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Graff RE, Cavazos TB, Thai KK, Kachuri L, Rashkin SR, Hoffman JD, Alexeeff SE, Blatchins M, Meyers TJ, Leong L, Tai CG, Emami NC, Corley DA, Kushi LH, Ziv E, Van Den Eeden SK, Jorgenson E, Hoffmann TJ, Habel LA, Witte JS, Sakoda LC. Cross-cancer evaluation of polygenic risk scores for 16 cancer types in two large cohorts. Nat Commun 2021; 12:970. [PMID: 33579919 PMCID: PMC7880989 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-21288-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/19/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Even distinct cancer types share biological hallmarks. Here, we investigate polygenic risk score (PRS)-specific pleiotropy across 16 cancers in European ancestry individuals from the Genetic Epidemiology Research on Adult Health and Aging cohort (16,012 cases, 50,552 controls) and UK Biobank (48,969 cases, 359,802 controls). Within cohorts, each PRS is evaluated in multivariable logistic regression models against all other cancer types. Results are then meta-analyzed across cohorts. Ten positive and one inverse cross-cancer associations are found after multiple testing correction. Two pairs show bidirectional associations; the melanoma PRS is positively associated with oral cavity/pharyngeal cancer and vice versa, whereas the lung cancer PRS is positively associated with oral cavity/pharyngeal cancer, and the oral cavity/pharyngeal cancer PRS is inversely associated with lung cancer. Overall, we validate known, and uncover previously unreported, patterns of pleiotropy that have the potential to inform investigations of risk prediction, shared etiology, and precision cancer prevention strategies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Rebecca E Graff
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.,Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Program in Biological and Medical Informatics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Program in Biological and Medical Informatics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.,Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA.,Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. .,Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. .,Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA. .,Department of Urology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA. .,Department of Health System Science, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Pasadena, CA, USA.
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Seo JY, Shin JG, Youn BJ, Namgoong S, Cheong HS, Kim LH, Kim JO, Shin HD, Kim YJ. A non-synonymous variant rs12614 of complement factor B associated with risk of chronic hepatitis B in a Korean population. BMC MEDICAL GENETICS 2020; 21:241. [PMID: 33334325 PMCID: PMC7745368 DOI: 10.1186/s12881-020-01177-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Accepted: 11/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Abstract
Background Hepatitis B is known to cause several forms of liver diseases including chronic hepatitis B (CHB), and hepatocellular carcinoma. Previous genome-wide association study of CHB risk has demonstrated that rs12614 of complement factor B (CFB) was significantly associated with CHB risk. In this study, fine-mapping study of previously reported GWAS single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP; CFB rs12614) was performed to validate genetic effect of rs12614 on CHB susceptibility and identify possible additional causal variants around rs12614 in a Korean population. This association study was conducted in order to identify genetic effects of CFB single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and to identify additional independent CHB susceptible causal markers within a Korean population. Methods A total of 10 CFB genetic polymorphisms were selected and genotyped in 1716 study subjects comprised of 955 CHB patients and 761 population controls. Results A non-synonymous variant, rs12614 (Arg32Trp) in exon2 of CFB, had significant associations with risk of CHB (odds ratio = 0.43, P = 5.91 × 10− 10). Additional linkage disequilibrium and conditional analysis confirmed that rs12614 had independent genetic effect on CHB susceptibility with previously identified CHB markers. The genetic risk scores (GRSs) were calculated and the CHB patients had higher GRSs than the population controls. Moreover, OR was found to increase significantly with cumulative GRS. Conclusions rs12614 showed significant genetic effect on CHB risk within the Korean population. As such rs12614 may be used as a possible causal genetic variant for CHB susceptibility. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12881-020-01177-w.
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- Jung Yeon Seo
- Current address: Department of Core Technology, R&D Center, LG Household & Healthcare (LG H&H), Seoul, 07795, South Korea.,Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Current address: Department of Core Technology, R&D Center, LG Household & Healthcare (LG H&H), Seoul, 07795, South Korea.,Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea.,Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea. .,Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea. .,Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea.
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul, 03080, Republic of Korea.
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HLA-B*39:01:01 is a novel risk factor for antithyroid drug-induced agranulocytosis in Japanese population. THE PHARMACOGENOMICS JOURNAL 2020; 21:94-101. [PMID: 32963330 DOI: 10.1038/s41397-020-00187-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2020] [Revised: 08/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
Antithyroid drug (ATD) is a mainstay of Graves' disease (GD). About 0.1-0.5% of patients with GD treated with ATD exhibit ATD-induced agranulocytosis, which is characterized by severe reduction of circulating neutrophils. Immune-mediated responses have been proposed as a possible mechanism for the pathogenesis of ATD-induced agranulocytosis. Although it has been reported that the HLA class II allele (HLA-DRB1*08:03) was associated with ATD-induced agranulocytosis in multiple populations, the entire HLA region have not been explored in Japanese. Therefore, we performed HLA sequencing for 10 class I and 11 class II genes in 87 patients with ATD-induced agranulocytosis and 384 patients with GD who did not show ATD-induced agranulocytosis. By conducting case-control association studies at the HLA allele and haplotype levels, we replicated the association between HLA-DRB1*08:03:02 and ATD-induced agranulocytosis (P = 5.2 × 10-7, odds ratio = 2.80), and identified HLA-B*39:01:01 as an independent risk factor (P = 1.4 × 10-3, odds ratio = 3.35). To verify reproducibility of the novel association of HLA-B*39:01:01, we reanalyzed allele frequency data for HLA-B*39:01:01 from previous case-control association studies. The association of HLA-B*39:01:01 was significantly replicated in Chinese (P = 9.0 × 10-3), Taiwanese (P = 1.1 × 10-3), and European populations (P = 5.2 × 10-4). A meta-analysis combining results from the previous and current studies reinforced evidence of the association between HLA-B*39:01:01 and ATD-induced agranulocytosis (Pmeta = 1.2 × 10-9, pooled OR = 3.66, 95% CI; 2.41-5.57). The results of this study will provide a better understanding of the pathogenesis of ATD-induced agranulocytosis in the context of HLA-mediated hypersensitivity reactions.
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Zhang Z, Wang C, Liu Z, Zou G, Li J, Lu M. Host Genetic Determinants of Hepatitis B Virus Infection. Front Genet 2019; 10:696. [PMID: 31475028 PMCID: PMC6702792 DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2019.00696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 07/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection is still a major health problem worldwide. Recently, a great number of genetic studies based on single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and genome-wide association studies have been performed to search for host determinants of the development of chronic HBV infection, clinical outcomes, therapeutic efficacy, and responses to hepatitis B vaccines, with a focus on human leukocyte antigens (HLA), cytokine genes, and toll-like receptors. In addition to SNPs, gene insertions/deletions and copy number variants are associated with infection. However, conflicting results have been obtained. In the present review, we summarize the current state of research on host genetic factors and chronic HBV infection, its clinical type, therapies, and hepatitis B vaccine responses and classify published results according to their reliability. The potential roles of host genetic determinants of chronic HBV infection identified in these studies and their clinical significance are discussed. In particular, HLAs were relevant for HBV infection and pathogenesis. Finally, we highlight the need for additional studies with large sample sizes, well-matched study designs, appropriate statistical methods, and validation in multiple populations to improve the treatment of HBV infection.
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- Zhenhua Zhang
- Department of Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China.,College of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the Affiliated Anqing Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anqing, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- College of Pharmacy, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
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- Institute of Virology, University Hospital of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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Namgoong S, Shin JG, Cheong HS, Kim LH, Kim JO, Seo JY, Shin HD, Kim YJ. Genetic association of complement component 2 variants with chronic hepatitis B in a Korean population. Liver Int 2018; 38:1576-1582. [PMID: 29283494 DOI: 10.1111/liv.13675] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS Numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms associated with an increased risk of liver diseases, chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma have been identified. In this study, we scrutinized the genetic effects of C2 variants, which were conflicting in previous results, on the risk of chronic hepatitis B in a Korean population. METHODS We genotyped 22 common C2 genetic variants of 977 chronic hepatitis B cases including 302 chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma cases and 785 population controls. Statistical analysis was performed to examine the effects of genotype on the risk of chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma. RESULTS Logistic regression analyses showed that six C2 single nucleotide polymorphisms had significant associations with the risk of chronic hepatitis B and chronic hepatitis B-related hepatocellular carcinoma among the Korean subjects. Stepwise analysis revealed that causal markers (rs9267665 and rs10947223) were identified among the C2 variants (stepwise P = 3.32 × 10-9 and 2.04 × 10-5 respectively). In further conditional analysis with previous chronic hepatitis B-associated loci, these two single nucleotide polymorphisms were independently associated with the risk of chronic hepatitis B. In addition, we investigated the ability of genetic risk scores combining 12 multi-chronic hepatitis B loci to predict the risk of chronic hepatitis B. Individuals with higher genetic risk scores showed increased risk for chronic hepatitis B. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggested that the C2 gene might be a susceptibility locus for chronic hepatitis B in Korean populations. The cumulative genetic effects may contribute to future etiological explanations for chronic hepatitis B.
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- Suhg Namgoong
- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Genetic Epidemiology, SNP Genetics Inc., Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Life Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea.,Research Institute for Basic Science, Sogang University, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Liver Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
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