Article
Pan-cancer and cross-population genome-wide association studies dissect shared genetic backgrounds underlying carcinogenesis.
Nature communications - 20 Jun 2023
Sato Go, Shirai Yuya, Namba Shinichi, Edahiro Ryuya, Sonehara Kyuto, Hata Tsuyoshi, Uemura Mamoru, Matsuda Koichi, Doki Yuichiro, Eguchi Hidetoshi, Okada Yukinori
Abstract excerpt
Integrating genomic data of multiple cancers allows de novo cancer grouping and elucidating the shared genetic basis across cancers. Here, we conduct the pan-cancer and cross-population genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis and replication studies on 13 cancers including 250,015 East Asians (Biobank Japan) and 377,441 Europeans (UK Biobank). We identify ten cancer risk variants including five...
Topics
- Male
- Humans
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Prostatic Neoplasms
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinogenesis
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
