JM, Murray, A, Manousaki, D, Juul, A, Erikstrup, C, Stefansson, K, Horikoshi, M, Chen, Z, Farooqi, IS, Pitteloud, N, Johansson, S, Day, FR, Perry, JRB, Ong, KK, Kentistou, KA, Kaisinger, LR, Stankovic, S, Vaudel, M, Mendes de Oliveira, E, Messina, A, Walters, RG, Liu, X, Busch, AS, Helgason, H, Thompson, DJ, Santoni, F, Petricek, KM, Zouaghi, Y, Huang-Doran, I, Gudbjartsson, DF, Bratland, E, Lin, K, Gardner, EJ, Zhao, Y, Jia, RY, Terao, C, Riggan, MJ, Bolla, MK, Yazdanpanah, M, Yazdanpanah, N, Bradfield, JP, Broer, L, Campbell, A, Chasman, DI, Cousminer, DL, Franceschini, N, Franke, LH, Girotto, G, He, C, Järvelin, M-R, Joshi, PK, Kamatani, Y, Karlsson, R, Luan, J, Lunetta, KL, Mägi, R, Mangino, M, Medland, SE, Meisinger, C, Noordam, R, Nutile, T, Concas, MP, Polašek, O, Porcu, E, Ring, SM, Sala, C, Smith, AV, Tanaka, T, van der Most, PJ, Vitart, V, Wang, CA, Willemsen, G, Zygmunt, M, Ahearn, TU, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antoniou, AC, Auer, PL, Barnes, CLK, Beckmann, MW, Berrington de Gonzalez, A, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Brenner, H, Buring, JE, Canzian, F, Chang-Claude, J, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Crisponi, L, Czene, K, Daly, MB, Demerath, EW, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, De Vivo, I, Dörk, T, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eriksson, JG, Fasching, PA, Fernandez-Rhodes, L, Ferreli, L, Fletcher, O, Gago-Dominguez, M, García-Closas, M, García-Sáenz, JA, González-Neira, A, Grallert, H, Guénel, P, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Hakonarson, H, Hart, RJ, Hickey, M, Hooning, MJ, Hoppe, R, Hopper, JL, Hottenga, J-J, Hu, FB, Huebner, H, Hunter, DJ, ABCTB Investigators, Jernström, H, John, EM, Karasik, D, Khusnutdinova, EK, Kristensen, VN, Lacey, JV, Lambrechts, D, Launer, LJ, Lind, PA, Lindblom, A, Magnusson, PKE, Mannermaa, A, McCarthy, MI, Meitinger, T, Menni, C, Michailidou, K, Millwood, IY, Milne, RL, Montgomery, GW, Nevanlinna, H, Nolte, IM, Nyholt, DR, Obi, N, O'Brien, KM, Offit, K, Oldehinkel, AJ, Ostrowski, SR, Palotie, A, Pedersen, OB, Peters, A, Pianigiani, G, Plaseska-Karanfilska, D, Pouta, A, Pozarickij, A, Radice, P, Rennert, G, Rosendaal, FR, Ruggiero, D, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Schipf, S, Schmidt, CO, Schmidt, MK, Small, K, Spedicati, B, Stampfer, M, Stone, J, Tamimi, RM, Teras, LR, Tikkanen, E, Turman, C, Vachon, CM, Wang, Q, Winqvist, R, Wolk, A, Zemel, BS, Zheng, W, van Dijk, KW, Alizadeh, BZ, Bandinelli, S, Boerwinkle, E, Boomsma, DI, Ciullo, M, Chenevix-Trench, G, Cucca, F, Esko, T, Gieger, C, Grant, SFA, Gudnason, V, Hayward, C, Kolčić, I, Kraft, P, Lawlor, DA, Martin, NG, Nøhr, EA, Pedersen, NL, Pennell, CE, Ridker, PM, Robino, A, Snieder, H, Sovio, U, Spector, TD, Stöckl, D, Sudlow, C, Timpson, NJ, Toniolo, D, Uitterlinden, A, Ulivi, S, Völzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Widen, E, Wilson, JF, Lifelines Cohort Study, Danish Blood Donor Study, Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, Breast Cancer Association Consortium, Biobank Japan Project, China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group, Pharoah, PDP, Li, L, Easton, DF, Njølstad, PR, Sulem, P, Murabito, JM, Murray, A, Manousaki, D, Juul, A, Erikstrup, C, Stefansson, K, Horikoshi, M, Chen, Z, Farooqi, IS, Pitteloud, N, Johansson, S, Day, FR, Perry, JRB, and Ong, KK
Abstract: Pubertal timing varies considerably and is associated with later health outcomes. We performed multi-ancestry genetic analyses on ~800,000 women, identifying 1,080 signals for age at menarche. Collectively, these explained 11% of trait variance in an independent sample. Women at the top and bottom 1% of polygenic risk exhibited ~11 and ~14-fold higher risks of delayed and precocious puberty, respectively. We identified several genes harboring rare loss-of-function variants in ~200,000 women, including variants in ZNF483, which abolished the impact of polygenic risk. Variant-to-gene mapping approaches and mouse gonadotropin-releasing hormone neuron RNA sequencing implicated 665 genes, including an uncharacterized G-protein-coupled receptor, GPR83, which amplified the signaling of MC3R, a key nutritional sensor. Shared signals with menopause timing at genes involved in DNA damage response suggest that the ovarian reserve might signal centrally to trigger puberty. We also highlight body size-dependent and independent mechanisms that potentially link reproductive timing to later life disease.
Published: 2024

2. Genome-wide Association Study of Bladder Cancer Reveals New Biological and Translational Insights

Author: Koutros, S, Kiemeney, LA, Choudhury, PP, Milne, RL, de Maturana, EL, Ye, Y, Joseph, V, Florez-Vargas, O, Dyrskjot, L, Figueroa, J, Dutta, D, Giles, GG, Hildebrandt, MAT, Offit, K, Kogevinas, M, Weiderpass, E, McCullough, ML, Freedman, ND, Albanes, D, Kooperberg, C, Cortessis, VK, Karagas, MR, Johnson, A, Schwenn, MR, Baris, D, Furberg, H, Bajorin, DF, Cussenot, O, Cancel-Tassin, G, Benhamou, S, Kraft, P, Porru, S, Carta, A, Bishop, T, Southey, MC, Matullo, G, Fletcher, T, Kumar, R, Taylor, JA, Lamy, P, Prip, F, Kalisz, M, Weinstein, SJ, Hengstler, JG, Selinski, S, Harland, M, Teo, M, Kiltie, AE, Tardon, A, Serra, C, Carrato, A, Garcia-Closas, R, Lloreta, J, Schned, A, Lenz, P, Riboli, E, Brennan, P, Tjonneland, A, Otto, T, Ovsiannikov, D, Volkert, F, Vermeulen, SH, Aben, KK, Galesloot, TE, Turman, C, De Vivo, I, Giovannucci, E, Hunter, DJ, Hohensee, C, Hunt, R, V. Patel, A, Huang, W-Y, Thorleifsson, G, Gago-Dominguez, M, Amiano, P, Golka, K, Stern, MC, Yan, W, Liu, J, Alfred, S, Katta, S, Hutchinson, A, Hicks, B, Wheeler, WA, Purdue, MP, McGlynn, KA, Kitahara, CM, Haiman, CA, Greene, MH, Rafnar, T, Chatterjee, N, Chanock, SJ, Wu, X, Real, FX, Silverman, DT, Garcia-Closas, M, Stefansson, K, Prokunina-Olsson, L, Malats, N, Rothman, N, Koutros, S, Kiemeney, LA, Choudhury, PP, Milne, RL, de Maturana, EL, Ye, Y, Joseph, V, Florez-Vargas, O, Dyrskjot, L, Figueroa, J, Dutta, D, Giles, GG, Hildebrandt, MAT, Offit, K, Kogevinas, M, Weiderpass, E, McCullough, ML, Freedman, ND, Albanes, D, Kooperberg, C, Cortessis, VK, Karagas, MR, Johnson, A, Schwenn, MR, Baris, D, Furberg, H, Bajorin, DF, Cussenot, O, Cancel-Tassin, G, Benhamou, S, Kraft, P, Porru, S, Carta, A, Bishop, T, Southey, MC, Matullo, G, Fletcher, T, Kumar, R, Taylor, JA, Lamy, P, Prip, F, Kalisz, M, Weinstein, SJ, Hengstler, JG, Selinski, S, Harland, M, Teo, M, Kiltie, AE, Tardon, A, Serra, C, Carrato, A, Garcia-Closas, R, Lloreta, J, Schned, A, Lenz, P, Riboli, E, Brennan, P, Tjonneland, A, Otto, T, Ovsiannikov, D, Volkert, F, Vermeulen, SH, Aben, KK, Galesloot, TE, Turman, C, De Vivo, I, Giovannucci, E, Hunter, DJ, Hohensee, C, Hunt, R, V. Patel, A, Huang, W-Y, Thorleifsson, G, Gago-Dominguez, M, Amiano, P, Golka, K, Stern, MC, Yan, W, Liu, J, Alfred, S, Katta, S, Hutchinson, A, Hicks, B, Wheeler, WA, Purdue, MP, McGlynn, KA, Kitahara, CM, Haiman, CA, Greene, MH, Rafnar, T, Chatterjee, N, Chanock, SJ, Wu, X, Real, FX, Silverman, DT, Garcia-Closas, M, Stefansson, K, Prokunina-Olsson, L, Malats, N, and Rothman, N
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Genomic regions identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for bladder cancer risk provide new insights into etiology. OBJECTIVE: To identify new susceptibility variants for bladder cancer in a meta-analysis of new and existing genome-wide genotype data. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Data from 32 studies that includes 13,790 bladder cancer cases and 343,502 controls of European ancestry were used for meta-analysis. OUTCOME MEASUREMENTS AND STATISTICAL ANALYSES: Log-additive associations of genetic variants were assessed using logistic regression models. A fixed-effects model was used for meta-analysis of the results. Stratified analyses were conducted to evaluate effect modification by sex and smoking status. A polygenic risk score (PRS) was generated on the basis of known and novel susceptibility variants and tested for interaction with smoking. RESULTS AND LIMITATIONS: Multiple novel bladder cancer susceptibility loci (6p.22.3, 7q36.3, 8q21.13, 9p21.3, 10q22.1, 19q13.33) as well as improved signals in three known regions (4p16.3, 5p15.33, 11p15.5) were identified, bringing the number of independent markers at genome-wide significance (p < 5 × 10-8) to 24. The 4p16.3 (FGFR3/TACC3) locus was associated with a stronger risk for women than for men (p-interaction = 0.002). Bladder cancer risk was increased by interactions between smoking status and genetic variants at 8p22 (NAT2; multiplicative p value for interaction [pM-I] = 0.004), 8q21.13 (PAG1; pM-I = 0.01), and 9p21.3 (LOC107987026/MTAP/CDKN2A; pM-I = 0.02). The PRS based on the 24 independent GWAS markers (odds ratio per standard deviation increase 1.49, 95% confidence interval 1.44-1.53), which also showed comparable results in two prospective cohorts (UK Biobank, PLCO trial), revealed an approximately fourfold difference in the lifetime risk of bladder cancer according to the PRS (e.g., 1st vs 10th decile) for both smokers and nonsmokers. CONCLUSIONS: We report novel loci associated
Published: 2023

3. Genetically inferred birthweight, height, and puberty timing and risk of osteosarcoma.

Author: Gianferante, DM, Moore, A, Spector, LG, Wheeler, W, Yang, T, Hubbard, A, Gorlick, R, Patiño-Garcia, A, Lecanda, F, Flanagan, AM, Amary, F, Andrulis, IL, Wunder, JS, Thomas, DM, Ballinger, ML, Serra, M, Hattinger, C, Demerath, E, Johnson, W, Birmann, BM, De Vivo, I, Giles, G, Teras, LR, Arslan, A, Vermeulen, R, Sample, J, Freedman, ND, Huang, W-Y, Chanock, SJ, Savage, SA, Berndt, SI, Mirabello, L, Gianferante, DM, Moore, A, Spector, LG, Wheeler, W, Yang, T, Hubbard, A, Gorlick, R, Patiño-Garcia, A, Lecanda, F, Flanagan, AM, Amary, F, Andrulis, IL, Wunder, JS, Thomas, DM, Ballinger, ML, Serra, M, Hattinger, C, Demerath, E, Johnson, W, Birmann, BM, De Vivo, I, Giles, G, Teras, LR, Arslan, A, Vermeulen, R, Sample, J, Freedman, ND, Huang, W-Y, Chanock, SJ, Savage, SA, Berndt, SI, and Mirabello, L
Abstract: INTRODUCTION: Several studies have linked increased risk of osteosarcoma with tall stature, high birthweight, and early puberty, although evidence is inconsistent. We used genetic risk scores (GRS) based on established genetic loci for these traits and evaluated associations between genetically inferred birthweight, height, and puberty timing with osteosarcoma. METHODS: Using genotype data from two genome-wide association studies, totaling 1039 cases and 2923 controls of European ancestry, association analyses were conducted using logistic regression for each study and meta-analyzed to estimate pooled odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Subgroup analyses were conducted by case diagnosis age, metastasis status, tumor location, tumor histology, and presence of a known pathogenic variant in a cancer susceptibility gene. RESULTS: Genetically inferred higher birthweight was associated with an increased risk of osteosarcoma (OR =1.59, 95% CI 1.07-2.38, P = 0.02). This association was strongest in cases without metastatic disease (OR =2.46, 95% CI 1.44-4.19, P = 9.5 ×10-04). Although there was no overall association between osteosarcoma and genetically inferred taller stature (OR=1.06, 95% CI 0.96-1.17, P = 0.28), the GRS for taller stature was associated with an increased risk of osteosarcoma in 154 cases with a known pathogenic cancer susceptibility gene variant (OR=1.29, 95% CI 1.03-1.63, P = 0.03). There were no significant associations between the GRS for puberty timing and osteosarcoma. CONCLUSION: A genetic propensity to higher birthweight was associated with increased osteosarcoma risk, suggesting that shared genetic factors or biological pathways that affect birthweight may contribute to osteosarcoma pathogenesis.
Published: 2023

4. The genetic basis of endometriosis and comorbidity with other pain and inflammatory conditions

Author: Rahmioglu, N, Mortlock, S, Ghiasi, M, Moller, PL, Stefansdottir, L, Galarneau, G, Turman, C, Danning, R, Law, MH, Sapkota, Y, Christofidou, P, Skarp, S, Giri, A, Banasik, K, Krassowski, M, Lepamets, M, Marciniak, B, Noukas, M, Perro, D, Sliz, E, Sobalska-Kwapis, M, Thorleifsson, G, Topbas-Selcuki, NF, Vitonis, A, Westergaard, D, Arnadottir, R, Burgdorf, KS, Campbell, A, Cheuk, CSK, Clementi, C, Cook, J, De Vivo, I, DiVasta, A, Dorien, O, Donoghue, JF, Edwards, T, Fontanillas, P, Fung, JN, Geirsson, RT, Girling, JE, Harkki, P, Harris, HR, Healey, M, Heikinheimo, O, Holdsworth-Carson, S, Hostettler, IC, Houlden, H, Houshdaran, S, Irwin, JC, Jarvelin, M-R, Kamatani, Y, Kennedy, SH, Kepka, E, Kettunen, J, Kubo, M, Kulig, B, Kurra, V, Laivuori, H, Laufer, MR, Lindgren, CM, MacGregor, S, Mangino, M, Martin, NG, Matalliotaki, C, Matalliotakis, M, Murray, AD, Ndungu, A, Nezhat, C, Olsen, CM, Opoku-Anane, J, Padmanabhan, S, Paranjpe, M, Peters, M, Polak, G, Porteous, DJ, Rabban, J, Rexrode, KM, Romanowicz, H, Saare, M, Saavalainen, L, Schork, AJ, Sen, S, Shafrir, AL, Siewierska-Gorska, A, Slomka, M, Smith, BH, Smolarz, B, Szaflik, T, Szyllo, K, Takahashi, A, Terry, KL, Tomassetti, C, Treloar, SA, Vanhie, A, Vincent, K, Vo, KC, Werring, DJ, Zeggini, E, Zervou, M, Stefansson, K, Nyegaard, M, Uimari, O, Yurttas-Beim, P, Tung, JY, Adachi, S, Buring, JE, Ridker, PM, D'Hooghe, T, Goulielmos, GN, Hapangama, DK, Hayward, C, Horne, AW, Low, S-K, Martikainen, H, Chasman, D, Rogers, PAW, Saunders, PT, Sirota, M, Spector, T, Strapagiel, D, Whiteman, DC, Giudice, LC, Velez-Edwards, DR, Kraft, P, Salumets, A, Nyholt, DR, Magi, R, Becker, CM, Steinthorsdottir, V, Missmer, SA, Montgomery, GW, Morris, AP, Zondervan, KT, Rahmioglu, N, Mortlock, S, Ghiasi, M, Moller, PL, Stefansdottir, L, Galarneau, G, Turman, C, Danning, R, Law, MH, Sapkota, Y, Christofidou, P, Skarp, S, Giri, A, Banasik, K, Krassowski, M, Lepamets, M, Marciniak, B, Noukas, M, Perro, D, Sliz, E, Sobalska-Kwapis, M, Thorleifsson, G, Topbas-Selcuki, NF, Vitonis, A, Westergaard, D, Arnadottir, R, Burgdorf, KS, Campbell, A, Cheuk, CSK, Clementi, C, Cook, J, De Vivo, I, DiVasta, A, Dorien, O, Donoghue, JF, Edwards, T, Fontanillas, P, Fung, JN, Geirsson, RT, Girling, JE, Harkki, P, Harris, HR, Healey, M, Heikinheimo, O, Holdsworth-Carson, S, Hostettler, IC, Houlden, H, Houshdaran, S, Irwin, JC, Jarvelin, M-R, Kamatani, Y, Kennedy, SH, Kepka, E, Kettunen, J, Kubo, M, Kulig, B, Kurra, V, Laivuori, H, Laufer, MR, Lindgren, CM, MacGregor, S, Mangino, M, Martin, NG, Matalliotaki, C, Matalliotakis, M, Murray, AD, Ndungu, A, Nezhat, C, Olsen, CM, Opoku-Anane, J, Padmanabhan, S, Paranjpe, M, Peters, M, Polak, G, Porteous, DJ, Rabban, J, Rexrode, KM, Romanowicz, H, Saare, M, Saavalainen, L, Schork, AJ, Sen, S, Shafrir, AL, Siewierska-Gorska, A, Slomka, M, Smith, BH, Smolarz, B, Szaflik, T, Szyllo, K, Takahashi, A, Terry, KL, Tomassetti, C, Treloar, SA, Vanhie, A, Vincent, K, Vo, KC, Werring, DJ, Zeggini, E, Zervou, M, Stefansson, K, Nyegaard, M, Uimari, O, Yurttas-Beim, P, Tung, JY, Adachi, S, Buring, JE, Ridker, PM, D'Hooghe, T, Goulielmos, GN, Hapangama, DK, Hayward, C, Horne, AW, Low, S-K, Martikainen, H, Chasman, D, Rogers, PAW, Saunders, PT, Sirota, M, Spector, T, Strapagiel, D, Whiteman, DC, Giudice, LC, Velez-Edwards, DR, Kraft, P, Salumets, A, Nyholt, DR, Magi, R, Becker, CM, Steinthorsdottir, V, Missmer, SA, Montgomery, GW, Morris, AP, and Zondervan, KT
Abstract: Endometriosis is a common condition associated with debilitating pelvic pain and infertility. A genome-wide association study meta-analysis, including 60,674 cases and 701,926 controls of European and East Asian descent, identified 42 genome-wide significant loci comprising 49 distinct association signals. Effect sizes were largest for stage 3/4 disease, driven by ovarian endometriosis. Identified signals explained up to 5.01% of disease variance and regulated expression or methylation of genes in endometrium and blood, many of which were associated with pain perception/maintenance (SRP14/BMF, GDAP1, MLLT10, BSN and NGF). We observed significant genetic correlations between endometriosis and 11 pain conditions, including migraine, back and multisite chronic pain (MCP), as well as inflammatory conditions, including asthma and osteoarthritis. Multitrait genetic analyses identified substantial sharing of variants associated with endometriosis and MCP/migraine. Targeted investigations of genetically regulated mechanisms shared between endometriosis and other pain conditions are needed to aid the development of new treatments and facilitate early symptomatic intervention.
Published: 2023

5. Cross-Cancer Genome-Wide Association Study of Endometrial Cancer and Epithelial Ovarian Cancer Identifies Genetic Risk Regions Associated with Risk of Both Cancers.

Author: Glubb D.M., Thompson D.J., Aben K.K.H., Alsulimani A., Amant F., Annibali D., Attia J., Barricarte A., Beckmann M.W., Berchuck A., Bermisheva M., Bernardini M.Q., Bischof K., Bjorge L., Bodelon C., Brand A.H., Brenton J.D., Brinton L.A., Bruinsma F., Buchanan D.D., Burghaus S., Butzow R., Cai H., Carney M.E., Chanock S.J., Chen C., Chen X.Q., Chen Z., Cook L.S., Cunningham J.M., De Vivo I., deFazio A., Doherty J.A., Dork T., du Bois A., Dunning A.M., Durst M., Edwards T., Edwards R.P., Ekici A.B., Ewing A., Fasching P.A., Ferguson S., Flanagan J.M., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Friedenreich C.M., Gao B., Gaudet M.M., Gawelko J., Gentry-Maharaj A., Giles G.G., Glasspool R., Goodman M.T., Gronwald J., Harris H.R., Harter P., Hein A., Heitz F., Hildebrandt M.A.T., Hillemanns P., Hogdall E., Hogdall C.K., Holliday E.G., Huntsman D.G., Huzarski T., Jakubowska A., Jensen A., Jones M.E., Karlan B.Y., Karnezis A., Kelley J.L., Khusnutdinova E., Killeen J.L., Kjaer S.K., Klapdor R., Kobel M., Konopka B., Konstantopoulou I., Kopperud R.K., Koti M., Kraft P., Kupryjanczyk J., Lambrechts D., Larson M.C., Le Marchand L., Lele S., Lester J., Li A.J., Liang D., Liebrich C., Lipworth L., Lissowska J., Lu L., Lu K.H., Macciotta A., Mattiello A., May T., McAlpine J.N., McGuire V., McNeish I.A., Menon U., Modugno F., Moysich K.B., Nevanlinna H., Odunsi K., Olsson H., Orsulic S., Osorio A., Palli D., Park-Simon T.-W., Pearce C.L., Pejovic T., Permuth J.B., Podgorska A., Ramus S.J., Rebbeck T.R., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Rothstein J.H., Runnebaum I.B., Scott R.J., Sellers T.A., Senz J., Setiawan V.W., Siddiqui N., Sieh W., Spiewankiewicz B., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Szafron L.M., Teo S.H., Thompson P.J., Thomsen L.C.V., Titus L., Tone A., Tumino R., Turman C., Vanderstichele A., Edwards D.V., Vergote I., Vierkant R.A., Wang Z., Wang-Gohrke S., Webb P.M., White E., Whittemore A.S., Winham S.J., Wu X., Wu A.H., Yannoukakos D., Spurdle A.B., O'Mara T.A., Glubb D.M., Thompson D.J., Aben K.K.H., Alsulimani A., Amant F., Annibali D., Attia J., Barricarte A., Beckmann M.W., Berchuck A., Bermisheva M., Bernardini M.Q., Bischof K., Bjorge L., Bodelon C., Brand A.H., Brenton J.D., Brinton L.A., Bruinsma F., Buchanan D.D., Burghaus S., Butzow R., Cai H., Carney M.E., Chanock S.J., Chen C., Chen X.Q., Chen Z., Cook L.S., Cunningham J.M., De Vivo I., deFazio A., Doherty J.A., Dork T., du Bois A., Dunning A.M., Durst M., Edwards T., Edwards R.P., Ekici A.B., Ewing A., Fasching P.A., Ferguson S., Flanagan J.M., Fostira F., Fountzilas G., Friedenreich C.M., Gao B., Gaudet M.M., Gawelko J., Gentry-Maharaj A., Giles G.G., Glasspool R., Goodman M.T., Gronwald J., Harris H.R., Harter P., Hein A., Heitz F., Hildebrandt M.A.T., Hillemanns P., Hogdall E., Hogdall C.K., Holliday E.G., Huntsman D.G., Huzarski T., Jakubowska A., Jensen A., Jones M.E., Karlan B.Y., Karnezis A., Kelley J.L., Khusnutdinova E., Killeen J.L., Kjaer S.K., Klapdor R., Kobel M., Konopka B., Konstantopoulou I., Kopperud R.K., Koti M., Kraft P., Kupryjanczyk J., Lambrechts D., Larson M.C., Le Marchand L., Lele S., Lester J., Li A.J., Liang D., Liebrich C., Lipworth L., Lissowska J., Lu L., Lu K.H., Macciotta A., Mattiello A., May T., McAlpine J.N., McGuire V., McNeish I.A., Menon U., Modugno F., Moysich K.B., Nevanlinna H., Odunsi K., Olsson H., Orsulic S., Osorio A., Palli D., Park-Simon T.-W., Pearce C.L., Pejovic T., Permuth J.B., Podgorska A., Ramus S.J., Rebbeck T.R., Riggan M.J., Risch H.A., Rothstein J.H., Runnebaum I.B., Scott R.J., Sellers T.A., Senz J., Setiawan V.W., Siddiqui N., Sieh W., Spiewankiewicz B., Sutphen R., Swerdlow A.J., Szafron L.M., Teo S.H., Thompson P.J., Thomsen L.C.V., Titus L., Tone A., Tumino R., Turman C., Vanderstichele A., Edwards D.V., Vergote I., Vierkant R.A., Wang Z., Wang-Gohrke S., Webb P.M., White E., Whittemore A.S., Winham S.J., Wu X., Wu A.H., Yannoukakos D., Spurdle A.B., and O'Mara T.A.
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidence suggests a relationship between endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. Independent genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer have identified 16 and 27 risk regions, respectively, four of which overlap between the two cancers. We aimed to identify joint endometrial and ovarian cancer risk loci by performing a meta-analysis of GWAS summary statistics from these two cancers. METHOD(S): Using LDScore regression, we explored the genetic correlation between endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. To identify loci associated with the risk of both cancers, we implemented a pipeline of statistical genetic analyses (i.e., inverse-variance meta-analysis, colocalization, and M-values) and performed analyses stratified by subtype. Candidate target genes were then prioritized using functional genomic data. RESULT(S): Genetic correlation analysis revealed significant genetic correlation between the two cancers (rG = 0.43, P = 2.66 x 10-5). We found seven loci associated with risk for both cancers (PBonferroni < 2.4 x 10-9). In addition, four novel subgenome-wide regions at 7p22.2, 7q22.1, 9p12, and 11q13.3 were identified (P < 5 x 10-7). Promoter-associated HiChIP chromatin loops from immortalized endometrium and ovarian cell lines and expression quantitative trait loci data highlighted candidate target genes for further investigation. CONCLUSION(S): Using cross-cancer GWAS meta-analysis, we have identified several joint endometrial and ovarian cancer risk loci and candidate target genes for future functional analysis. IMPACT: Our research highlights the shared genetic relationship between endometrial cancer and ovarian cancer. Further studies in larger sample sets are required to confirm our findings.Copyright ©2020 American Association for Cancer Research.
Published: 2022

6. The role of allelic variation in estrogen receptor genes and major depression in the Nurses Health Study

Author: Keyes, K., Agnew-Blais, J., Roberts, A. L., Hamilton, A., De Vivo, I., Ranu, H., and Koenen, K.
Published: 2015
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7. A Genetic Variant at the Fatty Acid-Binding Protein aP2 Locus Reduces the Risk for Hypertriglyceridemia, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease

Author: Tuncman, G., Erbay, E., Hom, X., De Vivo, I., Campos, H., Rimm, E. B., and Hotamisligil, G. S.
Published: 2006
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8. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a role for cholesterol in the development of endometrial cancer.

Author: Hodgson S., De Vivo I., Dennis J., Dork T., Dowdy S.C., Dunning A.M., Durst M., Easton D.F., Ekici A.B., Fasching P.A., Fridley B.L., Friedenreich C.M., Garcia-Closas M., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goode E.L., Gorman M., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hankinson S.E., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hoivik E.A., Holliday E.G., Hunter D.J., Kraft P., Krakstad C., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Liang X., Lindblom A., Lissowska J., Long J., Lu L., Magliocco A.M., Martin L., McEvoy M., Milne R.L., Mints M., Nassir R., Otton G., Palles C., Pooler L., Proietto T., Rebbeck T.R., Renner S.P., Risch H.A., Rubner M., Runnebaum I., Sacerdote C., Sarto G.E., Schumacher F., Scott R.J., Setiawan V.W., Shah M., Sheng X., Shu X.-O., Southey M.C., Tham E., Tomlinson I., Trovik J., Turman C., Tyrer J.P., Van Den Berg D., Wang Z., Wentzensen N., Xia L., Xiang Y.-B., Yang H.P., Yu H., Zheng W., Webb P.M., Thompson D.J., Spurdle A.B., Glubb D.M., O'Mara T.A., Chen C., Jones A., Kho P.-F., Amant F., Annibali D., Ashton K., Attia J., Auer P.L., Beckmann M.W., Black A., Brinton L., Buchanan D.D., Chanock S.J., Chen M.M., Cheng T.H.T., Cook L.S., Crous-Bous M., Czene K., Hodgson S., De Vivo I., Dennis J., Dork T., Dowdy S.C., Dunning A.M., Durst M., Easton D.F., Ekici A.B., Fasching P.A., Fridley B.L., Friedenreich C.M., Garcia-Closas M., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goode E.L., Gorman M., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hankinson S.E., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hoivik E.A., Holliday E.G., Hunter D.J., Kraft P., Krakstad C., Lambrechts D., Le Marchand L., Liang X., Lindblom A., Lissowska J., Long J., Lu L., Magliocco A.M., Martin L., McEvoy M., Milne R.L., Mints M., Nassir R., Otton G., Palles C., Pooler L., Proietto T., Rebbeck T.R., Renner S.P., Risch H.A., Rubner M., Runnebaum I., Sacerdote C., Sarto G.E., Schumacher F., Scott R.J., Setiawan V.W., Shah M., Sheng X., Shu X.-O., Southey M.C., Tham E., Tomlinson I., Trovik J., Turman C., Tyrer J.P., Van Den Berg D., Wang Z., Wentzensen N., Xia L., Xiang Y.-B., Yang H.P., Yu H., Zheng W., Webb P.M., Thompson D.J., Spurdle A.B., Glubb D.M., O'Mara T.A., Chen C., Jones A., Kho P.-F., Amant F., Annibali D., Ashton K., Attia J., Auer P.L., Beckmann M.W., Black A., Brinton L., Buchanan D.D., Chanock S.J., Chen M.M., Cheng T.H.T., Cook L.S., Crous-Bous M., and Czene K.
Abstract: Blood lipids have been associated with the development of a range of cancers, including breast, lung and colorectal cancer. For endometrial cancer, observational studies have reported inconsistent associations between blood lipids and cancer risk. To reduce biases from unmeasured confounding, we performed a bidirectional, two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate the relationship between levels of three blood lipids (low-density lipoprotein [LDL] and high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol, and triglycerides) and endometrial cancer risk. Genetic variants associated with each of these blood lipid levels (P < 5 x 10-8) were identified as instrumental variables, and assessed using genome-wide association study data from the Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium (12 906 cases and 108 979 controls) and the Global Lipids Genetic Consortium (n = 188 578). Mendelian randomization analyses found genetically raised LDL cholesterol levels to be associated with lower risks of endometrial cancer of all histologies combined, and of endometrioid and non-endometrioid subtypes. Conversely, higher genetically predicted HDL cholesterol levels were associated with increased risk of non-endometrioid endometrial cancer. After accounting for the potential confounding role of obesity (as measured by genetic variants associated with body mass index), the association between genetically predicted increased LDL cholesterol levels and lower endometrial cancer risk remained significant, especially for non-endometrioid endometrial cancer. There was no evidence to support a role for triglycerides in endometrial cancer development. Our study supports a role for LDL and HDL cholesterol in the development of non-endometrioid endometrial cancer. Further studies are required to understand the mechanisms underlying these findings.Copyright © 2020 Union for International Cancer Control
Published: 2021

9. Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing.

Author: Ruth K.S., Day F.R., Hussain J., Martinez-Marchal A., Aiken C.E., Azad A., Thompson D.J., Knoblochova L., Abe H., Tarry-Adkins J.L., Gonzalez J.M., Fontanillas P., Claringbould A., Bakker O.B., Sulem P., Walters R.G., Terao C., Turon S., Horikoshi M., Lin K., Onland-Moret N.C., Sankar A., Hertz E.P.T., Timshel P.N., Shukla V., Borup R., Olsen K.W., Aguilera P., Ferrer-Roda M., Huang Y., Stankovic S., Timmers P.R.H.J., Ahearn T.U., Alizadeh B.Z., Naderi E., Andrulis I.L., Arnold A.M., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Bandinelli S., Barbieri C.M., Beaumont R.N., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Benonisdottir S., Bergmann S., Bochud M., Boerwinkle E., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Boomsma D.I., Bowker N., Brody J.A., Broer L., Buring J.E., Campbell A., Campbell H., Castelao J.E., Catamo E., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Ciullo M., Corre T., Couch F.J., Cox A., Crisponi L., Cross S.S., Cucca F., Czene K., Smith G.D., de Geus E.J.C.N., de Mutsert R., De Vivo I., Demerath E.W., Dennis J., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eriksson M., Esko T., Fasching P.A., Faul J.D., Ferrucci L., Franceschini N., Frayling T.M., Gago-Dominguez M., Mezzavilla M., Garcia-Closas M., Gieger C., Giles G.G., Grallert H., Gudbjartsson D.F., Gudnason V., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hayward C., He C., He W., Heiss G., Hoffding M.K., Hopper J.L., Hottenga J.J., Hu F., Hunter D., Ikram M.A., Jackson R.D., Joaquim M.D.R., John E.M., Joshi P.K., Karasik D., Kardia S.L.R., Kartsonaki C., Karlsson R., Kitahara C.M., Kolcic I., Kooperberg C., Kraft P., Kurian A.W., Kutalik Z., La Bianca M., LaChance G., Langenberg C., Launer L.J., Laven J.S.E., Lawlor D.A., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lindstrom S., Lindstrom T., Linet M., Liu Y.M., Liu S., Luan J., Magi R., Magnusson P.K.E., Mangino M., Mannermaa A., Marco B., Marten J., Martin N.G., Mbarek H., McKnight B., Medland S.E., Meisinger C., Meitinger T., Menni C., Metspalu A., Milani L., Milne R.L., Montgomery G.W., Mook-Kanamori D.O., Mulas A., Mulligan A.M., Nalls M.A., Newman A., Noordam R., Nutile T., Nyholt D.R., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Painter J.N., Patel A.V., Pedersen N.L., Perjakova N., Peters A., Peters U., Pharoah P.D.P., Polasek O., Porcu E., Psaty B.M., Rahman I., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Ridker P.M., Ring S.M., Robino A., Rose L.M., Rosendaal F.R., Rossouw J., Rudan I., Rueedi R., Ruggiero D., Sala C.F., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sanna S., Sawyer E.J., Sarnowski C., Schlessinger D., Schmidt M.K., Schoemaker M.J., Schraut K.E., Scott C., Shekari S., Shrikhande A., Smith A.V., Smith B.H., Smith J.A., Sorice R., Southey M.C., Spector T.D., Spinelli J.J., Stampfer M., Stockl D., van Meurs J.B.J., Strauch K., Styrkarsdottir U., Swerdlow A.J., Tanaka T., Teras L.R., Teumer A., Thorsteinsdottir U., Timpson N.J., Toniolo D., Traglia M., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tyrrell J., Uitterlinden A.G., Ulivi S., Vachon C.M., Vitart V., Volker U., Vollenweider P., Volzke H., Wang Q., Wareham N.J., Weinberg C.R., Weir D.R., Wilcox A.N., van Dijk K.W., Willemsen G., Wilson J.F., Wolffenbuttel B.H.R., Wolk A., Wood A.R., Zhao W., Zygmunt M., Chen Z., Li L., Franke L., Burgess S., Deelen P., Pers T.H., Grondahl M.L., Andersen C.Y., Pujol A., Lopez-Contreras A.J., Daniel J.A., Stefansson K., Chang-Claude J., van der Schouw Y.T., Lunetta K.L., Chasman D.I., Easton D.F., Visser J.A., Ozanne S.E., Namekawa S.H., Solc P., Murabito J.M., Ong K.K., Hoffmann E.R., Murray A., Roig I., Perry J.R.B., Ruth K.S., Day F.R., Hussain J., Martinez-Marchal A., Aiken C.E., Azad A., Thompson D.J., Knoblochova L., Abe H., Tarry-Adkins J.L., Gonzalez J.M., Fontanillas P., Claringbould A., Bakker O.B., Sulem P., Walters R.G., Terao C., Turon S., Horikoshi M., Lin K., Onland-Moret N.C., Sankar A., Hertz E.P.T., Timshel P.N., Shukla V., Borup R., Olsen K.W., Aguilera P., Ferrer-Roda M., Huang Y., Stankovic S., Timmers P.R.H.J., Ahearn T.U., Alizadeh B.Z., Naderi E., Andrulis I.L., Arnold A.M., Aronson K.J., Augustinsson A., Bandinelli S., Barbieri C.M., Beaumont R.N., Becher H., Beckmann M.W., Benonisdottir S., Bergmann S., Bochud M., Boerwinkle E., Bojesen S.E., Bolla M.K., Boomsma D.I., Bowker N., Brody J.A., Broer L., Buring J.E., Campbell A., Campbell H., Castelao J.E., Catamo E., Chanock S.J., Chenevix-Trench G., Ciullo M., Corre T., Couch F.J., Cox A., Crisponi L., Cross S.S., Cucca F., Czene K., Smith G.D., de Geus E.J.C.N., de Mutsert R., De Vivo I., Demerath E.W., Dennis J., Dunning A.M., Dwek M., Eriksson M., Esko T., Fasching P.A., Faul J.D., Ferrucci L., Franceschini N., Frayling T.M., Gago-Dominguez M., Mezzavilla M., Garcia-Closas M., Gieger C., Giles G.G., Grallert H., Gudbjartsson D.F., Gudnason V., Guenel P., Haiman C.A., Hakansson N., Hall P., Hayward C., He C., He W., Heiss G., Hoffding M.K., Hopper J.L., Hottenga J.J., Hu F., Hunter D., Ikram M.A., Jackson R.D., Joaquim M.D.R., John E.M., Joshi P.K., Karasik D., Kardia S.L.R., Kartsonaki C., Karlsson R., Kitahara C.M., Kolcic I., Kooperberg C., Kraft P., Kurian A.W., Kutalik Z., La Bianca M., LaChance G., Langenberg C., Launer L.J., Laven J.S.E., Lawlor D.A., Le Marchand L., Li J., Lindblom A., Lindstrom S., Lindstrom T., Linet M., Liu Y.M., Liu S., Luan J., Magi R., Magnusson P.K.E., Mangino M., Mannermaa A., Marco B., Marten J., Martin N.G., Mbarek H., McKnight B., Medland S.E., Meisinger C., Meitinger T., Menni C., Metspalu A., Milani L., Milne R.L., Montgomery G.W., Mook-Kanamori D.O., Mulas A., Mulligan A.M., Nalls M.A., Newman A., Noordam R., Nutile T., Nyholt D.R., Olshan A.F., Olsson H., Painter J.N., Patel A.V., Pedersen N.L., Perjakova N., Peters A., Peters U., Pharoah P.D.P., Polasek O., Porcu E., Psaty B.M., Rahman I., Rennert G., Rennert H.S., Ridker P.M., Ring S.M., Robino A., Rose L.M., Rosendaal F.R., Rossouw J., Rudan I., Rueedi R., Ruggiero D., Sala C.F., Saloustros E., Sandler D.P., Sanna S., Sawyer E.J., Sarnowski C., Schlessinger D., Schmidt M.K., Schoemaker M.J., Schraut K.E., Scott C., Shekari S., Shrikhande A., Smith A.V., Smith B.H., Smith J.A., Sorice R., Southey M.C., Spector T.D., Spinelli J.J., Stampfer M., Stockl D., van Meurs J.B.J., Strauch K., Styrkarsdottir U., Swerdlow A.J., Tanaka T., Teras L.R., Teumer A., Thorsteinsdottir U., Timpson N.J., Toniolo D., Traglia M., Troester M.A., Truong T., Tyrrell J., Uitterlinden A.G., Ulivi S., Vachon C.M., Vitart V., Volker U., Vollenweider P., Volzke H., Wang Q., Wareham N.J., Weinberg C.R., Weir D.R., Wilcox A.N., van Dijk K.W., Willemsen G., Wilson J.F., Wolffenbuttel B.H.R., Wolk A., Wood A.R., Zhao W., Zygmunt M., Chen Z., Li L., Franke L., Burgess S., Deelen P., Pers T.H., Grondahl M.L., Andersen C.Y., Pujol A., Lopez-Contreras A.J., Daniel J.A., Stefansson K., Chang-Claude J., van der Schouw Y.T., Lunetta K.L., Chasman D.I., Easton D.F., Visser J.A., Ozanne S.E., Namekawa S.H., Solc P., Murabito J.M., Ong K.K., Hoffmann E.R., Murray A., Roig I., and Perry J.R.B.
Abstract: Reproductive longevity is essential for fertility and influences healthy ageing in women1,2, but insights into its underlying biological mechanisms and treatments to preserve it are limited. Here we identify 290 genetic determinants of ovarian ageing, assessed using normal variation in age at natural menopause (ANM) in about 200,000 women of European ancestry. These common alleles were associated with clinical extremes of ANM; women in the top 1% of genetic susceptibility have an equivalent risk of premature ovarian insufficiency to those carrying monogenic FMR1 premutations3. The identified loci implicate a broad range of DNA damage response (DDR) processes and include loss-of-function variants in key DDR-associated genes. Integration with experimental models demonstrates that these DDR processes act across the life-course to shape the ovarian reserve and its rate of depletion. Furthermore, we demonstrate that experimental manipulation of DDR pathways highlighted by human genetics increases fertility and extends reproductive life in mice. Causal inference analyses using the identified genetic variants indicate that extending reproductive life in women improves bone health and reduces risk of type 2 diabetes, but increases the risk of hormone-sensitive cancers. These findings provide insight into the mechanisms that govern ovarian ageing, when they act, and how they might be targeted by therapeutic approaches to extend fertility and prevent disease.Copyright © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.
Published: 2021

10. Genetic insights into biological mechanisms governing human ovarian ageing

Author: Ruth, KS, Day, FR, Hussain, J, Martinez-Marchal, A, Aiken, CE, Azad, A, Thompson, DJ, Knoblochova, L, Abe, H, Tarry-Adkins, JL, Gonzalez, JM, Fontanillas, P, Claringbould, A, Bakker, OB, Sulem, P, Walters, RG, Terao, C, Turon, S, Horikoshi, M, Lin, K, Onland-Moret, NC, Sankar, A, Hertz, EPT, Timshel, PN, Shukla, V, Borup, R, Olsen, KW, Aguilera, P, Ferrer-Roda, M, Huang, Y, Stankovic, S, Timmers, PRHJ, Ahearn, TU, Alizadeh, BZ, Naderi, E, Andrulis, IL, Arnold, AM, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Bandinelli, S, Barbieri, CM, Beaumont, RN, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Benonisdottir, S, Bergmann, S, Bochud, M, Boerwinkle, E, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Boomsma, DI, Bowker, N, Brody, JA, Broer, L, Buring, JE, Campbell, A, Campbell, H, Castelao, JE, Catamo, E, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Ciullo, M, Corre, T, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Crisponi, L, Cross, SS, Cucca, F, Czene, K, Smith, GD, de Geus, EJCN, de Mutsert, R, De Vivo, I, Demerath, EW, Dennis, J, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eriksson, M, Esko, T, Fasching, PA, Faul, JD, Ferrucci, L, Franceschini, N, Frayling, TM, Gago-Dominguez, M, Mezzavilla, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Gieger, C, Giles, GG, Grallert, H, Gudbjartsson, DF, Gudnason, V, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hayward, C, He, C, He, W, Heiss, G, Hoffding, MK, Hopper, JL, Hottenga, JJ, Hu, F, Hunter, D, Ikram, MA, Jackson, RD, Joaquim, MDR, John, EM, Joshi, PK, Karasik, D, Kardia, SLR, Kartsonaki, C, Karlsson, R, Kitahara, CM, Kolcic, I, Kooperberg, C, Kraft, P, Kurian, AW, Kutalik, Z, La Bianca, M, LaChance, G, Langenberg, C, Launer, LJ, Laven, JSE, Lawlor, DA, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Lindstrom, T, Linet, M, Liu, Y, Liu, S, Luan, J, Magi, R, Magnusson, PKE, Mangino, M, Mannermaa, A, Marco, B, Marten, J, Martin, NG, Mbarek, H, McKnight, B, Medland, SE, Meisinger, C, Meitinger, T, Menni, C, Metspalu, A, Milani, L, Milne, RL, Montgomery, GW, Mook-Kanamori, DO, Mulas, A, Mulligan, AM, Murray, A, Nalls, MA, Newman, A, Noordam, R, Nutile, T, Nyholt, DR, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Painter, JN, Patel, AV, Pedersen, NL, Perjakova, N, Peters, A, Peters, U, Pharoah, PDP, Polasek, O, Porcu, E, Psaty, BM, Rahman, I, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Ridker, PM, Ring, SM, Robino, A, Rose, LM, Rosendaal, FR, Rossouw, J, Rudan, I, Rueedi, R, Ruggiero, D, Sala, CF, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sanna, S, Sawyer, EJ, Sarnowski, C, Schlessinger, D, Schmidt, MK, Schoemaker, MJ, Schraut, KE, Scott, C, Shekari, S, Shrikhande, A, Smith, AV, Smith, BH, Smith, JA, Sorice, R, Southey, MC, Spector, TD, Spinelli, JJ, Stampfer, M, Stoeckl, D, van Meurs, JBJ, Strauch, K, Styrkarsdottir, U, Swerdlow, AJ, Tanaka, T, Teras, LR, Teumer, A, thorsteinsdottir, U, Timpson, NJ, Toniolo, D, Traglia, M, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Tyrrell, J, Uitterlinden, AG, Ulivi, S, Vachon, CM, Vitart, V, Voelker, U, Vollenweider, P, Voelzke, H, Wang, Q, Wareham, NJ, Weinberg, CR, Weir, DR, Wilcox, AN, van Dijk, KW, Willemsen, G, Wilson, JF, Wolffenbuttel, BHR, Wolk, A, Wood, AR, Zhao, W, Zygmunt, M, Chen, Z, Li, L, Franke, L, Burgess, S, Deelen, P, Pers, TH, Grondahl, ML, Andersen, CY, Pujol, A, Lopez-Contreras, AJ, Daniel, JA, Stefansson, K, Chang-Claude, J, van der Schouw, YT, Lunetta, KL, Chasman, DI, Easton, DF, Visser, JA, Ozanne, SE, Namekawa, SH, Solc, P, Murabito, JM, Ong, KK, Hoffmann, ER, Roig, I, Perry, JRB, Ruth, KS, Day, FR, Hussain, J, Martinez-Marchal, A, Aiken, CE, Azad, A, Thompson, DJ, Knoblochova, L, Abe, H, Tarry-Adkins, JL, Gonzalez, JM, Fontanillas, P, Claringbould, A, Bakker, OB, Sulem, P, Walters, RG, Terao, C, Turon, S, Horikoshi, M, Lin, K, Onland-Moret, NC, Sankar, A, Hertz, EPT, Timshel, PN, Shukla, V, Borup, R, Olsen, KW, Aguilera, P, Ferrer-Roda, M, Huang, Y, Stankovic, S, Timmers, PRHJ, Ahearn, TU, Alizadeh, BZ, Naderi, E, Andrulis, IL, Arnold, AM, Aronson, KJ, Augustinsson, A, Bandinelli, S, Barbieri, CM, Beaumont, RN, Becher, H, Beckmann, MW, Benonisdottir, S, Bergmann, S, Bochud, M, Boerwinkle, E, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Boomsma, DI, Bowker, N, Brody, JA, Broer, L, Buring, JE, Campbell, A, Campbell, H, Castelao, JE, Catamo, E, Chanock, SJ, Chenevix-Trench, G, Ciullo, M, Corre, T, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Crisponi, L, Cross, SS, Cucca, F, Czene, K, Smith, GD, de Geus, EJCN, de Mutsert, R, De Vivo, I, Demerath, EW, Dennis, J, Dunning, AM, Dwek, M, Eriksson, M, Esko, T, Fasching, PA, Faul, JD, Ferrucci, L, Franceschini, N, Frayling, TM, Gago-Dominguez, M, Mezzavilla, M, Garcia-Closas, M, Gieger, C, Giles, GG, Grallert, H, Gudbjartsson, DF, Gudnason, V, Guenel, P, Haiman, CA, Hakansson, N, Hall, P, Hayward, C, He, C, He, W, Heiss, G, Hoffding, MK, Hopper, JL, Hottenga, JJ, Hu, F, Hunter, D, Ikram, MA, Jackson, RD, Joaquim, MDR, John, EM, Joshi, PK, Karasik, D, Kardia, SLR, Kartsonaki, C, Karlsson, R, Kitahara, CM, Kolcic, I, Kooperberg, C, Kraft, P, Kurian, AW, Kutalik, Z, La Bianca, M, LaChance, G, Langenberg, C, Launer, LJ, Laven, JSE, Lawlor, DA, Le Marchand, L, Li, J, Lindblom, A, Lindstrom, S, Lindstrom, T, Linet, M, Liu, Y, Liu, S, Luan, J, Magi, R, Magnusson, PKE, Mangino, M, Mannermaa, A, Marco, B, Marten, J, Martin, NG, Mbarek, H, McKnight, B, Medland, SE, Meisinger, C, Meitinger, T, Menni, C, Metspalu, A, Milani, L, Milne, RL, Montgomery, GW, Mook-Kanamori, DO, Mulas, A, Mulligan, AM, Murray, A, Nalls, MA, Newman, A, Noordam, R, Nutile, T, Nyholt, DR, Olshan, AF, Olsson, H, Painter, JN, Patel, AV, Pedersen, NL, Perjakova, N, Peters, A, Peters, U, Pharoah, PDP, Polasek, O, Porcu, E, Psaty, BM, Rahman, I, Rennert, G, Rennert, HS, Ridker, PM, Ring, SM, Robino, A, Rose, LM, Rosendaal, FR, Rossouw, J, Rudan, I, Rueedi, R, Ruggiero, D, Sala, CF, Saloustros, E, Sandler, DP, Sanna, S, Sawyer, EJ, Sarnowski, C, Schlessinger, D, Schmidt, MK, Schoemaker, MJ, Schraut, KE, Scott, C, Shekari, S, Shrikhande, A, Smith, AV, Smith, BH, Smith, JA, Sorice, R, Southey, MC, Spector, TD, Spinelli, JJ, Stampfer, M, Stoeckl, D, van Meurs, JBJ, Strauch, K, Styrkarsdottir, U, Swerdlow, AJ, Tanaka, T, Teras, LR, Teumer, A, thorsteinsdottir, U, Timpson, NJ, Toniolo, D, Traglia, M, Troester, MA, Truong, T, Tyrrell, J, Uitterlinden, AG, Ulivi, S, Vachon, CM, Vitart, V, Voelker, U, Vollenweider, P, Voelzke, H, Wang, Q, Wareham, NJ, Weinberg, CR, Weir, DR, Wilcox, AN, van Dijk, KW, Willemsen, G, Wilson, JF, Wolffenbuttel, BHR, Wolk, A, Wood, AR, Zhao, W, Zygmunt, M, Chen, Z, Li, L, Franke, L, Burgess, S, Deelen, P, Pers, TH, Grondahl, ML, Andersen, CY, Pujol, A, Lopez-Contreras, AJ, Daniel, JA, Stefansson, K, Chang-Claude, J, van der Schouw, YT, Lunetta, KL, Chasman, DI, Easton, DF, Visser, JA, Ozanne, SE, Namekawa, SH, Solc, P, Murabito, JM, Ong, KK, Hoffmann, ER, Roig, I, and Perry, JRB
Abstract: Reproductive longevity is essential for fertility and influences healthy ageing in women1,2, but insights into its underlying biological mechanisms and treatments to preserve it are limited. Here we identify 290 genetic determinants of ovarian ageing, assessed using normal variation in age at natural menopause (ANM) in about 200,000 women of European ancestry. These common alleles were associated with clinical extremes of ANM; women in the top 1% of genetic susceptibility have an equivalent risk of premature ovarian insufficiency to those carrying monogenic FMR1 premutations3. The identified loci implicate a broad range of DNA damage response (DDR) processes and include loss-of-function variants in key DDR-associated genes. Integration with experimental models demonstrates that these DDR processes act across the life-course to shape the ovarian reserve and its rate of depletion. Furthermore, we demonstrate that experimental manipulation of DDR pathways highlighted by human genetics increases fertility and extends reproductive life in mice. Causal inference analyses using the identified genetic variants indicate that extending reproductive life in women improves bone health and reduces risk of type 2 diabetes, but increases the risk of hormone-sensitive cancers. These findings provide insight into the mechanisms that govern ovarian ageing, when they act, and how they might be targeted by therapeutic approaches to extend fertility and prevent disease.
Published: 2021

11. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a role for cholesterol in the development of endometrial cancer

Author: Kho, P-F, Amant, F, Annibali, D, Ashton, K, Attia, J, Auer, PL, Beckmann, MW, Black, A, Brinton, L, Buchanan, DD, Chanock, SJ, Chen, C, Chen, MM, Cheng, THT, Cook, LS, Crous-Bous, M, Czene, K, De Vivo, I, Dennis, J, Doerk, T, Dowdy, SC, Dunning, AM, Duerst, M, Easton, DF, Ekici, AB, Fasching, PA, Fridley, BL, Friedenreich, CM, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goode, EL, Gorman, M, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hankinson, SE, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hodgson, S, Hoivik, EA, Holliday, EG, Hunter, DJ, Jones, A, Kraft, P, Krakstad, C, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Liang, X, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Long, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, AM, Martin, L, McEvoy, M, Milne, RL, Mints, M, Nassir, R, Otton, G, Palles, C, Pooler, L, Proietto, T, Rebbeck, TR, Renner, SP, Risch, HA, Ruebner, M, Runnebaum, I, Sacerdote, C, Sarto, GE, Schumacher, F, Scott, RJ, Setiawan, VW, Shah, M, Sheng, X, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Tham, E, Tomlinson, I, Trovik, J, Turman, C, Tyrer, JP, van den Berg, D, Wang, Z, Wentzensen, N, Xia, L, Xiang, Y-B, Yang, HP, Yu, H, Zheng, W, Webb, PM, Thompson, DJ, Spurdle, AB, Glubb, DM, O'Mara, TA, Kho, P-F, Amant, F, Annibali, D, Ashton, K, Attia, J, Auer, PL, Beckmann, MW, Black, A, Brinton, L, Buchanan, DD, Chanock, SJ, Chen, C, Chen, MM, Cheng, THT, Cook, LS, Crous-Bous, M, Czene, K, De Vivo, I, Dennis, J, Doerk, T, Dowdy, SC, Dunning, AM, Duerst, M, Easton, DF, Ekici, AB, Fasching, PA, Fridley, BL, Friedenreich, CM, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goode, EL, Gorman, M, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hankinson, SE, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hodgson, S, Hoivik, EA, Holliday, EG, Hunter, DJ, Jones, A, Kraft, P, Krakstad, C, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Liang, X, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Long, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, AM, Martin, L, McEvoy, M, Milne, RL, Mints, M, Nassir, R, Otton, G, Palles, C, Pooler, L, Proietto, T, Rebbeck, TR, Renner, SP, Risch, HA, Ruebner, M, Runnebaum, I, Sacerdote, C, Sarto, GE, Schumacher, F, Scott, RJ, Setiawan, VW, Shah, M, Sheng, X, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Tham, E, Tomlinson, I, Trovik, J, Turman, C, Tyrer, JP, van den Berg, D, Wang, Z, Wentzensen, N, Xia, L, Xiang, Y-B, Yang, HP, Yu, H, Zheng, W, Webb, PM, Thompson, DJ, Spurdle, AB, Glubb, DM, and O'Mara, TA
Abstract: Blood lipids have been associated with the development of a range of cancers, including breast, lung and colorectal cancer. For endometrial cancer, observational studies have reported inconsistent associations between blood lipids and cancer risk. To reduce biases from unmeasured confounding, we performed a bidirectional, two-sample Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate the relationship between levels of three blood lipids (low-density lipoprotein [LDL] and high-density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol, and triglycerides) and endometrial cancer risk. Genetic variants associated with each of these blood lipid levels (P < 5 × 10-8 ) were identified as instrumental variables, and assessed using genome-wide association study data from the Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium (12 906 cases and 108 979 controls) and the Global Lipids Genetic Consortium (n = 188 578). Mendelian randomization analyses found genetically raised LDL cholesterol levels to be associated with lower risks of endometrial cancer of all histologies combined, and of endometrioid and non-endometrioid subtypes. Conversely, higher genetically predicted HDL cholesterol levels were associated with increased risk of non-endometrioid endometrial cancer. After accounting for the potential confounding role of obesity (as measured by genetic variants associated with body mass index), the association between genetically predicted increased LDL cholesterol levels and lower endometrial cancer risk remained significant, especially for non-endometrioid endometrial cancer. There was no evidence to support a role for triglycerides in endometrial cancer development. Our study supports a role for LDL and HDL cholesterol in the development of non-endometrioid endometrial cancer. Further studies are required to understand the mechanisms underlying these findings.
Published: 2021

12. Associations between Genetically Predicted Circulating Protein Concentrations and Endometrial Cancer Risk

Author: Zhu, J, O'Mara, TA, Liu, D, Setiawan, VW, Glubb, D, Spurdle, AB, Fasching, PA, Lambrechts, D, Buchanan, D, Kho, PF, Cook, LS, Friedenreich, C, Lacey, JV, Chen, C, Wentzensen, N, De Vivo, I, Sun, Y, Long, J, Du, M, Shu, X-O, Zheng, W, Wu, L, Yu, H, Zhu, J, O'Mara, TA, Liu, D, Setiawan, VW, Glubb, D, Spurdle, AB, Fasching, PA, Lambrechts, D, Buchanan, D, Kho, PF, Cook, LS, Friedenreich, C, Lacey, JV, Chen, C, Wentzensen, N, De Vivo, I, Sun, Y, Long, J, Du, M, Shu, X-O, Zheng, W, Wu, L, and Yu, H
Abstract: Endometrial cancer (EC) is the leading female reproductive tract malignancy in developed countries. Currently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 17 risk loci for EC. To identify novel EC-associated proteins, we used previously reported protein quantitative trait loci for 1434 plasma proteins as instruments to evaluate associations between genetically predicted circulating protein concentrations and EC risk. We studied 12,906 cases and 108,979 controls of European descent included in the Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium, and the UK Biobank. We observed associations between genetically predicted concentrations of nine proteins and EC risk at a false discovery rate of <0.05 (p-values range from 1.14 × 10-10 to 3.04 × 10-4). Except for vascular cell adhesion protein 1, all other identified proteins were independent from known EC risk variants identified in EC GWAS. The respective odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) per one standard deviation increase in genetically predicted circulating protein concentrations were 1.21 (1.13, 1.30) for DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 4, 1.27 (1.14, 1.42) for desmoglein-2, 1.14 (1.07, 1.22) for MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B, 1.05 (1.02, 1.08) for histo-blood group ABO system transferase, 0.77 (0.68, 0.89) for intestinal-type alkaline phosphatase, 0.82 (0.74, 0.91) for carbohydrate sulfotransferase 15, 1.07 (1.03, 1.11) for D-glucuronyl C5-epimerase, and 1.07 (1.03, 1.10) for CD209 antigen. In conclusion, we identified nine potential EC-associated proteins. If validated by additional studies, our findings may contribute to understanding the pathogenesis of endometrial tumor development and identifying women at high risk of EC along with other EC risk factors and biomarkers.
Published: 2021

13. Telomere length and early severe social deprivation: linking early adversity and cellular aging

Author: Drury, S S, Theall, K, Gleason, M M, Smyke, A T, De Vivo, I, Wong, J Y Y, Fox, N A, Zeanah, C H, and Nelson, C A
Published: 2012
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14. No association between RORA polymorphisms and PTSD in two independent samples

Author: Guffanti, G, Ashley-Koch, A E, Roberts, A L, Garrett, M E, Solovieff, N, Ratanatharathorn, A, De Vivo, I, Dennis, M, Ranu, H, Smoller, J W, Liu, Y, Purcell, S M, Beckham, J, Hauser, M A, and Koenen, K C
Published: 2014
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15. Mendelian randomization analyses suggest a role for cholesterol in the development of endometrial cancer

Author: Kho, P-F, Amant, F, Annibali, D, Ashton, K, Attia, J, Auer, PL, Beckmann, MW, Black, A, Brinton, L, Buchanan, DD, Chen, C, Chen, MM, Cheng, THT, Cook, LS, Crous-Bous, M, Czene, K, De Vivo, I, Dennis, J, Dörk, T, Dowdy, SC, Dunning, AM, Dürst, M, Easton, DF, Ekici, AB, Fasching, PA, Fridley, BL, Friedenreich, CM, García-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goode, EL, Gorman, M, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hankison, SE, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hodgson, S, Hoivik, EA, Holliday, EG, Hunter, DJ, Jones, A, Kraft, P, Krakstad, C, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Liang, X, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Long, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, AM, Martin, L, McEvoy, M, Milne, RL, Mints, M, Nassir, R, Otton, G, Palles, C, Pooler, L, Proietto, T, Rebbeck, TR, Renner, SP, Risch, HA, Rübner, M, Runnebaum, I, Sacerdote, C, Sarto, GE, Schumacher, F, Scott, RJ, Setiawan, VW, Shah, M, Sheng, X, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Tham, E, Tomlinson, I, Trovik, J, Turman, C, Tyrer, JP, Van Den Berg, D, Wang, Z, Wentzensen, N, Xia, L, Xiang, Y-B, Yang, HP, Yu, H, Zheng, W, Webb, PM, Thompson, DJ, Spurdle, AB, Glubb, DM, and O'Mara, TA
Subjects: lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins)
Abstract: Blood lipids have been associated with the development of a range of cancers, including breast, lung and colorectal cancer. For endometrial cancer, observational studies have reported inconsistent associations between blood lipids and cancer risk. To reduce biases from unmeasured confounding, we performed a bidirectional, two‐sample Mendelian randomization analysis to investigate the relationship between levels of three blood lipids (low‐density lipoprotein [LDL] and high‐density lipoprotein [HDL] cholesterol, and triglycerides) and endometrial cancer risk. Genetic variants associated with each of these blood lipid levels (P
Published: 2020

16. Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers.

Author: Houlston R., Choudhury P.P., Easton D.F., Milne R.L., Simard J., Hall P., Michailidou K., Dennis J., Schmidt M.K., Chang-Claude J., Gharahkhani P., Whiteman D., O'Mara T.A., Spurdle A.B., Thompson D.J., Tomlinson I., De Vivo I., Campbell P.T., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M., Peters U., Hsu L., Gruber S.B., Casey G., Schmit S.L., Landi M.T., Law M.H., Iles M.M., Demenais F., Kumar R., MacGregor S., Bishop D.T., Ward S.V., Bondy M.L., Wiencke J.K., Melin B., Barnholtz-Sloan J., Kinnersley B., Wrensch M.R., Hung R.J., Caporaso N.E., Berndt S.I., Birmann B.M., Camp N.J., Kraft P., Rothman N., Slager S.L., Berchuck A., Pharoah P.D.P., Sellers T.A., Gayther S.A., Pearce C.L., Goode E.L., Schildkraut J.M., Moysich K.B., Amos C.I., Brennan P., McKay J., Amundadottir L.T., Jacobs E.J., Klein A.P., Petersen G.M., Risch H.A., Stolzenberg-Solomon R.Z., Wolpin B.M., Li D., Eeles R.A., Haiman C.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Schumacher F.R., Al Olama A.A., Purdue M.P., Scelo G., Dalgaard M.D., Greene M.H., Grotmol T., Kanetsky P.A., McGlynn K.A., Nathanson K.L., Turnbull C., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Chatterjee N., Garcia-Closas M., Zhang Y.D., Hurson A.N., Zhang H., Houlston R., Choudhury P.P., Easton D.F., Milne R.L., Simard J., Hall P., Michailidou K., Dennis J., Schmidt M.K., Chang-Claude J., Gharahkhani P., Whiteman D., O'Mara T.A., Spurdle A.B., Thompson D.J., Tomlinson I., De Vivo I., Campbell P.T., Hoffmeister M., Jenkins M., Peters U., Hsu L., Gruber S.B., Casey G., Schmit S.L., Landi M.T., Law M.H., Iles M.M., Demenais F., Kumar R., MacGregor S., Bishop D.T., Ward S.V., Bondy M.L., Wiencke J.K., Melin B., Barnholtz-Sloan J., Kinnersley B., Wrensch M.R., Hung R.J., Caporaso N.E., Berndt S.I., Birmann B.M., Camp N.J., Kraft P., Rothman N., Slager S.L., Berchuck A., Pharoah P.D.P., Sellers T.A., Gayther S.A., Pearce C.L., Goode E.L., Schildkraut J.M., Moysich K.B., Amos C.I., Brennan P., McKay J., Amundadottir L.T., Jacobs E.J., Klein A.P., Petersen G.M., Risch H.A., Stolzenberg-Solomon R.Z., Wolpin B.M., Li D., Eeles R.A., Haiman C.A., Kote-Jarai Z., Schumacher F.R., Al Olama A.A., Purdue M.P., Scelo G., Dalgaard M.D., Greene M.H., Grotmol T., Kanetsky P.A., McGlynn K.A., Nathanson K.L., Turnbull C., Wiklund F., Chanock S.J., Chatterjee N., Garcia-Closas M., Zhang Y.D., Hurson A.N., and Zhang H.
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have led to the identification of hundreds of susceptibility loci across cancers, but the impact of further studies remains uncertain. Here we analyse summary-level data from GWAS of European ancestry across fourteen cancer sites to estimate the number of common susceptibility variants (polygenicity) and underlying effect-size distribution. All cancers show a high degree of polygenicity, involving at a minimum of thousands of loci. We project that sample sizes required to explain 80% of GWAS heritability vary from 60,000 cases for testicular to over 1,000,000 cases for lung cancer. The maximum relative risk achievable for subjects at the 99th risk percentile of underlying polygenic risk scores (PRS), compared to average risk, ranges from 12 for testicular to 2.5 for ovarian cancer. We show that PRS have potential for risk stratification for cancers of breast, colon and prostate, but less so for others because of modest heritability and lower incidence.Copyright © 2020, This is a U.S. government work and not under copyright protection in the U.S.; foreign copyright protection may apply.
Published: 2020

17. Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers

Author: Zhang, YD, Hurson, AN, Zhang, H, Choudhury, PP, Easton, DF, Milne, RL, Simard, J, Hall, P, Michailidou, K, Dennis, J, Schmidt, MK, Chang-Claude, J, Gharahkhani, P, Whiteman, D, Campbell, PT, Hoffmeister, M, Jenkins, M, Peters, U, Hsu, L, Gruber, SB, Casey, G, Schmit, SL, O'Mara, TA, Spurdle, AB, Thompson, DJ, Tomlinson, I, De Vivo, I, Landi, MT, Law, MH, Iles, MM, Demenais, F, Kumar, R, MacGregor, S, Bishop, DT, Ward, SV, Bondy, ML, Houlston, R, Wiencke, JK, Melin, B, Barnholtz-Sloan, J, Kinnersley, B, Wrensch, MR, Amos, CI, Hung, RJ, Brennan, P, McKay, J, Caporaso, NE, Berndt, SI, Birmann, BM, Camp, NJ, Kraft, P, Rothman, N, Slager, SL, Berchuck, A, Pharoah, PDP, Sellers, TA, Gayther, SA, Pearce, CL, Goode, EL, Schildkraut, JM, Moysich, KB, Amundadottir, LT, Jacobs, EJ, Klein, AP, Petersen, GM, Risch, HA, Stolzenberg-Solomon, RZ, Wolpin, BM, Li, D, Eeles, RA, Haiman, CA, Kote-Jarai, Z, Schumacher, FR, Al Olama, AA, Purdue, MP, Scelo, G, Dalgaard, MD, Greene, MH, Grotmol, T, Kanetsky, PA, McGlynn, KA, Nathanson, KL, Turnbull, C, Wiklund, F, Chanock, SJ, Chatterjee, N, Garcia-Closas, M, Zhang, YD, Hurson, AN, Zhang, H, Choudhury, PP, Easton, DF, Milne, RL, Simard, J, Hall, P, Michailidou, K, Dennis, J, Schmidt, MK, Chang-Claude, J, Gharahkhani, P, Whiteman, D, Campbell, PT, Hoffmeister, M, Jenkins, M, Peters, U, Hsu, L, Gruber, SB, Casey, G, Schmit, SL, O'Mara, TA, Spurdle, AB, Thompson, DJ, Tomlinson, I, De Vivo, I, Landi, MT, Law, MH, Iles, MM, Demenais, F, Kumar, R, MacGregor, S, Bishop, DT, Ward, SV, Bondy, ML, Houlston, R, Wiencke, JK, Melin, B, Barnholtz-Sloan, J, Kinnersley, B, Wrensch, MR, Amos, CI, Hung, RJ, Brennan, P, McKay, J, Caporaso, NE, Berndt, SI, Birmann, BM, Camp, NJ, Kraft, P, Rothman, N, Slager, SL, Berchuck, A, Pharoah, PDP, Sellers, TA, Gayther, SA, Pearce, CL, Goode, EL, Schildkraut, JM, Moysich, KB, Amundadottir, LT, Jacobs, EJ, Klein, AP, Petersen, GM, Risch, HA, Stolzenberg-Solomon, RZ, Wolpin, BM, Li, D, Eeles, RA, Haiman, CA, Kote-Jarai, Z, Schumacher, FR, Al Olama, AA, Purdue, MP, Scelo, G, Dalgaard, MD, Greene, MH, Grotmol, T, Kanetsky, PA, McGlynn, KA, Nathanson, KL, Turnbull, C, Wiklund, F, Chanock, SJ, Chatterjee, N, and Garcia-Closas, M
Abstract: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have led to the identification of hundreds of susceptibility loci across cancers, but the impact of further studies remains uncertain. Here we analyse summary-level data from GWAS of European ancestry across fourteen cancer sites to estimate the number of common susceptibility variants (polygenicity) and underlying effect-size distribution. All cancers show a high degree of polygenicity, involving at a minimum of thousands of loci. We project that sample sizes required to explain 80% of GWAS heritability vary from 60,000 cases for testicular to over 1,000,000 cases for lung cancer. The maximum relative risk achievable for subjects at the 99th risk percentile of underlying polygenic risk scores (PRS), compared to average risk, ranges from 12 for testicular to 2.5 for ovarian cancer. We show that PRS have potential for risk stratification for cancers of breast, colon and prostate, but less so for others because of modest heritability and lower incidence.
Published: 2020

18. Telomere length and ischaemic stroke in women: a nested case–control study

Author: Schürks, M., Prescott, J., Dushkes, R., De Vivo, I., and Rexrode, K. M.
Published: 2013
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19. Prospective analysis of vitamin D and endometrial cancer risk

Author: Liu, J. J., Bertrand, K. A., Karageorgi, S., Giovannucci, E., Hankinson, S. E., Rosner, B., Maxwell, L., Rodriguez, G., and De Vivo, I.
Published: 2013
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20. No association between ADCYAP1R1 and post-traumatic stress disorder in two independent samples

Author: Chang, S-C, Xie, P, Anton, R F, De Vivo, I, Farrer, L A, Kranzler, H R, Oslin, D, Purcell, S M, Roberts, A L, Smoller, J W, Uddin, M, Gelernter, J, and Koenen, K C
Published: 2012
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21. Paternal age at birth is associated with offspring leukocyte telomere length in the nursesʼ health study

Author: Prescott, J., Du, M., Wong, J.Y.Y., Han, J., and De Vivo, I.
Published: 2012
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22. No association between ADCYAP1R1 and posttraumatic stress disorder in two independent samples

Author: Chang, S-C, Xie, P, Anton, R F, De Vivo, I, Farrer, L A, Kranzler, H R, Oslin, D, Purcell, S M, Roberts, A L, Smoller, J W, Uddin, M, Gelernter, J, and Koenen, K C
Published: 2012
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23. Apoptosis and Telomere Regulation in Ageing of Bovine Skeletal Muscle

Author: De Biase, D., primary, Prisco, F., additional, Piegari, G., additional, d'Aquino, I., additional, Ciani, F., additional, De Vivo, I., additional, and Paciello, O., additional
Published: 2020
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24. Gene–environment interaction between HLA-DRB1 shared epitope and heavy cigarette smoking in predicting incident rheumatoid arthritis

Author: Karlson, E W, Chang, S-C, Cui, J, Chibnik, L B, Fraser, P A, De Vivo, I, and Costenbader, K H
Published: 2010
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25. The molecular epidemiology of occupational carcinogenesis in vinyl chloride exposed workers

Author: Marion, M. -J., De Vivo, I., Smith, S., Luo, J. -C., and Brandt-Rauf, P. W.
Published: 1996
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26. Genetic overlap between autoimmune diseases and non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes

Author: Din, L., Sheikh, M., Kosaraju, N., Smedby, K.E., Bernatsky, S., Berndt, S.I., Skibola, C.F., Nieters, A., McKay, J.D., Cocco, P., Maynadié, M., Foretová, L., Staines, A., Mack, T.M., de Sanjosé, S., Vyse, T.J., Padyukov, L., Monnereau, A., Arslan, A.A., Moore, A., Brooks-Wilson, A.R., Glimelius, B., Birmann, B.M., Link, B.K., Stewart, C., Vajdic, C.M., Haioun, C., Magnani, C., Conti, D.V., Cox, D.G., Casabonne, D., Albanes, D., Kane, E., Roman, E., Muzi, G., Salles, G., Giles, G.G., Adami, H.-O., Ghesquières, H., De Vivo, I., Clavel, J., Cerhan, J.R., Spinelli, J.J., Vijai, J., Curtin, K., Costenbader, K.H., Onel, K., Offit, K., Teras, L.R., Morton, L., Conde, L., Miligi, L., Melbye, M., Ennas, M.G., Liebow, M., Purdue, M.P., Glenn, M., Southey, M.C., Din, M., Rothman, N., Camp, N.J., Wong Doo, N., Becker, N., Pradhan, N., Bracci, P.M., Boffetta, P., Vineis, P., Brennan, P., Kraft, P., Lan, Q., Severson, R.K., Vermeulen, R.C.H., Milne, R.L., Kaaks, R., Travis, R.C., Weinstein, S.J., Chanock, S.J., Ansell, S.M., Slager, S.L., Zheng, T., Benavente, Y., Taub, Z., Madireddy, L., Gourraud, P.-A., Oksenberg, J.R., Cozen, W., Hjalgrim, H., Khankhanian, P., Din, L., Sheikh, M., Kosaraju, N., Smedby, K.E., Bernatsky, S., Berndt, S.I., Skibola, C.F., Nieters, A., McKay, J.D., Cocco, P., Maynadié, M., Foretová, L., Staines, A., Mack, T.M., de Sanjosé, S., Vyse, T.J., Padyukov, L., Monnereau, A., Arslan, A.A., Moore, A., Brooks-Wilson, A.R., Glimelius, B., Birmann, B.M., Link, B.K., Stewart, C., Vajdic, C.M., Haioun, C., Magnani, C., Conti, D.V., Cox, D.G., Casabonne, D., Albanes, D., Kane, E., Roman, E., Muzi, G., Salles, G., Giles, G.G., Adami, H.-O., Ghesquières, H., De Vivo, I., Clavel, J., Cerhan, J.R., Spinelli, J.J., Vijai, J., Curtin, K., Costenbader, K.H., Onel, K., Offit, K., Teras, L.R., Morton, L., Conde, L., Miligi, L., Melbye, M., Ennas, M.G., Liebow, M., Purdue, M.P., Glenn, M., Southey, M.C., Din, M., Rothman, N., Camp, N.J., Wong Doo, N., Becker, N., Pradhan, N., Bracci, P.M., Boffetta, P., Vineis, P., Brennan, P., Kraft, P., Lan, Q., Severson, R.K., Vermeulen, R.C.H., Milne, R.L., Kaaks, R., Travis, R.C., Weinstein, S.J., Chanock, S.J., Ansell, S.M., Slager, S.L., Zheng, T., Benavente, Y., Taub, Z., Madireddy, L., Gourraud, P.-A., Oksenberg, J.R., Cozen, W., Hjalgrim, H., and Khankhanian, P.
Abstract: Epidemiologic studies show an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in patients with autoimmune disease (AD), due to a combination of shared environmental factors and/or genetic factors, or a causative cascade: chronic inflammation/antigen-stimulation in one disease leads to another. Here we assess shared genetic risk in genome-wide-association-studies (GWAS). Secondary analysis of GWAS of NHL subtypes (chronic lymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, and marginal zone lymphoma) and ADs (rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and multiple sclerosis). Shared genetic risk was assessed by (a) description of regional genetic of overlap, (b) polygenic risk score (PRS), (c)"diseasome", (d)meta-analysis. Descriptive analysis revealed few shared genetic factors between each AD and each NHL subtype. The PRS of ADs were not increased in NHL patients (nor vice versa). In the diseasome, NHLs shared more genetic etiology with ADs than solid cancers (p = .0041). A meta-analysis (combing AD with NHL) implicated genes of apoptosis and telomere length. This GWAS-based analysis four NHL subtypes and three ADs revealed few weakly-associated shared loci, explaining little total risk. This suggests common genetic variation, as assessed by GWAS in these sample sizes, may not be the primary explanation for the link between these ADs and NHLs.
Published: 2019

27. Genetic overlap between autoimmune diseases and non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes

Author: Din, L, Sheikh, M, Kosaraju, N, Smedby, KE, Bernatsky, S, Berndt, S, Skibola, CF, Nieters, A, Wang, S, McKay, JD, Cocco, P, Maynadie, M, Foretova, L, Staines, A, Mack, TM, de Sanjose, S, Vyse, TJ, Padyukov, L, Monnereau, A, Arslan, AA, Moore, A, Brooks-Wilson, AR, Novak, AJ, Glimelius, B, Birmann, BM, Link, BK, Stewart, C, Vajdic, CM, Haioun, C, Magnani, C, Conti, D, Cox, DG, Casabonne, D, Albanes, D, Kane, E, Roman, E, Muzi, G, Salles, G, Giles, GG, Adami, H-O, Ghesquieres, H, De Vivo, I, Clavel, J, Cerhan, JR, Spinelli, JJ, Hofmann, J, Vijai, J, Curtin, K, Costenbader, KH, Onel, K, Offit, K, Teras, LR, Morton, L, Conde, L, Miligi, L, Melbye, M, Ennas, MG, Liebow, M, Purdue, MP, Glenn, M, Southey, MC, Din, M, Rothman, N, Camp, NJ, Doo, NW, Becker, N, Pradhan, N, Bracci, PM, Boffetta, P, Vineis, P, Brennan, P, Kraft, P, Lan, Q, Severson, RK, Vermeulen, RCH, Milne, RL, Kaaks, R, Travis, RC, Weinstein, SJ, Chanock, SJ, Ansell, SM, Slager, SL, Zheng, T, Zhang, Y, Benavente, Y, Taub, Z, Madireddy, L, Gourraud, P-A, Oksenberg, JR, Cozen, W, Hjalgrim, H, Khankhanian, P, Din, L, Sheikh, M, Kosaraju, N, Smedby, KE, Bernatsky, S, Berndt, S, Skibola, CF, Nieters, A, Wang, S, McKay, JD, Cocco, P, Maynadie, M, Foretova, L, Staines, A, Mack, TM, de Sanjose, S, Vyse, TJ, Padyukov, L, Monnereau, A, Arslan, AA, Moore, A, Brooks-Wilson, AR, Novak, AJ, Glimelius, B, Birmann, BM, Link, BK, Stewart, C, Vajdic, CM, Haioun, C, Magnani, C, Conti, D, Cox, DG, Casabonne, D, Albanes, D, Kane, E, Roman, E, Muzi, G, Salles, G, Giles, GG, Adami, H-O, Ghesquieres, H, De Vivo, I, Clavel, J, Cerhan, JR, Spinelli, JJ, Hofmann, J, Vijai, J, Curtin, K, Costenbader, KH, Onel, K, Offit, K, Teras, LR, Morton, L, Conde, L, Miligi, L, Melbye, M, Ennas, MG, Liebow, M, Purdue, MP, Glenn, M, Southey, MC, Din, M, Rothman, N, Camp, NJ, Doo, NW, Becker, N, Pradhan, N, Bracci, PM, Boffetta, P, Vineis, P, Brennan, P, Kraft, P, Lan, Q, Severson, RK, Vermeulen, RCH, Milne, RL, Kaaks, R, Travis, RC, Weinstein, SJ, Chanock, SJ, Ansell, SM, Slager, SL, Zheng, T, Zhang, Y, Benavente, Y, Taub, Z, Madireddy, L, Gourraud, P-A, Oksenberg, JR, Cozen, W, Hjalgrim, H, and Khankhanian, P
Abstract: Epidemiologic studies show an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) in patients with autoimmune disease (AD), due to a combination of shared environmental factors and/or genetic factors, or a causative cascade: chronic inflammation/antigen-stimulation in one disease leads to another. Here we assess shared genetic risk in genome-wide-association-studies (GWAS). Secondary analysis of GWAS of NHL subtypes (chronic lymphocytic leukemia, diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, follicular lymphoma, and marginal zone lymphoma) and ADs (rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and multiple sclerosis). Shared genetic risk was assessed by (a) description of regional genetic of overlap, (b) polygenic risk score (PRS), (c)"diseasome", (d)meta-analysis. Descriptive analysis revealed few shared genetic factors between each AD and each NHL subtype. The PRS of ADs were not increased in NHL patients (nor vice versa). In the diseasome, NHLs shared more genetic etiology with ADs than solid cancers (p = .0041). A meta-analysis (combing AD with NHL) implicated genes of apoptosis and telomere length. This GWAS-based analysis four NHL subtypes and three ADs revealed few weakly-associated shared loci, explaining little total risk. This suggests common genetic variation, as assessed by GWAS in these sample sizes, may not be the primary explanation for the link between these ADs and NHLs.
Published: 2019

28. VARIATIONS BY RACE, ETHNICITY AND SEX IN RELATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL FACTORS TO BIOLOGICAL AGING

Author: Charles F. Reynolds, JoAnn E. Manson, De Vivo I, Grace Chang, Soshiro Ogata, Olivia I. Okereke, David Mischoulon, and Aditi Hazra
Subjects: Race ethnicity, Abstracts, Health (social science), Life-span and Life-course Studies, Psychology, Health Professions (miscellaneous), Developmental psychology
Abstract: Background: Public health guidance supports physical activity (PA), avoiding smoking, moderate drinking and maintenance of good mental health as beneficial for aging. However, little is known about whether relations of these factors to biological aging vary by race, ethnicity and/or sex. Methods: We included a sub-set of community-dwelling Latino, black, and non-Latino white US participants aged 50+ years (mean age=67 years) in a depression prevention ancillary study (VITAL-DEP) to the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL (VITAL; n=25,874), a randomized trial of fish oil and vitamin D supplements for primary prevention of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Before randomization blood samples and extensive health and behavioral variables, including PA, smoking, alcohol use and mood, were collected. Biomarkers were assayed from DNA extracted from whole blood and included: telomere length (n=792); mitochondrial DNA copy number (n=396); DNA methylation (n=23) (>850,000 CpG sites on the MethylationEPIC technology). Results: The biomarkers did not consistently show correlations with each other or agree regarding associations with behavioral/lifestyle factors. Significant differences by race, ethnicity and sex were found in relations of PA, smoking and alcohol use to biomarkers: e.g., females (particularly black females) vs. males had stronger smoking-telomere shortening associations (p-interaction=0.03). Conclusion: We observed novel variations by race, ethnicity and sex for key behavioral and lifestyle factors with respect to aging biomarkers. If confirmed, these results could have implications for public health recommendations regarding optimization of health behaviors among older adults, especially if they indicate that modifiable behaviors differentially influence biological aging outcomes within sub-sets of the population.
Published: 2018

29. Identification of nine new susceptibility loci for endometrial cancer

Author: O'Mara, T, Glubb, D, Amant, F, Annibali, D, Ashton, K, Attia, J, Auer, P, Beckmann, M, Black, A, Humphreys, M, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brinton, L, Buchanan, D, Burwinkel, B, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, S, Chen, C, Chen, M, Cheng, T, Clarke, C, Clendenning, M, Cook, L, Couch, F, Cox, A, Crous-Bou, M, Czene, K, Day, F, Dennis, J, Depreeuw, J, Doherty, JA, Dork, T, Dowdy, S, Dürst, M, Ekici, A, Fasching, P, Fridley, B, Friedenreich, C, Fritschi, L, Fung, J, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, M, Giles, G, Goode, E, Gorman, M, Haiman, C, Hall, P, Hankinson, S, Healey, C, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hodgson, S, Hoivik, E, Holliday, E, Hopper, J, Hunter, D, Jones, A, Krakstad, C, Kristensen, V, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Liang, X, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Long, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, A, Martin, L, McEvoy, M, Meindl, A, Michailidou, K, Milne, R, Mints, M, Montgomery, G, Nassir, R, Olsson, H, Orlow, I, Sacerdote, G, Sarto, G, Schumacher, F, Scott, R, Setiawan, VW, Shah, M, Sheng, M, Shu, X-O, Southey, M, Swerdlow, A, Tham, E, Trovik, J, Wolk, A, Xia, L, Xiang, YB, Yang, H, Yu, H, Zheng, W, Pharoah, P, Dunning, A, Kraft, P, De Vivo, I, Tomlinson, I, Easton, D, Spurdle, A, and Thompson, D
Abstract: Endometrial cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer of the female reproductive tract in developed countries. Through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we have previously identified eight risk loci for endometrial cancer. Here, we present an expanded meta-analysis of 12,906 endometrial cancer cases and 108,979 controls (including new genotype data for 5624 cases) and identify nine novel genome-wide significant loci, including a locus on 12q24.12 previously identified by meta-GWAS of endometrial and colorectal cancer. At five loci, expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analyses identify candidate causal genes; risk alleles at two of these loci associate with decreased expression of genes, which encode negative regulators of oncogenic signal transduction proteins (SH2B3 (12q24.12) and NF1 (17q11.2)). In summary, this study has doubled the number of known endometrial cancer risk loci and revealed candidate causal genes for future study.
Published: 2018

30. Identification of nine new susceptibility loci for endometrial cancer.

Author: Fung J., Chanock S.J., Chen C., Chen M.M., Ashton K., Milne R.L., Mints M., Montgomery G.W., Nassir R., Olsson H., Orlow I., Otton G., Palles C., Perry J.R.B., Peto J., Pooler L., Prescott J., Proietto T., Rebbeck T.R., Risch H.A., Rogers P.A.W., Rubner M., Runnebaum I., Sacerdote C., Sarto G.E., Schumacher F., Scott R.J., Setiawan V.W., Shah M., Sheng X., Shu X.-O., Southey M.C., Swerdlow A.J., Tham E., Trovik J., Turman C., Tyrer J.P., Vachon C., VanDen Berg D., Vanderstichele A., Wang Z., Webb P.M., Wentzensen N., Werner H.M.J., Winham S.J., Wolk A., Xia L., Xiang Y.-B., Yang H.P., Yu H., Zheng W., Pharoah P.D.P., Dunning A.M., Kraft P., De Vivo I., Tomlinson I., Easton D.F., Spurdle A.B., Thompson D.J., Jones A., O'Mara T.A., Glubb D.M., Amant F., Annibali D., Attia J., Auer P.L., Beckmann M.W., Black A., Bolla M.K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brinton L., Buchanan D.D., Burwinkel B., Cheng T.H.T., Clarke C.L., Clendenning M., Cook L.S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Crous-Bous M., Czene K., Day F., Dennis J., Depreeuw J., Doherty J.A., Dork T., Dowdy S.C., Durst M., Ekici A.B., Fasching P.A., Fridley B.L., Friedenreich C.M., Fritschi L., Chang-Claude J., Garcia-Closas M., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goode E.L., Gorman M., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hankison S.E., Healey C.S., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hodgson S., Hoivik E.A., Holliday E.G., Hopper J.L., Hunter D.J., Krakstad C., Kristensen V.N., Lambrechts D., Marchand L.L., Liang X., Lindblom A., Lissowska J., Long J., Lu L., Magliocco A.M., Martin L., McEvoy M., Meindl A., Michailidou K., Fung J., Chanock S.J., Chen C., Chen M.M., Ashton K., Milne R.L., Mints M., Montgomery G.W., Nassir R., Olsson H., Orlow I., Otton G., Palles C., Perry J.R.B., Peto J., Pooler L., Prescott J., Proietto T., Rebbeck T.R., Risch H.A., Rogers P.A.W., Rubner M., Runnebaum I., Sacerdote C., Sarto G.E., Schumacher F., Scott R.J., Setiawan V.W., Shah M., Sheng X., Shu X.-O., Southey M.C., Swerdlow A.J., Tham E., Trovik J., Turman C., Tyrer J.P., Vachon C., VanDen Berg D., Vanderstichele A., Wang Z., Webb P.M., Wentzensen N., Werner H.M.J., Winham S.J., Wolk A., Xia L., Xiang Y.-B., Yang H.P., Yu H., Zheng W., Pharoah P.D.P., Dunning A.M., Kraft P., De Vivo I., Tomlinson I., Easton D.F., Spurdle A.B., Thompson D.J., Jones A., O'Mara T.A., Glubb D.M., Amant F., Annibali D., Attia J., Auer P.L., Beckmann M.W., Black A., Bolla M.K., Brauch H., Brenner H., Brinton L., Buchanan D.D., Burwinkel B., Cheng T.H.T., Clarke C.L., Clendenning M., Cook L.S., Couch F.J., Cox A., Crous-Bous M., Czene K., Day F., Dennis J., Depreeuw J., Doherty J.A., Dork T., Dowdy S.C., Durst M., Ekici A.B., Fasching P.A., Fridley B.L., Friedenreich C.M., Fritschi L., Chang-Claude J., Garcia-Closas M., Gaudet M.M., Giles G.G., Goode E.L., Gorman M., Haiman C.A., Hall P., Hankison S.E., Healey C.S., Hein A., Hillemanns P., Hodgson S., Hoivik E.A., Holliday E.G., Hopper J.L., Hunter D.J., Krakstad C., Kristensen V.N., Lambrechts D., Marchand L.L., Liang X., Lindblom A., Lissowska J., Long J., Lu L., Magliocco A.M., Martin L., McEvoy M., Meindl A., and Michailidou K.
Abstract: Endometrial cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer of the female reproductive tract in developed countries. Through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we have previously identified eight risk loci for endometrial cancer. Here, we present an expanded meta-analysis of 12,906 endometrial cancer cases and 108,979 controls (including new genotype data for 5624 cases) and identify nine novel genome-wide significant loci, including a locus on 12q24.12 previously identified by meta-GWAS of endometrial and colorectal cancer. At five loci, expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analyses identify candidate causal genes; risk alleles at two of these loci associate with decreased expression of genes, which encode negative regulators of oncogenic signal transduction proteins (SH2B3 (12q24.12) and NF1 (17q11.2)). In summary, this study has doubled the number of known endometrial cancer risk loci and revealed candidate causal genes for future study.Copyright © 2018, The Author(s).
Published: 2018

31. Identification of nine new susceptibility loci for endometrial cancer

Author: O'Mara, TA, Glubb, DM, Amant, F, Annibali, D, Ashton, K, Attia, J, Auer, PL, Beckmann, MW, Black, A, Bolla, MK, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brinton, L, Buchanan, DD, Burwinkel, B, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chen, C, Chen, MM, Cheng, THT, Clarke, CL, Clendenning, M, Cook, LS, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Crous-Bous, M, Czene, K, Day, F, Dennis, J, Depreeuw, J, Doherty, JA, Dork, T, Dowdy, SC, Duerst, M, Ekici, AB, Fasching, PA, Fridley, BL, Friedenreich, CM, Fritschi, L, Fung, J, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goode, EL, Gorman, M, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hankison, SE, Healey, CS, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hodgson, S, Hoivik, EA, Holliday, EG, Hopper, JL, Hunter, DJ, Jones, A, Krakstad, C, Kristensen, VN, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Liang, X, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Long, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, AM, Martin, L, McEvoy, M, Meindl, A, Michailidou, K, Milne, RL, Mints, M, Montgomery, GW, Nassir, R, Olsson, H, Orlow, I, Otton, G, Palles, C, Perry, JRB, Peto, J, Pooler, L, Prescott, J, Proietto, T, Rebbeck, TR, Risch, HA, Rogers, PAW, Ruebner, M, Runnebaum, I, Sacerdote, C, Sarto, GE, Schumacher, F, Scott, RJ, Setiawan, VW, Shah, M, Sheng, X, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Tham, E, Trovik, J, Turman, C, Tyrer, JP, Vachon, C, Vanden Berg, D, Vanderstichele, A, Wang, Z, Webb, PM, Wentzensen, N, Werner, HMJ, Winham, SJ, Wolk, A, Xia, L, Xiang, Y-B, Yang, HP, Yu, H, Zheng, W, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Kraft, P, De Vivo, I, Tomlinson, I, Easton, DF, Spurdle, AB, Thompson, DJ, O'Mara, TA, Glubb, DM, Amant, F, Annibali, D, Ashton, K, Attia, J, Auer, PL, Beckmann, MW, Black, A, Bolla, MK, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Brinton, L, Buchanan, DD, Burwinkel, B, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, SJ, Chen, C, Chen, MM, Cheng, THT, Clarke, CL, Clendenning, M, Cook, LS, Couch, FJ, Cox, A, Crous-Bous, M, Czene, K, Day, F, Dennis, J, Depreeuw, J, Doherty, JA, Dork, T, Dowdy, SC, Duerst, M, Ekici, AB, Fasching, PA, Fridley, BL, Friedenreich, CM, Fritschi, L, Fung, J, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Giles, GG, Goode, EL, Gorman, M, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hankison, SE, Healey, CS, Hein, A, Hillemanns, P, Hodgson, S, Hoivik, EA, Holliday, EG, Hopper, JL, Hunter, DJ, Jones, A, Krakstad, C, Kristensen, VN, Lambrechts, D, Le Marchand, L, Liang, X, Lindblom, A, Lissowska, J, Long, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, AM, Martin, L, McEvoy, M, Meindl, A, Michailidou, K, Milne, RL, Mints, M, Montgomery, GW, Nassir, R, Olsson, H, Orlow, I, Otton, G, Palles, C, Perry, JRB, Peto, J, Pooler, L, Prescott, J, Proietto, T, Rebbeck, TR, Risch, HA, Rogers, PAW, Ruebner, M, Runnebaum, I, Sacerdote, C, Sarto, GE, Schumacher, F, Scott, RJ, Setiawan, VW, Shah, M, Sheng, X, Shu, X-O, Southey, MC, Swerdlow, AJ, Tham, E, Trovik, J, Turman, C, Tyrer, JP, Vachon, C, Vanden Berg, D, Vanderstichele, A, Wang, Z, Webb, PM, Wentzensen, N, Werner, HMJ, Winham, SJ, Wolk, A, Xia, L, Xiang, Y-B, Yang, HP, Yu, H, Zheng, W, Pharoah, PDP, Dunning, AM, Kraft, P, De Vivo, I, Tomlinson, I, Easton, DF, Spurdle, AB, and Thompson, DJ
Abstract: Endometrial cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer of the female reproductive tract in developed countries. Through genome-wide association studies (GWAS), we have previously identified eight risk loci for endometrial cancer. Here, we present an expanded meta-analysis of 12,906 endometrial cancer cases and 108,979 controls (including new genotype data for 5624 cases) and identify nine novel genome-wide significant loci, including a locus on 12q24.12 previously identified by meta-GWAS of endometrial and colorectal cancer. At five loci, expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analyses identify candidate causal genes; risk alleles at two of these loci associate with decreased expression of genes, which encode negative regulators of oncogenic signal transduction proteins (SH2B3 (12q24.12) and NF1 (17q11.2)). In summary, this study has doubled the number of known endometrial cancer risk loci and revealed candidate causal genes for future study.
Published: 2018

32. Leukocyte Telomere Length and All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality: Results from Individual-Participant-Data Meta-Analysis of 2 Large Prospective Cohort Studies

Author: Mons, U. Müezzinler, A. Schöttker, B. Dieffenbach, A.K. Butterbach, K. Schick, M. Peasey, A. De Vivo, I. Trichopoulou, A. Boffetta, P. Brenner, H.
Abstract: We studied the associations of leukocyte telomere length (LTL) with all-cause, cardiovascular disease, and cancer mortality in 12,199 adults participating in 2 population-based prospective cohort studies from Europe (ESTHER) and the United States (Nurses' Health Study). Blood samples were collected in 1989-1990 (Nurses' Health Study) and 2000-2002 (ESTHER). LTL was measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. We calculated z scores for LTL to standardize LTL measurements across the cohorts. Cox proportional hazards regression models were used to calculate relative mortality according to continuous levels and quintiles of LTL z scores. The hazard ratios obtained from each cohort were subsequently pooled by meta-analysis. Overall, 2,882 deaths were recorded during follow-up (Nurses' Health Study, 1989-2010; ESTHER, 2000-2015). LTL was inversely associated with age in both cohorts. After adjustment for age, a significant inverse trend of LTL with all-cause mortality was observed in both cohorts. In random-effects meta-analysis, age-adjusted hazard ratios for the shortest LTL quintile compared with the longest were 1.23 (95% confidence interval (CI): 1.04, 1.46) for all-cause mortality, 1.29 (95% CI: 0.83, 2.00) for cardiovascular mortality, and 1.10 (95% CI: 0.88, 1.37) for cancer mortality. In this study population with an age range of 43-75 years, we corroborated previous evidence suggesting that LTL predicts all-cause mortality beyond its association with age. © The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. All rights reserved.
Published: 2017

33. VARIATIONS BY RACE, ETHNICITY AND SEX IN RELATIONS OF BEHAVIORAL FACTORS TO BIOLOGICAL AGING

Author: Okereke, O, primary, Ogata, S, additional, Mischoulon, D, additional, Chang, G, additional, Hazra, A, additional, Manson, J, additional, Reynolds, C, additional, and De Vivo, I, additional
Published: 2018
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34. Genomic analyses for age at menarche identify 389 independent signals and indicate BMI-independent effects of puberty timing on cancer susceptibility

Author: Nora Franceschini, Rico Rueedi, Gerardo Heiss, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Marike Gabrielson, Henry Völzke, Daniela Ruggiero, Judith S. Brand, Stig E. Bojesen, Iffat Rahman, Fergus J. Couch, Patrick Sulem, Harold Snieder, Jenny Chang-Claude, Caterina Barbieri, Ute Hamann, Hinds D, Pascal Guénel, Amanda B. Spurdle, Paul M. Ridker, Ulla Sovio, Roger L. Milne, Hamdi Mbarek, H Brenner, Hilary K. Finucane, Maristella Steri, Lude Franke, Emmi Tikkanen, Ivana Kolcic, Vitart, Ken K. Ong, Alison M. Dunning, Aarno Palotie, Caroline Hayward, Jouke J. Hottenga, Abhishek Sarkar, Stefania Lenarduzzi, Nicholas G. Martin, Katharina E. Schraut, Eva Albrecht, Hiltrud Brauch, Lisette Stolk, Joop S.E. Laven, Penelope A. Lind, Ilaria Gandin, Patrik K. E. Magnusson, Ellen A. Nohr, Tanguy Corre, Jing Hua Zhao, N J Timpson, Jenny A. Visser, Harald Grallert, P. A. Fasching, Susan M. Ring, Stöckl D, Grant W. Montgomery, Marzyeh Amini, Velez Edwards Dr, Thomas Meitinger, Qinghua Wang, David Karasik, Daniel I. Chasman, Nicholas J. Wareham, Alexander Teumer, Mellissa C. Southey, Kathryn L. Lunetta, S. E. Medland, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Maartje J. Hooning, Lili Milani, D Lambrechts, Ozren Polasek, Po-Ru Loh, James F. Wilson, Campbell A, Julian Peto, Ellen W. Demerath, Christian Gieger, de Geus Ej, Cox A, Javier Benítez, Mitul Shah, Eric Boerwinkle, Matthias W. Beckmann, Thorsteindottir U, Julie E. Buring, De Vivo I, Hannes Helgason, Paolo Radice, Tracy A. O'Mara, L. J. Launer, D. F. Gudbjartsson, Frits R. Rosendaal, C.A. Hartman, Stefania Bandinelli, Felix R. Day, Lynda M. Rose, van Dijk Kw, Natalia Perjakova, Anneli Pouta, Igor Rudan, Sven Bergmann, Kamila Czene, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, Pau Navarro, Sean Whalen, Heli Nevanlinna, Teresa Nutile, Diana L. Cousminer, Albert V. Smith, Massimo Mangino, Uwe Völker, Michela Traglia, Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, Ayush Giri, Linda Broer, Albertine J. Oldehinkel, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Peter Vollenweider, Jian'an Luan, Nancy L. Pedersen, Irene L. Andrulis, Reedik Mägi, Robert Winqvist, Gonneke Willemsen, John L. Hopper, Gudnason, Marjanka K. Schmidt, David G. Hunter, Robert A. Scott, T.B. Harris, Joanne M. Murabito, David J. Porteous, Harry Campbell, Eleonora Porcu, D.I. Boomsma, Thibaud Boutin, M. A. Ikram, Doug Easton, Magdalena Zoledziewska, Meir J. Stampfer, Katherine S. Pollard, Eulalia Catamo, Tõnu Esko, M-R Jarvelin, Laura Crisponi, Claudia Langenberg, Marek Zygmunt, Antonietta Robino, Emily Hallberg, Manjeet K. Bolla, Ruth Ks, Bruce H W Wolffenbuttel, Lavinia Paternoster, Tyrer Jp, P. Kraft, George Davey-Smith, Robert Karlsson, Graham G. Giles, Jingmei Li, Pharoah Pd, Segrè Av, Marina Ciullo, Perry, Brumat Marco, Peter K. Joshi, Chunyan He, Sara Lindström, Joe Dennis, Thérèse Truong, Yongmei Liu, Anna Marie Mulligan, Mike A. Nalls, Cinzia Sala, K. Stefansson, Murray A, Debbie A Lawlor, Tung Jy, Deborah J. Thompson, Dennis O. Mook-Kanamori, Daniela Toniolo, Luigi Ferrucci, Peter Devilee, S. Chanock, Cristina Menni, George McMahon, Murielle Bochud, A. Metspalu, Tomohiro Tanaka, E. Widen, Hae Kyung Im, Dale R. Nyholt, Ilja M. Nolte, Thomas Brüning, Christina Meisinger, Annette Peters, Kyriaki Michailidou, Per Hall, Rossella Sorice, Genevieve Lachance, Johan G. Eriksson, Francesco Cucca, A.G. Uitterlinden, Z. Kutalik, Mark I. McCarthy, Frank B. Hu, Konstantin Strauch, Tim D. Spector, Elisabeth Altmaier, S. Ulivi, Alkes L. Price, Arto Mannermaa, Raymond Noordam, and de Mutsert R
Subjects: Genetics, 0303 health sciences, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis, Genotype, Menarche, Trait, Cancer susceptibility, Genomics, Biology, 030304 developmental biology
Abstract: The timing of puberty is a highly polygenic childhood trait that is epidemiologically associated with various adult diseases. Here, we analyse 1000-Genome reference panel imputed genotype data on up to ~370,000 women and identify 389 independent signals (all P−8) for age at menarche, a notable milestone in female pubertal development. In Icelandic data from deCODE, these signals explain ~7.4% of the population variance in age at menarche, corresponding to one quarter of the estimated heritability. We implicate over 250 genes via coding variation or associated gene expression, and demonstrate enrichment across genes active in neural tissues. We identify multiple rare variants near the imprinted genes MKRN3 and DLK1 that exhibit large effects on menarche only when paternally inherited. Disproportionate effects of variants on early or late puberty timing are observed: single variant and heritability estimates are larger for early than late puberty timing in females. The opposite pattern is seen in males, with larger estimates for late than early puberty timing. Mendelian randomization analyses indicate causal inverse associations, independent of BMI, between puberty timing and risks for breast and endometrial cancers in women, and prostate cancer in men. In aggregate, our findings reveal new complexity in the genetic regulation of puberty timing and support new causal links with adult cancer risks.
Published: 2016
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35. Genome-wide association analysis identifies TXNRD2, ATXN2 and FOXC1 as susceptibility loci for primary open-angle glaucoma

Author: Bailey, JNC, Loomis, SJ, Kang, JH, Allingham, RR, Gharahkhani, P, Khor, CC, Burdon, KP, Aschard, H, Chasman, DI, Igo, RP, Hysi, PG, Glastonbury, CA, Ashley-Koch, A, Brilliant, M, Brown, AA, Budenz, DL, Buil, A, Cheng, CY, Choi, H, Christen, WG, Curhan, G, De Vivo, I, Fingert, JH, Foster, PJ, Fuchs, C, Gaasterland, D, Gaasterland, T, Hewitt, AW, Hu, F, Hunter, DJ, Khawaja, AP, Lee, RK, Li, Z, Lichter, PR, Mackey, DA, McGuffin, P, Mitchell, P, Moroi, SE, Perera, SA, Pepper, KW, Qi, Q, Realini, T, Richards, JE, Ridker, PM, Rimm, E, Ritch, R, Ritchie, M, Schuman, JS, Scott, WK, Singh, K, Sit, AJ, Song, YE, Tamimi, RM, Topouzis, F, Viswanathan, AC, Verma, SS, Vollrath, D, Wang, JJ, Weisschuh, N, Wissinger, B, Wollstein, G, Wong, TY, Yaspan, BL, Zack, DJ, Zhang, K, Weinreb, RN, Pericak-Vance, MA, Small, K, Hammond, CJ, Aung, T, Liu, Y, Vithana, EN, MacGregor, S, Craig, JE, Kraft, P, Howell, G, Hauser, MA, and Pasquale, LR
Subjects: ANZRAG Consortium
Abstract: © 2016 Nature America, Inc. Primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) is a leading cause of blindness worldwide. To identify new susceptibility loci, we performed meta-analysis on genome-wide association study (GWAS) results from eight independent studies from the United States (3,853 cases and 33,480 controls) and investigated the most significantly associated SNPs in two Australian studies (1,252 cases and 2,592 controls), three European studies (875 cases and 4,107 controls) and a Singaporean Chinese study (1,037 cases and 2,543 controls). A meta-analysis of the top SNPs identified three new associated loci: rs35934224[T] in TXNRD2 (odds ratio (OR) = 0.78, P = 4.05 × 10 -11) encoding a mitochondrial protein required for redox homeostasis; rs7137828[T] in ATXN2 (OR = 1.17, P = 8.73 × 10 -10); and rs2745572[A] upstream of FOXC1 (OR = 1.17, P = 1.76 × 10 -10). Using RT-PCR and immunohistochemistry, we show TXNRD2 and ATXN2 expression in retinal ganglion cells and the optic nerve head. These results identify new pathways underlying POAG susceptibility and suggest new targets for preventative therapies.
Published: 2016
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36. Female chromosome X mosaicism is age-related and preferentially affects the inactivated X chromosome

Author: Lu, L. (Lingeng), Lissowska, J. (Jolanta), Liu, J. (Jianjun), Lin, D. (Dongxin), Liao, L. (Linda), Liang, X. (Xiaolin), Li, D. (Donghui), Le-Marchand, L. (Loic), Landi, M.T. (María Teresa), Lan, Q. (Qing), LaCroix, A. (Andrea), Kurtz, R.C. (Robert C.), Krogh, V. (Vittorio), Kraft, P. (Peter), Kooperberg, C. (Charles), Kolonel, L.N. (Laurence N.), Koh, W.P. (Woon-Puay), Klein, R. (Robert), Klein, A.P. (Alison P.), Kim, Y.T. (Young Tae), Kim, Y.H. (Yeul Hong), Kim, H.N. (Hee Nam), Khaw, K.T. (Kay-Tee), Johansen, C. (Christoffer), Jenab, M. (Mazda), Hutchinson, A. (Amy), Hunter, D.J. (David J.), Hu, W. (Wei), Hu, N. (Nan), Hsiung, C.A. (Chao A.), Hoover, R.N. (Robert N.), Hong, Y.C. (Yun-Chul), Holly, E.A. (Elizabeth A.), Henriksson, R. (Roger), Harris, C.C. (Curtis C.), Hankinson, S.E. (Susan E.), Hallmans, G. (Goran), Haiman, C.A. (Christopher A.), Goldstein, A.M. (Alisa M.), Goldin, L. (Lynn), Giovannucci, E.L. (Edward L.), Gillanders, E.M. (Elizabeth M.), Giles, G.G. (Graham G.), Gaziano, J.M. (J. Michael), Gaudet, M.M. (Mia M.), Garcia-Closas, M. (Montserrat), Gapstur, S.M. (Susan M.), Gao, Y.T. (Yu-Tang), Gallinger, S. (Steven), Fuchs, C.S. (Charles S.), Friedenreich, C.M. (Christine M.), Fraumeni, J.F. (Joseph F.), Figueroa, J.D. (Jonine D.), Fan, J.H. (Jin-Hu), Epstein, C.G. (Caroline G.), Duell, E.J. (Eric J.), Doherty, J. (Jennifer), Ding, T. (Ti), De Vivo, I. (Immaculata), Davis, F.G. (Faith G.), Cullen, M. (Michael), Crous Bou, M. (Marta), Cook, L.S. (Linda S.), Chung, C.C. (Charles C.), Chen, K. (Kexin), Chen, C. (Constance), Chen, C. (Chu), Chatterjee, N. (Nilanjan), Chang, I.S. ( I-Shou), Chaffee, K.G. (Kari G.), Carreon, T. (Tania), Canzian, F. (Federico), Butler, M.A. (Mary A.), Buring, J.E. (Julie E.), Burdett, L. (Laurie), Bueno-de-Mesquita, H.B. (H. Bas), Brinton, L.A. (Louise A.), Bracci, P.M. (Paige M.), Bock, C.H. (Cathryn H.), Blot, W.J. (William J.), Black, A. (Amanda), Berndt, S.I. (Sonja I.), Chanock, S.J. (Stephen J.), Yeager, M. (Meredith), Dean, M.C. (Michael C.), Tucker, M. (Margaret), Rothman, N. (Nathaniel), Caporaso, N.E. (Neil E.), Perez-Jurado, L.A. (Luis A.), Beane-Freeman, L.E. (Laura E.), Ziegler, R.G. (Regina G.), Zhou, B. (Baosen), Zheng, W. (Wei), Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A. (Anne), Zanetti, K.A. (Krista A.), Yu, K. (Kai), Yang, P.C. (Pan-Chyr), Yang, H.P. (Hannah P.), Xia, L. (Lucy), Wunder, J.S. (Jay S.), Arslan, A.A. (Alan A.), Wu, Y.L. (Yi-Long), Wu, Y.Q. (Yan Q.), Wu, T. (Tangchun), Wu, C. (Chen), Wong, M.P. (Maria Pik), Wolpin, B.M. (Brian M.), Wiencke, J.K. (John K.), White, E. (Emily), Wheeler, W. (William), Wentzensen, N. (Nicolas), Amundadottir, L. (Laufey), Wang, Z. (Zhaoming), Wang, J.C. (Jiu-Cun), Wacholder, S. (Sholom), Visvanathan, K. (Kala), Van Den Berg, D. (David), Tobias, G.S. (Geoffrey S.), Teras, L.R. (Lauren R.), Taylor, P.R. (Philip R.), Tang, Z.Z. (Ze-Zhong), Stram, D. (Daniel), Amos, C. (Christopher), Stolzenberg-Solomon, R.Z. (Rachael Z.), Stevens, V.L. (Victoria L.), Spitz, M.R. (Margaret R.), Silverman, D.T. (Debra T.), Shu, X.O. (Xiao-Ou), Shin, M.H. (Min-Ho), Sheng, X. (Xin), Shen, H. (Hongbing), Severi, G. (Gianluca), Setiawan, V.W. (Veronica Wendy), Aldrich, M.C. (Melinda C.), Seow, A. (Adeline), Schwartz, K.L. (Kendra L.), Schwartz, A.G. (Ann G.), Schumacher, F. (Fredrick), Savage, S.A. (Sharon A.), Ruder, A.M. (Avima M.), Rodriguez-Santiago, B. (Benjamin), Risch, H.A. (Harvey A.), Riboli, E. (Elio), Real, F.X. (Francisco X.), Abnet, C.C. (Christian C.), Rajaraman, P. (Preetha), Qiao, Y.L. (You-Lin), Purdue, M. (Mark), Prokunina-Olsson, L. (Ludmila), Prescott, J. (Jennifer), Pooler, L. (Loreall), Petersen, G. (Gloria), Peters, U. (Ulrike), Peplonska, B. (Beata), Park, J.Y. (Jae Yong), Jacobs, K. (Kevin), Orlow, I. (Irene), Olson, S.H. (Sara H.), Moore, L.E. (Lee E.), Mirabello, L. (Lisa), Melin, B.S. (Beatrice S.), McWilliams, R.R. (Robert R.), McNeill, L.H. (Lorna H.), Matsuo, K. (Keitaro), Malats, N. (Nuria), Magliocco, A.M. (Anthony M.), Hautman, C. (Christopher), Dagnall, C. (Casey), Hicks, B. (Belynda), Yang, Q. (Qi), Freedman, N.D. (Neal D.), Sampson, J. (Joshua), Karlins, E. (Eric), Zhou, W. (Weiyin), Mitchell, J.M. (J. Machiela), Machiela, M.J. (Mitchell J.), and Patiño-García, A. (Ana)
Subjects: Chromosome X, Age-related
Abstract: To investigate large structural clonal mosaicism of chromosome X, we analysed the SNP microarray intensity data of 38,303 women from cancer genome-wide association studies (20,878 cases and 17,425 controls) and detected 124 mosaic X events42Mb in 97 (0.25%) women. Here we show rates for X-chromosome mosaicism are four times higher than mean autosomal rates; X mosaic events more often include the entire chromosome and participants with X events more likely harbour autosomal mosaic events. X mosaicism frequency increases with age (0.11% in 50-year olds; 0.45% in 75-year olds), as reported for Y and autosomes. Methylation array analyses of 33 women with X mosaicism indicate events preferentially involve the inactive X chromosome. Our results provide further evidence that the sex chromosomes undergo mosaic events more frequently than autosomes, which could have implications for understanding the underlying mechanisms of mosaic events and their possible contribution to risk for chronic diseases.
Published: 2016

37. Large-Scale Genomic Analyses Link Reproductive Aging to Hypothalamic Signaling, Breast Cancer Susceptibility, and BRCA1-Mediated DNA Repair EDITORIAL COMMENT

Author: Day, FR, Ruth, KS, Thompson, DJ, Lunetta, KL, Pervjakova, N, Chasman, DI, Stolk, Lisette, Finucane, HK, Sulem, P, Bulik-Sullivan, B, Esko, T, Johnson, AD, Elks, CE, Franceschini, N, He, C, Altmaier, E, Brody, JA, Franke, LL, Huffman, JE, Keller, MF, McArdle, PF, Nutile, T, Porcu, E, Robino, A, Rose, LM, Schick, UM, Smith, JA, Teumer, A, Traglia, M, Vuckovic, D, Yao, J, Zhao, W, Albrecht, E, Amin, Najaf, Corre, T, Hottenga, JJ (Jouke Jan), Mangino, M, Smith, AV, Tanaka, T, Abecasis, GR, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antoniou, AC, Arndt, V, Arnold, AM, Barbieri, C, Beckmann, MW, Beeghly-Fadiel, A, Benitez, J, Bernstein, L, Bielinski, SJ, Blomqvist, C, Boerwinkle, E, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Borresen-Dale, AL, Boutin, TS, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Bruning, T, Burwinkel, B, Campbell, A (Archie), Campbell, H, Chanock, SJ, Chapman, JR, Chen, YDI, Chenevix-Trench, G, Couch, FJ, Coviello, AD, Cox, A, Czene, K, Darabi, H, de Vivo, I, Demerath, EW, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Dork, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dunning, AM, Eicher, JD, Fasching, PA, Faul, JD, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Gandin, I, Garcia, ME, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Girotto, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Goodarzi, MO, Grove, ML, Gudbjartsson, DF, Guenel, P, Guo, XQ, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Henderson, BE, Hocking, LJ, Hofman, Bert, Homuth, G, Hooning, Maartje, Hopper, JL, Hu, FB, Huang, JY, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Jakubowska, A, Jones, SE, Kabisch, M, Karasik, D, Knight, JA, Kolcic, I, Kooperberg, C, Kosma, VM, Kriebel, J, Kristensen, V, Lambrechts, D, Langenberg, C, Li, JM, Li, X, Lindstrom, S, Liu, YM, Luan, JA, Lubinski, J, Magi, R, Mannermaa, A, Manz, J, Margolin, S, Marten, J, Martin, NG, Masciullo, C, Meindl, A, Michailidou, K, Mihailov, E, Milani, L, Milne, RL, Muller-Nurasyid, M, Nalls, M, Neale, BM, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, AB, Nordestgaard, BG, Olson, JE, Padmanabhan, S, Peterlongo, P, Peters, U, Petersmann, A, Peto, J, Pharoah, PDP, Pirastu, NN, Pirie, A, Pistis, G, Polasek, O, Porteous, D, Psaty, BM, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Raffel, LJ, Rivadeneira, Fernando, Rudan, I, Rudolph, A, Ruggiero, D, Sala, CF, Sanna, S, Sawyer, EJ, Schlessinger, D, Schmidt, MK (Marjanka), Schmidt, F, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Scott, RA, Seynaeve, Caroline, Simard, J, Sorice, R, Southey, MC, Stockl, D, Strauch, K, Swerdlow, A, Taylor, KD, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, Tryggvadottir, L, Turner, ST, Vozzi, D, Wang, Q (Qing), Wellons, M, Willemsen, G, Wilson, JF, Winqvist, R, Wolffenbuttel, BBHR, Wright, AF, Yannoukakos, D, Zemunik, T, Zheng, W, Zygmunt, M, Bergmann, S, Boomsma, DI, Buring, JE, Ferrucci, L, Montgomery, GW, Gudnason, V, Spector, TD, Duijn, Cornelia, Alizadeh, BZ, Ciullo, M, Crisponi, L, Easton, DF, Gasparini, PP, Gieger, C, Harris, TB, Hayward, C, Kardia, SLR, Kraft, P, McKnight, B, Metspalu, A, Morrison, AC, Reiner, AP, Ridker, PM, Rotter, JI, Toniolo, D, Uitterlinden, André, Ulivi, S, Volzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Weir, DR, Yerges-Armstrong, LM, Price, AL, Stefansson, K, Visser, Jenny, Ong, KK, Chang-Claude, J, Murabito, JM, Perry, JRB, Murray, A, Systems Ecology, Neuroscience Campus Amsterdam - Neurobiology of Mental Health, Internal Medicine, Epidemiology, Medical Oncology, and Clinical Genetics
Subjects: SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
Published: 2015
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38. Female chromosome X mosaicism is age-related and preferentially affects the inactivated X chromosome

Author: Machiela, MJ, Zhou, W, Karlins, E, Sampson, JN, Freedman, ND, Yang, Q, Hicks, B, Dagnall, C, Hautman, C, Jacobs, KB, Abnet, CC, Aldrich, MC, Amos, C, Amundadottir, LT, Arslan, AA, Beane-Freeman, LE, Berndt, SI, Black, A, Blot, WJ, Bock, CH, Bracci, PM, Brinton, LA, Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB, Burdett, L, Buring, JE, Butler, MA, Canzian, F, Carreon, T, Chaffee, KG, Chang, I-S, Chatterjee, N, Chen, C, Chen, K, Chung, CC, Cook, LS, Bou, MC, Cullen, M, Davis, FG, De Vivo, I, Ding, T, Doherty, J, Duell, EJ, Epstein, CG, Fan, J-H, Figueroa, JD, Fraumeni, JF, Friedenreich, CM, Fuchs, CS, Gallinger, S, Gao, Y-T, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Gaziano, JM, Giles, GG, Gillanders, EM, Giovannucci, EL, Goldin, L, Goldstein, AM, Haiman, CA, Hallmans, G, Hankinson, SE, Harris, CC, Henriksson, R, Holly, EA, Hong, Y-C, Hoover, RN, Hsiung, CA, Hu, N, Hu, W, Hunter, DJ, Hutchinson, A, Jenab, M, Johansen, C, Khaw, K-T, Kim, HN, Kim, YH, Kim, YT, Klein, AP, Klein, R, Koh, W-P, Kolonel, LN, Kooperberg, C, Kraft, P, Krogh, V, Kurtz, RC, LaCroix, A, Lan, Q, Landi, MT, Le Marchand, L, Li, D, Liang, X, Liao, LM, Lin, D, Liu, J, Lissowska, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, AM, Malats, N, Matsuo, K, McNeill, LH, McWilliams, RR, Melin, BS, Mirabello, L, Moore, L, Olson, SH, Orlow, I, Park, JY, Patino-Garcia, A, Peplonska, B, Peters, U, Petersen, GM, Pooler, L, Prescott, J, Prokunina-Olsson, L, Purdue, MP, Qiao, Y-L, Rajaraman, P, Real, FX, Riboli, E, Risch, HA, Rodriguez-Santiago, B, Ruder, AM, Savage, SA, Schumacher, F, Schwartz, AG, Schwartz, KL, Seow, A, Setiawan, VW, Severi, G, Shen, H, Sheng, X, Shin, M-H, Shu, X-O, Silverman, DT, Spitz, MR, Stevens, VL, Stolzenberg-Solomon, R, Stram, D, Tang, Z-Z, Taylor, PR, Teras, LR, Tobias, GS, Van den Berg, D, Visvanathan, K, Wacholder, S, Wang, J-C, Wang, Z, Wentzensen, N, Wheeler, W, White, E, Wiencke, JK, Wolpin, BM, Wong, MP, Wu, C, Wu, T, Wu, X, Wu, Y-L, Wunder, JS, Xia, L, Yang, HP, Yang, P-C, Yu, K, Zanetti, KA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A, Zheng, W, Zhou, B, Ziegler, RG, Perez-Jurado, LA, Caporaso, NE, Rothman, N, Tucker, M, Dean, MC, Yeager, M, Chanock, SJ, Machiela, MJ, Zhou, W, Karlins, E, Sampson, JN, Freedman, ND, Yang, Q, Hicks, B, Dagnall, C, Hautman, C, Jacobs, KB, Abnet, CC, Aldrich, MC, Amos, C, Amundadottir, LT, Arslan, AA, Beane-Freeman, LE, Berndt, SI, Black, A, Blot, WJ, Bock, CH, Bracci, PM, Brinton, LA, Bueno-de-Mesquita, HB, Burdett, L, Buring, JE, Butler, MA, Canzian, F, Carreon, T, Chaffee, KG, Chang, I-S, Chatterjee, N, Chen, C, Chen, K, Chung, CC, Cook, LS, Bou, MC, Cullen, M, Davis, FG, De Vivo, I, Ding, T, Doherty, J, Duell, EJ, Epstein, CG, Fan, J-H, Figueroa, JD, Fraumeni, JF, Friedenreich, CM, Fuchs, CS, Gallinger, S, Gao, Y-T, Gapstur, SM, Garcia-Closas, M, Gaudet, MM, Gaziano, JM, Giles, GG, Gillanders, EM, Giovannucci, EL, Goldin, L, Goldstein, AM, Haiman, CA, Hallmans, G, Hankinson, SE, Harris, CC, Henriksson, R, Holly, EA, Hong, Y-C, Hoover, RN, Hsiung, CA, Hu, N, Hu, W, Hunter, DJ, Hutchinson, A, Jenab, M, Johansen, C, Khaw, K-T, Kim, HN, Kim, YH, Kim, YT, Klein, AP, Klein, R, Koh, W-P, Kolonel, LN, Kooperberg, C, Kraft, P, Krogh, V, Kurtz, RC, LaCroix, A, Lan, Q, Landi, MT, Le Marchand, L, Li, D, Liang, X, Liao, LM, Lin, D, Liu, J, Lissowska, J, Lu, L, Magliocco, AM, Malats, N, Matsuo, K, McNeill, LH, McWilliams, RR, Melin, BS, Mirabello, L, Moore, L, Olson, SH, Orlow, I, Park, JY, Patino-Garcia, A, Peplonska, B, Peters, U, Petersen, GM, Pooler, L, Prescott, J, Prokunina-Olsson, L, Purdue, MP, Qiao, Y-L, Rajaraman, P, Real, FX, Riboli, E, Risch, HA, Rodriguez-Santiago, B, Ruder, AM, Savage, SA, Schumacher, F, Schwartz, AG, Schwartz, KL, Seow, A, Setiawan, VW, Severi, G, Shen, H, Sheng, X, Shin, M-H, Shu, X-O, Silverman, DT, Spitz, MR, Stevens, VL, Stolzenberg-Solomon, R, Stram, D, Tang, Z-Z, Taylor, PR, Teras, LR, Tobias, GS, Van den Berg, D, Visvanathan, K, Wacholder, S, Wang, J-C, Wang, Z, Wentzensen, N, Wheeler, W, White, E, Wiencke, JK, Wolpin, BM, Wong, MP, Wu, C, Wu, T, Wu, X, Wu, Y-L, Wunder, JS, Xia, L, Yang, HP, Yang, P-C, Yu, K, Zanetti, KA, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A, Zheng, W, Zhou, B, Ziegler, RG, Perez-Jurado, LA, Caporaso, NE, Rothman, N, Tucker, M, Dean, MC, Yeager, M, and Chanock, SJ
Abstract: To investigate large structural clonal mosaicism of chromosome X, we analysed the SNP microarray intensity data of 38,303 women from cancer genome-wide association studies (20,878 cases and 17,425 controls) and detected 124 mosaic X events >2 Mb in 97 (0.25%) women. Here we show rates for X-chromosome mosaicism are four times higher than mean autosomal rates; X mosaic events more often include the entire chromosome and participants with X events more likely harbour autosomal mosaic events. X mosaicism frequency increases with age (0.11% in 50-year olds; 0.45% in 75-year olds), as reported for Y and autosomes. Methylation array analyses of 33 women with X mosaicism indicate events preferentially involve the inactive X chromosome. Our results provide further evidence that the sex chromosomes undergo mosaic events more frequently than autosomes, which could have implications for understanding the underlying mechanisms of mosaic events and their possible contribution to risk for chronic diseases.
Published: 2016

39. Human progesterone receptor gene polymorphisms and endometrial cancer risk

Author: Boezen, G.M., Hankinson, S.E., Lescault, P.J., Colditz, G.A., Hunter, D.J., and De Vivo, I.
Subjects: Genetic disorders -- Research, Progesterone -- Receptors, Cancer -- Risk factors, Endometrium -- Genetic aspects, Biological sciences
Published: 2001

40. Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche

Author: Perry, JRB, Day, F, Elks, CE, Sulem, P, Thompson, DJ, Ferreira, T, He, C, Chasman, DI, Esko, T, Thorleifsson, G, Albrecht, E, Ang, WQ, Corre, T, Cousminer, DL, Feenstra, B, Franceschini, N, Ganna, A, Johnson, AD, Kjellqvist, S, Lunetta, KL, McMahon, G, Nolte, IM, Paternoster, L, Porcu, E, Smith, AV, Stolk, L, Teumer, A, Tšernikova, N, Tikkanen, E, Ulivi, S, Wagner, EK, Amin, N, Bierut, LJ, Byrne, EM, Hottenga, JJ, Koller, DL, Mangino, M, Pers, TH, Yerges-Armstrong, LM, Zhao, JH, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Atsma, F, Bandinelli, S, Beckmann, MW, Benitez, J, Blomqvist, C, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Bonanni, B, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Buring, JE, Chang-Claude, J, Chanock, S, Chen, J, Chenevix-Trench, G, Collée, JM, Couch, FJ, Couper, D, Coviello, AD, Cox, A, Czene, K, D'adamo, AP, Smith, GD, De Vivo, I, and Demerath, EW
Abstract: © 2014 Macmillan Publishers Limited. All rights reserved. Age at menarche is a marker of timing of puberty in females. It varies widely between individuals, is a heritable trait and is associated with risks for obesity, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, breast cancer and all-cause mortality. Studies of rare human disorders of puberty and animal models point to a complex hypothalamic-pituitary-hormonal regulation, but the mechanisms that determine pubertal timing and underlie its links to disease risk remain unclear. Here, using genome-wide and custom-genotyping arrays in up to 182,416 women of European descent from 57 studies, we found robust evidence (P < 5 × 10-8) for 123 signals at 106 genomic loci associated with age at menarche. Many loci were associated with other pubertal traits in both sexes, and there was substantial overlap with genes implicated in body mass index and various diseases, including rare disorders of puberty. Menarche signals were enriched in imprinted regions, with three loci (DLK1-WDR25, MKRN3-MAGEL2 and KCNK9) demonstrating parent-of-origin-specific associations concordant with known parental expression patterns. Pathway analyses implicated nuclear hormone receptors, particularly retinoic acid and γ-aminobutyric acid-B2 receptor signalling, among novel mechanisms that regulate pubertal timing in humans. Our findings suggest a genetic architecture involving at least hundreds of common variants in the coordinated timing of the pubertal transition.
Published: 2014
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41. Genome-wide association study identifies multiple loci associated with bladder cancer risk

Author: Figueroa, JD, Ye, Y, Siddiq, A, Garcia-Closas, M, Chatterjee, N, Prokunina-Olsson, L, Cortessis, VK, Kooperberg, C, Cussenot, O, Benhamou, S, Prescott, J, Porru, S, Dinney, CP, Malats, N, Baris, D, Purdue, M, Jacobs, EJ, Albanes, D, Wang, Z, Deng, X, Chung, CC, Tang, W, Bueno-De-Mesquita, HB, Trichopoulos, D, Ljungberg, B, Clavel-Chapelon, F, Weiderpass, E, Krogh, V, Dorronsoro, M, Travis, R, Tjonneland, A, Brenan, P, Chang-Claude, J, Riboli, E, Conti, D, Gago Dominguez, Manuela, Stern, MC, Pike, MC, Van den Berg, D, Yuan, JM, Hohensee, C, Rodabough, R, Cancel-Tassin, G, Roupret, M, Comperat, E, Chen, C, De Vivo, I, Giovannucci, E, Hunter, DJ, Kraft, P, Lindstrom, S, Carta, A, Pavanello, S, Arici, C, Mastrangelo, G, Kamat, AM, Lerner, SP, Grossman, HB, Lin, J, Gu, J, Pu, X, Hutchinson, A, Burdette, L, Wheeler, W, Kogevinas, M, Tardon, A, Serra, C, Carrato, A, Garcia-Closas, R, Lloreta, J, Schwenn, M, Karagas, MR, Johnson, A, Schned, A, Armenti, KR, Hosain, GM, Andriole, G, Grubb, R, Black, A, Diver, WR, Gapstur, SM, Weinstein, SJ, Virtamo, J, Haiman, CA, Landi, MT, Caporaso, N, Fraumeni, JF, Vineis, P, Wu, X, Silverman, DT, Chanock, S, and Rothman, N
Subjects: Risk, Genotype, Meta-Analysis as Topic, Urinary Bladder Neoplasms, Genetic Loci, Case-Control Studies, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Linkage Disequilibrium, Genome-Wide Association Study
Abstract: Candidate gene and genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 11 independent susceptibility loci associated with bladder cancer risk. To discover additional risk variants, we conducted a new GWAS of 2422 bladder cancer cases and 5751 controls, followed by a meta-analysis with two independently published bladder cancer GWAS, resulting in a combined analysis of 6911 cases and 11 814 controls of European descent. TaqMan genotyping of 13 promising single nucleotide polymorphisms with P < 1 x 10(-5) was pursued in a follow-up set of 801 cases and 1307 controls. Two new loci achieved genome-wide statistical significance: rs10936599 on 3q26.2 (P = 4.53 x 10(-9)) and rs907611 on 11p15.5 (P = 4.11 x 10(-8)). Two notable loci were also identified that approached genome-wide statistical significance: rs6104690 on 20p12.2 (P = 7.13 x 10(-7)) and rs4510656 on 6p22.3 (P = 6.98 x 10(-7)); these require further studies for confirmation. In conclusion, our study has identified new susceptibility alleles for bladder cancer risk that require fine-mapping and laboratory investigation, which could further understanding into the biological underpinnings of bladder carcinogenesis.
Published: 2014

42. Large-scale genomic analyses link reproductive aging to hypothalamic signaling, breast cancer susceptibility and BRCA1-mediated DNA repair

Author: Day, FR, Ruth, KS, Thompson, DJ, Lunetta, KL, Pervjakova, N, Chasman, DI, Stolk, L, Finucane, HK, Sulem, P, Bulik-Sullivan, B, Esko, T, Johnson, AD, Elks, CE, Franceschini, N, He, C, Altmaier, E, Brody, JA, Franke, LL, Huffman, JE, Keller, MF, McArdle, PF, Nutile, T, Porcu, E, Robino, A, Rose, LM, Schick, UM, Smith, JA, Teumer, A, Traglia, M, Vuckovic, D, Yao, J, Zhao, W, Albrecht, E, Amin, N, Corre, T, Hottenga, J-J, Mangino, M, Smith, AV, Tanaka, T, Abecasis, GR, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antoniou, AC, Arndt, V, Arnold, AM, Barbieri, C, Beckmann, MW, Beeghly-Fadiel, A, Benitez, J, Bernstein, L, Bielinski, SJ, Blomqvist, C, Boerwinkle, E, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Boutin, TS, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Campbell, A, Campbell, H, Chanock, SJ, Chapman, JR, Chen, Y-DI, Chenevix-Trench, G, Couch, FJ, Coviello, AD, Cox, A, Czene, K, Darabi, H, De Vivo, I, Demerath, EW, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dunning, AM, Eicher, JD, Fasching, PA, Faul, JD, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Gandin, I, Garcia, ME, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Girotto, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Goodarzi, MO, Grove, ML, Gudbjartsson, DF, Guenel, P, Guo, X, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Henderson, BE, Hocking, LJ, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, Hooning, MJ, Hopper, JL, Hu, FB, Huang, J, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Jakubowska, A, Jones, SE, Kabisch, M, Karasik, D, Knight, JA, Kolcic, I, Kooperberg, C, Kosma, V-M, Kriebel, J, Kristensen, V, Lambrechts, D, Langenberg, C, Li, J, Li, X, Lindstroem, S, Liu, Y, Luan, J, Lubinski, J, Maegi, R, Mannermaa, A, Manz, J, Margolin, S, Marten, J, Martin, NG, Masciullo, C, Meindl, A, Michailidou, K, Mihailov, E, Milani, L, Milne, RL, Mueller-Nurasyid, M, Nalls, M, Neale, BM, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, AB, Nordestgaard, BG, Olson, JE, Padmanabhan, S, Peterlongo, P, Peters, U, Petersmann, A, Peto, J, Pharoah, PDP, Pirastu, NN, Pirie, A, Pistis, G, Polasek, O, Porteous, D, Psaty, BM, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Raffel, LJ, Rivadeneira, F, Rudan, I, Rudolph, A, Ruggiero, D, Sala, CF, Sanna, S, Sawyer, EJ, Schlessinger, D, Schmidt, MK, Schmidt, F, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Scott, RA, Seynaeve, CM, Simard, J, Sorice, R, Southey, MC, Stoeckl, D, Strauch, K, Swerdlow, A, Taylor, KD, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, Tryggvadottir, L, Turner, ST, Vozzi, D, Wang, Q, Wellons, M, Willemsen, G, Wilson, JF, Winqvist, R, Wolffenbuttel, BBHR, Wright, AF, Yannoukakos, D, Zemunik, T, Zheng, W, Zygmunt, M, Bergmann, S, Boomsma, DI, Buring, JE, Ferrucci, L, Montgomery, GW, Gudnason, V, Spector, TD, van Duijn, CM, Alizadeh, BZ, Ciullo, M, Crisponi, L, Easton, DF, Gasparini, PP, Gieger, C, Harris, TB, Hayward, C, Kardia, SLR, Kraft, P, McKnight, B, Metspalu, A, Morrison, AC, Reiner, AP, Ridker, PM, Rotter, JI, Toniolo, D, Uitterlinden, AG, Ulivi, S, Voelzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Weir, DR, Yerges-Armstrong, LM, Price, AL, Stefansson, K, Visser, JA, Ong, KK, Chang-Claude, J, Murabito, JM, Perry, JRB, Murray, A, Day, FR, Ruth, KS, Thompson, DJ, Lunetta, KL, Pervjakova, N, Chasman, DI, Stolk, L, Finucane, HK, Sulem, P, Bulik-Sullivan, B, Esko, T, Johnson, AD, Elks, CE, Franceschini, N, He, C, Altmaier, E, Brody, JA, Franke, LL, Huffman, JE, Keller, MF, McArdle, PF, Nutile, T, Porcu, E, Robino, A, Rose, LM, Schick, UM, Smith, JA, Teumer, A, Traglia, M, Vuckovic, D, Yao, J, Zhao, W, Albrecht, E, Amin, N, Corre, T, Hottenga, J-J, Mangino, M, Smith, AV, Tanaka, T, Abecasis, GR, Andrulis, IL, Anton-Culver, H, Antoniou, AC, Arndt, V, Arnold, AM, Barbieri, C, Beckmann, MW, Beeghly-Fadiel, A, Benitez, J, Bernstein, L, Bielinski, SJ, Blomqvist, C, Boerwinkle, E, Bogdanova, NV, Bojesen, SE, Bolla, MK, Borresen-Dale, A-L, Boutin, TS, Brauch, H, Brenner, H, Bruening, T, Burwinkel, B, Campbell, A, Campbell, H, Chanock, SJ, Chapman, JR, Chen, Y-DI, Chenevix-Trench, G, Couch, FJ, Coviello, AD, Cox, A, Czene, K, Darabi, H, De Vivo, I, Demerath, EW, Dennis, J, Devilee, P, Doerk, T, dos-Santos-Silva, I, Dunning, AM, Eicher, JD, Fasching, PA, Faul, JD, Figueroa, J, Flesch-Janys, D, Gandin, I, Garcia, ME, Garcia-Closas, M, Giles, GG, Girotto, GG, Goldberg, MS, Gonzalez-Neira, A, Goodarzi, MO, Grove, ML, Gudbjartsson, DF, Guenel, P, Guo, X, Haiman, CA, Hall, P, Hamann, U, Henderson, BE, Hocking, LJ, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, Hooning, MJ, Hopper, JL, Hu, FB, Huang, J, Humphreys, K, Hunter, DJ, Jakubowska, A, Jones, SE, Kabisch, M, Karasik, D, Knight, JA, Kolcic, I, Kooperberg, C, Kosma, V-M, Kriebel, J, Kristensen, V, Lambrechts, D, Langenberg, C, Li, J, Li, X, Lindstroem, S, Liu, Y, Luan, J, Lubinski, J, Maegi, R, Mannermaa, A, Manz, J, Margolin, S, Marten, J, Martin, NG, Masciullo, C, Meindl, A, Michailidou, K, Mihailov, E, Milani, L, Milne, RL, Mueller-Nurasyid, M, Nalls, M, Neale, BM, Nevanlinna, H, Neven, P, Newman, AB, Nordestgaard, BG, Olson, JE, Padmanabhan, S, Peterlongo, P, Peters, U, Petersmann, A, Peto, J, Pharoah, PDP, Pirastu, NN, Pirie, A, Pistis, G, Polasek, O, Porteous, D, Psaty, BM, Pylkas, K, Radice, P, Raffel, LJ, Rivadeneira, F, Rudan, I, Rudolph, A, Ruggiero, D, Sala, CF, Sanna, S, Sawyer, EJ, Schlessinger, D, Schmidt, MK, Schmidt, F, Schmutzler, RK, Schoemaker, MJ, Scott, RA, Seynaeve, CM, Simard, J, Sorice, R, Southey, MC, Stoeckl, D, Strauch, K, Swerdlow, A, Taylor, KD, Thorsteinsdottir, U, Toland, AE, Tomlinson, I, Truong, T, Tryggvadottir, L, Turner, ST, Vozzi, D, Wang, Q, Wellons, M, Willemsen, G, Wilson, JF, Winqvist, R, Wolffenbuttel, BBHR, Wright, AF, Yannoukakos, D, Zemunik, T, Zheng, W, Zygmunt, M, Bergmann, S, Boomsma, DI, Buring, JE, Ferrucci, L, Montgomery, GW, Gudnason, V, Spector, TD, van Duijn, CM, Alizadeh, BZ, Ciullo, M, Crisponi, L, Easton, DF, Gasparini, PP, Gieger, C, Harris, TB, Hayward, C, Kardia, SLR, Kraft, P, McKnight, B, Metspalu, A, Morrison, AC, Reiner, AP, Ridker, PM, Rotter, JI, Toniolo, D, Uitterlinden, AG, Ulivi, S, Voelzke, H, Wareham, NJ, Weir, DR, Yerges-Armstrong, LM, Price, AL, Stefansson, K, Visser, JA, Ong, KK, Chang-Claude, J, Murabito, JM, Perry, JRB, and Murray, A
Abstract: Menopause timing has a substantial impact on infertility and risk of disease, including breast cancer, but the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We report a dual strategy in ∼70,000 women to identify common and low-frequency protein-coding variation associated with age at natural menopause (ANM). We identified 44 regions with common variants, including two regions harboring additional rare missense alleles of large effect. We found enrichment of signals in or near genes involved in delayed puberty, highlighting the first molecular links between the onset and end of reproductive lifespan. Pathway analyses identified major association with DNA damage response (DDR) genes, including the first common coding variant in BRCA1 associated with any complex trait. Mendelian randomization analyses supported a causal effect of later ANM on breast cancer risk (∼6% increase in risk per year; P = 3 × 10(-14)), likely mediated by prolonged sex hormone exposure rather than DDR mechanisms.
Published: 2015

43. Detection of Serum p53 Protein in Lung Cancer Patients

Author: Milling C, Paul W. Brandt-Rauf, De Vivo I, Vainio H, Carney W, Ridanpaa M, Husgafvel-Pursiainen K, S. Anttila, Zehab R, and Jiin-Chyuan Luo
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Pathology, Lung Neoplasms, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Mutagen, medicine.disease_cause, Gastroenterology, Asbestos, Cohort Studies, Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung, Occupational Exposure, Internal medicine, Biomarkers, Tumor, medicine, Humans, Carcinoma, Small Cell, Lung cancer, Lung, Carcinogen, Aged, business.industry, Smoking, Respiratory disease, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Occupational Diseases, Blot, Mutation, P53 protein, Immunohistochemistry, Female, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, business
Abstract: Serum levels of p53 protein were examined in 23 cases of lung cancer (many with potential asbestos exposure), 23 unexposed matched hospital control subjects, 58 unmatched general population control subjects, and 4 people with nonmalignant lung disease using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and Western immunoblotting. Average levels of serum p53 in the lung cancer patients (0.55 ng/mL) were higher than in the cases of nonmalignant lung disease (0.42 ng/mL) or in the matched (0.32 ng/mL) or unmatched (0.31 ng/mL) control subjects, but the differences were not statistically significant. However, three of the cases of lung cancer (13%) were found to have serum p53 levels much greater than those of the control subjects (> 2 SD above the mean) and to have confirmatory positive Western blots for p53. The tumors from these subjects demonstrated increased levels of p53 in the tissue by immunohistochemistry and/or the presence of mutations in the p53 gene. These results suggest that p53 protein can be detected in serum in a portion of lung cancer cases with p53 alterations in the tumor tissue.
Published: 1994
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44. Circulating leukocyte telomere length and risk of overall and aggressive prostate cancer

Author: Julin, B, primary, Shui, I, additional, Heaphy, C M, additional, Joshu, C E, additional, Meeker, A K, additional, Giovannucci, E, additional, De Vivo, I, additional, and Platz, E A, additional
Published: 2015
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45. Mediterranean diet and telomere length in Nurses' Health Study: population based cohort study

Author: Crous-Bou, M., primary, Fung, T. T., additional, Prescott, J., additional, Julin, B., additional, Du, M., additional, Sun, Q., additional, Rexrode, K. M., additional, Hu, F. B., additional, and De Vivo, I., additional
Published: 2014
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46. Imputation and subset-based association analysis across different cancer types identifies multiple independent risk loci in the TERT-CLPTM1L region on chromosome 5p15.33

Author: Wang, Z., primary, Zhu, B., additional, Zhang, M., additional, Parikh, H., additional, Jia, J., additional, Chung, C. C., additional, Sampson, J. N., additional, Hoskins, J. W., additional, Hutchinson, A., additional, Burdette, L., additional, Ibrahim, A., additional, Hautman, C., additional, Raj, P. S., additional, Abnet, C. C., additional, Adjei, A. A., additional, Ahlbom, A., additional, Albanes, D., additional, Allen, N. E., additional, Ambrosone, C. B., additional, Aldrich, M., additional, Amiano, P., additional, Amos, C., additional, Andersson, U., additional, Andriole, G., additional, Andrulis, I. L., additional, Arici, C., additional, Arslan, A. A., additional, Austin, M. A., additional, Baris, D., additional, Barkauskas, D. A., additional, Bassig, B. A., additional, Beane Freeman, L. E., additional, Berg, C. D., additional, Berndt, S. I., additional, Bertazzi, P. A., additional, Biritwum, R. B., additional, Black, A., additional, Blot, W., additional, Boeing, H., additional, Boffetta, P., additional, Bolton, K., additional, Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., additional, Bracci, P. M., additional, Brennan, P., additional, Brinton, L. A., additional, Brotzman, M., additional, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., additional, Buring, J. E., additional, Butler, M. A., additional, Cai, Q., additional, Cancel-Tassin, G., additional, Canzian, F., additional, Cao, G., additional, Caporaso, N. E., additional, Carrato, A., additional, Carreon, T., additional, Carta, A., additional, Chang, G.-C., additional, Chang, I.-S., additional, Chang-Claude, J., additional, Che, X., additional, Chen, C.-J., additional, Chen, C.-Y., additional, Chen, C.-H., additional, Chen, C., additional, Chen, K.-Y., additional, Chen, Y.-M., additional, Chokkalingam, A. P., additional, Chu, L. W., additional, Clavel-Chapelon, F., additional, Colditz, G. A., additional, Colt, J. S., additional, Conti, D., additional, Cook, M. B., additional, Cortessis, V. K., additional, Crawford, E. D., additional, Cussenot, O., additional, Davis, F. G., additional, De Vivo, I., additional, Deng, X., additional, Ding, T., additional, Dinney, C. P., additional, Di Stefano, A. L., additional, Diver, W. R., additional, Duell, E. J., additional, Elena, J. W., additional, Fan, J.-H., additional, Feigelson, H. S., additional, Feychting, M., additional, Figueroa, J. D., additional, Flanagan, A. M., additional, Fraumeni, J. F., additional, Freedman, N. D., additional, Fridley, B. L., additional, Fuchs, C. S., additional, Gago-Dominguez, M., additional, Gallinger, S., additional, Gao, Y.-T., additional, Gapstur, S. M., additional, Garcia-Closas, M., additional, Garcia-Closas, R., additional, Gastier-Foster, J. M., additional, Gaziano, J. M., additional, Gerhard, D. S., additional, Giffen, C. A., additional, Giles, G. G., additional, Gillanders, E. M., additional, Giovannucci, E. L., additional, Goggins, M., additional, Gokgoz, N., additional, Goldstein, A. M., additional, Gonzalez, C., additional, Gorlick, R., additional, Greene, M. H., additional, Gross, M., additional, Grossman, H. B., additional, Grubb, R., additional, Gu, J., additional, Guan, P., additional, Haiman, C. A., additional, Hallmans, G., additional, Hankinson, S. E., additional, Harris, C. C., additional, Hartge, P., additional, Hattinger, C., additional, Hayes, R. B., additional, He, Q., additional, Helman, L., additional, Henderson, B. E., additional, Henriksson, R., additional, Hoffman-Bolton, J., additional, Hohensee, C., additional, Holly, E. A., additional, Hong, Y.-C., additional, Hoover, R. N., additional, Hosgood, H. D., additional, Hsiao, C.-F., additional, Hsing, A. W., additional, Hsiung, C. A., additional, Hu, N., additional, Hu, W., additional, Hu, Z., additional, Huang, M.-S., additional, Hunter, D. J., additional, Inskip, P. D., additional, Ito, H., additional, Jacobs, E. J., additional, Jacobs, K. B., additional, Jenab, M., additional, Ji, B.-T., additional, Johansen, C., additional, Johansson, M., additional, Johnson, A., additional, Kaaks, R., additional, Kamat, A. M., additional, Kamineni, A., additional, Karagas, M., additional, Khanna, C., additional, Khaw, K.-T., additional, Kim, C., additional, Kim, I.-S., additional, Kim, J. H., additional, Kim, Y. H., additional, Kim, Y.-C., additional, Kim, Y. T., additional, Kang, C. H., additional, Jung, Y. J., additional, Kitahara, C. M., additional, Klein, A. P., additional, Klein, R., additional, Kogevinas, M., additional, Koh, W.-P., additional, Kohno, T., additional, Kolonel, L. N., additional, Kooperberg, C., additional, Kratz, C. P., additional, Krogh, V., additional, Kunitoh, H., additional, Kurtz, R. C., additional, Kurucu, N., additional, Lan, Q., additional, Lathrop, M., additional, Lau, C. C., additional, Lecanda, F., additional, Lee, K.-M., additional, Lee, M. P., additional, Le Marchand, L., additional, Lerner, S. P., additional, Li, D., additional, Liao, L. M., additional, Lim, W.-Y., additional, Lin, D., additional, Lin, J., additional, Lindstrom, S., additional, Linet, M. S., additional, Lissowska, J., additional, Liu, J., additional, Ljungberg, B., additional, Lloreta, J., additional, Lu, D., additional, Ma, J., additional, Malats, N., additional, Mannisto, S., additional, Marina, N., additional, Mastrangelo, G., additional, Matsuo, K., additional, McGlynn, K. A., additional, McKean-Cowdin, R., additional, McNeill, L. H., additional, McWilliams, R. R., additional, Melin, B. S., additional, Meltzer, P. S., additional, Mensah, J. E., additional, Miao, X., additional, Michaud, D. S., additional, Mondul, A. M., additional, Moore, L. E., additional, Muir, K., additional, Niwa, S., additional, Olson, S. H., additional, Orr, N., additional, Panico, S., additional, Park, J. Y., additional, Patel, A. V., additional, Patino-Garcia, A., additional, Pavanello, S., additional, Peeters, P. H. M., additional, Peplonska, B., additional, Peters, U., additional, Petersen, G. M., additional, Picci, P., additional, Pike, M. C., additional, Porru, S., additional, Prescott, J., additional, Pu, X., additional, Purdue, M. P., additional, Qiao, Y.-L., additional, Rajaraman, P., additional, Riboli, E., additional, Risch, H. A., additional, Rodabough, R. J., additional, Rothman, N., additional, Ruder, A. M., additional, Ryu, J.-S., additional, Sanson, M., additional, Schned, A., additional, Schumacher, F. R., additional, Schwartz, A. G., additional, Schwartz, K. L., additional, Schwenn, M., additional, Scotlandi, K., additional, Seow, A., additional, Serra, C., additional, Serra, M., additional, Sesso, H. D., additional, Severi, G., additional, Shen, H., additional, Shen, M., additional, Shete, S., additional, Shiraishi, K., additional, Shu, X.-O., additional, Siddiq, A., additional, Sierrasesumaga, L., additional, Sierri, S., additional, Loon Sihoe, A. D., additional, Silverman, D. T., additional, Simon, M., additional, Southey, M. C., additional, Spector, L., additional, Spitz, M., additional, Stampfer, M., additional, Stattin, P., additional, Stern, M. C., additional, Stevens, V. L., additional, Stolzenberg-Solomon, R. Z., additional, Stram, D. O., additional, Strom, S. S., additional, Su, W.-C., additional, Sund, M., additional, Sung, S. W., additional, Swerdlow, A., additional, Tan, W., additional, Tanaka, H., additional, Tang, W., additional, Tang, Z.-Z., additional, Tardon, A., additional, Tay, E., additional, Taylor, P. R., additional, Tettey, Y., additional, Thomas, D. M., additional, Tirabosco, R., additional, Tjonneland, A., additional, Tobias, G. S., additional, Toro, J. R., additional, Travis, R. C., additional, Trichopoulos, D., additional, Troisi, R., additional, Truelove, A., additional, Tsai, Y.-H., additional, Tucker, M. A., additional, Tumino, R., additional, Van Den Berg, D., additional, Van Den Eeden, S. K., additional, Vermeulen, R., additional, Vineis, P., additional, Visvanathan, K., additional, Vogel, U., additional, Wang, C., additional, Wang, J., additional, Wang, S. S., additional, Weiderpass, E., additional, Weinstein, S. J., additional, Wentzensen, N., additional, Wheeler, W., additional, White, E., additional, Wiencke, J. K., additional, Wolk, A., additional, Wolpin, B. M., additional, Wong, M. P., additional, Wrensch, M., additional, Wu, C., additional, Wu, T., additional, Wu, X., additional, Wu, Y.-L., additional, Wunder, J. S., additional, Xiang, Y.-B., additional, Xu, J., additional, Yang, H. P., additional, Yang, P.-C., additional, Yatabe, Y., additional, Ye, Y., additional, Yeboah, E. D., additional, Yin, Z., additional, Ying, C., additional, Yu, C.-J., additional, Yu, K., additional, Yuan, J.-M., additional, Zanetti, K. A., additional, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A., additional, Zheng, W., additional, Zhou, B., additional, Mirabello, L., additional, Savage, S. A., additional, Kraft, P., additional, Chanock, S. J., additional, Yeager, M., additional, Landi, M. T., additional, Shi, J., additional, Chatterjee, N., additional, and Amundadottir, L. T., additional
Published: 2014
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47. Genome-wide interaction study of smoking and bladder cancer risk

Author: Figueroa, J. D., primary, Han, S. S., additional, Garcia-Closas, M., additional, Baris, D., additional, Jacobs, E. J., additional, Kogevinas, M., additional, Schwenn, M., additional, Malats, N., additional, Johnson, A., additional, Purdue, M. P., additional, Caporaso, N., additional, Landi, M. T., additional, Prokunina-Olsson, L., additional, Wang, Z., additional, Hutchinson, A., additional, Burdette, L., additional, Wheeler, W., additional, Vineis, P., additional, Siddiq, A., additional, Cortessis, V. K., additional, Kooperberg, C., additional, Cussenot, O., additional, Benhamou, S., additional, Prescott, J., additional, Porru, S., additional, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H. B., additional, Trichopoulos, D., additional, Ljungberg, B., additional, Clavel-Chapelon, F., additional, Weiderpass, E., additional, Krogh, V., additional, Dorronsoro, M., additional, Travis, R., additional, Tjonneland, A., additional, Brenan, P., additional, Chang-Claude, J., additional, Riboli, E., additional, Conti, D., additional, Gago-Dominguez, M., additional, Stern, M. C., additional, Pike, M. C., additional, Van Den Berg, D., additional, Yuan, J.-M., additional, Hohensee, C., additional, Rodabough, R., additional, Cancel-Tassin, G., additional, Roupret, M., additional, Comperat, E., additional, Chen, C., additional, De Vivo, I., additional, Giovannucci, E., additional, Hunter, D. J., additional, Kraft, P., additional, Lindstrom, S., additional, Carta, A., additional, Pavanello, S., additional, Arici, C., additional, Mastrangelo, G., additional, Karagas, M. R., additional, Schned, A., additional, Armenti, K. R., additional, Hosain, G. M. M., additional, Haiman, C. A., additional, Fraumeni, J. F., additional, Chanock, S. J., additional, Chatterjee, N., additional, Rothman, N., additional, and Silverman, D. T., additional
Published: 2014
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48. Fried food consumption, genetic risk, and body mass index: gene-diet interaction analysis in three US cohort studies

Author: Qi, Q., primary, Chu, A. Y., additional, Kang, J. H., additional, Huang, J., additional, Rose, L. M., additional, Jensen, M. K., additional, Liang, L., additional, Curhan, G. C., additional, Pasquale, L. R., additional, Wiggs, J. L., additional, De Vivo, I., additional, Chan, A. T., additional, Choi, H. K., additional, Tamimi, R. M., additional, Ridker, P. M., additional, Hunter, D. J., additional, Willett, W. C., additional, Rimm, E. B., additional, Chasman, D. I., additional, Hu, F. B., additional, and Qi, L., additional
Published: 2014
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49. A genome-wide association meta-analysis of circulating sex hormone-binding globulin reveals multiple loci implicated in sex steroid hormone regulation

Author: Coviello, AD, Haring, R, Wellons, M, Vaidya, D, Lehtimäki, T, Keildson, S, Lunetta, KL, He, C, Fornage, M, Lagou, V, Mangino, M, Onland-Moret, NC, Chen, B, Eriksson, J, Garcia, M, Liu, YM, Koster, A, Lohman, K, Lyytikäinen, LP, Petersen, AK, Prescott, J, Stolk, L, Vandenput, L, Wood, AR, Zhuang, WV, Ruokonen, A, Hartikainen, AL, Pouta, A, Bandinelli, S, Biffar, R, Brabant, G, Cox, DG, Chen, Y, Cummings, S, Ferrucci, L, Gunter, MJ, Hankinson, SE, Martikainen, H, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, Illig, T, Jansson, JO, Johnson, AD, Karasik, D, Karlsson, M, Kettunen, J, Kiel, DP, Kraft, P, Liu, J, Ljunggren, O, Lorentzon, M, Maggio, M, Markus, MRP, Mellström, D, Miljkovic, I, Mirel, D, Nelson, S, Morin Papunen, L, Peeters, PHM, Prokopenko, I, Raffel, L, Reincke, M, Reiner, AP, Rexrode, K, Rivadeneira, F, Schwartz, SM, Siscovick, D, Soranzo, N, Stöckl, D, Tworoger, S, Uitterlinden, AG, van Gils, CH, Vasan, RS, Wichmann, HE, Zhai, G, Bhasin, S, Bidlingmaier, M, Chanock, SJ, de Vivo, I, Harris, TB, Hunter, DJ, Kähönen, M, Liu, S, Ouyang, P, Spector, TD, van der Schouw, YT, Viikari, J, Wallaschofski, H, McCarthy, MI, Frayling, TM, Murray, A, Franks, S, Järvelin, MR, de Jong, FH, Raitakari, O, Teumer, A, Ohlsson, C, Murabito, JM, Perry, JRB, Coviello, AD, Haring, R, Wellons, M, Vaidya, D, Lehtimäki, T, Keildson, S, Lunetta, KL, He, C, Fornage, M, Lagou, V, Mangino, M, Onland-Moret, NC, Chen, B, Eriksson, J, Garcia, M, Liu, YM, Koster, A, Lohman, K, Lyytikäinen, LP, Petersen, AK, Prescott, J, Stolk, L, Vandenput, L, Wood, AR, Zhuang, WV, Ruokonen, A, Hartikainen, AL, Pouta, A, Bandinelli, S, Biffar, R, Brabant, G, Cox, DG, Chen, Y, Cummings, S, Ferrucci, L, Gunter, MJ, Hankinson, SE, Martikainen, H, Hofman, A, Homuth, G, Illig, T, Jansson, JO, Johnson, AD, Karasik, D, Karlsson, M, Kettunen, J, Kiel, DP, Kraft, P, Liu, J, Ljunggren, O, Lorentzon, M, Maggio, M, Markus, MRP, Mellström, D, Miljkovic, I, Mirel, D, Nelson, S, Morin Papunen, L, Peeters, PHM, Prokopenko, I, Raffel, L, Reincke, M, Reiner, AP, Rexrode, K, Rivadeneira, F, Schwartz, SM, Siscovick, D, Soranzo, N, Stöckl, D, Tworoger, S, Uitterlinden, AG, van Gils, CH, Vasan, RS, Wichmann, HE, Zhai, G, Bhasin, S, Bidlingmaier, M, Chanock, SJ, de Vivo, I, Harris, TB, Hunter, DJ, Kähönen, M, Liu, S, Ouyang, P, Spector, TD, van der Schouw, YT, Viikari, J, Wallaschofski, H, McCarthy, MI, Frayling, TM, Murray, A, Franks, S, Järvelin, MR, de Jong, FH, Raitakari, O, Teumer, A, Ohlsson, C, Murabito, JM, and Perry, JRB
Abstract: Sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) is a glycoprotein responsible for the transport and biologic availability of sex steroid hormones, primarily testosterone and estradiol. SHBG has been associated with chronic diseases including type 2 diabetes (T2D) and with hormone-sensitive cancers such as breast and prostate cancer. We performed a genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis of 21,791 individuals from 10 epidemiologic studies and validated these findings in 7,046 individuals in an additional six studies. We identified twelve genomic regions (SNPs) associated with circulating SHBG concentrations. Loci near the identified SNPs included SHBG (rs12150660, 17p13.1, p = 1.8×10-106), PRMT6 (rs17496332, 1p13.3, p = 1.4×10-11), GCKR (rs780093, 2p23.3, p = 2.2×10-16), ZBTB10 (rs440837, 8q21.13, p = 3.4×10-09), JMJD1C (rs7910927, 10q21.3, p = 6.1×10-35), SLCO1B1 (rs4149056, 12p12.1, p = 1.9×10-08), NR2F2 (rs8023580, 15q26.2, p = 8.3×10-12), ZNF652 (rs2411984, 17q21.32, p = 3.5×10-14), TDGF3 (rs1573036, Xq22.3, p = 4.1×10-14), LHCGR (rs10454142, 2p16.3, p = 1.3×10-07), BAIAP2L1 (rs3779195, 7q21.3, p = 2.7×10-08), and UGT2B15 (rs293428, 4q13.2, p = 5.5×10-06). These genes encompass multiple biologic pathways, including hepatic function, lipid metabolism, carbohydrate metabolism and T2D, androgen and estrogen receptor function, epigenetic effects, and the biology of sex steroid hormone-responsive cancers including breast and prostate cancer. We found evidence of sex-differentiated genetic influences on SHBG. In a sex-specific GWAS, the loci 4q13.2-UGT2B15 was significant in men only (men p = 2.5×10-08, women p = 0.66, heterogeneity p = 0.003). Additionally, three loci showed strong sex-differentiated effects: 17p13.1-SHBG and Xq22.3-TDGF3 were stronger in men, whereas 8q21.12-ZBTB10 was stronger in women. Conditional analyses identified additional signals at the SHBG gene that together almost double the proportion of variance explained at the locus. Using an independen
Published: 2012

50. Genome-wide association study of relative telomere length

Author: Prescott, J, Kraft, P, Chasman, DI, Savage, SA, Mirabello, L, Berndt, SI, Weissfeld, JL, Han, J, Hayes, RB, Chanock, SJ, Hunter, DJ, de Vivo, I, Prescott, J, Kraft, P, Chasman, DI, Savage, SA, Mirabello, L, Berndt, SI, Weissfeld, JL, Han, J, Hayes, RB, Chanock, SJ, Hunter, DJ, and de Vivo, I
Abstract: Telomere function is essential to maintaining the physical integrity of linear chromosomes and healthy human aging. The probability of forming proper telomere structures depends on the length of the telomeric DNA tract. We attempted to identify common genetic variants associated with log relative telomere length using genome-wide genotyping data on 3,554 individuals from the Nurses' Health Study and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial that took part in the National Cancer Institute Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility initiative for breast and prostate cancer. After genotyping 64 independent SNPs selected for replication in additional Nurses' Health Study and Women's Genome Health Study participants, we did not identify genome-wide significant loci; however, we replicated the inverse association of log relative telomere length with the minor allele variant [C] of rs16847897 at the TERC locus (per allele β = -0.03, P = 0.003) identified by a previous genome-wide association study. We did not find evidence for an association with variants at the OBFC1 locus or other loci reported to be associated with telomere length. With this sample size we had >80% power to detect β estimates as small as ±0.10 for SNPs with minor allele frequencies of ≥0.15 at genome-wide significance. However, power is greatly reduced for β estimates smaller than ±0.10, such as those for variants at the TERC locus. In general, common genetic variants associated with telomere length homeostasis have been difficult to detect. Potential biological and technical issues are discussed.
Published: 2011

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