Integration of Population-Level Genotype Data with Functional Annotation Reveals Over-Representation of Long Noncoding RNAs at Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Loci

Abstract

Background: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple loci associated with epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) susceptibility, but further progress requires integration of epidemiology and biology to illuminate true risk loci below genome-wide significance levels (P < 5 × 10−8). Most risk SNPs lie within non–protein-encoding regions, and we hypothesize that long noncoding RNA (lncRNA) genes are enriched at EOC risk regions and represent biologically relevant functional targets.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2017
Source ID
10.1158/1055-9965.epi-16-0341

Entities

People

  • Alvaro N.a. Monteiro
  • Andrew Berchuck
  • Brett M. Reid
  • Catherine M. Phelan
  • Celeste L. Pearce
  • Edwin S. Iverson
  • Ellen L Goode
  • Georgia Chenevix-Trench
  • Jamie K. Teer
  • Jennifer A Doherty
  • Jennifer B. Permuth
  • Jin Q. Cheng
  • Joellen M. Schildkraut
  • Jonathan P Tyrer
  • Kate Lawrenson
  • Mary Anne Rossing
  • Paul D. Pharoah
  • Simon A Gayther
  • Susan J. Ramus
  • Thomas A. Sellers
  • Y. Ann Chen
  • Zhihua Chen

Organizations

  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Cancer Research UK
  • National Cancer Institute
  • National Cancer Institute Egypt
  • National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
  • National Health and Medical Research Council
  • National Institutes of Health
  • Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
  • United States Army Medical Research and Development Command
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Southern California

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Fields of Study

  • Biology

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  • Molecular and genetic basis of cancer.