Common genetic determinants of breast-cancer risk in east asian women: A collaborative study of 23 637 breast cancer cases and 25 579 controls
Journal
Human Molecular Genetics
Journal Volume
22
Journal Issue
12
Pages
2539-2550
Date Issued
2013
Author(s)
Zheng W.
Zhang B.
Cai Q.
Sung H.
Michailidou K.
Shi J.
Choi J.-Y.
Long J.
Dennis J.
Humphreys M.K.
Wang Q.
Lu W.
Gao Y.-T.
Li C.
Cai H.
Park S.K.
Yoo K.-Y.
Noh D.-Y.
Han W.
Dunning A.M.
Benitez J.
Vincent D.
Bacot F.
Tessier D.
Kim S.-W.
Lee M.H, Lee J.W, Lee J.-Y.
Xiang Y.-B.
Zheng Y.
Wang W.
Ji B.-T.
Matsuo K.
Ito H.
Iwata H.
Tanaka H.
Wu A.H.
Tseng C.-C.
Van Den Berg D.
Stram D.O.
Teo S.H, Yip C.H, Kang I.N, Wong T.Y.
Shen C.-Y.
Yu J.-C.
Hou M.-F.
Hartman M.
Miao H.
Lee S.C, Putti T.C, Muir K.
Lophatananon A.
Stewart-Brown S.
Siriwanarangsan P.
Sangrajrang S.
Shen H.
Chen K.
Wu P.-E.
Ren Z.
Haiman C.A.
Sueta A.
Kim M.K, Khoo U.S, Iwasaki M.
Pharoah P.D.P.
Wen W.
Hall P.
Shu X.-O.
Easton D.F.
Kang D.
Abstract
In a consortium including 23 637 breast cancer patients and 25 579 controls of East Asian ancestry, we investigated70 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 67 independent breast cancer susceptibility loci recently identified by genome-wide association studies (GWASs) conducted primarily in European-ancestry populations. SNPs in 31 loci showed an association with breast cancer risk at P < 0.05 in a direction consistent with that reported previously. Twenty-one of them remained statistically significant after adjusting for multiple comparisons with the Bonferroni-corrected significance level of <0.0015. Eight of the 70 SNPs showed a significantly different association with breast cancer risk by estrogen receptor (ER) status at P < 0.05. With the exception of rs2046210 at 6q25.1, the seven other SNPs showed a stronger association with ER-positive than ER-negative cancer. This study replicated all five genetic risk variants initially identified in Asians and provided evidence for associations of breast cancer risk in the East Asian population with nearly half of the genetic risk variants initially reported in GWASs conducted in European descendants. Taken together, these common genetic risk variants explain ~10% of excess familial risk of breast cancer in Asian populations. ? The Author 2013. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
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Other Subjects
estrogen receptor; article; Asian; breast cancer; cancer patient; cancer risk; Caucasian; controlled study; familial cancer; female; gene locus; genetic analysis; genome analysis; human; major clinical study; priority journal; single nucleotide polymorphism; Adult; Aged; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Breast Neoplasms; Case-Control Studies; China; Female; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Middle Aged; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Receptors, Estrogen; Republic of Korea
Type
journal article