The chromosome 2p21 region harbors a complex genetic architecture for association with risk for renal cell carcinoma

Summer S. Han, Meredith Yeager, Lee E. Moore, Ming Hui Wei, Ruth Pfeiffer, Ousmane Toure, Mark P. Purdue, Mattias Johansson, Ghislaine Scelo, Charles C. Chung, Valerie Gaborieau, David Zaridze, Kendra Schwartz, Neonilia Szeszenia-Dabrowska, Faith Davis, Vladimir Bencko, Joanne S. Colt, Vladimir Janout, Vsevolod Matveev, Lenka ForetovaDana Mates, M. Navratilova, Paolo Boffetta, Christine D. Berg, Robert L. Grubb, Victoria L. Stevens, Michael J. Thun, W. Ryan Diver, Susan M. Gapstur, Demetrius Albanes, Stephanie J. Weinstein, Jarmo Virtamo, Laurie Burdett, Antonin Brisuda, James D. McKay, Joseph F. Fraumeni, Nilanjan Chatterjee, Philip S. Rosenberg, Nathaniel Rothman, Paul Brennan, Wong Ho Chow, Margaret A. Tucker, Stephen J. Chanock, Jorge R. Toro

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Abstract

In follow-up of a recent genome-wide association study (GWAS) that identified a locus in chromosome 2p21 associated with risk for renal cell carcinoma (RCC), we conducted a fine mapping analysis of a 120 kb region that includes EPAS1. We genotyped 59 tagged common single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in 2278 RCC and 3719 controls of European background and observed a novel signal for rs9679290 [P=5 5.75× 3 10 -8, per-allele odds ratio (OR) = 1.27, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.17-1.39]. Imputation of common SNPs surrounding rs9679290 using HapMap 3 and 1000 Genomes data yielded two additional signals, rs4953346 (P = 4.09 × 10 -14) and rs12617313 (P = 7.48 × 10 -12), both highly correlated withrs9679290 (r 2 > 0.95), but interestingly not correlated with the two SNPs reported in the GWAS: rs11894252 and rs7579899 (r 2 < 0.1 with rs9679290). Genotype analysis of rs12617313 confirmed an association with RCC risk (P = 1.72 × 10 -9, per-allele OR = 1.28, 95% CI: 1.18-1.39) In conclusion, we report that chromosome 2p21 harbors a complex genetic architecture for common RCC risk variants. Published by Oxford University Press 2011.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article numberddr551
Pages (from-to)1190-1200
Number of pages11
JournalHuman molecular genetics
Volume21
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 2012
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Molecular Biology
  • Genetics
  • Genetics(clinical)

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