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Chen Z, Guo X, Tao R, Huyghe JR, Law PJ, Fernandez-Rozadilla C, Ping J, Jia G, Long J, Li C, Shen Q, Xie Y, Timofeeva MN, Thomas M, Schmit SL, Díez-Obrero V, Devall M, Moratalla-Navarro F, Fernandez-Tajes J, Palles C, Sherwood K, Briggs SEW, Svinti V, Donnelly K, Farrington SM, Blackmur J, Vaughan-Shaw PG, Shu XO, Lu Y, Broderick P, Studd J, Harrison TA, Conti DV, Schumacher FR, Melas M, Rennert G, Obón-Santacana M, Martín-Sánchez V, Oh JH, Kim J, Jee SH, Jung KJ, Kweon SS, Shin MH, Shin A, Ahn YO, Kim DH, Oze I, Wen W, Matsuo K, Matsuda K, Tanikawa C, Ren Z, Gao YT, Jia WH, Hopper JL, Jenkins MA, Win AK, Pai RK, Figueiredo JC, Haile RW, Gallinger S, Woods MO, Newcomb PA, Duggan D, Cheadle JP, Kaplan R, Kerr R, Kerr D, Kirac I, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Jousilahti P, Knekt P, Aaltonen LA, Rissanen H, Pukkala E, Eriksson JG, Cajuso T, Hänninen U, Kondelin J, Palin K, Tanskanen T, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Männistö S, Albanes D, Weinstein SJ, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Palmer JR, Buchanan DD, Platz EA, Visvanathan K, Ulrich CM, Siegel E, Brezina S, Gsur A, Campbell PT, Chang-Claude J, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Slattery ML, Potter JD, Tsilidis KK, Schulze MB, Gunter MJ, Murphy N, Castells A, Castellví-Bel S, Moreira L, Arndt V, Shcherbina A, Bishop DT, Giles GG, Southey MC, Idos GE, McDonnell KJ, Abu-Ful Z, Greenson JK, Shulman K, Lejbkowicz F, Offit K, Su YR, Steinfelder R, Keku TO, van Guelpen B, Hudson TJ, Hampel H, Pearlman R, Berndt SI, Hayes RB, Martinez ME, Thomas SS, Pharoah PDP, Larsson SC, Yen Y, Lenz HJ, White E, Li L, Doheny KF, Pugh E, Shelford T, Chan AT, Cruz-Correa M, Lindblom A, Hunter DJ, Joshi AD, Schafmayer C, Scacheri PC, Kundaje A, Schoen RE, Hampe J, Stadler ZK, Vodicka P, Vodickova L, Vymetalkova V, Edlund CK, Gauderman WJ, Shibata D, Toland A, Markowitz S, Kim A, Chanock SJ, van Duijnhoven F, Feskens EJM, Sakoda LC, Gago-Dominguez M, Wolk A, Pardini B, FitzGerald LM, Lee SC, Ogino S, Bien SA, Kooperberg C, Li CI, Lin Y, Prentice R, Qu C, Bézieau S, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwasaki M, Le Marchand L, Wu AH, Qu C, McNeil CE, Coetzee G, Hayward C, Deary IJ, Harris SE, Theodoratou E, Reid S, Walker M, Ooi LY, Lau KS, Zhao H, Hsu L, Cai Q, Dunlop MG, Gruber SB, Houlston RS, Moreno V, Casey G, Peters U, Tomlinson I, Zheng W. Fine-mapping analysis including over 254,000 East Asian and European descendants identifies 136 putative colorectal cancer susceptibility genes. Nat Commun 2024; 15:3557. [PMID: 38670944 PMCID: PMC11053150 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-47399-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2023] [Accepted: 03/26/2024] [Indexed: 04/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified more than 200 common genetic variants independently associated with colorectal cancer (CRC) risk, but the causal variants and target genes are mostly unknown. We sought to fine-map all known CRC risk loci using GWAS data from 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of East Asian and European ancestry. Our stepwise conditional analyses revealed 238 independent association signals of CRC risk, each with a set of credible causal variants (CCVs), of which 28 signals had a single CCV. Our cis-eQTL/mQTL and colocalization analyses using colorectal tissue-specific transcriptome and methylome data separately from 1299 and 321 individuals, along with functional genomic investigation, uncovered 136 putative CRC susceptibility genes, including 56 genes not previously reported. Analyses of single-cell RNA-seq data from colorectal tissues revealed 17 putative CRC susceptibility genes with distinct expression patterns in specific cell types. Analyses of whole exome sequencing data provided additional support for several target genes identified in this study as CRC susceptibility genes. Enrichment analyses of the 136 genes uncover pathways not previously linked to CRC risk. Our study substantially expanded association signals for CRC and provided additional insight into the biological mechanisms underlying CRC development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhishan Chen
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Vanderbilt Genetics Institute, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, 37232, TN, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Genomic Medicine Group, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Guochong Jia
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Jirong Long
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Stephanie L Schmit
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Richard Doll Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- 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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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
- Biomedicine Institute, University of León, León, Spain
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- Center for Colorectal Cancer, National Cancer Center Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Okcheon-dong, South Korea
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Genome Sequencing, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Genome Technology, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes and Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John, ON, Canada
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- City of Hope National Medical Center, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Medical Research Council, Cardiff, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Human Potential Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
- Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- Genomic Medicine and Family Cancer Clinic, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, Australia
- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Parkville, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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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 Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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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
- German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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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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- 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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- 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 Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia
- Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit Health Services, Personalized Genomic Service, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Population Sciences, Disparities and Community Engagement, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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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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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, 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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, 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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
- Institute of Biology and Medical Genetics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Departments of Cancer Biology and Genetics and Internal Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Genomic Medicine Group, Galician Public Foundation of Genomic Medicine, Servicio Galego de Saude, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, (TO), Italy
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo, (TO), Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia
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- National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Cancer Immunology Program, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Preventative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts group, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts group, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- Epithelial Biology Center and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics, Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT, USA
- Department of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA
- Program in Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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Taylor MS, Wu C, Fridy PC, Zhang SJ, Senussi Y, Wolters JC, Cajuso T, Cheng WC, Heaps JD, Miller BD, Mori K, Cohen L, Jiang H, Molloy KR, Chait BT, Goggins MG, Bhan I, Franses JW, Yang X, Taplin ME, Wang X, Christiani DC, Johnson BE, Meyerson M, Uppaluri R, Egloff AM, Denault EN, Spring LM, Wang TL, Shih IM, Fairman JE, Jung E, Arora KS, Yilmaz OH, Cohen S, Sharova T, Chi G, Norden BL, Song Y, Nieman LT, Pappas L, Parikh AR, Strickland MR, Corcoran RB, Mustelin T, Eng G, Yilmaz ÖH, Matulonis UA, Chan AT, Skates SJ, Rueda BR, Drapkin R, Klempner SJ, Deshpande V, Ting DT, Rout MP, LaCava J, Walt DR, Burns KH. Ultrasensitive Detection of Circulating LINE-1 ORF1p as a Specific Multicancer Biomarker. Cancer Discov 2023; 13:2532-2547. [PMID: 37698949 PMCID: PMC10773488 DOI: 10.1158/2159-8290.cd-23-0313] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2023] [Revised: 08/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023]
Abstract
Improved biomarkers are needed for early cancer detection, risk stratification, treatment selection, and monitoring treatment response. Although proteins can be useful blood-based biomarkers, many have limited sensitivity or specificity for these applications. Long INterspersed Element-1 (LINE-1) open reading frame 1 protein (ORF1p) is a transposable element protein overexpressed in carcinomas and high-risk precursors during carcinogenesis with negligible expression in normal tissues, suggesting ORF1p could be a highly specific cancer biomarker. To explore ORF1p as a blood-based biomarker, we engineered ultrasensitive digital immunoassays that detect mid-attomolar (10-17 mol/L) ORF1p concentrations in plasma across multiple cancers with high specificity. Plasma ORF1p shows promise for early detection of ovarian cancer, improves diagnostic performance in a multianalyte panel, provides early therapeutic response monitoring in gastroesophageal cancers, and is prognostic for overall survival in gastroesophageal and colorectal cancers. Together, these observations nominate ORF1p as a multicancer biomarker with potential utility for disease detection and monitoring. SIGNIFICANCE The LINE-1 ORF1p transposon protein is pervasively expressed in many cancers and is a highly specific biomarker of multiple common, lethal carcinomas and their high-risk precursors in tissue and blood. Ultrasensitive ORF1p assays from as little as 25 μL plasma are novel, rapid, cost-effective tools in cancer detection and monitoring. See related commentary by Doucet and Cristofari, p. 2502. This article is featured in Selected Articles from This Issue, p. 2489.
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- Martin S. Taylor
- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Healthcare Optics Research Laboratory, Canon U.S.A., Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Laboratory of Mass Spectrometry and Gaseous Ion Chemistry, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, Department of Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit and Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- MGH Biostatistics, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Mass General Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York
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- Laboratory of Cellular and Structural Biology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York
- European Research Institute for the Biology of Ageing, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Pathology, Mass General Brigham and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- Department of Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Välimäki N, Jokinen V, Cajuso T, Kuisma H, Taira A, Dagnaud O, Ilves S, Kaukomaa J, Pasanen A, Palin K, Heikinheimo O, Bützow R, Aaltonen LA, Karhu A. Inherited mutations affecting the SRCAP complex are central in moderate-penetrance predisposition to uterine leiomyomas. Am J Hum Genet 2023; 110:460-474. [PMID: 36773604 PMCID: PMC10027472 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2023.01.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2022] [Accepted: 01/12/2023] [Indexed: 02/12/2023] Open
Abstract
Uterine leiomyomas (ULs) are benign smooth muscle tumors that are common in premenopausal women. Somatic alterations in MED12, HMGA2, FH, genes encoding subunits of the SRCAP complex, and genes involved in Cullin 3-RING E3 ligase neddylation are mutually exclusive UL drivers. Established predisposition genes explain only partially the estimated heritability of leiomyomas. Here, we examined loss-of-function variants across 18,899 genes in a cohort of 233,614 White European women, revealing variants in four genes encoding SRCAP complex subunits (YEATS4, ZNHIT1, DMAP1, and ACTL6A) with a significant association to ULs, and YEATS4 and ZNHIT1 strikingly rank first and second, respectively. Positive mutation status was also associated with younger age at diagnosis and hysterectomy. Moderate-penetrance UL risk was largely attributed to rare non-synonymous mutations affecting the SRCAP complex. To examine this disease phenotype more closely, we set out to identify inherited mutations affecting the SRCAP complex in our in-house sample collection of Finnish individuals with ULs (n = 860). We detected one individual with an ACTL6A splice-site mutation, two individuals with a YEATS4 missense mutation, and four individuals with DMAP1 mutations: one splice-site, one nonsense, and two missense variants. These individuals had large and/or multiple ULs, were often diagnosed at an early age, and many had family history of ULs. When a somatic second hit was found, ACTL6A and DMAP1 were silenced in tumors by somatic mutation and YEATS4 by promoter hypermethylation. Decreased H2A.Z staining was observed in the tumors, providing further evidence for the pathogenic nature of the germline mutations. Our results establish inactivation of genes encoding SRCAP complex subunits as a central contributor to moderate-penetrance UL predisposition.
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- Niko Välimäki
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; iCAN Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Department of Pathology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; iCAN Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Fernandez-Rozadilla C, Timofeeva M, Chen Z, Law P, Thomas M, Schmit S, Díez-Obrero V, Hsu L, Fernandez-Tajes J, Palles C, Sherwood K, Briggs S, Svinti V, Donnelly K, Farrington S, Blackmur J, Vaughan-Shaw P, Shu XO, Long J, Cai Q, Guo X, Lu Y, Broderick P, Studd J, Huyghe J, Harrison T, Conti D, Dampier C, Devall M, Schumacher F, Melas M, Rennert G, Obón-Santacana M, Martín-Sánchez V, Moratalla-Navarro F, Oh JH, Kim J, Jee SH, Jung KJ, Kweon SS, Shin MH, Shin A, Ahn YO, Kim DH, Oze I, Wen W, Matsuo K, Matsuda K, Tanikawa C, Ren Z, Gao YT, Jia WH, Hopper J, Jenkins M, Win AK, Pai R, Figueiredo J, Haile R, Gallinger S, Woods M, Newcomb P, Duggan D, Cheadle J, Kaplan R, Maughan T, Kerr R, Kerr D, Kirac I, Böhm J, Mecklin LP, Jousilahti P, Knekt P, Aaltonen L, Rissanen H, Pukkala E, Eriksson J, Cajuso T, Hänninen U, Kondelin J, Palin K, Tanskanen T, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Zanke B, Männistö S, Albanes D, Weinstein S, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Palmer J, Buchanan D, Platz E, Visvanathan K, Ulrich C, Siegel E, Brezina S, Gsur A, Campbell P, Chang-Claude J, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Slattery M, Potter J, Tsilidis K, Schulze M, Gunter M, Murphy N, Castells A, Castellví-Bel S, Moreira L, Arndt V, Shcherbina A, Stern M, Pardamean B, Bishop T, Giles G, Southey M, Idos G, McDonnell K, Abu-Ful Z, Greenson J, Shulman K, Lejbkowicz F, Offit K, Su YR, Steinfelder R, Keku T, van Guelpen B, Hudson T, Hampel H, Pearlman R, Berndt S, Hayes R, Martinez ME, Thomas S, Corley D, Pharoah P, Larsson S, Yen Y, Lenz HJ, White E, Li L, Doheny K, Pugh E, Shelford T, Chan A, Cruz-Correa M, Lindblom A, Hunter D, Joshi A, Schafmayer C, Scacheri P, Kundaje A, Nickerson D, Schoen R, Hampe J, Stadler Z, Vodicka P, Vodickova L, Vymetalkova V, Papadopoulos N, Edlund C, Gauderman W, Thomas D, Shibata D, Toland A, Markowitz S, Kim A, Chanock S, van Duijnhoven F, Feskens E, Sakoda L, Gago-Dominguez M, Wolk A, Naccarati A, Pardini B, FitzGerald L, Lee SC, Ogino S, Bien S, Kooperberg C, Li C, Lin Y, Prentice R, Qu C, Bézieau S, Tangen C, Mardis E, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwasaki M, Haiman C, Le Marchand L, Wu A, Qu C, McNeil C, Coetzee G, Hayward C, Deary I, Harris S, Theodoratou E, Reid S, Walker M, Ooi LY, Moreno V, Casey G, Gruber S, Tomlinson I, Zheng W, Dunlop M, Houlston R, Peters U. Author Correction: Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries. Nat Genet 2023; 55:519-520. [PMID: 36782065 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-023-01334-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/15/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Ceres Fernandez-Rozadilla
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Genomic Medicine Group, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Public Health, Richard Doll Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Yingchang Lu
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Peter Broderick
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
| | - James Studd
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
| | - Jeroen Huyghe
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Tabitha Harrison
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - David Conti
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Christopher Dampier
- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
| | - Mathew Devall
- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
| | - Fredrick Schumacher
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Marilena Melas
- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Gad Rennert
- 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
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
| | - Mireia Obón-Santacana
- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
| | - Vicente Martín-Sánchez
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Biomedicine Institute, University of León, León, Spain
| | - Ferran Moratalla-Navarro
- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Jae Hwan Oh
- Center for Colorectal Cancer, National Cancer Center Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
| | - Jeongseon Kim
- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
| | - Sun Ha Jee
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Keum Ji Jung
- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Sun-Seog Kweon
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
| | - Min-Ho Shin
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
| | - Aesun Shin
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Yoon-Ok Ahn
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Dong-Hyun Kim
- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Okcheon-dong, South Korea
| | - Isao Oze
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
| | - Wanqing Wen
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Keitaro Matsuo
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
| | - Koichi Matsuda
- Laboratory of Clinical Genome Sequencing, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Chizu Tanikawa
- Laboratory of Genome Technology, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Zefang Ren
- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
| | - Yu-Tang Gao
- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes and Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
| | - Wei-Hua Jia
- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
| | - John Hopper
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
| | - Mark Jenkins
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Aung Ko Win
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Rish Pai
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
| | - Jane Figueiredo
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Robert Haile
- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Steven Gallinger
- Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Michael Woods
- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John, Ontario, Canada
| | - Polly Newcomb
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - David Duggan
- City of Hope National Medical Center, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
| | - Jeremy Cheadle
- Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
| | - Richard Kaplan
- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Medical Research Council, Cardiff, UK
| | - Timothy Maughan
- MRC Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Rachel Kerr
- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - David Kerr
- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Iva Kirac
- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
| | - Jan Böhm
- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland
| | | | - Pekka Jousilahti
- Department of Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Paul Knekt
- Department of Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Lauri Aaltonen
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Harri Rissanen
- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Eero Pukkala
- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
| | - Johan Eriksson
- Folkhälsan Research Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Human Potential Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Tatiana Cajuso
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Ulrika Hänninen
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Johanna Kondelin
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Kimmo Palin
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Tomas Tanskanen
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
| | | | - Brent Zanke
- Department of Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Satu Männistö
- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Demetrius Albanes
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Stephanie Weinstein
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Edward Ruiz-Narvaez
- Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Julie Palmer
- Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Daniel Buchanan
- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Genomic Medicine and Family Cancer Clinic, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
| | - Elizabeth Platz
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Kala Visvanathan
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Cornelia Ulrich
- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - Erin Siegel
- Cancer Epidemiology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
| | - Stefanie Brezina
- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - Andrea Gsur
- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - Peter Campbell
- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
| | - Jenny Chang-Claude
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
- University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, University Cancer Centre Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
| | - Michael Hoffmeister
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Hermann Brenner
- 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
- German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Martha Slattery
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
| | - John Potter
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
| | - Konstantinos Tsilidis
- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - Matthias Schulze
- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
| | - Marc Gunter
- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
| | - Neil Murphy
- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
| | - Antoni Castells
- 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
| | - Sergi Castellví-Bel
- 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
| | - Leticia Moreira
- 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
| | - Volker Arndt
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Anna Shcherbina
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Mariana Stern
- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Jeonnam Regional Cancer Center, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
| | - Bens Pardamean
- Bioinformatics and Data Science Research Center, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia
| | - Timothy Bishop
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
| | - Graham Giles
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
| | - Melissa Southey
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Gregory Idos
- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
| | - Kevin McDonnell
- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
| | - Zomoroda Abu-Ful
- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
| | - Joel Greenson
- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Katerina Shulman
- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
| | - Flavio Lejbkowicz
- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit Health Services, Personalized Genomic Service, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
| | - Kenneth Offit
- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
| | - Yu-Ru Su
- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Robert Steinfelder
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Temitope Keku
- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - Bethany van Guelpen
- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - Thomas Hudson
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Heather Hampel
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Rachel Pearlman
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Sonja Berndt
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Richard Hayes
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
| | - Marie Elena Martinez
- Population Sciences, Disparities and Community Engagement, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
| | - Sushma Thomas
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Douglas Corley
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
- Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
| | - Paul Pharoah
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Susanna Larsson
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Yun Yen
- Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
| | - Heinz-Josef Lenz
- Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Emily White
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Li Li
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Kimberly Doheny
- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Elizabeth Pugh
- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Tameka Shelford
- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Andrew Chan
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Marcia Cruz-Correa
- Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
| | - Annika Lindblom
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - David Hunter
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Amit Joshi
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Clemens Schafmayer
- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany
| | - Peter Scacheri
- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Anshul Kundaje
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Deborah Nickerson
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Robert Schoen
- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
| | - Jochen Hampe
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
| | - Zsofia Stadler
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
| | - Pavel Vodicka
- 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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - Ludmila Vodickova
- 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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - Veronika Vymetalkova
- 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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
| | - Nickolas Papadopoulos
- Department of Oncology Ludwig Center at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Chistopher Edlund
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - William Gauderman
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Duncan Thomas
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - David Shibata
- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
| | - Amanda Toland
- Departments of Cancer Biology and Genetics and Internal Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Sanford Markowitz
- Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Andre Kim
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Stephen Chanock
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Franzel van Duijnhoven
- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Edith Feskens
- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Lori Sakoda
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
| | - Manuela Gago-Dominguez
- Genomic Medicine Group, Galician Public Foundation of Genomic Medicine, Servicio Galego de Saude, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| | - Alicja Wolk
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Alessio Naccarati
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
| | - Barbara Pardini
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
| | - Liesel FitzGerald
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
| | - Soo Chin Lee
- National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Shuji Ogino
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Cancer Immunology Program, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
| | - Stephanie Bien
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Charles Kooperberg
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Christopher Li
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Yi Lin
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Ross Prentice
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Conghui Qu
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Stéphane Bézieau
- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Catherine Tangen
- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Elaine Mardis
- Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Taiki Yamaji
- Division of Epidemiology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Norie Sawada
- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Motoki Iwasaki
- Division of Epidemiology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
| | - Christopher Haiman
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | | | - Anna Wu
- Preventative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Chenxu Qu
- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Caroline McNeil
- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | | | - Caroline Hayward
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Ian Deary
- Lothian Birth Cohorts group, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Sarah Harris
- Lothian Birth Cohorts group, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Evropi Theodoratou
- Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Stuart Reid
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Marion Walker
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Li Yin Ooi
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Victor Moreno
- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Graham Casey
- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
| | - Stephen Gruber
- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
| | - Ian Tomlinson
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
| | - Wei Zheng
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
| | - Malcolm Dunlop
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
| | - Richard Houlston
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
| | - Ulrike Peters
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Fernandez-Rozadilla C, Timofeeva M, Chen Z, Law P, Thomas M, Schmit S, Díez-Obrero V, Hsu L, Fernandez-Tajes J, Palles C, Sherwood K, Briggs S, Svinti V, Donnelly K, Farrington S, Blackmur J, Vaughan-Shaw P, Shu XO, Long J, Cai Q, Guo X, Lu Y, Broderick P, Studd J, Huyghe J, Harrison T, Conti D, Dampier C, Devall M, Schumacher F, Melas M, Rennert G, Obón-Santacana M, Martín-Sánchez V, Moratalla-Navarro F, Oh JH, Kim J, Jee SH, Jung KJ, Kweon SS, Shin MH, Shin A, Ahn YO, Kim DH, Oze I, Wen W, Matsuo K, Matsuda K, Tanikawa C, Ren Z, Gao YT, Jia WH, Hopper J, Jenkins M, Win AK, Pai R, Figueiredo J, Haile R, Gallinger S, Woods M, Newcomb P, Duggan D, Cheadle J, Kaplan R, Maughan T, Kerr R, Kerr D, Kirac I, Böhm J, Mecklin LP, Jousilahti P, Knekt P, Aaltonen L, Rissanen H, Pukkala E, Eriksson J, Cajuso T, Hänninen U, Kondelin J, Palin K, Tanskanen T, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Zanke B, Männistö S, Albanes D, Weinstein S, Ruiz-Narvaez E, Palmer J, Buchanan D, Platz E, Visvanathan K, Ulrich C, Siegel E, Brezina S, Gsur A, Campbell P, Chang-Claude J, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Slattery M, Potter J, Tsilidis K, Schulze M, Gunter M, Murphy N, Castells A, Castellví-Bel S, Moreira L, Arndt V, Shcherbina A, Stern M, Pardamean B, Bishop T, Giles G, Southey M, Idos G, McDonnell K, Abu-Ful Z, Greenson J, Shulman K, Lejbkowicz F, Offit K, Su YR, Steinfelder R, Keku T, van Guelpen B, Hudson T, Hampel H, Pearlman R, Berndt S, Hayes R, Martinez ME, Thomas S, Corley D, Pharoah P, Larsson S, Yen Y, Lenz HJ, White E, Li L, Doheny K, Pugh E, Shelford T, Chan A, Cruz-Correa M, Lindblom A, Hunter D, Joshi A, Schafmayer C, Scacheri P, Kundaje A, Nickerson D, Schoen R, Hampe J, Stadler Z, Vodicka P, Vodickova L, Vymetalkova V, Papadopoulos N, Edlund C, Gauderman W, Thomas D, Shibata D, Toland A, Markowitz S, Kim A, Chanock S, van Duijnhoven F, Feskens E, Sakoda L, Gago-Dominguez M, Wolk A, Naccarati A, Pardini B, FitzGerald L, Lee SC, Ogino S, Bien S, Kooperberg C, Li C, Lin Y, Prentice R, Qu C, Bézieau S, Tangen C, Mardis E, Yamaji T, Sawada N, Iwasaki M, Haiman C, Le Marchand L, Wu A, Qu C, McNeil C, Coetzee G, Hayward C, Deary I, Harris S, Theodoratou E, Reid S, Walker M, Ooi LY, Moreno V, Casey G, Gruber S, Tomlinson I, Zheng W, Dunlop M, Houlston R, Peters U. Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries. Nat Genet 2023; 55:89-99. [PMID: 36539618 PMCID: PMC10094749 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-022-01222-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2021] [Accepted: 10/09/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We conducted a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of 100,204 CRC cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestry, identifying 205 independent risk associations, of which 50 were unreported. We performed integrative genomic, transcriptomic and methylomic analyses across large bowel mucosa and other tissues. Transcriptome- and methylome-wide association studies revealed an additional 53 risk associations. We identified 155 high-confidence effector genes functionally linked to CRC risk, many of which had no previously established role in CRC. These have multiple different functions and specifically indicate that variation in normal colorectal homeostasis, proliferation, cell adhesion, migration, immunity and microbial interactions determines CRC risk. Crosstissue analyses indicated that over a third of effector genes most probably act outside the colonic mucosa. Our findings provide insights into colorectal oncogenesis and highlight potential targets across tissues for new CRC treatment and chemoprevention strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ceres Fernandez-Rozadilla
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Genomic Medicine Group, Instituto de Investigacion Sanitaria de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Danish Institute for Advanced Study, Department of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
| | - Zhishan Chen
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Philip Law
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
| | - Minta Thomas
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Stephanie Schmit
- Genomic Medicine Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Population and Cancer Prevention Program, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Virginia Díez-Obrero
- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Li Hsu
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Juan Fernandez-Tajes
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Claire Palles
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
| | - Kitty Sherwood
- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Sarah Briggs
- Department of Public Health, Richard Doll Building, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Victoria Svinti
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Kevin Donnelly
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Susan Farrington
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - James Blackmur
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Peter Vaughan-Shaw
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Xiao-Ou Shu
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Jirong Long
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
| | - Qiuyin Cai
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
- Department of Biomedical Informatics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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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
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Spain
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- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Biomedicine Institute, University of León, León, Spain
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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Colorectal Cancer, National Cancer Center Hospital, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Cancer Biomedical Science, Graduate School of Cancer Science and Policy, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
- Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Hallym University College of Medicine, Okcheon-dong, South Korea
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Nagoya, Japan
- Department of Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
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- Laboratory of Clinical Genome Sequencing, Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Laboratory of Genome Technology, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related Genes and Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Institute of Health and Environment, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Cancer Research Center for Health Equity, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Biomedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John, Ontario, Canada
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- City of Hope National Medical Center, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA
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- Institute of Medical Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Medical Research Council, Cardiff, UK
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- MRC Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumors, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Center, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Health Care District, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Centre, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Human Potential Translational Research Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Oncology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Public Health and Welfare, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Nutritional Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Slone Epidemiology Center at Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Genomic Medicine and Family Cancer Clinic, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Cancer Epidemiology Program, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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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 Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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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
- German Cancer Consortium, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand
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- Department of Hygiene and Epidemiology, University of Ioannina School of Medicine, Ioannina, Greece
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- Department of Molecular Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke, Nuthetal, Germany
- Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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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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- 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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- 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 Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Population and Public Health Sciences, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Jeonnam Regional Cancer Center, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Bioinformatics and Data Science Research Center, Bina Nusantara University, Jakarta, Indonesia
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, 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
- Precision Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Clinical Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit Health Services, Personalized Genomic Service, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
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- Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
- Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Population Sciences, Disparities and Community Engagement, University of California San Diego Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA
- Department of Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
- Department of Gastroenterology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
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- Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington School of Public Health, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research, Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
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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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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Rostock, Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA
- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, 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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, 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
- Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Center in Pilsen, Charles University, Pilsen, Czech Republic
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- Department of Oncology Ludwig Center at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Sol Goldman Pancreatic Cancer Research Center, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
- Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA
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- Departments of Cancer Biology and Genetics and Internal Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Genomic Medicine Group, Galician Public Foundation of Genomic Medicine, Servicio Galego de Saude, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute FPO-IRCCS, Candiolo (TO), Italy
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- Cancer Epidemiology Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Cancer Immunology Program, Dana-Farber Harvard Cancer Center, Boston, MA, USA
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Nantes, Nantes, France
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Steve and Cindy Rasmussen Institute for Genomic Medicine, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Division of Epidemiology, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Division of Cohort Research, National Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Center for Genetic Epidemiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Preventative Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts group, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Lothian Birth Cohorts group, Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Centre for Global Health, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
- Department of Pathology, National University Hospital, National University Health System, Singapore, Singapore
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- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, Barcelona, Spain
- Oncology Data Analytics Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
- Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology and Public Health, Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Department of Medical Oncology and Center For Precision Medicine, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA, USA
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- Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre, Institute of Genomics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Cancer, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK.
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Kondelin J, Martin S, Katainen R, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Koskensalo S, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Cajuso T, Hänninen UA, Välimäki N, Ravantti J, Rajamäki K, Palin K, Aaltonen LA. No evidence of EMAST in whole genome sequencing data from 248 colorectal cancers. Genes Chromosomes Cancer 2021; 60:463-473. [PMID: 33527622 DOI: 10.1002/gcc.22941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2020] [Revised: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Microsatellite instability (MSI) is caused by defective DNA mismatch repair (MMR), and manifests as accumulation of small insertions and deletions (indels) in short tandem repeats of the genome. Another form of repeat instability, elevated microsatellite alterations at selected tetranucleotide repeats (EMAST), has been suggested to occur in 50% to 60% of colorectal cancer (CRC), of which approximately one quarter are accounted for by MSI. Unlike for MSI, the criteria for defining EMAST is not consensual. EMAST CRCs have been suggested to form a distinct subset of CRCs that has been linked to a higher tumor stage, chronic inflammation, and poor prognosis. EMAST CRCs not exhibiting MSI have been proposed to show instability of di- and trinucleotide repeats in addition to tetranucleotide repeats, but lack instability of mononucleotide repeats. However, previous studies on EMAST have been based on targeted analysis of small sets of marker repeats, often in relatively few samples. To gain insight into tetranucleotide instability on a genome-wide level, we utilized whole genome sequencing data from 227 microsatellite stable (MSS) CRCs, 18 MSI CRCs, 3 POLE-mutated CRCs, and their corresponding normal samples. As expected, we observed tetranucleotide instability in all MSI CRCs, accompanied by instability of mono-, di-, and trinucleotide repeats. Among MSS CRCs, some tumors displayed more microsatellite mutations than others as a continuum, and no distinct subset of tumors with the previously proposed molecular characters of EMAST could be observed. Our results suggest that tetranucleotide repeat mutations in non-MSI CRCs represent stochastic mutation events rather than define a distinct CRC subclass.
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- Johanna Kondelin
- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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- The HUCH Gastrointestinal Clinic, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Education and Research, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland.,Department Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,iCAN Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,iCAN Digital Precision Cancer Medicine Flagship, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Cajuso T, Sulo P, Tanskanen T, Katainen R, Taira A, Hänninen UA, Kondelin J, Forsström L, Välimäki N, Aavikko M, Kaasinen E, Ristimäki A, Koskensalo S, Lepistö A, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Seppälä T, Kuopio T, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Kilpivaara O, Pitkänen E, Palin K, Aaltonen LA. Retrotransposon insertions can initiate colorectal cancer and are associated with poor survival. Nat Commun 2019; 10:4022. [PMID: 31492840 PMCID: PMC6731219 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-11770-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2018] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
Genomic instability pathways in colorectal cancer (CRC) have been extensively studied, but the role of retrotransposition in colorectal carcinogenesis remains poorly understood. Although retrotransposons are usually repressed, they become active in several human cancers, in particular those of the gastrointestinal tract. Here we characterize retrotransposon insertions in 202 colorectal tumor whole genomes and investigate their associations with molecular and clinical characteristics. We find highly variable retrotransposon activity among tumors and identify recurrent insertions in 15 known cancer genes. In approximately 1% of the cases we identify insertions in APC, likely to be tumor-initiating events. Insertions are positively associated with the CpG island methylator phenotype and the genomic fraction of allelic imbalance. Clinically, high number of insertions is independently associated with poor disease-specific survival. Retrotransposons are usually dormant in healthy tissue, but become activated during malignancy. Here, in colorectal cancer, Cajuso et al. show that retrotransposon activity associates with clinical features of the disease.
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- Tatiana Cajuso
- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Pathology, HUSLAB, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, (Haartmaninkatu 3), FI-00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, (Haartmaninkatu 4), FI-00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, (Haartmaninkatu 4), FI-00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, (Haartmaninkatu 4), FI-00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, (Haartmaninkatu 4), FI-00290, Helsinki, Finland
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- Biological and Environmental Science, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35, (Seminaarinkatu 15), FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland.,Department of Pathology, Central Finland Health Care District, (Keskussairaalantie 19), FI-40620 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Health Care District, (Keskussairaalantie 19), FI-40620 Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, (Keskussairaalantie 19), FI-40620, Jyväskylä, Finland.,Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, PO Box 35, (Seminaarinkatu 15), FI-40014, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland
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- Applied Tumor Genomics Research Program, Faculty of Medicine University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland. .,Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum Helsinki, PO Box 63, (Haartmaninkatu 8), FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland.
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Law PJ, Timofeeva M, Fernandez-Rozadilla C, Broderick P, Studd J, Fernandez-Tajes J, Farrington S, Svinti V, Palles C, Orlando G, Sud A, Holroyd A, Penegar S, Theodoratou E, Vaughan-Shaw P, Campbell H, Zgaga L, Hayward C, Campbell A, Harris S, Deary IJ, Starr J, Gatcombe L, Pinna M, Briggs S, Martin L, Jaeger E, Sharma-Oates A, East J, Leedham S, Arnold R, Johnstone E, Wang H, Kerr D, Kerr R, Maughan T, Kaplan R, Al-Tassan N, Palin K, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Tanskanen T, Kondelin J, Kaasinen E, Sarin AP, Eriksson JG, Rissanen H, Knekt P, Pukkala E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Buchanan DD, Win AK, Hopper J, Jenkins ME, Lindor NM, Newcomb PA, Gallinger S, Duggan D, Casey G, Hoffmann P, Nöthen MM, Jöckel KH, Easton DF, Pharoah PDP, Peto J, Canzian F, Swerdlow A, Eeles RA, Kote-Jarai Z, Muir K, Pashayan N, Harkin A, Allan K, McQueen J, Paul J, Iveson T, Saunders M, Butterbach K, Chang-Claude J, Hoffmeister M, Brenner H, Kirac I, Matošević P, Hofer P, Brezina S, Gsur A, Cheadle JP, Aaltonen LA, Tomlinson I, Houlston RS, Dunlop MG. Association analyses identify 31 new risk loci for colorectal cancer susceptibility. Nat Commun 2019; 10:2154. [PMID: 31089142 PMCID: PMC6517433 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-09775-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2018] [Accepted: 03/29/2019] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of cancer-related death worldwide, and has a strong heritable basis. We report a genome-wide association analysis of 34,627 CRC cases and 71,379 controls of European ancestry that identifies SNPs at 31 new CRC risk loci. We also identify eight independent risk SNPs at the new and previously reported European CRC loci, and a further nine CRC SNPs at loci previously only identified in Asian populations. We use in situ promoter capture Hi-C (CHi-C), gene expression, and in silico annotation methods to identify likely target genes of CRC SNPs. Whilst these new SNP associations implicate target genes that are enriched for known CRC pathways such as Wnt and BMP, they also highlight novel pathways with no prior links to colorectal tumourigenesis. These findings provide further insight into CRC susceptibility and enhance the prospects of applying genetic risk scores to personalised screening and prevention.
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- Philip J Law
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica, Instituto de Investigación de Santiago, Santiago de Compostela, 15706, Spain
- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, McCarthy Group, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Gastrointestinal Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Centre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Population Health, Trinity College Dublin, University of Dublin, Dublin, D02 PN40, Ireland
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- Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Generation Scotland, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Generation Scotland, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
- Department of Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Generation Scotland, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Centre for Cognitive Ageing and Cognitive Epidemiology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Generation Scotland, Centre for Genomic and Experimental Medicine, MRC Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Medical Genetics Section, Centre for Genomics and Experimental Medicine, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Nuffield Department. of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics, McCarthy Group, Roosevelt Drive, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
- Alzheimer Scotland Dementia Research Centre, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9JZ, UK
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- Cancer Bioinfomatics Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK
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- Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus Research Building, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK
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- Medical Research Council Clinical Trials Unit, Aviation House, 125 Kingsway, London, WC2B 6NH, UK
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Centre, 00250, Helsinki, Finland
- Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland, and Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, 33014, Finland
- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, 33014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, 40620, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, 40620, Finland
- Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, 40014, Finland
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Department of Clinical Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
- Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre, University of Melbourne, Centre for Cancer Research, Parkville, Victoria, 3010, Australia
- Genomic Medicine and Family Cancer Clinic, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Mount Sinai Hospital, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), An Affiliate of City of Hope, Phoenix, AZ, 85004, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Virginia, VA, 22903, USA
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- Human Genomics Research Group, Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel, Basel, 4031, Switzerland
- Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, 53127, Germany
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- Department of Genomics, Life & Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, 53127, Germany
- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Bonn School of Medicine & University Hospital Bonn, Bonn, 53127, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, 45147, Germany
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
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- Department of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, WC1E 7HT, UK
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- Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
- Division of Breast Cancer Research, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW3 6JB, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
- Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, SW3 6JJ, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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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, CV4 7HL, UK
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- Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London, WC1E 7HB, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, Strangeways Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB1 8RN, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit, Institute of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G61 1BD, UK
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- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK
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- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, M20 4BX, UK
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Unit of Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
- University Cancer Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, 20251, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, 69120, Germany
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, University Hospital for Tumours, Sestre milosrdnice University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, 10000, Croatia
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Center Zagreb, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, 1090, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum and Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Cancer Genetics and Evolution Laboratory, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Vincent Drive, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK.
| | - Malcolm G Dunlop
- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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Kondelin J, Salokas K, Saarinen L, Ovaska K, Rauanheimo H, Plaketti RM, Hamberg J, Liu X, Yadav L, Gylfe AE, Cajuso T, Hänninen UA, Palin K, Ristolainen H, Katainen R, Kaasinen E, Tanskanen T, Aavikko M, Taipale M, Taipale J, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Koskensalo S, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Ongen H, Dermitzakis ET, Kilpivaara O, Vahteristo P, Turunen M, Hautaniemi S, Tuupanen S, Karhu A, Välimäki N, Varjosalo M, Pitkänen E, Aaltonen LA. Comprehensive evaluation of coding region point mutations in microsatellite-unstable colorectal cancer. EMBO Mol Med 2019; 10:emmm.201708552. [PMID: 30108113 PMCID: PMC6402450 DOI: 10.15252/emmm.201708552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Microsatellite instability (MSI) leads to accumulation of an excessive number of mutations in the genome, mostly small insertions and deletions. MSI colorectal cancers (CRCs), however, also contain more point mutations than microsatellite‐stable (MSS) tumors, yet they have not been as comprehensively studied. To identify candidate driver genes affected by point mutations in MSI CRC, we ranked genes based on mutation significance while correcting for replication timing and gene expression utilizing an algorithm, MutSigCV. Somatic point mutation data from the exome kit‐targeted area from 24 exome‐sequenced sporadic MSI CRCs and respective normals, and 12 whole‐genome‐sequenced sporadic MSI CRCs and respective normals were utilized. The top 73 genes were validated in 93 additional MSI CRCs. The MutSigCV ranking identified several well‐established MSI CRC driver genes and provided additional evidence for previously proposed CRC candidate genes as well as shortlisted genes that have to our knowledge not been linked to CRC before. Two genes, SMARCB1 and STK38L, were also functionally scrutinized, providing evidence of a tumorigenic role, for SMARCB1 mutations in particular.
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- Johanna Kondelin
- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Functional Genomics, Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics (MBB), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Huddinge, Sweden.,Science for Life Center, Huddinge, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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- The HUCH Gastrointestinal Clinic, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland.,Department Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland.,Institute for Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.,Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Geneva, Switzerland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute of Biotechnology, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Helsinki Institute of Life Science, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Medicum/Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland .,Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Tanskanen T, van den Berg L, Välimäki N, Aavikko M, Ness-Jensen E, Hveem K, Wettergren Y, Bexe Lindskog E, Tõnisson N, Metspalu A, Silander K, Orlando G, Law PJ, Tuupanen S, Gylfe AE, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Kondelin J, Sarin AP, Pukkala E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Järvinen H, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Al-Tassan NA, Palles C, Martin L, Barclay E, Tenesa A, Farrington S, Timofeeva MN, Meyer BF, Wakil SM, Campbell H, Smith CG, Idziaszczyk S, Maughan TS, Kaplan R, Kerr R, Kerr D, Buchanan DD, Win AK, Hopper J, Jenkins M, Newcomb PA, Gallinger S, Conti D, Schumacher FR, Casey G, Cheadle JP, Dunlop MG, Tomlinson IP, Houlston RS, Palin K, Aaltonen LA. Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis in Northern European populations replicate multiple colorectal cancer risk loci. Int J Cancer 2018; 142:540-546. [PMID: 28960316 PMCID: PMC6383773 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.31076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2017] [Revised: 08/04/2017] [Accepted: 09/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
Genome-wide association studies have been successful in elucidating the genetic basis of colorectal cancer (CRC), but there remains unexplained variability in genetic risk. To identify new risk variants and to confirm reported associations, we conducted a genome-wide association study in 1,701 CRC cases and 14,082 cancer-free controls from the Finnish population. A total of 9,068,015 genetic variants were imputed and tested, and 30 promising variants were studied in additional 11,647 cases and 12,356 controls of European ancestry. The previously reported association between the single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs992157 (2q35) and CRC was independently replicated (p = 2.08 × 10-4 ; OR, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.06-1.23), and it was genome-wide significant in combined analysis (p = 1.50 × 10-9 ; OR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.08-1.16). Variants at 2q35, 6p21.2, 8q23.3, 8q24.21, 10q22.3, 10q24.2, 11q13.4, 11q23.1, 14q22.2, 15q13.3, 18q21.1, 20p12.3 and 20q13.33 were associated with CRC in the Finnish population (false discovery rate < 0.1), but new risk loci were not found. These results replicate the effects of multiple loci on the risk of CRC and identify shared risk alleles between the Finnish population isolate and outbred populations.
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- Tomas Tanskanen
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Medicine, Levanger Hospital, Nord-Trøndelag Hospital Trust, Levanger, Norway
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- HUNT Research Centre, Department of Public Health, NTNU, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Levanger, Norway
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Estonian Genome Center, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, Finland
- Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Samuli Ripatti
- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Jan Böhm
- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Cancer Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, UK
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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May-Wilson S, Sud A, Law PJ, Palin K, Tuupanen S, Gylfe A, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Tanskanen T, Kondelin J, Kaasinen E, Sarin AP, Eriksson JG, Rissanen H, Knekt P, Pukkala E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Al-Tassan NA, Palles C, Farrington SM, Timofeeva MN, Meyer BF, Wakil SM, Campbell H, Smith CG, Idziaszczyk S, Maughan TS, Fisher D, Kerr R, Kerr D, Passarelli MN, Figueiredo JC, Buchanan DD, Win AK, Hopper JL, Jenkins MA, Lindor NM, Newcomb PA, Gallinger S, Conti D, Schumacher F, Casey G, Aaltonen LA, Cheadle JP, Tomlinson IP, Dunlop MG, Houlston RS. Pro-inflammatory fatty acid profile and colorectal cancer risk: A Mendelian randomisation analysis. Eur J Cancer 2017; 84:228-238. [PMID: 28829991 PMCID: PMC5630201 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.07.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2016] [Revised: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 07/22/2017] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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BACKGROUND While dietary fat has been established as a risk factor for colorectal cancer (CRC), associations between fatty acids (FAs) and CRC have been inconsistent. Using Mendelian randomisation (MR), we sought to evaluate associations between polyunsaturated (PUFA), monounsaturated (MUFA) and saturated FAs (SFAs) and CRC risk. METHODS We analysed genotype data on 9254 CRC cases and 18,386 controls of European ancestry. Externally weighted polygenic risk scores were generated and used to evaluate associations with CRC per one standard deviation increase in genetically defined plasma FA levels. RESULTS Risk reduction was observed for oleic and palmitoleic MUFAs (OROA = 0.77, 95% CI: 0.65-0.92, P = 3.9 × 10-3; ORPOA = 0.36, 95% CI: 0.15-0.84, P = 0.018). PUFAs linoleic and arachidonic acid had negative and positive associations with CRC respectively (ORLA = 0.95, 95% CI: 0.93-0.98, P = 3.7 × 10-4; ORAA = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.02-1.07, P = 1.7 × 10-4). The SFA stearic acid was associated with increased CRC risk (ORSA = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.01-1.35, P = 0.041). CONCLUSION Results from our analysis are broadly consistent with a pro-inflammatory FA profile having a detrimental effect in terms of CRC risk.
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- Sebastian May-Wilson
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland; Folkhälsan Research Centre, Helsinki, 00250, Finland; Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, 00130, Finland; School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, 33014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK; Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA; Program in Medical and Population Genetics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA; Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Abdominal Center, Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Abdominal Center, Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, 40620, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä, 40620, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Molecular & Population Genetics Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Aviation House, London, WC2B 6NH, UK
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- Oxford Cancer Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA
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- Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA; Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia; Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland; Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Molecular & Population Genetics Laboratory, Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK.
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Tanskanen T, Hänninen U, Cajuso T, Kondelin J, Katainen R, Hamberg J, Välimäki N, Pitkänen E, Palin K, Aaltonen LA. Abstract 1440: Germline loss-of-function alleles in Finnish colorectal cancer patients. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-1440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Colorectal cancer, a major cause of cancer deaths worldwide, is often preventable by screening and surveillance, especially in patients at increased risk; however, its heritability is incompletely understood, and studies in isolated populations such as Finland may be valuable for gene discovery. We analyzed whole-genome or whole-exome sequencing data in 322 Finnish colorectal cancer cases of unknown etiology and 928 population-matched controls. To enrich for susceptibility alleles, cases were selected on the basis of early-onset colorectal cancer (age at diagnosis <50 years; 50/322, 16%), synchronous or metachronous colorectal cancer (30/322, 9.3%), familial colorectal cancer (134/322, 42%), personal history of noncolorectal cancer (93/322, 29%), or family history of at least two noncolorectal cancers (124/322, 39%). To increase the prior probability of pathogenicity of variants, the study was restricted to rare and low-frequency protein-coding loss-of-function variants (nonsense, frameshift, and essential splice site variants; allele frequency <3%). Single-variant and gene-level associations were tested, and genes with loss-of-function variants exclusively in cases were pinpointed. An independent set comprising 1,257 cases and 2,638 controls were genotyped using SNP arrays, and genotype imputation provided additional data on 225 (8.5%) of the 2,654 initially discovered loss-of-function variants. Principal component analysis was applied to correct for population structure. In association analyses, with a statistical power of at least 80% for a range of moderate-to-high effect sizes and low allele frequencies (e.g., odds ratio of 3 and allele frequency of 0.5%) at p <0.15, a total of 35 candidate colorectal cancer predisposition genes were identified, although none of them reached exome-wide significance. There were 21 genes with rare loss-of-function alleles in at least two cases but none of the sequenced controls. Whole-genome sequencing data from paired normal and tumor tissues were available in 243 cases, and potential second hits (wild-type allele losses or somatic point mutations) were found in 15 genes. These results may, through further analysis and replication, contribute to our knowledge of the genetic architecture and pathobiology of colorectal cancer susceptibility.
Citation Format: Tomas Tanskanen, Ulrika Hänninen, Tatiana Cajuso, Johanna Kondelin, Riku Katainen, Jiri Hamberg, Niko Välimäki, Esa Pitkänen, Kimmo Palin, Lauri A. Aaltonen. Germline loss-of-function alleles in Finnish colorectal cancer patients [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1440. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-1440
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- Tomas Tanskanen
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Cajuso T, Sulo P, Katainen R, Hänninen U, Tanskanen T, Kondelin J, Hamberg J, Välimäki N, Palin K, Kilpivaara O, Pitkänen E, Aaltonen LA. Abstract 4381: The mobile genome of colorectal cancer: Characterization of retrotransposon insertions in 202 colorectal cancer whole genomes. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-4381] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The aim of this study is to characterize the landscape of retrotransposon insertions in 202 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients to elucidate their role in colorectal tumorigenesis. Retrotransposons are genetic sequences that can copy themselves into an mRNA intermediate and insert elsewhere in the genome. Germline retrotranspositions can contribute to genetic variation however, high retrotransposon activity can also lead to genetic instability. Albeit retrotransposons are usually repressed in normal adult tissues, they become highly active in several cancer types, being most active in epithelial cancers such as CRC. Moreover, retrotransposon insertions have been difficult to detect with previous methodological approaches, which has resulted in very few genome-wide studies.
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) was performed in 202 tumors and their corresponding normal tissue on the Illumina HiSeq 2000 platform; with 100 base-pairs paired-end reads. Each sample was sequenced to a minimum of 40x median coverage. To detect retrotransposon insertions we utilized TraFiC (Transposome Finder in Cancer). To identify retrotransposon-mediated transductions that were not identifiable using TraFiC, we utilized DELLY and the European database of L1-HS retrotransposon insertions in humans (euL1db). To characterize somatic insertions and decrease the rate of false positives, all insertions present in any of the normal genomes were filtered. After careful visual inspection of the paired-end read data, we estimated 80% of true somatic calls.
We detected high retrotransposon activity in CRC with remarkable variation among patients. The mean number of insertions per tumor was 25, ranging from 0 to 197 insertions. In addition, we were able to identify few highly active retrotransposons that accounted for 70% of the retrotransposon-mediated transductions. We identified a total of 5065 somatic insertions, 2% of these insertions were located in exons, whereas 45% were in introns. We identified several genes with recurrent insertions, some of these loci being known fragile sites. However, we identified 13 known cancer genes with two or more insertions. Furthermore, we identified two patients with insertions in exon 16 of APC, suggesting that these insertions could be initiating tumorigenic events. To conclude, we found retrotransposon insertions to be a common phenomenon in CRC, contributing to genome instability and colorectal tumorigenesis.
Citation Format: Tatiana Cajuso, Päivi Sulo, Riku Katainen, Ulrika Hänninen, Tomas Tanskanen, Johanna Kondelin, Jiri Hamberg, Niko Välimäki, Kimmo Palin, Outi Kilpivaara, Esa Pitkänen, Lauri A. Aaltonen. The mobile genome of colorectal cancer: Characterization of retrotransposon insertions in 202 colorectal cancer whole genomes [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 4381. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-4381
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- Tatiana Cajuso
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit and Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, Univeristy of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Rodriguez-Broadbent H, Law PJ, Sud A, Palin K, Tuupanen S, Gylfe A, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Tanskanen T, Kondelin J, Kaasinen E, Sarin AP, Ripatti S, Eriksson JG, Rissanen H, Knekt P, Pukkala E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Palotie A, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Al-Tassan NA, Palles C, Martin L, Barclay E, Farrington SM, Timofeeva MN, Meyer BF, Wakil SM, Campbell H, Smith CG, Idziaszczyk S, Maughan TS, Kaplan R, Kerr R, Kerr D, Passarelli MN, Figueiredo JC, Buchanan DD, Win AK, Hopper JL, Jenkins MA, Lindor NM, Newcomb PA, Gallinger S, Conti D, Schumacher F, Casey G, Aaltonen LA, Cheadle JP, Tomlinson IP, Dunlop MG, Houlston RS. Mendelian randomisation implicates hyperlipidaemia as a risk factor for colorectal cancer. Int J Cancer 2017; 140:2701-2708. [PMID: 28340513 PMCID: PMC6135234 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.30709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 02/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
Abstract
While elevated blood cholesterol has been associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) in observational studies, causality is uncertain. Here we apply a Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis to examine the potential causal relationship between lipid traits and CRC risk. We used single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with blood levels of total cholesterol (TC), triglyceride (TG), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and high-density lipoprotein (HDL) as instrumental variables (IV). We calculated MR estimates for each risk factor with CRC using SNP-CRC associations from 9,254 cases and 18,386 controls. Genetically predicted higher TC was associated with an elevated risk of CRC (odds ratios (OR) per unit SD increase = 1.46, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.20-1.79, p = 1.68 × 10-4 ). The pooled ORs for LDL, HDL, and TG were 1.05 (95% CI: 0.92-1.18, p = 0.49), 0.94 (95% CI: 0.84-1.05, p = 0.27), and 0.98 (95% CI: 0.85-1.12, p = 0.75) respectively. A genetic risk score for 3-hydoxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A reductase (HMGCR) to mimic the effects of statin therapy was associated with a reduced CRC risk (OR = 0.69, 95% CI: 0.49-0.99, p = 0.046). This study supports a causal relationship between higher levels of TC with CRC risk, and a further rationale for implementing public health strategies to reduce the prevalence of hyperlipidaemia.
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SA, United Kingdom
- Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
- Folkhälsan Research Centre, Helsinki, 00250, Finland
- Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki, 00130, Finland
- School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, 33014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, 00271, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA, 02142, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, 02114, USA
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- Abdominal Center, Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Abdominal Center, Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä, 40620, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä, 40620, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH8 9AG, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, OX3 7DQ, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Aviation House, London, WC2B 6NH, UK
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- Oxford Cancer Centre, Department of Oncology, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, OX3 7LE, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA
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- Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles CA, USA
- Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, 85259, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, 98109, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90033, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 22908, USA
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, 00014, Finland
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- Division of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, CF14 4XN, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford, OX3 7BN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, EH4 2XU, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London, SW7 3RP, UK
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Jarvis D, Mitchell JS, Law PJ, Palin K, Tuupanen S, Gylfe A, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Tanskanen T, Kondelin J, Kaasinen E, Sarin AP, Kaprio J, Eriksson JG, Rissanen H, Knekt P, Pukkala E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Järvinen H, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Böhm J, Meklin JP, Al-Tassan NA, Palles C, Martin L, Barclay E, Farrington SM, Timofeeva MN, Meyer BF, Wakil SM, Campbell H, Smith CG, Idziaszczyk S, Maughan TS, Kaplan R, Kerr R, Kerr D, Buchanan DD, Win AK, Hopper JL, Jenkins MA, Lindor NM, Newcomb PA, Gallinger S, Conti D, Schumacher F, Casey G, Taipale J, Aaltonen LA, Cheadle JP, Dunlop MG, Tomlinson IP, Houlston RS. Mendelian randomisation analysis strongly implicates adiposity with risk of developing colorectal cancer. Br J Cancer 2016; 115:266-72. [PMID: 27336604 PMCID: PMC4947703 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2016.188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Revised: 05/09/2016] [Accepted: 05/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Observational studies have associated adiposity with an increased risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, such studies do not establish a causal relationship. To minimise bias from confounding we performed a Mendelian randomisation (MR) analysis to examine the relationship between adiposity and CRC. METHODS We used SNPs associated with adult body mass index (BMI), waist-hip ratio (WHR), childhood obesity and birth weight as instrumental variables in a MR analysis of 9254 CRC cases and 18 386 controls. RESULTS In the MR analysis, the odds ratios (ORs) of CRC risk per unit increase in BMI, WHR and childhood obesity were 1.23 (95% CI: 1.02-1.49, P=0.033), 1.59 (95% CI: 1.08-2.34, P=0.019) and 1.07 (95% CI: 1.03-1.13, P=0.018), respectively. There was no evidence for association between birth weight and CRC (OR=1.22, 95% CI: 0.89-1.67, P=0.22). Combining these data with a concurrent MR-based analysis for BMI and WHR with CRC risk (totalling to 18 190 cases, 27 617 controls) provided increased support, ORs for BMI and WHR were 1.26 (95% CI: 1.10-1.44, P=7.7 × 10(-4)) and 1.40 (95% CI: 1.14-1.72, P=1.2 × 10(-3)), respectively. CONCLUSIONS These data provide further evidence for a strong causal relationship between adiposity and the risk of developing CRC highlighting the urgent need for prevention and treatment of adiposity.
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- David Jarvis
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, UK
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
- Folkhälsan Research Centre, Helsinki 00250, Finland
- Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki 00130, Finland
- School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere 33014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Department of Medicine, Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
- Program in Medical and Population Genetics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA
- Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä 40620, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä 40620, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, MRC Human Genetics Unit, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
- The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin, Edinburgh EH25 9RG, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, MRC Human Genetics Unit, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Aviation House, London WC2B 6NH, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Oxford Cancer Centre, University of Oxford, Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford OX3 9DU, UK
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- Department of Pathology, Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, SciLife Center, Karolinska Institutet, Solna SE 141 83, Sweden
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki 00014, Helsinki, Finland
- Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, MRC Human Genetics Unit, The University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics, NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, UK
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Arribas J, Cajuso T, Rodio A, Marcos R, Leonardi A, Velázquez A. NF-κB Mediates the Expression of TBX15 in Cancer Cells. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0157761. [PMID: 27327083 PMCID: PMC4915632 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157761] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2016] [Accepted: 06/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
Abstract
TBX15 is a T-box transcription factor essential for development, also proposed as a marker in prostate cancer; and, recently, its antiapoptotic function indicates a role in carcinogenesis. Regulation of TBX15 is uncovered. In this study, we investigated the regulation of TBX15 expression in human cancer cells, by analyzing the regulatory function of a 5’-distal conserved region of TBX15. Bisulfite sequencing showed high methylation of the CpG island contained in this region that was not correlated with TBX15 mRNA levels, in the cancer cell lines analyzed; however, after 5-aza-dC treatment of TPC-1 cells an increase of TBX15 expression was observed. We also found a significant response of TBX15 to TNF-α activation of the NF-κB pathway using five cancer cell lines, and similar results were obtained when NF-κB was activated with PMA/ionomycin. Next, by luciferase reporter assays, we identified the TBX15 regulatory region containing two functional NF-κB binding sites with response to NF-κBp65, mapping on the -3302 and -3059 positions of the TBX15 gene. Moreover, a direct interaction of NF-κBp65 with one of the two NF-κB binding sites was indicated by ChIP assays. In summary, we provide novel data showing that NF-κB signaling up-regulates TBX15 expression in cancer cells. Furthermore, the link between TBX15 and NF-κB found in this study may be important to understand cancer and development processes.
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- Jéssica Arribas
- Grup de Mutagènesi, Unitat de Genètica, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
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- Grup de Mutagènesi, Unitat de Genètica, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Grup de Mutagènesi, Unitat de Genètica, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (SCIII), Madrid, Spain
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- Dipartimento di Biologia e Patologia Cellulare e Molecolare, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy
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- Grup de Mutagènesi, Unitat de Genètica, Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Facultat de Biociències, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallés, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER Epidemiologia y Salud Pública, Instituto de Salud Carlos III (SCIII), Madrid, Spain
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Orlando G, Law PJ, Palin K, Tuupanen S, Gylfe A, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Tanskanen T, Kondelin J, Kaasinen E, Sarin AP, Kaprio J, Eriksson JG, Rissanen H, Knekt P, Pukkala E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Ripatti S, Palotie A, Järvinen H, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Al-Tassan NA, Palles C, Martin L, Barclay E, Tenesa A, Farrington S, Timofeeva MN, Meyer BF, Wakil SM, Campbell H, Smith CG, Idziaszczyk S, Maughan TS, Kaplan R, Kerr R, Kerr D, Buchanan DD, Win AK, Hopper J, Jenkins M, Lindor NM, Newcomb PA, Gallinger S, Conti D, Schumacher F, Casey G, Taipale J, Cheadle JP, Dunlop MG, Tomlinson IP, Aaltonen LA, Houlston RS. Variation at 2q35 (PNKD and TMBIM1) influences colorectal cancer risk and identifies a pleiotropic effect with inflammatory bowel disease. Hum Mol Genet 2016; 25:2349-2359. [PMID: 27005424 PMCID: PMC5081051 DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddw087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2015] [Revised: 02/05/2016] [Accepted: 03/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
To identify new risk loci for colorectal cancer (CRC), we conducted a meta-analysis of seven genome-wide association studies (GWAS) with independent replication, totalling 13 656 CRC cases and 21 667 controls of European ancestry. The combined analysis identified a new risk association for CRC at 2q35 marked by rs992157 (P = 3.15 × 10-8, odds ratio = 1.10, 95% confidence interval = 1.06-1.13), which is intronic to PNKD (paroxysmal non-kinesigenic dyskinesia) and TMBIM1 (transmembrane BAX inhibitor motif containing 1). Intriguingly this susceptibility single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) is in strong linkage disequilibrium (r2 = 0.90, D' = 0.96) with the previously discovered GWAS SNP rs2382817 for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Following on from this observation we examined for pleiotropy, or shared genetic susceptibility, between CRC and the 200 established IBD risk loci, identifying an additional 11 significant associations (false discovery rate [FDR]) < 0.05). Our findings provide further insight into the biological basis of inherited genetic susceptibility to CRC, and identify risk factors that may influence the development of both CRC and IBD.
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- Giulia Orlando
- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, UK
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, UK
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Folkhälsan Research Centre, Helsinki 00250, Finland Unit of General Practice and Primary Health Care, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Finnish Cancer Registry, Institute for Statistical and Epidemiological Cancer Research, Helsinki 00130, Finland School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere 33014, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki 00271, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland
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- Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland Analytic and Translational Genetics Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA Program in Medical and Population Genetics, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki 00029, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Central Finland Central Hospital, Jyväskylä 40620, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä 40620, Finland
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush, Roslin EH25 9RG, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Department of Genetics, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 12713, Saudi Arabia
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- Centre for Population Health Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- Institute of Cancer and Genetics, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4XN, UK
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- CRUK/MRC Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7DQ, UK
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- MRC Clinical Trials Unit, Aviation House, London WC2B 6NH, UK
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- Department of Oncology, Oxford Cancer Centre, Churchill Hospital
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- Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford OX3 7LE, UK
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic. 3010, Australia
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA
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- Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98109, USA
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON M5G 1X5, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, SciLife Center, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE 141 83, Sweden
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit
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- Colon Cancer Genetics Group, University of Edinburgh and MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, UK
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- Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics and NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford OX3 7BN, UK
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum
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- Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer Research, London SW7 3RP, UK
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Katainen R, Dave K, Pitkänen E, Palin K, Kivioja T, Välimäki N, Gylfe AE, Ristolainen H, Hänninen UA, Cajuso T, Kondelin J, Tanskanen T, Mecklin JP, Järvinen H, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Lepistö A, Kaasinen E, Kilpivaara O, Tuupanen S, Enge M, Taipale J, Aaltonen LA. CTCF/cohesin-binding sites are frequently mutated in cancer. Nat Genet 2015; 47:818-21. [PMID: 26053496 DOI: 10.1038/ng.3335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 304] [Impact Index Per Article: 33.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2015] [Accepted: 05/12/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Cohesin is present in almost all active enhancer regions, where it is associated with transcription factors. Cohesin frequently colocalizes with CTCF (CCCTC-binding factor), affecting genomic stability, expression and epigenetic homeostasis. Cohesin subunits are mutated in cancer, but CTCF/cohesin-binding sites (CBSs) in DNA have not been examined for mutations. Here we report frequent mutations at CBSs in cancers displaying a mutational signature where mutations in A•T base pairs predominate. Integration of whole-genome sequencing data from 213 colorectal cancer (CRC) samples and chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-exo) data identified frequent point mutations at CBSs. In contrast, CRCs showing an ultramutator phenotype caused by defects in the exonuclease domain of DNA polymerase ɛ (POLE) displayed significantly fewer mutations at and adjacent to CBSs. Analysis of public data showed that multiple cancer types accumulate CBS mutations. CBSs are a major mutational hotspot in the noncoding cancer genome.
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- Riku Katainen
- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- 1] Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland. [2] Department of Medical and Clinical Genetics, Medicum, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Pitkänen E, Cajuso T, Katainen R, Kaasinen E, Välimäki N, Palin K, Taipale J, Aaltonen LA, Kilpivaara O. Frequent L1 retrotranspositions originating from TTC28 in colorectal cancer. Oncotarget 2015; 5:853-9. [PMID: 24553397 PMCID: PMC3996660 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.1781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
Abstract
L1 element retrotranspositions have been found to alter expression of genes neighboring the insertion sites, potentially involving them in tumorigenesis and tumor progression. In colorectal cancer (CRC), L1 insertions have been found to target genes with a role in tumorigenesis. Structural changes such as L1 insertions are identifiable by whole genome sequencing (WGS). In this study, we observed frequent somatic L1 retrotranspositions originating from TTC28 using deep coverage WGS data from 92 CRC tumor-normal sample pairs. In two cases the event had targeted NOVA1 gene (p=0.025). In addition, a germline retrotransposition event from TTC28 to GABRA4 was found to be a common polymorphism in the Finnish population. Thus while some events may be tumorigenic, others are likely to be neutral. Our data contradict a recent study where a similar signal in TTC28 was interpreted as a common inactivating translocation. While much work remains to be performed to understand the biological significance of retrotranspositions in cancer, accurate identification of these events is a prerequisite for success.
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- Esa Pitkänen
- Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, Research Programs Unit, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Tuupanen S, Hänninen UA, Kondelin J, von Nandelstadh P, Cajuso T, Gylfe AE, Katainen R, Tanskanen T, Ristolainen H, Böhm J, Mecklin JP, Järvinen H, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Andersen CL, Taipale M, Taipale J, Vahteristo P, Lehti K, Pitkänen E, Aaltonen LA. Identification of 33 candidate oncogenes by screening for base-specific mutations. Br J Cancer 2014; 111:1657-62. [PMID: 25117815 PMCID: PMC4200084 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2014] [Revised: 06/23/2014] [Accepted: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Background: Genes with recurrent codon-specific somatic mutations are likely drivers of tumorigenesis and potential therapeutic targets. Hypermutable cancers may represent a sensitive system for generation and selection of oncogenic mutations. Methods: We utilised exome-sequencing data on 25 sporadic microsatellite-instable (MSI) colorectal cancers (CRCs) and searched for base-specific somatic mutation hotspots. Results: We identified novel mutation hotspots in 33 genes. Fourteen genes displayed mutations in the validation set of 254 MSI CRCs: ANTXR1, MORC2, CEP135, CRYBB1, GALNT9, KRT82, PI15, SLC36A1, CNTF, GLDC, MBTPS1, OR9Q2, R3HDM1 and TTPAL. A database search found examples of the hotspot mutations in multiple cancer types. Conclusions: This work reveals a variety of new recurrent candidate oncogene mutations to be further scrutinised as potential therapeutic targets.
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- S Tuupanen
- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- Department of Pathology, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Keskussairaalantie 19, Jyväskylä 40620, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Jyväskylä Central Hospital, University of Eastern Finland, Keskussairaalantie 19, Jyväskylä 40620, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki 00290, Finland
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- Department of Surgery, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Haartmaninkatu 4, Helsinki 00290, Finland
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- Department for Molecular Medicine (MOMA), Aarhus University Hospital, Brendstrupgårdsvej 21, Aarhus N DK-8200, Denmark
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- 1] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland [2] Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Hälsovägen 7, Huddinge SE-141 83, Sweden
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- 1] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland [2] Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institutet, Hälsovägen 7, Huddinge SE-141 83, Sweden
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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- 1] Department of Medical Genetics, Haartman Institute, University of Helsinki, Helsinki 00014, Finland [2] Research Programs Unit, Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Biomedicum, PO Box 63 (Haartmaninkatu 8), Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland
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Cajuso T, Hänninen UA, Kondelin J, Gylfe AE, Tanskanen T, Katainen R, Pitkänen E, Ristolainen H, Kaasinen E, Taipale M, Taipale J, Böhm J, Renkonen-Sinisalo L, Mecklin JP, Järvinen H, Tuupanen S, Kilpivaara O, Vahteristo P. Exome sequencing reveals frequent inactivating mutations in ARID1A, ARID1B, ARID2 and ARID4A in microsatellite unstable colorectal cancer. Int J Cancer 2014; 135:611-23. [PMID: 24382590 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 91] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2013] [Revised: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/12/2013] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
ARID1A has been identified as a novel tumor suppressor gene in ovarian cancer and subsequently in various other tumor types. ARID1A belongs to the ARID domain containing gene family, which comprises of 15 genes involved, for example, in transcriptional regulation, proliferation and chromatin remodeling. In this study, we used exome sequencing data to analyze the mutation frequency of all the ARID domain containing genes in 25 microsatellite unstable (MSI) colorectal cancers (CRCs) as a first systematic effort to characterize the mutation pattern of the whole ARID gene family. Genes which fulfilled the selection criteria in this discovery set (mutations in at least 4/25 [16%] samples, including at least one nonsense or splice site mutation) were chosen for further analysis in an independent validation set of 21 MSI CRCs. We found that in addition to ARID1A, which was mutated in 39% of the tumors (18/46), also ARID1B (13%, 6/46), ARID2 (13%, 6/46) and ARID4A (20%, 9/46) were frequently mutated. In all these genes, the mutations were distributed along the entire length of the gene, thus distinguishing them from typical MSI target genes previously described. Our results indicate that in addition to ARID1A, other members of the ARID gene family may play a role in MSI CRC.
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- Tatiana Cajuso
- Department of Medical Genetics Genome-Scale Biology Research Program, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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