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The association between genetically elevated polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of cancerResearch in context
Document Type
article
Author
Philip C. HaycockMaria Carolina BorgesKimberley BurrowsRozenn N. LemaitreStephen BurgessNikhil K. KhankariKonstantinos K. TsilidisTom R. GauntGibran HemaniJie ZhengTherese TruongBrenda M. BirmannTracy OMaraAmanda B. SpurdleMark M. IlesMatthew H. LawSusan L. SlagerFatemeh Saberi HosnijehDaniela MariosaMichelle CotterchioJames R. CerhanUlrike PetersStefan EnrothPuya GharahkhaniLoic Le MarchandAnn C. WilliamsRobert C. BlockChristopher I. AmosRayjean J. HungWei ZhengMarc J. GunterGeorge Davey SmithCaroline ReltonRichard M. MartinNathan TintleTerri RiceIona ChengMark JenkinsSteve GallingerAlex J. CornishAmit SudJayaram VijayakrishnanMargaret WrenschMattias JohanssonAaron D. NormanAlison KleinAlyssa Clay-GilmourAndre FrankeAndres V. Ardisson KoratBill WheelerBjörn NilssonCaren SmithChew-Kiat HengCi SongDavid RiadiElizabeth B. ClausEva EllinghausEvgenia OstroumovaHosnijehFlorent de VathaireGiovanni CugliariGiuseppe MatulloIrene Oi-Lin NgJeanette E. PassowJia Nee FooJiali HanJianjun LiuJill Barnholtz-SloanJoellen M. SchildkrautJohn MarisJoseph L. WiemelsKari HemminkiKeming YangLambertus A. KiemeneyLang WuLaufey AmundadottirMarc-Henri SternMarie-Christine BoutronMark Martin IlesMark P. PurdueMartin StanullaMelissa BondyMia GaudetLenha MobuchonNicola J. CampPak Chung ShamPascal GuénelPaul BrennanPhilip R. TaylorQuinn OstromRachael Stolzenberg-SolomonRajkumar DorajooRichard HoulstonRobert B. JenkinsSharon DiskinSonja I. BerndtSpiridon TsavachidisStephen J. ChannockTabitha HarrisonTessel GaleslootUlf GyllenstenVijai JosephY. ShiWenjian YangYi LinStephen K. Van Den Eeden
Source
EBioMedicine, Vol 91, Iss , Pp 104510- (2023)
Subject
Mendelian randomization
Cancer risk
Polyunsaturated fatty acids
Omega 3
Omega 6
Delta-5 desaturase
Medicine
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Language
English
ISSN
2352-3964
Abstract
Summary: Background: The causal relevance of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) for risk of site-specific cancers remains uncertain. Methods: Using a Mendelian randomization (MR) framework, we assessed the causal relevance of PUFAs for risk of cancer in European and East Asian ancestry individuals. We defined the primary exposure as PUFA desaturase activity, proxied by rs174546 at the FADS locus. Secondary exposures were defined as omega 3 and omega 6 PUFAs that could be proxied by genetic polymorphisms outside the FADS region. Our study used summary genetic data on 10 PUFAs and 67 cancers, corresponding to 562,871 cases and 1,619,465 controls, collected by the Fatty Acids in Cancer Mendelian Randomization Collaboration. We estimated odds ratios (ORs) for cancer per standard deviation increase in genetically proxied PUFA exposures. Findings: Genetically elevated PUFA desaturase activity was associated (P