Abstract
We conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) in 3,772 affected individuals (cases) and 8,505 controls of European background from 11 studies and followed up 6 SNPs in 3 replication studies of 2,198 cases and 4,918 controls. Two loci on the regions of 2p21 and 11q13.3 were associated with RCC susceptibility below genome-wide significance. Two correlated variants (r 2 = 0.99 in controls), rs11894252 (P = 1.8 ×- 10-8) and rs7579899 (P = 2.3 ×- 10-9), map to EPAS1 on 2p21, which encodes hypoxia-inducible-factor-2 alpha, a transcription factor previously implicated in RCC. The second locus, rs7105934, at 11q13.3, contains no characterized genes (P = 7.8 ×- 10-14). In addition, we observed a promising association on 12q24.31 for rs4765623, which maps to SCARB1, the scavenger receptor class B, member 1 gene (P = 2.6 ×- 10 -8). Our study reports previously unidentified genomic regions associated with RCC risk that may lead to new etiological insights.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 60-65 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Nature genetics |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2011 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Genetics