학술논문

Rare germline copy number variants (CNVs) and breast cancer risk
Document Type
article
Author
Dennis, JoeTyrer, Jonathan PWalker, Logan CMichailidou, KyriakiDorling, LeilaBolla, Manjeet KWang, QinAhearn, Thomas UAndrulis, Irene LAnton-Culver, HodaAntonenkova, Natalia NArndt, VolkerAronson, Kristan JFreeman, Laura E BeaneBeckmann, Matthias WBehrens, SabineBenitez, JavierBermisheva, MarinaBogdanova, Natalia VBojesen, Stig EBrenner, HermannCastelao, Jose EChang-Claude, JennyChenevix-Trench, GeorgiaClarke, Christine LCollée, J MargrietCouch, Fergus JCox, AngelaCross, Simon SCzene, KamilaDevilee, PeterDörk, ThiloDossus, LaureEliassen, A HeatherEriksson, MikaelEvans, D GarethFasching, Peter AFigueroa, JonineFletcher, OliviaFlyger, HenrikFritschi, LinGabrielson, MarikeGago-Dominguez, ManuelaGarcía-Closas, MontserratGiles, Graham GGonzález-Neira, AnnaGuénel, PascalHahnen, EricHaiman, Christopher AHall, PerHollestelle, AntoinetteHoppe, ReinerHopper, John LHowell, AnthonyJager, AgnesJakubowska, AnnaJohn, Esther MJohnson, NicholaJones, Michael EJung, AudreyKaaks, RudolfKeeman, RenskeKhusnutdinova, ElzaKitahara, Cari MKo, Yon-DschunKosma, Veli-MattiKoutros, StellaKraft, PeterKristensen, Vessela NKubelka-Sabit, KaterinaKurian, Allison WLacey, James VLambrechts, DietherLarson, Nicole LLinet, MarthaOgrodniczak, AlicjaMannermaa, ArtoManoukian, SiranoushMargolin, SaraMavroudis, DimitriosMilne, Roger LMuranen, Taru AMurphy, Rachel ANevanlinna, HeliOlson, Janet EOlsson, HåkanPark-Simon, Tjoung-WonPerou, Charles MPeterlongo, PaoloPlaseska-Karanfilska, DijanaPylkäs, KatriRennert, GadSaloustros, EmmanouilSandler, Dale PSawyer, Elinor JSchmidt, Marjanka KSchmutzler, Rita KShibli, RanaSmeets, AnnSoucy, Penny
Source
Communications Biology. 5(1)
Subject
Human Genome
Breast Cancer
Genetics
Clinical Research
Cancer
Prevention
2.1 Biological and endogenous factors
Aetiology
Breast Neoplasms
Case-Control Studies
DNA Copy Number Variations
Female
Genome
Human
Genome-Wide Association Study
Germ Cells
Humans
Risk Factors
NBCS Collaborators
CTS Consortium
ABCTB Investigators
kConFab/AOCS Investigators
Language
Abstract
Germline copy number variants (CNVs) are pervasive in the human genome but potential disease associations with rare CNVs have not been comprehensively assessed in large datasets. We analysed rare CNVs in genes and non-coding regions for 86,788 breast cancer cases and 76,122 controls of European ancestry with genome-wide array data. Gene burden tests detected the strongest association for deletions in BRCA1 (P = 3.7E-18). Nine other genes were associated with a p-value