Browsing Genetics and Epidemiology by author "Houlston, Richard"
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Genome-wide association analysis identifies a meningioma risk locus at 11p15.5.
Claus, EB; Cornish, AJ; Broderick, P; Schildkraut, JM; Dobbins, SE; et al. (OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, 2018-10-09)BACKGROUND: Meningiomas are adult brain tumors originating in the meningeal coverings of the brain and spinal cord, with significant heritable basis. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have previously identified only ... -
Genome-wide association analysis implicates dysregulation of immunity genes in chronic lymphocytic leukaemia.
Law, PJ; Berndt, SI; Speedy, HE; Camp, NJ; Sava, GP; et al. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2017-02-06)Several chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) susceptibility loci have been reported; however, much of the heritable risk remains unidentified. Here we perform a meta-analysis of six genome-wide association studies, imputed ... -
Genome-wide association analysis of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma identifies pleiotropic risk loci.
Law, PJ; Sud, A; Mitchell, JS; Henrion, M; Orlando, G; et al. (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2017-01-23)B-cell malignancies (BCM) originate from the same cell of origin, but at different maturation stages and have distinct clinical phenotypes. Although genetic risk variants for individual BCMs have been identified, an agnostic, ... -
Genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies pleiotropic risk loci for aerodigestive squamous cell cancers.
Lesseur, C; Ferreiro-Iglesias, A; McKay, JD; Bossé, Y; Johansson, M; et al. (PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE, 2021-03-05)Squamous cell carcinomas (SqCC) of the aerodigestive tract have similar etiological risk factors. Although genetic risk variants for individual cancers have been identified, an agnostic, genome-wide search for shared genetic ... -
Genome-Wide Association Studies in Glioma.
Kinnersley, B; Houlston, RS; Bondy, ML (AMER ASSOC CANCER RESEARCH, 2018-04-01)Since the first reports in 2009, genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have been successful in identifying germline variants associated with glioma susceptibility. In this review, we describe a chronological history of ... -
Genome-wide association studies of cancer: current insights and future perspectives.
Sud, A; Kinnersley, B; Houlston, RS (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2017-11-01)Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) provide an agnostic approach for investigating the genetic basis of complex diseases. In oncology, GWAS of nearly all common malignancies have been performed, and over 450 genetic ... -
Genome-wide association study and meta-analysis in Northern European populations replicate multiple colorectal cancer risk loci.
Tanskanen, T; van den Berg, L; Välimäki, N; Aavikko, M; Ness-Jensen, E; et al. (WILEY, 2018-02-01)Genome-wide association studies have been successful in elucidating the genetic basis of colorectal cancer (CRC), but there remains unexplained variability in genetic risk. To identify new risk variants and to confirm ... -
Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for multiple myeloma.
Mitchell, JS; Li, N; Weinhold, N; Försti, A; Ali, M; et al. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2016-07-01)Multiple myeloma (MM) is a plasma cell malignancy with a significant heritable basis. Genome-wide association studies have transformed our understanding of MM predisposition, but individual studies have had limited power ... -
Genome-wide association study identifies risk loci for progressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Lin, W-Y; Fordham, SE; Sunter, N; Elstob, C; Rahman, T; et al. (NATURE RESEARCH, 2021-01-28)Prognostication in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is challenging due to heterogeneity in clinical course. We hypothesize that constitutional genetic variation affects disease progression and could aid ... -
Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for acute myeloid leukemia.
Lin, W-Y; Fordham, SE; Hungate, E; Sunter, NJ; Elstob, C; et al. (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2021-10-29)Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy with an undefined heritable risk. Here we perform a meta-analysis of three genome-wide association studies, with replication in a fourth study, incorporating a ... -
Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for B-cell childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Vijayakrishnan, J; Studd, J; Broderick, P; Kinnersley, B; Holroyd, A; et al. (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2018-04-09)Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have advanced our understanding of susceptibility to B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL); however, much of the heritable risk remains unidentified. Here, we perform ... -
Genome-wide association study implicates immune dysfunction in the development of Hodgkin lymphoma.
Sud, A; Thomsen, H; Orlando, G; Försti, A; Law, PJ; et al. (AMER SOC HEMATOLOGY, 2018-11-08)To further our understanding of inherited susceptibility to Hodgkin lymphoma (HL), we performed a meta-analysis of 7 genome-wide association studies totaling 5325 HL cases and 22 423 control patients. We identify 5 new HL ... -
Genome-wide association study of classical Hodgkin lymphoma identifies key regulators of disease susceptibility.
Sud, A; Thomsen, H; Law, PJ; Försti, A; Filho, MIDS; et al. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2017-12-01)Several susceptibility loci for classical Hodgkin lymphoma have been reported. However, much of the heritable risk is unknown. Here, we perform a meta-analysis of two existing genome-wide association studies, a new genome-wide ... -
Genome-wide association study of glioma subtypes identifies specific differences in genetic susceptibility to glioblastoma and non-glioblastoma tumors.
Melin, BS; Barnholtz-Sloan, JS; Wrensch, MR; Johansen, C; Il'yasova, D; et al. (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2017-05-01)Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have transformed our understanding of glioma susceptibility, but individual studies have had limited power to identify risk loci. We performed a meta-analysis of existing GWAS and two ... -
Genome-wide association study of immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis in three patient cohorts: comparison with myeloma.
da Silva Filho, MI; Försti, A; Weinhold, N; Meziane, I; Campo, C; et al. (NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP, 2017-08-01)Immunoglobulin light chain (AL) amyloidosis is characterized by tissue deposition of amyloid fibers derived from immunoglobulin light chain. AL amyloidosis and multiple myeloma (MM) originate from monoclonal gammopathy of ... -
Genome-wide association study of lung adenocarcinoma in East Asia and comparison with a European population.
Shi, J; Shiraishi, K; Choi, J; Matsuo, K; Chen, T-Y; et al. (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2023-05-26)Lung adenocarcinoma is the most common type of lung cancer. Known risk variants explain only a small fraction of lung adenocarcinoma heritability. Here, we conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study of lung ... -
Genome-wide association study of monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance (MGUS): comparison with multiple myeloma.
Thomsen, H; Chattopadhyay, S; Weinhold, N; Vodicka, P; Vodickova, L; et al. (2019-07) -
Genome-wide homozygosity signature and risk of Hodgkin lymphoma.
Sud, A; Cooke, R; Swerdlow, AJ; Houlston, RS (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2015-09-22)Recent studies have reported that regions of homozygosity (ROH) in the genome are detectable in outbred populations and can be associated with an increased risk of malignancy. To examine whether homozygosity is associated ... -
Genome-wide interaction and pathway-based identification of key regulators in multiple myeloma.
Chattopadhyay, S; Thomsen, H; Yadav, P; da Silva Filho, MI; Weinhold, N; et al. (NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2019-03-04)Inherited genetic susceptibility to multiple myeloma has been investigated in a number of studies. Although 23 individual risk loci have been identified, much of the genetic heritability remains unknown. Here we carried ... -
Genome-wide meta-analysis of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) identifies risk loci impacting IRF-6.
Clay-Gilmour, A; Chattopadhyay, S; Hildebrandt, MAT; Thomsen, H; Weinhold, N; et al. (SPRINGERNATURE, 2022-04-13)