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Brezina S, Leeb G, Baierl A, Gräf E, Hackl M, Hofer P, Lang H, Klein M, Mach K, Schwarzer R, Wlassits W, Püspök A, Gsur A. Evaluation of the "Burgenland PREvention trial of colorectal cancer Disease with ImmunologiCal Testing" (B-PREDICT)-a population-based colorectal cancer screening program. BMC Gastroenterol 2024; 24:149. [PMID: 38689217 PMCID: PMC11061958 DOI: 10.1186/s12876-024-03242-7] [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] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2023] [Accepted: 04/25/2024] [Indexed: 05/02/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The colorectal cancer (CRC) screening program B-PREDICT is a population based invited two stage screening project using a faecal immunochemical test (FIT) for initial screening followed by a colonoscopy for those with a positive FIT. B-PREDICT was compared with the opportunistic screening colonoscopy (OPP-COL), performed in course of the nationwide screening program. METHODS Within B-PREDICT all residents of the Austrian federal state Burgenland, aged between 40 and 80 are annually invited to FIT testing. All individuals who underwent initial colonoscopy in Burgenland between 01/2003 and 12/2014, were included in this study. Individuals from the FIT-triggered invited screening program B-PREDICT were compared with those from the non-FIT triggered OPP-COL. RESULTS 15 133 individuals from B-PREDICT were compared to 10 045 individuals with OPP-COL. CRC detection rates were 1.34% (CI-95%, [1.15; 1.52]) in B-PREDICT compared to 0.54% in OPP-COL (95%-CI, [0.39; 0.68] p < 0.001). The decrease in the age standardized incidence rates of CRC was more pronounced in the population screened with FIT than in the general population screened with colonoscopy. Changes in incidence rates per year were -4.4% (95%-CI, [-5.1; -3.7]) vs. -1.8% (95%-CI, [-1.9; -1.6] p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS B-PREDICT shows a two-fold higher detection rate of CRC as well as HRA compared to OPP-COL.
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- Stefanie Brezina
- Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, Vienna, 1090, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Oberpullendorf, Oberpullendorf, Austria
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- Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Clinical Pathology and Microbiology, Oberwart, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Outpatient Clinic for Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Eisenstadt, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Oberpullendorf, Oberpullendorf, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, St. John's Hospital, Eisenstadt, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Oberpullendorf, Oberpullendorf, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, St. John's Hospital, Eisenstadt, Austria
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- Center for Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, Vienna, 1090, Austria.
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Bruch GM, Hofer P, Ferraz da Silva LF, Pires-Davidson JR, Bento Dos Santos GA, Fischer FT. Pediatric postmortem CT angiography: validation of vascular access for PMCT angiography in stillbirths, babies and toddlers. Forensic Sci Med Pathol 2023:10.1007/s12024-023-00726-y. [PMID: 37812319 DOI: 10.1007/s12024-023-00726-y] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/20/2023] [Indexed: 10/10/2023]
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PURPOSE The use of angiography in postmortem CT angiography (PMCTA) has several advantages. In adults, femoral vascular access is well established. Due to the small and specific anatomy in fetuses and infants, the technique has to be adapted, especially regarding the vascular access. The aim of this study was to evaluate vascular access for pediatric PMCTA (pedPMCTA). MATERIALS AND METHODS Ten pedPMCTAs were performed in stillbirths, babies, and one toddler. A femoral approach by cannulation of the femoral artery and vein, an umbilical approach by cannulation of the umbilical vessels, and an intraosseous approach by an intraosseous needle were evaluated by handling and resulting imaging. RESULTS The insertion of a cannula with a size of 18-20 G in the femoral vessels was possible in babies. An umbilical access with peripheral venous cannulas with a size of 14-20 G was feasible in stillbirths and newborns. An intraosseous access is advisable as equal alternative to umbilical and in cases where a femoral access is not possible. The most significant problem with the vascular access is the extravasation of contrast media, but this can be reduced significantly with practice. CONCLUSION When performing pedPMCTA, an umbilical vascular access is recommended if an umbilical cord with open vessels is still present. Otherwise, a bone marrow access should be preferred in the presence of an arteriovenous shunt or if only the venous system needs to be shown. If that is not the case, the femoral access with the possibility to separate venous and arterial scan should be used.
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- G M Bruch
- Institute of Forensic Medicine, LMU, Munich, Germany.
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- São Paulo Autopsy Service, University of Sao Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
- Hospital Universitário de Brasília-Radiologia, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, DF, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Patologia, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Institute of Forensic Medicine, LMU, Munich, Germany
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Mrak D, Kartnig F, Sieghart D, Simader E, Radner H, Mandl P, Göschl L, Hofer P, Deimel T, Gessl I, Kain R, Winkler S, Smolen JS, Perkmann T, Haslacher H, Aletaha D, Heinz LX, Bonelli M. Accelerated waning of immune responses to a third COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. J Autoimmun 2023; 135:102981. [PMID: 36706534 PMCID: PMC9771756 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2022.102981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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BACKGROUND A 3rd COVID-19 vaccination is currently recommended for patients under immunosuppression. However, a fast decline of antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein has been observed. Currently it remains unclear whether immunosuppressive therapy affects kinetics of humoral and cellular immune responses. METHODS 50 patients under immunosuppression and 42 healthy controls (HCs) received a 3rd dose of an mRNA-based vaccine and were monitored over a 12-weeks period. Humoral immune response was assessed 4 and 12 weeks after 3rd dose. Antibodies were quantified using the Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 Spike immunoassay against the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein. SARS-CoV-2-specific T cell responses were quantified by IFN-γ ELISpot assays. Adverse events, including SARS-CoV-2 infections, were monitored over a 12-week period. RESULTS At week 12, reduced anti-RBD antibody levels were observed in IMID patients as compared to HCs (median antibody level 5345 BAU/ml [1781-10,208] versus 9650 BAU/ml [6633-16,050], p < 0.001). Reduction in relative antibody levels was significantly higher in IMID patients as compared to HCs at week 12 (p < 0.001). Lowest anti-RBD antibody levels were detected in IMID patients who received biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or a combination therapy with conventional synthetic and biological DMARDs. Number of SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells against wildtype and Omicron variants remained stable over 12 weeks in IMID patients. No serious adverse events were reported. CONCLUSION Due to a fast decline in anti-RBD antibodies in IMID patients an early 4th vaccination should be considered in this vulnerable group of patients.
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- Daniel Mrak
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
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Kartnig F, Mrak D, Simader E, Tobudic S, Radner H, Mandl P, Göschl L, Hommer N, Mayer M, Hofer P, Hummel T, Deimel T, Geßl I, Puchner A, Kerschbaumer A, Thalhammer R, Handisurya A, Kain R, Winkler S, Smolen JS, Stiasny K, Perkmann T, Haslacher H, Aberle JH, Aletaha D, Heinz LX, Sieghart D, Bonelli M. Safety and immunogenicity of a third COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases compared with healthy controls. Ann Rheum Dis 2023; 82:292-300. [PMID: 36109141 DOI: 10.1136/ard-2022-222682] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [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: 04/20/2022] [Accepted: 09/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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OBJECTIVES A third COVID-19 vaccination is recommended for immunosuppressed patients. However, data on immunogenicity and safety of a third COVID-19 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) are sparse and therefore addressed within this clinical trial. METHODS 60 immunosuppressed patients and 48 healthy controls (HCs) received a third vaccination with an mRNA vaccine. The primary endpoint was defined as the presence of antibody levels against the receptor-binding domain (RBD)>1500 BAU/mL in patients with IMIDs versus HCs. Further endpoints included differences in neutralising antibodies and cellular immune responses after the third vaccination. Reactogenicity was recorded for 7 days, and safety was evaluated until week 4. RESULTS Rate of individuals with anti-RBD antibodies>1500 BAU/mL was not significantly different after the third vaccination between patients with IMIDs and HCs (91% vs 100% p=0.101). Anti-RBD and neutralising antibody levels were significantly lower in patients with IMIDs after the third vaccination than in HCs (p=0.002 and p=0.016, respectively). In contrast, fold increase in antibody levels between week 0 and 4 was higher in patients with IMIDs. Treatment with biological (b) disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) or combination of bDMARDs and conventional synthetic DMARDs was associated with reduced antibody levels. Enhanced cellular immune response to wild type and Omicron peptide stimulation was observed after the third vaccination. No serious adverse event was attributed to the third vaccination. CONCLUSION Our clinical trial data support the immunogenicity and safety of a third COVID-19 vaccination in patients with IMIDs. However, effects of DMARD therapy on immunogenicity should be considered. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER EudraCT No: 2021-002693-10.
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- Felix Kartnig
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Mrak D, Sieghart D, Simader E, Tobudic S, Radner H, Mandl P, Göschl L, Koblischke M, Hommer N, Wagner A, Mayer M, Schubert L, Hartl L, Kozbial K, Hofer P, Kartnig F, Hummel T, Kerschbaumer A, Deimel T, Puchner A, Gudipati V, Thalhammer R, Munda P, Uyanik-Ünal K, Zuckermann A, Novacek G, Reiberger T, Garner-Spitzer E, Reindl-Schwaighofer R, Kain R, Winkler S, Smolen JS, Stiasny K, Fischer GF, Perkmann T, Haslacher H, Zeitlinger M, Wiedermann U, Aberle JH, Aletaha D, Heinz LX, Bonelli M. Heterologous vector versus homologous mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccination in non-seroconverted immunosuppressed patients: a randomized controlled trial. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5362. [PMID: 36097029 PMCID: PMC9467419 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33036-y] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2022] [Accepted: 08/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Impaired response to COVID-19 vaccination is of particular concern in immunosuppressed patients. To determine the best vaccination strategy for this vulnerable group we performed a single center, 1:1 randomized blinded clinical trial. Patients who failed to seroconvert upon two mRNA vaccinations (BNT162b2 or mRNA-1273) are randomized to receive either a third dose of the same mRNA or the vector vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. Primary endpoint is the difference in SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody seroconversion rate between vector and mRNA vaccinated patients four weeks after the third dose. Secondary outcomes include cellular immune responses. Seroconversion rates at week four are significantly higher in the mRNA (homologous vaccination, 15/24, 63%) as compared to the vector vaccine group (heterologous vaccination, 4/22, 18%). SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell responses are reduced but could be increased after a third dose of either vector or mRNA vaccine. In a multivariable logistic regression analysis, patient age and vaccine type are associated with seroconversion. No serious adverse event is attributed to COVID-19 booster vaccination. Efficacy and safety data underline the importance of a booster vaccination and support the use of a homologous mRNA booster vaccination in immunosuppressed patients.Trial registration: EudraCT No.: 2021-002693-10.
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- Daniel Mrak
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical Medicine, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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Mrak D, Simader E, Sieghart D, Mandl P, Radner H, Perkmann T, Haslacher H, Mayer M, Koblischke M, Hofer P, Göschl L, Kartnig F, Deimel T, Kerschbaumer A, Hummel T, Kornek B, Thalhammer R, Stiasny K, Winkler S, Smolen JS, Aberle JH, Aletaha D, Heinz LX, Bonelli M. Immunogenicity and safety of a fourth COVID-19 vaccination in rituximab-treated patients: an open-label extension study. Ann Rheum Dis 2022; 81:1750-1756. [PMID: 35977809 DOI: 10.1136/ard-2022-222579] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [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: 03/31/2022] [Accepted: 08/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients under rituximab therapy are at high risk for a severe COVID-19 disease course. Humoral immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 vaccination are vastly diminished in B-cell-depleted patients, even after a third vaccine dose. However, it remains unclear whether these patients benefit from a fourth vaccination and whether continued rituximab therapy affects antibody development. METHODS In this open-label extension trial, 37 rituximab-treated patients who received a third dose with either a vector or mRNA-based vaccine were vaccinated a fourth time with an mRNA-based vaccine (mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2). Key endpoints included the humoral and cellular immune response as well as safety after a fourth vaccination. RESULTS The number of patients who seroconverted increased from 12/36 (33%) to 21/36 (58%) following the fourth COVID-19 vaccination. In patients with detectable antibodies to the spike protein's receptor-binding domain (median: 8.0 binding antibody units (BAU)/mL (quartiles: 0.4; 13.8)), elevated levels were observed after the fourth vaccination (134.0 BAU/mL (quartiles: 25.5; 1026.0)). Seroconversion and antibody increase were strongly diminished in patients who received rituximab treatment between the third and the fourth vaccination. The cellular immune response declined 12 weeks after the third vaccination, but could only be slightly enhanced by a fourth vaccination. No unexpected safety signals were detected, one serious adverse event not related to vaccination occurred. CONCLUSIONS A fourth vaccine dose is immunogenic in a fraction of rituximab-treated patients. Continuation of rituximab treatment reduced humoral immune response, suggesting that rituximab affects a second booster vaccination. It might therefore be considered to postpone rituximab treatment in clinically stable patients. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER 2021-002348-57.
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- Daniel Mrak
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.,2nd Department of Medicine, Lower Austrian Competence Center for Rheumatology, Landesklinikum Stockerau, Stockerau, Lower Austria, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Bonelli M, Mrak D, Tobudic S, Sieghart D, Koblischke M, Mandl P, Kornek B, Simader E, Radner H, Perkmann T, Haslacher H, Mayer M, Hofer P, Redlich K, Husar-Memmer E, Fritsch-Stork R, Thalhammer R, Stiasny K, Winkler S, Smolen JS, Aberle JH, Zeitlinger M, Heinz LX, Aletaha D. Additional heterologous versus homologous booster vaccination in immunosuppressed patients without SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroconversion after primary mRNA vaccination: a randomised controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis 2022; 81:687-694. [PMID: 35027397 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-221558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.5] [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: 09/22/2021] [Accepted: 12/10/2021] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVES SARS-CoV-2-induced COVID-19 has led to exponentially rising mortality, particularly in immunosuppressed patients, who inadequately respond to conventional COVID-19 vaccination. METHODS In this blinded randomised clinical trial, we compare the efficacy and safety of an additional booster vaccination with a vector versus mRNA vaccine in non-seroconverted patients. We assigned 60 patients under rituximab treatment, who did not seroconvert after their primary mRNA vaccination with either BNT162b2 (Pfizer-BioNTech) or mRNA-1273 (Moderna), to receive a third dose, either using the same mRNA or the vector vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 (Oxford-AstraZeneca). Patients were stratified according to the presence of peripheral B cells. The primary efficacy endpoint was the difference in the SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroconversion rate between vector (heterologous) and mRNA (homologous) vaccinated patients by week 4. Key secondary endpoints included the overall seroconversion and cellular immune response; safety was assessed at week 1 and week 4. RESULTS Seroconversion rates at week 4 were comparable between vector (6/27 patients, 22%) and mRNA (9/28, 32%) vaccines (p=0.6). Overall, 27% of patients seroconverted; specific T cell responses were observed in 20/20 (100%) vector versus 13/16 (81%) mRNA vaccinated patients. Newly induced humoral and/or cellular responses occurred in 9/11 (82%) patients. 3/37 (8%) of patients without and 12/18 (67%) of the patients with detectable peripheral B cells seroconverted. No serious adverse events, related to immunisation, were observed. CONCLUSIONS This enhanced humoral and/or cellular immune response supports an additional booster vaccination in non-seroconverted patients irrespective of a heterologous or homologous vaccination regimen.
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- Michael Bonelli
- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- 2nd Department of Medicine, Hietzing Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- 1st Medical Department, Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria
- School of Medicine, Sigmund Freud Private University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Departement of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Golke T, Mucher P, Schmidt P, Radakovics A, Repl M, Hofer P, Perkmann T, Fondi M, Schmetterer KG, Haslacher H. Delays during PBMC isolation have a moderate effect on yield, but severly compromise cell viability. Clin Chem Lab Med 2022; 60:701-706. [PMID: 35085430 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2022-0003] [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: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) are a versatile material for clinical routine as well as for research projects. However, their isolation via density gradient centrifugation is still time-consuming. When samples are taken beyond usual laboratory handling times, it may sometimes be necessary to pause the isolation process. Our aim was to evaluate the impact of delays up to 48 h after the density gradient centrifugation on PBMC yield, purity and viability. METHODS PBMCs were isolated from samples of 20 donors, either with BD Vacutainer CPT tubes (CPT) or with the standard Ficoll method. Isolation was paused after initial density gradient centrifugation for 0, 24, or 48 h. PBMC yield (% output/input), purity (% PBMCs/total cells) and viability (% Annexin V-/propidium iodide-) were compared. RESULTS The yield did not change significantly over time when CPT were used (55%/52%/47%), but did after isolation with the standard method (62%/40%[p<0.0001]/53%[p<0.01]). Purity was marginally affected if CPT were used (95%/93%[p=n.s./92%[p<0.05] vs. 97% for all time points with standard method). Whereas viable PBMCs decreased steadily for CPT isolates (62%/51%[p<0.001]/36%[p<0.0001]), after standard Ficoll gradient isolation, cell apoptosis was more pronounced already after 24 h delay, and viability did not further decrease after 48 h (64%/44%[p<0.0001]/40%[p<0.0001]). CONCLUSIONS In conclusion, our findings suggest that while post-centrifugation delays ≥24 h might have only a minor effect on cell yield and purity, their impact on cell viability is substantial, even when CPT are used.
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- Tanja Golke
- FH Campus Wien, University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- FH Campus Wien, University of Applied Sciences, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Mrak D, Tobudic S, Koblischke M, Graninger M, Radner H, Sieghart D, Hofer P, Perkmann T, Haslacher H, Thalhammer R, Winkler S, Blüml S, Stiasny K, Aberle JH, Smolen JS, Heinz LX, Aletaha D, Bonelli M. SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in rituximab-treated patients: B cells promote humoral immune responses in the presence of T-cell-mediated immunity. Ann Rheum Dis 2021; 80:1345-1350. [PMID: 34285048 PMCID: PMC8295012 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-220781] [Citation(s) in RCA: 184] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.3] [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: 05/13/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Evidence suggests that B cell-depleting therapy with rituximab (RTX) affects humoral immune response after vaccination. It remains unclear whether RTX-treated patients can develop a humoral and T-cell-mediated immune response against SARS-CoV-2 after immunisation. METHODS Patients under RTX treatment (n=74) were vaccinated twice with either mRNA-1273 or BNT162b2. Antibodies were quantified using the Elecsys Anti-SARS-CoV-2 S immunoassay against the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the spike protein and neutralisation tests. SARS-CoV-2-specific T-cell responses were quantified by IFN-γ enzyme-linked immunosorbent spot assays. Prepandemic healthy individuals (n=5), as well as healthy individuals (n=10) vaccinated with BNT162b2, served as controls. RESULTS All healthy controls developed antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 RBD of the spike protein, but only 39% of the patients under RTX treatment seroconverted. Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 RBD significantly correlated with neutralising antibodies (τ=0.74, p<0.001). Patients without detectable CD19+ peripheral B cells (n=36) did not develop specific antibodies, except for one patient. Circulating B cells correlated with the levels of antibodies (τ=0.4, p<0.001). However, even patients with a low number of B cells (<1%) mounted detectable SARS-CoV-2-specific antibody responses. SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells were detected in 58% of the patients, independent of a humoral immune response. CONCLUSIONS The data suggest that vaccination can induce SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies in RTX-treated patients, once peripheral B cells at least partially repopulate. Moreover, SARS-CoV-2-specific T cells that evolved in more than half of the vaccinated patients may exert protective effects independent of humoral immune responses.
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- Daniel Mrak
- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine III, Division of Rheumatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Delgado-Aparicio LF, VanMeter P, Barbui T, Chellai O, Wallace J, Yamazaki H, Kojima S, Almagari AF, Hurst NC, Chapman BE, McCollam KJ, Den Hartog DJ, Sarff JS, Reusch LM, Pablant N, Hill K, Bitter M, Ono M, Stratton B, Takase Y, Luethi B, Rissi M, Donath T, Hofer P, Pilet N. Multi-energy reconstructions, central electron temperature measurements, and early detection of the birth and growth of runaway electrons using a versatile soft x-ray pinhole camera at MST. Rev Sci Instrum 2021; 92:073502. [PMID: 34340413 DOI: 10.1063/5.0043672] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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A multi-energy soft x-ray pinhole camera has been designed, built, and deployed at the Madison Symmetric Torus to aid the study of particle and thermal transport, as well as MHD stability physics. This novel imaging diagnostic technique employs a pixelated x-ray detector in which the lower energy threshold for photon detection can be adjusted independently on each pixel. The detector of choice is a PILATUS3 100 K with a 450 μm thick silicon sensor and nearly 100 000 pixels sensitive to photon energies between 1.6 and 30 keV. An ensemble of cubic spline smoothing functions has been applied to the line-integrated data for each time-frame and energy-range, obtaining a reduced standard-deviation when compared to that dominated by photon-noise. The multi-energy local emissivity profiles are obtained from a 1D matrix-based Abel-inversion procedure. Central values of Te can be obtained by modeling the slope of the continuum radiation from ratios of the inverted radial emissivity profiles over multiple energy ranges with no a priori assumptions of plasma profiles, magnetic field reconstruction constraints, high-density limitations, or need of shot-to-shot reproducibility. In tokamak plasmas, a novel application has recently been tested for early detection, 1D imaging, and study of the birth, exponential growth, and saturation of runaway electrons at energies comparable to 100 × Te,0; thus, early results are also presented.
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Naka, Ibaraki 311-0193, Japan
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- Kyushu University, Kasuga-kouen 6-1, Kasuga, Japan
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706, USA
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- Edgewood College, Madison, Wisconsin 53711, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, USA
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- The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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- DECTRIS Ltd., 5405 Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
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- DECTRIS Ltd., 5405 Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
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- DECTRIS Ltd., 5405 Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
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- DECTRIS Ltd., 5405 Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
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- DECTRIS Ltd., 5405 Baden-Dättwil, Switzerland
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Pot M, Brehme M, El-Heliebi A, Gschmeidler B, Hofer P, Kroneis T, Schirmer M, Schumann S, Prainsack B. Personalized medicine in Austria: expectations and limitations. Per Med 2020; 17:423-428. [PMID: 33026295 DOI: 10.2217/pme-2020-0061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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- Mirjam Pot
- Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Graz 8036, Austria.,Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Pathology, Vienna 1090, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz, Gottfried Schatz Research Center, Division of Cell Biology, Histology and Embryology, Graz 8036, Austria.,Center for Biomarker Research in Medicine, Graz 8010, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck, Clinic II, Innsbruck 6020, Austria
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- Open Science - Life Sciences in Dialogue, Vienna 1030, Austria
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- Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna 1010, Austria.,Department of Global Health & Social Medicine, King's College London, Strand, London WC2R 2LS, United Kingdom
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Haslacher H, Bayer M, Fiegl H, Gerner M, Hofer P, Korb M, Neururer S, Perkmann T, Plattner K, Sargsyan K, Steiner E, Stumptner C, Walter I, Wieser M, Wutte A, Wagner O, Zatloukal K. Quality management at the national biobanking level - establishing a culture of mutual trust and support: the BBMRI.at example. Clin Chem Lab Med 2020; 57:e301-e305. [PMID: 31188755 DOI: 10.1515/cclm-2019-0491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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- Helmuth Haslacher
- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- VetCore Facility for Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Division of Experimental Urology, Department of Urology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- VetCore Facility for Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- VetCore Facility for Research, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Diagnostic and Research Center for Molecular Biomedicine, Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Kaufmann G, Giesinger JM, Hofer P, Braito M, Biedermann R, Dammerer D. Does preoperative deformity diminish radiographic outcome after hallux valgus correction with scarf osteotomy?: A retrospective study of 102 cases. Foot Ankle Surg 2020; 26:425-431. [PMID: 31202526 DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2019.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Scarf osteotomy is a frequently used technique to correct moderate to severe hallux valgus deformities. Recurrence of a deformity is a commonly reported complication after surgery. The aim of our study was to evaluate the impact of preoperative deformity on radiological outcome in terms of postoperative loss of correction after scarf osteotomy. METHODS 102 patients, in which a hallux valgus deformity was corrected with an isolated scarf osteotomy were included. Weightbearing radiographs were analyzed preoperatively, postoperatively, after 6 weeks and after three months (mean 10.9 months SD 17.2 months). The following radiological parameters were used for analysis: the intermetatarsal angle (IMA), the hallux valgus angle (HVA), the distal metatarsal articular angle (DMAA), position of the sesamoids, first metatarsal length, and first metatarsophalangeal joint congruity. RESULTS Significant correction of IMA, HVA, DMAA, sesamoid position and joint congruity was achieved (p < 0.001). The IMA improved from 15.8 ± 2.3 to 4.3 ± 2.8°, the HVA from 32.6 ± 6.8 to 9.1 ± 7.2, and the DMAA from 11.4 ± 6.9 to 8.4 ± 5.2°, respectively. In contrast to DMAA, throughout followup we could detect loss of correction for HVA and for IMA amounting 6.3° ± 5.8 and 3.8° ± 2.8 respectively. Loss of HVA correction revealed a significant correlation with preoperative DMAA, but not with the other preoperative radiological parameters. CONCLUSIONS Preoperative deformity does not correlate with postoperative loss of correction after scarf osteotomy, except DMAA. CLINICAL RELEVANCE Our results may be helpful in counseling patients regarding recurrence of hallux valgus deformity after scarf osteotomy. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Therapeutic, Level IV, retrospective case series.
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- Gerhard Kaufmann
- OFZ Innsbruck, Orthopedic and Foot Centre Innsbruck, Innrain 2/3. Stock, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Institute of Patient-centered Outcome Research (IIPCOR), Dr. Stumpf Straße 56, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Orthopedic Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Orthopedic Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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- Orthopedic Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Mccleary BV, Gibson TS, Mugford DC, Lukow O, Jackson DS, Rabe E, Patel N, Williams PC, Gelroth J, Camire ME, Chibbar RN, Ingelin M, Niemann C, Grant LA, Peterson DM, Corke H, Sanders P, Muir J, Choct M, Schmidt J, Walker R, Blakeney AB, Logue S, Tarr A, Gibson T, Batey I, Dynes J, Miklaszewicz T, Panozzo J, McCleary B, Li BW, Hofer P, Arndt E, Thomas M, Depalo R. Measurement of Total Starch in Cereal Products by Amyloglucosidase-α-Amylase Method: Collaborative Study. J AOAC Int 2020. [DOI: 10.1093/jaoac/80.3.571] [Citation(s) in RCA: 282] [Impact Index Per Article: 70.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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American Association of Cereal Chem- ists/AOAC collaborative study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of an enzyme assay kit procedure for measurement of total starch in a range of cereal grains and products. The flour sample is incubated at 95°C with thermostable α-amylase to catalyze the hydrolysis of starch to maltodextrins, the pH of the slurry is adjusted, and the slurry is treated with a highly purified amyloglucosidase to quantitatively hydrolyze the dextrins to glucose. Glucose is measured with glucose oxidase-peroxidase reagent. Thirty-two collaborators were sent 16 homogeneous test samples as 8 blind duplicates. These samples included chicken feed pellets, white bread, green peas, high- amylose maize starch, white wheat flour, wheat starch, oat bran, and spaghetti. All samples were analyzed by the standard procedure as detailed above; 4 samples (high-amylose maize starch and wheat starch) were also analyzed by a method that requires the samples to be cooked first in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). Relative standard deviations for repeatability (RSDr) ranged from 2.1 to 3.9%, and relative standard deviations for reproducibility (RSDr) ranged from 2.9 to 5.7%. The RSDr value for high amylose maize starch analyzed by the standard (non-DMSO) procedure was 5.7%; the value
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- Barry V Mccleary
- Megazyme International Ireland Ltd., Bray Business Park, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
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- NSW Agriculture, Biological and Chemical Research Institute, PMB 10, Rydalmere, New South Wales, 2116, Australia
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- Bread Research Institute of Australia, Inc., PO Box 7, North Ryde, New South Wales, 2113, Australia
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Hofer P, Adamec J, Graw M, Pittner S, Monticelli F, Schöpfer J. Die Ohrfeige. Teil 2 – Verletzungsfolgen und juristische Bedeutung. Rechtsmedizin (Berl) 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00194-019-00363-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Kaufmann G, Hofer P, Braito M, Bale R, Putzer D, Dammerer D. Effect of Akin Osteotomy on Hallux Valgus Correction After Scarf Osteotomy With Hallux Valgus Interphalangeus. Foot Ankle Int 2019; 40:1182-1188. [PMID: 31200616 DOI: 10.1177/1071100719855043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recurrence after hallux valgus correction is a relatively frequent occurrence. Little is known about the importance of initial correction on radiologic outcome. The objective of our study was to determine postoperative radiologic parameters correlating with loss of correction after scarf osteotomy and the combined scarf/akin osteotomy, respectively. METHODS Loss of correction was evaluated based on a group of 53 feet with isolated scarf osteotomy (S group) and a group of 17 feet with combined scarf and akin osteotomy (SA group) in a retrospective analysis. The intermetatarsal angle (IMA), the hallux valgus angle (HVA), the distal metatarsal articular angle (DMAA), the proximal to distal phalangeal articular angle (PDPAA), the position of the sesamoids, and joint congruity were measured in weight-bearing radiographs preoperatively and postoperatively throughout a mean follow-up of 44.8 ± 23.6 months. RESULTS Loss of correction was comparable between the S and the SA group (P > .05). In contrast, we found higher loss of HVA correction in the S subgroup with a preoperative PDPAA above 8 degrees (P = .011), whereas loss of correction in the S subgroup below 8 degrees of PDPAA was comparable to the SA group. In the S group, loss of correction showed significant correlation with postoperative IMA (P = .015) and PDPAA (P = .008), whereas in the SA group a correlation could be detected for IMA only (P = .045). CONCLUSION In cases with a PDPAA above 8 degrees, we recommend a combined scarf/akin osteotomy to diminish the potential for loss of correction. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE Level III, therapeutic, retrospective comparative series.
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Orthopedic Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Interventional Oncology - Microinvasive Therapy (SIP), Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Experimental Orthopedics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Orthopedic Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Geijsen AJ, Brezina S, Keski‐Rahkonen P, Baierl A, Bachleitner‐Hofmann T, Bergmann MM, Boehm J, Brenner H, Chang‐Claude J, van Duijnhoven FJ, Gigic B, Gumpenberger T, Hofer P, Hoffmeister M, Holowatyj AN, Karner‐Hanusch J, Kok DE, Leeb G, Ulvik A, Robinot N, Ose J, Stift A, Schrotz‐King P, Ulrich AB, Ueland PM, Kampman E, Scalbert A, Habermann N, Gsur A, Ulrich CM. Plasma metabolites associated with colorectal cancer: A discovery-replication strategy. Int J Cancer 2019; 145:1221-1231. [PMID: 30665271 PMCID: PMC6614008 DOI: 10.1002/ijc.32146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [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: 11/27/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Colorectal cancer is known to arise from multiple tumorigenic pathways; however, the underlying mechanisms remain not completely understood. Metabolomics is becoming an increasingly popular tool in assessing biological processes. Previous metabolomics research focusing on colorectal cancer is limited by sample size and did not replicate findings in independent study populations to verify robustness of reported findings. Here, we performed a ultrahigh performance liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (UHPLC-QTOF-MS) screening on EDTA plasma from 268 colorectal cancer patients and 353 controls using independent discovery and replication sets from two European cohorts (ColoCare Study: n = 180 patients/n = 153 controls; the Colorectal Cancer Study of Austria (CORSA) n = 88 patients/n = 200 controls), aiming to identify circulating plasma metabolites associated with colorectal cancer and to improve knowledge regarding colorectal cancer etiology. Multiple logistic regression models were used to test the association between disease state and metabolic features. Statistically significant associated features in the discovery set were taken forward and tested in the replication set to assure robustness of our findings. All models were adjusted for sex, age, BMI and smoking status and corrected for multiple testing using False Discovery Rate. Demographic and clinical data were abstracted from questionnaires and medical records.
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- Anne J.M.R. Geijsen
- Division of Human Nutrition and HealthWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine IMedical University of ViennaAustria
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- Department of Statistics and Operations ResearchUniversity of ViennaAustria
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- Huntsman Cancer InstituteSalt Lake CityUT
- Department of Population Health SciencesUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUT
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- Division of Preventive OncologyNational Center for Tumor Diseases and German Cancer Research CenterHeidelbergGermany
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging ResearchGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK)German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
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- Division of Cancer EpidemiologyGerman Cancer Research CenterHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation SurgeryUniversity of HeidelbergGermany
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine IMedical University of ViennaAustria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine IMedical University of ViennaAustria
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging ResearchGerman Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)HeidelbergGermany
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- Huntsman Cancer InstituteSalt Lake CityUT
- Department of Population Health SciencesUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUT
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- Division of Human Nutrition and HealthWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Huntsman Cancer InstituteSalt Lake CityUT
- Department of Population Health SciencesUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUT
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- Department of SurgeryMedical University ViennaAustria
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- Division of Preventive OncologyNational Center for Tumor Diseases and German Cancer Research CenterHeidelbergGermany
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- Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation SurgeryUniversity of HeidelbergGermany
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- Division of Human Nutrition and HealthWageningen University & ResearchWageningenThe Netherlands
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- Biomarkers GroupInternational Agency for Research on CancerLyonFrance
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- Division of Preventive OncologyNational Center for Tumor Diseases and German Cancer Research CenterHeidelbergGermany
- Genome BiologyEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)HeidelbergGermany
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine IMedical University of ViennaAustria
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- Huntsman Cancer InstituteSalt Lake CityUT
- Department of Population Health SciencesUniversity of UtahSalt Lake CityUT
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Kaufmann G, Hofmann M, Ulmer H, Putzer D, Hofer P, Dammerer D. Outcomes after scarf osteotomy with and without Akin osteotomy a retrospective comparative study. J Orthop Surg Res 2019; 14:193. [PMID: 31242910 PMCID: PMC6595682 DOI: 10.1186/s13018-019-1241-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2019] [Accepted: 06/16/2019] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background The scarf osteotomy is a well-established surgical method for correcting a hallux valgus deformity. It is often combined with an Akin osteotomy. However, clear guidelines defining indication criteria are missing. The purpose of this study was to analyze the radiological outcome after scarf osteotomy in dependence of additional Akin osteotomy. Methods This study included 184 patients in whom a hallux valgus deformity was corrected with a scarf osteotomy (group S), and 63 patients in whom an additional Akin osteotomy was performed (group SA). Weight-bearing radiographs were evaluated preoperatively, postoperatively, after 6 weeks, after 3 months and at a follow-up with a mean of 45.4 months. Analysis was made for the following radiological parameters: the intermetatarsal angle (IMA), the hallux valgus angle (HVA), the distal metatarsal articular angle (DMAA), the proximal to distal phalangeal articular angle (PDPAA), and the position of the sesamoids as well as the joint congruity. Results Radiographic recurrence (HVA > 20°) was detected in 1 patient (1.6% of recurrence) in the SA group, and in 27 patients in the S group (14.7% of recurrence) at follow-up. Outcome between the two groups differed significantly showing reduced loss of HVA correction in the SA group (p < 0.001). The subgroup with a preoperative PDPAA above eight degrees showed significant inferiority of outcome for the S group compared to the SA group. Conclusion Radiological outcome after scarf osteotomy is superior with concomitant Akin osteotomy. A preoperative PDPAA above eight degrees makes additional Akin osteotomy recommendable. Level of evidence Therapeutic, Level III, retrospective comparative series
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- Orthopedic Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Experimental Orthopedics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Orthopedic Department, Medical University of Innsbruck, Anichstrasse 35, 6020, Innsbruck, Austria
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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.
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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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Schafmayer C, Harrison JW, Buch S, Lange C, Reichert MC, Hofer P, Cossais F, Kupcinskas J, von Schönfels W, Schniewind B, Kruis W, Tepel J, Zobel M, Rosendahl J, Jacobi T, Walther-Berends A, Schroeder M, Vogel I, Sergeev P, Boedeker H, Hinrichsen H, Volk A, Erk JU, Burmeister G, Hendricks A, Hinz S, Wolff S, Böttner M, Wood AR, Tyrrell J, Beaumont RN, Langheinrich M, Kucharzik T, Brezina S, Huber-Schönauer U, Pietsch L, Noack LS, Brosch M, Herrmann A, Thangapandi RV, Schimming HW, Zeissig S, Palm S, Focke G, Andreasson A, Schmidt PT, Weitz J, Krawczak M, Völzke H, Leeb G, Michl P, Lieb W, Grützmann R, Franke A, Lammert F, Becker T, Kupcinskas L, D'Amato M, Wedel T, Datz C, Gsur A, Weedon MN, Hampe J. Genome-wide association analysis of diverticular disease points towards neuromuscular, connective tissue and epithelial pathomechanisms. Gut 2019; 68:854-865. [PMID: 30661054 DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2018-317619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2018] [Revised: 01/03/2019] [Accepted: 01/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Diverticular disease is a common complex disorder characterised by mucosal outpouchings of the colonic wall that manifests through complications such as diverticulitis, perforation and bleeding. We report the to date largest genome-wide association study (GWAS) to identify genetic risk factors for diverticular disease. DESIGN Discovery GWAS analysis was performed on UK Biobank imputed genotypes using 31 964 cases and 419 135 controls of European descent. Associations were replicated in a European sample of 3893 cases and 2829 diverticula-free controls and evaluated for risk contribution to diverticulitis and uncomplicated diverticulosis. Transcripts at top 20 replicating loci were analysed by real-time quatitative PCR in preparations of the mucosal, submucosal and muscular layer of colon. The localisation of expressed protein at selected loci was investigated by immunohistochemistry. RESULTS We discovered 48 risk loci, of which 12 are novel, with genome-wide significance and consistent OR in the replication sample. Nominal replication (p<0.05) was observed for 27 loci, and additional 8 in meta-analysis with a population-based cohort. The most significant novel risk variant rs9960286 is located near CTAGE1 with a p value of 2.3×10-10 and 0.002 (ORallelic=1.14 (95% CI 1.05 to 1.24)) in the replication analysis. Four loci showed stronger effects for diverticulitis, PHGR1 (OR 1.32, 95% CI 1.12 to 1.56), FAM155A-2 (OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.04 to 1.42), CALCB (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.33) and S100A10 (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.33). CONCLUSION In silico analyses point to diverticulosis primarily as a disorder of intestinal neuromuscular function and of impaired connective fibre support, while an additional diverticulitis risk might be conferred by epithelial dysfunction.
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- Clemens Schafmayer
- Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.,Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Pulmonology, Evangelic Hospital Köln-Kalk, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, Hospital Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Helios Hospital Weißeritztal, Freital, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, Community Hospital Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine II, Hospital Riesa, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
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- Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Pulmonology, Evangelic Hospital Köln-Kalk, Cologne, Germany
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- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, Exeter, UK
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- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, Exeter, UK
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- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Oberndorf, Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg, Oberndorf, Austria
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.,Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.,Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Outpatient Center for Gastroenterology, Dippoldiswalde, Germany
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- Outpatient Center for Gastroenterology Dresden-Blasewitz, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.,Stress Research Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Medicine Solna and Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Visceral, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute for Community Medicine, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Hospital Oberpullendorf, Oberpullendorf, Austria
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Halle, Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany
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- Institute of Epidemiology & Popgen Biobank, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Surgery, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Medicine II, Saarland University Medical Center, Saarland University, Homburg, Germany
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- Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania
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- Department of Medicine Solna and Centre for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Institute of Anatomy, Kiel University, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Oberndorf, Teaching Hospital of the Paracelsus Private Medical University of Salzburg, Oberndorf, Austria
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Exeter Medical School, University of Exeter, United Kingdom, Exeter, UK
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany.,Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden (CRTD), Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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Schmit SL, Edlund CK, Schumacher FR, Gong J, Harrison TA, Huyghe JR, Qu C, Melas M, Van Den Berg DJ, Wang H, Tring S, Plummer SJ, Albanes D, Alonso MH, Amos CI, Anton K, Aragaki AK, Arndt V, Barry EL, Berndt SI, Bezieau S, Bien S, Bloomer A, Boehm J, Boutron-Ruault MC, Brenner H, Brezina S, Buchanan DD, Butterbach K, Caan BJ, Campbell PT, Carlson CS, Castelao JE, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Cheng I, Cheng YW, Chin LS, Church JM, Church T, Coetzee GA, Cotterchio M, Cruz Correa M, Curtis KR, Duggan D, Easton DF, English D, Feskens EJM, Fischer R, FitzGerald LM, Fortini BK, Fritsche LG, Fuchs CS, Gago-Dominguez M, Gala M, Gallinger SJ, Gauderman WJ, Giles GG, Giovannucci EL, Gogarten SM, Gonzalez-Villalpando C, Gonzalez-Villalpando EM, Grady WM, Greenson JK, Gsur A, Gunter M, Haiman CA, Hampe J, Harlid S, Harju JF, Hayes RB, Hofer P, Hoffmeister M, Hopper JL, Huang SC, Huerta JM, Hudson TJ, Hunter DJ, Idos GE, Iwasaki M, Jackson RD, Jacobs EJ, Jee SH, Jenkins MA, Jia WH, Jiao S, Joshi AD, Kolonel LN, Kono S, Kooperberg C, Krogh V, Kuehn T, Küry S, LaCroix A, Laurie CA, Lejbkowicz F, Lemire M, Lenz HJ, Levine D, Li CI, Li L, Lieb W, Lin Y, Lindor NM, Liu YR, Loupakis F, Lu Y, Luh F, Ma J, Mancao C, Manion FJ, Markowitz SD, Martin V, Matsuda K, Matsuo K, McDonnell KJ, McNeil CE, Milne R, Molina AJ, Mukherjee B, Murphy N, Newcomb PA, Offit K, Omichessan H, Palli D, Cotoré JPP, Pérez-Mayoral J, Pharoah PD, Potter JD, Qu C, Raskin L, Rennert G, Rennert HS, Riggs BM, Schafmayer C, Schoen RE, Sellers TA, Seminara D, Severi G, Shi W, Shibata D, Shu XO, Siegel EM, Slattery ML, Southey M, Stadler ZK, Stern MC, Stintzing S, Taverna D, Thibodeau SN, Thomas DC, Trichopoulou A, Tsugane S, Ulrich CM, van Duijnhoven FJB, van Guelpan B, Vijai J, Virtamo J, Weinstein SJ, White E, Win AK, Wolk A, Woods M, Wu AH, Wu K, Xiang YB, Yen Y, Zanke BW, Zeng YX, Zhang B, Zubair N, Kweon SS, Figueiredo JC, Zheng W, Marchand LL, Lindblom A, Moreno V, Peters U, Casey G, Hsu L, Conti DV, Gruber SB. Novel Common Genetic Susceptibility Loci for Colorectal Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst 2019; 111:146-157. [PMID: 29917119 PMCID: PMC6555904 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djy099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [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: 12/27/2017] [Revised: 03/09/2018] [Accepted: 04/27/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Previous genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 42 loci (P < 5 × 10-8) associated with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC). Expanded consortium efforts facilitating the discovery of additional susceptibility loci may capture unexplained familial risk. METHODS We conducted a GWAS in European descent CRC cases and control subjects using a discovery-replication design, followed by examination of novel findings in a multiethnic sample (cumulative n = 163 315). In the discovery stage (36 948 case subjects/30 864 control subjects), we identified genetic variants with a minor allele frequency of 1% or greater associated with risk of CRC using logistic regression followed by a fixed-effects inverse variance weighted meta-analysis. All novel independent variants reaching genome-wide statistical significance (two-sided P < 5 × 10-8) were tested for replication in separate European ancestry samples (12 952 case subjects/48 383 control subjects). Next, we examined the generalizability of discovered variants in East Asians, African Americans, and Hispanics (12 085 case subjects/22 083 control subjects). Finally, we examined the contributions of novel risk variants to familial relative risk and examined the prediction capabilities of a polygenic risk score. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS The discovery GWAS identified 11 variants associated with CRC at P < 5 × 10-8, of which nine (at 4q22.2/5p15.33/5p13.1/6p21.31/6p12.1/10q11.23/12q24.21/16q24.1/20q13.13) independently replicated at a P value of less than .05. Multiethnic follow-up supported the generalizability of discovery findings. These results demonstrated a 14.7% increase in familial relative risk explained by common risk alleles from 10.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] = 7.9% to 13.7%; known variants) to 11.9% (95% CI = 9.2% to 15.5%; known and novel variants). A polygenic risk score identified 4.3% of the population at an odds ratio for developing CRC of at least 2.0. CONCLUSIONS This study provides insight into the architecture of common genetic variation contributing to CRC etiology and improves risk prediction for individualized screening.
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- Stephanie L Schmit
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Public Health Sciences Division
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research
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- Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Hotel-Dieu, Nantes, France
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- CESP (U1018 INSERM), Facultés de Médecine Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
- Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research
- German Cancer Consortium
- National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), Nantes, France
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Department of Pathology (DDB) and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Genetic Medicine and Familial Cancer Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, Oakland, CA
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- Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Genetic Oncology Unit, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Galicia Sur (IISGS), Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Vigo (CHUVI), SERGAS, Vigo (Pontevedra) Spain
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- Division of Gastroenterology
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Unit of Genetic Epidemiology, Division of Cancer Epidemiology
- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- University Cancer Center Hamburg, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, CA
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- Ph.D. Program of Cancer Research and Drug Discovery
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- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore
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- Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
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- Genetic Basis of Human Disease Division, Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ
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- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Division of Human Nutrition, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, the Netherlands
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- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI
- K.G. Jebsen Center for Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Nursing, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brookline, MA
- Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Institute, Brookline, MA
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- Genomic Medicine Group, Galician Foundation of Genomic Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago, Servicio Galego de Saude (SERGAS), Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela (IDIS), Santiago De Compostela, Spain
- Moores Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
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- Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
- Channing Division of Network Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Institute, Brookline, MA
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- Unidad de Investigacion en Diabetes y Riesgo Cardiovascular, Centro de Investigacion en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, School of Medicine
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- Department of Pathology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
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- Medical Department 1, University Hospital Dresden, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
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- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY
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- Medical University of Vienna, Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Epidemiology, Murcia Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain
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- AbbVie, Redwood City, CA
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Division of Epidemiology, Center for Public Health Sciences
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- Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
- Program in Genetic Epidemiology and Statistical Genetics, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI
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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU), Nantes, France
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
- School of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Sino-American Cancer Foundation, Temple City, CA
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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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- Translational Research Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Mary Ann Swetland Center for Environmental Health, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
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- Institute of Epidemiology, PopGen Biobank, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Public Health Sciences Division
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- Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
- Unit of Oncology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Oncology, Instituto Oncologico Veneto, IRCCS Padua, Italy
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- Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
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- Clalit Health Services National Israeli Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI
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- Departments of Medicine and Genetics, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
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- Biomedicine Institute (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain
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- Laboratory of Genome Technology, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Epidemiology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
- Division of Molecular and Clinical Epidemiology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Chikusa-Ku Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Research Group on Gene-Environment Interactions and Health, University of León, León, Spain
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- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, IARC, Lyon, CEDEX 08, France
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- Clinical Genetics Service (KO), Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- CESP (U1018 INSERM), Facultés de Médecine Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
- Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Cancer Risk Factors and Life-Style Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute-ISPO, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago (CHUS), Servicio Galego de Saúde (SERGAS), Santiago De Compostela, Spain
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Public Health Sciences Division
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- Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Clalit Health Services National Israeli Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- Clalit Health Services National Israeli Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- Department of Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel Campus, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD
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- CESP (U1018 INSERM), Facultés de Médecine Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France
- Human Genetics Foundation (HuGeF), Torino, Italy
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- Department of Surgery, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN
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- Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Department of Pathology (DDB) and Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Genetics Service (KO), Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
- Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology University of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Center for Public Health Sciences, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
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- Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
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- Clinical Genetics Service (KO), Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
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- Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD
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- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Discipline of Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncogene and Related Genes and Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai, China
| | - Yun Yen
- Ph.D. Program of Cancer Research and Drug Discovery
- Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutic Research, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, CA
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- Clinical Epidemiology Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- The University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Cancer Center, Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou, China
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- Division of Noncommunicable Disease Epidemiology and Southwest Hospital Clinical Research Center, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, China
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, South Korea
- South Korea Jeonnam Regional Cancer Center, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
- Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
- Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
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- Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI
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- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute
- CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
| | - Graham Casey
- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
| | - Li Hsu
- Public Health Sciences Division
| | - David V Conti
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center
- Department of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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Huyghe JR, Bien SA, Harrison TA, Kang HM, Chen S, Schmit SL, Conti DV, Qu C, Jeon J, Edlund CK, Greenside P, Wainberg M, Schumacher FR, Smith JD, Levine DM, Nelson SC, Sinnott-Armstrong NA, Albanes D, Alonso MH, Anderson K, Arnau-Collell C, Arndt V, Bamia C, Banbury BL, Baron JA, Berndt SI, Bézieau S, Bishop DT, Boehm J, Boeing H, Brenner H, Brezina S, Buch S, Buchanan DD, Burnett-Hartman A, Butterbach K, Caan BJ, Campbell PT, Carlson CS, Castellví-Bel S, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Chanock SJ, Chirlaque MD, Cho SH, Connolly CM, Cross AJ, Cuk K, Curtis KR, de la Chapelle A, Doheny KF, Duggan D, Easton DF, Elias SG, Elliott F, English DR, Feskens EJM, Figueiredo JC, Fischer R, FitzGerald LM, Forman D, Gala M, Gallinger S, Gauderman WJ, Giles GG, Gillanders E, Gong J, Goodman PJ, Grady WM, Grove JS, Gsur A, Gunter MJ, Haile RW, Hampe J, Hampel H, Harlid S, Hayes RB, Hofer P, Hoffmeister M, Hopper JL, Hsu WL, Huang WY, Hudson TJ, Hunter DJ, Ibañez-Sanz G, Idos GE, Ingersoll R, Jackson RD, Jacobs EJ, Jenkins MA, Joshi AD, Joshu CE, Keku TO, Key TJ, Kim HR, Kobayashi E, Kolonel LN, Kooperberg C, Kühn T, Küry S, Kweon SS, Larsson SC, Laurie CA, Le Marchand L, Leal SM, Lee SC, Lejbkowicz F, Lemire M, Li CI, Li L, Lieb W, Lin Y, Lindblom A, Lindor NM, Ling H, Louie TL, Männistö S, Markowitz SD, Martín V, Masala G, McNeil CE, Melas M, Milne RL, Moreno L, Murphy N, Myte R, Naccarati A, Newcomb PA, Offit K, Ogino S, Onland-Moret NC, Pardini B, Parfrey PS, Pearlman R, Perduca V, Pharoah PDP, Pinchev M, Platz EA, Prentice RL, Pugh E, Raskin L, Rennert G, Rennert HS, Riboli E, Rodríguez-Barranco M, Romm J, Sakoda LC, Schafmayer C, Schoen RE, Seminara D, Shah M, Shelford T, Shin MH, Shulman K, Sieri S, Slattery ML, Southey MC, Stadler ZK, Stegmaier C, Su YR, Tangen CM, Thibodeau SN, Thomas DC, Thomas SS, Toland AE, Trichopoulou A, Ulrich CM, Van Den Berg DJ, van Duijnhoven FJB, Van Guelpen B, van Kranen H, Vijai J, Visvanathan K, Vodicka P, Vodickova L, Vymetalkova V, Weigl K, Weinstein SJ, White E, Win AK, Wolf CR, Wolk A, Woods MO, Wu AH, Zaidi SH, Zanke BW, Zhang Q, Zheng W, Scacheri PC, Potter JD, Bassik MC, Kundaje A, Casey G, Moreno V, Abecasis GR, Nickerson DA, Gruber SB, Hsu L, Peters U. Discovery of common and rare genetic risk variants for colorectal cancer. Nat Genet 2019; 51:76-87. [PMID: 30510241 PMCID: PMC6358437 DOI: 10.1038/s41588-018-0286-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 317] [Impact Index Per Article: 63.4] [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: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 10/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
To further dissect the genetic architecture of colorectal cancer (CRC), we performed whole-genome sequencing of 1,439 cases and 720 controls, imputed discovered sequence variants and Haplotype Reference Consortium panel variants into genome-wide association study data, and tested for association in 34,869 cases and 29,051 controls. Findings were followed up in an additional 23,262 cases and 38,296 controls. We discovered a strongly protective 0.3% frequency variant signal at CHD1. In a combined meta-analysis of 125,478 individuals, we identified 40 new independent signals at P < 5 × 10-8, bringing the number of known independent signals for CRC to ~100. New signals implicate lower-frequency variants, Krüppel-like factors, Hedgehog signaling, Hippo-YAP signaling, long noncoding RNAs and somatic drivers, and support a role for immune function. Heritability analyses suggest that CRC risk is highly polygenic, and larger, more comprehensive studies enabling rare variant analysis will improve understanding of biology underlying this risk and influence personalized screening strategies and drug development.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jeroen R Huyghe
- 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
| | - Tabitha A Harrison
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Hyun Min Kang
- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Sai Chen
- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Stephanie L Schmit
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA
| | - David V Conti
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Conghui Qu
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Jihyoun Jeon
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Christopher K Edlund
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Peyton Greenside
- Biomedical Informatics Program, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Michael Wainberg
- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Fredrick R Schumacher
- Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Joshua D Smith
- Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - David M Levine
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Sarah C Nelson
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 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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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Kristin Anderson
- Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Christina Bamia
- Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece
- WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition in Public Health, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC, 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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- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
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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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- Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition (DIfE), Potsdam-Rehbrücke, Germany
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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Division of Preventive Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and National Center for Tumor Diseases (NCT), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
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- Colorectal Oncogenomics Group, Department of Clinical Pathology, The 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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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Bette J Caan
- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | - Christopher S Carlson
- 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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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- 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
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General 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
| | - Jenny Chang-Claude
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Cancer Epidemiology Group, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, University Cancer Centre Hamburg (UCCH), Hamburg, Germany
| | - Stephen J Chanock
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Maria-Dolores Chirlaque
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Epidemiology, Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia University, Murcia, Spain
| | - Sang Hee Cho
- Department of Hematology-Oncology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea
| | - Charles M Connolly
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Amanda J Cross
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Imperial College London, London, UK
- Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK
| | - Katarina Cuk
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Keith R Curtis
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Albert de la Chapelle
- Department of Cancer Biology and Genetics and the Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Kimberly F Doheny
- Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - David Duggan
- Translational Genomics Research Institute - An Affiliate of City of Hope, Phoenix, AZ, USA
| | - Douglas F Easton
- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Sjoerd G Elias
- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
| | - Faye Elliott
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research at St James's, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK
| | - Dallas R English
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Edith J M Feskens
- Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands
| | - Jane C Figueiredo
- Department of Medicine, Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Rocky Fischer
- University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
| | - Liesel M FitzGerald
- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
| | - David Forman
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
| | - Manish Gala
- Division of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Clinical and Translational Epidemiology Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
| | - Steven Gallinger
- Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - W James Gauderman
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Graham G Giles
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Elizabeth Gillanders
- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Jian Gong
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Phyllis J Goodman
- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - William M Grady
- Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - John S Grove
- University of Hawaii Cancer Research Center, Honolulu, HI, USA
| | - Andrea Gsur
- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - Marc J Gunter
- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
| | - Robert W Haile
- Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
| | - Jochen Hampe
- Department of Medicine I, University Hospital Dresden, Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Dresden, Germany
| | - Heather Hampel
- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Sophia Harlid
- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
| | - Richard B Hayes
- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Population Health, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
| | - Philipp Hofer
- Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
| | - Michael Hoffmeister
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - John L Hopper
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The 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
| | - Wan-Ling Hsu
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Wen-Yi Huang
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
| | - Thomas J Hudson
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - David J 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
| | - Gemma Ibañez-Sanz
- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- Gastroenterology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Gregory E Idos
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Roxann Ingersoll
- Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Rebecca D Jackson
- Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
| | - Eric J Jacobs
- Behavioral and Epidemiology Research Group, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA
| | - Mark A Jenkins
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Amit D 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
| | - Corinne E Joshu
- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Temitope O Keku
- Center for Gastrointestinal Biology and Disease, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
| | - Timothy J Key
- Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
| | - Hyeong Rok Kim
- Department of Surgery, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital and Medical School, Hwasun, Korea
| | - Emiko Kobayashi
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Laurence N Kolonel
- Office of Public Health Studies, University of Hawaii Manoa, Honolulu, HI, USA
| | - Charles Kooperberg
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Tilman Kühn
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
| | - Sébastien Küry
- Service de Génétique Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) Nantes, Nantes, France
| | - Sun-Seog Kweon
- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
- Jeonnam Regional Cancer Center, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Korea
| | - Susanna C Larsson
- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Cecelia A Laurie
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | | | - Suzanne M Leal
- Center for Statistical Genetics, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
| | - Soo Chin Lee
- Department of Haematology-Oncology, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore, Singapore
- Cancer Science Institute of Singapore, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
| | - Flavio Lejbkowicz
- The Clalit Health Services, Personalized Genomic Service, Carmel, Haifa, Israel
- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
| | - Mathieu Lemire
- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| | - Christopher I Li
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Li Li
- Center for Community Health Integration and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA
| | - Wolfgang Lieb
- Institute of Epidemiology, PopGen Biobank, Christian-Albrechts-University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
| | - Yi Lin
- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Annika Lindblom
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
| | - Noralane M Lindor
- Department of Health Science Research, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ, USA
| | - Hua Ling
- Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
| | - Tin L Louie
- Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
| | - Satu Männistö
- Department of Public Health Solutions, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Sanford D Markowitz
- 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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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Biomedicine Institute (IBIOMED), University of León, León, Spain
| | - Giovanna Masala
- Cancer Risk Factors and Life-Style Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Cancer Research, Prevention and Clinical Network - ISPRO, Florence, Italy
| | - Caroline E McNeil
- USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Marilena Melas
- Department of Preventive Medicine, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
| | - Roger L Milne
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Cancer Epidemiology and Intelligence Division, Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| | - Lorena Moreno
- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clínic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
| | - Neil Murphy
- Nutrition and Metabolism Section, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization, Lyon, France
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- Department of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- Department of Molecular Biology of Cancer, Institute of Experimental Medicine of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Turin, Italy
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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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- 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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- 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
- Program in MPE Molecular Pathological Epidemiology, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
- Department of Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA
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- Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Turin, Italy
- Department of Medical Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- The Clinical Epidemiology Unit, Memorial University Medical School, Newfoundland, Canada
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées MAP5 (UMR CNRS 8145), Université Paris Descartes, Paris, France
- CESP (Inserm U1018), Facultés de Medicine Université Paris-Sud, UVSQ, Université Paris-Saclay, Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, 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
- Ruth and Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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- School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, UK
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- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública. Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria ibs.GRANADA, Hospitales Universitarios de Granada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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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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- Department of General and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Korea
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- Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- SWOG Statistical Center, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Laboratory Genetics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 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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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Departments of Cancer Biology and Genetics and Internal Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
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- Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece
- WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health, Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition in Public Health, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
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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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- 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 Radiation Sciences, Oncology Unit, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden
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- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 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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- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Medical Faculty, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Genomic Medicine and Family Cancer Clinic, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medicine, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK
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- Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Memorial University of Newfoundland, Discipline of Genetics, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada
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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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- Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Genomics Shared Resource, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Genome Sciences, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Public Health Sciences Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Department of Genetics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Center for Public Health Genomics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Cancer Prevention and Control Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology-IDIBELL, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
- CIBER de Epidemiología y Salud Pública (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain
- Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
- Colorectal Cancer Group, ONCOBELL Program, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute-IDIBELL, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Biostatistics and Center for Statistical Genetics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 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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- 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.
- Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
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Haslacher H, Gerner M, Hofer P, Jurkowitsch A, Hainfellner J, Kain R, Wagner OF, Perkmann T. Usage Data and Scientific Impact of the Prospectively Established Fluid Bioresources at the Hospital-Based MedUni Wien Biobank. Biopreserv Biobank 2018; 16:477-482. [PMID: 30335475 PMCID: PMC6308288 DOI: 10.1089/bio.2018.0032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [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: 12/21/2022] Open
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Background and Aim: It is increasingly recognized that biomedical research has serious reproducibility issues, which could be overcome at least in part by standardized processing of biomaterials. Therefore, professional biobanks have emerged, positively influencing sample and data quality. However, quantitative data about a biobank's contribution to published results are still hard to find, although they could serve as valuable benchmark figures for the community. We therefore aimed to report usage data from the MedUni Wien Biobank facility regarding its prospective fluid cohorts. Methods: Input and access statistics and publication output were reported for the years 2010-2017. Performance dynamics were tested by correlation analyses according to Spearman. Additionally, virtual costs per sample were calculated. Results: The amount of annually collected aliquots rose significantly from 68,500 in 2010 to 151,966 in 2017 (p = 0.015), although no further increase was recorded after 2012 (p = 0.266). In the same period, the quotient of requested to stored aliquots increased from 3.5% to 6.1% (p = 0.001), as the yearly number of requested aliquots nearly quadrupled from 2401 to 9342. Likewise, the number of published research articles per year to which the MedUni Wien Biobank contributed increased from 2 (total impact factor: 8.6) in 2010 to 16 (total impact factor: 69.0) in 2017, resulting in a total of 69 identified publications. Currently, the biobank operates at 15- to 20-fold overproduction, leading to virtual costs per accessed sample of ∼€20. Conclusion: The reported usage data might serve as a benchmark for other hospital-integrated biobanks, and implies that academic biobanks are able to produce considerable scientific impact at comparable moderate costs.
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- Helmuth Haslacher
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Zaidi S, Phipps A, Harrison T, Grasso C, Steinfelder R, Trinh Q, Connolly C, Banbury B, Rafikova A, Hofer P, Brezina S, Giannakis M, Mu XJ, Quist M, Fuchs C, Garraway L, Hsu L, Stein L, Gsur A, Ogino S, Gallinger S, Newcomb P, Campbell P, Sun W, Hudson T, Peters U. Abstract 1224: Deep targeted tumor sequencing of colorectal cancer cases to study associations of molecular subtypes with clinical, genetic, and lifestyle risk factors. Cancer Res 2018. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2018-1224] [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 (CRC), a common malignancy, is a biologically heterogeneous disease. Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has enabled CRC characterization by identifying somatically mutated genes which now allow us to better define colorectal tumor subtypes (e.g. by mutated pathways). However, the relationship of such CRC subtypes to patient survival and genetic and lifestyle risk factors has not been comprehensively studied.
To identify somatic mutations in CRC cases, we designed a targeted AmpliSeq panel of CRC related genes and genomic regions informed by whole exome sequencing data from ~1,200 CRC cases. The sequencing was conducted on Illumina HiSeq 2500 with a mean coverage of 740x and 240x for DNA extracted from FFPE tumor tissues and matched normal samples, respectively. Strelka, MuTect, VarDict, and Varscan2 were used to identify somatic single nucleotide variants and indels. Sanger sequencing was performed to validate a subset of variants. To date, we have sequenced ~2,400 CRC tumors and matched control tissues from four studies participating in the Colon Cancer Family Registry (CCFR) and Genetics and Epidemiology of Colorectal Cancer Consortium (GECCO). In most tumors, we identified non-silent mutations in genes belonging to the WNT (77%), p53 (44%), IGF2/PI3K (22%), RTK-RAS (47%), and TGF-beta (26%) signaling pathways. Among the 15% of tumors that could be classified as hypermutated, based on the number of mutations, 39% exhibited non-silent mutations in MLH1, MLH3, MSH2, MSH6, and PMS2 and 41% exhibited non-silent mutations in POLE and POLD1.
In a subset of studies with available survival data, we used Cox regression to assess the association of hypermutation status and the presence of non-silencing mutations in key signaling pathways with overall (OS) and disease-specific (DSS) survival. OS and DSS were significantly more favorable in cases with hypermutated vs. non-hypermutated CRC (HR=0.77, 95% CI: 0.60-0.98, p=0.04 and HR=0.35, 95% CI: 0.22-0.57, p=2x10-5, respectively); these associations were most pronounced for POLE/POLD1 mutated hypermutated CRC (HR=0.69, 95% CI: 0.46-1.02, p=0.06, HR=0.21, 95% CI: 0.08-0.56, p=2x10-3, respectively). There was no significant association of mutations in WNT, p53, IGF2/PI3K, RTK-RAS, or TGF-beta pathways with survival (p>0.05).
The comprehensive molecular characterization of this large panel of CRC cases will support further studies of molecular subtypes of CRC with clinical, lifestyle, and environmental factors. A better understanding of molecular mechanisms of CRC will be valuable in developing strategies for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of this life-threatening disease.
Citation Format: Syed Zaidi, Amanda Phipps, Tabitha Harrison, Catherine Grasso, Robert Steinfelder, Quang Trinh, Charles Connolly, Barbara Banbury, Adilya Rafikova, Philipp Hofer, Stefanie Brezina, Marios Giannakis, Xinmeng Jasmine Mu, Michael Quist, Charles Fuchs, Levi Garraway, Li Hsu, Lincoln Stein, Andrea Gsur, Shuji Ogino, Steven Gallinger, Polly Newcomb, Peter Campbell, Wei Sun, Thomas Hudson, Ulrike Peters. Deep targeted tumor sequencing of colorectal cancer cases to study associations of molecular subtypes with clinical, genetic, and lifestyle risk factors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2018; 2018 Apr 14-18; Chicago, IL. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 1224.
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- Syed Zaidi
- 1Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- 1Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 1Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- 1Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 4Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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- 1Ontario Institute for Cancer Research, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- 2Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
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Hofer P, Zöchmeister C, Behm C, Brezina S, Baierl A, Doriguzzi A, Vanas V, Holzmann K, Sutterlüty-Fall H, Gsur A. MNS16A tandem repeat minisatellite of human telomerase gene: functional studies in colorectal, lung and prostate cancer. Oncotarget 2018; 8:28021-28027. [PMID: 28427205 PMCID: PMC5438627 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.15884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [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] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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MNS16A, a functional polymorphic tandem repeat minisatellite, is located in the promoter region of an antisense transcript of the human telomerase reverse transcriptase gene. MNS16A promoter activity depends on the variable number of tandem repeats (VNTR) presenting varying numbers of transcription factor binding sites for GATA binding protein 1. Although MNS16A has been investigated in multiple cancer epidemiology studies with incongruent findings, functional data of only two VNTRs (VNTR-243 and VNTR-302) were available thus far, linking the shorter VNTR to higher promoter activity. For the first time, we investigated promoter activity of all six VNTRs of MNS16A in cell lines of colorectal, lung and prostate cancer using Luciferase reporter assay. In all investigated cell lines shorter VNTRs showed higher promoter activity. While this anticipated indirect linear relationship was affirmed for colorectal cancer SW480 (P = 0.006), a piecewise linear regression model provided significantly better model fit in lung cancer A-427 (P = 6.9 × 10−9) and prostate cancer LNCaP (P = 0.039). In silico search for transcription factor binding sites in MNS16A core repeat element suggested a higher degree of complexity involving X-box binding protein 1, general transcription factor II–I, and glucocorticoid receptor alpha in addition to GATA binding protein 1. Further functional studies in additional cancers are requested to extend our knowledge of MNS16A functionality uncovering potential cancer type-specific differences. Risk alleles may vary in different malignancies and their determination in vitro could be relevant for interpretation of genotype data.
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- Philipp Hofer
- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Vienna, Institute of Cancer Research, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Luna Coronell JA, Sergelen K, Hofer P, Gyurján I, Brezina S, Hettegger P, Leeb G, Mach K, Gsur A, Weinhäusel A. The Immunome of Colon Cancer: Functional In Silico Analysis of Antigenic Proteins Deduced from IgG Microarray Profiling. Genomics Proteomics Bioinformatics 2018; 16:73-84. [PMID: 29505855 PMCID: PMC6000238 DOI: 10.1016/j.gpb.2017.10.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Revised: 10/01/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Characterization of the colon cancer immunome and its autoantibody signature from differentially-reactive antigens (DIRAGs) could provide insights into aberrant cellular mechanisms or enriched networks associated with diseases. The purpose of this study was to characterize the antibody profile of plasma samples from 32 colorectal cancer (CRC) patients and 32 controls using proteins isolated from 15,417 human cDNA expression clones on microarrays. 671 unique DIRAGs were identified and 632 were more highly reactive in CRC samples. Bioinformatics analyses reveal that compared to control samples, the immunoproteomic IgG profiling of CRC samples is mainly associated with cell death, survival, and proliferation pathways, especially proteins involved in EIF2 and mTOR signaling. Ribosomal proteins (e.g., RPL7, RPL22, and RPL27A) and CRC-related genes such as APC, AXIN1, E2F4, MSH2, PMS2, and TP53 were highly enriched. In addition, differential pathways were observed between the CRC and control samples. Furthermore, 103 DIRAGs were reported in the SEREX antigen database, demonstrating our ability to identify known and new reactive antigens. We also found an overlap of 7 antigens with 48 “CRC genes.” These data indicate that immunomics profiling on protein microarrays is able to reveal the complexity of immune responses in cancerous diseases and faithfully reflects the underlying pathology.
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- Molecular Diagnostics, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Molecular Diagnostics, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Molecular Diagnostics, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, A-1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Hospital Oberpullendorf, A-7350, Oberpullendorf, Austria
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- Hospital Oberpullendorf, A-7350, Oberpullendorf, Austria
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- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Molecular Diagnostics, AIT - Austrian Institute of Technology, A-1190 Vienna, Austria.
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Zöchmeister C, Brezina S, Hofer P, Baierl A, Bergmann MM, Bachleitner-Hofmann T, Karner-Hanusch J, Stift A, Gerger A, Leeb G, Mach K, Rachakonda S, Kumar R, Gsur A. Leukocyte telomere length throughout the continuum of colorectal carcinogenesis. Oncotarget 2018; 9:13582-13592. [PMID: 29568379 PMCID: PMC5862600 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.24431] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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] [Received: 09/08/2017] [Accepted: 01/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Considering the high prevalence of colorectal cancer (CRC) and relatively high mortality there is strong interest in identification of clinically relevant biomarkers. Telomere shortening is supposed to contribute to genomic instability and crucially involved in process of carcinogenesis. Peripheral blood leukocyte (PBL) telomere length was previously investigated in several studies as potential biomarker for CRC but with controversial results. This prompted us to investigate relative PBL telomere length in association with different histological findings throughout the continuum of colorectal carcinogenesis in order to reflect the whole spectrum of putative CRC development in a large study involving 2011 individuals. The study based on the Colorectal Cancer Study of Austria (CORSA), including 384 CRC cases as well as age- and gender-matched 544 high-risk adenomas, 537 low-risk adenoma patients and 546 colonoscopy-negative controls. Relative expression of telomeric repeats and the single copy reference gene, albumin (T/S ratio) was determined using monochrome multiplex quantitative PCR (MMQPCR). Telomeres were found to be significantly longer in CRC patients compared to control subjects (P = 3.61x10-6). Yet, no significant differences in telomere length could be detected for high-risk (P = 0.05956) and low-risk colorectal adenoma patients (P = 0.05224). In addition, results presented in this manuscript highlight the impact of various epidemiological factors on PBL telomere length and its involvement in CRC. However, further large studies also including colorectal adenomas are necessary to confirm these results.
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- Cornelia Zöchmeister
- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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- University of Vienna, Department of Statistics and Operations Research, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Surgery, Vienna, Austria
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- Medical University of Graz, Division of Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Graz, Austria
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- Hospital Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, Austria
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- Hospital Oberpullendorf, Burgenland, Austria
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- German Cancer Research Center, Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Medical University Vienna, Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria
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Hofer P, Brandau LM, Mützel E. [Medicolegal aspects of child abuse]. Radiologe 2017; 56:432-7. [PMID: 27115141 DOI: 10.1007/s00117-016-0101-2] [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] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
CLINICAL ISSUE The prevention and clinical diagnostics of maltreatment of children and adolescents represents a great challenge to all medical disciplines concerned; therefore, an interdisciplinary collaboration is indispensable. DIAGNOSTICS Medicolegal experts require specific radiological examination methods for the differentiation between accidental and non-accidental injuries, depending on the corresponding point in question. In addition, a clear and structured radiological appraisal of the findings is necessary. On the other hand, radiologists require an appropriate succinctly phrased question from the medicolegal expert. PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS A close collaboration between radiologists and medicolegal experts is mandatory for a better recognition of cases of child abuse; therefore, the joint establishment of diagnostic standards and a comprehensive implementation is necessary.
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- P Hofer
- Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 26, 80336, München, Deutschland.
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- Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 26, 80336, München, Deutschland
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- Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universität München, Nußbaumstraße 26, 80336, München, Deutschland
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Knepper C, Ellemunter H, Eder J, Niedermayr K, Haerter B, Hofer P, Scholl-Bürgi S, Müller T, Heinz-Erian P. Low sodium status in cystic fibrosis-as assessed by calculating fractional Na(+) excretion-is associated with decreased growth parameters. J Cyst Fibros 2016; 15:400-5. [PMID: 26777601 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcf.2015.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [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: 09/03/2015] [Revised: 11/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/14/2015] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND In CF infants, normonatremic Na(+) depletion (NNaD), identified by fractional Na(+) excretion (FENa) values <0.5%, was recently linked to impaired growth. Our paper investigates the relationship between FENa and growth in CF children >2years. METHODS FENa values were calculated in 35 CF and 24 control children, and tested for correlations with z-scores for weight, height and BMI. RESULTS All CF children and controls had normal plasma Na(+) concentrations. A total of 25 of 35 (71.4%) CF patients had decreased FENa values <0.5% (group I). FENa results of 10 CF patients (group II) and 23/24 controls (group III) were normal. In Na(+)-depleted CF children, compared to normal controls, mean z-scores for weight (-0.18±0.87 vs +1.03±0.57, p<0.001), height (-0.06±0.89 vs +0.53±0.72, p=0.009) and BMI (-0.22±0.87 vs +1.00±1.06, p<0.001) were significantly reduced. Also, we found positive correlations between FENa values and z-scores for weight (r=0.521), height (r=0.292) and BMI (r=0.468), respectively. CONCLUSION NNaD may contribute to poor growth in CF.
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- Christiane Knepper
- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics III, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics III, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics III, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of General and Transplant Surgery, Division of Pediatric Surgery, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Division of Medical Statistics and Informatics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Pediatrics I, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria.
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Neururer SB, Hofer P, Göbel G. An IT-Supported Evaluation Tool for Biobanks Based on International Guidelines to Improve the Biosample Quality. Stud Health Technol Inform 2016; 223:46-53. [PMID: 27139384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND The quality of samples stored within a biobank relies on the specimen collection, the transportation, the pre-analytical processing and the long-term storage. Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are essential tools to guarantee the quality of samples. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to present an IT-supported tool (Pre-An Evaluation Tool) that allows assessing the compliance of current pre-analytical procedures (defined in SOPs) of a biobank with international guidelines. The Pre-An Evaluation Tool was implemented based on CEN technical specifications for pre-analytical procedures using REDCap. RESULTS The data collection instrument of the Pre-An Evaluation tool consists of more than 250 items related to the CEN technical specifications. In order to create a dynamic questionnaire, items following a branching logic were implemented. CONCLUSION The Pre-An Evaluation tool is a user-friendly tool that facilitates the assessment of the coverage of the CEN technical specifications by specific SOPs. This tool can help to identify gaps within SOPs and therefore contribute to the overall quality of biological samples stored within a biobank.
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- Sabrina B Neururer
- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical Universit of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical Universit of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economics, Medical Universit of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Hofer P, Neururer S, Goebel G. Semi-Automated Annotation of Biobank Data Using Standard Medical Terminologies in a Graph Database. Stud Health Technol Inform 2016; 228:755-759. [PMID: 27577487] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Data describing biobank resources frequently contains unstructured free-text information or insufficient coding standards. (Bio-) medical ontologies like Orphanet Rare Diseases Ontology (ORDO) or the Human Disease Ontology (DOID) provide a high number of concepts, synonyms and entity relationship properties. Such standard terminologies increase quality and granularity of input data by adding comprehensive semantic background knowledge from validated entity relationships. Moreover, cross-references between terminology concepts facilitate data integration across databases using different coding standards. In order to encourage the use of standard terminologies, our aim is to identify and link relevant concepts with free-text diagnosis inputs within a biobank registry. Relevant concepts are selected automatically by lexical matching and SPARQL queries against a RDF triplestore. To ensure correctness of annotations, proposed concepts have to be confirmed by medical data administration experts before they are entered into the registry database. Relevant (bio-) medical terminologies describing diseases and phenotypes were identified and stored in a graph database which was tied to a local biobank registry. Concept recommendations during data input trigger a structured description of medical data and facilitate data linkage between heterogeneous systems.
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- Philipp Hofer
- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economy, Medical University of Innsbruck
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economy, Medical University of Innsbruck
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- Department of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Health Economy, Medical University of Innsbruck
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Hofer P, Neururer S, Hauffe H, Insam T, Zeilner A, Göbel G. Semi-automated evaluation of biomedical ontologies for the biobanking domain based on competency questions. Stud Health Technol Inform 2015; 212:65-72. [PMID: 26063259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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BACKGROUND Biosample collections and biobank information systems have become a key enabler for medical research. Therefore it is important to identify potentially relevant ontologies to semantically enrich information related to the biobanking domain. OBJECTIVES We present a three-stage semi-automated evaluation approach which allows identifying relevant ontologies for the biobanking domain based on competency questions. METHODS After identifying candidate biobanking ontologies (Stage 1) and competency questions (Stage 2), a six-step lexical evaluation approach, which assesses the coverage of concepts, properties or instances defined by competency questions is suggested and described (Stage 3). RESULTS We were able to perform a proof-of-concept evaluation of the OMIABIS ontology using our proposed three-stage approach together with a sample competency question. CONCLUSION Our evaluation approach allows a swift evaluation of candidate ontology entities based on a search for higher hierarchy key terms that exist in comprehensive medical vocabularies in order to state the usability of specific ontologies for the biobanking domain.
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- Philipp Hofer
- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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Hofer P, Fiegl H, Angerer J, Mueller-Holzner E, Chamson M, Klocker H, Steiner E, Hauffe H, Zschocke J, Goebel G. A concept of a MIABIS based register of biosample collections at the Medical University of Innsbruck. Stud Health Technol Inform 2014; 205:293-297. [PMID: 25160193] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The knowledge about the quality of samples and associated clinical data in biospecimen collections is a premise of clinical research. An electronic biosample register aims to facilitate the discovery of information about biosample collections in a hospital. Moreover, it might improve scientific collaboration and research quality through a shared access to harmonized sample collection description data. The aim of this paper is to present a concept of a web-based biosample register of the existing biosample collections at the Medical University of Innsbruck. A uniform description model is built based on an analysis of the sample collection data of independent sample management systems from two departments within the hospital. An extended set of attributes of the minimum dataset used by the Swedish sample collection register (MIABIS) has been applied to all biosample collections as a common description model. The results of the analysis and the data model are presented together with a first concept of a sample collection search register.
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- Philipp Hofer
- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University, Innsbruck
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical University, Innsbruck
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical University, Innsbruck
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Medical University, Innsbruck
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- Department of Urology, Medical University, Innsbruck
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- Department of Medical Informatics, Statistics and Health Economics, Medical University, Innsbruck
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Feik E, Schweifer N, Baierl A, Sommergruber W, Haslinger C, Hofer P, Maj-Hes A, Madersbacher S, Gsur A. Integrative analysis of prostate cancer aggressiveness. Prostate 2013; 73:1413-26. [PMID: 23813660 DOI: 10.1002/pros.22688] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 04/22/2013] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Clinical management of prostate cancer (PC) is still highly demanding on the identification of robust biomarkers which will allow a more precise prediction of disease progression. METHODS We profiled both mRNA expression and DNA copy number alterations (CNAs) from laser capture microdissected cells from 31 PC patients and 17 patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia using Affymetrix GeneChip® technology. PC patients were subdivided into an aggressive (Gleason Score 8 or higher, and/or T3/T4 and/or N+/M+) and non-aggressive (all others) form of PC. Furthermore, we correlated the two datasets, as genes whose varied expression is due to a chromosomal alteration, may suggest a causal implication of these genes in the disease. All statistical analyses were performed in R version 2.15.0 and Bioconductor version 1.8.1., respectively. RESULTS We confirmed several common altered chromosomal regions as well as recently discovered loci such as deletions on chromosomes 3p14.1-3p13 and 13q13.3-13q14.11 supporting a possible role for RYBP, RGC32, and ELF1 in tumor suppression. Integrative analysis of expression and CN data combined with data retrieved from online databases propose PTP4A3 and ELF1 as possible factors for tumor progression. CONCLUSIONS Copy number data analysis revealed some significant differences between aggressive and non-aggressive tumors, while gene expression data alone could not define an aggressive group of patients. The assessment of CNA may have diagnostic and prognostic value in PC.
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- Elisabeth Feik
- Department of Medicine I, Division: Institute of Cancer Research, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Fritsch G, Haider W, Hofer P, Hohenberg JK, Karg V. Implementation of decision support systems in Austria. KERNTECHNIK 2013. [DOI: 10.3139/124.100339] [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: 11/20/2022]
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According to the Austrian Radiation Protection Act, decision support systems have to be implemented and operated in Austria. Recommendations on early counter measures in case of a radiological emergency are based on the results of these decision support systems and on measurements of the environmental monitoring. The following article gives an overview on the different decision support systems operated in Austria and first experiences gained through their application in international exercises and projects.
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- G. Fritsch
- Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Spittelauer Lände 5, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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- Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division V/7 – Radiation Protection, Radetzkystraße 2, A-1031 Vienna, Austria
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- Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division V/7 – Radiation Protection, Radetzkystraße 2, A-1031 Vienna, Austria
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- Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division V/7 – Radiation Protection, Radetzkystraße 2, A-1031 Vienna, Austria
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- Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division V/7 – Radiation Protection, Radetzkystraße 2, A-1031 Vienna, Austria
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Donath T, Brandstetter S, Cibik L, Commichau S, Hofer P, Krumrey M, Lüthi B, Marggraf S, Müller P, Schneebeli M, Schulze-Briese C, Wernecke J. Characterization of the PILATUS photon-counting pixel detector for X-ray energies from 1.75 keV to 60 keV. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013. [DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/425/6/062001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Hofer P, Zerelles J, Baierl A, Madersbacher S, Schatzl G, Maj-Hes A, Sutterlüty-Fall H, Gsur A. MNS16A tandem repeat minisatellite of human telomerase gene and prostate cancer susceptibility. Mutagenesis 2013; 28:301-6. [PMID: 23423318 DOI: 10.1093/mutage/get003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Telomere dysfunction is an early event in the development of prostate cancer and telomerase (TERT) activity is detectable in the majority of prostate cancers. Genetic variation in TERT and its regulatory elements may influence prostate carcinogenesis. MNS16A, a functional polymorphic tandem repeat minisatellite of TERT, has been studied in several malignancies. We determined MNS16A genotypes in an Austrian case-control study for the first time in the context of prostate cancer, comprising 1165 prostate cancer cases and 674 benign prostate hyperplasia controls with PCR. In addition to the five reported variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs), we identified VNTR-212, a rare variant, for the first time in a European population. Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed no differences in genotype distribution between cases and controls. However, in stratified analysis, MNS16A VNTR-274 (OR = 0.25, 95% CI = 0.06-0.79, P = 0.016) and genotype 274/302 (OR = 0.13, 95% CI = 0.01-0.58, P = 0.005) were associated with a significantly decreased risk of prostate cancer in the age group >70 years. Our finding of a MNS16A genotype conferring a protective effect against prostate cancer in older men suggests a potential role of this polymorphism in prostate cancer susceptibility but demands to be validated in further studies.
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- Philipp Hofer
- Department of Medicine I, Institute of Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center Vienna, Medical University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Pablant NA, Delgado-Aparicio L, Bitter M, Brandstetter S, Eikenberry E, Ellis R, Hill KW, Hofer P, Schneebeli M. Novel energy resolving x-ray pinhole camera on Alcator C-Mod. Rev Sci Instrum 2012; 83:10E526. [PMID: 23127033 DOI: 10.1063/1.4732177] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A new energy resolving x-ray pinhole camera has been recently installed on Alcator C-Mod. This diagnostic is capable of 1D or 2D imaging with a spatial resolution of ≈1 cm, an energy resolution of ≈1 keV in the range of 3.5-15 keV and a maximum time resolution of 5 ms. A novel use of a Pilatus 2 hybrid-pixel x-ray detector [P. Kraft et al., J. Synchrotron Rad. 16, 368 (2009)] is employed in which the lower energy threshold of individual pixels is adjusted, allowing regions of a single detector to be sensitive to different x-ray energy ranges. Development of this new detector calibration technique was done as a collaboration between PPPL and Dectris Ltd. The calibration procedure is described, and the energy resolution of the detector is characterized. Initial data from this installation on Alcator C-Mod is presented. This diagnostic provides line-integrated measurements of impurity emission which can be used to determine impurity concentrations as well as the electron energy distribution.
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- N A Pablant
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton, New Jersey 08543, USA
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Hofer P, Baierl A, Bernhart K, Leeb G, Mach K, Micksche M, Gsur A. Association of genetic variants of human telomerase with colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer risk. Mol Carcinog 2012; 51 Suppl 1:E176-82. [DOI: 10.1002/mc.21911] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2012] [Revised: 02/23/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Pichler P, Binder T, Hofer P, Bergler-Klein J, Goliasch G, Lajic N, Aliabadi A, Zuckermann A, Syeda B. Two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in heart transplant patients: three-year follow-up of deformation parameters and ejection fraction derived from transthoracic echocardiography. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2011; 13:181-6. [DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Syeda B, Hofer P, Pichler P, Vertesich M, Bergler-Klein J, Roedler S, Mahr S, Goliasch G, Zuckermann A, Binder T. Two-dimensional speckle-tracking strain echocardiography in long-term heart transplant patients: a study comparing deformation parameters and ejection fraction derived from echocardiography and multislice computed tomography. European Journal of Echocardiography 2011; 12:490-6. [DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Gsur A, Bernhart K, Baierl A, Feik E, Führlinger G, Hofer P, Leeb G, Mach K, Micksche M. No association of XRCC1 polymorphisms Arg194Trp and Arg399Gln with colorectal cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol 2011; 35:e38-41. [PMID: 21612998 DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [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: 07/27/2010] [Revised: 03/27/2011] [Accepted: 03/28/2011] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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BACKGROUND X-ray repair cross complementation group 1 (XRCC1) plays a key role in base excision repair. The purpose of this study was to examine the association of two genetic polymorphisms in XRCC1 (rs1799782 and rs25487) with risk of colorectal polyps and colorectal cancer (CRC). METHODS In the ongoing colorectal cancer study of Austria (CORSA), a total of 3091 Caucasian participants was genotyped using 5'-nuclease TaqMan assays. Multiple logistic regression was applied to compare individuals of the control group against three different case groups namely CRC cases, high-risk and low-risk polyps. RESULTS The two investigated SNPs in XRCC1 were not found to be associated with neither CRC risk nor polyp risk. Comparing the CRC cases versus the controls the OR was 0.60 (95%CI 0.27-1.31) for the heterozygous polymorphic genotype of SNP rs1799782 and 1.47 (95%CI 0.81-2.65) for the homozygous polymorphic genotype of SNP rs25487. Comparing the high-risk polyp group versus the controls the OR was 2.64 (95%CI 0.61-11.42) for the homozygous polymorphic genotype of SNP rs1799782 and 0.89 (95%CI 0.60-1.33) for SNP rs25487, respectively. In an haplotype analysis also no statistically significant association was found. CONCLUSION Our finding that none of the two investigated SNPs of XRCC1 were significantly associated with risk of CRC or polyps is consistent with the results of a recently published meta-analysis.
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- Andrea Gsur
- Division: Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria.
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Hofer P, Syeda B, Bergler-Klein J, Friedrich F, Lesch OM, Vyssoki B, Binder T, Walter H. Amino-Terminal Pro-B-Type Brain Natriuretic Peptide: Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in the Setting of Alcoholism. Alcohol Alcohol 2011; 46:247-52. [DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agr027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Hofer P, Baierl A, Feik E, Führlinger G, Leeb G, Mach K, Holzmann K, Micksche M, Gsur A. MNS16A tandem repeats minisatellite of human telomerase gene: a risk factor for colorectal cancer. Carcinogenesis 2011; 32:866-71. [PMID: 21422235 DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgr053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Telomerase reactivation and expression of human telomerase gene [human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT)] are hallmarks of unlimited proliferation potential of cancer cells. A polymorphic tandem repeats minisatellite of hTERT gene, termed MNS16A was reported to influence hTERT expression. To assess the role of MNS16A as potential biomarker for colorectal cancer (CRC), we investigated for the first time the association of MNS16A genotypes with risk of colorectal polyps and CRC. In the ongoing colorectal cancer study of Austria (CORSA), 3842 Caucasian participants were recruited within a large screening project in the province Burgenland including 90 CRC cases, 308 high-risk polyps, 1022 low-risk polyps and 1822 polyp free controls verified by colonoscopy. MNS16A genotypes were determined by polymerase chain reaction from genomic DNA. Associations of MNS16A genotypes with CRC risk were estimated by logistic regression analysis computing odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). We identified five different variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs) of MNS16A including VNTR-364, a newly discovered rare variant. VNTR-274 allele was associated with a 2.7-fold significantly increased risk of CRC compared with the VNTR-302 wild-type (OR = 2.69; 95% CI = 1.11-6.50; P = 0.028). In our CORSA study, the medium length VNTR-274 was identified as risk factor for CRC. Although, this population-based study herewith reports the largest cohort size concerning MNS16A thus far, further large-scale studies in diverse populations are warranted to confirm hTERT MNS16A genotype as potential biomarker for assessment of CRC risk.
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- Philipp Hofer
- Department of Medicine I, Division: Institute of Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Borschkegasse 8a, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
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Hofer P, Scherrer M. Altersabhängigkeit des alveolo-arteriellen O 2-Partialdruckgradienten in Normoxie, Hypoxie und Hyperoxie. Respiration 2009. [DOI: 10.1159/000192453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Kuphal S, Wallner S, Schimanski CC, Bataille F, Hofer P, Strand S, Strand D, Bosserhoff AK. Expression of Hugl-1 is strongly reduced in malignant melanoma. Oncogene 2006; 25:103-10. [PMID: 16170365 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1209008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The human gene Hugl-1 (Llgl/Lgl1) has significant homology to the Drosophila tumor suppressor gene lethal(2)giant larvae (lgl). The lgl gene codes for a cortical cytoskeleton protein, Lgl, that is involved in maintaining cell polarity and epithelial integrity. We speculate that Hugl-1 might play a role in epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT) and that loss of Hugl-1 expression plays a role in the development or progression of malignant melanoma. Thus, we evaluated melanoma cell lines and tissue samples of malignant melanoma for loss of Hugl-1 transcription. We found that Hugl-1 was downregulated or lost in all cell lines and in most of the tumor samples analysed, and that these losses were associated with advanced stage of the disease. Reduced Hugl-1 expression occurred as early as in primary tumors detected by both immunohistochemical and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. Functional assays with stable Hugl-1-transfected cell lines revealed that Hugl-1 expression increased cell adhesion and decreased cell migration. Further, downregulation of MMP2 and MMP14 (MT1-MMP) and re-expression of E-cadherin was found in the Hugl-1-expressing cell clones supporting a role of Hugl-1 in EMT. Our studies thus indicate that loss of Hugl-1 expression contributes to melanoma progression.
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- Institute of Pathology, University Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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Sladek V, Metke E, Janko K, Hohenberg JK, Hofer P. Regional long-term co-operation in the field of nuclear and radiation emergency preparedness. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2004; 109:69-74. [PMID: 15238659 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch268] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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Emergency preparedness is generally covered by methodical and coordinative activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Member States of the IAEA and by the European Commission (EC) in EU Member and EU Accession Countries. However, the regional harmonisation of emergency arrangements is an important trend of emergency preparedness. The present paper gives a couple of illustrative examples for a regional co-operation in the field of emergency preparedness in Central Europe and an overview on international exercises in this region. The penultimate section contains an outlook on future activities regarding regional co-operation in Central Europe. The following topics have been suggested inter alia: the harmonisation of intervention criteria and countermeasures, co-ordination in the field of information of the public, comprehensive bi lateral and multilateral exercises, exchange of experts between the national nuclear emergency centres and inter-comparison calculations of the computer codes.
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- V Sladek
- Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic, Bajkalská 27, 820#07 Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Prouza Z, Drabova D, Moltasova J, Hohenberg JK, Hofer P. The Austria-Czech Republic co-operation in the field of radiation-emergency preparedness. Radiat Prot Dosimetry 2004; 109:105-110. [PMID: 15238666 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nch252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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An overview on the long-term information exchange and co-operation between Austria and the Czech Republic in the field of radiation emergency preparedness and evaluation of radiological consequences of NPP accidents is provided. Initiated by the 'Melk Protocol' between the Czech and Austrian governments in December 2000 and its follow-up activities, the information exchange and co-operation between the Czech Republic and Austria in the field of radiation-emergency preparedness have been extended. Among others, a Working Group to compare radiological consequences of Beyond Design Basis Accident with a detailed inter-comparison program concerning atmospheric dispersion models, dose assessment methods and counter- measures was established. Based on this experience, an area for future co-operation in the field of emergency preparedness and information exchange between the Czech Republic and Austria is discussed.
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