Common variation near CDKN1A, POLD3 and SHROOM2 influences colorectal cancer risk

Malcolm G. Dunlop*, Sara E. Dobbins, Susan Mary Farrington, Angela M. Jones, Claire Palles, Nicola Whiffin, Albert Tenesa, Sarah Spain, Peter Broderick, Li Yin Ooi, Enric Domingo, Claire Smillie, Marc Henrion, Matthew Frampton, Lynn Martin, Graeme Grimes, Maggie Gorman, Colin Semple, Yusanne P. Ma, Huw ThomasGareth Evans, Alex Henderson, Andrew Green, Christopher G. Smith, Graham MacDonald, David Smith, Liam Grogan, Robert Thomas, Richard Wilson, Andrew Hindley, Shabbir Susnerwala, Edward Levine, Saifee Mullamitha, Mark Saunders, Juan Valle, Adam Jones, Mohammad Butt, David Wilson, Mark Harrison, Alison Birtle, Andrew Webb, Amanda Jones, Paul O'Neill, Rachel Cooper, Emma Alexander, Elizabeth Toy, Rachel Williams, Richard Adams, Chris Parker, Julia Brown

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Abstract

We performed a meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies to identify common variants influencing colorectal cancer (CRC) risk comprising 8,682 cases and 9,649 controls. Replication analysis was performed in case-control sets totaling 21,096 cases and 19,555 controls. We identified three new CRC risk loci at 6p21 (rs1321311, near CDKN1A; P = 1.14 × 10 -10), 11q13.4 (rs3824999, intronic to POLD3; P = 3.65 × 10 -10) and Xp22.2 (rs5934683, near SHROOM2; P = 7.30 × 10 -10) This brings the number of independent loci associated with CRC risk to 20 and provides further insight into the genetic architecture of inherited susceptibility to CRC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)770-776
Number of pages7
JournalNature Genetics
Volume44
Issue number7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2012

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