Stephen Chanock

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Affiliation: National Institutes of Health
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Patterns of low-affinity immunoglobulin receptor polymorphisms in stroke and homozygous sickle cell disease
    James G Taylor
    Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877, USA
    Am J Hematol 69:109-14. 2002
  2. ncbi Variants in the VCAM1 gene and risk for symptomatic stroke in sickle cell disease
    James G Taylor
    Section on Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, USA
    Blood 100:4303-9. 2002
  3. ncbi Genetic variants in caspase genes and susceptibility to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    Qing Lan
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Carcinogenesis 28:823-7. 2007
  4. ncbi Cis sequence effects on gene expression
    Andrew W Bergen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
    BMC Genomics 8:296. 2007
  5. ncbi Genotype frequency and F ST analysis of polymorphisms in immunoregulatory genes in Chinese and Caucasian populations
    Qing Lan
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Immunogenetics 59:839-52. 2007
  6. ncbi Toward mapping the biology of the genome
    Stephen Chanock
    Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Advanced Technology Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4605, USA
    Genome Res 22:1612-5. 2012
  7. ncbi Phred-Phrap package to analyses tools: a pipeline to facilitate population genetics re-sequencing studies
    Moara Machado
    Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Caixa Postal 486, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP 31270 910, Brazil
    Investig Genet 2:3. 2011
  8. ncbi Genetic variation in PRL and PRLR, and relationships with serum prolactin levels and breast cancer risk: results from a population-based case-control study in Poland
    Sarah J Nyante
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 13:R42. 2011
  9. ncbi A comprehensive analysis of the androgen receptor gene and risk of breast cancer: results from the National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3)
    David G Cox
    Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Epidemiology Department, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 8:R54. 2006
  10. ncbi Genotypes and haplotypes in the insulin-like growth factors, their receptors and binding proteins in relation to plasma metabolic levels and mammographic density
    Margarethe Biong
    Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital Radiumhospitalet, Montebello 0310, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Med Genomics 3:9. 2010

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  1. ncbi Patterns of low-affinity immunoglobulin receptor polymorphisms in stroke and homozygous sickle cell disease
    James G Taylor
    Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20877, USA
    Am J Hematol 69:109-14. 2002
    ..0053), suggesting that these two loci could be linked in this population. We conclude that polymorphisms of the low-affinity Fcgamma receptors are not associated with stroke in SS disease...
  2. ncbi Variants in the VCAM1 gene and risk for symptomatic stroke in sickle cell disease
    James G Taylor
    Section on Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Gaithersburg, MD 20877, USA
    Blood 100:4303-9. 2002
    ..35, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.15-0.83, P =.04). Further study is required to confirm the importance of this variant in VCAM1 as a clinically useful modifier of outcome in SS disease...
  3. ncbi Genetic variants in caspase genes and susceptibility to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    Qing Lan
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Carcinogenesis 28:823-7. 2007
    ..The striking protective associations observed for polymorphisms in all four genes for NHL and/or one or more subtypes suggest that genetic variation in CASP genes may play an important role in the etiology of NHL...
  4. ncbi Cis sequence effects on gene expression
    Andrew W Bergen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD USA
    BMC Genomics 8:296. 2007
    ....
  5. ncbi Genotype frequency and F ST analysis of polymorphisms in immunoregulatory genes in Chinese and Caucasian populations
    Qing Lan
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Immunogenetics 59:839-52. 2007
    ..25). These results suggest that there is substantial genetic diversity in immune genes and exploration of SNP associations with immune-related diseases that vary in incidence across these two populations may be warranted...
  6. ncbi Toward mapping the biology of the genome
    Stephen Chanock
    Laboratory of Translational Genomics, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Advanced Technology Center, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4605, USA
    Genome Res 22:1612-5. 2012
    ..The success of these papers should not only be measured by the scope of the scientific insights and tools but also by their ability to attract new talent to mine existing and future data...
  7. ncbi Phred-Phrap package to analyses tools: a pipeline to facilitate population genetics re-sequencing studies
    Moara Machado
    Departamento de Biologia Geral, Instituto de Ciencias Biologicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av Antonio Carlos 6627, Pampulha, Caixa Postal 486, Belo Horizonte, MG, CEP 31270 910, Brazil
    Investig Genet 2:3. 2011
    ..abstract:..
  8. ncbi Genetic variation in PRL and PRLR, and relationships with serum prolactin levels and breast cancer risk: results from a population-based case-control study in Poland
    Sarah J Nyante
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 13:R42. 2011
    ..Thus, we examined the relationship between single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in PRL and PRLR, serum prolactin levels and breast cancer risk in a population-based case-control study...
  9. ncbi A comprehensive analysis of the androgen receptor gene and risk of breast cancer: results from the National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3)
    David G Cox
    Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Epidemiology Department, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 8:R54. 2006
    ..Here, we report on the results of a large and comprehensive study of the association between genetic variation in the AR gene and risk of breast cancer in the National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3)...
  10. ncbi Genotypes and haplotypes in the insulin-like growth factors, their receptors and binding proteins in relation to plasma metabolic levels and mammographic density
    Margarethe Biong
    Department of Genetics, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital Radiumhospitalet, Montebello 0310, Oslo, Norway
    BMC Med Genomics 3:9. 2010
    ..The associations between genetic polymorphisms in genes from the IGF pathway on mammographic density and circulating levels of IGF1, its binding protein IGFBP3, and their ratio in postmenopausal women are reported here...
  11. ncbi MBL2 and hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users
    Elizabeth E Brown
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    BMC Infect Dis 8:57. 2008
    ..We examined whether MBL2 variants influence the outcome of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection...
  12. ncbi High-throughput single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping using nanofluidic Dynamic Arrays
    Jun Wang
    Fluidigm Corporation, South San Francisco, CA, USA
    BMC Genomics 10:561. 2009
    ..This is also important for those who work on high throughput genotyping in non-model systems where off-the-shelf assays are not available and a flexible platform is needed...
  13. ncbi Polymorphism analysis of six selenoprotein genes: support for a selective sweep at the glutathione peroxidase 1 locus (3p21) in Asian populations
    Charles B Foster
    Section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Division of Pediatrics, Desk A120, The Children s Hospital, The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
    BMC Genet 7:56. 2006
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  14. ncbi Genetic polymorphisms of the GNRH1 and GNRHR genes and risk of breast cancer in the National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3)
    Federico Canzian
    German Cancer Research Center DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
    BMC Cancer 9:257. 2009
    ..We studied the association between breast cancer risk and polymorphisms in genes that code for GNRH1 and its receptor (GNRHR) in the large National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (NCI-BPC3)...
  15. ncbi Association of MTHFR gene polymorphisms with breast cancer survival
    Damali N Martin
    Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center of Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    BMC Cancer 6:257. 2006
    ..We investigated whether these MTHFR SNPs were associated with breast cancer survival in African-American and Caucasian women...
  16. ncbi Effects of DNA mass on multiple displacement whole genome amplification and genotyping performance
    Andrew W Bergen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    BMC Biotechnol 5:24. 2005
    ..A total of N = 6,880 STR and N = 56,448 SNP genotype attempts provided adequate power to detect differences in STR and SNP genotyping performance between gDNA and wgaDNA, and among wgaDNA produced from a range of gDNA templates inputs...
  17. ncbi Performance of high-throughput DNA quantification methods
    Kashif A Haque
    Core Genotyping Facility, SAIC Frederick, Inc, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    BMC Biotechnol 3:20. 2003
    ..The effects of manual and robotic laboratory sample handling procedures on the estimates of DNA concentration were assessed using variance components analyses...
  18. ncbi A fast and accurate method to detect allelic genomic imbalances underlying mosaic rearrangements using SNP array data
    Juan R Gonzalez
    Center for Research in Environmental Epidemiology, Doctor Aiguader 88, Barcelona 08003, Spain
    BMC Bioinformatics 12:166. 2011
    ....
  19. ncbi Polymorphism Interaction Analysis (PIA): a method for investigating complex gene-gene interactions
    Leah E Mechanic
    Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
    BMC Bioinformatics 9:146. 2008
    ..Investigating associations for each individual SNP or interactions between SNPs using traditional approaches is inefficient and prone to false positives...
  20. ncbi High marks for GWAS
    Stephen Chanock
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Nat Genet 41:765-6. 2009
    ..These studies are notable for the high effect sizes detected and the biological plausibility of the candidate genes...
  21. ncbi Somatic sequence alterations in twenty-one genes selected by expression profile analysis of breast carcinomas
    Stephen J Chanock
    Section of Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4605, USA
    Breast Cancer Res 9:R5. 2007
    ....
  22. ncbi Replicating genotype-phenotype associations
    Stephen J Chanock
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4605, USA
    Nature 447:655-60. 2007
  23. ncbi Genetic variation in the nucleotide excision repair pathway and bladder cancer risk
    Montserrat Garcia-Closas
    Hormonal and Reproductive Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Room 7076, 6120 Executive Boulevard, MSC 7234, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:536-42. 2006
    ..A detailed characterization of genetic variation in key NER genes is warranted and might ultimately help identify multiple susceptibility variants that could be responsible for substantial joint increases in risk...
  24. ncbi One-carbon metabolism gene polymorphisms and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma in Australia
    Kyoung Mu Lee
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd EPS 8118, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Hum Genet 122:525-33. 2007
    ..01). In conclusion, the results of this study suggest that genetic polymorphisms of one-carbon metabolism genes such as MTHFR and TYMS may influence susceptibility to NHL...
  25. ncbi Genetic polymorphisms in base-excision repair pathway genes and risk of breast cancer
    Yawei Zhang
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:353-8. 2006
    ..6; 95% CI, 1.1-2.4; P = 0.02). In conclusion, our results do not support that the polymorphisms evaluated in six BER pathway genes play a major role in breast carcinogenesis, particularly in Caucasian populations...
  26. ncbi Smoky coal exposure, NBS1 polymorphisms, p53 protein accumulation, and lung cancer risk in Xuan Wei, China
    Qing Lan
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, MSC 7240, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 8109, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Lung Cancer 49:317-23. 2005
    ..However, additional studies in other populations with substantial environmental exposures to PAHs are needed to confirm our findings...
  27. ncbi Bladder cancer risk and genetic variation in AKR1C3 and other metabolizing genes
    Jonine D Figueroa
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Carcinogenesis 29:1955-62. 2008
    ..These results indicate that genetic variation in carcinogen-metabolizing genes, particularly AKR1C3, could be associated with bladder cancer risk...
  28. ncbi A genome-wide association study of lung cancer identifies a region of chromosome 5p15 associated with risk for adenocarcinoma
    Maria Teresa Landi
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Am J Hum Genet 85:679-91. 2009
    ..In conclusion, a lung cancer GWAS identified a distinct hereditary contribution to adenocarcinoma...
  29. ncbi Polymorphisms in innate immunity genes and lung cancer risk in Xuanwei, China
    Min Shen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, MSC 7240, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7240, USA
    Environ Mol Mutagen 50:285-90. 2009
    ..Integrin/receptor and complement pathways as well as IgE regulation are particularly noteworthy...
  30. ncbi Genetic polymorphisms in the oxidative stress pathway and susceptibility to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    Qing Lan
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, EPS 8109, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Hum Genet 121:161-8. 2007
    ..013), but was also associated with non-significant increased risks for each of the common B-cell histologies. These results suggest that SNPs in genes related to the oxidative stress pathway may be associated with increased risk of NHL...
  31. ncbi Genetic variation in the base excision repair pathway and bladder cancer risk
    Jonine D Figueroa
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Hum Genet 121:233-42. 2007
    ..24 (1.02-1.51) and 1.30 (1.04-1.62), respectively. In summary, data from this large case-control study suggested bladder cancer risk associations with selected BER SNPs, which need to be confirmed in other study populations...
  32. ncbi Polymorphisms in genes involved in DNA double-strand break repair pathway and susceptibility to benzene-induced hematotoxicity
    Min Shen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Carcinogenesis 27:2083-9. 2006
    ..The effect of BRCA2 Ex11 +1487 A > G polymorphism was limited to granulocytes. These results suggest that genetic polymorphisms in WRN, TP53 and BRCA2 that maintain genomic stability impact benzene-induced hematotoxicity...
  33. ncbi Genetic variation in tumor necrosis factor and lymphotoxin-alpha (TNF-LTA) and breast cancer risk
    Mia M Gaudet
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Hum Genet 121:483-90. 2007
    ..Additional studies are required to replicate these findings and to determine whether rs361525 is a causative SNP or is a marker of a causative SNP...
  34. ncbi Evaluation of genetic variation in the double-strand break repair pathway and bladder cancer risk
    Jonine D Figueroa
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Carcinogenesis 28:1788-93. 2007
    ..17 (1.00-1.36). Results from this study provide evidence for associations between variants in genes in the DSBR pathway and bladder cancers risk that warrant replication in other study populations...
  35. ncbi Common genetic variation in TP53 is associated with lung cancer risk and prognosis in African Americans and somatic mutations in lung tumors
    Leah E Mechanic
    Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Center for Cancer Research, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4258, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:214-22. 2007
    ..In conclusion, common genetic variation in TP53 could modulate lung cancer pathways, as suggested by the association with lung cancer in African Americans and somatic TP53 mutation frequency in lung tumors...
  36. ncbi Polymorphisms in folate metabolic genes and lung cancer risk in Xuan Wei, China
    Min Shen
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, MSC 7240, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Lung Cancer 49:299-309. 2005
    ..002 and P=0.07, respectively). In summary, three genetic variants in folate metabolism genes are associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in Xuan Wei, China...
  37. ncbi Genome-wide association study identifies three common variants associated with serologic response to vitamin E supplementation in men
    Jacqueline M Major
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
    J Nutr 142:866-71. 2012
    ..g., α-tocopherol) under supplementation conditions improves our understanding of the biological determinants of these nutritional exposures and their associations with cancer etiology...
  38. ncbi Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma among women in Connecticut
    Min Shen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Hum Genet 119:659-68. 2006
    ..Further work is needed to extend these findings by carrying out extended haplotype analyses of these and related genes and to replicate the observations in other studies...
  39. ncbi Polymorphisms in the DNA nucleotide excision repair genes and lung cancer risk in Xuan Wei, China
    Min Shen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Int J Cancer 116:768-73. 2005
    ..However, due to the small sample size, additional studies are needed to evaluate these associations within Xuan Wei and in other populations with substantial environmental exposure to PAHs...
  40. ncbi Apolipoprotein E/C1 locus variants modify renal cell carcinoma risk
    Lee E Moore
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
    Cancer Res 69:8001-8. 2009
    ..In two large case-control studies, our findings further define a functional region of interest at the APOE locus that increases RCC susceptibility...
  41. ncbi Common genetic variation in TP53 and its flanking genes, WDR79 and ATP1B2, and susceptibility to breast cancer
    Montserrat Garcia-Closas
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA
    Int J Cancer 121:2532-8. 2007
    ..However, data suggested that common variation in TP53 or WDR79 could be associated with ER negative breast cancers...
  42. ncbi Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes and risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in New South Wales, Australia
    Min Shen
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Haematologica 92:1180-5. 2007
    ..We investigated whether putatively functional single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in DNA repair genes influence susceptibility to NHL in a population-based case-control study conducted in Australia...
  43. ncbi Genomic DNA hypomethylation as a biomarker for bladder cancer susceptibility in the Spanish Bladder Cancer Study: a case-control study
    Lee E Moore
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
    Lancet Oncol 9:359-66. 2008
    ..DNA hypomethylation has been suggested to cause genomic instability and increase cancer risk. We aimed to test the hypothesis that DNA hypomethylation is associated with increased risk of bladder cancer...
  44. ncbi A report of cytokine polymorphisms and COPD risk in Xuan Wei, China
    Min Shen
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, MSC 7240, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Int J Hyg Environ Health 211:352-6. 2008
    ..However, in view of our relatively small sample size, this study should be replicated in other populations with substantial exposure to indoor air pollutants such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and particulate matter...
  45. ncbi Genetic variants in DNA repair genes and the risk of cutaneous malignant melanoma in melanoma-prone families with/without CDKN2A mutations
    Xueying Sharon Liang
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Int J Cancer 130:2062-6. 2012
    ..Our finding suggests that polymorphisms in DNA repair genes, POLN and PRKDC, were associated with increased melanoma risk in melanoma families with and without CDKN2A mutations...
  46. ncbi Polymorphisms in immunoregulatory genes, smoky coal exposure and lung cancer risk in Xuan Wei, China
    Kyoung Mu Lee
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Carcinogenesis 28:1437-41. 2007
    ..11, 95% CI = 0.03-0.44; P(interaction) = 0.03). In conclusion, genetic variation in immunoregulatory genes may play an important role in the development of lung cancer in this population...
  47. ncbi PTEN identified as important risk factor of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    H Dean Hosgood
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Respir Med 103:1866-70. 2009
    ..However, due to the small sample size, additional studies are needed to evaluate these associations within Xuanwei and other populations with coal smoke exposures...
  48. ncbi Comprehensive assessment of genetic variation of catechol-O-methyltransferase and breast cancer risk
    Mia M Gaudet
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 7055, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Cancer Res 66:9781-5. 2006
    ..The suggestion of increased risk associated with a haplotype in the 3' UTR of COMT needs to be confirmed in independent study populations...
  49. ncbi Genetic variation in metabolic genes, occupational solvent exposure, and risk of non-hodgkin lymphoma
    Kathryn Hughes Barry
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 173:404-13. 2011
    ..77, 95% CI: 1.06, 2.97; P(interaction) = 0.06). In contrast, no effect was observed among AG/GG women. Additional studies with larger sample size are needed to replicate these findings...
  50. ncbi Common single nucleotide polymorphisms in immunoregulatory genes and multiple myeloma risk among women in Connecticut
    Kyoung Mu Lee
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Am J Hematol 85:560-3. 2010
    ..Additional studies are needed to replicate these findings and, more generally, to explore the manner in which genes and receptors may influence the pathogenesis of this poorly understood malignancy...
  51. ncbi Associations of 9p21 variants with cutaneous malignant melanoma, nevi, and pigmentation phenotypes in melanoma-prone families with and without CDKN2A mutations
    Xiaohong Rose Yang
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI NIH DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Fam Cancer 9:625-33. 2010
    ..These genetic variants may, at least partially, exert their effects through nevi and tanning ability...
  52. ncbi Polymorphisms in one-carbon metabolism and trans-sulfuration pathway genes and susceptibility to bladder cancer
    Lee E Moore
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
    Int J Cancer 120:2452-8. 2007
    ..Additional work is needed to comprehensively evaluate genomic variation in CTH and related genes in the trans-sulfuration pathway and bladder cancer risk...
  53. ncbi Polymorphisms of genes in the lipid metabolism pathway and risk of biliary tract cancers and stones: a population-based case-control study in Shanghai, China
    Gabriella Andreotti
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 8011, MSC 7240, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:525-34. 2008
    ..5-fold risk of bile duct cancer. Our findings suggest that gene variants in the lipid metabolism pathway contribute to the risk of biliary tract stones and cancers, particularly of the bile duct...
  54. ncbi Inflammation-related gene polymorphisms and colorectal adenoma
    Marc J Gunter
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 15:1126-31. 2006
    ..7; 95% CI, 0.3-1.5; P(interaction) = 0.01). These exploratory data provide evidence that polymorphic variation in genes that regulate inflammation could alter risk for colorectal adenoma...
  55. ncbi Green tea consumption, genetic susceptibility, PAH-rich smoky coal, and the risk of lung cancer
    Matthew R Bonner
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 8121, MSC 7240, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Mutat Res 582:53-60. 2005
    ..The chemopreventive effects of green tea in this population may be restricted to individuals who are particularly susceptible to oxidative stress and oxidative DNA damage...
  56. ncbi HSD17B1 genetic variants and hormone receptor-defined breast cancer
    Mia M Gaudet
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:2766-72. 2008
    ..Associations between HSD17B1 genotypes and risk for ER- breast cancer were inconsistent across studies and should be studied further...
  57. ncbi Common genetic variation in GATA-binding protein 3 and differential susceptibility to breast cancer by estrogen receptor alpha tumor status
    Montserrat Garcia-Closas
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 7076, MSC 7234, Rockville, MD 20852 7234, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2269-75. 2007
    ..These differential associations are consistent with markedly different levels of GATA3 protein by ER status. Additional epidemiologic studies are needed to clarify these intriguing relationships...
  58. ncbi Genetic variation of Cytochrome P450 1B1 (CYP1B1) and risk of breast cancer among Polish women
    Mia M Gaudet
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
    Pharmacogenet Genomics 16:547-53. 2006
    ..The present study provides strong evidence against the existence of a substantial overall association between common genetic variation in CYP1B1 and breast cancer risk...
  59. ncbi Genetic variation in hormone metabolizing genes and risk of testicular germ cell tumors
    Jonine D Figueroa
    Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 19:917-29. 2008
    ..02. Caution in interpretation is warranted until findings are replicated in other studies; however, the results suggest that genetic variation in CYP1A1 may be associated with nonseminoma...
  60. ncbi Occupational trichloroethylene exposure and renal carcinoma risk: evidence of genetic susceptibility by reductive metabolism gene variants
    Lee E Moore
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NIH, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
    Cancer Res 70:6527-36. 2010
    ....
  61. ncbi Genetic variation in CYP17 and endometrial cancer risk
    Mia M Gaudet
    National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Hum Genet 123:155-62. 2008
    ..Further evaluation in consortia is necessary to confirm potential weak associations between common variation in CYP17 and endometrial cancer risk and to address the concern of publication bias...
  62. ncbi Large-scale evaluation of candidate genes identifies associations between DNA repair and genomic maintenance and development of benzene hematotoxicity
    Qing Lan
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Carcinogenesis 30:50-8. 2009
    ..Our findings suggest that SNPs involved in DNA repair and genomic maintenance, with particular clustering in the homologous DNA recombination pathway, play an important role in benzene-induced hematotoxicity...
  63. ncbi Variants in hormone-related genes and the risk of biliary tract cancers and stones: a population-based study in China
    Sue K Park
    Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 5024, MSC 7234, Bethesda, MD 20892 7234, USA
    Carcinogenesis 30:606-14. 2009
    ..1-4.9; P-interaction = 0.05) was statistically significant. Our findings suggest that common variants in hormone-related genes contribute to the risk of biliary tract cancers and stones, possibly by modulating hormone metabolism...
  64. ncbi Genetic variation in N-acetyltransferases 1 and 2, cigarette smoking, and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    Briseis A Kilfoy
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
    Cancer Causes Control 21:127-33. 2010
    ..We conclude that these findings require replication in larger studies and ultimately in pooled analyses...
  65. ncbi Genetic variation in sodium-dependent vitamin C transporters SLC23A1 and SLC23A2 and risk of advanced colorectal adenoma
    Hans Christian Erichsen
    Section on Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4605, USA
    Nutr Cancer 60:652-9. 2008
    ..49, 95% confidence interval = 0.25-0.95 for haplotype G-C vs. haplotype C-C). The findings should be confirmed in follow-up studies, and further investigation is required to probe the functional basis of this finding...
  66. ncbi Genetic background comparison using distance-based regression, with applications in population stratification evaluation and adjustment
    Qizhai Li
    Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Genet Epidemiol 33:432-41. 2009
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  67. ncbi Phase I metabolic genes and risk of lung cancer: multiple polymorphisms and mRNA expression
    Melissa Rotunno
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e5652. 2009
    ..Our findings emphasize the necessity of post-GWAS fine mapping and SNP functional assessment to further elucidate cancer risk associations...
  68. ncbi Cytokine polymorphisms in the Th1/Th2 pathway and susceptibility to non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    Qing Lan
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH DHHS, MSC 7240, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 8109, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Blood 107:4101-8. 2006
    ..84; 95% CI = 1.79-8.22; P < .001). Further, the IL10 and IL4 SNP associations remained significant after adjusting for multiple comparisons. These results suggest that SNPs in Th2 cytokine genes may be associated with risk of NHL...
  69. ncbi Caspase polymorphisms and genetic susceptibility to multiple myeloma
    H Dean Hosgood
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Hematol Oncol 26:148-51. 2008
    ..The protective associations observed in two key caspase genes suggest that genetic variation in CASP genes may play an important role in the aetiology of multiple myeloma...
  70. ncbi Polymorphisms in the DNA base excision repair genes APEX1 and XRCC1 and lung cancer risk in Xuan Wei, China
    Min Shen
    Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7240, USA
    Anticancer Res 25:537-42. 2005
    ..34; 95% CI: 1.16-9.67). We found genetic variants in APEX1 and XRCC1 may alter the risk of lung cancer in a special population in China...
  71. ncbi Genetic variation in the androgen receptor gene and endometrial cancer risk
    Hannah P Yang
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:585-9. 2009
    ..Results from our study, taken together with previously published studies, provide little evidence of a consistent association between common genetic variation in AR and endometrial cancer risk...
  72. ncbi Organochlorine exposure, immune gene variation, and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
    Joanne S Colt
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Blood 113:1899-905. 2009
    ..This shows that the relation between organochlorine exposure and NHL risk may be modified by particular variants in immune genes and provides one of the first examples of a potential gene-environment interaction for NHL...
  73. ncbi Polymorphisms in DNA double-strand break repair genes and risk of breast cancer: two population-based studies in USA and Poland, and meta-analyses
    Montserrat Garcia-Closas
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, 6120 Executive Boulevard, Room 7076, Rockville, MD 20952 7234, USA
    Hum Genet 119:376-88. 2006
    ..Evaluation of potential underlying gene-gene interactions or associations in population subgroups will require even larger sample sizes...
  74. ncbi Genetic determinants of serum lipid levels in Chinese subjects: a population-based study in Shanghai, China
    Gabriella Andreotti
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, 6120 Executive Blvd, EPS 8011, MSC 7240, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
    Eur J Epidemiol 24:763-74. 2009
    ..These findings provide insight into the role of lipid metabolism genes, as well as the mechanisms by which these genes may be linked with disease...
  75. ncbi Genome-wide and candidate gene association study of cigarette smoking behaviors
    Neil Caporaso
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, NCI, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 4:e4653. 2009
    ..4x10(-5)), our analysis provides independent replication of the association between the chr15q25.1 region and smoking intensity and data for multiple other loci associated with smoking behavior that merit further follow-up...
  76. ncbi Application of a novel score test for genetic association incorporating gene-gene interaction suggests functionality for prostate cancer susceptibility regions
    Julia Ciampa
    Epidemiology and Biostatistics Program, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Department of Health and Human Services, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
    Hum Hered 72:182-93. 2011
    ..We use our method in applications designed to detect interactions that generate hypotheses about the functionality of prostate cancer (PRCA) susceptibility regions...
  77. ncbi Analysis of SNPs and haplotypes in vitamin D pathway genes and renal cancer risk
    Sara Karami
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health NIH, Department of Health and Human Services DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    PLoS ONE 4:e7013. 2009
    ..This study comprehensively evaluated genetic variation across eight vitamin D pathway genes in relation to RCC risk. We found increased risk associated with VDR and RXRA. Replication studies are warranted to confirm these findings...
  78. ncbi Childhood exposure to secondhand smoke and functional mannose binding lectin polymorphisms are associated with increased lung cancer risk
    Susan E Olivo-Marston
    Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of Preventive Oncology, Division of Cancer Prevention, Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, CCR, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892 4258, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:3375-83. 2009
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  79. ncbi Genetic polymorphisms in folate metabolism and the risk of stomach cancer
    Fang Fang Zhang
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, Advanced Technology Center, National Cancer Institute, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:115-21. 2007
    ..Our study did not identify strong genetic determinants in the folate metabolism pathway for stomach cancer risk...
  80. ncbi A single nucleotide polymorphism tags variation in the arylamine N-acetyltransferase 2 phenotype in populations of European background
    Montserrat Garcia-Closas
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Pharmacogenet Genomics 21:231-6. 2011
    ..Further studies are required to determine the functional implications of rs1495741 and the structure and evolution of the haplotype on which it resides...
  81. ncbi NAT2 slow acetylation, GSTM1 null genotype, and risk of bladder cancer: results from the Spanish Bladder Cancer Study and meta-analyses
    Montserrat Garcia-Closas
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20852 7234, USA
    Lancet 366:649-59. 2005
    ..Associations between polymorphisms in other NAT and GST genes and bladder-cancer risk have been inconsistent...
  82. ncbi GSTM1, GSTT1, and GSTP1 polymorphisms and risk of advanced colorectal adenoma
    Lee E Moore
    National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS 7034, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:1823-7. 2005
    ..These findings only became apparent using a newly developed assay able to distinguish heterozygous from wild-type individuals. Our data provide evidence that phenotypic differences between these two groups exist...
  83. ncbi Association of breast cancer outcome with status of p53 and MDM2 SNP309
    Brenda J Boersma
    Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, Bldg 37 Rm 3050B, Bethesda, MD 20892 4258, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 98:911-9. 2006
    ..We investigated whether genetic variants in MDM2 were associated with breast cancer incidence and survival and whether the variant status could interact with the tumor p53 status to modify breast cancer survival...
  84. ncbi Polymorphisms in cytokine and cellular adhesion molecule genes and susceptibility to hematotoxicity among workers exposed to benzene
    Qing Lan
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892 7240, USA
    Cancer Res 65:9574-81. 2005
    ..041) and increased (P = 0.076) CFU-GEMM progenitor cell colony formation in 29 benzene-exposed workers. This is the first report to provide evidence that SNPs in genes that regulate hematopoiesis influence benzene-induced hematotoxicity...
  85. ncbi Genetic variation in cell cycle and apoptosis related genes and multiple myeloma risk
    H Dean Hosgood
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States
    Leuk Res 33:1609-14. 2009
    ..005). Haplotype analyses supported the SNP findings. These findings suggest that genetic variation in cell cycle and apoptosis genes may play a key role in multiple myeloma and warrant further investigation through replication studies...
  86. ncbi Comprehensive analysis of 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydrogenase (ALAD) variants and renal cell carcinoma risk among individuals exposed to lead
    Dana M Van Bemmel
    Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Office of the Director, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 6:e20432. 2011
    ..Epidemiologic studies are reporting associations between lead exposure and human cancers. A polymorphism in the 5-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase (ALAD) gene affects lead toxicokinetics and may modify the adverse effects of lead...
  87. ncbi Lung cancer survival and functional polymorphisms in MBL2, an innate-immunity gene
    Sharon R Pine
    Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 4258, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 99:1401-9. 2007
    ..e., LYB, LYC, HYD, and LXA) or higher (i.e., HYA and LYA) serum MBL concentrations. We investigated whether survival of patients with lung cancer was associated with these polymorphisms...
  88. ncbi Arachidonate lipoxygenase (ALOX) and cyclooxygenase (COX) polymorphisms and colon cancer risk
    Julie E Goodman
    Laboratory of Human Carcinogensis, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Carcinogenesis 25:2467-72. 2004
    ..We have shown for the first time that a haplotype containing ALOX5 G-1752A and G-1699A in a negative regulatory region of the promoter may influence colon cancer risk in Caucasians...
  89. ncbi A multistage genome-wide association study in breast cancer identifies two new risk alleles at 1p11.2 and 14q24.1 (RAD51L1)
    Gilles Thomas
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Nat Genet 41:579-84. 2009
    ..1 (rs999737; P = 1.74 x 10(-7)) localizes to RAD51L1, a gene in the homologous recombination DNA repair pathway. We also confirmed associations with loci on chromosomes 2q35, 5p12, 5q11.2, 8q24, 10q26 and 16q12.1...
  90. ncbi A mitochondrial target sequence polymorphism in manganese superoxide dismutase predicts inferior survival in breast cancer patients treated with cyclophosphamide
    Sharon A Glynn
    Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis, Center for Cancer Research, Office of Preventive Oncology, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 4258, USA
    Clin Cancer Res 15:4165-73. 2009
    ..We hypothesized that this single-nucleotide polymorphism affects breast cancer survival of patients receiving chemotherapy...
  91. ncbi Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer
    Gilles Thomas
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Nat Genet 40:310-5. 2008
    ..Our findings point to multiple loci with moderate effects associated with susceptibility to prostate cancer that, taken together, in the future may predict high risk in select individuals...
  92. ncbi Mutations in TERT, the gene for telomerase reverse transcriptase, in aplastic anemia
    Hiroki Yamaguchi
    Hematology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 1202, USA
    N Engl J Med 352:1413-24. 2005
    ..We investigated whether mutations in genes for other components of telomerase also occur in aplastic anemia...
  93. ncbi Selected base excision repair gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to biliary tract cancer and biliary stones: a population-based case-control study in China
    Wen Yi Huang
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Carcinogenesis 29:100-5. 2008
    ..This study suggests that genetic variants in XRCC1 and APEX1 may alter susceptibility to biliary tract cancer and stones. Further studies are required to confirm the reported associations...
  94. ncbi Estimation of effect size distribution from genome-wide association studies and implications for future discoveries
    Ju Hyun Park
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, US Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland, USA
    Nat Genet 42:570-5. 2010
    ..However, for BPC cancers, which have modest familial aggregation, our analysis suggests that risk models based on common variants alone will have modest discriminatory power (63.5% area under curve), even with new discoveries...
  95. ncbi Association between genetic variants in the 8q24 cancer risk regions and circulating levels of androgens and sex hormone-binding globulin
    Lisa W Chu
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 19:1848-54. 2010
    ..Genome-wide association studies have identified multiple independent regions on chromosome 8q24 that are associated with cancers of the prostate, breast, colon, and bladder...
  96. ncbi Common variants in genes that mediate immunity and risk of multiple myeloma
    Elizabeth E Brown
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD, USA
    Int J Cancer 120:2715-22. 2007
    ..Our findings provide preliminary evidence that common genetic variants in specific immune-mediated pathways could influence the risk of MM...
  97. ncbi The ATM missense mutation p.Ser49Cys (c.146C>G) and the risk of breast cancer
    Denise L Stredrick
    Laboratory of Population Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 5060, USA
    Hum Mutat 27:538-44. 2006
    ..S49C, may be breast cancer susceptibility alleles. Because of their low frequency, even larger sample sizes are required to more firmly establish these associations...
  98. ncbi Polymorphism of genes related to insulin sensitivity and the risk of biliary tract cancer and biliary stone: a population-based case-control study in Shanghai, China
    Shih Chen Chang
    Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Carcinogenesis 29:944-8. 2008
    ..Results from this population-based study suggest that certain genetic variants involved in the regulation of obesity-related insulin sensitivity may increase susceptibility to bile duct cancer and gallstones...
  99. ncbi Fine mapping and functional analysis of a common variant in MSMB on chromosome 10q11.2 associated with prostate cancer susceptibility
    Hong Lou
    Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, Cancer and Inflammation Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, USA
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 106:7933-8. 2009
    ..Further investigation is warranted to determine whether rs10993994 alone or in combination with additional variants contributes to prostate cancer susceptibility...
  100. ncbi Cytokine gene polymorphisms as risk and severity factors for juvenile dermatomyositis
    Gulnara Mamyrova
    National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 1301, USA
    Arthritis Rheum 58:3941-50. 2008
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  101. ncbi Population genetics and comparative genetics of CLDN1, a gene involved in hepatitis C virus entry
    Vincent Bekker
    Section on Genomic Variation, Pediatric Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Hum Hered 67:206-16. 2009
    ..The pattern of linkage disequilibrium was determined for each group and there is substantial difference for common SNPS (>5%) between populations as well as genes, further supporting the absence of signatures of recent selection...