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A case-only study to identify genetic modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers

  • Juliette Coignard
  • , Michael Lush
  • , Jonathan Beesley
  • , Tracy A. O’Mara
  • , Joe Dennis
  • , Jonathan P. Tyrer
  • , Daniel R. Barnes
  • , Lesley McGuffog
  • , Goska Leslie
  • , Manjeet K. Bolla
  • , Muriel A. Adank
  • , Simona Agata
  • , Thomas Ahearn
  • , Kristiina Aittomäki
  • , Irene L. Andrulis
  • , Hoda Anton-Culver
  • , Volker Arndt
  • , Norbert Arnold
  • , Kristan J. Aronson
  • , Banu K. Arun
  • Annelie Augustinsson, Jacopo Azzollini, Daniel Barrowdale, Caroline Baynes, Heko Becher, Marina Bermisheva, Leslie Bernstein, Katarzyna Białkowska, Carl Blomqvist, Stig E. Bojesen, Bernardo Bonanni, Ake Borg, Hiltrud Brauch, Hermann Brenner, Barbara Burwinkel, Saundra S. Buys, Trinidad Caldés, Maria A. Caligo, Daniele Campa, Brian D. Carter, Jose E. Castelao, Jenny Chang-Claude, Stephen J. Chanock, Wendy K. Chung, Kathleen B.M. Claes, Christine L. Clarke, Ophélie Bertrand, Sandrine Caputo, Anaïs Dupré, Marine Le Mentec, Muriel Belotti, Anne Marie Birot, Bruno Buecher, Emmanuelle Fourme, Marion Gauthier-Villars, Lisa Golmard, Claude Houdayer, Virginie Moncoutier, Antoine de Pauw, Claire Saule, Olga Sinilnikova, Sylvie Mazoyer, Francesca Damiola, Laure Barjhoux, Carole Verny-Pierre, Mélanie Léone, Nadia Boutry-Kryza, Alain Calender, Sophie Giraud, Olivier Caron, Marine Guillaud-Bataille, Brigitte Bressac-de-Paillerets, Yves Jean Bignon, Nancy Uhrhammer, Christine Lasset, Valérie Bonadona, Pascaline Berthet, Dominique Vaur, Laurent Castera, Tetsuro Noguchi, Cornel Popovici, Hagay Sobol, Violaine Bourdon, Tetsuro Noguchi, Audrey Remenieras, Catherine Noguès, Isabelle Coupier, Pascal Pujol, Aurélie Dumont, Françoise Révillion, Claude Adenis, Danièle Muller, Emmanuelle Barouk-Simonet, Françoise Bonnet, Virginie Bubien, Nicolas Sevenet, Michel Longy, Christine Toulas, Rosine Guimbaud, Laurence Gladieff, Viviane Feillel, Dominique Leroux, Hélène Dreyfus, Christine Rebischung, Magalie Peysselon, Fanny Coron, Laurence Faivre, Amandine Baurand, Caroline Jacquot, Geoffrey Bertolone, Sarab Lizard, Fabienne Prieur, Marine Lebrun, Caroline Kientz, Sandra Fert Ferrer, Véronique Mari, Laurence Vénat-Bouvet, Capucine Delnatte, Stéphane Bézieau, Isabelle Mortemousque, Florence Coulet, Chrystelle Colas, Florent Soubrier, Mathilde Warcoin, Johanna Sokolowska, Myriam Bronner, Marie Agnès Collonge-Rame, Alexandre Damette, Paul Gesta, Hakima Lallaoui, Jean Chiesa, Denise Molina-Gomes, Olivier Ingster, Helen Gregory, Zosia Miedzybrodzka, Patrick J. Morrison, Kai ren Ong, Alan Donaldson, Mark T. Rogers, M. John Kennedy, Mary E. Porteous, Carole Brewer, Rosemarie Davidson, Louise Izatt, Angela Brady, Julian Barwell, Julian Adlard, Claire Foo, Fiona Lalloo, Lucy E. Side, Jacqueline Eason, Alex Henderson, Lisa Walker, Rosalind A. Eeles, Jackie Cook, Katie Snape, Diana M. Eccles, Alex Murray, Emma McCann, J. Margriet Collée, Don M. Conroy, Kamila Czene, Mary B. Daly, Peter Devilee, Orland Diez, Yuan Chun Ding, Susan M. Domchek, Thilo Dörk, Isabel dos-Santos-Silva, Alison M. Dunning, Miriam Dwek, A. Heather Eliassen, Christoph Engel, Mikael Eriksson, D. Gareth Evans, Peter A. Fasching, Henrik Flyger, Florentia Fostira, Eitan Friedman, Lin Fritschi, Debra Frost, Manuela Gago-Dominguez, Susan M. Gapstur, Judy Garber, Vanesa Garcia-Barberan, Montserrat García-Closas, José A. García-Sáenz, Mia M. Gaudet, Simon A. Gayther, Andrea Gehrig, Vassilios Georgoulias, Graham G. Giles, Andrew K. Godwin, Mark S. Goldberg, David E. Goldgar, Anna González-Neira, Mark H. Greene, Pascal Guénel, Lothar Haeberle, Eric Hahnen, Christopher A. Haiman, Niclas Håkansson, Per Hall, Ute Hamann, Patricia A. Harrington, Steven N. Hart, Wei He, Frans B.L. Hogervorst, Antoinette Hollestelle, John L. Hopper, Darling J. Horcasitas, Peter J. Hulick, David J. Hunter, Evgeny N. Imyanitov, Stephen Fox, Ian Campbell, Amanda Spurdle, Penny Webb, Anna de Fazio, Margaret Tassell, Judy Kirk, Geoff Lindeman, Melanie Price, Melissa Southey, Roger L. Milne, Sid Deb, David Bowtell, Annemieke H. van der Hout, Ans M.W. van den Ouweland, Arjen R. Mensenkamp, Carolien H.M. van Deurzen, Carolien M. Kets, Caroline Seynaeve, Christi J. van Asperen, Cora M. Aalfs, Encarna B. Gómez Garcia, Flora E. van Leeuwen, G. H. de Bock, Hanne E.J. Meijers-Heijboer, Inge M. Obdeijn, J. Margriet Collée, J. J.P. Gille, Jan C. Oosterwijk, Juul T. Wijnen, Lizet E. van der Kolk, Maartje J. Hooning, Margreet G.E.M. Ausems, Marian J.E. Mourits, Marinus J. Blok, Matti A. Rookus, GEMO Study Collaborators, EMBRACE Collaborators, kConFab Investigators, HEBON Investigators, ABCTB Investigators

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Abstract

Breast cancer (BC) risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers varies by genetic and familial factors. About 50 common variants have been shown to modify BC risk for mutation carriers. All but three, were identified in general population studies. Other mutation carrier-specific susceptibility variants may exist but studies of mutation carriers have so far been underpowered. We conduct a novel case-only genome-wide association study comparing genotype frequencies between 60,212 general population BC cases and 13,007 cases with BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations. We identify robust novel associations for 2 variants with BC for BRCA1 and 3 for BRCA2 mutation carriers, P < 10−8, at 5 loci, which are not associated with risk in the general population. They include rs60882887 at 11p11.2 where MADD, SP11 and EIF1, genes previously implicated in BC biology, are predicted as potential targets. These findings will contribute towards customising BC polygenic risk scores for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1078
Number of pages22
JournalNature Communications
Volume12
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Feb 2021

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  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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