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Godwin, Andrew K.

0000-0002-3987-9580

Mayo Clinic

University of Kansas Medical Center

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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

10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-3364 Get It

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 variants of the BRCA1 wild-type allele modify the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers
Cox, David G. , Simard, Jacques , Sinnett, Daniel , Hamdi, Yosr , Soucy, Penny, Ouimet, Manon , Barjhoux, Laure, Verny-Pierre, Carole, McGuffog, Lesley , Healey, Sue, Greene, Mark H. , Mai, Phuong L., Andrulis, Irene L. , Network, Ontario Cancer Genetics, Thomassen, Mads , Gerdes, Anne‐Marie , Caligo, Maria A. , Friedman, Eitan , Laitman, Yael , Paluch, Shani Shimon, Borg, Åke , Karlsson, Per , Askmalm, Marie Stenmark, Bustinza, Gisela Barbany, Collaborators, SWE-BRCA, Nathanson, Katherine L. , Rebbeck, Timothy R., Hamann, Ute, Rookus, Matti A. , Ouweland, Ans M.W. van den, Ausems, Margreet G.E.M. , Aalfs, Cora M. , Gille, Hans J. J. P., HEBON, EMBRACE, Peock, Susan, Frost, Debra, Evans, D. Gareth , Eeles, Rosalind A. , Izatt, Louise , Adlard, Julian, Paterson, Joan, Eason, Jacqueline, Remon, Marie-Alice, Moncoutier, Virginie, Gauthier‐Villars, Marion , Lasset, Christine, Giraud, Sophie , Hardouin, Agnès, Berthet, Pascaline, Sobol, Hagay , Eisinger, François , Paillerets, Brigitte Bressac–de , Delnatte, Capucine, Collaborators, GEMO Study, Goldgar, David E., Miron, Alex, Özçelik, Hilmi, Southey, Melissa C. , Terry, Mary Beth , Registry, The Breast Cancer Family, Dressler, Anne-Catharina, Tea, Muy‐Kheng M., Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Jóhannsson, Óskar Þór, Piedmonte, Marion, Rodriguez, Gustavo C. , Basil, Jack, Blank, Stephanie V. , Montagna, Marco , Blanco, Ignacio , Gayther, Simon A. , Moysich, Kirsten B., Schmutzler, Rita K., Wappenschmidt, Barbara , Engel, Christoph , Meindl, Alfons , Ditsch, Nina , Arnold, Norbert , Niederacher, Dieter , Sutter, Christian , Gadzicki, Dorothea, Fiebig, Britta, Caldes, Trinidad, Laframboise, Rachel , Nevanlinna, Heli , Chen, Xiaoqing, Spurdle, Amanda B. , Ding, Yuan Chun , Peterlongo, Paolo , Manoukian, Siranoush , Bernard, Loris, Radice, Paolo , Easton, Douglas F. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Mazoyer, Sylvie, Sinilnikova, Olga M., Sinilnikova, Olga M., Dumont, Martine, Mai, Phuong , Greene, MH, Glendon, Gord, Selander, Teresa, Weerasooriya, Nayana , Karlsson, Per, Nordling, Margareta , Bergman, Annika, Einbeigi, Zakaria , Stenmark-Askmalm, Marie, Liedgren, S, Borg, Åke, Loman, Niklas, Olsson, Håkan , Kristoffersson, Ulf , Harbst, Katja , Henriksson, Karin, Lindblom, Annika , Arver, Brita, Wachenfeldt, Anna von , Liljegren, Annelie, Rantala, Johanna, Melin, Beatrice , Grönberg, Henrik , Stattin, Eva‐Lena , Emanuelsson, Monica, Ehrencrona, Hans , Seidel‐Renkert, Antje, Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Verhoef, S., Verheus, Martijn, Veer, Laura J. van’t , Leeuwen, Flora E. van , Rookus, M.A., Collée, Margriet , Ouweland, A.M.W. van den, Jager, Agnes , Hooning, Maartje J. , Tilanus‐Linthorst, Madeleine M.A., Seynaeve, Caroline, Asperen, C.J. van, Tollenaar, R.A., Devilee, P., Ligtenberg, M.J., Hoogerbrugge, Nicoline , Ausems, M.G., Aalfs, C.M., Os, T.A. van, Gille, J.J.P., Waisfisz, Quinten , Meijers‐Heijboer, Hanne , Gómez, E. , Roozendaal, Cees E. Van, Blok, Marinus J. , Caanen, BA, Oosterwijk, Jan C., Hout, Annemarie H. van der, Mourits, M J E , Vasen, Hans F. A. , Easton, Douglas F., Peock, Susan, Cook, Margaret, Frost, Debra, Platte, Radka, Miedzybrodzka, Zosia , Gregory, Helen , Jeffers, Lisa, Cole, T, Ong, Kai-Ren, Hoffman, Jonathan , Donaldson, Alan, James, Margaret, Paterson, Joan, Downing, Sarah, Murray, Alexandra, Rogers, Mark T., McCann, Emma, Kennedy, M. John, Barton, David , Porteous, Mary, Drummond, Sarah, Brewer, Carole, Kivuva, Emma , Searle, Anne, Goodman, Selina , Hill, Kathryn , Davidson, Rosemarie, Murday, Victoria, Bradshaw, Nicola, Snadden, Lesley, Longmuir, Mark, Watt, Catherine, Gibson, Sarah , Haque, Eshika, Tobias, Edward S. , Duncan, Alexis E. , Izatt, Louise, Jacobs, Chris , Langman, Caroline, Whaite, Anna , Barwell, Julian, Adlard, Julian, Chu, Carol , Miller, Julie, Ellis, Ian O. , Evans, D. Gareth, Lalloo, Fiona, Side, Lucy, Male, Alison , Berlin, Cheryl, Eason, Jacqueline , Collier, Rebecca, Douglas, Fiona, Claber, Oonagh, Jobson, Irene, Walker, Lisa, McLeod, Diane M., Halliday, Dorothy , Durell, Sarah, Stayner, Barbara, Eeles, Ros, Shanley, Susan, Rahman, Nazneen , Bancroft, Elizabeth, D'Mello, Lucia, Page, Elizabeth, Ardern‐Jones, Audrey, Castro, Elena , Robertson, Lisa , Bardsley, Cathryn, Hodgson, Shirley, Goff, Sheila, Brice, Glen , Winchester, Lizzie, Eddy, Charlotte, Tripathi, Vishakha , Attard, Virginia, Eccles, Diana , Lucassen, Anneke , Crawford, Gillian, McBride, Donna, Smalley, Sarah, Evans, D. Gareth, Lalloo, Fiona, Eeles, Ros, Bancroft, Elizabeth, D'Mello, Lucia, Sinilnikova, Olga, Sinilnikova, Olga, Giraud, Sophie, Léone, Mélanie, Mazoyer, Sylvie , Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Gauthier-Villars, Marion, Buecher, Bruno, Houdayer, Claude , Moncoutier, Virginie, Belotti, Muriel, Tirapo, Carole, Pauw, Antoine de, Bressac-de-Paillerets, Brigitte, Remenieras, Audrey, Byrde, Véronique, Lenoir, Gilbert, Bignon, Yves‐Jean , Uhrhammer, Nancy , Lasset, Christine, Bonadona, Valérie, Berthet, Pascaline, Bourdon, Violaine , Noguchi, Tetsuro, Eisinger, François, Coulet, Florence , Colas, Chrystelle , Soubrier, Florent , Coupier, Isabelle, Peyrat, Jean‐Philippe, Révillion, Françoise, Vennin, Philippe, Adenis, Claude, Rouleau, Étienne , Lidereau, Rosette, Demange, Liliane, Noguès, Catherine , Muller, Danièle, Fricker, Jean‐Pierre , Longy, Michel , Sevenet, Nicolas, Toulas, Christine , Guimbaud, Rosine, Gladieff, Laurence , Feillel, Viviane, Leroux, Dominique, Dreyfus, Hélène, Rebischung, Christine , Coron, Fanny, Faivre, Laurence, Prieur, Fabienne, Lebrun, Marine, Ferrer, Sandra Fert, Frénay, Marc, Venat‐Bouvet, Laurence , Delnatte, Capucine, Mortemousque, Isabelle, Lynch, Henry T., Snyder, Carrie, Ejlertsen, Bent, Andersen, Mette Klarskov , Kjaergaard, Susanne, Sweet, Kevin , O’Connor, Michelle , Ramus, Susan, Pye, Carole, Wozniak, Eva , Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Kast, Karin, Preisler‐Adams, Sabine, Deißler, Helmut , Schönbuchner, Ines, Heinritz, Wolfram, Schäfer, Dieter, Aittomäki, Kristiina , Erkkilä, R.N. Irja, Thorne, Heather , Niedermayr, Eveline, Perez-Segura, Pedro, Durocher, Francine , John, Esther M. , Adlard, Julian , Stenmark‐Askmalm, Marie , Faivre, Laurence , Szabo, Csilla I. , Mai, Phuong L., Network, Ontario Cancer Genetics, Kaufman, Bella , Collaborators, SWE-BRCA, Domchek, Susan M. , Benı́tez, Javier , Asperen, Christi J. van , Devilee, Peter , HEBON, EMBRACE, Peock, Susan, Frost, Debra, Adlard, Julian, Paterson, Joan, Eason, Jacqueline, Godwin, Andrew K. , Lasset, Christine , Berthet, Pascaline, Caron, Olivier , Collaborators, GEMO Study, Buys, Saundra S. , Registry, The Breast Cancer Family, Singer, Christian F. , Dressler, Anne Catharina, Toland, Amanda Ewart , Isaacs, Claudine , Meindl, Alfons , Caldes, Trinidad, Chen, Xiaoqing, Beesley, Jonathan , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Couch, Fergus J. , Wang, Xianshu , Stoppa‐Lyonnet, Dominique , Mazoyer, Sylvie, Sinilnikova, Olga M., Dumont, Martine , Karlsson, Per, Borg, Åke, Soller, Maria , Jernström, Helena , Barbany, Gisela , Torres, Diana , Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Rookus, M.A., Asperen, C.J. van, Wijnen, Juul , Vreeswijk, Maaike P.G. , Devilee, P., Ligtenberg, M.J., Ausems, M.G., Luijt, Rob B. van der , Aalfs, C.M., Os, T.A. van, Gille, J.J.P., Easton, Douglas F., Cook, Margaret, Morrison, Patrick J. , Cole, Trevor, James, Margaret, Taylor, Amy , McCann, Emma, Kennedy, M. John, Snadden, Lesley, Izatt, Louise, Dorkins, Huw , Barwell, Julian, Adlard, Julian, Houghton, Catherine E. , Evans, D. Gareth, Lalloo, Fiona, Taylor, Jane Elizabeth , Berlin, Cheryl, Eeles, Ros, Houlston, Richard S. , Bancroft, Elizabeth, D'Mello, Lucia, Kohut, Kelly , Wiggins, Jennifer M. , Mitra, Anita , Cook, Jackie A , Quarrell, Oliver , Crawford, Gillian, Evans, D. Gareth, Lalloo, Fiona, Eeles, Ros, Bancroft, Elizabeth, D'Mello, Lucia, Sinilnikova, Olga, Sinilnikova, Olga, Giraud, Sophie, Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique, Moncoutier, Virginie, Pauw, Antoine de, Bressac-de-Paillerets, Brigitte, Remenieras, Audrey, Lasset, Christine, Bonadona, Valérie, Eisinger, François, Pujol, Pascal , Fournier, Joëlle , Vennin, Philippe, Delnatte, Capucine, Ejlertsen, Bent , Kjærgaard, Susanne, Senter, Leigha , Craven, Caroline M. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Harrington, Patricia , Blomqvist, Carl , Heikkinen, Tuomas , Hoya, Miguel de la , Nevanlinna, H , Caligo, Maria A , Peterlongo, Paolo , Spurdle, Amanda B , Eccles, Diana , Moysich, Kirsten , Radice, Paolo , Adlard, Julian , Arnold, Norbert , Eeles, Rosalind A , Ehrencrona, Hans , Evans, D Gareth , John, Esther M , Southey, Melissa C , Nathanson, Katherine L , Engel, Christoph , Montagna, Marco , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Faivre, Laurence , Gómez-García, Encarna B , Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Manoukian, Siranoush , Terry, Mary Beth , Lindblom, Annika , Ellis, Ian

Human Molecular Genetics | September 3, 2011 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 23 | Pages: 4732-4747

10.1093/hmg/ddr388 Get It

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

10.1158/0008-5472.can-11-1266 Get It

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.
Genetic Variation in IGF2 and HTRA1 and Breast Cancer Risk among BRCA1 and BRCA2
Brummel, Sean S. , Ding, Yuan Chun , Steele, Linda, Nathanson, Katherine L. , Pfeiler, Georg , Lynch, Henry T., Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Narod, Steven A. , Ganz, Patricia A. , Daly, Mary B., Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Rubinstein, Wendy S. , Blum, Joanne L. , Gillen, Daniel L. , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Domchek, Susan M. , Rebbeck, Timothy R. , Singer, Christian F. , Garber, Judy E. , Couch, Fergus J. , Godwin, Andrew K. , Isaacs, Claudine , Tomlinson, Gail Elizabeth , Tung, Nadine , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Nathanson, Katherine L

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | August 8, 2011 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 1690-1702

10.1158/1055-9965.epi-10-1336 Get It

Abstract Background: BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers have a lifetime breast cancer risk of 40% to 80%, suggesting the presence of risk modifiers. We previously identified significant associations in genetic variants in the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) signaling pathway. Here, we investigate additional IGF signaling genes as risk modifiers for breast cancer development in BRCA carriers. Methods: A cohort of 1,019 BRCA1 and 500 BRCA2 mutation carriers were genotyped for 99 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in 13 genes. Proportional hazards regression was used to model time from birth to diagnosis of breast cancer for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers separately. For linkage disequilibrium (LD) blocks with multiple SNPs, an additive genetic model was used. For an SNP analysis, no additivity assumptions were made. Results: Significant associations were found between risk of breast cancer and LD blocks in IGF2 for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers (global P values of 0.009 for BRCA1 and 0.007 for BRCA2), HTRA1 for BRCA1 carriers (global P value of 0.005), and MMP3 for BRCA2 carriers (global P = 0.0000007 for BRCA2). Conclusions: We identified significant associations of genetic variants involved in IGF signaling. With the known interaction of BRCA1 and IGF signaling and the loss of PTEN in a majority of BRCA1 tumors, this suggests that signaling through AKT may modify breast cancer risk in BRCA1 carriers. Impact: These results suggest potential avenues for future research targeting the IGF signaling pathway in modifying risk in BRCA1and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 20(8); 1690–702. ©2011 AACR.
Common alleles at 6q25.1 and 1p11.2 are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
Antoniou, Antonis C. , Sinilnikova, Olga M., Soucy, Penny, McGuffog, Lesley, Healey, Sue, Peterlongo, Paolo , Manoukian, Siranoush , Peissel, Bernard , Zaffaroni, Daniela , Cattaneo, Elisa , Barile, Monica, Pensotti, Valeria , Pasini, Barbara , Dolcetti, Riccardo , Giannini, Giuseppe , Putignano, Anna Laura , Varesco, Liliana , Radice, Paolo , Mai, Phuong L., Greene, Mark H. , Andrulis, Irene L. , Glendon, Gord , Özçelik, Hilmi, Thomassen, Mads , Gerdes, Anne‐Marie , Kruse, Torben A., Jensen, Uffe Birk , Crüger, Dorthe Gylling, Caligo, Maria A. , Laitman, Yael , Milgrom, Roni, Friedman, Eitan , Loman, Niklas, Harbst, Katja , Lindblom, Annika , Arver, Brita, Ehrencrona, Hans , Melin, Beatrice , SWE-BRCA, Nathanson, Katherine L. , Rebbeck, Timothy R., Jakubowska, Anna , Lubiński, Jan , Huzarski, Tomasz , Byrski, Tomasz , Cybulski, Cezary, Górski, Bohdan , Osório, Ana , Hamann, Ute, Hogervorst, Frans B.L., Rookus, Matti A. , Hooning, Maartje J. , Nelen, Marcel , Luijt, Rob B. van der , Os, Theo A.M. van, Meijers‐Heijboer, Hanne , Gómez, E. , HEBON, Peock, Susan, Cook, Margaret , Frost, Debra, Platte, Radka, Leyland, Jean, Evans, D. Gareth , Lalloo, Fiona, Eeles, Rosalind A. , Izatt, Louise , Adlard, Julian , Davidson, Rosemarie, Eccles, Diana , Ong, Kai-Ren, Douglas, Fiona, Paterson, Joan, Miedzybrodzka, Zosia , EMBRACE, Buecher, Bruno , Belotti, Muriel, Tirapo, Carole, Mazoyer, Sylvie , Barjhoux, Laure, Lasset, Christine , Leroux, Dominique, Faivre, Laurence, Bronner, Myriam , Prieur, Fabienne, Noguès, Catherine , Rouleau, Étienne , Coupier, Isabelle, Frénay, Marc, Collaborators, CEMO Study, Daly, Mary B., Terry, Mary Beth , John, Esther M. , Yassin, Yosuf, Miron, Alexander, Goldgar, David E., Registry, Breast Cancer Family, Singer, Christian F., Tea, Muy‐Kheng, Pfeiler, Georg , Dressler, Anne Catharina, Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Jønson, Lars, Ejlertsen, Bent , Barkardóttir, Rósa B. , Kirchhoff, Tomas , Offit, Kenneth, Piedmonte, Marion, Rodriguez, Gustavo C. , Small, Laurie, Boggess, John F., Blank, Stephanie V. , Basil, Jack, Montagna, Marco , Tognazzo, Silvia , Imyanitov, Evgeny , Janavičius, Ramūnas , Lázaro, Conxi , Blanco, Ignacio , Sucheston, Lara, Walsh, Christine , Oláh, Edith , Bozsik, Anikó , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Seldon, Joyce, Beattie, Mary, Rensburg, Elizabeth J. van , Sluiter, Michelle D., Dı́ez, Orland , Schmutzler, Rita K., Wappenschmidt, Barbara , Engel, Christoph , Meindl, Alfons , Ruehl, I., Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda, Kast, Karin, Deißler, Helmut , Niederacher, Dieter , Arnold, Norbert , Gadzicki, Dorothea, Schönbuchner, Ines, Caldes, Trinidad, Hoya, Miguel de la , Nevanlinna, Heli , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Dumont, Martine , Chiquette, Jocelyne , Chen, Xiaoqing, Beesley, Jonathan, Spurdle, Amanda B. , investigators, kConFab, Ding, Yuan Chun , Fredericksen, Zachary, Simard, Jacques , Easton, Douglas F. , Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , CIMBA, on behalf of, Sutter, Christian , Vasen, Hans F. A. , Durocher, Francine , Rahman, Nazneen , Karlsson, Per , Nordling, Margareta , Olsson, Håkan , Hoogerbrugge, Nicoline , Waisfisz, Quinten , Barton, David , Tobias, Edward S. , Jacobs, Chris , Ellis, Ian O. , Castro, Elena , Lucassen, Anneke , Gladieff, Laurence , Thorne, Heather , Stenmark‐Askmalm, Marie , Faivre, Laurence , Kartsonaki, Christiana , Lee, Andrew , Mai, Phuong L., Kaufman, Bella , Paluch–Shimon, Shani , SWE-BRCA, Domchek, Susan M. , Gronwald, Jacek , Cajal, Teresa Ramón y , Fostira, Florentia , Andrés, Raquel , Benı́tez, Javier , Asperen, Christi J. van , Devilee, Peter , HEBON, Cook, Jackie A , Kennedy, Michael John , EMBRACE, Godwin, Andrew K. , Stoppa‐Lyonnet, Dominique , Pujol, Pascal , Collaborators, CEMO Study, Hopper, John L. , Buys, Saundra S. , Registry, Breast Cancer Family, Singer, Christian F. , Azodi, Masoud , Toland, Amanda Ewart , Agata, Simona , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Karlan, Beth Y. , Meindl, Alfons , Caldes, Trinidad, Tischkowitz, Marc D. , Chen, Xiaoqing, investigators, kConFab, Neuhausen, Susan L. , Wang, Xianshu , Pankratz, V. Shane , Couch, Fergus J. , CIMBA, on behalf of, Nevanlinna, H , Caligo, Maria A , Peterlongo, Paolo , Spurdle, Amanda B , Teo, Soo H , van Rensburg, Elizabeth J , Eccles, Diana , de la Hoya, Miguel , Diez, Orland , Radice, Paolo , Adlard, Julian , Arnold, Norbert , Eeles, Rosalind A , Ehrencrona, Hans , Evans, D Gareth , John, Esther M , van der Luijt, Rob B , Jakubowska, Anna , Nathanson, Katherine L , Bozsik, Aniko , Engel, Christoph , Lazaro, Conxi , Montagna, Marco , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Huzarski, Tomasz , Faivre, Laurence , Gómez-García, Encarna B , Hansen, Thomas van Overeem , Pasini, Barbara , Manoukian, Siranoush , Lubinski, Jan , Terry, Mary Beth , Lindblom, Annika , Ellis, Ian

Human Molecular Genetics | May 19, 2011 | Volume: 20 | Issue: 16 | Pages: 3304-3321

10.1093/hmg/ddr226 Get It

AURKAF31I Polymorphism and Breast Cancer Risk inBRCA1andBRCA2Mutation Carriers: A Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 Study
Sinilnikova, Olga M., Vierkant, Robert A. , Fredericksen, Zachary S., Coupier, Isabelle, Hughes, David J. , Hardouin, Agnès, Berthet, Pascaline, Peock, Susan, Cook, Margaret , Baynes, Caroline, Hodgson, Shirley, Porteous, Mary, Jakubowska, Anna , Spurdle, Amanda B. , kConFab, Schmutzler, Rita K., Versmold, Beatrix, Engel, Christoph , Meindl, Alfons , Sutter, Christian , Horst, Jürgen, Schaefer, Dieter, Offit, Kenneth, Kirchhoff, Tomas , Andrulis, Irene L. , Ilyushik, Eduard, Glendon, Gordon, Vasen, Hans F. A. , Borg, Åke , Backenhorn, Katja, Struewing, Jeffery P. , Greene, Mark H. , Nathanson, Katherine L. , Zikán, Michal , Foretová, Lenka , Sellers, Thomas A. , Lindor, Noralane M. , Nevanlinna, Heli , Tommiska, Johanna , Aittomäki, Kristiina, Hamann, Ute , Rashid, Muhammad Usman , Torres, Diana , Simard, Jacques , Durocher, Francine , Lynch, Henry T., Weitzel, Jeffrey N. , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I. , Narod, Steven A. , Daly, Mary B., Easton, Douglas F., Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Evans, D. Gareth , Thorne, Heather , Couch, Fergus J. , Pankratz, V. Shane , Stoppa‐Lyonnet, Dominique , Morrison, Patrick J. , Lubiński, Jan , Gronwald, Jacek , kConFab, Meindl, Alfons , Devilee, Peter , Vreeswijk, Maaike P.G. , Neuhausen, Susan L. , Rebbeck, Timothy R. , Domchek, Susan M. , Wagner, Theresa Maria , Garber, Judy E. , Szabo, Csilla I. , Olson, Janet E. , Guénard, Frédéric , Isaacs, Claudine , Godwin, Andrew K. , Tomlinson, Gail Elizabeth , Nevanlinna, H , Spurdle, Amanda B , Vierkant, Robert A , Weitzel, Jeffrey N , Evans, D Gareth , Olopade, Olufunmilayo I , Jakubowska, Anna , Torres, Diana , Nathanson, Katherine L , Engel, Christoph , Simard, Jacques , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Rashid, Muhammad U , Hughes, David J

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention | July 12, 2007 | Volume: 16 | Issue: 7 | Pages: 1416-1421

10.1158/1055-9965.epi-07-0129 Get It

AbstractThe AURKA oncogene is associated with abnormal chromosome segregation and aneuploidy and predisposition to cancer. Amplification of AURKA has been detected at higher frequency in tumors from BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers than in sporadic breast tumors, suggesting that overexpression of AURKA and inactivation of BRCA1 and BRCA2 cooperate during tumor development and progression. The F31I polymorphism in AURKA has been associated with breast cancer risk in the homozygous state in prior studies. We evaluated whether the AURKA F31I polymorphism modifies breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2. Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 was established to provide sufficient statistical power through increased numbers of mutation carriers to identify polymorphisms that act as modifiers of cancer risk and can refine breast cancer risk estimates in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. A total of 4,935 BRCA1 and 2,241 BRCA2 mutation carriers and 11 individuals carrying both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations was genotyped for F31I. Overall, homozygosity for the 31I allele was not significantly associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers combined [hazard ratio (HR), 0.91; 95% confidence interval (95% CI), 0.77-1.06]. Similarly, no significant association was seen in BRCA1 (HR, 0.90; 95% CI, 0.75-1.08) or BRCA2 carriers (HR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.67-1.29) or when assessing the modifying effects of either bilateral prophylactic oophorectomy or menopausal status of BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. In summary, the F31I polymorphism in AURKA is not associated with a modified risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. (Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16(7):1416–21)