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Variants near DMRT1, TERT and ATF7IP are associated with testicular germ cell cancer.
Nature genetics - 1 Jul 2010
Turnbull Clare, Rapley Elizabeth A, Seal Sheila, Pernet David, Renwick Anthony, Hughes Deborah, Ricketts Michelle, Linger Rachel, Nsengimana Jeremie, Deloukas Panagiotis, Huddart Robert A, Bishop D Timothy, Easton Douglas F, Stratton Michael R, Rahman Nazneen
Abstract excerpt
We conducted a genome-wide association study for testicular germ cell tumor, genotyping 298,782 SNPs in 979 affected individuals and 4,947 controls from the UK and replicating associations in a further 664 cases and 3,456 controls. We identified three new susceptibility loci, two of which include genes that are involved in telomere regulation. We identified two independent signals within the TERT-CLPTM1L locus on...
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