Sequence variants at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus associate with many cancer types

Nature Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 221-227

  Rafnar, Thorunn ^a   Sulem, Patrick ^a   Stacey, Simon N ^a   Geller, Frank ^a   Gudmundsson, Julius ^a   Sigurdsson, Asgeir ^a   Jakobsdottir, Margret ^a   Helgadottir, Hafdis ^a   Thorlacius, Steinunn ^a   Aben, Katja K H ^b,c   Blöndal, Thorarinn ^a   Thorgeirsson, Thorgeir E ^a   Thorleifsson, Gudmar ^a   Kristjansson, Kristleifur ^a   Thorisdottir, Kristin ^d   Ragnarsson, Rafn ^e   Sigurgeirsson, Bardur ^d   Skuladottir, Halla ^e   Gudbjartsson, Tomas ^d,e   Isaksson, Helgi J ^e   Einarsson, Gudmundur V ^e   Benediktsdottir, Kristrun R ^d,e   Agnarsson, Bjarni A ^d,e   Olafsson, Karl ^e   Salvarsdottir, Anna ^e   Bjarnason, Hjordis ^a   Asgeirsdottir, Margret ^a   Kristinsson, Kari T ^a   Matthiasdottir, Sigurborg ^a   Sveinsdottir, Steinunn G ^f   Polidoro, Silvia ^g,h   Höiom, Veronica ⁱ   Botella Estrada, Rafael ^j   Hemminki, Kari ^k   Rudnai, Peter ^l   Bishop, D Timothy ^m   Campagna, Marcello ⁿ   Kellen, Eliane ^o   Zeegers, Maurice P ^p,q   De Verdier, Petra ^r   Ferrer, Ana ^s   Isla, Dolores ^s   Vidal, Maria Jesus ^s   Andres, Raquel ^s   Saez, Berta ^t   Juberias, Pablo ^s   Banzo, Javier ^s   Navarrete, Sebastian ^s   Tres, Alejandro ^s,u   Kan, Donghui ^v   Lindblom, Annika ^r   Gurzau, Eugene ^w   Koppova, Kvetoslava ^x   De Vegt, Femmie ^c   Schalken, Jack A ^c   Van Der Heijden, Henricus F M ^c   Smit, Hans J ^y   Termeer, René A ^z   Oosterwijk, Egbert ^c   Van Hooij, Onno ^c   Nagore, Eduardo ^j   Porru, Stefano ⁿ   Steineck, Gunnar ^i,aa   Hansson, Johan ⁱ   Buntinx, Frank ^o,ab   Catalona, William J ^v   Matullo, Giuseppe ^g,h   Vineis, Paolo ^g,ac   Kiltie, Anne E ^m   Mayordomo, José I ^s,u   Kumar, Rajiv ^k   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^b,c   Frigge, Michael L ^a   Jonsson, Thorvaldur ^d,e   Saemundsson, Hafsteinn ^e   Barkardottir, Rosa B ^e   Jonsson, Eirikur ^e   Jonsson, Steinn ^d,e   Olafsson, Jon H ^d   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^a   Masson, Gisli ^a   Gudbjartsson, Daniel F ^a   Kong, Augustine ^a   Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur ^a,d   Stefansson, Kari ^a,d   more..

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Oost   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^e LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^f Clinical Research Centre   (Iceland)

^g ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

ⁱ KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^j INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^k GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^l NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Hungary)

^m ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^q MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^r KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^s HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^t Health Science Institute   (Spain)

^u Aragon Health Sciences Institute   (Spain)

^v NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^w Environmental Health Center   (Romania)

^x State Health Institute   (Slovakia)

^y RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^z CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^aa SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^ab MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^ac IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN RESISTANCE RELATED PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TELOMERASE REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME 5P; CLPTM1L GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTECTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TERT GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 59149091340     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.296     Document Type: Article

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