A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • We conducted a genome-wide association study of pancreatic cancer in 3,851 affected individuals (cases) and 3,934 unaffected controls drawn from 12 prospective cohort studies and 8 case-control studies. Based on a logistic regression model for genotype trend effect that was adjusted for study, age, sex, self-described ancestry and five principal components, we identified eight SNPs that map to three loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33. Two correlated SNPs, rs9543325 (P = 3.27 x 10(-11), per-allele odds ratio (OR) 1.26, 95% CI 1.18-1.35) and rs9564966 (P = 5.86 x 10(-8), per-allele OR 1.21, 95% CI 1.13-1.30), map to a nongenic region on chromosome 13q22.1. Five SNPs on 1q32.1 map to NR5A2, and the strongest signal was at rs3790844 (P = 2.45 x 10(-10), per-allele OR 0.77, 95% CI 0.71-0.84). A single SNP, rs401681 (P = 3.66 x 10(-7), per-allele OR 1.19, 95% CI 1.11-1.27), maps to the CLPTM1L-TERT locus on 5p15.33, which is associated with multiple cancers. Our study has identified common susceptibility loci for pancreatic cancer that warrant follow-up studies.

authors

publication date

  • January 24, 2010

Research

keywords

  • Carcinoma
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13
  • Chromosomes, Human, Pair 5
  • Genetic Loci
  • Pancreatic Neoplasms

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC2853179

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 77649188501

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.1038/ng.522

PubMed ID

  • 20101243

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 42

issue

  • 3