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Genome-wide analyses characterize shared heritability among cancers and identify novel cancer susceptibility regions
Lindström, Sara , Wang, Lu , Feng, Helian , Huo, Sijia , Harrison, Tabitha A. , Turman, Constance , Chen, Hongjie , Bammler, Theo K. , Gallinger, Steve, Gruber, Stephen B. , Moreno, Vı́ctor , Offit, Kenneth , O’Mara, Tracy A. , Tomlinson, Ian, Gharahkhani, Puya , MacGregor, Stuart , Schumacher, Johannes , Bondy, Melissa L. , Houlston, Richard S. , Jenkins, Robert B. , Melin, Beatrice , Wrensch, Margaret , Brennan, Paul , Johansson, Mattias , McKay, James , Aldrich, Melinda C. , Landi, Maria Teresa , Bishop, D. Timothy , Iles, Mark M. , Law, Matthew H. , Wolpin, Brian M. , Petersen, Gloria M. , Purdue, Mark P. , Scélo, Ghislaine , Kar, Siddhartha , Hung, Rayjean J, Kraft, Peter , Lissowska, Jolanta , Simard, Jacques , Dörk, Thilo , John, Esther M. , Carracedo, Ãngel , Huang, Wen‐Yi , Vodička, Pavel , Taylor, Jack A. , Lessel, Davor , Kurian, Allison W. , Hung, Rayjean J. , Kundaje, Anshul , Zhong, Jun , Turman, Constance , Chen, Hongjie , Gruber, Stephen B , Marchand, Loïc Le , Moreno, Victor , Offit, Kenneth , Gharahkhani, Puya , MacGregor, Stuart , Schumacher, Johannes , Houlston, Richard S , Brennan, Paul , Johansson, Mattias , Iles, Mark M , Law, Matthew H , Amundadottir, Laufey , Klein, Alison P , Petersen, Gloria, Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Kar, Siddhartha , Kraft, Peter , Dörk, Thilo , Lissowska, Jolanta , John, Esther M , Hung, Rayjean J , Harrison, Tabitha A , O'Mara, Tracy A , Lessel, Davor , Bishop, D Timothy , Huang, Wen-Yi , Taylor, Jack A , Simard, Jacques , Kurian, Allison W , Kundaje, Anshul , Vodicka, Pavel , Zhong, Jun , Majumdar, Arunabha , MacDonald, James W. , Mancuso, Nicholas , Gunter, Marc J. , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Vivo, Immaculata De , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Fitzgerald, Rebecca C. , Gockel, Ines , Jankowski, Janusz , Barnholtz‐Sloan, Jill S. , Christiani, David C. , Amos, Christopher I. , Tardón, Adonina , Démenais, Florence , Goldstein, Alisa M. , Kanetsky, Peter A. , Ámundadóttir, Laufey T. , Stolzenberg‐Solomon, Rachael Z. , Klein, Alison P. , Risch, Harvey A. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Paşaniuc, Bogdan
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute | March 17, 2023 | Volume: 115 | Issue: 6 | Pages: 712-732
Abstract Background The shared inherited genetic contribution to risk of different cancers is not fully known. In this study, we leverage results from 12 cancer genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to quantify pairwise genome-wide genetic correlations across cancers and identify novel cancer susceptibility loci. Methods We collected GWAS summary statistics for 12 solid cancers based on 376 759 participants with cancer and 532 864 participants without cancer of European ancestry. The included cancer types were breast, colorectal, endometrial, esophageal, glioma, head and neck, lung, melanoma, ovarian, pancreatic, prostate, and renal cancers. We conducted cross-cancer GWAS and transcriptome-wide association studies to discover novel cancer susceptibility loci. Finally, we assessed the extent of variant-specific pleiotropy among cancers at known and newly identified cancer susceptibility loci. Results We observed widespread but modest genome-wide genetic correlations across cancers. In cross-cancer GWAS and transcriptome-wide association studies, we identified 15 novel cancer susceptibility loci. Additionally, we identified multiple variants at 77 distinct loci with strong evidence of being associated with at least 2 cancer types by testing for pleiotropy at known cancer susceptibility loci. Conclusions Overall, these results suggest that some genetic risk variants are shared among cancers, though much of cancer heritability is cancer-specific and thus tissue-specific. The increase in statistical power associated with larger sample sizes in cross-disease analysis allows for the identification of novel susceptibility regions. Future studies incorporating data on multiple cancer types are likely to identify additional regions associated with the risk of multiple cancer types.
Transcriptome‐wide association study of breast cancer risk by estrogen‐receptor status
Feng, Helian , Gusev, Alexander , Wu, Lang , Abu-Full, Zomoroda, Aittomäki, Kristiina, Andrulis, Irene L. , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Arason, Aðalgeir , Arndt, Volker , Aronson, Kristan J. , Asseryanis, Ella, Auer, Paul L. , Azzollini, Jacopo , Barkardóttir, Rósa B. , Barrowdale, Daniel , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Bermisheva, Marina , Białkowska, Katarzyna , Bogdanova, Natalia , Bojesen, Stig E. , Bolla, Manjeet K. , Borg, Åke , Brauch, Hiltrud , Brenner, Hermann , Brüning, Thomas , Burwinkel, Barbara , Caldés, Trinidad , Canisius, Sander , Campa, Daniele , Carter, Brian D., Castelao, Jose E. , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Christiansen, Hans , Claes, Kathleen , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Collaborators, EMBRACE, Collaborators, GC‐HBOC study, Cox, Angela , Daly, Mary B., Leeneer, Kim De , Dörk, Thilo , Dwek, Miriam , Eccles, Diana M., Ejlertsen, Bent , Engel, Christoph , Fasching, Peter A. , Flyger, Henrik, Friedman, Eitan , Frost, Debra, Gabrielson, Marike , Ganz, Patricia A. , Gapstur, Susan M. , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Gaudet, Mia M. , Glendon, Gord , Goldberg, Mark S. , Goldgar, David E., González‐Neira, Anna , Greene, Mark H. , Guénel, Pascal , Haiman, Christopher A. , Hamann, Ute, Hake, Christopher R., He, Wei , Heyworth, Jane , Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Hooning, Maartje J. , Hoover, Robert N. , Hopper, John L. , Huang, Guanmengqian, Hulick, Peter J. , Humphreys, Keith , Imyanitov, Evgeny N., Investigators, ABCTB, Investigators, HEBON, Investigators, BCFR, Investigators, OCGN, Jakimovska, Milena , Jakubowska, Anna , James, Paul A. , Janavicius, Ramunas, Jankowitz, Rachel C. , John, Esther M. , Johnson, Nichola , Jung, Audrey , Kiiski, Johanna I. , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Laitman, Yael , Lambrechts, Diether , Leroux, Dominique, Lester, Jenny, Lesueur, Fabienne , Lindor, Noralane M. , Lindström, Sara, Lo, Wing‐Yee, Loud, Jennifer T. , Makalic, Enes , Mannermaa, Arto, Manoochehri, Mehdi, Manoukian, Siranoush , Margolin, Sara , Matricardi, Laura , Maurer, Tabea, Mavroudis, Dimitrios, McGuffog, Lesley, Meindl, Alfons , Menon, Usha , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Kapoor, Pooja M., Montagna, Marco , Moreno, Fernando , Muranen, Taru , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Nevelsteen, Ines, Ņikitina-Zaķe, Liene , Offit, Kenneth, Oláh, Edith , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Olsson, Håkan , Osório, Ana , Papp, J., Park‐Simon, Tjoung‐Won , Pedersen, Inge Søkilde , Peixoto, Ana , Peterlongo, Paolo , Peto, Julian , Phillips, Kelly‐Anne , Plaseska‐Karanfilska, Dijana , Poppe, Bruce , Pradhan, Nisha , Prajzendanc, Karolina , Punie, Kevin , Pylkäs, Katri , Rantala, Johanna, Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Rennert, Gad , Romero, Atocha , Saloustros, Emmanouil , Sandler, Dale P. , Santos, Catarina , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Schmutzler, Rita K., Schoemaker, Minouk J. , Scott, Rodney J. , Simard, Jacques , Skytte, Anne‐Bine , Soucy, Penny, Spinelli, John J. , Stone, Jennifer , Tapper, William , Taylor, Jack A. , Teixeira, Manuel R. , Terry, Mary Beth , Teulé, Àlex , Thomassen, Mads , Thöne, Kathrin , Thull, Darcy L. , Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Torres, Diana , Vachon, Celine M. , Ouweland, Ans M.W. van den, Vega, Ana , Viel, Alessandra , Vieiro‐Balo, Paula, Wang, Qin , Wappenschmidt, Barbara , Weinberg, Clarice R. , Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Wendt, Camilla, Winqvist, Robert , Yang, Xiaohong R., Easton, Douglas F. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Durocher, Francine , Eccles, Diana , Janavičius, Ramūnas , Khaw, Kay‐Tee , Lambrechts, Diether , Lindor, Noralane, Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Hulick, Peter J , James, Paul , Lesueur, Fabienne , Peterlongo, Paolo , Rennert, Gad , Sandler, Dale P , Teixeira, Manuel R , Eccles, Diana , Menon, Usha , Vega, Ana , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Claes, Kathleen B M , Azzollini, Jacopo , John, Esther M , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Matricardi, Laura , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Arndt, Volker , Jakubowska, Anna , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , Cox, Angela , Guénel, Pascal , Muranen, Taru A , Romero, Atocha , Saloustros, Emmanouil , Torres, Diana , García-Closas, Montserrat , Makalic, Enes , Michailidou, Kyriaki , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Taylor, Jack A , Nathanson, Katherine L , Arason, Adalgeir , Barrowdale, Daniel , Engel, Christoph , Montagna, Marco , Viel, Alessandra , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Jung, Audrey Y , Gabrielson, Marike , Stone, Jennifer , Pylkäs, Katri , Rashid, Muhammad U , De Leeneer, Kim , Manoukian, Siranoush , Bojesen, Stig E , Schoemaker, Minouk J , Weinberg, Clarice R , Phillips, Kelly-Anne , Terry, Mary Beth , Brauch, Hiltrud , Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana , Sawyer, Elinor J , Paşaniuc, Bogdan , Long, Jirong , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Arun, Banu , Balmañà, Judith , Barnes, Daniel R. , Behrens, Sabine , Benı́tez, Javier , Blanco, Ana , Blomqvist, Carl , Boeckx, Bram , Bonanni, Bernardo , Borg, Åke , Briceño, Ignacio , Broeks, Annegien , Cai, Qiuyin , Caligo, Maria A. , Campbell, Ian , Carter, Jonathan , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Chung, Wendy K. , Clarke, Christine L. , 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К. , Lázaro, Conxi , Leslie, Goska , Lubiński, Jan , Mannermaa, Arto, Martens, John W.M. , Martı́nez, Marı́a Elena , Meindl, Alfons , Kapoor, Pooja M., Miller, Austin , Moserle, Lidia , Mulligan, Anna Marie , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Nielsen, Finn Cilius , Parsons, Michael T. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Presneau, Nadège , Radice, Paolo , Risch, Harvey A. , Robson, Mark E. , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Schmidt, Daniel F. , Sharma, Priyanka , Shu, Xiao‐Ou , Singer, Christian F. , Southey, Melissa C. , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Swerdlow, Anthony J. , Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Toland, Amanda Ewart , Truong, Thérèse , Tung, Nadine , Vachon, Celine M. , Asperen, Christi J. van , Rensburg, Elizabeth J. van , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Ziogas, Argyrios , Milne, Roger L. , Zheng, Wei , Kraft, Peter , Jiang, Xia
Genetic Epidemiology | March 2, 2020 | Volume: 44 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 442-468
AbstractPrevious transcriptome‐wide association studies (TWAS) have identified breast cancer risk genes by integrating data from expression quantitative loci and genome‐wide association studies (GWAS), but analyses of breast cancer subtype‐specific associations have been limited. In this study, we conducted a TWAS using gene expression data from GTEx and summary statistics from the hitherto largest GWAS meta‐analysis conducted for breast cancer overall, and by estrogen receptor subtypes (ER+ and ER−). We further compared associations with ER+ and ER− subtypes, using a case‐only TWAS approach. We also conducted multigene conditional analyses in regions with multiple TWAS associations. Two genes, STXBP4 and HIST2H2BA, were specifically associated with ER+ but not with ER– breast cancer. We further identified 30 TWAS‐significant genes associated with overall breast cancer risk, including four that were not identified in previous studies. Conditional analyses identified single independent breast‐cancer gene in three of six regions harboring multiple TWAS‐significant genes. Our study provides new information on breast cancer genetics and biology, particularly about genomic differences between ER+ and ER− breast cancer.