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ArticleGenetic epidemiology2020

Incorporating multiple sets of eQTL weights into gene-by-environment interaction analysis identifies novel susceptibility loci for pancreatic cancer.

Tianzhong Yang, Hongwei Tang, Harvey A Risch, Sarah H Olson, Gloria Peterson, Paige M Bracci, Steven Gallinger, Rayjean J Hung, Rachel E Neale, Ghislaine Scelo and 9 more

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Article in Genetic epidemiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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19 authors at 14 institutions in 7 countries.

Tianzhong YangDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Hongwei TangDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Harvey A RischDepartment of Epidemiology, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut.
Sarah H OlsonDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Gloria PetersonDepartment of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
Paige M BracciDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California.
Steven GallingerProsserman Centre for Population Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Rayjean J HungProsserman Centre for Population Health Research, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health System and University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
Rachel E NealeCancer Aetiology and Prevention Group, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Ghislaine SceloInternational Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France.
Eric J DuellUnit of Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Epidemiology Research Program, Catalan Institute of Oncology, Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (ICO-IDIBELL), Barcelona, Spain.
Robert C KurtzDepartment of Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York.
Kay-Tee KhawDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Gianluca SeveriGustave Roussy, Villejuif, France.
Malin SundDepartment of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden.
Nick WarehamMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK.
Christopher I AmosDan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Donghui LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.
Peng WeiDepartment of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas.ORCID 0000-0001-7758-6116
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USMemorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center · USUniversity of Cambridge · GBUniversity of Toronto · CABaylor College of Medicine · USCentre international de recherche sur le cancer · FRInserm · FRInstitut d'Investigació Biomédica de Bellvitge · ESMayo Clinic in Florida · USQIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute · AUUmeå University · SEUniversity of California, San Francisco · USUniversity of Minnesota · USYale University · US

Funding

X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHYP30CA008748 · NCI · SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RES · PI SELWYN M VICKERS · 1985 to 2026
$347.4M
Tumor Evolution and Metastasis ProgramP30CA016672 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI DIANE BODURKA · 1985 to 2026
$290.8M
Tumor Antigens for Individual Signatures and TherapyP50CA062924 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI THOMPSON, ELIZABETH D · 1993 to 2022
$54.6M
Data sharing: the Colon Cancer Family Registry CohortU01CA167551 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE · PI Daniel David BUCHANAN, Steven Gallinger · 2018 to 2026
$16.8M
ONTARIO REGISTRY FOR STUDIES OF FAMILIAL COLON CANCERU01CA074783 · NCI · CANCER CARE ONTARIO · PI GALLINGER, STEVEN · 1997 to 2008
$12.5M
Validation and Fine-Scale Mapping of Pancreatic Cancer Susceptibility Loci (Study)R01CA154823 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI KLEIN, ALISON P · 2011 to 2020
$5.7M
Association analysis of rare variants with sequencing dataR01HL116720 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI PAN, WEI, WEI, PENG · 2013 to 2020
$3.3M
Genetic Susceptibility and Risk Model for Pancreatic CancerR01CA169122 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF TX MD ANDERSON CAN CTR · PI WEI, PENG · 2013 to 2016
$1.1M
Genome-wide gene-by-smoking interaction analysis of pulmonary functionR21HL126032 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HLTH SCI CTR HOUSTON · PI MORRISON, ALANNA C, WEI, PENG · 2015 to 2017
$462k
Medical Research Council MC_UU_12015/1NCI NIH HHS P30 CA008748NCI NIH HHS P30 CA016672NCI NIH HHS P50 CA062924NCI NIH HHS R01 CA154823NCI NIH HHS R01 CA169122NCI NIH HHS U01 CA074783NCI NIH HHS U01 CA167551NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL116720NHLBI NIH HHS R21 HL126032World Health Organization 001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is of great scientific interest to identify interactions between genetic variants and environmental exposures that may modify the risk of complex diseases. However, larger sample sizes are usually required to detect gene-by-environment interaction (G × E) than required to detect genetic main association effects. To boost the statistical power and improve the understanding of the underlying molecular mechanisms, we incorporate functional genomics information, specifically, expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs), into a data-adaptive G × E test, called aGEw. This test adaptively chooses the best eQTL weights from multiple tissues and provides an extra layer of weighting at the genetic variant level. Extensive simulations show that the aGEw test can control the Type 1 error rate, and the power is resilient to the inclusion of neutral variants and noninformative external weights. We applied the proposed aGEw test to the Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (discovery cohort of 3,585 cases and 3,482 controls) and the PanScan II genome-wide association study data (replication cohort of 2,021 cases and 2,105 controls) with smoking as the exposure of interest. Two novel putative smoking-related pancreatic cancer susceptibility genes, TRIP10 and KDM3A, were identified. The aGEw test is implemented in an R package aGE.

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Gene-Environment InteractionGene Expression RegulationGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyCase-Control StudiesCohort StudiesComputer SimulationData Interpretation, StatisticalHumansModels, GeneticPancreatic NeoplasmsPolymorphism, Single NucleotideQuantitative Trait LociSmokingdata-adaptive association testingeQTLgene-by-environment interactionmultiple functional weightsPrediXCan

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