A common variant associated with prostate cancer in European and African populations

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field With the increasing incidence of prostate cancer, identifying common genetic variants that confer risk of the disease is important. Here we report such a variant on chromosome 8q24, a regio...

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Published in:Nature Genetics
Main Authors: Amundadottir, Laufey T, Sulem, Patrick, Gudmundsson, Julius, Helgason, Agnar, Baker, Adam, Agnarsson, Bjarni A, Sigurdsson, Asgeir, Benediktsdottir, Kristrun R, Cazier, Jean-Baptiste, Sainz, Jesus, Jakobsdottir, Margret, Kostic, Jelena, Magnusdottir, Droplaug N, Ghosh, Shyamali, Agnarsson, Kari, Birgisdottir, Birgitta, Le Roux, Louise, Olafsdottir, Adalheidur, Blondal, Thorarinn, Andresdottir, Margret, Gretarsdottir, Olafia Svandis, Bergthorsson, Jon T, Gudbjartsson, Daniel, Gylfason, Arnaldur, Thorleifsson, Gudmar, Manolescu, Andrei, Kristjansson, Kristleifur, Geirsson, Gudmundur, Isaksson, Helgi, Douglas, Julie, Johansson, Jan-Erik, Bälter, Katarina, Wiklund, Fredrik, Montie, James E, Yu, Xiaoying, Suarez, Brian K, Ober, Carole, Cooney, Kathleen A, Gronberg, Henrik, Catalona, William J, Einarsson, Gudmundur V, Barkardottir, Rosa B, Gulcher, Jeffrey R, Kong, Augustine, Thorsteinsdottir, Unnur, Stefansson, Kari
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Co. 2006
Subjects:
African Continental Ancestry Group
Alleles
European Continental Ancestry Group
Male
Microsatellite Repeats
Polymorphism
Single Nucleotide
Prostatic Neoplasms
Research Support
N.I.H.
Extramural
Non-U.S. Gov't
Iceland
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2336/6357
https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1808
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Summary:To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field With the increasing incidence of prostate cancer, identifying common genetic variants that confer risk of the disease is important. Here we report such a variant on chromosome 8q24, a region initially identified through a study of Icelandic families. Allele -8 of the microsatellite DG8S737 was associated with prostate cancer in three case-control series of European ancestry from Iceland, Sweden and the US. The estimated odds ratio (OR) of the allele is 1.62 (P = 2.7 x 10(-11)). About 19% of affected men and 13% of the general population carry at least one copy, yielding a population attributable risk (PAR) of approximately 8%. The association was also replicated in an African American case-control group with a similar OR, in which 41% of affected individuals and 30% of the population are carriers. This leads to a greater estimated PAR (16%) that may contribute to higher incidence of prostate cancer in African American men than in men of European ancestry.

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