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Deleu J, Schoofs K, Decock A, Verniers K, Roelandt S, Denolf A, Verreth J, De Wilde B, Van Maerken T, De Preter K, Vandesompele J. Digital PCR-based evaluation of nucleic acid extraction kit performance for the co-purification of cell-free DNA and RNA. Hum Genomics 2022; 16:73. [PMID: 36587211 PMCID: PMC9805675 DOI: 10.1186/s40246-022-00446-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND Blood plasma, one of the most studied liquid biopsies, contains various molecules that have biomarker potential for cancer detection, including cell-free DNA (cfDNA) and cell-free RNA (cfRNA). As the vast majority of cell-free nucleic acids in circulation are non-cancerous, a laboratory workflow with a high detection sensitivity of tumor-derived nucleic acids is a prerequisite for precision oncology. One way to meet this requirement is by the combined analysis of cfDNA and cfRNA from the same liquid biopsy sample. So far, no study has systematically compared the performance of cfDNA and cfRNA co-purification to increase sensitivity. RESULTS First, we set up a framework using digital PCR (dPCR) technology to quantify cfDNA and cfRNA from human blood plasma in order to compare cfDNA/cfRNA co-purification kit performance. To that end, we optimized two dPCR duplex assays, designed to quantify both cfDNA and cfRNA with the same assays, by ensuring that primers and probes are located within a highly abundant exon. Next, we applied our optimized workflow to evaluate the co-purification performance of two manual and two semi-automated methods over a range of plasma input volumes (0.06-4 mL). Some kits result in higher nucleic acid concentrations in the eluate, while consuming only half of the plasma volume. The combined nucleic acid quantification systematically results in higher nucleic acid concentrations as compared to a parallel quantification of cfDNA and cfRNA in the eluate. CONCLUSIONS We provide a framework to evaluate the performance of cfDNA/cfRNA co-purification kits and have tested two manual and two semi-automated co-purification kits in function of the available plasma input amount and the intended use of the nucleic acid eluate. We demonstrate that the combined quantification of cfDNA and cfRNA has a benefit compared to separate quantification. We foresee that the results of this study are instrumental for clinical applications to help increase mutation detection sensitivity, allowing improved disease detection and monitoring.
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- Jill Deleu
- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ,grid.510942.bTranslational Oncogenomics and Bioinformatics Lab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.11486.3a0000000104788040Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB-UGent, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ,grid.510942.bTranslational Oncogenomics and Bioinformatics Lab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.11486.3a0000000104788040Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB-UGent, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ,grid.510942.bTranslational Oncogenomics and Bioinformatics Lab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ,grid.410566.00000 0004 0626 3303Department of Paediatric Haematology Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ,grid.420028.c0000 0004 0626 4023Department of Laboratory Medicine, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium
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- grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium ,grid.510942.bTranslational Oncogenomics and Bioinformatics Lab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.11486.3a0000000104788040Center for Medical Biotechnology, VIB-UGent, Ghent, Belgium
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- grid.510942.bOncoRNALab, Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent, Belgium ,grid.5342.00000 0001 2069 7798Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Gamble LD, Purgato S, Henderson MJ, Di Giacomo S, Russell AJ, Pigini P, Murray J, Valli E, Milazzo G, Giorgi FM, Cowley M, Ashton LJ, Bhalshankar J, Schleiermacher G, Rihani A, Van Maerken T, Vandesompele J, Speleman F, Versteeg R, Koster J, Eggert A, Noguera R, Stallings RL, Tonini GP, Fong K, Vaksman Z, Diskin SJ, Maris JM, London WB, Marshall GM, Ziegler DS, Hogarty MD, Perini G, Norris MD, Haber M. A G316A Polymorphism in the Ornithine Decarboxylase Gene Promoter Modulates MYCN-Driven Childhood Neuroblastoma. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13081807. [PMID: 33918978 PMCID: PMC8069650 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13081807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2021] [Revised: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 04/06/2021] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Simple Summary Neuroblastoma is a devasting childhood cancer in which multiple copies (amplification) of the cancer-causing gene MYCN strongly predict poor outcome. Neuroblastomas are reliant on high levels of cellular components called polyamines for their growth and malignant behavior, and the gene regulating polyamine synthesis is called ODC1. ODC1 is often coamplified with MYCN, and in fact is regulated by MYCN, and like MYCN is prognostic of poor outcome. Here we studied a naturally occurring genetic variant or polymorphism that occurs in the ODC1 gene, and used gene editing to demonstrate the functional importance of this variant in terms of ODC1 levels and growth of neuroblastoma cells. We showed that this variant impacts the ability of MYCN to regulate ODC1, and that it also influences outcome in neuroblastoma, with the rarer variant associated with a better survival. This study addresses the important topic of genetic polymorphisms in cancer. Abstract Ornithine decarboxylase (ODC1), a critical regulatory enzyme in polyamine biosynthesis, is a direct transcriptional target of MYCN, amplification of which is a powerful marker of aggressive neuroblastoma. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), G316A, within the first intron of ODC1, results in genotypes wildtype GG, and variants AG/AA. CRISPR-cas9 technology was used to investigate the effects of AG clones from wildtype MYCN-amplified SK-N-BE(2)-C cells and the effect of the SNP on MYCN binding, and promoter activity was investigated using EMSA and luciferase assays. AG clones exhibited decreased ODC1 expression, growth rates, and histone acetylation and increased sensitivity to ODC1 inhibition. MYCN was a stronger transcriptional regulator of the ODC1 promoter containing the G allele, and preferentially bound the G allele over the A. Two neuroblastoma cohorts were used to investigate the clinical impact of the SNP. In the study cohort, the minor AA genotype was associated with improved survival, while poor prognosis was associated with the GG genotype and AG/GG genotypes in MYCN-amplified and non-amplified patients, respectively. These effects were lost in the GWAS cohort. We have demonstrated that the ODC1 G316A polymorphism has functional significance in neuroblastoma and is subject to allele-specific regulation by the MYCN oncoprotein.
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- Laura D. Gamble
- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.P.); (S.D.G.); (P.P.); (G.M.); (F.M.G.); (G.P.)
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.P.); (S.D.G.); (P.P.); (G.M.); (F.M.G.); (G.P.)
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- Cancer Research Program, The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia;
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.P.); (S.D.G.); (P.P.); (G.M.); (F.M.G.); (G.P.)
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.P.); (S.D.G.); (P.P.); (G.M.); (F.M.G.); (G.P.)
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.P.); (S.D.G.); (P.P.); (G.M.); (F.M.G.); (G.P.)
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
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- Research Portfolio, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2008, Australia;
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- SIREDO, Department of Paediatric, Adolescents and Young Adults Oncology and INSERM U830, Institut Curie, 26 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; (J.B.); (G.S.)
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- SIREDO, Department of Paediatric, Adolescents and Young Adults Oncology and INSERM U830, Institut Curie, 26 rue d’Ulm, 75005 Paris, France; (J.B.); (G.S.)
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, C. Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; (A.R.); (T.V.M.); (J.V.); (F.S.)
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, C. Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; (A.R.); (T.V.M.); (J.V.); (F.S.)
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, C. Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; (A.R.); (T.V.M.); (J.V.); (F.S.)
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, C. Heymanslaan 10, 9000 Ghent, Belgium; (A.R.); (T.V.M.); (J.V.); (F.S.)
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- Department of Oncogenomics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (R.V.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Oncogenomics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, 1100 Amsterdam, The Netherlands; (R.V.); (J.K.)
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and SCT, Charité-University Hospital Berlin, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, 10117 Berlin, Germany;
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain;
- CIBERONC-INCLIVA, Biomedical Health Research Institute, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, D02 YN77 Dublin 2, Ireland;
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- Neuroblastoma Laboratory, Fondazione Istituto di Ricerca Pediatrica Città della Speranza, 35127 Padova, Italy;
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- Thoracic Research Centre, University of Queensland, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, QLD 4032, Australia;
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (Z.V.); (S.J.D.); (J.M.M.); (M.D.H.)
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (Z.V.); (S.J.D.); (J.M.M.); (M.D.H.)
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (Z.V.); (S.J.D.); (J.M.M.); (M.D.H.)
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215, USA;
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
- Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, High St, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
- Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital, High St, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia
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- Division of Oncology and Center for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; (Z.V.); (S.J.D.); (J.M.M.); (M.D.H.)
- Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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- Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, 40126 Bologna, Italy; (S.P.); (S.D.G.); (P.P.); (G.M.); (F.M.G.); (G.P.)
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
- Centre for Childhood Cancer Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia
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- Children’s Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Research Centre, UNSW Australia, PO Box 81, Randwick, NSW 2031, Australia; (L.D.G.); (M.J.H.); (J.M.); (E.V.); (M.C.); (G.M.M.); (D.S.Z.); (M.D.N.)
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +61-(02)-9385-2170
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Van Maerken T, De Brabandere E, Noël A, Coorevits L, De Waegemaeker P, Ablorh R, Bouchez S, Herck I, Peperstraete H, Bogaerts P, Verhasselt B, Glupczynski Y, Boelens J, Leroux-Roels I. A recurrent and transesophageal echocardiography-associated outbreak of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacter cloacae complex in cardiac surgery patients. Antimicrob Resist Infect Control 2019; 8:152. [PMID: 31548884 PMCID: PMC6751596 DOI: 10.1186/s13756-019-0605-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2019] [Accepted: 09/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Background We report a recurrent outbreak of postoperative infections with extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL)–producing E. cloacae complex in cardiac surgery patients, describe the outbreak investigation and highlight the infection control measures. Methods Cases were defined as cardiac surgery patients in Ghent University Hospital who were not known preoperatively to carry ESBL-producing E. cloacae complex and who postoperatively had a positive culture for this multiresistant organism between May 2017 and January 2018. An epidemiological investigation, including a case-control study, and environmental investigation were conducted to identify the source of the outbreak. Clonal relatedness of ESBL-producing E. cloacae complex isolates collected from case patients was assessed using whole-genome sequencing–based studies. Results Three separate outbreak episodes occurred over the course of 9 months. A total of 8, 4 and 6 patients met the case definition, respectively. All but one patients developed a clinical infection with ESBL-producing E. cloacae complex, most typically postoperative pneumonia. Overall mortality was 22% (4/18). Environmental cultures were negative, but epidemiological investigation pointed to transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) as the outbreak source. Of note, four TEE probes showed a similar pattern of damage, which very likely impeded adequate disinfection. The first and second outbreak episode were caused by the same clone, whereas a different strain was responsible for the third episode. Conclusions Health professionals caring for cardiac surgery patients and infection control specialists should be aware of TEE as possible infection source. Caution must be exercised to prevent and detect damage of TEE probes.
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- Tom Van Maerken
- 1Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,2Department of Laboratory Medicine, AZ Groeninge, Kortrijk, Belgium
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- 3Department of Infection Control, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Belgian National Reference Center for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium
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- 5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,6Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- 3Department of Infection Control, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- 7Department of Anesthesiology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- 8Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Belgian National Reference Center for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium
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- 5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,6Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Laboratory of Clinical Microbiology, Belgian National Reference Center for Monitoring Antimicrobial Resistance in Gram-Negative Bacteria, CHU UCL Namur, Yvoir, Belgium
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- 3Department of Infection Control, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,6Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- 3Department of Infection Control, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,5Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.,6Department of Diagnostic Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Mortier V, Vancoillie L, Dauwe K, Staelens D, Demecheleer E, Schauvliege M, Dinakis S, Van Maerken T, Dessilly G, Ruelle J, Verhofstede C. Meticulous plasma isolation is essential to avoid false low-level viraemia in Roche Cobas HIV-1 viral load assays. Antivir Ther 2019; 23:277-281. [PMID: 29063859 DOI: 10.3851/imp3203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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BACKGROUND Pre-analytical sample processing is often overlooked as a potential cause of inaccurate assay results. Here we demonstrate how plasma, extracted from standard EDTA-containing blood collection tubes, may contain traces of blood cells consequently resulting in a false low-level HIV-1 viral load when using Roche Cobas HIV-1 assays. METHODS The presence of human DNA in Roche Cobas 4800 RNA extracts and in RNA extracts from the Abbott HIV-1 RealTime assay was assessed by quantifying the human albumin gene by means of quantitative PCR. RNA was extracted from plasma samples before and after an additional centrifugation and tested for viral load and DNA contamination. The relation between total DNA content and viral load was defined. RESULTS Elevated concentrations of genomic DNA were detected in 28 out of 100 Cobas 4800 extracts and were significantly more frequent in samples processed outside of the AIDS Reference Laboratory. An association between genomic DNA presence and spurious low-level viraemia results was demonstrated. Supplementary centrifugation of plasma before RNA extraction eliminated the contamination and the false viraemia. CONCLUSIONS Plasma isolated from standard EDTA-containing blood collection tubes may contain traces of HIV DNA leading to false viral load results above the clinical cutoff. Supplementary centrifugation of plasma before viral load analysis may eliminate the occurrence of this spurious low-level viraemia.
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- Virginie Mortier
- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Université Catholique de Louvain, Medical Microbiology Unit, Brussels, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Université Catholique de Louvain, Medical Microbiology Unit, Brussels, Belgium
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- AIDS Reference Laboratory, Department of Clinical Chemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Lefever S, Rihani A, Van der Meulen J, Pattyn F, Van Maerken T, Van Dorpe J, Hellemans J, Vandesompele J. Cost-effective and robust genotyping using double-mismatch allele-specific quantitative PCR. Sci Rep 2019; 9:2150. [PMID: 30770838 PMCID: PMC6377641 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-38581-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2017] [Accepted: 12/06/2018] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
Abstract
For a wide range of diseases, SNPs in the genome are the underlying mechanism of dysfunction. Therefore, targeted detection of these variations is of high importance for early diagnosis and (familial) screenings. While allele-specific PCR has been around for many years, its adoption for SNP genotyping or somatic mutation detection has been hampered by its low discriminating power and high costs. To tackle this, we developed a cost-effective qPCR based method, able to detect SNPs in a robust and specific manner. This study describes how to combine the basic principles of allele-specific PCR (the combination of a wild type and variant primer) with the straightforward readout of DNA-binding dye based qPCR technology. To enhance the robustness and discriminating power, an artificial mismatch in the allele-specific primer was introduced. The resulting method, called double-mismatch allele-specific qPCR (DMAS-qPCR), was successfully validated using 12 SNPs and 15 clinically relevant somatic mutations on 48 cancer cell lines. It is easy to use, does not require labeled probes and is characterized by high analytical sensitivity and specificity. DMAS-qPCR comes with a complimentary online assay design tool, available for the whole scientific community, enabling researchers to design custom assays and implement those as a diagnostic test.
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- Steve Lefever
- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium. .,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium. .,Bioinformatics Institute Ghent (BIG), Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.,Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, SE-171 77, Sweden
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.,Ontoforce, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.,Biogazelle, Zwijnaarde, 9052, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium.,Bioinformatics Institute Ghent (BIG), Ghent University, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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Zeka F, Decock A, Van Goethem A, Vanderheyden K, Demuynck F, Lammens T, Helsmoortel HH, Vermeulen J, Noguera R, Berbegall AP, Combaret V, Schleiermacher G, Laureys G, Schramm A, Schulte JH, Rahmann S, Bienertová-Vašků J, Mazánek P, Jeison M, Ash S, Hogarty MD, Moreno-Smith M, Barbieri E, Shohet J, Berthold F, Van Maerken T, Speleman F, Fischer M, De Preter K, Mestdagh P, Vandesompele J. Circulating microRNA biomarkers for metastatic disease in neuroblastoma patients. JCI Insight 2018; 3:97021. [PMID: 30518699 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.97021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2017] [Accepted: 10/31/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
In this study, the circulating miRNome from diagnostic neuroblastoma serum was assessed for identification of noninvasive biomarkers with potential in monitoring metastatic disease. After determining the circulating neuroblastoma miRNome, 743 miRNAs were screened in 2 independent cohorts of 131 and 54 patients. Evaluation of serum miRNA variance in a model testing for tumor stage, MYCN status, age at diagnosis, and overall survival revealed tumor stage as the most significant factor impacting miRNA abundance in neuroblastoma serum. Differential abundance analysis between patients with metastatic and localized disease revealed 9 miRNAs strongly associated with metastatic stage 4 disease in both patient cohorts. Increasing levels of these miRNAs were also observed in serum from xenografted mice bearing human neuroblastoma tumors. Moreover, murine serum miRNA levels were strongly associated with tumor volume. These findings were validated in longitudinal serum samples from metastatic neuroblastoma patients, where the 9 miRNAs were associated with disease burden and treatment response.
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- Fjoralba Zeka
- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and
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- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Valencia/CIBERONC Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Valencia/CIBERONC Madrid, Spain.,INCLIVA Biomedical Research Institute, Valencia, Spain
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- Laboratoire de Recherche Translationnelle, Centre Léon-Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Molecular Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Molecular Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.,Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany.,German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genome Informatics, Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Pediatric Hematology Oncology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Division of Oncology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, and
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Pediatric Oncology and Hematology, University Children's Hospital of Cologne, Medical Faculty, and.,Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Department of Biomolecular Medicine, and.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Cattoir L, Van Hoecke F, Van Maerken T, Nys E, Ryckaert I, De Boulle M, Geerts A, Verhelst X, Colle I, Hutse V, Suin V, Wautier M, Van Gucht S, Van Vlierberghe H, Padalko E. Clinical burden of hepatitis E virus infection in a tertiary care center in Flanders, Belgium. J Clin Virol 2018; 103:8-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2018.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Revised: 03/07/2018] [Accepted: 03/14/2018] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Baert A, Machackova E, Coene I, Cremin C, Turner K, Portigal-Todd C, Asrat MJ, Nuk J, Mindlin A, Young S, MacMillan A, Van Maerken T, Trbusek M, McKinnon W, Wood ME, Foulkes WD, Santamariña M, de la Hoya M, Foretova L, Poppe B, Vral A, Rosseel T, De Leeneer K, Vega A, Claes KBM. Thorough in silico and in vitro cDNA analysis of 21 putative BRCA1 and BRCA2 splice variants and a complex tandem duplication in BRCA2 allowing the identification of activated cryptic splice donor sites in BRCA2 exon 11. Hum Mutat 2018; 39:515-526. [PMID: 29280214 DOI: 10.1002/humu.23390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2017] [Revised: 11/03/2017] [Accepted: 12/17/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
For 21 putative BRCA1 and BRCA2 splice site variants, the concordance between mRNA analysis and predictions by in silico programs was evaluated. Aberrant splicing was confirmed for 12 alterations. In silico prediction tools were helpful to determine for which variants cDNA analysis is warranted, however, predictions for variants in the Cartegni consensus region but outside the canonical sites, were less reliable. Learning algorithms like Adaboost and Random Forest outperformed the classical tools. Further validations are warranted prior to implementation of these novel tools in clinical settings. Additionally, we report here for the first time activated cryptic donor sites in the large exon 11 of BRCA2 by evaluating the effect at the cDNA level of a novel tandem duplication (5' breakpoint in intron 4; 3' breakpoint in exon 11) and of a variant disrupting the splice donor site of exon 11 (c.6841+1G > C). Additional sites were predicted, but not activated. These sites warrant further research to increase our knowledge on cis and trans acting factors involved in the conservation of correct transcription of this large exon. This may contribute to adequate design of ASOs (antisense oligonucleotides), an emerging therapy to render cancer cells sensitive to PARP inhibitor and platinum therapies.
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- Annelot Baert
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.,Cancer Genetics and Genomics Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Provincial Medical Genetics Program, Eastern Health, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Internal Medicine - Hematology and Oncology, University Hospital Brno, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Familial Cancer Program, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, United States
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- Familial Cancer Program, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont, United States
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- Cancer Research Program, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica-SERGAS, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, IDIS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory CIBERONC, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC (Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clínico San Carlos), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Fundación Pública Galega de Medicina Xenómica-SERGAS, Grupo de Medicina Xenómica, CIBERER, IDIS, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Moreno L, Caron H, Geoerger B, Eggert A, Schleiermacher G, Brock P, Valteau-Couanet D, Chesler L, Schulte JH, De Preter K, Molenaar J, Schramm A, Eilers M, Van Maerken T, Johnsen JI, Garrett M, George SL, Tweddle DA, Kogner P, Berthold F, Koster J, Barone G, Tucker ER, Marshall L, Herold R, Sterba J, Norga K, Vassal G, Pearson AD. Accelerating drug development for neuroblastoma - New Drug Development Strategy: an Innovative Therapies for Children with Cancer, European Network for Cancer Research in Children and Adolescents and International Society of Paediatric Oncology Europe Neuroblastoma project. Expert Opin Drug Discov 2017; 12:801-811. [PMID: 28604107 DOI: 10.1080/17460441.2017.1340269] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Neuroblastoma, the commonest paediatric extra-cranial tumour, remains a leading cause of death from cancer in children. There is an urgent need to develop new drugs to improve cure rates and reduce long-term toxicity and to incorporate molecularly targeted therapies into treatment. Many potential drugs are becoming available, but have to be prioritised for clinical trials due to the relatively small numbers of patients. Areas covered: The current drug development model has been slow, associated with significant attrition, and few new drugs have been developed for neuroblastoma. The Neuroblastoma New Drug Development Strategy (NDDS) has: 1) established a group with expertise in drug development; 2) prioritised targets and drugs according to tumour biology (target expression, dependency, pre-clinical data; potential combinations; biomarkers), identifying as priority targets ALK, MEK, CDK4/6, MDM2, MYCN (druggable by BET bromodomain, aurora kinase, mTORC1/2) BIRC5 and checkpoint kinase 1; 3) promoted clinical trials with target-prioritised drugs. Drugs showing activity can be rapidly transitioned via parallel randomised trials into front-line studies. Expert opinion: The Neuroblastoma NDDS is based on the premise that optimal drug development is reliant on knowledge of tumour biology and prioritisation. This approach will accelerate neuroblastoma drug development and other poor prognosis childhood malignancies.
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- Lucas Moreno
- a Paediatric Phase I-II Clinical Trials Unit, Paediatric Haematology & Oncology , Hospital Niño Jesus , Madrid , Spain
- b Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Princesa , Madrid , Spain
- c Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit , Royal Marsden Hospital , London , UK
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- d Emma Children's Hospital , Amsterdam , Netherlands
- e Hoffman-La Roche , Basel , Switzerland
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- f Department of Paediatric and Adolescent Oncology , Institut Gustave Roussy , Villejuif , France
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- g Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology , Charite University Hospital , Berlin , Germany
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- h Department of Paediatric, Adolescents and Young Adults Oncology and INSERM U830 , Institut Curie , Paris , France
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- i Department Paediatric Oncology , Great Ormond Street Hospital , London , UK
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- c Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit , Royal Marsden Hospital , London , UK
- j Division of Clinical Studies , Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK
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- g Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology , Charite University Hospital , Berlin , Germany
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- l Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , Netherlands
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- m Department of Pediatric Oncology , University of Essen , Essen , Germany
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- n Theodor Boveri Institute and Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, Biocenter , University of Wurzburg , Wurzburg , Germany
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- k Centre for Medical Genetic , Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium
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- o Department of Women's and Children's Health , Karolinska Institute , Stockholm , Sweden
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- c Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit , Royal Marsden Hospital , London , UK
- j Division of Clinical Studies , Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK
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- q Wolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre , Newcastle University , Newcastle , UK
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- o Department of Women's and Children's Health , Karolinska Institute , Stockholm , Sweden
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- r Department of Pediatric Oncology and Hematology , University of Cologne , Cologne , Germany
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- l Princess Maxima Center for Pediatric Oncology , University of Amsterdam , Amsterdam , Netherlands
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- c Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit , Royal Marsden Hospital , London , UK
- j Division of Clinical Studies , Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK
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- c Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit , Royal Marsden Hospital , London , UK
- j Division of Clinical Studies , Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK
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- c Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit , Royal Marsden Hospital , London , UK
- j Division of Clinical Studies , Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK
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- t Masaryk University, University Hospital , Brno , Czech Republic
- u Department of Pediatric Oncology , International Clinical Research Center, St. Anne's University Hospital , Brno , Czech Republic
- v RECAMO, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Centre , Brno , Czech Republic
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- w Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Unit , Antwerp University Hospital , Antwerp , Belgium
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- x Department of Clinical Research, Gustave Roussy , Paris-Sud University , Paris , France
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- c Paediatric Drug Development, Children and Young People's Unit , Royal Marsden Hospital , London , UK
- j Division of Clinical Studies , Institute of Cancer Research , London , UK
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Van Goethem A, Yigit N, Moreno-Smith M, Vasudevan SA, Barbieri E, Speleman F, Shohet J, Vandesompele J, Van Maerken T. Dual targeting of MDM2 and BCL2 as a therapeutic strategy in neuroblastoma. Oncotarget 2017; 8:57047-57057. [PMID: 28915653 PMCID: PMC5593624 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.18982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 06/17/2017] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
Abstract
Wild-type p53 tumor suppressor activity in neuroblastoma tumors is hampered by increased MDM2 activity, making selective MDM2 antagonists an attractive therapeutic strategy for this childhood malignancy. Since monotherapy in cancer is generally not providing long-lasting clinical responses, we here aimed to identify small molecule drugs that synergize with idasanutlin (RG7388). To this purpose we evaluated 15 targeted drugs in combination with idasanutlin in three p53 wild type neuroblastoma cell lines and identified the BCL2 inhibitor venetoclax (ABT-199) as a promising interaction partner. The venetoclax/idasanutlin combination was consistently found to be highly synergistic in a diverse panel of neuroblastoma cell lines, including cells with high MCL1 expression levels. A more pronounced induction of apoptosis was found to underlie the synergistic interaction, as evidenced by caspase-3/7 and cleaved PARP measurements. Mice carrying orthotopic xenografts of neuroblastoma cells treated with both idasanutlin and venetoclax had drastically lower tumor weights than mice treated with either treatment alone. In conclusion, these data strongly support the further evaluation of dual BCL2/MDM2 targeting as a therapeutic strategy in neuroblastoma.
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- Alan Van Goethem
- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hematology-Oncology, Texas Children's Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Bioinformatics Institute Ghent (BIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent (CMGG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Cancer Research Institute Ghent (CRIG), Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Denecker G, Claeys S, Lambertz I, Janssens E, Vanhauwaert S, Decaesteker B, Maerken TV, Wilde BD, Laureys G, Althoff K, Schulte J, Demoulin JB, Roberts SS, Bate-Eya L, Molenaar JJ, Westermann F, Preter KD, Speleman F. Abstract 5815: The HBP1 tumor suppressor is a negative epigenetic regulator of MYCN driven neuroblastoma through interaction with the PRC2 complex. Cancer Res 2017. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.am2017-5815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Abstract
MYCN is a key driver in initiation and progression of neuroblastoma (NB) and represents a major target for novel drug strategies. We previously reported that the MYC repressor gene HBP1 was down regulated by mutant ALK via the PI3K-AKT-FOXO3 signaling axis1. Here, we further demonstrate that HBP1 upregulation suppresses proliferation of neuroblastoma cells by decreasing the MYCN signaling pathway. HBP1 levels were also shown to be repressed in neuroblastoma cells through MYC/MYCN driven upregulation of the miR-17~92 cluster, indicating that MYCN and mutant ALK both act to inhibit HBP1 expression in NB. Next, we tested the green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), known to upregulate HBP1, and the BET inhibitor JQ1, which represses MYCN activity in neuroblastoma cells, and showed in vitro and in vivo synergistic effects on cell viability and tumor growth. Treatment with the PI3K/mTOR dual inhibitor BEZ-235 together with JQ1 also showed very strong synergistic effects. Further dissection of the HBP1 regulome using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis (GSEA) and iRegulon analysis (http://iregulon.aertslab.org) allowed identification of the PRC2 component SUZ12 as a central node in HBP1 regulated signaling, mainly through controlling the repression of MYCN regulated genes. In keeping with this finding, GSEA analysis of our HBP1 overexpression data set revealed also strong enrichment for genes that are differentially expressed upon EZH2 inhibition in neuroblastoma cells. Because HBP1 has previously been shown to interact with HDAC, we tested the effects of the HDAC inhibitors vorinostat and panobinostat as single agents and in combination with BEZ-235. Both combinations showed a strong synergistic effect on cell viability. The molecular mechanism of this synergism will be explored through RNAseq expression analysis. We conclude that HBP1 is a crucial component in MYCN controlled repression of gene activity through PRC2 interaction and demonstrate novel opportunities for precision drugging of MYCN overexpressing NB cells. 1Lambertz et al. Clin Cancer Res. (2015)
Citation Format: Geertrui Denecker, Shana Claeys, Irina Lambertz, Els Janssens, Suzanne Vanhauwaert, Bieke Decaesteker, Tom Van Maerken, Bram De Wilde, Genevieve Laureys, Kristina Althoff, Johannes Schulte, Jean-Baptiste Demoulin, Stephen S. Roberts, Laurel Bate-Eya, Jan J. Molenaar, Frank Westermann, Katleen De Preter, Frank Speleman. The HBP1 tumor suppressor is a negative epigenetic regulator of MYCN driven neuroblastoma through interaction with the PRC2 complex [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2017; 2017 Apr 1-5; Washington, DC. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2017;77(13 Suppl):Abstract nr 5815. doi:10.1158/1538-7445.AM2017-5815
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- 1Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- 1Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- 6Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- 6Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Cattoir L, Van Hoecke F, Van Maerken T, Nys E, Ryckaert I, De Boulle M, Geerts A, Verhelst X, Colle I, Hutse V, Suin V, Wautier M, Van Gucht S, Van Vlierberghe H, Padalko E. Hepatitis E virus serology and PCR: does the methodology matter? Arch Virol 2017; 162:2625-2632. [DOI: 10.1007/s00705-017-3395-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Baert A, Depuydt J, Van Maerken T, Poppe B, Malfait F, Van Damme T, De Nobele S, Perletti G, De Leeneer K, Claes KBM, Vral A. Analysis of chromosomal radiosensitivity of healthy BRCA2 mutation carriers and non-carriers in BRCA families with the G2 micronucleus assay. Oncol Rep 2017; 37:1379-1386. [PMID: 28184943 PMCID: PMC5364849 DOI: 10.3892/or.2017.5407] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 10/03/2016] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
Abstract
Breast cancer risk drastically increases in individuals with a heterozygous germline BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, while it is estimated to equal the population risk for relatives without the familial mutation (non-carriers). The aim of the present study was to use a G2 phase-specific micronucleus assay to investigate whether lymphocytes of healthy BRCA2 mutation carriers are characterized by increased radiosensitivity compared to controls without a family history of breast/ovarian cancer and how this relates to healthy non-carrier relatives. BRCA2 is active in homologous recombination, a DNA damage repair pathway, specifically active in the late S/G2 phase of the cell cycle. We found a significantly increased radiosensitivity in a cohort of healthy BRCA2 mutation carriers compared to individuals without a familial history of breast cancer (P=0.046; Mann-Whitney U test). At the individual level, 50% of healthy BRCA2 mutation carriers showed a radiosensitive phenotype (radiosensitivity score of 1 or 2), whereas 83% of the controls showed no radiosensitivity (P=0.038; one-tailed Fishers exact test). An odds ratio of 5 (95% CI, 1.07–23.47) indicated an association between the BRCA2 mutation and radiosensitivity in healthy mutation carriers. These results indicate the need for the gentle use of ionizing radiation for either diagnostic or therapeutic use in BRCA2 mutation carriers. We detected no increased radiosensitivity in the non-carrier relatives.
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- Annelot Baert
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Van Goethem A, Mestdagh P, Van Maerken T, Vandesompele J. MicroRNA Expression Analysis Using Small RNA Sequencing Discovery and RT-qPCR-Based Validation. Methods Mol Biol 2017; 1654:197-208. [PMID: 28986791 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7231-9_13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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miRNAs are small noncoding RNA molecules that function as regulators of gene expression. Deregulated miRNA expression has been reported in various diseases including cancer. Due to their small size and high degree of homology, accurate quantification of miRNA expression is technically challenging. In this chapter, we present two different technologies for miRNA quantification: small RNA sequencing and RT-qPCR.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Küsters-Vandevelde HVN, Kruse V, Van Maerken T, Boterberg T, Pfundt R, Creytens D, Van den Broecke C, Machielsen TC, Koelsche C, von Deimling A, Küsters B, Groenen PJTA, Wesseling P, Blokx WAM. Copy number variation analysis and methylome profiling of a GNAQ-mutant primary meningeal melanocytic tumor and its liver metastasis. Exp Mol Pathol 2016; 102:25-31. [PMID: 27974237 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexmp.2016.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2016] [Revised: 10/13/2016] [Accepted: 12/09/2016] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Primary meningeal melanocytic tumors have genetic similarities with uveal melanomas, including GNAQ or GNA11 mutations. While BAP1 mutations and loss of chromosome 3 have adverse prognostic meaning in uveal melanoma, genetic alterations associated with metastasis have not been investigated in primary meningeal melanocytic tumors. We describe a 43-year-old female with a GNAQ-mutated, BAP1-wt melanocytic tumor originating in the parietal brain region and liver metastases 4years after initial diagnosis. After repeated surgery and chemotherapy she was treated with the immunomodulatory agent ipilimumab. Tissue from the primary and recurrent intracranial tumor (histologically originally diagnosed as intermediate-grade melanocytoma resp. melanoma) and from the liver metastasis was investigated for genome-wide copy number variations and DNA methylation profile. Complete loss of 10p and 19p, partial loss of 16p and a small deletion on 10q were only present in the liver metastasis and not in the intracranial tumors. The DNA methylation profiles of the intracranial tumors and the liver metastasis resembled those of meningeal melanocytomas. In conclusion, in this report we show that a distant metastasis of a meningeal melanocytic tumor has a similar methylation profile as the primary tumor and suggest that particular copy number variations may be associated with metastatic behavior.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9100, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium..
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9100, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Neuropathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 224, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Neuropathology, Heidelberg University Hospital, INF 224, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9100, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Department of Pathology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9100, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, P.O. Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Pathology, Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology and University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Pathology, Radboud University Medical Center, P.O. Box 9100, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
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Madorsky-Feldman D, Sklair-Levy M, Perri T, Laitman Y, Paluch-Shimon S, Schmutzler R, Rhiem K, Lester J, Karlan BY, Singer CF, Van Maerken T, Claes K, Brunet J, Izquierdo A, Teulé A, Lee JW, Kim SW, Arun B, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Tucker K, Poplawski NK, Varesco L, Bonelli LA, Buys SS, Mitchell G, Tischkowitz M, Gerdes AM, Seynaeve C, Robson M, Kwong A, Tung N, Tessa N, Domchek SM, Godwin AK, Rantala J, Arver B, Friedman E. An international survey of surveillance schemes for unaffected BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2016; 157:319-327. [PMID: 27117159 PMCID: PMC5508745 DOI: 10.1007/s10549-016-3805-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2016] [Accepted: 04/19/2016] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
Abstract
Female BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers are at substantially increased risk for developing breast and/or ovarian cancer, and are offered enhanced surveillance including screening from a young age and risk-reducing surgery (RRS)-mastectomy (RRM) and/or salpingo-oophorectomy (RRSO). While there are established guidelines for early detection of breast cancer in high-risk women who have not undergone RRM, there are less developed guidelines after RRM. We evaluated the schemes offered before and after RRS in internationally diverse high-risk clinics. An e-mailed survey was distributed to high-risk clinics affiliated with CIMBA. Overall, 22 centers from 16 countries responded. Pre RRS surveillance schemes overwhelmingly included breast imaging (primarily MRI) from 18 to 30 years and clinical breast exam (CBE) at 6-12 month intervals. For ovarian cancer, all but 6 centers offered semiannual/annual gynecological exam, transvaginal ultrasound, and CA 125 measurements. Post RRM, most centers offered only annual CBE while 4 centers offered annual MRI, primarily for substantial residual breast tissue. After RRSO only 4 centers offered specific gynecological surveillance. Existing guidelines for breast/ovarian cancer detection in BRCA carriers are being applied pre RRS but are not globally harmonized, and most centers offer no specific surveillance post RRS. From this comprehensive multinational study it is clear that evidence-based, long-term prospective data on the most effective scheme for BRCA carriers post RRS is needed.
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- The High Risk Clinic, Meirav Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- The High Risk Clinic, Meirav Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- The High Risk Clinic, Meirav Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical University of Vienna, General Hospital, Vienna, Austria
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology Cancer Network, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology Cancer Network, Barcelona, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology Cancer Network, Barcelona, Spain
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- Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Surgery, Daerim Saint Mary's Hospital, Seoul, South Korea
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- Breast Medical Oncology and Clinical Cancer Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, Szczecin, Poland
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- Hereditary Cancer Service Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Adult Genetics Unit, South Australian Clinical Genetics Service SA Pathology at the Women's and Children's Hospital Site, North Adelaide, Australia
- University Department of Pediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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- Department of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Hereditary Cancer Program at the BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Cambridge Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York, NY, USA
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- Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry, and Department of Breast Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong
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- Basser Center for BRCA, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- The High Risk Clinic, Meirav Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
- The Susanne Levy Oncogenetics Unit, Institute of Human Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, 52621, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
- The Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel.
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Baert A, Depuydt J, Van Maerken T, Poppe B, Malfait F, Storm K, van den Ende J, Van Damme T, De Nobele S, Perletti G, De Leeneer K, Claes KBM, Vral A. Increased chromosomal radiosensitivity in asymptomatic carriers of a heterozygous BRCA1 mutation. Breast Cancer Res 2016; 18:52. [PMID: 27184744 PMCID: PMC4869288 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-016-0709-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Accepted: 04/23/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Breast cancer risk increases drastically in individuals carrying a germline BRCA1 mutation. The exposure to ionizing radiation for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes of BRCA1 mutation carriers is counterintuitive, since BRCA1 is active in the DNA damage response pathway. The aim of this study was to investigate whether healthy BRCA1 mutations carriers demonstrate an increased radiosensitivity compared with healthy individuals. Methods We defined a novel radiosensitivity indicator (RIND) based on two endpoints measured by the G2 micronucleus assay, reflecting defects in DNA repair and G2 arrest capacity after exposure to doses of 2 or 4 Gy. We investigated if a correlation between the RIND score and nonsense-mediated decay (NMD) could be established. Results We found significantly increased radiosensitivity in the cohort of healthy BRCA1 mutation carriers compared with healthy controls. In addition, our analysis showed a significantly different distribution over the RIND scores (p = 0.034, Fisher’s exact test) for healthy BRCA1 mutation carriers compared with non-carriers: 72 % of mutation carriers showed a radiosensitive phenotype (RIND score 1–4), whereas 72 % of the healthy volunteers showed no radiosensitivity (RIND score 0). Furthermore, 28 % of BRCA1 mutation carriers had a RIND score of 3 or 4 (not observed in control subjects). The radiosensitive phenotype was similar for relatives within several families, but not for unrelated individuals carrying the same mutation. The median RIND score was higher in patients with a mutation leading to a premature termination codon (PTC) located in the central part of the gene than in patients with a germline mutation in the 5′ end of the gene. Conclusions We show that BRCA1 mutations are associated with a radiosensitive phenotype related to a compromised DNA repair and G2 arrest capacity after exposure to either 2 or 4 Gy. Our study confirms that haploinsufficiency is the mechanism involved in radiosensitivity in patients with a PTC allele, but it suggests that further research is needed to evaluate alternative mechanisms for mutations not subjected to NMD. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13058-016-0709-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Annelot Baert
- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp/University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University of Antwerp/University Hospital of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.,Biomedical Research Division, Department of Theoretical and Applied Sciences, University of Insubria, Busto Arsizio, Italy
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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Silvestri V, Barrowdale D, Mulligan AM, Neuhausen SL, Fox S, Karlan BY, Mitchell G, James P, Thull DL, Zorn KK, Carter NJ, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Rebbeck TR, Ramus SJ, Nussbaum RL, Olopade OI, Rantala J, Yoon SY, Caligo MA, Spugnesi L, Bojesen A, Pedersen IS, Thomassen M, Jensen UB, Toland AE, Senter L, Andrulis IL, Glendon G, Hulick PJ, Imyanitov EN, Greene MH, Mai PL, Singer CF, Rappaport-Fuerhauser C, Kramer G, Vijai J, Offit K, Robson M, Lincoln A, Jacobs L, Machackova E, Foretova L, Navratilova M, Vasickova P, Couch FJ, Hallberg E, Ruddy KJ, Sharma P, Kim SW, Teixeira MR, Pinto P, Montagna M, Matricardi L, Arason A, Johannsson OT, Barkardottir RB, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Izquierdo A, Pujana MA, Balmaña J, Diez O, Ivady G, Papp J, Olah E, Kwong A, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, Perez Segura P, Caldes T, Van Maerken T, Poppe B, Claes KBM, Isaacs C, Elan C, Lasset C, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Barjhoux L, Belotti M, Meindl A, Gehrig A, Sutter C, Engel C, Niederacher D, Steinemann D, Hahnen E, Kast K, Arnold N, Varon-Mateeva R, Wand D, Godwin AK, Evans DG, Frost D, Perkins J, Adlard J, Izatt L, Platte R, Eeles R, Ellis S, Hamann U, Garber J, Fostira F, Fountzilas G, Pasini B, Giannini G, Rizzolo P, Russo A, Cortesi L, Papi L, Varesco L, Palli D, Zanna I, Savarese A, Radice P, Manoukian S, Peissel B, Barile M, Bonanni B, Viel A, Pensotti V, Tommasi S, Peterlongo P, Weitzel JN, Osorio A, Benitez J, McGuffog L, Healey S, Gerdes AM, Ejlertsen B, Hansen TVO, Steele L, Ding YC, Tung N, Janavicius R, Goldgar DE, Buys SS, Daly MB, Bane A, Terry MB, John EM, Southey M, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC, Ottini L. Male breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: pathology data from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2. Breast Cancer Res 2016; 18:15. [PMID: 26857456 PMCID: PMC4746828 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-016-0671-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/06/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND BRCA1 and, more commonly, BRCA2 mutations are associated with increased risk of male breast cancer (MBC). However, only a paucity of data exists on the pathology of breast cancers (BCs) in men with BRCA1/2 mutations. Using the largest available dataset, we determined whether MBCs arising in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers display specific pathologic features and whether these features differ from those of BRCA1/2 female BCs (FBCs). METHODS We characterised the pathologic features of 419 BRCA1/2 MBCs and, using logistic regression analysis, contrasted those with data from 9675 BRCA1/2 FBCs and with population-based data from 6351 MBCs in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database. RESULTS Among BRCA2 MBCs, grade significantly decreased with increasing age at diagnosis (P = 0.005). Compared with BRCA2 FBCs, BRCA2 MBCs were of significantly higher stage (P for trend = 2 × 10(-5)) and higher grade (P for trend = 0.005) and were more likely to be oestrogen receptor-positive [odds ratio (OR) 10.59; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 5.15-21.80] and progesterone receptor-positive (OR 5.04; 95 % CI 3.17-8.04). With the exception of grade, similar patterns of associations emerged when we compared BRCA1 MBCs and FBCs. BRCA2 MBCs also presented with higher grade than MBCs from the SEER database (P for trend = 4 × 10(-12)). CONCLUSIONS On the basis of the largest series analysed to date, our results show that BRCA1/2 MBCs display distinct pathologic characteristics compared with BRCA1/2 FBCs, and we identified a specific BRCA2-associated MBC phenotype characterised by a variable suggesting greater biological aggressiveness (i.e., high histologic grade). These findings could lead to the development of gender-specific risk prediction models and guide clinical strategies appropriate for MBC management.
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- Valentina Silvestri
- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, East Melbourne, Australia.
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Familial Cancer Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
- Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- Familial Cancer Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
- Department of Oncology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
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- Department of Medicine and Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
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- Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation, Sime Darby Medical Centre, Subang Jaya, Malaysia.
- University Malaya Cancer Research Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya Medical Centre, University Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- Section of Genetic Oncology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pisa and University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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- Section of Genetic Oncology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Pisa and University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark.
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- Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark.
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- Department of Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, College of Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Division of Human Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, The Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, North Shore University Health System, Evanston, IL, USA.
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD, USA.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute and Faculty of Medicine, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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- Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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- Department of Surgery, Daerim St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal.
- Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Institute of Oncology, Porto, Portugal.
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS (Scientific Institute of Hospitalization and Care), Padua, Italy.
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS (Scientific Institute of Hospitalization and Care), Padua, Italy.
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- Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital and Biomedical Centre (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- Department of Oncology, Landspitali University Hospital and Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital and Biomedical Centre (BMC), Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland.
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland.
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- Genetic Counseling Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, Biomedical Research Institute of Girona (IDIBGI), Catalan Institute of Oncology, Girona, Spain.
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- Breast Cancer and Systems Biology Unit, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Oncogenetics Group, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Department of Pathology, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary.
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary.
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- The Hong Kong Hereditary Breast Cancer Family Registry, Cancer Genetics Center, Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, Hong Kong, China.
- Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Oncology, San Carlos Clinical Hospital Health Research Institute (IdISSC), San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, San Carlos Clinical Hospital Health Research Institute (IdISSC), San Carlos Clinical Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.
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- Department of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
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- CNRS UMR5558, Université Lyon 1, Lyon, France.
- Unité de Prévention et d'Epidémiologie Génétique, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France.
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- Department of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France.
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Université Lyon, Lyon, France.
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- Department of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France.
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany.
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) and Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
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- Department of Gynaecolgy and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.
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- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK.
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Clinical Genetics, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Oncogenetics Team, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Sutton, UK.
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
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- Cancer Risk and Prevention Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Institute of Nuclear and Radiological Sciences and Technology (INRASTES), National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece.
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- Department of Medical Science, University of Turin, Turin, Italy.
- AO Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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- Section of Medical Oncology, Department of Surgical and Oncological Sciences, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
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- Department of Oncology and Haematology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy.
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
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- Unit of Hereditary Cancer, Department of Epidemiology, Prevention and Special Functions, IRCCS (Scientific Institute of Hospitalization and Care), AOU San Martino - IST National Institute for Cancer Research, Genoa, Italy.
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- Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy.
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- Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy.
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- Unit of Genetic Counselling, Medical Oncology Department, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
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- Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, IRCCS (Scientific Institute of Hospitalization and Care), National Cancer Institute (INT), 20133, Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, IRCCS (Scientific Institute of Hospitalization and Care), National Cancer Institute (INT), Milan, Italy.
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, IRCCS (Scientific Institute of Hospitalization and Care), National Cancer Institute (INT), Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, European Institute of Oncology (IEO), Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Experimental Oncology, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano, PN, Italy.
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- IFOM, FIRC (Italian Foundation for Cancer Research) Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy.
- Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy.
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- IFOM, FIRC (Italian Foundation for Cancer Research) Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy.
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genetics Community Research Network, Duarte, CA, USA.
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- Human Genetics Group, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain.
- Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain.
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- Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain.
- Human Genetics Group, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain.
- Human Genotyping (CEGEN) Unit, Human Cancer Genetics Program, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain.
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Cancer Division, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA, USA.
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
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- State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania.
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- Department of Dermatology, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Department of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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- Department of Pathology & Molecular Medicine, Juravinski Hospital and Cancer Centre, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, CA, USA.
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- Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Viale Regina Elena, 324, 00161, Rome, Italy.
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Meeks HD, Song H, Michailidou K, Bolla MK, Dennis J, Wang Q, Barrowdale D, Frost D, McGuffog L, Ellis S, Feng B, Buys SS, Hopper JL, Southey MC, Tesoriero A, James PA, Bruinsma F, Campbell IG, Broeks A, Schmidt MK, Hogervorst FBL, Beckman MW, Fasching PA, Fletcher O, Johnson N, Sawyer EJ, Riboli E, Banerjee S, Menon U, Tomlinson I, Burwinkel B, Hamann U, Marme F, Rudolph A, Janavicius R, Tihomirova L, Tung N, Garber J, Cramer D, Terry KL, Poole EM, Tworoger SS, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EJ, Godwin AK, Guénel P, Truong T, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Damiola F, Mazoyer S, Sinilnikova OM, Isaacs C, Maugard C, Bojesen SE, Flyger H, Gerdes AM, Hansen TVO, Jensen A, Kjaer SK, Hogdall C, Hogdall E, Pedersen IS, Thomassen M, Benitez J, González-Neira A, Osorio A, Hoya MDL, Segura PP, Diez O, Lazaro C, Brunet J, Anton-Culver H, Eunjung L, John EM, Neuhausen SL, Ding YC, Castillo D, Weitzel JN, Ganz PA, Nussbaum RL, Chan SB, Karlan BY, Lester J, Wu A, Gayther S, Ramus SJ, Sieh W, Whittermore AS, Monteiro ANA, Phelan CM, Terry MB, Piedmonte M, Offit K, Robson M, Levine D, Moysich KB, Cannioto R, Olson SH, Daly MB, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Lu KH, Liang D, Hildebrant MAT, Ness R, Modugno F, Pearce L, Goodman MT, Thompson PJ, Brenner H, Butterbach K, Meindl A, Hahnen E, Wappenschmidt B, Brauch H, Brüning T, Blomqvist C, Khan S, Nevanlinna H, Pelttari LM, Aittomäki K, Butzow R, Bogdanova NV, Dörk T, Lindblom A, Margolin S, Rantala J, Kosma VM, Mannermaa A, Lambrechts D, Neven P, Claes KBM, Maerken TV, Chang-Claude J, Flesch-Janys D, Heitz F, Varon-Mateeva R, Peterlongo P, Radice P, Viel A, Barile M, Peissel B, Manoukian S, Montagna M, Oliani C, Peixoto A, Teixeira MR, Collavoli A, Hallberg E, Olson JE, Goode EL, Hart SN, Shimelis H, Cunningham JM, Giles GG, Milne RL, Healey S, Tucker K, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Goldberg MS, Tischkowitz M, Simard J, Soucy P, Eccles DM, Le N, Borresen-Dale AL, Kristensen V, Salvesen HB, Bjorge L, Bandera EV, Risch H, Zheng W, Beeghly-Fadiel A, Cai H, Pylkäs K, Tollenaar RAEM, Ouweland AMWVD, Andrulis IL, Knight JA, Narod S, Devilee P, Winqvist R, Figueroa J, Greene MH, Mai PL, Loud JT, García-Closas M, Schoemaker MJ, Czene K, Darabi H, McNeish I, Siddiquil N, Glasspool R, Kwong A, Park SK, Teo SH, Yoon SY, Matsuo K, Hosono S, Woo YL, Gao YT, Foretova L, Singer CF, Rappaport-Feurhauser C, Friedman E, Laitman Y, Rennert G, Imyanitov EN, Hulick PJ, Olopade OI, Senter L, Olah E, Doherty JA, Schildkraut J, Koppert LB, Kiemeney LA, Massuger LFAG, Cook LS, Pejovic T, Li J, Borg A, Öfverholm A, Rossing MA, Wentzensen N, Henriksson K, Cox A, Cross SS, Pasini BJ, Shah M, Kabisch M, Torres D, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Gronwald J, Agnarsson BA, Kupryjanczyk J, Moes-Sosnowska J, Fostira F, Konstantopoulou I, Slager S, Jones M, Antoniou AC, Berchuck A, Swerdlow A, Chenevix-Trench G, Dunning AM, Pharoah PDP, Hall P, Easton DF, Couch FJ, Spurdle AB, Goldgar DE. BRCA2 Polymorphic Stop Codon K3326X and the Risk of Breast, Prostate, and Ovarian Cancers. J Natl Cancer Inst 2016; 108:djv315. [PMID: 26586665 PMCID: PMC4907358 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv315] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2015] [Revised: 08/13/2015] [Accepted: 10/02/2015] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The K3326X variant in BRCA2 (BRCA2*c.9976A>T; p.Lys3326*; rs11571833) has been found to be associated with small increased risks of breast cancer. However, it is not clear to what extent linkage disequilibrium with fully pathogenic mutations might account for this association. There is scant information about the effect of K3326X in other hormone-related cancers. METHODS Using weighted logistic regression, we analyzed data from the large iCOGS study including 76 637 cancer case patients and 83 796 control patients to estimate odds ratios (ORw) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for K3326X variant carriers in relation to breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer risks, with weights defined as probability of not having a pathogenic BRCA2 variant. Using Cox proportional hazards modeling, we also examined the associations of K3326X with breast and ovarian cancer risks among 7183 BRCA1 variant carriers. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS The K3326X variant was associated with breast (ORw = 1.28, 95% CI = 1.17 to 1.40, P = 5.9x10(-) (6)) and invasive ovarian cancer (ORw = 1.26, 95% CI = 1.10 to 1.43, P = 3.8x10(-3)). These associations were stronger for serous ovarian cancer and for estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer (ORw = 1.46, 95% CI = 1.2 to 1.70, P = 3.4x10(-5) and ORw = 1.50, 95% CI = 1.28 to 1.76, P = 4.1x10(-5), respectively). For BRCA1 mutation carriers, there was a statistically significant inverse association of the K3326X variant with risk of ovarian cancer (HR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.22 to 0.84, P = .013) but no association with breast cancer. No association with prostate cancer was observed. CONCLUSIONS Our study provides evidence that the K3326X variant is associated with risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers independent of other pathogenic variants in BRCA2. Further studies are needed to determine the biological mechanism of action responsible for these associations.
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Background Neuroblastoma is a neural crest-derived tumor and is the most common cancer in children less than 1 year of age. We hypothesized that aberrations in genes that control the cell cycle could play an important role in the pathogenesis of neuroblastoma and could provide a tractable therapeutic target. Methods In this study, we screened 131 genes involved in cell cycle regulation at different levels by analyzing the effect of siRNA-mediated gene silencing on the proliferation of neuroblastoma cells. Results Marked reductions in neuroblastoma cellular proliferation were recorded after knockdown of CCND1 or PLK1. We next showed that pharmacological inhibition of cyclin D1 dependent kinases 4/6 (CDK4/6) with PD 0332991 (palbociclib) reduced the growth of neuroblastoma cell lines, induced G1 cell cycle arrest, and inhibited the cyclin D1-Rb pathway. Conclusion Selective inhibition of CDK4/6 using palbociclib may provide a new therapeutic option for treating neuroblastoma. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s12935-015-0224-y) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Ali Rihani
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
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Ayers D, Mestdagh P, Van Maerken T, Vandesompele J. Identification of miRNAs contributing to neuroblastoma chemoresistance. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2015; 13:307-19. [PMID: 25973145 PMCID: PMC4427660 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2015.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Revised: 04/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The emergence of the role of microRNAs (miRNAs) in exacerbating drug resistance of tumours is recently being highlighted as a crucial research field for future clinical management of drug resistant tumours. The purpose of this study was to identify dys-regulations in expression of individual and/or networks of miRNAs that may have direct effect on neuroblastoma (NB) drug resistance. METHODS Individual subcultures of chemosensitive SH-SY5Y and UKF-NB-3 cells were rendered chemoresistant to doxorubicin (SH-SY5Y, UKF-NB-3) or etoposide (SH-SY5Y). In each validated chemoresistance model, the parental and subcultured cell lines were analysed for miRNA expression profiling, using a high-throughput quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) miRNA profiling platform for a total of 668 miRNAs. RESULTS A unique expression signature of miRNAs was found to be differentially expressed (higher than 2-fold change) within all three NB chemoresistance models. Four miRNAs were upregulated in the subcultured chemoresistant cell line. Three miRNAs were found to be downregulated in the chemoresistant cell lines for all models. CONCLUSIONS Based on the initial miRNA findings, this study elucidates the dys-regulation of four miRNAs in three separate NB chemoresistant cell line models, spanning two cell lines (SH-SY5Y and UKF-NB-3) and two chemotherapeutic agents (doxorubicin and etoposide). These miRNAs may thus be possibly linked to chemoresistance induction in NB. Such miRNAs are good candidates to be novel drug targets for future miRNA based therapies against aggressive tumours that are not responding to conventional chemotherapy.
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- Duncan Ayers
- Centre for Molecular Medicine and Biobanking, University of Malta, Msida, Malta ; Manchester Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, The University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics Ghent, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Blanco I, Kuchenbaecker K, Cuadras D, Wang X, Barrowdale D, de Garibay GR, Librado P, Sánchez-Gracia A, Rozas J, Bonifaci N, McGuffog L, Pankratz VS, Islam A, Mateo F, Berenguer A, Petit A, Català I, Brunet J, Feliubadaló L, Tornero E, Benítez J, Osorio A, Cajal TRY, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, Arun BK, Toland AE, Karlan BY, Walsh C, Lester J, Greene MH, Mai PL, Nussbaum RL, Andrulis IL, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Rebbeck TR, Barkardottir RB, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Durda K, Jaworska-Bieniek K, Claes K, Van Maerken T, Díez O, Hansen TV, Jønson L, Gerdes AM, Ejlertsen B, de la Hoya M, Caldés T, Dunning AM, Oliver C, Fineberg E, Cook M, Peock S, McCann E, Murray A, Jacobs C, Pichert G, Lalloo F, Chu C, Dorkins H, Paterson J, Ong KR, Teixeira MR, Hogervorst FBL, van der Hout AH, Seynaeve C, van der Luijt RB, Ligtenberg MJL, Devilee P, Wijnen JT, Rookus MA, Meijers-Heijboer HEJ, Blok MJ, van den Ouweland AMW, Aalfs CM, Rodriguez GC, Phillips KAA, Piedmonte M, Nerenstone SR, Bae-Jump VL, O'Malley DM, Ratner ES, Schmutzler RK, Wappenschmidt B, Rhiem K, Engel C, Meindl A, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Plendl HJ, Niederacher D, Sutter C, Wang-Gohrke S, Steinemann D, Preisler-Adams S, Kast K, Varon-Mateeva R, Gehrig A, Bojesen A, Pedersen IS, Sunde L, Jensen UB, Thomassen M, Kruse TA, Foretova L, Peterlongo P, Bernard L, Peissel B, Scuvera G, Manoukian S, Radice P, Ottini L, Montagna M, Agata S, Maugard C, Simard J, Soucy P, Berger A, Fink-Retter A, Singer CF, Rappaport C, Geschwantler-Kaulich D, Tea MK, Pfeiler G, John EM, Miron A, Neuhausen SL, Terry MB, Chung WK, Daly MB, Goldgar DE, Janavicius R, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EJ, Fostira F, Konstantopoulou I, Garber J, Godwin AK, Olah E, Narod SA, Rennert G, Paluch SS, Laitman Y, Friedman E, Liljegren A, Rantala J, Stenmark-Askmalm M, Loman N, Imyanitov EN, Hamann U, Spurdle AB, Healey S, Weitzel JN, Herzog J, Margileth D, Gorrini C, Esteller M, Gómez A, Sayols S, Vidal E, Heyn H, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Léoné M, Barjhoux L, Fassy-Colcombet M, de Pauw A, Lasset C, Ferrer SF, Castera L, Berthet P, Cornelis F, Bignon YJ, Damiola F, Mazoyer S, Sinilnikova OM, Maxwell CA, Vijai J, Robson M, Kauff N, Corines MJ, Villano D, Cunningham J, Lee A, Lindor N, Lázaro C, Easton DF, Offit K, Chenevix-Trench G, Couch FJ, Antoniou AC, Pujana MA. Assessing associations between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0120020. [PMID: 25830658 PMCID: PMC4382299 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0120020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2014] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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While interplay between BRCA1 and AURKA-RHAMM-TPX2-TUBG1 regulates mammary epithelial polarization, common genetic variation in HMMR (gene product RHAMM) may be associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Following on these observations, we further assessed the link between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. Forty-one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers and subsequently analyzed using a retrospective likelihood approach. The association of HMMR rs299290 with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers was confirmed: per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04-1.15, p = 1.9 x 10(-4) (false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted p = 0.043). Variation in CSTF1, located next to AURKA, was also found to be associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs2426618 per-allele HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.03-1.16, p = 0.005 (FDR-adjusted p = 0.045). Assessment of pairwise interactions provided suggestions (FDR-adjusted pinteraction values > 0.05) for deviations from the multiplicative model for rs299290 and CSTF1 rs6064391, and rs299290 and TUBG1 rs11649877 in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Following these suggestions, the expression of HMMR and AURKA or TUBG1 in sporadic breast tumors was found to potentially interact, influencing patients' survival. Together, the results of this study support the hypothesis of a causative link between altered function of AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 and breast carcinogenesis in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
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- Ignacio Blanco
- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Statistics Unit, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Breast Cancer and Systems Biology Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Breast Cancer and Systems Biology Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh
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- Breast Cancer and Systems Biology Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Statistics Unit, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Bellvitge, Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Girona Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBGI), Hospital Josep Trueta, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Human Genetics Group, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), and Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Human Genetics Group, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), and Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases, Madrid, Spain
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- Oncology Service, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Division of Cancer Medicine, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
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- Division of Human Cancer Genetics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Maryland, Rockville, United States of America
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Maryland, Rockville, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine and Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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- Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, and Departments of Molecular Genetics and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Abramson Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Abramson Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Abramson Cancer Center and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital and BMC, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Oncogenetics Group, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR) and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, San Carlos Research Institute (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, San Carlos Research Institute (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- All Wales Medical Genetics Service, Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, United Kingdom
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- All Wales Medical Genetics Services, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Genetics, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Genetics, Guy’s and St. Thomas’ National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, Kennedy-Galton Centre, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, East Anglian Regional Genetics Service, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women’s Hospital Healthcare National Health Service (NHS) Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute, and Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), Porto University, Porto, Portugal
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- Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON), Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Centre Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics and Department of Pathology, Radboud university medical center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Pathology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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- Division of Cancer Medicine, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Gynecologic Oncology Group Statistical and Data Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
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- Central Connecticut Cancer Consortium, Hartford Hospital/Helen and Harry Gray Cancer Center, Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Ohio State University, Columbus Cancer Council, Hilliard, Ohio, United States of America
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
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- Centre of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Centre for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Centre of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Centre for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Centre of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer and Centre for Integrated Oncology (CIO), University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Division of Tumor Genetics, Klinikum Rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel University Medical Center Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, Department of Human Genetics, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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- Institute of Cell and Molecular Pathology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technical University Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Centre of Familial Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Department of Medical Genetics, Institute of Human Genetics, University Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Fondazione Istituto di Oncologia Molecolare (IFOM), Fondazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (FIRC), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Oncology, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO), Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Fondazione Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV), Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Padua, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto (IOV), Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS), Padua, Italy
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- Laboratoire de Diagnostic Génétique et Service d'Onco-Hématologie, Hopitaux Universitaire de Strasbourg, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire (CHRU) Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France
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- Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
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- Cancer Genomics Laboratory, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Breast Cancer Family Registry (BCFR), Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California, United States of America
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- Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Clinics, Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Center, Department of Molecular and Regenerative Medicine, State Research Centre Institute for Innovative medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Arcadia, South Africa
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Institute of Radioisotopes and Radiodiagnostic Products (IRRP), National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Institute of Radioisotopes and Radiodiagnostic Products (IRRP), National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Athens, Greece
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- Center for Cancer Genetics and Prevention, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Women's College Research Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Clalit National Israeli Cancer Control Center and Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center and B Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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- The Susanne Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, Institute of Human Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- The Susanne Levy Gertner Oncogenetics Unit, Institute of Human Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel
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- Swedish BRCA1 and BRCA2 Study (SWE-BRCA), Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Kathleen Cuningham Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer (kConFab), Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Australia
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- St. Joseph Hospital of Orange, Care of City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genetics Community Research Network, Duarte, California, United States of America
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- The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Ontario Cancer Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- Department of Physiological Sciences II, School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
- Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC), IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Groupe Genetique et Cancer (GEMO), National Cancer Genetics Network, French Federation of Comprehensive Cancer Centers (UNICANCER), Paris, France
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- Department of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U830, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Génétique Constitutionnelle des Cancers Fréquents, Hospices Civils de Lyon–Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1052, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR5286, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR5558, and Unité de Prévention et d’Epidémiologie Génétique, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Laboratoire de Génétique Chromosomique, Hôtel Dieu Centre Hospitalier, Chambéry, France
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- Genetic Unit, Avicenne Hospital, Assitance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, Sud-Francilien Hospital, Evry-Corbeil, and University Hospital, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Département d'Oncogénétique, Centre Jean Perrin, Université de Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1052, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR5286, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1052, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR5286, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Unité Mixte de Génétique Constitutionnelle des Cancers Fréquents, Hospices Civils de Lyon–Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
- Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1052, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UMR5286, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Department of Pediatrics, Child and Family Research Institute, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Center for Individualized Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
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- Hereditary Cancer Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
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- Queensland Institute of Medical Research (QIMR) Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, United States of America
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
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- Epidemiological Study of Familial Breast Cancer (EMBRACE), Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Breast Cancer and Systems Biology Unit, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO), Bellvitge Institute for Biomedical Research (IDIBELL), L’Hospitalet del Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain
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Lambertz I, Kumps C, Claeys S, Lindner S, Beckers A, Janssens E, Carter DR, Cazes A, Cheung BB, De Mariano M, De Bondt A, De Brouwer S, Delattre O, Gibbons J, Janoueix-Lerosey I, Laureys G, Liang C, Marchall GM, Porcu M, Takita J, Trujillo DC, Van Den Wyngaert I, Van Roy N, Van Goethem A, Van Maerken T, Zabrocki P, Cools J, Schulte JH, Vialard J, Speleman F, De Preter K. Upregulation of MAPK Negative Feedback Regulators and RET in Mutant ALK Neuroblastoma: Implications for Targeted Treatment. Clin Cancer Res 2015; 21:3327-39. [PMID: 25805801 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-14-2024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2014] [Accepted: 03/13/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE Activating ALK mutations are present in almost 10% of primary neuroblastomas and mark patients for treatment with small-molecule ALK inhibitors in clinical trials. However, recent studies have shown that multiple mechanisms drive resistance to these molecular therapies. We anticipated that detailed mapping of the oncogenic ALK-driven signaling in neuroblastoma can aid to identify potential fragile nodes as additional targets for combination therapies. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN To achieve this goal, transcriptome profiling was performed in neuroblastoma cell lines with the ALK(F1174L) or ALK(R1275Q) hotspot mutations, ALK amplification, or wild-type ALK following pharmacologic inhibition of ALK using four different compounds. Next, we performed cross-species genomic analyses to identify commonly transcriptionally perturbed genes in MYCN/ALK(F1174L) double transgenic versus MYCN transgenic mouse tumors as compared with the mutant ALK-driven transcriptome in human neuroblastomas. RESULTS A 77-gene ALK signature was established and successfully validated in primary neuroblastoma samples, in a neuroblastoma cell line with ALK(F1174L) and ALK(R1275Q) regulable overexpression constructs and in other ALKomas. In addition to the previously established PI3K/AKT/mTOR, MAPK/ERK, and MYC/MYCN signaling branches, we identified that mutant ALK drives a strong upregulation of MAPK negative feedback regulators and upregulates RET and RET-driven sympathetic neuronal markers of the cholinergic lineage. CONCLUSIONS We provide important novel insights into the transcriptional consequences and the complexity of mutant ALK signaling in this aggressive pediatric tumor. The negative feedback loop of MAPK pathway inhibitors may affect novel ALK inhibition therapies, whereas mutant ALK induced RET signaling can offer novel opportunities for testing ALK-RET oriented molecular combination therapies.
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Affiliation(s)
- Irina Lambertz
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, Germany
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Kids Cancer Center, Sydneys Children's Hospital, Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Unité Inserm U830, Centre de Recherche, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Kids Cancer Center, Sydneys Children's Hospital, Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Biotherapy Unit, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Oncology Discovery Research and Early Development, Johnson & Johnson, Beerse, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Unité Inserm U830, Centre de Recherche, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- VP Oncology, Xcovery LLC, West Palm Beach, Florida
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- VP Oncology, Xcovery LLC, West Palm Beach, Florida
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- Kids Cancer Center, Sydneys Children's Hospital, Children's Cancer Institute, Lowy Cancer Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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- Center for Human Genetics, K.U. Leuven-VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
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- Oncology Discovery Research and Early Development, Johnson & Johnson, Beerse, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, K.U. Leuven-VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Center for Human Genetics, K.U. Leuven-VIB, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, Germany. German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Germany. Translational Neuro-Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany. German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. Centre for Medical Biotechnology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Oncology Discovery Biology, Janssen Research & Development, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, Beerse, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Peterlongo P, Chang-Claude J, Moysich KB, Rudolph A, Schmutzler RK, Simard J, Soucy P, Eeles RA, Easton DF, Hamann U, Wilkening S, Chen B, Rookus MA, Schmidt MK, van der Baan FH, Spurdle AB, Walker LC, Lose F, Maia AT, Montagna M, Matricardi L, Lubinski J, Jakubowska A, Gómez Garcia EB, Olopade OI, Nussbaum RL, Nathanson KL, Domchek SM, Rebbeck TR, Arun BK, Karlan BY, Orsulic S, Lester J, Chung WK, Miron A, Southey MC, Goldgar DE, Buys SS, Janavicius R, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EJ, Ding YC, Neuhausen SL, Hansen TVO, Gerdes AM, Ejlertsen B, Jønson L, Osorio A, Martínez-Bouzas C, Benitez J, Conway EE, Blazer KR, Weitzel JN, Manoukian S, Peissel B, Zaffaroni D, Scuvera G, Barile M, Ficarazzi F, Mariette F, Fortuzzi S, Viel A, Giannini G, Papi L, Martayan A, Tibiletti MG, Radice P, Vratimos A, Fostira F, Garber JE, Donaldson A, Brewer C, Foo C, Evans DGR, Frost D, Eccles D, Brady A, Cook J, Tischkowitz M, Adlard J, Barwell J, Walker L, Izatt L, Side LE, Kennedy MJ, Rogers MT, Porteous ME, Morrison PJ, Platte R, Davidson R, Hodgson SV, Ellis S, Cole T, Godwin AK, Claes K, Van Maerken T, Meindl A, Gehrig A, Sutter C, Engel C, Niederacher D, Steinemann D, Plendl H, Kast K, Rhiem K, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Varon-Mateeva R, Wappenschmidt B, Wang-Gohrke S, Bressac-de Paillerets B, Buecher B, Delnatte C, Houdayer C, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Damiola F, Coupier I, Barjhoux L, Venat-Bouvet L, Golmard L, Boutry-Kryza N, Sinilnikova OM, Caron O, Pujol P, Mazoyer S, Belotti M, Piedmonte M, Friedlander ML, Rodriguez GC, Copeland LJ, de la Hoya M, Segura PP, Nevanlinna H, Aittomäki K, van Os TAM, Meijers-Heijboer HEJ, van der Hout AH, Vreeswijk MPG, Hoogerbrugge N, Ausems MGEM, van Doorn HC, Collée JM, Olah E, Diez O, Blanco I, Lazaro C, Brunet J, Feliubadalo L, Cybulski C, Gronwald J, Durda K, Jaworska-Bieniek K, Sukiennicki G, Arason A, Chiquette J, Teixeira MR, Olswold C, Couch FJ, Lindor NM, Wang X, Szabo CI, Offit K, Corines M, Jacobs L, Robson ME, Zhang L, Joseph V, Berger A, Singer CF, Rappaport C, Kaulich DG, Pfeiler G, Tea MKM, Phelan CM, Greene MH, Mai PL, Rennert G, Mulligan AM, Glendon G, Tchatchou S, Andrulis IL, Toland AE, Bojesen A, Pedersen IS, Thomassen M, Jensen UB, Laitman Y, Rantala J, von Wachenfeldt A, Ehrencrona H, Askmalm MS, Borg Å, Kuchenbaecker KB, McGuffog L, Barrowdale D, Healey S, Lee A, Pharoah PDP, Chenevix-Trench G, Antoniou AC, Friedman E. Candidate genetic modifiers for breast and ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2015; 24:308-16. [PMID: 25336561 PMCID: PMC4294951 DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-14-0532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers are at substantially increased risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. The incomplete penetrance coupled with the variable age at diagnosis in carriers of the same mutation suggests the existence of genetic and nongenetic modifying factors. In this study, we evaluated the putative role of variants in many candidate modifier genes. METHODS Genotyping data from 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers, for known variants (n = 3,248) located within or around 445 candidate genes, were available through the iCOGS custom-designed array. Breast and ovarian cancer association analysis was performed within a retrospective cohort approach. RESULTS The observed P values of association ranged between 0.005 and 1.000. None of the variants was significantly associated with breast or ovarian cancer risk in either BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers, after multiple testing adjustments. CONCLUSION There is little evidence that any of the evaluated candidate variants act as modifiers of breast and/or ovarian cancer risk in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. IMPACT Genome-wide association studies have been more successful at identifying genetic modifiers of BRCA1/2 penetrance than candidate gene studies.
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- Paolo Peterlongo
- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy. Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy.
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
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- Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Germany. Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Germany. Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Germany, on behalf of the German Consortium of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (GC-HBOC)
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Laval University, Quebec City, Canada
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- Oncogenetics Team, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Genomic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences and Medicine, Gambelas Campus, University of Algarve, Portugal
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics, Department of Medicine and Human Genetics, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
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- Department of Medicine and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadephia, Pennsylvania
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Women's Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York
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- Department of Genetics and Genomics at Case Western Reserve Medical School, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, Utah
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- Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Clinics, Hematology, Oncology, and Transfusion Medicine Center, Dept. of Molecular and Regenerative Medicine; State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, California
| | - Thomas V O Hansen
- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain. Human Genetics Group, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Biochemistry, Cruces Hospital Barakaldo, 48903-Barakaldo-Bizkaia, Spain
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- Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain. Human Genetics Group and Genotyping Unit, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), Madrid, Spain
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- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, care of City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genetics Community Research Network, Duarte, California
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope, Duarte, California (for the City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genetics Community Research Network)
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy. Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy. Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy. Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Experimental Oncology 1, CRO Aviano National Cancer Institute, Aviano (PN), Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical, Experimental, and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Unit of Genetic Counseling, Medical Oncology Department, Istituto Nazionale Tumori Regina Elena, Rome, Italy
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- UO Anatomia Patologica Ospedale di Circolo e Fondazione Macchi, Polo Universitario Varese, Italy
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- Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research "Demokritos", Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece
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- Clinical Genetics Department, St. Michael's Hospital, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital, Exeter, United Kingdom
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- Cheshire & Merseyside Clinical Genetics Service, Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- University of Southampton, Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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- North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, Kennedy-Galton Centre, Harrow, United Kingdom
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- Sheffield Clinical Genetics Service, Sheffield Children's Hospital, Sheffield, United Kingdom
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, East Anglian Regional Genetics Service, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Yorkshire Regional Genetics Service, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Leicestershire Clinical Genetics Service, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Oxford Regional Genetics Service, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom
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- Clinical Genetics, Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- North East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom
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- Academic Unit of Clinical and Molecular Oncology, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. St. James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- All Wales Medical Genetics Services, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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- South East of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queens University of Belfast, Department of Medical Genetics, Belfast HSC Trust, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- West of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, United Kingdom
| | - Shirley V Hodgson
- Medical Genetics Unit, St. George's, University of London, London, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women's Hospital Healthcare NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom
| | - Andrew K Godwin
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri
| | - Kathleen Claes
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
| | - Alfons Meindl
- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Division of Tumor Genetics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University Munich, Germany
| | - Andrea Gehrig
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Würzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics, and Epidemiology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein/University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Germany. Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Germany. Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein/University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Germany. Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Germany. Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Germany
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- INSERM U946, Fondation Jean Dausset, Paris, France. Service de Génétique, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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- Institut Curie, Department of Tumour Biology, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie, Department of Tumour Biology, Paris, France. Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France
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- Institut Curie, Department of Tumour Biology, Paris, France. Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, France. Institut Curie, INSERM U830, Paris, France
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Unité d'Oncogénétique, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France. Unité d'Oncogénétique, CRLCC Val d'Aurelle, Montpellier, France
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- Unité d'Oncogénétique, CRLCC Val d'Aurelle, Montpellier, France
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren, Limoges, France
| | - Lisa Golmard
- Institut Curie, Department of Tumour Biology, Paris, France
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- Unité Mixte de Génétique Constitutionnelle des Cancers Fréquents, Hospices Civils de Lyon - Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France. Unité Mixte de Génétique Constitutionnelle des Cancers Fréquents, Hospices Civils de Lyon - Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France. IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy
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- Consultation de Génétique, Département de Médecine, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
| | - Pascal Pujol
- Unité d'Oncogénétique, CHU Arnaud de Villeneuve, Montpellier, France. INSERM 896, CRCM Val d'Aurelle, Montpellier, France
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Université Lyon 1, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
| | - Muriel Belotti
- Institut Curie, Department of Tumour Biology, Paris, France
| | - Marion Piedmonte
- Gynecologic Oncology Group Statistical and Data Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
| | - Michael L Friedlander
- Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group (ANZGOG), Coordinating Centre, Camperdown, Australia
| | - Gustavo C Rodriguez
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, Illinois
| | - Larry J Copeland
- Ohio State University, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Hilliard, Ohio
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain
| | - Pedro Perez Segura
- Department of Oncology, Hospital Clinico San Carlos, IdISSC, Madrid, Spain
| | - Heli Nevanlinna
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
| | - Theo A M van Os
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands
| | - Maaike P G Vreeswijk
- Department of Human Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
| | - Margreet G E M Ausems
- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
| | - Helena C van Doorn
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Erasmus University MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
| | - J Margriet Collée
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
| | - Edith Olah
- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Oncogenetics Group, University Hospital Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Barcelona, Spain. Vall d'Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain
| | - Ignacio Blanco
- Genetic Counseling Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBELL-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Diagnostic Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBELL-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Genetic Counseling Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBGI-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Girona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- BMC, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland. Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Unité de Recherche en Santé des Populations, Centre des Maladies du Sein Deschênes-Fabia, Centre de Recherche FRSQ du Centre Hospitalier Affilié Universitaire de Québec, Québec, Canada
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- Biomedical Sciences Institute (ICBAS), Porto University, Porto, Portugal. Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnessotta
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, and Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnessotta
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnessotta
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Diagnostic Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of OB/GYN and Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Rockville, Maryland
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- Clalit National Cancer Control Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Ontario Cancer Genetics Network: Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Departments of Molecular Genetics and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Human Cancer Genetics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Virology, Immunology, and Medical Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden. Department of Immunology, Genetics, and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Division of Clinical Genetics, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer, Brisbane, Australia
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Kuchenbaecker KB, Neuhausen SL, Robson M, Barrowdale D, McGuffog L, Mulligan AM, Andrulis IL, Spurdle AB, Schmidt MK, Schmutzler RK, Engel C, Wappenschmidt B, Nevanlinna H, Thomassen M, Southey M, Radice P, Ramus SJ, Domchek SM, Nathanson KL, Lee A, Healey S, Nussbaum RL, Rebbeck TR, Arun BK, James P, Karlan BY, Lester J, Cass I, Registry BCF, Terry MB, Daly MB, Goldgar DE, Buys SS, Janavicius R, Tihomirova L, Tung N, Dorfling CM, van Rensburg EJ, Steele L, v O Hansen T, Ejlertsen B, Gerdes AM, Nielsen FC, Dennis J, Cunningham J, Hart S, Slager S, Osorio A, Benitez J, Duran M, Weitzel JN, Tafur I, Hander M, Peterlongo P, Manoukian S, Peissel B, Roversi G, Scuvera G, Bonanni B, Mariani P, Volorio S, Dolcetti R, Varesco L, Papi L, Tibiletti MG, Giannini G, Fostira F, Konstantopoulou I, Garber J, Hamann U, Donaldson A, Brewer C, Foo C, Evans DG, Frost D, Eccles D, Douglas F, Brady A, Cook J, Tischkowitz M, Adlard J, Barwell J, Ong KR, Walker L, Izatt L, Side LE, Kennedy MJ, Rogers MT, Porteous ME, Morrison PJ, Platte R, Eeles R, Davidson R, Hodgson S, Ellis S, Godwin AK, Rhiem K, Meindl A, Ditsch N, Arnold N, Plendl H, Niederacher D, Sutter C, Steinemann D, Bogdanova-Markov N, Kast K, Varon-Mateeva R, Wang-Gohrke S, Gehrig A, Markiefka B, Buecher B, Lefol C, Stoppa-Lyonnet D, Rouleau E, Prieur F, Damiola F, Barjhoux L, Faivre L, Longy M, Sevenet N, Sinilnikova OM, Mazoyer S, Bonadona V, Caux-Moncoutier V, Isaacs C, Van Maerken T, Claes K, Piedmonte M, Andrews L, Hays J, Rodriguez GC, Caldes T, de la Hoya M, Khan S, Hogervorst FBL, Aalfs CM, de Lange JL, Meijers-Heijboer HEJ, van der Hout AH, Wijnen JT, van Roozendaal KEP, Mensenkamp AR, van den Ouweland AMW, van Deurzen CHM, van der Luijt RB, Olah E, Diez O, Lazaro C, Blanco I, Teulé A, Menendez M, Jakubowska A, Lubinski J, Cybulski C, Gronwald J, Jaworska-Bieniek K, Durda K, Arason A, Maugard C, Soucy P, Montagna M, Agata S, Teixeira MR, Olswold C, Lindor N, Pankratz VS, Hallberg E, Wang X, Szabo CI, Vijai J, Jacobs L, Corines M, Lincoln A, Berger A, Fink-Retter A, Singer CF, Rappaport C, Kaulich DG, Pfeiler G, Tea MK, Phelan CM, Mai PL, Greene MH, Rennert G, Imyanitov EN, Glendon G, Toland AE, Bojesen A, Pedersen IS, Jensen UB, Caligo MA, Friedman E, Berger R, Laitman Y, Rantala J, Arver B, Loman N, Borg A, Ehrencrona H, Olopade OI, Simard J, Easton DF, Chenevix-Trench G, Offit K, Couch FJ, Antoniou AC. Associations of common breast cancer susceptibility alleles with risk of breast cancer subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Res 2014; 16:3416. [PMID: 25919761 PMCID: PMC4406179 DOI: 10.1186/s13058-014-0492-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/02/2014] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
INTRODUCTION More than 70 common alleles are known to be involved in breast cancer (BC) susceptibility, and several exhibit significant heterogeneity in their associations with different BC subtypes. Although there are differences in the association patterns between BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers and the general population for several loci, no study has comprehensively evaluated the associations of all known BC susceptibility alleles with risk of BC subtypes in BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers. METHODS We used data from 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 carriers to analyze the associations between approximately 200,000 genetic variants on the iCOGS array and risk of BC subtypes defined by estrogen receptor (ER), progesterone receptor (PR), human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) and triple-negative- (TN) status; morphologic subtypes; histological grade; and nodal involvement. RESULTS The estimated BC hazard ratios (HRs) for the 74 known BC alleles in BRCA1 carriers exhibited moderate correlations with the corresponding odds ratios from the general population. However, their associations with ER-positive BC in BRCA1 carriers were more consistent with the ER-positive associations in the general population (intraclass correlation (ICC) = 0.61, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.45 to 0.74), and the same was true when considering ER-negative associations in both groups (ICC = 0.59, 95% CI: 0.42 to 0.72). Similarly, there was strong correlation between the ER-positive associations for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers (ICC = 0.67, 95% CI: 0.52 to 0.78), whereas ER-positive associations in any one of the groups were generally inconsistent with ER-negative associations in any of the others. After stratifying by ER status in mutation carriers, additional significant associations were observed. Several previously unreported variants exhibited associations at P <10(-6) in the analyses by PR status, HER2 status, TN phenotype, morphologic subtypes, histological grade and nodal involvement. CONCLUSIONS Differences in associations of common BC susceptibility alleles between BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers and the general population are explained to a large extent by differences in the prevalence of ER-positive and ER-negative tumors. Estimates of the risks associated with these variants based on population-based studies are likely to be applicable to mutation carriers after taking ER status into account, which has implications for risk prediction.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Breast Neoplasms/genetics
- Breast Neoplasms/metabolism
- Breast Neoplasms/pathology
- Carcinoma/genetics
- Carcinoma/metabolism
- Carcinoma/pathology
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/genetics
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast/pathology
- Carcinoma, Lobular/genetics
- Carcinoma, Lobular/metabolism
- Carcinoma, Lobular/pathology
- Female
- Genes, BRCA1
- Genes, BRCA2
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Grading
- Neoplasm Staging
- Receptor, ErbB-2/metabolism
- Receptors, Estrogen/metabolism
- Receptors, Progesterone/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- Karoline B Kuchenbaecker
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Lesley McGuffog
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
- Laboratory Medicine Program, University Health Network, Toronto, ON Canada
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- Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON Canada
- Departments of Molecular Genetics and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Division of Psychosocial Research and Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, on behalf of the German Consortium of Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer (GC-HBOC), Cologne, Germany
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- Institute for Medical Informatics, Statistics and Epidemiology University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, HUS Finland
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense C, Denmark
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- Department of Pathology, Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Unit of Molecular Bases of Genetic Risk and Genetic Testing, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Medicine, Abramson Cancer Center, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics & Computational Biology, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Herston, Australia
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- Department of Medicine and Institute for Human Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, CA USA
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- Abramson Cancer Center and Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX USA
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- Familial Cancer Centre, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia
- Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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- Women’s Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Women’s Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Women’s Cancer Program at the Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA USA
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- Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY USA
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- Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, PA USA
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- Department of Dermatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- Department of Oncological Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT USA
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- Department of Molecular and Regenerative Medicine, Vilnius University Hospital Santariskiu Clinics, Hematology, Oncology and Transfusion Medicine Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
- State Research Institute Centre for Innovative Medicine, Vilnius, Lithuania
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- Department of Medical Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA USA
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- Department of Population Sciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA USA
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Center for Genomic Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Human Genetics Group, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), and Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain
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- Human Genetics Group and Genotyping Unit, Spanish National Cancer Centre (CNIO), and Biomedical Network on Rare Diseases (CIBERER), Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Biology and Molecular Genetics, Universidad de Valladolid (IBGM-UVA), Valladolid, Spain
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- Clinical Cancer Genetics, City of Hope (for the City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genetics Community Research Network), Duarte, CA USA
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- Covenant Health Joe Arrington Cancer Research Center, care of City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genetics Community Research Network, Duarte, CA USA
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- Kootenai Cancer Center, care of City of Hope Clinical Cancer Genetics Community Research Network, Duarte, CA USA
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare, Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori (INT), Milan, Italy
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- Division of Cancer Prevention and Genetics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare and Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy
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- IFOM, Fondazione Istituto FIRC di Oncologia Molecolare and Cogentech Cancer Genetic Test Laboratory, Milan, Italy
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- Cancer Bioimmunotherapy Unit, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, IRCCS, Aviano, PN Italy
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- Unit of Hereditary Cancer, IRCCS AOU San Martino, IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genoa, Italy
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- Unit of Medical Genetics, Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Medicine, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece
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- Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, INRASTES, National Centre for Scientific Research “Demokritos”, Aghia Paraskevi Attikis, Athens, Greece
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- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA USA
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- Molecular Genetics of Breast Cancer, Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
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- Clinical Genetics Department, St Michael’s Hospital, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, Exeter, UK
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- Cheshire and Merseyside Clinical Genetics Service, Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK
| | - D Gareth Evans
- Genetic Medicine, Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK
| | - Debra Frost
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Diana Eccles
- University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust, Southampton, UK
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- Institute of Genetic Medicine, Centre for Life, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- North West Thames Regional Genetics Service, Kennedy-Galton Centre, Harrow, UK
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- Sheffield Clinical Genetics Service, Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield, UK
| | - Marc Tischkowitz
- Department of Clinical Genetics, East Anglian Regional Genetics Service, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
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- Leicestershire Clinical Genetics Service, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
| | - Kai-ren Ong
- West Midlands Regional Genetics Service, Birmingham Women’s Hospital Healthcare NHS Trust, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK
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- Oxford Regional Genetics Service, Churchill Hospital, Oxford, UK
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- Clinical Genetics, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- North East Thames Regional Genetics Service, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London, UK
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- Academic Unit of Clinical and Molecular Oncology, Trinity College Dublin and St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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- All Wales Medical Genetics Services, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
| | - Mary E Porteous
- South East of Scotland Regional Genetics Service, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
| | - Patrick J Morrison
- Department of Medical Genetics, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, Centre for Cancer Research & Cell Biology, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
| | - Radka Platte
- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
| | - Ros Eeles
- Oncogenetics Team, The Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
| | - Rosemarie Davidson
- Ferguson-Smith Centre for Clinical Genetics, Yorkhill Hospitals, Glasgow, UK
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- Medical Genetics Unit, St George’s, University of London, London, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS USA
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- Center for Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer, Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Division of Tumor Genetics, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Munich, Munich, Germany
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- University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein/University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Institute of Human Genetics, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, University Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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- Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
| | - Andrea Gehrig
- Institute of Human Genetics, University Wurzburg, Wurzburg, Germany
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- Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO), Medical Faculty, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Department of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
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- Department of Tumour Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Institut Curie, INSERM U830, Paris, France
- Université Paris Descartes, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Paris France
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- Laboratoire d’Oncogénétique, Hôpital René Huguenin, Institut Curie, Saint-Cloud, France
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- Service de Génétique Clinique Chromosomique et Moléculaire, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de St Etienne, St Etienne, France
| | - Francesca Damiola
- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Université Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Université Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Centre de Génétique, CHU Dijon, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
- Centre Georges François Leclerc, Dijon, France
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- Cancer Genetics Unit, INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- Cancer Genetics Unit, INSERM U916, Institut Bergonié, Université de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Université Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
- Unité Mixte de Génétique Constitutionnelle des Cancers Fréquents, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- INSERM U1052, CNRS UMR5286, Université Lyon, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
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- Université Lyon 1, CNRS UMR5558, Lyon, France
- Unité de Prévention et d’Epidémiologie Génétique, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France
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- Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University, Washington, DC USA
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Gynecologic Oncology Group Statistical and Data Center, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY USA
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- ANZGOG Australia, New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia
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- The Ohio State University, Columbus Cancer Council, Columbus, OH USA
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- Division of Gynecologic Oncology, NorthShore University HealthSystem, Evanston, IL USA
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clinico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Molecular Oncology Laboratory, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Hospital Clinico San Carlos (IdISSC), Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, HUS Finland
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- Family Cancer Clinic, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Epidemiology, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Genetics, University Medical Center, Groningen University, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics and Department of Clinical Genetics, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Family Cancer Clinic, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Genetics, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Oncology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Oncogenetics Group, University Hospital Vall d’Hebron, Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Diagnostic Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBELL-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Genetic Counseling Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBELL-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Genetic Counseling Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBELL-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Molecular Diagnostic Unit, Hereditary Cancer Program, IDIBELL-Catalan Institute of Oncology, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland
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- Department of Pathology, Landspitali University Hospital and BMC, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
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- Laboratoire de diagnostic génétique et Service d’Onco-hématologie, Hopitaux Universitaire de Strasbourg, CHRU Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Laval University, Quebec City, QC Canada
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV, IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Immunology and Molecular Oncology Unit, Istituto Oncologico Veneto IOV, IRCCS, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Genetics, Portuguese Oncology Institute, Porto, Portugal
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- National Human Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Clinical Genetics Service, Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, , Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD USA
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- Clinical Genetics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD USA
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- Clalit National Israeli Cancer Control Center and Department of Community Medicine and Epidemiology, Carmel Medical Center and B Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Haifa, Israel
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- Ontario Cancer Genetics Network: Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, ON Canada
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- Divison of Human Cancer Genetics, Departments of Internal Medicine and Molecular Virology, Immunology and Medical Genetics, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH USA
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Vejle Hospital, Vejle, Denmark
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- Section of Molecular Diagnostics, Department of Biochemistry, Aalborg University Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Section of Genetic Oncology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University and University Hospital of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
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- Department of Clinical Genetics, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Oncology, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Center for Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL USA
- Department of Clinical Genetics, Lund University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec Research Center and Laval University, Quebec City, QC Canada
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Genetics and Computational Biology, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia
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- Clinical Genetics Research Laboratory, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY USA
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- Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
- Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN USA
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- The Hereditary Breast and Ovarian Cancer Research Group Netherlands (HEBON), coordinating center: Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- kConFab: Kathleen Cuningham Consortium for Research into Familial Breast Cancer, Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Australia
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Rihani A, De Wilde B, Zeka F, Laureys G, Francotte N, Tonini GP, Coco S, Versteeg R, Noguera R, Schulte JH, Eggert A, Stallings RL, Speleman F, Vandesompele J, Van Maerken T. CASP8 SNP D302H (rs1045485) is associated with worse survival in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma patients. PLoS One 2014; 9:e114696. [PMID: 25502557 PMCID: PMC4263607 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114696] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2014] [Accepted: 11/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Background Neuroblastoma is a pediatric cancer that exhibits a wide clinical spectrum ranging from spontaneous regression in low-risk patients to fatal disease in high-risk patients. The identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) may help explain the heterogeneity of neuroblastoma and assist in identifying patients at higher risk for poor survival. SNPs in the TP53 pathway are of special importance, as several studies have reported associations between TP53 pathway SNPs and cancer. Of note, less than 2% of neuroblastoma tumors have a TP53 mutation at diagnosis. Patients and Methods We selected 21 of the most frequently studied SNPs in the TP53 pathway and evaluated their association with outcome in 500 neuroblastoma patients using TaqMan allelic discrimination assays. Results and Conclusion We investigated the impact of 21 SNPs on overall survival, event-free survival, age at diagnosis, MYCN status, and stage of the disease in 500 neuroblastoma patients. A missense SNP in exon 10 of the CASP8 gene SNP D302H was associated with worse overall and event-free survival in patients with MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma tumors.
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- Ali Rihani
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Département de pédiatrie, hémato-oncologie, SUHOPL- CHC (Service Universitaire d′HématoOncologie Pédiatrique Centre Hospitalier Chrétien) Espérance, St Nicolas Belgium
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- Neuroblastoma Laboratory, Onco/Hematology Laboratory, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padua, Pediatric Research Institute, Fondazione Città della Speranza, Padua, Italy
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- Lung Cancer Unit, IRCCS (Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico), Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino – IST (Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro), Genoa, Italy
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- Departement of Human Genetics, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Germany
- Translational Neuro-Oncology, West German Cancer Center, University Hospital Essen, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany
- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
- Centre for Medical Biotechnology, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Molecular and Cellular Therapeutics, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, and National Children′s Research Centre, Dublin, Ireland
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Rihani A, Van Maerken T, De Wilde B, Zeka F, Laureys G, Norga K, Tonini GP, Coco S, Versteeg R, Noguera R, Schulte JH, Eggert A, Stallings RL, Speleman F, Vandesompele J. Lack of association between MDM2 promoter SNP309 and clinical outcome in patients with neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2014; 61:1867-70. [PMID: 24391119 DOI: 10.1002/pbc.24927] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2013] [Accepted: 12/06/2013] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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While a polymorphism located within the promoter region of the MDM2 proto-oncogene, SNP309 (T > G), has previously been associated with increased risk and aggressiveness of neuroblastoma and other tumor entities, a protective effect has also been reported in certain other cancers. In this study, we evaluated the association of MDM2 SNP309 with outcome in 496 patients with neuroblastoma and its effect on MDM2 expression. No significant difference in overall or event-free survival was observed among patients with neuroblastoma with or without MDM2 SNP309. The presence of SNP309 does not affect MDM2 expression in neuroblastoma.
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- Ali Rihani
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
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Barone G, Tweddle DA, Shohet JM, Chesler L, Moreno L, Pearson ADJ, Van Maerken T. MDM2-p53 interaction in paediatric solid tumours: preclinical rationale, biomarkers and resistance. Curr Drug Targets 2014; 15:114-23. [PMID: 24387312 DOI: 10.2174/13894501113149990194] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2013] [Revised: 06/20/2013] [Accepted: 07/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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p53 is one of the main regulators of apoptosis, senescence, cell cycle arrest and DNA repair. The expression, function and stabilization of p53 are governed by a complex network of regulators including p14(ARF) and MDM2. MDM2 is the main negative regulator of p53 activity and stability. Unlike tumours in adults, which tend to overcome p53 regulation by p53 mutations, the paediatric tumours neuroblastoma and sarcoma frequently retain wild type p53. Nevertheless, in childhood cancer the p53 pathway is commonly impaired due to upstream MDM2-p14(ARF)-p53 network aberrations. In contrast, aberrations of the p53 downstream pathway are very rare. In cancer cells with intact p53 downstream function MDM2 inhibition, and subsequent rapid increases in nuclear p53 levels, potently "re-activate" dormant apoptotic pathways and rapidly induce apoptotic cell death. As a result MDM2-p53 interaction inhibitors, including cis-imidazolines analogs (Nutlins), are potentially very effective agents in neuroblastoma and sarcomas. Predictive biomarkers are important as a lack of p53 mutations appears to reliably predict response to these inhibitors. Tumours should be screened for p53 mutations in children considered for MDM2-p53 interaction inhibitors. In addition, it is essential that other predictive biomarkers are investigated. The serum concentration of macrophage inhibitory cytokine- 1 (MIC-1) may be a good pharmacodynamic biomarker based on recent findings. In conclusion, targeting the interaction between p53 and its main negative regulator MDM2 represents a major new therapeutic approach in poor prognosis paediatric malignancies without p53 mutations.
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- The Institute of Cancer Research, 15 Cotswold Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM2 5NG, United Kingdom.
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Van Maerken T, Rihani A, Van Goethem A, De Paepe A, Speleman F, Vandesompele J. Pharmacologic activation of wild-type p53 by nutlin therapy in childhood cancer. Cancer Lett 2013; 344:157-65. [PMID: 24262662 DOI: 10.1016/j.canlet.2013.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2013] [Revised: 10/20/2013] [Accepted: 11/10/2013] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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A peculiar feature of several types of childhood cancer is that loss-of-function mutations of the TP53 (p53) tumor suppressor gene are uncommon, in contrast to many adult tumors. As p53 needs to be inactivated in order for tumor cells to survive and thrive, pediatric tumors typically make use of other mechanisms to keep p53 in check. One of the critical negative regulators of p53 is the MDM2 oncoprotein. Many anticancer drug development efforts in the past decade have therefore been devoted to the discovery and optimization of small molecules that selectively disrupt the interaction between MDM2 and p53, which could provide, in principle, a potent means to restore p53 function in tumor cells with wild-type p53. The nutlins are the class of selective inhibitors of the p53-MDM2 interaction that are currently most advanced in their clinical development. We review here the preclinical data that support the potential therapeutic use of nutlin drugs in the treatment of various pediatric tumors, including neuroblastoma, retinoblastoma, osteosarcoma, Ewing's sarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, medulloblastoma, and childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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- Tom Van Maerken
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Kumps C, Fieuw A, Mestdagh P, Menten B, Lefever S, Pattyn F, De Brouwer S, Sante T, Schulte JH, Schramm A, Van Roy N, Van Maerken T, Noguera R, Combaret V, Devalck C, Westermann F, Laureys G, Eggert A, Vandesompele J, De Preter K, Speleman F. Focal DNA copy number changes in neuroblastoma target MYCN regulated genes. PLoS One 2013; 8:e52321. [PMID: 23308108 PMCID: PMC3537730 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2012] [Accepted: 11/16/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Neuroblastoma is an embryonic tumor arising from immature sympathetic nervous system cells. Recurrent genomic alterations include MYCN and ALK amplification as well as recurrent patterns of gains and losses of whole or large partial chromosome segments. A recent whole genome sequencing effort yielded no frequently recurring mutations in genes other than those affecting ALK. However, the study further stresses the importance of DNA copy number alterations in this disease, in particular for genes implicated in neuritogenesis. Here we provide additional evidence for the importance of focal DNA copy number gains and losses, which are predominantly observed in MYCN amplified tumors. A focal 5 kb gain encompassing the MYCN regulated miR-17∼92 cluster as sole gene was detected in a neuroblastoma cell line and further analyses of the array CGH data set demonstrated enrichment for other MYCN target genes in focal gains and amplifications. Next we applied an integrated genomics analysis to prioritize MYCN down regulated genes mediated by MYCN driven miRNAs within regions of focal heterozygous or homozygous deletion. We identified RGS5, a negative regulator of G-protein signaling implicated in vascular normalization, invasion and metastasis, targeted by a focal homozygous deletion, as a new MYCN target gene, down regulated through MYCN activated miRNAs. In addition, we expand the miR-17∼92 regulatory network controlling TGFß signaling in neuroblastoma with the ring finger protein 11 encoding gene RNF11, which was previously shown to be targeted by the miR-17∼92 member miR-19b. Taken together, our data indicate that focal DNA copy number imbalances in neuroblastoma (1) target genes that are implicated in MYCN signaling, possibly selected to reinforce MYCN oncogene addiction and (2) serve as a resource for identifying new molecular targets for treatment.
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- Candy Kumps
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pathology, Medical School, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
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- Centre Léon Bérard, FNCLCC, Laboratoire de Recherche Translationnelle, Lyon, France
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- Children's University Hospital, Hematology-Oncology, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Tumor Genetics, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Pediatric Oncology and Haematology, University Children's Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Decock A, Ongenaert M, Hoebeeck J, De Preter K, Van Peer G, Van Criekinge W, Ladenstein R, Schulte JH, Noguera R, Stallings RL, Van Damme A, Laureys G, Vermeulen J, Van Maerken T, Speleman F, Vandesompele J. Genome-wide promoter methylation analysis in neuroblastoma identifies prognostic methylation biomarkers. Genome Biol 2012; 13:R95. [PMID: 23034519 PMCID: PMC3491423 DOI: 10.1186/gb-2012-13-10-r95] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 10/03/2012] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Background Accurate outcome prediction in neuroblastoma, which is necessary to enable the optimal choice of risk-related therapy, remains a challenge. To improve neuroblastoma patient stratification, this study aimed to identify prognostic tumor DNA methylation biomarkers. Results To identify genes silenced by promoter methylation, we first applied two independent genome-wide methylation screening methodologies to eight neuroblastoma cell lines. Specifically, we used re-expression profiling upon 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine (DAC) treatment and massively parallel sequencing after capturing with a methyl-CpG-binding domain (MBD-seq). Putative methylation markers were selected from DAC-upregulated genes through a literature search and an upfront methylation-specific PCR on 20 primary neuroblastoma tumors, as well as through MBD- seq in combination with publicly available neuroblastoma tumor gene expression data. This yielded 43 candidate biomarkers that were subsequently tested by high-throughput methylation-specific PCR on an independent cohort of 89 primary neuroblastoma tumors that had been selected for risk classification and survival. Based on this analysis, methylation of KRT19, FAS, PRPH, CNR1, QPCT, HIST1H3C, ACSS3 and GRB10 was found to be associated with at least one of the classical risk factors, namely age, stage or MYCN status. Importantly, HIST1H3C and GNAS methylation was associated with overall and/or event-free survival. Conclusions This study combines two genome-wide methylation discovery methodologies and is the most extensive validation study in neuroblastoma performed thus far. We identified several novel prognostic DNA methylation markers and provide a basis for the development of a DNA methylation-based prognostic classifier in neuroblastoma.
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De Weer A, Van der Meulen J, Rondou P, Taghon T, Konrad TA, De Preter K, Mestdagh P, Van Maerken T, Van Roy N, Jeison M, Yaniv I, Cauwelier B, Noens L, Poirel HA, Vandenberghe P, Lambert F, De Paepe A, Sánchez MG, Odero M, Verhasselt B, Philippé J, Vandesompele J, Wieser R, Dastugue N, Van Vlierberghe P, Poppe B, Speleman F. EVI1-mediated down regulation of MIR449A is essential for the survival of EVI1 positive leukaemic cells. Br J Haematol 2011; 154:337-48. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08737.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Van Maerken T, Rihani A, Dreidax D, De Clercq S, Yigit N, Marine JC, Westermann F, De Paepe A, Vandesompele J, Speleman F. Functional Analysis of the p53 Pathway in Neuroblastoma Cells Using the Small-Molecule MDM2 Antagonist Nutlin-3. Mol Cancer Ther 2011; 10:983-93. [DOI: 10.1158/1535-7163.mct-10-1090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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De Brouwer S, De Preter K, Kumps C, Zabrocki P, Porcu M, Westerhout EM, Lakeman A, Vandesompele J, Hoebeeck J, Van Maerken T, De Paepe A, Laureys G, Schulte JH, Schramm A, Van Den Broecke C, Vermeulen J, Van Roy N, Beiske K, Renard M, Noguera R, Delattre O, Janoueix-Lerosey I, Kogner P, Martinsson T, Nakagawara A, Ohira M, Caron H, Eggert A, Cools J, Versteeg R, Speleman F. Meta-analysis of neuroblastomas reveals a skewed ALK mutation spectrum in tumors with MYCN amplification. Clin Cancer Res 2010; 16:4353-62. [PMID: 20719933 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-09-2660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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PURPOSE Activating mutations of the anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) were recently described in neuroblastoma. We carried out a meta-analysis of 709 neuroblastoma tumors to determine their frequency and mutation spectrum in relation to genomic and clinical parameters, and studied the prognostic significance of ALK copy number and expression. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN The frequency and type of ALK mutations, copy number gain, and expression were analyzed in a new series of 254 neuroblastoma tumors. Data from 455 published cases were used for further in-depth analysis. RESULTS ALK mutations were present in 6.9% of 709 investigated tumors, and mutations were found in similar frequencies in favorable [International Neuroblastoma Staging System (INSS) 1, 2, and 4S; 5.7%] and unfavorable (INSS 3 and 4; 7.5%) neuroblastomas (P = 0.087). Two hotspot mutations, at positions R1275 and F1174, were observed (49% and 34.7% of the mutated cases, respectively). Interestingly, the F1174 mutations occurred in a high proportion of MYCN-amplified cases (P = 0.001), and this combined occurrence was associated with a particular poor outcome, suggesting a positive cooperative effect between both aberrations. Furthermore, the F1174L mutant was characterized by a higher degree of autophosphorylation and a more potent transforming capacity as compared with the R1275Q mutant. Chromosome 2p gains, including the ALK locus (91.8%), were associated with a significantly increased ALK expression, which was also correlated with poor survival. CONCLUSIONS ALK mutations occur in equal frequencies across all genomic subtypes, but F1174L mutants are observed in a higher frequency of MYCN-amplified tumors and show increased transforming capacity as compared with the R1275Q mutants.
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- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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Stimulation of erythropoiesis by the third-generation erythropoietin drug, continuous erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA), a pegylated derivative of epoetin-β, has provided valuable therapeutic benefits to patients suffering from renal anemia, but has also rapidly found application as an illicit performance-enhancing strategy in endurance sports. We present here a novel method for selective determination of CERA in serum, based on polyethylene glycol precipitation, followed by a commercial homogeneous immunoassay. The developed method was highly discriminating between serum samples from CERA-treated patients and control subjects, as the covalently linked polyethylene glycol chain in CERA strongly enhanced the solubility of the protein in a polyethylene glycol-containing medium. Intravenous administration of CERA could be detected for several weeks in the majority of subjects tested. This assay outperforms the currently available CERA detection methods in terms of simplicity, convenience, cost, and throughput, making it ideal as a screening tool for doping control.
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Van Maerken T, Ferdinande L, Taildeman J, Lambertz I, Yigit N, Vercruysse L, Rihani A, Michaelis M, Cinatl J, Cuvelier CA, Marine JC, De Paepe A, Bracke M, Speleman F, Vandesompele J. Antitumor activity of the selective MDM2 antagonist nutlin-3 against chemoresistant neuroblastoma with wild-type p53. J Natl Cancer Inst 2009; 101:1562-74. [PMID: 19903807 DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djp355] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Restoring p53 function by antagonizing its interaction with the negative regulator MDM2 is an appealing nongenotoxic approach to treating tumors with wild-type p53. Mutational inactivation of p53 is rare in neuroblastoma tumors at diagnosis and occurs in only a subset of multidrug-resistant neuroblastomas. METHODS The antiproliferative and cytotoxic effect of nutlin-3, a small-molecule MDM2 antagonist, was examined in chemosensitive (UKF-NB-3) and matched chemoresistant neuroblastoma cells with wild-type p53 (UKF-NB-3(r)DOX20) or with mutant p53 (UKF-NB-3(r)VCR10). Activation of the p53 pathway was assessed by expression analysis of p53 target genes, flow cytometric cell cycle analysis, and apoptosis assays. Mice with established chemoresistant tumor xenografts were treated orally with nutlin-3 or vehicle control (n = 5-10 mice per group) and were used to evaluate effects on tumor growth, p53 pathway activity, and metastatic tumor burden. All statistical tests were two-sided. RESULTS Nutlin-3 induced a similar activation of the p53 pathway in UKF-NB-3 and UKF-NB-3(r)DOX20 cells, as evidenced by increased expression of p53 target genes, G1 cell cycle arrest, and induction of apoptosis. No such response was observed in UKF-NB-3(r)VCR10 cells with mutant p53. Oral administration of nutlin-3 to UKF-NB-3(r)DOX20 xenograft-bearing mice led to inhibition of primary tumor growth (mean tumor volume after 3 weeks of treatment, nutlin-3- vs vehicle-treated mice: 772 vs 1661 mm3, difference = 890 mm3, 95% confidence interval = 469 to 1311 mm3, P < .001), p53 pathway activation, and reduction in the extent of metastatic disease. The growth of UKF-NB-3(r)VCR10 xenografts was unaffected by nutlin-3. CONCLUSIONS Nutlin-3 activates the p53 pathway and suppresses tumor growth in this model system of chemoresistant neuroblastoma, provided that wild-type p53 is present.
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- Tom Van Maerken
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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Van Roy N, De Preter K, Hoebeeck J, Van Maerken T, Pattyn F, Mestdagh P, Vermeulen J, Vandesompele J, Speleman F. The emerging molecular pathogenesis of neuroblastoma: implications for improved risk assessment and targeted therapy. Genome Med 2009; 1:74. [PMID: 19638189 PMCID: PMC2717400 DOI: 10.1186/gm74] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Neuroblastoma is one of the most common solid tumors of childhood, arising from immature sympathetic nervous system cells. The clinical course of patients with neuroblastoma is highly variable, ranging from spontaneous regression to widespread metastatic disease. Although the outcome for children with cancer has improved considerably during the past decades, the prognosis of children with aggressive neuroblastoma remains dismal. The clinical heterogeneity of neuroblastoma mirrors the biological and genetic heterogeneity of these tumors. Ploidy and MYCN amplification have been used as genetic markers for risk stratification and therapeutic decision making, and, more recently, gene expression profiling and genome-wide DNA copy number analysis have come into the picture as sensitive and specific tools for assessing prognosis. The applica tion of new genetic tools also led to the discovery of an important familial neuroblastoma cancer gene, ALK, which is mutated in approximately 8% of sporadic tumors, and genome-wide association studies have unveiled loci with risk alleles for neuroblastoma development. For some of the genomic regions that are deleted in some neuroblastomas, on 1p, 3p and 11q, candidate tumor suppressor genes have been identified. In addition, evidence has emerged for the contribution of epigenetic disturbances in neuroblastoma oncogenesis. As in other cancer entities, altered microRNA expression is also being recognized as an important player in neuroblastoma. The recent successes in unraveling the genetic basis of neuroblastoma are now opening opportunities for development of targeted therapies.
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- Nadine Van Roy
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium
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De Preter K, De Brouwer S, Van Maerken T, Pattyn F, Schramm A, Eggert A, Vandesompele J, Speleman F. Meta-mining of Neuroblastoma and Neuroblast Gene Expression Profiles Reveals Candidate Therapeutic Compounds. Clin Cancer Res 2009; 15:3690-6. [DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-08-2699] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Van Maerken T, Sarkar D, Speleman F, Dent P, Weiss WA, Fisher PB. Adenovirus-mediated hPNPase(old-35) gene transfer as a therapeutic strategy for neuroblastoma. J Cell Physiol 2009; 219:707-15. [PMID: 19202553 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.21719] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Current treatment options for neuroblastoma fail to eradicate the disease in the majority of high-risk patients, clearly mandating development of innovative therapeutic strategies. Gene therapy represents a promising approach for reversing the neoplastic phenotype or driving tumor cells to self-destruction. We presently studied the effects of adenovirus-mediated gene transfer of human polynucleotide phosphorylase (hPNPase(old-35)), a 3',5'-exoribonuclease with growth-inhibitory properties, in neuroblastoma cells. Transgene expression was driven by either the cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter or by a tumor-selective promoter derived from progression elevated gene-3 (PEG-3). Our data demonstrate that efficient adenoviral transduction of neuroblastoma cells and robust transgene expression are feasible objectives, that the PEG-3 promoter is capable of selectively targeting gene expression in the majority of neuroblastoma cells, and that hPNPase(old-35) induces profound growth suppression and apoptosis of malignant neuroblastoma cells, while exerting limited effects on normal neural crest-derived melanocytes. These findings support future applications of hPNPase(old-35) for targeted gene-based therapy of neuroblastoma and suggest that combination with the PEG-3 promoter holds promise for creating a potent and selective neuroblastoma therapeutic. J. Cell. Physiol. 219: 707-715, 2009. (c) 2009 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- Tom Van Maerken
- Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, USA
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Van Maerken T, Speleman F, Vermeulen J, Lambertz I, De Clercq S, De Smet E, Yigit N, Coppens V, Philippé J, De Paepe A, Marine JC, Vandesompele J. Small-molecule MDM2 antagonists as a new therapy concept for neuroblastoma. Cancer Res 2007; 66:9646-55. [PMID: 17018622 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-06-0792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Circumvention of the p53 tumor suppressor barrier in neuroblastoma is rarely caused by TP53 mutation but might arise from inappropriately increased activity of its principal negative regulator MDM2. We show here that targeted disruption of the p53-MDM2 interaction by the small-molecule MDM2 antagonist nutlin-3 stabilizes p53 and selectively activates the p53 pathway in neuroblastoma cells with wild-type p53, resulting in a pronounced antiproliferative and cytotoxic effect through induction of G(1) cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. A nutlin-3 response was observed regardless of MYCN amplification status. Remarkably, surviving SK-N-SH cells adopted a senescence-like phenotype, whereas CLB-GA and NGP cells underwent neuronal differentiation. p53 dependence of these alternative outcomes of nutlin-3 treatment was evidenced by abrogation of the effects when p53 was knocked down by lentiviral-mediated short hairpin RNA interference. The diversity of cellular responses reveals pleiotropic mechanisms of nutlins to disable neuroblastoma cells and exemplifies the feasibility of exploiting, by a single targeted intervention, the multiplicity of anticancer activities exerted by a key tumor suppressor as p53. The observed treatment effects without the need of imposing a genotoxic burden suggest that selective MDM2 antagonists might be beneficial for treatment of neuroblastoma patients with and without MYCN amplification.
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- Tom Van Maerken
- Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
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The rare absolute polycythemias with an innate and hereditary character can be grouped together under the heading "familial and congenital polycythemias" (FCPs). Primary forms, due to an intrinsic defect in the erythroid progenitor cells, and secondary forms, resulting from extrinsic factors such as an elevated erythropoietin level, have both been reported. Despite the widely divergent characteristics of the different FCPs, the range of possible diagnoses is much more restricted and the distribution of disorders markedly different compared with polycythemias in general. Therefore, in FCP, one can argue against following the algorithm of the Polycythemia Vera Study Group for the evaluation of an elevated hematocrit level, following instead a more specific algorithm. In this article the authors describe a child with primary FCP, review the different FCPs, and propose an adapted work-up scheme.
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- Tom Van Maerken
- Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, University Hospital Ghent, Belgium
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