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Desai TA, Hedman ÅK, Dimitriou M, Koprulu M, Figiel S, Yin W, Johansson M, Watts EL, Atkins JR, Sokolov AV, Schiöth HB, Gunter MJ, Tsilidis KK, Martin RM, Pietzner M, Langenberg C, Mills IG, Lamb AD, Mälarstig A, Key TJ, Travis RC, Smith-Byrne K. Identifying proteomic risk factors for overall, aggressive, and early onset prostate cancer using Mendelian Randomisation and tumour spatial transcriptomics. EBioMedicine 2024; 105:105168. [PMID: 38878676 PMCID: PMC11233900 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Revised: 05/09/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/25/2024] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Understanding the role of circulating proteins in prostate cancer risk can reveal key biological pathways and identify novel targets for cancer prevention. METHODS We investigated the association of 2002 genetically predicted circulating protein levels with risk of prostate cancer overall, and of aggressive and early onset disease, using cis-pQTL Mendelian randomisation (MR) and colocalisation. Findings for proteins with support from both MR, after correction for multiple-testing, and colocalisation were replicated using two independent cancer GWAS, one of European and one of African ancestry. Proteins with evidence of prostate-specific tissue expression were additionally investigated using spatial transcriptomic data in prostate tumour tissue to assess their role in tumour aggressiveness. Finally, we mapped risk proteins to drug and ongoing clinical trials targets. FINDINGS We identified 20 proteins genetically linked to prostate cancer risk (14 for overall [8 specific], 7 for aggressive [3 specific], and 8 for early onset disease [2 specific]), of which the majority replicated where data were available. Among these were proteins associated with aggressive disease, such as PPA2 [Odds Ratio (OR) per 1 SD increment = 2.13, 95% CI: 1.54-2.93], PYY [OR = 1.87, 95% CI: 1.43-2.44] and PRSS3 [OR = 0.80, 95% CI: 0.73-0.89], and those associated with early onset disease, including EHPB1 [OR = 2.89, 95% CI: 1.99-4.21], POGLUT3 [OR = 0.76, 95% CI: 0.67-0.86] and TPM3 [OR = 0.47, 95% CI: 0.34-0.64]. We confirmed an inverse association of MSMB with prostate cancer overall [OR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.80-0.82], and also found an inverse association with both aggressive [OR = 0.84, 95% CI: 0.82-0.86] and early onset disease [OR = 0.71, 95% CI: 0.68-0.74]. Using spatial transcriptomics data, we identified MSMB as the genome-wide top-most predictive gene to distinguish benign regions from high grade cancer regions that comparatively had five-fold lower MSMB expression. Additionally, ten proteins that were associated with prostate cancer risk also mapped to existing therapeutic interventions. INTERPRETATION Our findings emphasise the importance of proteomics for improving our understanding of prostate cancer aetiology and of opportunities for novel therapeutic interventions. Additionally, we demonstrate the added benefit of in-depth functional analyses to triangulate the role of risk proteins in the clinical aggressiveness of prostate tumours. Using these integrated methods, we identify a subset of risk proteins associated with aggressive and early onset disease as priorities for investigation for the future prevention and treatment of prostate cancer. FUNDING This work was supported by Cancer Research UK (grant no. C8221/A29017).
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- Trishna A Desai
- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
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- External Science and Innovation, Pfizer Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- External Science and Innovation, Pfizer Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Genomic Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France
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- Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience Uppsala University, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Functional Pharmacology and Neuroscience Uppsala University, 75124, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Genomic Epidemiology Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, United Kingdom; Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Population Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom; NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre, Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Computational Medicine, Berlin Institute of HealthHealth (BIH) at Charité - Univeritätsmedizin- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Precision Healthcare University Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom; Computational Medicine, Berlin Institute of HealthHealth (BIH) at Charité - Univeritätsmedizin- Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Precision Healthcare University Research Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- University of Oxford, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- External Science and Innovation, Pfizer Worldwide Research, Development and Medical, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Zhu J, Wu K, Liu S, Masca A, Zhong H, Yang T, Ghoneim DH, Surendran P, Liu T, Yao Q, Liu T, Fahle S, Butterworth A, Alam MA, Vadgama JV, Deng Y, Deng HW, Wu C, Wu Y, Wu L. Proteome-wide association study and functional validation identify novel protein markers for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Gigascience 2024; 13:giae012. [PMID: 38608280 PMCID: PMC11010651 DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giae012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2023] [Revised: 01/17/2024] [Accepted: 03/11/2024] [Indexed: 04/14/2024] Open
Abstract
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a lethal malignancy, largely due to the paucity of reliable biomarkers for early detection and therapeutic targeting. Existing blood protein biomarkers for PDAC often suffer from replicability issues, arising from inherent limitations such as unmeasured confounding factors in conventional epidemiologic study designs. To circumvent these limitations, we use genetic instruments to identify proteins with genetically predicted levels to be associated with PDAC risk. Leveraging genome and plasma proteome data from the INTERVAL study, we established and validated models to predict protein levels using genetic variants. By examining 8,275 PDAC cases and 6,723 controls, we identified 40 associated proteins, of which 16 are novel. Functionally validating these candidates by focusing on 2 selected novel protein-encoding genes, GOLM1 and B4GALT1, we demonstrated their pivotal roles in driving PDAC cell proliferation, migration, and invasion. Furthermore, we also identified potential drug repurposing opportunities for treating PDAC. SIGNIFICANCE PDAC is a notoriously difficult-to-treat malignancy, and our limited understanding of causal protein markers hampers progress in developing effective early detection strategies and treatments. Our study identifies novel causal proteins using genetic instruments and subsequently functionally validates selected novel proteins. This dual approach enhances our understanding of PDAC etiology and potentially opens new avenues for therapeutic interventions.
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- Jingjing Zhu
- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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- MRC/BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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- Division of Surgical Oncology, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030, USA
- Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, USA
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- MRC/BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK
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- MRC/BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK
- NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Genomics, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 0SR, UK
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Division of Cancer Research and Training, Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine and UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
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Dai N, Deng Y, Wang B. Association between human blood metabolome and the risk of hypertension. BMC Genom Data 2023; 24:79. [PMID: 38102541 PMCID: PMC10724971 DOI: 10.1186/s12863-023-01180-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 12/06/2023] [Indexed: 12/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Hypertension, commonly referred to as high blood pressure, is a chronic medical condition characterized by persistently elevated blood pressure levels. It is a prevalent global health issue, affecting a significant portion of the population worldwide. Hypertension is often asymptomatic, making it a silent but potentially dangerous condition if left untreated. Genetic instruments for 1,091 were from a recent comprehensive metabolome genome-wide association study (GWAS). Summary statistics of diastolic blood pressure (DBP) and systolic blood pressure (SBP) involving 757,601 sample size were analyzed. Two-sample Mendelian Randomization (MR) was conducted to assess causal effect of metabolites on DBP and SBP risk, and reverse MR analysis was performed to identify the DBP/SBP causal effect on blood metabolites. Twelve and twenty-two metabolites were identified to be associated with DBP and SBP, respectively. Sensitive analysis showed four metabolites had robustness association on BP. Reverse MR demonstrated DBP and SBP could decrease the tricosanoyl sphingomyelin (d18:1/23:0)* level and increase the 2-hydroxyhippurate (salicylurate) level in blood, respectively. Our findings reveal an association between blood metabolites and blood pressure (DBP and SBP), suggesting potential therapeutic targets for hypertension intervention.
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- Nannan Dai
- The Eco-city Hospital of Tianjin Fifth Central Hospital, Tianjin, 300467, China.
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- School of Mathematical Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang, 050010, China
- College of Future Information Technology, Shijiazhuang University, Shijiazhuang, 050035, China
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- The Eco-city Hospital of Tianjin Fifth Central Hospital, Tianjin, 300467, China.
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Zhong H, Zhu J, Liu S, Ghoneim DH, Surendran P, Liu T, Fahle S, Butterworth A, Ashad Alam M, Deng HW, Yu H, Wu C, Wu L. Identification of blood protein biomarkers associated with prostate cancer risk using genetic prediction models: analysis of over 140,000 subjects. Hum Mol Genet 2023; 32:3181-3193. [PMID: 37622920 PMCID: PMC10630250 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddad139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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Prostate cancer (PCa) brings huge public health burden in men. A growing number of conventional observational studies report associations of multiple circulating proteins with PCa risk. However, the existing findings may be subject to incoherent biases of conventional epidemiologic studies. To better characterize their associations, herein, we evaluated associations of genetically predicted concentrations of plasma proteins with PCa risk. We developed comprehensive genetic prediction models for protein levels in plasma. After testing 1308 proteins in 79 194 cases and 61 112 controls of European ancestry included in the consortia of BPC3, CAPS, CRUK, PEGASUS, and PRACTICAL, 24 proteins showed significant associations with PCa risk, including 16 previously reported proteins and eight novel proteins. Of them, 14 proteins showed negative associations and 10 showed positive associations with PCa risk. For 18 of the identified proteins, potential functional somatic changes of encoding genes were detected in PCa patients in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Genes encoding these proteins were significantly involved in cancer-related pathways. We further identified drugs targeting the identified proteins, which may serve as candidates for drug repurposing for treating PCa. In conclusion, this study identifies novel protein biomarker candidates for PCa risk, which may provide new perspectives on the etiology of PCa and improve its therapeutic strategies.
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- Hua Zhong
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
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- MRC/BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, United Kingdom
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- Biological Sciences Division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99354, United States
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- MRC/BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, United Kingdom
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- MRC/BHF Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, United Kingdom
- NIHR Blood and Transplant Research Unit in Donor Health and Genomics, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Papworth Road, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, CB2 0BB, United Kingdom
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States
- Center for Outcomes Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, United States
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- Tulane Center for Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Division of Biomedical Informatics and Genomics, Deming Department of Medicine, Tulane University, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans, LA 70112, United States
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler Street, Houston, TX 77030, United States
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, United States
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Sun Y, Bae YE, Zhu J, Zhang Z, Zhong H, Cheng C, Deng Y, Wu C, Wu L. A Splicing Transcriptome-Wide Association Study Identifies Candidate Altered Splicing for Prostate Cancer Risk. OMICS : A JOURNAL OF INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY 2023; 27:372-380. [PMID: 37486714 DOI: 10.1089/omi.2023.0065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Prostate cancer (PCa) represents a huge public health burden among men. Many susceptibility genetic factors for PCa still remain unknown. In this study, we performed a large splicing transcriptome-wide association study (spTWAS) using three modeling strategies to develop alternative splicing genetic prediction models for identifying novel susceptibility loci and splicing introns for PCa risk by assessing 79,194 cases and 61,112 controls of European ancestry in the PRACTICAL, CRUK, CAPS, BPC3, and PEGASUS consortia. We identified 120 splicing introns of 97 genes showing an association with PCa risk at false discovery rate (FDR)-corrected threshold (FDR <0.05). Of them, 33 genes were enriched in PCa-related diseases and function categories. Fine-mapping analysis suggested that 21 splicing introns of 19 genes were likely causally associated with PCa risk. Thirty-five splicing introns of 34 novel genes were identified to be related to PCa susceptibility for the first time, and 11 of the genes were enriched in a cancer-related network. Our study identified novel loci and splicing introns associated with PCa risk, which can improve our understanding of the etiology of this common malignancy.
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- Yanfa Sun
- College of Life Science, Longyan University, Longyan, P.R. China
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory for the Prevention and Control of Animal Infectious Diseases and Biotechnology, Longyan, P.R. China
- Fujian Provincial Universities Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnology (Longyan University), Longyan, P.R. China
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- Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- College of Life Science, Longyan University, Longyan, P.R. China
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Srinivasan S, Kryza T, Bock N, Tse BWC, Sokolowski KA, Panchadsaram J, Moya L, Stephens C, Dong Y, Röhl J, Alinezhad S, Vela I, Perry-Keene JL, Buzacott K, Gago-Dominguez M, Schleutker J, Maier C, Muir K, Tangen CM, Gronberg H, Pashayan N, Albanes D, Wolk A, Stanford JL, Berndt SI, Mucci LA, Koutros S, Cussenot O, Sorensen KD, Grindedal EM, Key TJ, Haiman CA, Giles GG, Vega A, Wiklund F, Neal DE, Kogevinas M, Stampfer MJ, Nordestgaard BG, Brenner H, Gamulin M, Claessens F, Melander O, Dahlin A, Stattin P, Hallmans G, Häggström C, Johansson R, Thysell E, Rönn AC, Li W, Brown N, Dimeski G, Shepherd B, Dadaev T, Brook MN, Spurdle AB, Stenman UH, Koistinen H, Kote-Jarai Z, Klein RJ, Lilja H, Ecker RC, Eeles R, Clements J, Batra J. Biochemical activity induced by a germline variation in KLK3 (PSA) associates with cellular function and clinical outcome in prostate cancer. RESEARCH SQUARE 2023:rs.3.rs-2650312. [PMID: 37034758 PMCID: PMC10081352 DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2650312/v1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/30/2023]
Abstract
Genetic variation at the 19q13.3 KLK locus is linked with prostate cancer susceptibility. The non-synonymous KLK3 SNP, rs17632542 (c.536T>C; Ile163Thr-substitution in PSA) is associated with reduced prostate cancer risk, however, the functional relevance is unknown. Here, we identify that the SNP variant-induced change in PSA biochemical activity as a previously undescribed function mediating prostate cancer pathogenesis. The 'Thr' PSA variant led to small subcutaneous tumours, supporting reduced prostate cancer risk. However, 'Thr' PSA also displayed higher metastatic potential with pronounced osteolytic activity in an experimental metastasis in-vivo model. Biochemical characterization of this PSA variant demonstrated markedly reduced proteolytic activity that correlated with differences in in-vivo tumour burden. The SNP is associated with increased risk for aggressive disease and prostate cancer-specific mortality in three independent cohorts, highlighting its critical function in mediating metastasis. Carriers of this SNP allele had reduced serum total PSA and a higher free/total PSA ratio that could contribute to late biopsy decisions and delay in diagnosis. Our results provide a molecular explanation for the prominent 19q13.3 KLK locus, rs17632542 SNP, association with a spectrum of prostate cancer clinical outcomes.
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- Srilakshmi Srinivasan
- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- Mater Research Institute - The University of Queensland, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- Preclinical Imaging Facility, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Preclinical Imaging Facility, Translational Research Institute, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Department of Urology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Pathology Queensland, Sunshine Coast University Hospital Laboratory, Birtinya, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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- Pathology Queensland, Sunshine Coast University Hospital Laboratory, Birtinya, Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SM2 5NG, UK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Genomic Medicine Group, Galician Foundation of Genomic Medicine, IDIS, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, SERGAS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SM2 5NG, UK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
- Ronald and Rita McAulay Foundation, London, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Institute of Biomedicine, Kiinamyllynkatu 10, FI-20014 University of Turku, Finland
- Department of Medical Genetics, Genomics, Laboratory Division, Turku University Hospital, PO Box 52, 20521 Turku, Finland
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- Humangenetik Tuebingen, Paul-Ehrlich-Str 23, D-72076 Tuebingen, Germany
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- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
- Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Division of Public Health Sciences
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Laboratory, Worts Causeway, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Division of Nutritional Epidemiology, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, 98109-1024, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology,Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, USA
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- CeRePP and Sorbonne Universite, GRC N°5 AP-HP, Tenon Hospital, Paris, France
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University & Department of Molecular Medicine (MOMA), Aarhus University Hospital, DK-8200 Aarhus N., Denmark
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- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology & Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica-SERGAS, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria (IDIS), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
- Department of Oncology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, University of Cambridge, England
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- ISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute), Barcelona, Spain
- Department of Experimental and Health Sciences, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Barcelona, Spain
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- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Herlev, Copenhagen, Denmark
- The Copenhagen General Population Study, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Medical Oncology, Urogenital Unit, Department of Oncology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Molecular Endocrinology Laboratory, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, KU Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Nutritional Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
- Department of Biobank Research, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Medical Biosciences, Pathology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Clinical Research Center, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genome Technology, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Chemical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Anatomical Pathology, Pathology Queensland, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SM2 5NG, UK
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- Molecular Cancer Epidemiology Laboratory, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Herston, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SM2 5NG, UK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Icahn Institute for Data Science and Genome Technology, Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, England
- Departments of Laboratory Medicine, Surgery (Urology Service) and Medicine (Genitourinary Oncology), Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Translational Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
- TissueGnostics GmbH, Vienna, Austria
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SM2 5NG, UK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
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- School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT)
- Translational Research Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Queensland (QLD), Australia
- Centre for Genomic and Personalised Health, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
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Zhang N, Bian Q, Gao Y, Wang Q, Shi Y, Li X, Ma X, Chen H, Zhao Z, Yu H. The Role of Fascin-1 in Human Urologic Cancers: A Promising Biomarker or Therapeutic Target? Technol Cancer Res Treat 2023; 22:15330338231175733. [PMID: 37246525 PMCID: PMC10240877 DOI: 10.1177/15330338231175733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 04/04/2023] [Accepted: 04/24/2023] [Indexed: 05/30/2023] Open
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Human cancer statistics show that an increased incidence of urologic cancers such as bladder cancer, prostate cancer, and renal cell carcinoma. Due to the lack of early markers and effective therapeutic targets, their prognosis is poor. Fascin-1 is an actin-binding protein, which functions in the formation of cell protrusions by cross-linking with actin filaments. Studies have found that fascin-1 expression is elevated in most human cancers and is related to outcomes such as neoplasm metastasis, reduced survival, and increased aggressiveness. Fascin-1 has been considered as a potential therapeutic target for urologic cancers, but there is no comprehensive review to evaluate these studies. This review aimed to provide an enhanced literature review, outline, and summarize the mechanism of fascin-1 in urologic cancers and discuss the therapeutic potential of fascin-1 and the possibility of its use as a potential marker. We also focused on the correlation between the overexpression of fascin-1 and clinicopathological parameters. Mechanistically, fascin-1 is regulated by several regulators and signaling pathways (such as long noncoding RNA, microRNA, c-Jun N-terminal kinase, and extracellular regulated protein kinases). The overexpression of fascin-1 is related to clinicopathologic parameters such as pathological stage, bone or lymph node metastasis, and reduced disease-free survival. Several fascin-1 inhibitors (G2, NP-G2-044) have been evaluated in vitro and in preclinical models. The study proved the promising potential of fascin-1 as a newly developing biomarker and a potential therapeutic target that needs further investigation. The data also highlight the inadequacy of fascin-1 to serve as a novel biomarker for prostate cancer.
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- Naibin Zhang
- Department of Biochemistry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Clinical Medical College, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Department of Pathophysiology, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Clinical Medical College, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- College of Radiology, Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- The Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Biochemistry, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
- Collaborative Innovation Center, Jining Medical University, Jining, Shandong, People's Republic of China
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He J, Wen W, Beeghly A, Chen Z, Cao C, Shu XO, Zheng W, Long Q, Guo X. Integrating transcription factor occupancy with transcriptome-wide association analysis identifies susceptibility genes in human cancers. Nat Commun 2022; 13:7118. [PMID: 36402776 PMCID: PMC9675749 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34888-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2022] [Accepted: 11/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Transcriptome-wide association studies (TWAS) have successfully discovered many putative disease susceptibility genes. However, TWAS may suffer from inaccuracy of gene expression predictions due to inclusion of non-regulatory variants. By integrating prior knowledge of susceptible transcription factor occupied elements, we develop sTF-TWAS and demonstrate that it outperforms existing TWAS approaches in both simulation and real data analyses. Under the sTF-TWAS framework, we build genetic models to predict alternative splicing and gene expression in normal breast, prostate and lung tissues from the Genotype-Tissue Expression project and apply these models to data from large genome-wide association studies (GWAS) conducted among European-ancestry populations. At Bonferroni-corrected P < 0.05, we identify 354 putative susceptibility genes for these cancers, including 189 previously unreported in GWAS loci and 45 in loci unreported by GWAS. These findings provide additional insight into the genetic susceptibility of human cancers. Additionally, we show the generalizability of the sTF-TWAS on non-cancer diseases.
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- Jingni He
- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada ,grid.452223.00000 0004 1757 7615Department of Oncology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan China
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA
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- grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada ,grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Medical Genetics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada ,grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada ,grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada ,grid.22072.350000 0004 1936 7697Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA ,grid.152326.10000 0001 2264 7217Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN USA
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Markozannes G, Kanellopoulou A, Dimopoulou O, Kosmidis D, Zhang X, Wang L, Theodoratou E, Gill D, Burgess S, Tsilidis KK. Systematic review of Mendelian randomization studies on risk of cancer. BMC Med 2022; 20:41. [PMID: 35105367 PMCID: PMC8809022 DOI: 10.1186/s12916-022-02246-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/10/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We aimed to map and describe the current state of Mendelian randomization (MR) literature on cancer risk and to identify associations supported by robust evidence. METHODS We searched PubMed and Scopus up to 06/10/2020 for MR studies investigating the association of any genetically predicted risk factor with cancer risk. We categorized the reported associations based on a priori designed levels of evidence supporting a causal association into four categories, namely robust, probable, suggestive, and insufficient, based on the significance and concordance of the main MR analysis results and at least one of the MR-Egger, weighed median, MRPRESSO, and multivariable MR analyses. Associations not presenting any of the aforementioned sensitivity analyses were not graded. RESULTS We included 190 publications reporting on 4667 MR analyses. Most analyses (3200; 68.6%) were not accompanied by any of the assessed sensitivity analyses. Of the 1467 evaluable analyses, 87 (5.9%) were supported by robust, 275 (18.7%) by probable, and 89 (6.1%) by suggestive evidence. The most prominent robust associations were observed for anthropometric indices with risk of breast, kidney, and endometrial cancers; circulating telomere length with risk of kidney, lung, osteosarcoma, skin, thyroid, and hematological cancers; sex steroid hormones and risk of breast and endometrial cancer; and lipids with risk of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancer. CONCLUSIONS Despite the large amount of research on genetically predicted risk factors for cancer risk, limited associations are supported by robust evidence for causality. Most associations did not present a MR sensitivity analysis and were thus non-evaluable. Future research should focus on more thorough assessment of sensitivity MR analyses and on more transparent reporting.
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- Georgios Markozannes
- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, St. Mary's Campus, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- CRUK Edinburgh Centre, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, St. Mary's Campus, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK
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- Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece.
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, St. Mary's Campus, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, Norfolk Place, London, W2 1PG, UK.
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Liu D, Zhu J, Zhao T, Sharapov S, Tiys E, Wu L. Associations Between Genetically Predicted Plasma N-Glycans and Prostate Cancer Risk: Analysis of Over 140,000 European Descendants. PHARMACOGENOMICS & PERSONALIZED MEDICINE 2021; 14:1211-1220. [PMID: 34588798 PMCID: PMC8473033 DOI: 10.2147/pgpm.s319308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2021] [Accepted: 06/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Background Previous studies suggest a potential link between glycosylation and prostate cancer. To better characterize the relationship between the two, we performed a study to comprehensively evaluate the associations between genetically predicted blood plasma N-glycan levels and prostate cancer risk. Methods Using genetic variants associated with N-glycan levels as instruments, we evaluated the associations between levels of 138 plasma N-glycans and prostate cancer risk. We analyzed data of 79,194 cases and 61,112 controls of European ancestry included in the consortia of BPC3, CAPS, CRUK, PEGASUS, and PRACTICAL. Results We identified three N-glycans with genetically predicted levels in plasma to be associated with prostate cancer risk after Bonferroni correction. The estimated odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) were 1.29 (1.20–1.40), 0.80 (0.74–0.88), and 0.79 (0.72–0.87) for PGP18, PGP33, and PGP109, respectively, per every one standard deviation increase in genetically predicted levels of N-glycan. However, the instruments for these N-glycans only involved one to two variants. The proportions of variations that can be explained by the instruments range from 1.58% to 2.95% for these three N-glycans. Conclusion We observed associations between genetically predicted levels of three N-glycans PGP18, PGP33, and PGP109 and prostate cancer risk. Given the correlated nature of the N-glycans and that many N-glycans share genetic loci, pleiotropy is a major concern. Future work is warranted to better characterize the relationship between N-glycans and prostate cancer.
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- Duo Liu
- Department of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, People's Republic of China.,Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.,Molecular Biosciences and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Laboratory of Glycogenomics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Laboratory of Glycogenomics, Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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More than 40% of the risk of developing prostate cancer (PCa) is from genetic factors. Genome-wide association studies have led to the discovery of more than 140 variants associated with PCa risk. Polygenic risk scores (PRS) generated using these variants show promise in identifying individuals at much higher (and lower) lifetime risk than the average man. PCa PRS also improve the predictive value of prostate-specific antigen screening, may inform the age for starting PCa screening, and are informative for development of more aggressive tumors. Despite the promise, few clinical trials have evaluated the benefit of PCa PRS for clinical care.
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Zhu J, O’Mara TA, Liu D, Setiawan VW, Glubb D, Spurdle AB, Fasching PA, Lambrechts D, Buchanan D, Kho PF, Cook LS, Friedenreich C, Lacey JV, Chen C, Wentzensen N, De Vivo I, Sun Y, Long J, Du M, Shu XO, Zheng W, Wu L, Yu H. Associations between Genetically Predicted Circulating Protein Concentrations and Endometrial Cancer Risk. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13092088. [PMID: 33925895 PMCID: PMC8123478 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13092088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2021] [Revised: 04/11/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Simple Summary Endometrial cancer is the leading female reproductive tract cancer in developed countries. Discovering new biomarkers is critical for understanding the etiology this cancer and identifying women with a higher risk of this cancer from the general population. Several blood protein biomarkers have been linked to endometrial cancer in previous studies, but these studies have assessed only a limited number of biomarkers usually among a small number of participants. The current study aimed at identifying novel circulating protein biomarkers of endometrial cancer by using the largest available dataset to date. Our finding suggested nine proteins to be associated with endometrial cancer risk, and five of the identified associations showed suggestive associations with risk of non-endometrioid EC, a much more lethal subtype. If validated by additional studies, our findings may contribute to understanding the pathogenesis of endometrial tumor development and facilitating the risk assessment of endometrial cancer. Abstract Endometrial cancer (EC) is the leading female reproductive tract malignancy in developed countries. Currently, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 17 risk loci for EC. To identify novel EC-associated proteins, we used previously reported protein quantitative trait loci for 1434 plasma proteins as instruments to evaluate associations between genetically predicted circulating protein concentrations and EC risk. We studied 12,906 cases and 108,979 controls of European descent included in the Endometrial Cancer Association Consortium, the Epidemiology of Endometrial Cancer Consortium, and the UK Biobank. We observed associations between genetically predicted concentrations of nine proteins and EC risk at a false discovery rate of <0.05 (p-values range from 1.14 × 10−10 to 3.04 × 10−4). Except for vascular cell adhesion protein 1, all other identified proteins were independent from known EC risk variants identified in EC GWAS. The respective odds ratios (95% confidence intervals) per one standard deviation increase in genetically predicted circulating protein concentrations were 1.21 (1.13, 1.30) for DNA repair protein RAD51 homolog 4, 1.27 (1.14, 1.42) for desmoglein-2, 1.14 (1.07, 1.22) for MHC class I polypeptide-related sequence B, 1.05 (1.02, 1.08) for histo-blood group ABO system transferase, 0.77 (0.68, 0.89) for intestinal-type alkaline phosphatase, 0.82 (0.74, 0.91) for carbohydrate sulfotransferase 15, 1.07 (1.03, 1.11) for D-glucuronyl C5-epimerase, and 1.07 (1.03, 1.10) for CD209 antigen. In conclusion, we identified nine potential EC-associated proteins. If validated by additional studies, our findings may contribute to understanding the pathogenesis of endometrial tumor development and identifying women at high risk of EC along with other EC risk factors and biomarkers.
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- Jingjing Zhu
- Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, Cancer Epidemiology Division, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; (D.L.); (L.W.); (H.Y.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia; (T.A.O.); (D.G.); (A.B.S.); (P.F.K.)
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- Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, Cancer Epidemiology Division, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; (D.L.); (L.W.); (H.Y.)
- Department of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin 150086, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA;
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia; (T.A.O.); (D.G.); (A.B.S.); (P.F.K.)
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia; (T.A.O.); (D.G.); (A.B.S.); (P.F.K.)
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Comprehensive Cancer Center ER-EMN, University Hospital Erlangen, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg, 91054 Erlangen, Germany;
- Department of Medicine Division of Hematology and Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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- Laboratory for Translational Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University of Leuven, 3000 Leuven, Belgium;
- VIB, VIB Center for Cancer Biology, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia;
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Genomic Medicine and Family Cancer Clinic, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
- Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Parkville, VIC 3000, Australia
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD 4006, Australia; (T.A.O.); (D.G.); (A.B.S.); (P.F.K.)
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- Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA;
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention Research, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB T2S 3C3, Canada;
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- Department of Computational and Quantitative Medicine, City of Hope, Duarte, CA 91010, USA;
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- Epidemiology Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA;
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA;
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA;
- Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; (Y.S.); (J.L.); (X.-O.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; (Y.S.); (J.L.); (X.-O.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10065, USA;
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- Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; (Y.S.); (J.L.); (X.-O.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Department of Medicine, Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232, USA; (Y.S.); (J.L.); (X.-O.S.); (W.Z.)
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- Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, Cancer Epidemiology Division, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; (D.L.); (L.W.); (H.Y.)
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- Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, Cancer Epidemiology Division, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA; (D.L.); (L.W.); (H.Y.)
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Guo X, Lin W, Wen W, Huyghe J, Bien S, Cai Q, Harrison T, Chen Z, Qu C, Bao J, Long J, Yuan Y, Wang F, Bai M, Abecasis GR, Albanes D, Berndt SI, Bézieau S, Bishop DT, Brenner H, Buch S, Burnett-Hartman A, Campbell PT, Castellví-Bel S, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Cho SH, Conti DV, Chapelle ADL, Feskens EJM, Gallinger SJ, Giles GG, Goodman PJ, Gsur A, Guinter M, Gunter MJ, Hampe J, Hampel H, Hayes RB, Hoffmeister M, Kampman E, Kang HM, Keku TO, Kim HR, Le Marchand L, Lee SC, Li CI, Li L, Lindblom A, Lindor N, Milne RL, Moreno V, Murphy N, Newcomb PA, Nickerson DA, Offit K, Pearlman R, Pharoah PDP, Platz EA, Potter JD, Rennert G, Sakoda LC, Schafmayer C, Schmit SL, Schoen RE, Schumacher FR, Slattery ML, Su YR, Tangen CM, Ulrich CM, van Duijnhoven FJB, Van Guelpen B, Visvanathan K, Vodicka P, Vodickova L, Vymetalkova V, Wang X, White E, Wolk A, Woods MO, Casey G, Hsu L, Jenkins MA, Gruber SB, Peters U, Zheng W. Identifying Novel Susceptibility Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk From a Transcriptome-Wide Association Study of 125,478 Subjects. Gastroenterology 2021; 160:1164-1178.e6. [PMID: 33058866 PMCID: PMC7956223 DOI: 10.1053/j.gastro.2020.08.062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 08/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS Susceptibility genes and the underlying mechanisms for the majority of risk loci identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS) for colorectal cancer (CRC) risk remain largely unknown. We conducted a transcriptome-wide association study (TWAS) to identify putative susceptibility genes. METHODS Gene-expression prediction models were built using transcriptome and genetic data from the 284 normal transverse colon tissues of European descendants from the Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx), and model performance was evaluated using data from The Cancer Genome Atlas (n = 355). We applied the gene-expression prediction models and GWAS data to evaluate associations of genetically predicted gene-expression with CRC risk in 58,131 CRC cases and 67,347 controls of European ancestry. Dual-luciferase reporter assays and knockdown experiments in CRC cells and tumor xenografts were conducted. RESULTS We identified 25 genes associated with CRC risk at a Bonferroni-corrected threshold of P < 9.1 × 10-6, including genes in 4 novel loci, PYGL (14q22.1), RPL28 (19q13.42), CAPN12 (19q13.2), MYH7B (20q11.22), and MAP1L3CA (20q11.22). In 9 known GWAS-identified loci, we uncovered 9 genes that have not been reported previously, whereas 4 genes remained statistically significant after adjusting for the lead risk variant of the locus. Through colocalization analysis in GWAS loci, we additionally identified 12 putative susceptibility genes that were supported by TWAS analysis at P < .01. We showed that risk allele of the lead risk variant rs1741640 affected the promoter activity of CABLES2. Knockdown experiments confirmed that CABLES2 plays a vital role in colorectal carcinogenesis. CONCLUSIONS Our study reveals new putative susceptibility genes and provides new insight into the biological mechanisms underlying CRC development.
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- Xingyi Guo
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee.
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- The Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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- The Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- The Kidney Disease Center, the First Affiliated Hospital, Institute of Translational Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Nantes, France
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- Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center and National Center for Tumor Diseases, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany; University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, University Cancer Centre Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School, Hwasun, Korea
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- National University Cancer Institute, Singapore; Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Family Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain; CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Madrid, Spain
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- Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel; Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California
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- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic; Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Memorial University of Newfoundland, Discipline of Genetics, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Preventive Medicine and University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington; Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, and Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee
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Zhu J, Wu C, Wu L. Associations Between Genetically Predicted Protein Levels and COVID-19 Severity. J Infect Dis 2021; 223:19-22. [PMID: 33083826 PMCID: PMC7797748 DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
It is critical to identify potential causal targets for SARS-CoV-2, which may guide drug repurposing options. We assessed the associations between genetically predicted protein levels and COVID-19 severity. Leveraging data from the COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative comparing 6492 hospitalized COVID-19 patients and 1 012 809 controls, we identified 18 proteins with genetically predicted levels to be associated with COVID-19 severity at a false discovery rate of <0.05, including 12 that showed an association even after Bonferroni correction. Of the 18 proteins, 6 showed positive associations and 12 showed inverse associations. In conclusion, we identified 18 candidate proteins for COVID-19 severity.
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- Jingjing Zhu
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Iacobas DA. Biomarkers, Master Regulators and Genomic Fabric Remodeling in a Case of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma. Genes (Basel) 2020; 11:E1030. [PMID: 32887258 PMCID: PMC7565446 DOI: 10.3390/genes11091030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2020] [Revised: 08/25/2020] [Accepted: 09/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Publicly available (own) transcriptomic data have been analyzed to quantify the alteration in functional pathways in thyroid cancer, establish the gene hierarchy, identify potential gene targets and predict the effects of their manipulation. The expression data have been generated by profiling one case of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC) and genetically manipulated BCPAP (papillary) and 8505C (anaplastic) human thyroid cancer cell lines. The study used the genomic fabric paradigm that considers the transcriptome as a multi-dimensional mathematical object based on the three independent characteristics that can be derived for each gene from the expression data. We found remarkable remodeling of the thyroid hormone synthesis, cell cycle, oxidative phosphorylation and apoptosis pathways. Serine peptidase inhibitor, Kunitz type, 2 (SPINT2) was identified as the Gene Master Regulator of the investigated PTC. The substantial increase in the expression synergism of SPINT2 with apoptosis genes in the cancer nodule with respect to the surrounding normal tissue (NOR) suggests that SPINT2 experimental overexpression may force the PTC cells into apoptosis with a negligible effect on the NOR cells. The predictive value of the expression coordination for the expression regulation was validated with data from 8505C and BCPAP cell lines before and after lentiviral transfection with DDX19B.
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- Dumitru A Iacobas
- Personalized Genomics Laboratory, CRI Center for Computational Systems Biology, Roy G Perry College of Engineering, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446, USA
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Wu L, Yang Y, Guo X, Shu XO, Cai Q, Shu X, Li B, Tao R, Wu C, Nikas JB, Sun Y, Zhu J, Roobol MJ, Giles GG, Brenner H, John EM, Clements J, Grindedal EM, Park JY, Stanford JL, Kote-Jarai Z, Haiman CA, Eeles RA, Zheng W, Long J. An integrative multi-omics analysis to identify candidate DNA methylation biomarkers related to prostate cancer risk. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3905. [PMID: 32764609 PMCID: PMC7413371 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-17673-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 06/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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It remains elusive whether some of the associations identified in genome-wide association studies of prostate cancer (PrCa) may be due to regulatory effects of genetic variants on CpG sites, which may further influence expression of PrCa target genes. To search for CpG sites associated with PrCa risk, here we establish genetic models to predict methylation (N = 1,595) and conduct association analyses with PrCa risk (79,194 cases and 61,112 controls). We identify 759 CpG sites showing an association, including 15 located at novel loci. Among those 759 CpG sites, methylation of 42 is associated with expression of 28 adjacent genes. Among 22 genes, 18 show an association with PrCa risk. Overall, 25 CpG sites show consistent association directions for the methylation-gene expression-PrCa pathway. We identify DNA methylation biomarkers associated with PrCa, and our findings suggest that specific CpG sites may influence PrCa via regulating expression of candidate PrCa target genes.
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- Lang Wu
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA.
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
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- Research & Development, Genomix Inc, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
- College of Life Science, Longyan University, Longyan, Fujian, P. R. China
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
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- Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, 207 Bouverie St, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology & Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, 615 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC, 3004, Australia
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Medicine (Oncology) and Stanford Cancer Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre-QLD, Institute of Health and Biomedical Innovation and School of Biomedical Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
- Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Zhu J, Shu X, Guo X, Liu D, Bao J, Milne RL, Giles GG, Wu C, Du M, White E, Risch HA, Malats N, Duell EJ, Goodman PJ, Li D, Bracci P, Katzke V, Neale RE, Gallinger S, Van Den Eeden SK, Arslan AA, Canzian F, Kooperberg C, Beane Freeman LE, Scelo G, Visvanathan K, Haiman CA, Le Marchand L, Yu H, Petersen GM, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Klein AP, Cai Q, Long J, Shu XO, Zheng W, Wu L. Associations between Genetically Predicted Blood Protein Biomarkers and Pancreatic Cancer Risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020; 29:1501-1508. [PMID: 32439797 PMCID: PMC7334065 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-20-0091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2020] [Revised: 03/15/2020] [Accepted: 04/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal malignancies, with few known risk factors and biomarkers. Several blood protein biomarkers have been linked to PDAC in previous studies, but these studies have assessed only a limited number of biomarkers, usually in small samples. In this study, we evaluated associations of circulating protein levels and PDAC risk using genetic instruments. METHODS To identify novel circulating protein biomarkers of PDAC, we studied 8,280 cases and 6,728 controls of European descent from the Pancreatic Cancer Cohort Consortium and the Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium, using genetic instruments of protein quantitative trait loci. RESULTS We observed associations between predicted concentrations of 38 proteins and PDAC risk at an FDR of < 0.05, including 23 of those proteins that showed an association even after Bonferroni correction. These include the protein encoded by ABO, which has been implicated as a potential target gene of PDAC risk variant. Eight of the identified proteins (LMA2L, TM11D, IP-10, ADH1B, STOM, TENC1, DOCK9, and CRBB2) were associated with PDAC risk after adjusting for previously reported PDAC risk variants (OR ranged from 0.79 to 1.52). Pathway enrichment analysis showed that the encoding genes for implicated proteins were significantly enriched in cancer-related pathways, such as STAT3 and IL15 production. CONCLUSIONS We identified 38 candidates of protein biomarkers for PDAC risk. IMPACT This study identifies novel protein biomarker candidates for PDAC, which if validated by additional studies, may contribute to the etiologic understanding of PDAC development.
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- Jingjing Zhu
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Department of Pharmacy, Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital, Harbin, China
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Statistics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut
| | - Nuria Malats
- Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) and CIBERONC, Madrid, Spain
| | - Eric J Duell
- Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-IDIBELL), L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
| | - Phyllis J Goodman
- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
| | - Donghui Li
- Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
| | - Paige Bracci
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
| | - Verena Katzke
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Rachel E Neale
- Population Health Department, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
| | - Steven Gallinger
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | | | - Alan A Arslan
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
| | - Federico Canzian
- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Charles Kooperberg
- Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington
| | | | - Ghislaine Scelo
- Genetic Epidemiology Group, Section of Genetics, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
| | - Kala Visvanathan
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
| | - Christopher A Haiman
- Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
| | - Loïc Le Marchand
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
| | - Herbert Yu
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii
| | - Gloria M Petersen
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
| | | | - Alison P Klein
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
- Department of Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
| | - Qiuyin Cai
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
| | - Jirong Long
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
| | - Xiao-Ou Shu
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
| | - Wei Zheng
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee
| | - Lang Wu
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Population Sciences in the Pacific Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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