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Coetzee, Simon G

0000-0003-4267-5930

Mayo Clinic

Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California.

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Functional Analysis and Fine Mapping of the 9p22.2 Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Locus
Buckley, Melissa A., Woods, Nicholas T. , Mendoza-Fandiño, Gustavo, Lawrenson, Kate , Hazelett, Dennis J. , Najafabadi, Hamed S. , Gjyshi, Anxhela, Carvalho, Renato S. , Lyra, Paulo C. , Shen, Howard C., Yang, Ally , Earp, Madalene A. , Yoder, Sean J., Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Ramus, Susan J. , Phelan, Catherine M., Coetzee, Gerhard A., Hughes, Timothy R. , Sellers, Thomas A. , Goode, Ellen L. , Gayther, Simon A. , Monteiro, Álvaro N.A. , Lu, Karen H. , Goodman, Marc T. , Lissowska, Jolanta , Jakubowska, Anna , Dörk, Thilo , Matsuo, Keitaro , Menon, Usha , Terry, Kathryn L. , Tworoger, Shelley S. , Ekici, Arif B. , Chen, Y. Ann , Eccles, Diana , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Hein, Alexander , Hillemanns, Peter , Lambrechts, Diether , Jensen, Allan , Brooks‐Wilson, Angela , Sieh, Weiva , Dansonka‐Mieszkowska, Agnieszka , Liang, Dong , Woo, Yin Ling , McNeish, Iain A. , Lambrechts, Diether , Lawrenson, Kate , Hazelett, Dennis J , Najafabadi, Hamed S , Coetzee, Simon G , Ramus, Susan J , Noushmehr, Houtan , Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , McNeish, Iain A , Teo, Soo H , Tworoger, Shelley S , Hein, Alexander , Hillemanns, Peter , Jensen, Allan , Eccles, Diana , Menon, Usha , Monteiro, Alvaro N , Lissowska, Jolanta , Brooks-Wilson, Angela R , Matsuo, Keitaro , Jakubowska, Anna , Lambrechts, Diether , Sieh, Weiva , Ekici, Arif B , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Goodman, Marc T , Tyrer, Jonathan P. , Coetzee, Simon G. , Yoder, Sean , Risch, Harvey A. , Noushmehr, Houtan , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Morais Lyra, Paulo Cilas

Cancer Research | November 28, 2018 | Volume: 79 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 467-481

10.1158/0008-5472.can-17-3864 Get It

Abstract Genome-wide association studies have identified 40 ovarian cancer risk loci. However, the mechanisms underlying these associations remain elusive. In this study, we conducted a two-pronged approach to identify candidate causal SNPs and assess underlying biological mechanisms at chromosome 9p22.2, the first and most statistically significant associated locus for ovarian cancer susceptibility. Three transcriptional regulatory elements with allele-specific effects and a scaffold/matrix attachment region were characterized and, through physical DNA interactions, BNC2 was established as the most likely target gene. We determined the consensus binding sequence for BNC2 in vitro, verified its enrichment in BNC2 ChIP-seq regions, and validated a set of its downstream target genes. Fine-mapping by dense regional genotyping in over 15,000 ovarian cancer cases and 30,000 controls identified SNPs in the scaffold/matrix attachment region as among the most likely causal variants. This study reveals a comprehensive regulatory landscape at 9p22.2 and proposes a likely mechanism of susceptibility to ovarian cancer. Significance: Mapping the 9p22.2 ovarian cancer risk locus identifies BNC2 as an ovarian cancer risk gene. See related commentary by Choi and Brown, p. 439
Cell-type-specific enrichment of risk-associated regulatory elements at ovarian cancer susceptibility loci
Coetzee, Simon G. , Shen, Howard C., Hazelett, Dennis J. , Lawrenson, Kate , Kuchenbaecker, Karoline , Rhie, Suhn K. , Levanon, Keren , Karst, Alison M., Drapkin, Ronny , Ramus, Susan J. , Offit, Kenneth, Chenevix‐Trench, Georgia , Monteiro, Álvaro N.A. , Antoniou, Antonis C. , Freedman, Matthew L., Coetzee, Gerhard A. , Gayther, Simon A. , Antonenkova, Natalia, Bean, Yukie T., Beckmann, Matthias W. , Bisogna, Maria, Bogdanova, Natalia , Brinton, Louise A. , Bruinsma, Fiona , Chang‐Claude, Jenny, Chen, Ann , Chen, Zhihua , Cunningham, Julie M. , Dansonka‐Mieszkowska, Agnieszka , Dicks, Ed , Dörk, Thilo , Eccles, Diana , Easton, Douglas F. , Edwards, Robert P., Eilber, Ursula, Ekici, Arif B. , Fasching, Peter A. , Gao, Yu‐Tang , Giles, Graham G. , Glasspool, Rosalind , Goode, Ellen L. , Grownwald, Jacek, Harrington, Patricia, Harter, Philipp , Hasmad, Hanis Nazihah, Hein, Alexander , Heitz, Florian , Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T., Hillemanns, Peter , Høgdall, Claus , Hosono, Satoyo , Iversen, Edwin S., Jakubowska, Anna , James, Paul A. , Jensen, Allan , Ji, Bu‐Tian , Kjær, Susanne K. , Kelemen, Linda E. , Kellar, Melissa, Kelley, Joseph L., Kiemeney, Lambertus A. , Krakstad, Camilla , Kupryjańczyk, Jolanta , Lambrechts, Diether , Lambrechts, Sandrina, Le, Nhu D. , Lele, Shashi, Leminen, Arto, Lester, Jenny, Levine, Douglas A. , Lissowska, Jolanta , Lu, Karen, Lubiński, Jan , Lundvall, Lene, Massuger, Leon F.A.G. , Matsuo, Keitaro , McGuire, Valerie , McLaughlin, John R., McNeish, Ian, Menon, Usha , Moysich, Kirsten B., Narod, Steven A., Nedergaard, Lotte , Ness, Roberta B., Azmi, Mat Adenan Noor, Odunsi, Kunle , Oršulić, Sandra , Pearce, Celeste Leigh, Pelttari, Liisa M. , Permuth‐Wey, Jennifer, Phelan, Catherine M., Pike, Malcolm C., Rossing, Mary Anne, Rothstein, Joseph H. , Runnebaum, Ingo B., Rzepecka, Iwona K. , Salvesen, Helga B., Schildkraut, Joellen M. , Schwaab, Ira, Sellers, Thomas A. , Shu, Xiao‐Ou, Shvetsov, Yurii B. , Sieh, Weiva , Song, Honglin , Southey, Melissa C. , Sucheston, Lara, Tangen, Ingvild L. , Teo, Soo‐Hwang , Thompson, Pamela J., Timorek, Agnieszka, Tworoger, Shelley S. , Altena, Anne M. van , Nieuwenhuysen, Els Van , Vergote, Ignace , Vierkant, Robert A. , Wang‐Gohrke, Shan , Walsh, Christine , Wentzensen, Nicolas, Whittemore, Alice S. , Wicklund, Kristine G. , Woo, Yin Ling , Wu, Xifeng , Wu, Anna H. , Lu, Karen H. , McNeish, Iain A. , Lambrechts, Diether , Tyrer, Jonathan P. , Couch, Fergus J. , Pharoah, Paul D.P. , Noushmehr, Houtan , Anton‐Culver, Hoda , Baker, Helen H. , Bandera, Elisa V. , Berchuck, Andrew , Bjørge, Line , Brooks‐Wilson, Angela , Bützow, Ralf C. , Campbell, Ian , Carty, Karen , Cook, Linda S. , Cramer, Daniel W. , Cybulski, Cezary , Dennis, Joe , Doherty, Jennifer A. , Bois, Andreas du , Dürst, Matthias , Fridley, Brooke L. , Gentry‐Maharaj, Aleksandra , Goodman, Marc T. , Hildebrandt, Michelle A.T. , Høgdall, Estrid , Karlan, Beth Y. , Lester, Jenny, Liang, Dong , Lu, Karen, McLaughlin, John R., McNeish, Ian, Modugno, Francesmary , Olson, Sara H. , Orlow, Irene , Weber, Rachel Palmieri , Pejovic, Tanja B. , Poole, Elizabeth M. , Risch, Harvey A. , Rosen, Barry P. , Rudolph, Anja , Siddiqui, Nadeem , Terry, Kathryn L. , Wentzensen, Nicolas , Wilkens, Lynne R. , Yang, Hannah , Zheng, Wei , Ziogas, Argyrios , Pelttari, L M , Dörk, Thilo , Lambrechts, Diether , Giles, Graham G , James, Paul , Kiemeney, Lambertus A , Kjaer, Susanne K , McNeish, Iain A , Ramus, Susan J , Teo, Soo H , Tworoger, Shelley S , Hein, Alexander , Hillemanns, Peter , Jensen, Allan , Vierkant, Robert A , Eccles, Diana , Menon, Usha , Lawrenson, Kate , Hazelett, Dennis J , Coetzee, Simon G , Monteiro, Alvaro N , Lissowska, Jolanta , Southey, Melissa C , Glasspool, Rosalind , Matsuo, Keitaro , Heitz, Florian , Jakubowska, Anna , Kupryjanczyk, Jolanta , Lambrechts, Diether , Sieh, Weiva , Ekici, Arif B , Bogdanova, Natalia V , Chenevix-Trench, Georgia , Drapkin, Ronny , Høgdall, Claus K , Lubinski, Jan

Human Molecular Genetics | March 24, 2015 | Volume: 24 | Issue: 13 | Pages: 3595-3607

10.1093/hmg/ddv101 Get It