Cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis identifies six breast cancer loci in African and European ancestry women

Cross-ancestry GWAS meta-analysis identifies six breast cancer loci in African and European ancestry women

GWAS have enhanced our understanding for the genetic basis of breast cancer, but the majority of them were performed for European ancestry populations. Here, the authors use a cross-ancestry approach and report seven new variants associated with breast cancer risk among women of African ancestry.

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Main Authors: Babatunde Adedokun, Zhaohui Du, Guimin Gao, Thomas U. Ahearn, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Gary Zirpoli, Jonine Figueroa, Esther M. John, Leslie Bernstein, Wei Zheng, Jennifer J. Hu, Regina G. Ziegler, Sarah Nyante, Elisa V. Bandera, Sue A. Ingles, Michael F. Press, Sandra L. Deming-Halverson, Jorge L. Rodriguez-Gil, Song Yao, Temidayo O. Ogundiran, Oladosu Ojengbede, William Blot, Melissa A. Troester, Katherine L. Nathanson, Anselm Hennis, Barbara Nemesure, Stefan Ambs, Peter N. Fiorica, Lara E. Sucheston-Campbell, Jeannette T. Bensen, Lawrence H. Kushi, Gabriela Torres-Mejia, Donglei Hu, Laura Fejerman, Manjeet K. Bolla, Joe Dennis, Alison M. Dunning, Douglas F. Easton, Kyriaki Michailidou, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Qin Wang, Dale P. Sandler, Jack A. Taylor, Katie M. O’Brien, Cari M. Kitahara, Adeyinka G. Falusi, Chinedum Babalola, Joel Yarney, Baffour Awuah, Beatrice Addai-Wiafe, The GBHS Study Team, Stephen J. Chanock, Andrew F. Olshan, Christine B. Ambrosone, David V. Conti, Elad Ziv, Olufunmilayo I. Olopade, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Julie R. Palmer, Christopher A. Haiman, Dezheng Huo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24327-x

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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24327-x

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