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American Journal of Hematology | April 2, 2016 | Volume: 91 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 687-691
Monocyte‐derived cells, constituents of the cancer microenvironment, support chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cell survival in vitro via direct cell‐cell interaction and secreted factors. We hypothesized that circulating absolute monocyte count (AMC) reflects the monocyte‐derived cells in the microenvironment, and that higher AMC is associated with increased CLL cell survival in vivo and thus inferior CLL patient outcomes. We assessed the extent to which AMC at diagnosis of CLL is correlated with clinical outcomes, and whether this information adds to currently used prognostic markers. We evaluated AMC, clinically used prognostic markers, and time to event data from 1,168 CLL patients followed at the Mayo Clinic, the Duke University Medical Center, and the Durham VA Medical Center. Elevated AMC was significantly associated with inferior clinical outcomes, including time to first therapy (TTT) and overall survival (OS). AMC combined with established clinical and molecular prognostic markers significantly improved risk‐stratification of CLL patients for TTT. As an elevated AMC at diagnosis is associated with accelerated disease progression, and monocyte‐derived cells in the CLL microenvironment promote CLL cell survival and proliferation, these findings suggest that monocytes and monocyte‐derived cells are rational therapeutic targets in CLL. Am. J. Hematol. 91:687–691, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Base Resolution Methylome Profiling: Considerations in Platform Selection, Data Preprocessing and Analysis
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Epigenomics | September 14, 2015 | Volume: 7 | Issue: 5 | Pages: 813-828
Deep sequencing identifies genetic heterogeneity and recurrent convergent evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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Blood | November 6, 2014 | Volume: 125 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 492-498
Key Points Deep sequencing identifies a significant reservoir of subclonal mutations affecting key genes in CLL pathogenesis. Convergent evolution of genetic lesions in tumor subclonal populations is recurrently found in CLL.
Identification and characterization of novel associations in the CASP8/ALS2CR12 region on chromosome 2 with breast cancer risk
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Human Molecular Genetics | August 29, 2014 | Volume: 24 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 285-298
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
19p13.1 Is a Triple-Negative–Specific Breast Cancer Susceptibility Locus
Stevens, Kristen N., Fredericksen, Zachary, Vachon, Celine M. , Margolin, Sara , Lindblom, Annika , Nevanlinna, Heli , Greco, Dario , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Blomqvist, Carl , Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Vrieling, Alina , Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Sinn, Hans‐Peter , Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Nickels, Stefan , Brauch, Hiltrud , Ko, Yon‐Dschun, Fischer, Hans‐Peter , Schmutzler, Rita K., Meindl, Alfons, Bartram, Claus R., Schott, Sarah , Engel, Christoph , Weaver, JoEllen , Sharma, Priyanka , Brenner, Hermann , Stegmaier, Christa, Miron, Penelope , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Stavropoulou, Alexandra , Fountzilas, George , Swann, Ruth , Dwek, Miriam , Perkins, Annie, Zamora, María Pilar, Bojesen, Stig E. , Nielsen, Sune F. , Nordestgaard, Børge G. , Flyger, Henrik, Guénel, Pascal , Truong, Thérèse , Ménégaux, F. , Cordina‐Duverger, Emilie, Burwinkel, Barbara , Marmé, Frederick, Schneeweiß, Andreas , Sohn, Christof , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Tomlinson, Ian , Kerin, Michael J. , Peto, Julian , Johnson, Nichola , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Fasching, Peter A. , Beckmann, Matthias W. , Hartmann, Arndt , Ekici, Arif B. , Lophatananon, Artitaya, Muir, Kenneth , Puttawibul, Puttisak, Wiangnon, Surapon , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Braaf, Linde M., Rosenberg, Efraim H. , Hopper, John L. , Apicella, Carmel, Park, Daniel J. , Southey, Melissa C. , Swerdlow, Anthony J. , Ashworth, Alan , Orr, Nicholas, Schoemaker, Minouk J. , Dur, Christina Clarke, Shen, Chen‐Yang , Yu, Jyh-Cherng, Hsu, Huan-Ming, Hsiung, Chia‐Ni , Hamann, Ute , Dünnebier, Thomas, Rüdiger, Thomas , Ulmer, Hans Ulrich, Dunning, Alison M. , Humphreys, Manjeet K., Wang, Qin , Cox, Angela , Cross, Simon S. , Reed, Malcolm , Czene, Kamila , Ademuyiwa, Foluso O. , Hwang, Helena, Eccles, Diana M., García‐Closas, Montserrat , Figueroa, Jonine D. , Sherman, Mark E., Lissowska, Jolanta , Seynaeve, Caroline, Tollenaar, Rob A.�E.�M. , Hooning, Maartje J. , Andrulis, Irene L. , Knight, Julia A. , Glendon, Gord, Mulligan, Anna Marie , Winqvist, Robert , Pylkäs, Katri , Jukkola‐Vuorinen, Arja , Grip, Mervi, John, Esther M. , Miron, Alexander, Alnæs, Grethe Grenaker, Kristensen, Vessela, Børresen‐Dale, Anne‐Lise , Giles, Graham G. , Baglietto, Laura , McLean, Catriona , Severi, Gianluca , Kosel, Matthew L., Pankratz, V.S., Slager, Susan, Radice, Paolo , Peterlongo, Paolo , Manoukian, Siranoush , Barile, Monica, Lambrechts, Diether , Hatse, Sigrid , Dieudonné, Anne-Sophie, Christiaens, Marie-Rose, Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Chen, Xiaoqing, Mannermaa, Arto, Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Hartikainen, Jaana M. , Soini, Ylermi, Easton, Douglas F., Eccles, Diana , Orr, Nick , Thorne, Heather , Purrington, Kristen S. , Lambrechts, Diether , Vachon, Celine M. , Wang, Xianshu , Meindl, Alfons, Godwin, Andrew K. , Pathak, Harsh B. , Müller, Heiko , Arndt, Volker , Gogas, Helen J , Milne, Roger L. , Benı́tez, Javier , Pérez, José Ignacio Arias , Fletcher, Olivia , Broeks, Annegien , Orr, Nicholas, Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Ziogas, Argyrios , Bernstein, Leslie , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Hall, Per N , Ambrosone, Christine B. , Eccles, Diana M., Devilee, Peter , Kristensen, Vessela N. , Kosel, Matthew , Olson, Janet E. , Beesley, Jonathan , Chen, Xiaoqing, Mannermaa, Arto, Couch, Fergus J. , Nevanlinna, H , Lambrechts, Diether , Giles, Graham G , Peterlongo, Paolo , Eccles, Diana , Swerdlow, Anthony J , Radice, Paolo , Lissowska, Jolanta , John, Esther M , Southey, Melissa C , Sinn, Peter , Muir, Kenneth , Dunning, Alison M , Lambrechts, Diether , Brenner, Hermann , Cox, Angela , Guénel, Pascal , García-Closas, Montserrat , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Severi, Gianluca , Ekici, Arif B , Hartikainen, Jaana M , Engel, Christoph , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Figueroa, Jonine D , Czene, Kamila , Ademuyiwa, Foluso O , Pylkäs, Katri , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Manoukian, Siranoush , Baglietto, Laura , Bojesen, Stig E , Purrington, Kristen S , Sharma, Priyanka , Schoemaker, Minouk J , Truong, Therese , Mclean, Catriona , Brauch, Hiltrud , Lindblom, Annika , Sawyer, Elinor J , Orr, Nick
Cancer Research | February 13, 2012 | Volume: 72 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 1795-1803
Abstract The 19p13.1 breast cancer susceptibility locus is a modifier of breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers and is also associated with the risk of ovarian cancer. Here, we investigated 19p13.1 variation and risk of breast cancer subtypes, defined by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), and human epidermal growth factor receptor-2 (HER2) status, using 48,869 breast cancer cases and 49,787 controls from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC). Variants from 19p13.1 were not associated with breast cancer overall or with ER-positive breast cancer but were significantly associated with ER-negative breast cancer risk [rs8170 OR, 1.10; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.05–1.15; P = 3.49 × 10−5] and triple-negative (ER-, PR-, and HER2-negative) breast cancer (rs8170: OR, 1.22; 95% CI, 1.13–1.31; P = 2.22 × 10−7). However, rs8170 was no longer associated with ER-negative breast cancer risk when triple-negative cases were excluded (OR, 0.98; 95% CI, 0.89–1.07; P = 0.62). In addition, a combined analysis of triple-negative cases from BCAC and the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Consortium (TNBCC; N = 3,566) identified a genome-wide significant association between rs8170 and triple-negative breast cancer risk (OR, 1.25; 95% CI, 1.18–1.33; P = 3.31 × 10−13]. Thus, 19p13.1 is the first triple-negative–specific breast cancer risk locus and the first locus specific to a histologic subtype defined by ER, PR, and HER2 to be identified. These findings provide convincing evidence that genetic susceptibility to breast cancer varies by tumor subtype and that triple-negative tumors and other subtypes likely arise through distinct etiologic pathways. Cancer Res; 72(7); 1795–803. ©2012 AACR.
Common Breast Cancer Susceptibility Loci Are Associated with Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Stevens, Kristen N., Vachon, Celine M. , Slager, Susan, Lesnick, Timothy G. , Olswold, Curtis, Fasching, Peter A. , Miron, Penelope , Eccles, Diana , Carpenter, Jane, Winqvist, Robert , Brauch, Hiltrud , Schmidt, Marjanka K. , Cox, Angela , Cross, Simon S. , Sawyer, Elinor J. , Hartmann, Arndt, Beckmann, Matthias W. , Schulz-Wendtland, Rüdiger, Ekici, Arif B. , Tapper, William , Gerty, Susan M. , Durcan, Lorraine , Graham, Nikki , Hein, Rebecca, Nickels, Stephan, Flesch‐Janys, Dieter, Heinz, Judith , Sinn, Hans‐Peter , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Pectasides, Dimitrios , Dimopoulos, Athanasios M., Clarke, Christine L. , Balleine, Rosemary L. , Fredericksen, Zachary, Diasio, Robert B. , Ross, Eric A. , Weaver, JoEllen , Rüdiger, Thomas , Dünnebier, Thomas, Ademuyiwa, Foluso O. , Kulkarni, Swati , Pylkäs, Katri , Jukkola‐Vuorinen, Arja , Ko, Yon‐Dschun, Limbergen, Erik Van, Janssen, Hilde, Peto, Julian , Fletcher, Olivia , Giles, Graham G. , Baglietto, Laura , Verhoef, Senno, Tomlinson, Ian , Kosma, Veli‐Matti , Greco, Dario , Blomqvist, Carl , Irwanto, Astrid , Liu, Jianjun , Blows, Fiona M., Dawson, Sarah‐Jane , Margolin, Sara , Mannermaa, Arto, Martin, Nicholas G. , Montgomery, Grant W. , Lambrechts, Diether , dos‐Santos‐Silva, Isabel , Severi, Gianluca , Hamann, Ute, Easton, Douglas F., Chang‐Claude, Jenny , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Nevanlinna, Heli , Dimopoulos, Meletios Α. , Purrington, Kristen S. , Lambrechts, Diether , Vachon, Celine M. , Lee, Adam M. , Godwin, Andrew K. , Ambrosone, Christine B. , Fostira, Florentia , Dimopoulos, Athanasios M., Fountzilas, George , Olson, Janet E. , Pathak, Harsh B. , Försti, Asta , Beesley, Jonathan , Mannermaa, Arto, Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Wang, Xianshu , Couch, Fergus J. , Nevanlinna, H , Lambrechts, Diether , Giles, Graham G , Eccles, Diana , Dimopoulos, Meletios A , Konstantopoulou, Irene , Martin, Nicholas G , Sinn, Peter , Lambrechts, Diether , Cox, Angela , Schmidt, Marjanka K , Severi, Gianluca , Ekici, Arif B , Ademuyiwa, Foluso O , Pylkäs, Katri , Yannoukakos, Drakoulis , Baglietto, Laura , Fletcher, Olivia , Purrington, Kristen S , Brauch, Hiltrud , Sawyer, Elinor J , Liu, Jing
Cancer Research | August 15, 2011 | Volume: 71 | Issue: 19 | Pages: 6240-6249
Abstract Triple-negative breast cancers are an aggressive subtype of breast cancer with poor survival, but there remains little known about the etiologic factors that promote its initiation and development. Commonly inherited breast cancer risk factors identified through genome-wide association studies display heterogeneity of effect among breast cancer subtypes as defined by the status of estrogen and progesterone receptors. In the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Consortium (TNBCC), 22 common breast cancer susceptibility variants were investigated in 2,980 Caucasian women with triple-negative breast cancer and 4,978 healthy controls. We identified six single-nucleotide polymorphisms, including rs2046210 (ESR1), rs12662670 (ESR1), rs3803662 (TOX3), rs999737 (RAD51L1), rs8170 (19p13.1), and rs8100241 (19p13.1), significantly associated with the risk of triple-negative breast cancer. Together, our results provide convincing evidence of genetic susceptibility for triple-negative breast cancer. Cancer Res; 71(19); 6240–9. ©2011 AACR.