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Design and quality control of large-scale two-sample Mendelian randomization studies
Haycock, Philip , Borges, Maria Carolina , Burrows, Kimberley , Harrison, Sean , Burgess, Stephen , Chang, Xuling , Khankari, Nikhil K. , Tsilidis, Kostas K, Gaunt, Tom R. , Hemani, Gibran , Zheng, Jie , Truong, Thérèse , Law, Matthew H. , Mariosa, Daniela , Hung, Rayjean J, Smith, George Davey , Relton, Caroline L. , Martin, Richard M. , Peters, Ulrike , Rice, Terri, Gallinger, Steve, Cornish, Alex J. , Vijayakrishnan, Jayaram , Wrensch, Margaret , Korat, Andres V Ardisson , Wheeler, Bill, Nilsson, Björn , Smith, Caren E. , Riadi, David, Claus, Elizabeth B. , Hosnijeh, Ng, Irene Oi‐Lin , Passow, Jeanette E, Han, Jiali , Schildkraut, Joellen M. , Wiemels, Joseph L. , Yang, Keming , Wu, Lang , Boutron, Marie-Christine, Iles, Mark M. , Stanulla, Martin , Gaudet, Mia M., Lenha, Mobuchon, Camp, Nicki J, Sham, Pak C. , Brennan, Paul , Jenkins, Robert B. , Diskin, Sharon J. , Berndt, Sonja I. , Tsavachidis, Spiridon, Channock, Stephen J., Galesloot, Tessel E. , Haycock, Philip , Harrison, Sean , Chang, Xuling , Zheng, Jie , Law, Matthew H , Birmann, Brenda M , Mariosa, Daniela , Zheng, Wei , Davey Smith, George , Borges, Maria C , Martin, Richard M , Iles, Mark M , Truong, Therese , Lemaître, Rozenn N. , Westra, Jason , Tsilidis, Kostas K, O’Mara, Tracy A. , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Slager, Susan L. , Birmann, Brenda M. , Hosnijeh, Fatemeh Saberi , Amos, Christopher I. , Hung, Rayjean J, Zheng, Wei , Gunter, Marc J. , Tintle, Nathan , Cheng, Iona C. , Jenkins, Mark A. , Sud, Amit , Johansson, Mattias , Norman, Aaron D. , Klein, Alison P. , Clay‐Gilmour, Alyssa , Franke, André , Heng, Chew‐Kiat , Song, Ci , Ellinghaus, Eva , Ostroumova, Evgenia , Vathaire, Florent de , Cugliari, Giovanni , Matullo, Giuseppe , Cerhan, James R. , Passow, Jeanette E. Eckel, Foo, Jia Nee , Liu, Jianjun , Barnholtz‐Sloan, Jill S. , Maris, John M. , Hemminki, Kari , Kiemeney, Lambertus A. , Ámundadóttir, Laufey T. , Stern, Marc‐Henri , Purdue, Mark P. , Bondy, Melissa L. , Guénel, Pascal , Taylor, Philip R. , Gharahkhani, Puya , Ostrom, Quinn T. , Stolzenberg‐Solomon, Rachael Z. , Dorajoo, Rajkumar , Houlston, Richard S. , Enroth, Stefan , Harrison, Tabitha A. , Gyllensten, Ulf B , Vijai, Joseph , Shi, Yufang , Yang, Wenjian , Lin, Yi , Van Den Eeden, Stephen K
International Journal of Epidemiology | February 11, 2023 | Volume: 52 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 1498-1521
Abstract Background Mendelian randomization (MR) studies are susceptible to metadata errors (e.g. incorrect specification of the effect allele column) and other analytical issues that can introduce substantial bias into analyses. We developed a quality control (QC) pipeline for the Fatty Acids in Cancer Mendelian Randomization Collaboration (FAMRC) that can be used to identify and correct for such errors. Methods We collated summary association statistics from fatty acid and cancer genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and subjected the collated data to a comprehensive QC pipeline. We identified metadata errors through comparison of study-specific statistics to external reference data sets (the National Human Genome Research Institute-European Bioinformatics Institute GWAS catalogue and 1000 genome super populations) and other analytical issues through comparison of reported to expected genetic effect sizes. Comparisons were based on three sets of genetic variants: (i) GWAS hits for fatty acids, (ii) GWAS hits for cancer and (iii) a 1000 genomes reference set. Results We collated summary data from 6 fatty acid and 54 cancer GWAS. Metadata errors and analytical issues with the potential to introduce substantial bias were identified in seven studies (11.6%). After resolving metadata errors and analytical issues, we created a data set of 219 842 genetic associations with 90 cancer types, generated in analyses of 566 665 cancer cases and 1 622 374 controls. Conclusions In this large MR collaboration, 11.6% of included studies were affected by a substantial metadata error or analytical issue. By increasing the integrity of collated summary data prior to their analysis, our protocol can be used to increase the reliability of downstream MR analyses. Our pipeline is available to other researchers via the CheckSumStats package (https://github.com/MRCIEU/CheckSumStats).
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of breast cancer identifies two novel susceptibility loci at 6q14 and 20q11
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Human Molecular Genetics | September 14, 2012 | Volume: 21 | Issue: 24 | Pages: 5373-5384
Associations of common variants at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1) with breast cancer risk and heterogeneity by tumor subtype: findings from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium†
García‐Closas, Montserrat , Humphreys, Manjeet K., Platte, Radka, Hopper, John L. , Southey, Melissa C. , Apicella, Carmel, Hammet, Fleur, Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Veer, Laura J. van’t , Fasching, Peter A. , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Ekici, Arif B. , Strick, Reiner , Peto, Julian , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Fletcher, Olivia , Johnson, Nichola , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Tomlinson, Ian , Kerin, Michael J. , Burwinkel, Barbara , Marmé, F., Schneeweiß, Andreas , Sohn, Christof , Bojesen, Stig E. , Flyger, Henrik, Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Zamora, M. Pilar , Brenner, Hermann , Rahman, Nazneen , Turnbull, Clare , Seal, Sheila, Renwick, Anthony, Brauch, Hiltrud , Justenhoven, Christina , Brüning, Thomas , Network, The GENICA, Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Hein, Rebecca, Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Dörk, Thilo , Schürmann, Peter , Bremer, Michael , Hillemanns, Peter , Nevanlinna, Heli , Heikkinen, Tuomas , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Blomqvist, Carl , Bogdanova, Natalia , Antonenkova, Natalia, Rogov, Yuriy , Karstens, Johann H., Bermisheva, Marina , Prokofieva, Darya, Gantcev, Shamil Hanafievich, Хуснутдинова, Э. К. , Lindblom, Annika , Margolin, Sara , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Chen, Xiaoqing, Group, for the kConFab AOCS Management, Mannermaa, Arto, Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Soini, Ylermi, Kataja, Vesa , Lambrechts, Diether , Yesilyurt, Betül T., Chrisiaens, Marie-Rose, Peeters, Stéphanie , Radice, Paolo , Peterlongo, Paolo , Manoukian, Siranoush , Barile, Monica, Couch, Fergus, Diasio, Robert B. , Giles, Graham G. , Severi, Gianluca , Baglietto, Laura , Maclean, Catriona, Offit, Ken, Robson, Mark E. , Vijai, Joseph , Gaudet, Mia M., John, Esther M. , Winqvist, Robert , Pylkäs, Katri , Jukkola‐Vuorinen, Arja , Grip, Mervi, Andrulis, Irene L. , Knight, Julia A. , Mulligan, Anna Marie , O’Malley, Frances P., Brinton, Louise A. , Sherman, Mark E., Lissowska, Jolanta , Hooning, Maartje J. , Ouweland, Ans M.W. van den, Collée, J. Margriet, Czene, Kamila , Cox, Angela , Brock, Ian W., Reed, Malcolm , Cross, Simon S. , Dunning, Alison M. , Kang, Daehee , Yoo, Keun-Young, Noh, Dong‐Young , Ahn, Sei Hyun , Jakubowska, Anna , Lubiński, Jan , Jaworska, Katarzyna, Durda, Katarzyna, Sangrajrang, Suleeporn , Gaborieau, Valérie , Brennan, Paul , McKay, James , Shen, Chen‐Yang , Ding, Shian-ling, Hsu, Huan-Ming, Yu, Jyh-Cherng, Ashworth, Alan , Swerdlow, Anthony J. , Jones, Michael E. , Orr, Nick , Egan, Kathleen M. , Titus‐Ernstoff, Linda, Easton, Doug , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Webb, Penelope M. , DeFazio, Anna , Thorne, Heather , Lambrechts, Diether , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Broeks, Annegien , Benı́tez, Javier , Milne, Roger L. , Arias, José Ignacio , Müller, Heiko , Arndt, Volker , Network, The GENICA, Beesley, Jonathan , Chen, Xiaoqing, Group, for the kConFab AOCS Management, Mannermaa, Arto, Lee, Adam M. , Wang, Xianshu , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Martens, John W.M. , Hall, Per N , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Ziogas, Argyrios , Trentham‐Dietz, Amy , Newcomb, Polly A. , Fazio, Anna de , Nevanlinna, H , Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Giles, Graham G , Peterlongo, Paolo , Spurdle, Amanda B , Webb, Penelope M , Hillemanns, Peter , Swerdlow, Anthony J , Radice, Paolo , Lissowska, Jolanta , John, Esther M , Joseph, Vijai , Southey, Melissa C , Dunning, Alison M , Jakubowska, Anna , Jones, Michael E , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , Cox, Angela , García-Closas, Montserrat , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Severi, Gianluca , Ekici, Arif B , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Robson, Mark , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Czene, Kamila , Pylkäs, Katri , Manoukian, Siranoush , Lubinski, Jan , Baglietto, Laura , Fletcher, Olivia , Bojesen, Stig E , Brauch, Hiltrud , Lindblom, Annika , Sawyer, Elinor J , Orr, Nick , Kang, Daehee
Human Molecular Genetics | August 18, 2011 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 23 | Pages: 4693-4706
Five Polymorphisms and Breast Cancer Risk: Results from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium
Gaudet, Mia M., Cox, Angela , Camp, Nicola J. , Goode, Ellen L. , Humphreys, Manjeet K., Dunning, Alison M. , Giles, Graham G. , Severi, Gianluca , Baglietto, Laura , English, Dallas R. , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Abbas, Sascha, Salazar, Ramona, Mannermaa, Arto, Kataja, Vesa , Kosma, Veli-Matti, Lindblom, Annika , Margolin, Sara , Heikkinen, Tuomas , Kämpjärvi, Kati, Aaltonen, Kirsimari, Nevanlinna, Heli , Bogdanova, Natalia , Coinac, Irina, Schürmann, Peter , Dörk, Thilo , Bartram, Claus R., Schmutzler, Rita K., Tchatchou, Sandrine, Burwinkel, Barbara , Brauch, Hiltrud , Torres, Diana , Hamann, Ute, Justenhoven, Christina , Ribas, Gloría , Flyger, Henrik L., Peto, Julian , Fletcher, Olivia , Johnson, Nichola , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Fasching, Peter A. , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Strick, Reiner , Ekici, Arif B. , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Leeuwen, Flora E. van , Veer, Laura J. van’t , Southey, Melissa C. , Hopper, John L. , Apicella, Carmel, Haiman, Christopher A., Henderson, Brian E., Kolonel, Laurence N. , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Alnæs, Grethe Grenaker, Hunter, David J. , Cox, David G. , Hankinson, Susan E. , Seynaeve, Caroline, Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Lissowska, Jolanta , Brinton, Louise A. , Pepłońska, Beata , Czene, Kamila , Li, Yuqing , Liu, Jianjun , Balasubramanian, Sabapathy P. , Rafii, Saeed , Reed, Malcolm , Pooley, Karen A. , Conroy, Don, Baynes, Caroline, Kang, Daehee , Yoo, Keun-Young, Noh, Dong‐Young , Ahn, Sei-Hyun, Shen, Chen‐Yang , Wang, Hui‐Chun , Yu, Jyh-Cherng, Wu, Pei-Ei, Ziogoas, Argyrios, Egan, Kathleen M. , Titus‐Ernstoff, Linda, Dietz, Amy Trentham, Sigurdson, Alice J., Bhatti, Parveen , Allen‐Brady, Kristina , Cannon‐Albright, Lisa , Wong, Jathine , Group, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Spurdle, Amanda B. , Beesley, Jonathan, Easton, Doug , García‐Closas, Montserrat , Thorne, Heather , Li, Yuqing , Milne, Roger L. , Morrison, Jonathan J. , Couch, Fergus J. , Olson, Janet E. , Wang, Xianshu , Mannermaa, Arto, Arias, José Ignacio , Benı́tez, Javier , Bojesen, Stig E. , Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Flyger, Henrik, Broeks, Annegien , Marchand, Loı̈c Le , Kraft, Peter , Vreeswijk, Maaike P.G. , Devilee, Peter , Chanock, Stephen Jacob , Hall, Per N , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Newcomb, Polly A. , Alexander, Bruce H. , Group, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study, Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Nevanlinna, H , Dörk, Thilo , Giles, Graham G , Spurdle, Amanda B , Lissowska, Jolanta , Southey, Melissa C , English, Dallas R , Cannon-Albright, Lisa A , Dunning, Alison M , Cox, Angela , Torres, Diana , García-Closas, Montserrat , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Severi, Gianluca , Ekici, Arif B , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Bhatti, Parveen , Czene, Kamila , Rafii, Saeed , Baglietto, Laura , Fletcher, Olivia , Brauch, Hiltrud , Lindblom, Annika , Liu, Jing , Kang, Daehee
Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | May 7, 2009 | Volume: 18 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 1610-1616
Abstract Previous studies have suggested that minor alleles for ERCC4 rs744154, TNF rs361525, CASP10 rs13010627, PGR rs1042838, and BID rs8190315 may influence breast cancer risk, but the evidence is inconclusive due to their small sample size. These polymorphisms were genotyped in more than 30,000 breast cancer cases and 30,000 controls, primarily of European descent, from 30 studies in the Breast Cancer Association Consortium. We calculated odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) as a measure of association. We found that the minor alleles for these polymorphisms were not related to invasive breast cancer risk overall in women of European descent: ECCR4 per-allele OR (95% CI) = 0.99 (0.97-1.02), minor allele frequency = 27.5%; TNF 1.00 (0.95-1.06), 5.0%; CASP10 1.02 (0.98-1.07), 6.5%; PGR 1.02 (0.99-1.06), 15.3%; and BID 0.98 (0.86-1.12), 1.7%. However, we observed significant between-study heterogeneity for associations with risk for single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in CASP10, PGR, and BID. Estimates were imprecise for women of Asian and African descent due to small numbers and lower minor allele frequencies (with the exception of BID SNP). The ORs for each copy of the minor allele were not significantly different by estrogen or progesterone receptor status, nor were any significant interactions found between the polymorphisms and age or family history of breast cancer. In conclusion, our data provide persuasive evidence against an overall association between invasive breast cancer risk and ERCC4 rs744154, TNF rs361525, CASP10 rs13010627, PGR rs1042838, and BID rs8190315 genotypes among women of European descent. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18(5):1610–6)