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Pleiotropic analysis of cancer risk loci on esophageal adenocarcinoma risk.
Lee E, Stram DO, Ek WE, Onstad LE, MacGregor S, Gharahkhani P, Ye W, Lagergren J, Shaheen NJ, Murray LJ, Hardie LJ, Gammon MD, Chow WH, Risch HA, Corley DA, Levine DM, Whiteman DC, Bernstein L, Bird NC, Vaughan TL, Wu AH. Lee E, et al. Among authors: ek we. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015 Nov;24(11):1801-3. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-15-0596. Epub 2015 Sep 12. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2015. PMID: 26364162 Free PMC article.
Common variants at the MHC locus and at chromosome 16q24.1 predispose to Barrett's esophagus.
Su Z, Gay LJ, Strange A, Palles C, Band G, Whiteman DC, Lescai F, Langford C, Nanji M, Edkins S, van der Winkel A, Levine D, Sasieni P, Bellenguez C, Howarth K, Freeman C, Trudgill N, Tucker AT, Pirinen M, Peppelenbosch MP, van der Laan LJ, Kuipers EJ, Drenth JP, Peters WH, Reynolds JV, Kelleher DP, McManus R, Grabsch H, Prenen H, Bisschops R, Krishnadath K, Siersema PD, van Baal JW, Middleton M, Petty R, Gillies R, Burch N, Bhandari P, Paterson S, Edwards C, Penman I, Vaidya K, Ang Y, Murray I, Patel P, Ye W, Mullins P, Wu AH, Bird NC, Dallal H, Shaheen NJ, Murray LJ, Koss K, Bernstein L, Romero Y, Hardie LJ, Zhang R, Winter H, Corley DA, Panter S, Risch HA, Reid BJ, Sargeant I, Gammon MD, Smart H, Dhar A, McMurtry H, Ali H, Liu G, Casson AG, Chow WH, Rutter M, Tawil A, Morris D, Nwokolo C, Isaacs P, Rodgers C, Ragunath K, MacDonald C, Haigh C, Monk D, Davies G, Wajed S, Johnston D, Gibbons M, Cullen S, Church N, Langley R, Griffin M, Alderson D, Deloukas P, Hunt SE, Gray E, Dronov S, Potter SC, Tashakkori-Ghanbaria A, Anderson M, Brooks C, Blackwell JM, Bramon E, Brown MA, Casas JP, Corvin A, Duncanson A, Markus HS, Mathew CG, Palmer CN, Plomin R, Rautanen A, Sawcer SJ, Trembath… See abstract for full author list ➔ Su Z, et al. Nat Genet. 2012 Oct;44(10):1131-6. doi: 10.1038/ng.2408. Epub 2012 Sep 9. Nat Genet. 2012. PMID: 22961001 Free PMC article.
A genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for esophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's esophagus.
Levine DM, Ek WE, Zhang R, Liu X, Onstad L, Sather C, Lao-Sirieix P, Gammon MD, Corley DA, Shaheen NJ, Bird NC, Hardie LJ, Murray LJ, Reid BJ, Chow WH, Risch HA, Nyrén O, Ye W, Liu G, Romero Y, Bernstein L, Wu AH, Casson AG, Chanock SJ, Harrington P, Caldas I, Debiram-Beecham I, Caldas C, Hayward NK, Pharoah PD, Fitzgerald RC, Macgregor S, Whiteman DC, Vaughan TL. Levine DM, et al. Among authors: ek we. Nat Genet. 2013 Dec;45(12):1487-93. doi: 10.1038/ng.2796. Epub 2013 Oct 13. Nat Genet. 2013. PMID: 24121790 Free PMC article.
Germline genetic contributions to risk for esophageal adenocarcinoma, Barrett's esophagus, and gastroesophageal reflux.
Ek WE, Levine DM, D'Amato M, Pedersen NL, Magnusson PK, Bresso F, Onstad LE, Schmidt PT, Törnblom H, Nordenstedt H, Romero Y; Mayo Clinic Esophageal Adenocarcinoma and Barrett’s Esophagus Registry Consortium; Chow WH, Murray LJ, Gammon MD, Liu G, Bernstein L, Casson AG, Risch HA, Shaheen NJ, Bird NC, Reid BJ, Corley DA, Hardie LJ, Ye W, Wu AH, Zucchelli M, Spector TD, Hysi P, Vaughan TL, Whiteman DC, MacGregor S; BEACON study investigators. Ek WE, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013 Nov 20;105(22):1711-8. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djt303. Epub 2013 Oct 29. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2013. PMID: 24168968 Free PMC article.
Most common 'sporadic' cancers have a significant germline genetic component.
Lu Y, Ek WE, Whiteman D, Vaughan TL, Spurdle AB, Easton DF, Pharoah PD, Thompson DJ, Dunning AM, Hayward NK, Chenevix-Trench G; Q-MEGA and AMFS Investigators; ANECS-SEARCH; UKOPS-SEARCH; BEACON Consortium; Macgregor S. Lu Y, et al. Among authors: ek we. Hum Mol Genet. 2014 Nov 15;23(22):6112-8. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddu312. Epub 2014 Jun 18. Hum Mol Genet. 2014. PMID: 24943595 Free PMC article.
Obesity and risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma and Barrett's esophagus: a Mendelian randomization study.
Thrift AP, Shaheen NJ, Gammon MD, Bernstein L, Reid BJ, Onstad L, Risch HA, Liu G, Bird NC, Wu AH, Corley DA, Romero Y, Chanock SJ, Chow WH, Casson AG, Levine DM, Zhang R, Ek WE, MacGregor S, Ye W, Hardie LJ, Vaughan TL, Whiteman DC. Thrift AP, et al. Among authors: ek we. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2014 Sep 30;106(11):dju252. doi: 10.1093/jnci/dju252. Print 2014 Nov. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2014. PMID: 25269698 Free PMC article.
Polymorphisms in Genes of Relevance for Oestrogen and Oxytocin Pathways and Risk of Barrett's Oesophagus and Oesophageal Adenocarcinoma: A Pooled Analysis from the BEACON Consortium.
Lagergren K, Ek WE, Levine D, Chow WH, Bernstein L, Casson AG, Risch HA, Shaheen NJ, Bird NC, Reid BJ, Corley DA, Hardie LJ, Wu AH, Fitzgerald RC, Pharoah P, Caldas C, Romero Y, Vaughan TL, MacGregor S, Whiteman D, Westberg L, Nyren O, Lagergren J. Lagergren K, et al. Among authors: ek we. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 25;10(9):e0138738. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138738. eCollection 2015. PLoS One. 2015. PMID: 26406593 Free PMC article.
Polymorphisms in genes in the androgen pathway and risk of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma.
Ek WE, Lagergren K, Cook M, Wu AH, Abnet CC, Levine D, Chow WH, Bernstein L, Risch HA, Shaheen NJ, Bird NC, Corley DA, Hardie LJ, Fitzgerald RC, Gammon MD, Romero Y, Liu G, Ye W, Vaughan TL, MacGregor S, Whiteman DC, Westberg L, Lagergren J. Ek WE, et al. Int J Cancer. 2016 Mar 1;138(5):1146-52. doi: 10.1002/ijc.29863. Epub 2015 Oct 5. Int J Cancer. 2016. PMID: 26414697 Free PMC article.
Exploring the genetics of irritable bowel syndrome: a GWA study in the general population and replication in multinational case-control cohorts.
Ek WE, Reznichenko A, Ripke S, Niesler B, Zucchelli M, Rivera NV, Schmidt PT, Pedersen NL, Magnusson P, Talley NJ, Holliday EG, Houghton L, Gazouli M, Karamanolis G, Rappold G, Burwinkel B, Surowy H, Rafter J, Assadi G, Li L, Papadaki E, Gambaccini D, Marchi S, Colucci R, Blandizzi C, Barbaro R, Karling P, Walter S, Ohlsson B, Tornblom H, Bresso F, Andreasson A, Dlugosz A, Simren M, Agreus L, Lindberg G, Boeckxstaens G, Bellini M, Stanghellini V, Barbara G, Daly MJ, Camilleri M, Wouters MM, D'Amato M. Ek WE, et al. Gut. 2015 Nov;64(11):1774-82. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2014-307997. Epub 2014 Sep 23. Gut. 2015. PMID: 25248455
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