A study based on whole-genome sequencing yields a rare variant at 8q24 associated with prostate cancer

Nature Genetics

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1326-1329

  Gudmundsson, Julius ^a   Sulem, Patrick ^a   Gudbjartsson, Daniel F ^a   Masson, Gisli ^a   Agnarsson, Bjarni A ^b,c   Benediktsdottir, Kristrun R ^b,c   Sigurdsson, Asgeir ^a   Magnusson, Olafur Th ^a   Gudjonsson, Sigurjon A ^a   Magnusdottir, Droplaug N ^a   Johannsdottir, Hrefna ^a   Helgadottir, Hafdis Th ^a   Stacey, Simon N ^a   Jonasdottir, Adalbjorg ^a   Olafsdottir, Stefania B ^a   Thorleifsson, Gudmar ^a   Jonasson, Jon G ^b,c,d   Tryggvadottir, Laufey ^c,d   Navarrete, Sebastian ^e   Fuertes, Fernando ^e   Helfand, Brian T ^f   Hu, Qiaoyan ^g   Csiki, Irma E ^h   Mates, Ioan N ⁱ   Jinga, Viorel ⁱ   Aben, Katja K H ^j,k   Van Oort, Inge M ^k   Vermeulen, Sita H ^k   Donovan, Jenny L ^l   Hamdy, Freddy C ^m   Ng, Chi Fai ⁿ   Chiu, Peter K F ⁿ   Lau, Kin Mang ⁿ   Ng, Maggie C Y ⁿ   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^a   Kong, Augustine ^a   Catalona, William J ^g   Mayordomo, Jose I ^o   Einarsson, Gudmundur V ^b   Barkardottir, Rosa B ^b,c   Jonsson, Eirikur ^b   Mates, Dana ^h   Neal, David E ^p   Kiemeney, Lambertus A ^j,k   Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur ^a,c   Rafnar, Thorunn ^a   Stefansson, Kari ^a,c   more..

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d Icelandic Cancer Registry ^*  (Ireland)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

^f NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Romania)

ⁱ CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

^j Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^k RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^l UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^p UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOX PROTEIN; PROTEIN VARIANT;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CANCER RISK; CHROMOSOME 8Q24; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84870531459     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.2437     Document Type: Article

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