Publication Title
Molecular carcinogenesis
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2017
Keywords
Exoribonucleases; Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genome-Wide Association Study; Humans; Linkage Disequilibrium; Lung; Lung Neoplasms; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Quantitative Trait Loci; RNA Stability; RNA, Messenger
Abstract
PURPOSE: mRNA degradation is an important regulatory step for controlling gene expression and cell functions. Genetic abnormalities involved in mRNA degradation genes were found to be associated with cancer risks. Therefore, we systematically investigated the roles of genetic variants in the general mRNA degradation pathway in lung cancer risk.
EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN: Meta-analyses were conducted using summary data from six lung cancer genome-wide association studies (GWASs) from the Transdisciplinary Research in Cancer of the Lung and additional two GWASs from Harvard University and deCODE in the International Lung Cancer Consortium. Expression quantitative trait loci analysis (eQTL) was used for in silico functional validation of the identified significant susceptibility loci.
RESULTS: This pathway-based analysis included 6816 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) in 68 genes in 14 463 lung cancer cases and 44 188 controls. In the single-locus analysis, we found that 20 SNPs were associated with lung cancer risk with a false discovery rate threshold of
CONCLUSION: The CNOT6 rs2453176 SNP may be a new functional susceptible locus for lung cancer risk. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Area of Special Interest
Cancer
Specialty/Research Institute
Oncology
