Common variants at 19p13 are associated with susceptibility to ovarian cancer

Bolton, K. L. et al. (2010) Common variants at 19p13 are associated with susceptibility to ovarian cancer. Nature Genetics, 42(10), pp. 880-884. (doi: 10.1038/ng.666)

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Publisher's URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ng.666

Abstract

Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of death from gynecological malignancy in the developed world, accounting for 4% of the deaths from cancer in women(1). We performed a three-phase genome-wide association study of EOC survival in 8,951 individuals with EOC (cases) with available survival time data and a parallel association analysis of EOC susceptibility. Two SNPs at 19p13.11, rs8170 and rs2363956, showed evidence of association with survival (overall P = 5 x 10(-4) and P = 6 x 10(-4), respectively), but they did not replicate in phase 3. However, the same two SNPs demonstrated genome-wide significance for risk of serous EOC (P = 3 x 10(-9) and P = 4 x 10(-11), respectively). Expression analysis of candidate genes at this locus in ovarian tumors supported a role for the BRCA1-interacting gene C19orf62, also known as MERIT40, which contains rs8170, in EOC development.

Item Type:Articles (Letter)
Status:Published
Refereed:Yes
Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID:Paul, Mr James
Authors: Bolton, K. L., Tyrer, J., Song, H., Ramus, S. J., Notaridou, M., Jones, C., Sher, T., Gentry-Maharaj, A., Wozniak, E., Tsai, Y.-Y., Weidhaas, J., Paik, D., Van Den Berg, D. J., Stram, D. O., Pearce, C. L., Wu, A. H., Brewster, W., Anton-Culver, H., Ziogas, A., Narod, S. A., Levine, D. A., Kaye, S. B., Brown, R., Paul, J., Flanagan, J., Sieh, W., McGuire, V., Whittemore, A. S., Campbell, I., Gore, M. E., Lissowska, J., Yang, H. P., Medrek, K., Gronwald, J., Lubinski, J., Jakubowska, A., Le, N. D., Cook, L. S., Kelemen, L. E., Brook-Wilson, A., Massuger, L. F. A. G., Kiemeney, L. A., Aben, K. K. H., van Altena, A. M., Houlston, R., Tomlinson, I., Palmieri, R. T., Moorman, P. G., Schildkraut, J., Iversen, E. S., Phelan, C., Vierkant, R. A., Cunningham, J. M., Goode, E. L., Fridley, B. L., Kruger-Kjaer, S., Blaeker, J., Hogdall, E., Hogdall, C., Gross, J., Karlan, B. Y., Ness, R. B., Edwards, R. P., Odunsi, K., Moyisch, K. B., Baker, J. A., Modugno, F., Heikkinenen, T., Butzow, R., Nevanlinna, H., Leminen, A., Bogdanova, N., Antonenkova, N., Doerk, T., Hillemanns, P., Dürst, M., Runnebaum, I., Thompson, P. J., Carney, M. E., Goodman, M. T., Lurie, G., Wang-Gohrke, S., Hein, R., Chang-Claude, J., Rossing, M. A., Cushing-Haugen, K. L., Doherty, J., Chen, C., Rafnar, T., Besenbacher, S., Sulem, P., Stefansson, K., Birrer, M. J., Terry, K. L., Hernandez, D., Cramer, D. W., Vergote, I., Amant, F., Lambrechts, D., Despierre, E., Fasching, P. A., Beckmann, M. W., Thiel, F. C., Ekici, A. B., Chen, X., Johnatty, S. E., Webb, P. M., Beesley, J., Chanock, S., Garcia-Closas, M., Sellers, T., Easton, D. F., Berchuck, A., Chenevix-Trench, G., Pharoah, P. D. P., and Gayther, S. A.
College/School:College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Cancer Sciences
Journal Name:Nature Genetics
ISSN:1061-4036

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