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

Wu, Lang; Shi, Wei; Al-Ejeh, Fares; Rozali, Esdy; Wang, Qin; Dennis, Joe; Li, Bingshan; Zeng, Chenjie; Feng, Helian; Gusev, Alexander; Barfield, Richard T.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Long, Jirong; Scott, Rodney J.; Arndt, V; Aronson, KJ; Auer, PL; Barrdahl, M; Baynes, C; Beckmann, MW; Benitez, J; Bermisheva, M; Blomqvist, C; Guo, Xingyi; Bogdanova, NV; Bojesen, SE; Brauch, H; Brenner, H; Brinton, L; Broberg, P; Brucker, SY; Burwinkel, B; Caldés, T; Canzian, F; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Carter, BD; Castelao, JE; Chang-Claude, J; Chen, X; Cheng, TYD; Christiansen, H; Clarke, CL; Collée, M; Cornelissen, S; Couch, FJ; Beesley, Jonathan; Cox, D; Cox, A; Cross, SS; Cunningham, JM; Czene, K; Daly, MB; Devilee, P; Doheny, KF; Dörk, T; Dos-Santos-Silva, I; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Dumont, M; Dwek, M; Eccles, DM; Eilber, U; Eliassen, AH; Engel, C; Eriksson, M; Fachal, L; Fasching, PA; Figueroa, J; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Flesch-Janys, D; Fletcher, O; Flyger, H; Fritschi, L; Gabrielson, M; Lu, Yingchang; Cai, Qiuyin

Title: A transcriptome-wide association study of 229,000 women identifies new candidate susceptibility genes for breast cancer
Creator: Wu, Lang; Shi, Wei; Al-Ejeh, Fares; Rozali, Esdy; Wang, Qin; Dennis, Joe; Li, Bingshan; Zeng, Chenjie; Feng, Helian; Gusev, Alexander; Barfield, Richard T.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Long, Jirong; Scott, Rodney J.; Arndt, V; Aronson, KJ; Auer, PL; Barrdahl, M; Baynes, C; Beckmann, MW; Benitez, J; Bermisheva, M; Blomqvist, C; Guo, Xingyi; Bogdanova, NV; Bojesen, SE; Brauch, H; Brenner, H; Brinton, L; Broberg, P; Brucker, SY; Burwinkel, B; Caldés, T; Canzian, F; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Carter, BD; Castelao, JE; Chang-Claude, J; Chen, X; Cheng, TYD; Christiansen, H; Clarke, CL; Collée, M; Cornelissen, S; Couch, FJ; Beesley, Jonathan; Cox, D; Cox, A; Cross, SS; Cunningham, JM; Czene, K; Daly, MB; Devilee, P; Doheny, KF; Dörk, T; Dos-Santos-Silva, I; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Dumont, M; Dwek, M; Eccles, DM; Eilber, U; Eliassen, AH; Engel, C; Eriksson, M; Fachal, L; Fasching, PA; Figueroa, J; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Flesch-Janys, D; Fletcher, O; Flyger, H; Fritschi, L; Gabrielson, M; Lu, Yingchang; Cai, Qiuyin
Relation: Nature Genetics Vol. 50, Issue 7, p. 968-978
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41588-018-0132-x
Publisher: Springer
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2018
Description: The breast cancer risk variants identified in genome-wide association studies explain only a small fraction of the familial relative risk, and the genes responsible for these associations remain largely unknown. To identify novel risk loci and likely causal genes, we performed a transcriptome-wide association study evaluating associations of genetically predicted gene expression with breast cancer risk in 122,977 cases and 105,974 controls of European ancestry. We used data from the Genotype-Tissue Expression Project to establish genetic models to predict gene expression in breast tissue and evaluated model performance using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Of the 8,597 genes evaluated, significant associations were identified for 48 at a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P < 5.82 × 10−6, including 14 genes at loci not yet reported for breast cancer. We silenced 13 genes and showed an effect for 11 on cell proliferation and/or colony-forming efficiency. Our study provides new insights into breast cancer genetics and biology.
Subject: breast cancer; gene expression; genome-wide association studies; cancer risk; SDG 3; Sustainable Development Goals
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1446515
Identifier: uon:42894
Identifier: ISSN:1061-4036
Language: eng
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