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Comprehensive functional annotation of 77 prostate cancer risk loci.
PLoS genetics - 1 Jan 2014
Hazelett Dennis J, Rhie Suhn Kyong, Gaddis Malaina, Yan Chunli, Lakeland Daniel L, Coetzee Simon G, Henderson Brian E, Noushmehr Houtan, Cozen Wendy, Kote-Jarai Zsofia, Eeles Rosalind A, Easton Douglas F, Haiman Christopher A, Lu Wange, Farnham Peggy J, Coetzee Gerhard A
Abstract excerpt
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have revolutionized the field of cancer genetics, but the causal links between increased genetic risk and onset/progression of disease processes remain to be identified. Here we report the first step in such an endeavor for prostate cancer. We provide a comprehensive annotation of the 77 known risk loci, based upon highly correlated variants in biologically relevant...
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