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Genome-wide association study identifies five new breast cancer susceptibility loci

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The Breast Cancer Susceptibility Collaboration (UK), Turnbull, Clare, Ahmed, Shahana, Morrison, Jonathan, Pernet, David, Renwick, Anthony, Maranian, Mel, Seal, Sheila +19 more·2010·Nature Genetics

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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in developed countries. To identify common breast cancer susceptibility alleles, we conducted a genome-wide association study in which 582,886 SNPs were genotyped in 3,659 cases with a family history of the disease and 4,897 controls. Promising associations were evaluated in a second stage, comprising 12,576 cases and 12,223 controls. We identified five new susceptibility loci, on chromosomes 9, 10 and 11 (P = 4.6 x 10(-7) to P = 3.2 x 10(-15)). We also identified SNPs in the 6q25.1 (rs3757318, P = 2.9 x 10(-6)), 8q24 (rs1562430, P = 5.8 x 10(-7)) and LSP1 (rs909116, P = 7.3 x 10(-7)) regions that showed more significant association with risk than those reported previously. Previously identified breast cancer susceptibility loci were also found to show larger effect sizes in this study of familial breast cancer cases than in previous population-based studies, consistent with polygenic susceptibility to the disease.

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The Breast Cancer Susceptibility Collaboration (UK), Turnbull, C., Ahmed, S., Morrison, J., Pernet, D., Renwick, A., Maranian, M., Seal, S., Ghoussaini, M., Hines, S., Healey, C. S., Hughes, D., Warren-Perry, M., Tapper, W., Eccles, D., Evans, D. G., Hooning, M., Schutte, M., van den Ouweland, A., Houlston, R., Ross, G., Langford, C., Pharoah, P. D. P., Stratton, M. R., Dunning, A. M., Rahman, N., & Easton, D. F.
Affiliations
  • Institute of Cancer Research (GB)
  • University of Cambridge (GB)
  • Southampton General Hospital (GB)
  • St Mary's Hospital (GB)
  • Erasmus MC (NL)
  • National Health Service (GB)
  • Wellcome Sanger Institute (GB)
Corresponding author
Easton, Douglas F
Venue
Nature Genetics
Published
2010-05-09
Volume
42
Issue
6
Pages
504-507
ISSN
  • 1061-4036 (ISSN-L)
  • 1546-1718
OpenAlex
W2065658468
Cited by
687
References
30
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journal article
Language
en
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  • EUR Research Repository (Erasmus University Rotterdam) (submittedVersion)
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Funders
  • Wellcome Trust (085475, 068545, 098051)
  • Cancer Research UK (A10123, 10119, 10118, A10124, 11022, 10124, A10119, 11021)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › BRCA gene mutations in cancer
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Risks and Factors
Keywords
breast cancer, genetic susceptibility, genetic susceptibility loci, single nucleotide polymorphisms, hereditary breast cancer, chromosome 9, chromosome 10, chromosome 11, 8q24, LSP1, polygenic risk, family history (medicine)
MeSH terms
Breast Neoplasms, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 11, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 6, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8, Chromosomes, Human, Pair 9, Female, Genotype, Humans, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Genome-Wide Association Study

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