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21949822
TITLE
Functional polymorphisms in the TERT promoter are associated with risk of serous epithelial ovarian and breast cancers.
ABSTRACT
Genetic variation at the TERT-CLPTM1L locus at 5p15.33 is associated with susceptibility to several cancers, including epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC). We have carried out fine-mapping of this region in EOC which implicates an association with a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) within the TERT promoter. We demonstrate that the minor alleles at rs2736109, and at an additional TERT promoter SNP, rs2736108, are associated with decreased breast cancer risk, and that the combination of both SNPs substantially reduces TERT promoter activity.
DATE PUBLISHED
2011
HISTORY
PUBSTATUS PUBSTATUSDATE
received 2011/08/12
accepted 2011/08/21
entrez 2011/09/28 06:00
pubmed 2011/09/29 06:00
medline 2012/02/04 06:00
AUTHORS
NAME COLLECTIVENAME LASTNAME FORENAME INITIALS AFFILIATION AFFILIATIONINFO
Beesley J Beesley Jonathan J Division of Genetics and Population Health, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. jonathan.beesley@qimr.edu.au
Pickett HA Pickett Hilda A HA
Johnatty SE Johnatty Sharon E SE
Dunning AM Dunning Alison M AM
Chen X Chen Xiaoqing X
Li J Li Jun J
Michailidou K Michailidou Kyriaki K
Lu Y Lu Yi Y
Rider DN Rider David N DN
Palmieri RT Palmieri Rachel T RT
Stutz MD Stutz Michael D MD
Lambrechts D Lambrechts Diether D
Despierre E Despierre Evelyn E
Lambrechts S Lambrechts Sandrina S
Vergote I Vergote Ignace I
Chang-Claude J Chang-Claude Jenny J
Nickels S Nickels Stefan S
Vrieling A Vrieling Alina A
Flesch-Janys D Flesch-Janys Dieter D
Wang-Gohrke S Wang-Gohrke Shan S
Eilber U Eilber Ursula U
Bogdanova N Bogdanova Natalia N
Antonenkova N Antonenkova Natalia N
Runnebaum IB Runnebaum Ingo B IB
Dörk T Dörk Thilo T
Goodman MT Goodman Marc T MT
Lurie G Lurie Galina G
Wilkens LR Wilkens Lynne R LR
Matsuno RK Matsuno Rayna K RK
Kiemeney LA Kiemeney Lambertus A LA
Aben KK Aben Katja K H KK
Marees T Marees Tamara T
Massuger LF Massuger Leon F A G LF
Fridley BL Fridley Brooke L BL
Vierkant RA Vierkant Robert A RA
Bandera EV Bandera Elisa V EV
Olson SH Olson Sara H SH
Orlow I Orlow Irene I
Rodriguez-Rodriguez L Rodriguez-Rodriguez Lorna L
Cook LS Cook Linda S LS
Le ND Le Nhu D ND
Brooks-Wilson A Brooks-Wilson Angela A
Kelemen LE Kelemen Linda E LE
Campbell I Campbell Ian I
Gayther SA Gayther Simon A SA
Ramus SJ Ramus Susan J SJ
Gentry-Maharaj A Gentry-Maharaj Aleksandra A
Menon U Menon Usha U
Ahmed S Ahmed Shahana S
Baynes C Baynes Caroline C
Pharoah PD Pharoah Paul D PD
kConFab Investigators
Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group
ABCTB Investigators
Muir K Muir Kenneth K
Lophatananon A Lophatananon Artitaya A
Chaiwerawattana A Chaiwerawattana Arkom A
Wiangnon S Wiangnon Surapon S
Macgregor S Macgregor Stuart S
Easton DF Easton Douglas F DF
Reddel RR Reddel Roger R RR
Goode EL Goode Ellen L EL
Chenevix-Trench G Chenevix-Trench Georgia G
Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium
INVESTIGATORS
JOURNAL
VOLUME: 6
ISSUE: 9
TITLE: PloS one
ISOABBREVIATION: PLoS One
YEAR: 2011
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CITEDMEDIUM: Internet
ISSN: 1932-6203
ISSNTYPE: Electronic
MEDLINE JOURNAL
MEDLINETA: PLoS One
COUNTRY: United States
ISSNLINKING: 1932-6203
NLMUNIQUEID: 101285081
PUBLICATION TYPE
PUBLICATIONTYPE TEXT
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
COMMENTS AND CORRECTIONS
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GRANTS
GRANTID AGENCY COUNTRY
C490/A11021 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
N01-PC-67001 NCI NIH HHS United States
R01 CA058598 NCI NIH HHS United States
A10119 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
R01 CA122443 NCI NIH HHS United States
A10124 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
10124 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
K22 CA138563 NCI NIH HHS United States
11022 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
R01CA83918 NCI NIH HHS United States
CIHR Canada
Department of Health United Kingdom
C8197/A10123 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
P50 CA136939 NCI NIH HHS United States
R01 CA083918 NCI NIH HHS United States
N01-CN-55424 NCI NIH HHS United States
G0801875 Medical Research Council United Kingdom
R01 CA58598 NCI NIH HHS United States
K07 CA095666 NCI NIH HHS United States
10118 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
C1287/A10118 Cancer Research UK United Kingdom
P50 CA136393 NCI NIH HHS United States
GENERAL NOTE
KEYWORDS
MESH HEADINGS
DESCRIPTORNAME QUALIFIERNAME
Breast Neoplasms genetics
Case-Control Studies genetics
Cystadenocarcinoma, Serous genetics
Female genetics
Humans genetics
Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial genetics
Ovarian Neoplasms genetics
Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide genetics
Prognosis genetics
Telomerase genetics
SUPPLEMENTARY MESH
GENE SYMBOLS
CHEMICALS
REGISTRYNUMBER NAMEOFSUBSTANCE
EC 2.7.7.49 TERT protein, human
EC 2.7.7.49 Telomerase
OTHER ID's