Identification of four new susceptibility loci for testicular germ cell tumour, including variants near GAB2, GSPT1 and ZFPM1
Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have identified multiple risk loci for testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT), revealing a polygenic model of disease susceptibility strongly influenced by common variation. To identify further SNPs associated with TGCT we conducted a multistage GWAS with a combined dataset of >25,000 individuals (6,059 cases and 19,094 controls). We identified new risk loci for TGCT at 3q23 (rs11705932, TFDP2, P = 1.5 x 10-9), 11q14.1 (rs7107174, GAB2, P = 9.7 x 10-11), 16p13.13 (rs4561483, GSPT1, P = 1.6 x 10-8) and 16q24.2 (rs55637647, ZFPM1, P = 3.4 x 10-9). We additionally present detailed functional analysis of these loci, identifying a statistically significant relationship between rs4561483 risk genotype and increased GSPT1 expression in TGCT patient samples. These findings provide additional support for a polygenic model of TGCT risk and further insight into the biological basis of disease development.
- Type: Other
- Archiver: European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)
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| Dataset ID | Description | Technology | Samples |
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| EGAD00010001243 | Illumina Infinium 1.2M array | 4946 |
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Identification of four new susceptibility loci for testicular germ cell tumour.
Nat Commun 6: 2015 8690 |
25 |
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Meta-analysis of five genome-wide association studies identifies multiple new loci associated with testicular germ cell tumor.
Nat Genet 49: 2017 1141-1147 |
61 |