TY  - JOUR
A1  - Silvestri, Valentina
A1  - Barrowdale, Daniel
A1  - Mulligan, Anna Marie
A1  - Neuhausen, Susan L.
A1  - Fox, Stephen
A1  - Karlan, Beth Y.
A1  - Mitchell, Gillian
A1  - James, Paul
A1  - Thull, Darcy L.
A1  - Zorn, Kristin K.
A1  - Carter, Natalie J.
A1  - Nathanson, Katherine L.
A1  - Domchek, Susan M.
A1  - Rebbeck, Timothy R.
A1  - Ramus, Susan J.
A1  - Nussbaum, Robert L.
A1  - Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.
A1  - Rantala, Johanna
A1  - Yoon, Sook-Yee
A1  - Caligo, Maria A.
A1  - Spugnesi, Laura
A1  - Bojesen, Anders
A1  - Pedersen, Inge Sokilde
A1  - Thomassen, Mads
A1  - Jensen, Uffe Birk
A1  - Toland, Amanda Ewart
A1  - Senter, Leigha
A1  - Andrulis, Irene L.
A1  - Glendon, Gord
A1  - Hulick, Peter J.
A1  - Imyanitov, Evgeny N.
A1  - Greene, Mark H.
A1  - Mai, Phuong L.
A1  - Singer, Christian F.
A1  - Rappaport-Fuerhauser, Christine
A1  - Kramer, Gero
A1  - Vijai, Joseph
A1  - Offit, Kenneth
A1  - Robson, Mark
A1  - Lincoln, Anne
A1  - Jacobs, Lauren
A1  - Machackova, Eva
A1  - Foretova, Lenka
A1  - Navratilova, Marie
A1  - Vasickova, Petra
A1  - Couch, Fergus J.
A1  - Hallberg, Emily
A1  - Ruddy, Kathryn J.
A1  - Sharma, Priyanka
A1  - Kim, Sung-Won
A1  - Teixeira, Manuel R.
A1  - Pinto, Pedro
A1  - Montagna, Marco
A1  - Matricardi, Laura
A1  - Arason, Adalgeir
A1  - Johannsson, Oskar Th
A1  - Barkardottir, Rosa B.
A1  - Jakubowska, Anna
A1  - Lubinski, Jan
A1  - Izquierdo, Angel
A1  - Pujana, Miguel Angel
A1  - Balmaña, Judith
A1  - Diez, Orland
A1  - Ivady, Gabriella
A1  - Papp, Janos
A1  - Olah, Edith
A1  - Kwong, Ava
A1  - Nevanlinna, Heli
A1  - Aittomäki, Kristiina
A1  - Segura, Pedro Perez
A1  - Caldes, Trinidad
A1  - Van Maerken, Tom
A1  - Poppe, Bruce
A1  - Claes, Kathleen B. M.
A1  - Isaacs, Claudine
A1  - Elan, Camille
A1  - Lasset, Christine
A1  - Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique
A1  - Barjhoux, Laure
A1  - Belotti, Muriel
A1  - Meindl, Alfons
A1  - Gehrig, Andrea
A1  - Sutter, Christian
A1  - Engel, Christoph
A1  - Niederacher, Dieter
A1  - Steinemann, Doris
A1  - Hahnen, Eric
A1  - Kast, Karin
A1  - Arnold, Norbert
A1  - Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda
A1  - Wand, Dorothea
A1  - Godwin, Andrew K.
A1  - Evans, D. Gareth
A1  - Frost, Debra
A1  - Perkins, Jo
A1  - Adlard, Julian
A1  - Izatt, Louise
A1  - Platte, Radka
A1  - Eeles, Ros
A1  - Ellis, Steve
A1  - Hamann, Ute
A1  - Garber, Judy
A1  - Fostira, Florentia
A1  - Fountzilas, George
A1  - Pasini, Barbara
A1  - Giannini, Giuseppe
A1  - Rizzolo, Piera
A1  - Russo, Antonio
A1  - Cortesi, Laura
A1  - Papi, Laura
A1  - Varesco, Liliana
A1  - Palli, Domenico
A1  - Zanna, Ines
A1  - Savarese, Antonella
A1  - Radice, Paolo
A1  - Manoukian, Siranoush
A1  - Peissel, Bernard
A1  - Barile, Monica
A1  - Bonanni, Bernardo
A1  - Viel, Alessandra
A1  - Pensotti, Valeria
A1  - Tommasi, Stefania
A1  - Peterlongo, Paolo
A1  - Weitzel, Jeffrey N.
A1  - Osorio, Ana
A1  - Benitez, Javier
A1  - McGuffog, Lesley
A1  - Healey, Sue
A1  - Gerdes, Anne-Marie
A1  - Ejlertsen, Bent
A1  - Hansen, Thomas V. O.
A1  - Steele, Linda
A1  - Ding, Yuan Chun
A1  - Tung, Nadine
A1  - Janavicius, Ramunas
A1  - Goldgar, David E.
A1  - Buys, Saundra S.
A1  - Daly, Mary B.
A1  - Bane, Anita
A1  - Terry, Mary Beth
A1  - John, Esther M.
A1  - Southey, Melissa
A1  - Easton, Douglas F.
A1  - Chenevix-Trench, Georgia
A1  - Antoniou, Antonis C.
A1  - Ottini, Laura
T1  - Male breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: pathology data from the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2
JF  - Breast Cancer Research
N2  - Background

BRCA1 and, more commonly, BRCA2 mutations are associated with increased risk of male breast cancer (MBC). However, only a paucity of data exists on the pathology of breast cancers (BCs) in men with BRCA1/2 mutations. Using the largest available dataset, we determined whether MBCs arising in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers display specific pathologic features and whether these features differ from those of BRCA1/2 female BCs (FBCs).

Methods

We characterised the pathologic features of 419 BRCA1/2 MBCs and, using logistic regression analysis, contrasted those with data from 9675 BRCA1/2 FBCs and with population-based data from 6351 MBCs in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.

Results

Among BRCA2 MBCs, grade significantly decreased with increasing age at diagnosis (P = 0.005). Compared with BRCA2 FBCs, BRCA2 MBCs were of significantly higher stage (P for trend = 2 × 10−5) and higher grade (P for trend = 0.005) and were more likely to be oestrogen receptor–positive [odds ratio (OR) 10.59; 95 % confidence interval (CI) 5.15–21.80] and progesterone receptor–positive (OR 5.04; 95 % CI 3.17–8.04). With the exception of grade, similar patterns of associations emerged when we compared BRCA1 MBCs and FBCs. BRCA2 MBCs also presented with higher grade than MBCs from the SEER database (P for trend = 4 × 10−12).

Conclusions

On the basis of the largest series analysed to date, our results show that BRCA1/2 MBCs display distinct pathologic characteristics compared with BRCA1/2 FBCs, and we identified a specific BRCA2-associated MBC phenotype characterised by a variable suggesting greater biological aggressiveness (i.e., high histologic grade). These findings could lead to the development of gender-specific risk prediction models and guide clinical strategies appropriate for MBC management.
KW  - Male breast cancer
KW  - BRCA1/2
KW  - Pathology
KW  - Histologic grade
KW  - Genotype–phenotype correlations
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-164769
VL  - 18
IS  - 15
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Antoniou, Antonis C.
A1  - Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B.
A1  - Soucy, Penny
A1  - Beesley, Jonathan
A1  - Chen, Xiaoqing
A1  - McGuffog, Lesley
A1  - Lee, Andrew
A1  - Barrowdale, Daniel
A1  - Healey, Sue
A1  - Sinilnikova, Olga M.
A1  - Caligo, Maria A.
A1  - Loman, Niklas
A1  - Harbst, Katja
A1  - Lindblom, Annika
A1  - Arver, Brita
A1  - Rosenquist, Richard
A1  - Karlsson, Per
A1  - Nathanson, Kate
A1  - Domchek, Susan
A1  - Rebbeck, Tim
A1  - Jakubowska, Anna
A1  - Lubinski, Jan
A1  - Jaworska, Katarzyna
A1  - Durda, Katarzyna
A1  - Zlowowcka-Perłowska, Elżbieta
A1  - Osorio, Ana
A1  - Durán, Mercedes
A1  - Andrés, Raquel
A1  - Benítez, Javier
A1  - Hamann, Ute
A1  - Hogervorst, Frans B.
A1  - van Os, Theo A.
A1  - Verhoef, Senno
A1  - Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E. J.
A1  - Wijnen, Juul
A1  - Garcia, Encarna B. Gómez
A1  - Ligtenberg, Marjolijn J.
A1  - Kriege, Mieke
A1  - Collée, Margriet
A1  - Ausems, Margreet G. E. M.
A1  - Oosterwijk, Jan C.
A1  - Peock, Susan
A1  - Frost, Debra
A1  - Ellis, Steve D.
A1  - Platte, Radka
A1  - Fineberg, Elena
A1  - Evans, D. Gareth
A1  - Lalloo, Fiona
A1  - Jacobs, Chris
A1  - Eeles, Ros
A1  - Adlard, Julian
A1  - Davidson, Rosemarie
A1  - Cole, Trevor
A1  - Cook, Jackie
A1  - Paterson, Joan
A1  - Douglas, Fiona
A1  - Brewer, Carole
A1  - Hodgson, Shirley
A1  - Morrison, Patrick J.
A1  - Walker, Lisa
A1  - Rogers, Mark T.
A1  - Donaldson, Alan
A1  - Dorkins, Huw
A1  - Godwin, Andrew K.
A1  - Bove, Betsy
A1  - Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique
A1  - Houdayer, Claude
A1  - Buecher, Bruno
A1  - de Pauw, Antoine
A1  - Mazoyer, Sylvie
A1  - Calender, Alain
A1  - Léoné, Mélanie
A1  - Bressac-de Paillerets, Brigitte
A1  - Caron, Olivier
A1  - Sobol, Hagay
A1  - Frenay, Marc
A1  - Prieur, Fabienne
A1  - Ferrer, Sandra Fert
A1  - Mortemousque, Isabelle
A1  - Buys, Saundra
A1  - Daly, Mary
A1  - Miron, Alexander
A1  - Terry, Mary Beth
A1  - Hopper, John L.
A1  - John, Esther M.
A1  - Southey, Melissa
A1  - Goldgar, David
A1  - Singer, Christian F.
A1  - Fink-Retter, Anneliese
A1  - Muy-Kheng, Tea
A1  - Geschwantler Kaulich, Daphne
A1  - Hansen, Thomas V. O.
A1  - Nielsen, Finn C.
A1  - Barkardottir, Rosa B.
A1  - Gaudet, Mia
A1  - Kirchhoff, Tomas
A1  - Joseph, Vijai
A1  - Dutra-Clarke, Ana
A1  - Offit, Kenneth
A1  - Piedmonte, Marion
A1  - Kirk, Judy
A1  - Cohn, David
A1  - Hurteau, Jean
A1  - Byron, John
A1  - Fiorica, James
A1  - Toland, Amanda E.
A1  - Montagna, Marco
A1  - Oliani, Cristina
A1  - Imyanitov, Evgeny
A1  - Isaacs, Claudine
A1  - Tihomirova, Laima
A1  - Blanco, Ignacio
A1  - Lazaro, Conxi
A1  - Teulé, Alex
A1  - Del Valle, J.
A1  - Gayther, Simon A.
A1  - Odunsi, Kunle
A1  - Gross, Jenny
A1  - Karlan, Beth Y.
A1  - Olah, Edith
A1  - Teo, Soo-Hwang
A1  - Ganz, Patricia A.
A1  - Beattie, Mary S.
A1  - Dorfling, Cecelia M.
A1  - Jansen van Rensburg, Elizabeth
A1  - Diez, Orland
A1  - Kwong, Ava
A1  - Schmutzler, Rita K.
A1  - Wappenschmidt, Barbara
A1  - Engel, Christoph
A1  - Meindl, Alfons
A1  - Ditsch, Nina
A1  - Arnold, Norbert
A1  - Heidemann, Simone
A1  - Niederacher, Dieter
A1  - Preisler-Adams, Sabine
A1  - Gadzicki, Dorothea
A1  - Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda
A1  - Deissler, Helmut
A1  - Gehrig, Andrea
A1  - Sutter, Christian
A1  - Kast, Karin
A1  - Fiebig, Britta
A1  - Schäfer, Dieter
A1  - Caldes, Trinidad
A1  - de la Hoya, Miguel
A1  - Nevanlinna, Heli
A1  - Muranen, Taru A.
A1  - Lespérance, Bernard
A1  - Spurdle, Amanda B.
A1  - Neuhausen, Susan L.
A1  - Ding, Yuan C.
A1  - Wang, Xianshu
A1  - Fredericksen, Zachary
A1  - Pankratz, Vernon S.
A1  - Lindor, Noralane M.
A1  - Peterlongo, Paulo
A1  - Manoukian, Siranoush
A1  - Peissel, Bernard
A1  - Zaffaroni, Daniela
A1  - Bonanni, Bernardo
A1  - Bernard, Loris
A1  - Dolcetti, Riccardo
A1  - Papi, Laura
A1  - Ottini, Laura
A1  - Radice, Paolo
A1  - Greene, Mark H.
A1  - Loud, Jennifer T.
A1  - Andrulis, Irene L.
A1  - Ozcelik, Hilmi
A1  - Mulligan, Anna Marie
A1  - Glendon, Gord
A1  - Thomassen, Mads
A1  - Gerdes, Anne-Marie
A1  - Jensen, Uffe B.
A1  - Skytte, Anne-Bine
A1  - Kruse, Torben A.
A1  - Chenevix-Trench, Georgia
A1  - Couch, Fergus J.
A1  - Simard, Jacques
A1  - Easton, Douglas F.
T1  - Common variants at 12p11, 12q24, 9p21, 9q31.2 and in ZNF365 are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and/or BRCA2 mutation carriers
JF  - Breast Cancer Research
N2  - Introduction: Several common alleles have been shown to be associated with breast and/or ovarian cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Recent genome-wide association studies of breast cancer have identified eight additional breast cancer susceptibility loci: rs1011970 (9p21, CDKN2A/B), rs10995190 (ZNF365), rs704010 (ZMIZ1), rs2380205 (10p15), rs614367 (11q13), rs1292011 (12q24), rs10771399 (12p11 near PTHLH) and rs865686 (9q31.2). 
Methods: To evaluate whether these single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 and BRCA2 carriers, we genotyped these SNPs in 12,599 BRCA1 and 7,132 BRCA2 mutation carriers and analysed the associations with breast cancer risk within a retrospective likelihood framework. 
Results: Only SNP rs10771399 near PTHLH was associated with breast cancer risk for BRCA1 mutation carriers (per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 0.87, 95% CI: 0.81 to 0.94, P-trend = 3 x 10\(^{-4}\)). The association was restricted to mutations proven or predicted to lead to absence of protein expression (HR = 0.82, 95% CI: 0.74 to 0.90, P-trend = 3.1 x 10\(^{-5}\), P-difference = 0.03). Four SNPs were associated with the risk of breast cancer for BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs10995190, P-trend = 0.015; rs1011970, P-trend = 0.048; rs865686, 2df P = 0.007; rs1292011 2df P = 0.03. rs10771399 (PTHLH) was predominantly associated with estrogen receptor (ER)-negative breast cancer for BRCA1 mutation carriers (HR = 0.81, 95% CI: 0.74 to 0.90, P-trend = 4 x 10\(^{-5}\)) and there was marginal evidence of association with ER- negative breast cancer for BRCA2 mutation carriers (HR = 0.78, 95% CI: 0.62 to 1.00, P-trend = 0.049). 
Conclusions: The present findings, in combination with previously identified modifiers of risk, will ultimately lead to more accurate risk prediction and an improved understanding of the disease etiology in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers.
KW  - investigators
KW  - genetic modifiers
KW  - mammographic density
KW  - susceptibility loci
KW  - ovarian cancer
KW  - hormone-related protein
KW  - genome-wide association
KW  - tumor subtypes
KW  - alleles
KW  - consortium
Y1  - 2012
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-130449
VL  - 14
IS  - R33
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Blein, Sophie
A1  - Bardel, Claire
A1  - Danjean, Vincent
A1  - McGuffog, Lesley
A1  - Healay, Sue
A1  - Barrowdale, Daniel
A1  - Lee, Andrew
A1  - Dennis, Joe
A1  - Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B.
A1  - Soucy, Penny
A1  - Terry, Mary Beth
A1  - Chung, Wendy K.
A1  - Goldgar, David E.
A1  - Buys, Saundra S.
A1  - Janavicius, Ramunas
A1  - Tihomirova, Laima
A1  - Tung, Nadine
A1  - Dorfling, Cecilia M.
A1  - van Rensburg, Elizabeth J.
A1  - Neuhausen, Susan L.
A1  - Ding, Yuan Chun
A1  - Gerdes, Anne-Marie
A1  - Ejlertsen, Bent
A1  - Nielsen, Finn C.
A1  - Hansen, Thomas V. O.
A1  - Osorio, Ana
A1  - Benitez, Javier
A1  - Andreas Conejero, Raquel
A1  - Segota, Ena
A1  - Weitzel, Jeffrey N.
A1  - Thelander, Margo
A1  - Peterlongo, Paolo
A1  - Radice, Paolo
A1  - Pensotti, Valeria
A1  - Dolcetti, Riccardo
A1  - Bonanni, Bernardo
A1  - Peissel, Bernard
A1  - Zaffaroni, Daniela
A1  - Scuvera, Giulietta
A1  - Manoukian, Siranoush
A1  - Varesco, Liliana
A1  - Capone, Gabriele L.
A1  - Papi, Laura
A1  - Ottini, Laura
A1  - Yannoukakos, Drakoulis
A1  - Konstantopoulou, Irene
A1  - Garber, Judy
A1  - Hamann, Ute
A1  - Donaldson, Alan
A1  - Brady, Angela
A1  - Brewer, Carole
A1  - Foo, Claire
A1  - Evans, D. Gareth
A1  - Frost, Debra
A1  - Eccles, Diana
A1  - Douglas, Fiona
A1  - Cook, Jackie
A1  - Adlard, Julian
A1  - Barwell, Julian
A1  - Walker, Lisa
A1  - Izatt, Louise
A1  - Side, Lucy E.
A1  - Kennedy, M. John
A1  - Tischkowitz, Marc
A1  - Rogers, Mark T.
A1  - Porteous, Mary E.
A1  - Morrison, Patrick J.
A1  - Platte, Radka
A1  - Eeles, Ros
A1  - Davidson, Rosemarie
A1  - Hodgson, Shirley
A1  - Cole, Trevor
A1  - Godwin, Andrew K
A1  - Isaacs, Claudine
A1  - Claes, Kathleen
A1  - De Leeneer, Kim
A1  - Meindl, Alfons
A1  - Gehrig, Andrea
A1  - Wappenschmidt, Barbara
A1  - Sutter, Christian
A1  - Engel, Christoph
A1  - Niederacher, Dieter
A1  - Steinemann, Doris
A1  - Plendl, Hansjoerg
A1  - Kast, Karin
A1  - Rhiem, Kerstin
A1  - Ditsch, Nina
A1  - Arnold, Norbert
A1  - Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda
A1  - Schmutzler, Rita K.
A1  - Preisler-Adams, Sabine
A1  - Markov, Nadja Bogdanova
A1  - Wang-Gohrke, Shan
A1  - de Pauw, Antoine
A1  - Lefol, Cedrick
A1  - Lasset, Christine
A1  - Leroux, Dominique
A1  - Rouleau, Etienne
A1  - Damiola, Francesca
A1  - Dreyfus, Helene
A1  - Barjhoux, Laure
A1  - Golmard, Lisa
A1  - Uhrhammer, Nancy
A1  - Bonadona, Valerie
A1  - Sornin, Valerie
A1  - Bignon, Yves-Jean
A1  - Carter, Jonathan
A1  - Van Le, Linda
A1  - Piedmonte, Marion
A1  - DiSilvestro, Paul A.
A1  - de la Hoya, Miguel
A1  - Caldes, Trinidad
A1  - Nevanlinna, Heli
A1  - Aittomäki, Kristiina
A1  - Jager, Agnes
A1  - van den Ouweland, Ans M. W.
A1  - Kets, Carolien M.
A1  - Aalfs, Cora M.
A1  - van Leeuwen, Flora E.
A1  - Hogervorst, Frans B. L.
A1  - Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E. J.
A1  - Oosterwijk, Jan C.
A1  - van Roozendaal, Kees E. P.
A1  - Rookus, Matti A.
A1  - Devilee, Peter
A1  - van der Luijt, Rob B.
A1  - Olah, Edith
A1  - Diez, Orland
A1  - Teule, Alex
A1  - Lazaro, Conxi
A1  - Blanco, Ignacio
A1  - Del Valle, Jesus
A1  - Jakubowska, Anna
A1  - Sukiennicki, Grzegorz
A1  - Gronwald, Jacek
A1  - Spurdle, Amanda B.
A1  - Foulkes, William
A1  - Olswold, Curtis
A1  - Lindor, Noralene M.
A1  - Pankratz, Vernon S.
A1  - Szabo, Csilla I.
A1  - Lincoln, Anne
A1  - Jacobs, Lauren
A1  - Corines, Marina
A1  - Robson, Mark
A1  - Vijai, Joseph
A1  - Berger, Andreas
A1  - Fink-Retter, Anneliese
A1  - Singer, Christian F.
A1  - Rappaport, Christine
A1  - Geschwantler Kaulich, Daphne
A1  - Pfeiler, Georg
A1  - Tea, Muy-Kheng
A1  - Greene, Mark H.
A1  - Mai, Phuong L.
A1  - Rennert, Gad
A1  - Imyanitov, Evgeny N.
A1  - Mulligan, Anna Marie
A1  - Glendon, Gord
A1  - Andrulis, Irene L.
A1  - Tchatchou, Andrine
A1  - Toland, Amanda Ewart
A1  - Pedersen, Inge Sokilde
A1  - Thomassen, Mads
A1  - Kruse, Torben A.
A1  - Jensen, Uffe Birk
A1  - Caligo, Maria A.
A1  - Friedman, Eitan
A1  - Zidan, Jamal
A1  - Laitman, Yael
A1  - Lindblom, Annika
A1  - Melin, Beatrice
A1  - Arver, Brita
A1  - Loman, Niklas
A1  - Rosenquist, Richard
A1  - Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.
A1  - Nussbaum, Robert L.
A1  - Ramus, Susan J.
A1  - Nathanson, Katherine L.
A1  - Domchek, Susan M.
A1  - Rebbeck, Timothy R.
A1  - Arun, Banu K.
A1  - Mitchell, Gillian
A1  - Karlan, Bethy Y.
A1  - Lester, Jenny
A1  - Orsulic, Sandra
A1  - Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique
A1  - Thomas, Gilles
A1  - Simard, Jacques
A1  - Couch, Fergus J.
A1  - Offit, Kenenth
A1  - Easton, Douglas F.
A1  - Chenevix-Trench, Georgia
A1  - Antoniou, Antonis C.
A1  - Mazoyer, Sylvie
A1  - Phelan, Catherine M.
A1  - Sinilnikova, Olga M.
A1  - Cox, David G.
T1  - An original phylogenetic approach identified mitochondrial haplogroup T1a1 as inversely associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers
JF  - Breast Cancer Research
N2  - Introduction: 
Individuals carrying pathogenic mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a high lifetime risk of breast cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 are involved in DNA double-strand break repair, DNA alterations that can be caused by exposure to reactive oxygen species, a main source of which are mitochondria. Mitochondrial genome variations affect electron transport chain efficiency and reactive oxygen species production. Individuals with different mitochondrial haplogroups differ in their metabolism and sensitivity to oxidative stress. Variability in mitochondrial genetic background can alter reactive oxygen species production, leading to cancer risk. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that mitochondrial haplogroups modify breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers. 

Methods: 
We genotyped 22,214 (11,421 affected, 10,793 unaffected) mutation carriers belonging to the Consortium of Investigators of Modifiers of BRCA1/2 for 129 mitochondrial polymorphisms using the iCOGS array. Haplogroup inference and association detection were performed using a phylogenetic approach. ALTree was applied to explore the reference mitochondrial evolutionary tree and detect subclades enriched in affected or unaffected individuals. 

Results: 
We discovered that subclade T1a1 was depleted in affected BRCA2 mutation carriers compared with the rest of clade T (hazard ratio (HR) = 0.55; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.34 to 0.88; P = 0.01). Compared with the most frequent haplogroup in the general population (that is, H and T clades), the T1a1 haplogroup has a HR of 0.62 (95% CI, 0.40 to 0.95; P = 0.03). We also identified three potential susceptibility loci, including G13708A/rs28359178, which has demonstrated an inverse association with familial breast cancer risk. 

Conclusions:
This study illustrates how original approaches such as the phylogeny-based method we used can empower classical molecular epidemiological studies aimed at identifying association or risk modification effects.
KW  - single-nucleotide polymorphisms
KW  - genetic modifiers
KW  - oxidative stress
KW  - consortium
KW  - multiple diseases
KW  - DNA
KW  - haplogroups
KW  - susceptibility
KW  - Ovarian
KW  - variants
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-145458
VL  - 17
IS  - 61
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Blanco, Ignacio
A1  - Kuchenbaecker, Karoline
A1  - Cuadras, Daniel
A1  - Wang, Xianshu
A1  - Barrowdale, Daniel
A1  - Ruiz de Garibay, Gorka
A1  - Librado, Pablo
A1  - Sanchez-Gracia, Alejandro
A1  - Rozas, Julio
A1  - Bonifaci, Núria
A1  - McGuffog, Lesley
A1  - Pankratz, Vernon S.
A1  - Islam, Abul
A1  - Mateo, Francesca
A1  - Berenguer, Antoni
A1  - Petit, Anna
A1  - Català, Isabel
A1  - Brunet, Joan
A1  - Feliubadaló, Lidia
A1  - Tornero, Eva
A1  - Benítez, Javier
A1  - Osorio, Ana
A1  - Ramón y Cajal, Teresa
A1  - Nevanlinna, Heli
A1  - Aittomäki, Kristina
A1  - Arun, Banu K.
A1  - Toland, Amanda E.
A1  - Karlan, Beth Y.
A1  - Walsh, Christine
A1  - Lester, Jenny
A1  - Greene, Mark H.
A1  - Mai, Phuong L.
A1  - Nussbaum, Robert L.
A1  - Andrulis, Irene L.
A1  - Domchek, Susan M.
A1  - Nathanson, Katherine L.
A1  - Rebbeck, Timothy R.
A1  - Barkardottir, Rosa B.
A1  - Jakubowska, Anna
A1  - Lubinski, Jan
A1  - Durda, Katarzyna
A1  - Jaworska-Bieniek, Katarzyna
A1  - Claes, Kathleen
A1  - Van Maerken, Tom
A1  - Díez, Orland
A1  - Hansen, Thomas V.
A1  - Jønson, Lars
A1  - Gerdes, Anne-Marie
A1  - Ejlertsen, Bent
A1  - De la Hoya, Miguel
A1  - Caldés, Trinidad
A1  - Dunning, Alison M.
A1  - Oliver, Clare
A1  - Fineberg, Elena
A1  - Cook, Margaret
A1  - Peock, Susan
A1  - McCann, Emma
A1  - Murray, Alex
A1  - Jacobs, Chris
A1  - Pichert, Gabriella
A1  - Lalloo, Fiona
A1  - Chu, Carol
A1  - Dorkins, Huw
A1  - Paterson, Joan
A1  - Ong, Kai-Ren
A1  - Teixeira, Manuel R.
A1  - Hogervorst, Frans B. L.
A1  - Van der Hout, Annemarie H.
A1  - Seynaeve, Caroline
A1  - Van der Luijt, Rob B.
A1  - Ligtenberg, Marjolijn J. L.
A1  - Devilee, Peter
A1  - Wijnen, Juul T.
A1  - Rookus, Matti A.
A1  - Meijers-Heijboer, Hanne E. J.
A1  - Blok, Marinus J.
A1  - Van den Ouweland, Ans M. W.
A1  - Aalfs, Cora M.
A1  - Rodriguez, Gustavo C.
A1  - Phillips, Kelly-Anne A.
A1  - Piedmonte, Marion
A1  - Nerenstone, Stacy R.
A1  - Bae-Jump, Victoria L.
A1  - O'Malley, David M.
A1  - Schmutzler, Rita K.
A1  - Wappenschmidt, Barbara
A1  - Rhiem, Kerstin
A1  - Engel, Christoph
A1  - Meindl, Alfons
A1  - Ditsch, Nina
A1  - Arnold, Norbert
A1  - Plendl, Hansjoerg J.
A1  - Niederacher, Dieter
A1  - Sutter, Christian
A1  - Wang-Gohrke, Shan
A1  - Steinemann, Doris
A1  - Preisler-Adams, Sabine
A1  - Kast, Karin
A1  - Varon-Mateeva, Raymonda
A1  - Gehrig, Andrea
A1  - Bojesen, Anders
A1  - Pedersen, Inge Sokilde
A1  - Sunde, Lone
A1  - Birk Jensen, Uffe
A1  - Thomassen, Mads
A1  - Kruse, Torben A.
A1  - Foretova, Lenka
A1  - Peterlongo, Paolo
A1  - Bernard, Loris
A1  - Peissel, Bernard
A1  - Scuvera, Giulietta
A1  - Manoukian, Siranoush
A1  - Radice, Paolo
A1  - Ottini, Laura
A1  - Montagna, Marco
A1  - Agata, Simona
A1  - Maugard, Christine
A1  - Simard, Jacques
A1  - Soucy, Penny
A1  - Berger, Andreas
A1  - Fink-Retter, Anneliese
A1  - Singer, Christian F.
A1  - Rappaport, Christine
A1  - Geschwantler-Kaulich, Daphne
A1  - Tea, Muy-Kheng
A1  - Pfeiler, Georg
A1  - John, Esther M.
A1  - Miron, Alex
A1  - Neuhausen, Susan L.
A1  - Terry, Mary Beth
A1  - Chung, Wendy K.
A1  - Daly, Mary B.
A1  - Goldgar, David E.
A1  - Janavicius, Ramunas
A1  - Dorfling, Cecilia M.
A1  - Van Rensburg, Elisabeth J.
A1  - Fostira, Florentia
A1  - Konstantopoulou, Irene
A1  - Garber, Judy
A1  - Godwin, Andrew K.
A1  - Olah, Edith
A1  - Narod, Steven A.
A1  - Rennert, Gad
A1  - Paluch, Shani Shimon
A1  - Laitman, Yael
A1  - Friedman, Eitan
A1  - Liljegren, Annelie
A1  - Rantala, Johanna
A1  - Stenmark-Askmalm, Marie
A1  - Loman, Niklas
A1  - Imyanitov, Evgeny N.
A1  - Hamann, Ute
A1  - Spurdle, Amanda B.
A1  - Healey, Sue
A1  - Weitzel, Jeffrey N.
A1  - Herzog, Josef
A1  - Margileth, David
A1  - Gorrini, Chiara
A1  - Esteller, Manel
A1  - Gómez, Antonio
A1  - Sayols, Sergi
A1  - Vidal, Enrique
A1  - Heyn, Holger
A1  - Stoppa-Lyonnet, Dominique
A1  - Léoné, Melanie
A1  - Barjhoux, Laure
A1  - Fassy-Colcombet, Marion
A1  - Pauw, Antoine de
A1  - Lasset, Christine
A1  - Fert Ferrer, Sandra
A1  - Castera, Laurent
A1  - Berthet, Pascaline
A1  - Cornelis, François
A1  - Bignon, Yves-Jean
A1  - Damiola, Francesca
A1  - Mazoyer, Sylvie
A1  - Sinilnikova, Olga M.
A1  - Maxwell, Christopher A.
A1  - Vijai, Joseph
A1  - Robson, Mark
A1  - Kauff, Noah
A1  - Corines, Marina J.
A1  - Villano, Danylko
A1  - Cunningham, Julie
A1  - Lee, Adam
A1  - Lindor, Noralane
A1  - Lázaro, Conxi
A1  - Easton, Douglas F.
A1  - Offit, Kenneth
A1  - Chenevix-Trench, Georgia
A1  - Couch, Fergus J.
A1  - Antoniou, Antonis C.
A1  - Pujana, Miguel Angel
T1  - Assessing associations between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and breast cancer risk in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers
JF  - PLoS ONE
N2  - While interplay between BRCA1 and AURKA-RHAMM-TPX2-TUBG1 regulates mammary epithelial polarization, common genetic variation in HMMR (gene product RHAMM) may be associated with risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 mutation carriers. Following on these observations, we further assessed the link between the AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 functional module and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation carriers. Forty-one single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were genotyped in 15,252 BRCA1 and 8,211 BRCA2 mutation carriers and subsequently analyzed using a retrospective likelihood approach. The association of HMMR rs299290 with breast cancer risk in BRCA1 mutation carriers was confirmed: per-allele hazard ratio (HR) = 1.10, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.04 - 1.15, p = 1.9 x 10\(^{-4}\) (false discovery rate (FDR)-adjusted p = 0.043). Variation in CSTF1, located next to AURKA, was also found to be associated with breast cancer risk in BRCA2 mutation carriers: rs2426618 per-allele HR = 1.10, 95% CI 1.03 - 1.16, p = 0.005 (FDR-adjusted p = 0.045). Assessment of pairwise interactions provided suggestions (FDR-adjusted p\(_{interaction}\) values > 0.05) for deviations from the multiplicative model for rs299290 and CSTF1 rs6064391, and rs299290 and TUBG1 rs11649877 in both BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. Following these suggestions, the expression of HMMR and AURKA or TUBG1 in sporadic breast tumors was found to potentially interact, influencing patients' survival. Together, the results of this study support the hypothesis of a causative link between altered function of AURKA-HMMR-TPX2-TUBG1 and breast carcinogenesis in BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
KW  - genetic interaction networks
KW  - genome-wide association
KW  - expression signature
KW  - susceptibility loci
KW  - survival
KW  - modifiers
KW  - polymorphism
KW  - cell
KW  - chip-seq
KW  - elements
Y1  - 2015
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-143469
VL  - 10
IS  - 4
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Engel, Katharina
A1  - Rudelius, Martina
A1  - Slawska, Jolanta
A1  - Jacobs, Laura
A1  - Abhari, Behnaz Ahangarian
A1  - Altmann, Bettina
A1  - Kurutz, Julia
A1  - Rathakrishnan, Abirami
A1  - Fernández-Sáiz, Vanesa
A1  - Brunner, Andrä
A1  - Targosz, Bianca-Sabrina
A1  - Loewecke, Felicia
A1  - Gloeckner, Christian Johannes
A1  - Ueffing, Marius
A1  - Fulda, Simone
A1  - Pfreundschuh, Michael
A1  - Trümper, Lorenz
A1  - Klapper, Wolfram
A1  - Keller, Ulrich
A1  - Jost, Philipp J.
A1  - Rosenwald, Andreas
A1  - Peschel, Christian
A1  - Bassermann, Florian
T1  - USP9X stabilizes XIAP to regulate mitotic cell death and chemoresistance in aggressive B-cell lymphoma
JF  - EMBO Molecular Medicine
N2  - The mitotic spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC) maintains genome stability and marks an important target for antineoplastic therapies. However, it has remained unclear how cells execute cell fate decisions under conditions of SAC‐induced mitotic arrest. Here, we identify USP9X as the mitotic deubiquitinase of the X‐linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP) and demonstrate that deubiquitylation and stabilization of XIAP by USP9X lead to increased resistance toward mitotic spindle poisons. We find that primary human aggressive B‐cell lymphoma samples exhibit high USP9X expression that correlate with XIAP overexpression. We show that high USP9X/XIAP expression is associated with shorter event‐free survival in patients treated with spindle poison‐containing chemotherapy. Accordingly, aggressive B‐cell lymphoma lines with USP9X and associated XIAP overexpression exhibit increased chemoresistance, reversed by specific inhibition of either USP9X or XIAP. Moreover, knockdown of USP9X or XIAP significantly delays lymphoma development and increases sensitivity to spindle poisons in a murine Eμ‐Myc lymphoma model. Together, we specify the USP9X–XIAP axis as a regulator of the mitotic cell fate decision and propose that USP9X and XIAP are potential prognostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets in aggressive B‐cell lymphoma.
KW  - B‐cell lymphoma
KW  - mitosis
KW  - ubiquitin
KW  - USP9X
KW  - XIAP
Y1  - 2016
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-165016
VL  - 8
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Farmer, Adam D.
A1  - Strzelczyk, Adam
A1  - Finisguerra, Alessandra
A1  - Gourine, Alexander V.
A1  - Gharabaghi, Alireza
A1  - Hasan, Alkomiet
A1  - Burger, Andreas M.
A1  - Jaramillo, Andrés M.
A1  - Mertens, Ann
A1  - Majid, Arshad
A1  - Verkuil, Bart
A1  - Badran, Bashar W.
A1  - Ventura-Bort, Carlos
A1  - Gaul, Charly
A1  - Beste, Christian
A1  - Warren, Christopher M.
A1  - Quintana, Daniel S.
A1  - Hämmerer, Dorothea
A1  - Freri, Elena
A1  - Frangos, Eleni
A1  - Tobaldini, Eleonora
A1  - Kaniusas, Eugenijus
A1  - Rosenow, Felix
A1  - Capone, Fioravante
A1  - Panetsos, Fivos
A1  - Ackland, Gareth L.
A1  - Kaithwas, Gaurav
A1  - O'Leary, Georgia H.
A1  - Genheimer, Hannah
A1  - Jacobs, Heidi I. L.
A1  - Van Diest, Ilse
A1  - Schoenen, Jean
A1  - Redgrave, Jessica
A1  - Fang, Jiliang
A1  - Deuchars, Jim
A1  - Széles, Jozsef C.
A1  - Thayer, Julian F.
A1  - More, Kaushik
A1  - Vonck, Kristl
A1  - Steenbergen, Laura
A1  - Vianna, Lauro C.
A1  - McTeague, Lisa M.
A1  - Ludwig, Mareike
A1  - Veldhuizen, Maria G.
A1  - De Couck, Marijke
A1  - Casazza, Marina
A1  - Keute, Marius
A1  - Bikson, Marom
A1  - Andreatta, Marta
A1  - D'Agostini, Martina
A1  - Weymar, Mathias
A1  - Betts, Matthew
A1  - Prigge, Matthias
A1  - Kaess, Michael
A1  - Roden, Michael
A1  - Thai, Michelle
A1  - Schuster, Nathaniel M.
A1  - Montano, Nicola
A1  - Hansen, Niels
A1  - Kroemer, Nils B.
A1  - Rong, Peijing
A1  - Fischer, Rico
A1  - Howland, Robert H.
A1  - Sclocco, Roberta
A1  - Sellaro, Roberta
A1  - Garcia, Ronald G.
A1  - Bauer, Sebastian
A1  - Gancheva, Sofiya
A1  - Stavrakis, Stavros
A1  - Kampusch, Stefan
A1  - Deuchars, Susan A.
A1  - Wehner, Sven
A1  - Laborde, Sylvain
A1  - Usichenko, Taras
A1  - Polak, Thomas
A1  - Zaehle, Tino
A1  - Borges, Uirassu
A1  - Teckentrup, Vanessa
A1  - Jandackova, Vera K.
A1  - Napadow, Vitaly
A1  - Koenig, Julian
T1  - International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020)
JF  - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
N2  - Given its non-invasive nature, there is increasing interest in the use of transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) across basic, translational and clinical research. Contemporaneously, tVNS can be achieved by stimulating either the auricular branch or the cervical bundle of the vagus nerve, referred to as transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation(VNS) and transcutaneous cervical VNS, respectively. In order to advance the field in a systematic manner, studies using these technologies need to adequately report sufficient methodological detail to enable comparison of results between studies, replication of studies, as well as enhancing study participant safety. We systematically reviewed the existing tVNS literature to evaluate current reporting practices. Based on this review, and consensus among participating authors, we propose a set of minimal reporting items to guide future tVNS studies. The suggested items address specific technical aspects of the device and stimulation parameters. We also cover general recommendations including inclusion and exclusion criteria for participants, outcome parameters and the detailed reporting of side effects. Furthermore, we review strategies used to identify the optimal stimulation parameters for a given research setting and summarize ongoing developments in animal research with potential implications for the application of tVNS in humans. Finally, we discuss the potential of tVNS in future research as well as the associated challenges across several disciplines in research and clinical practice.
KW  - transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation
KW  - minimum reporting standards
KW  - guidelines & recommendations
KW  - transcutaneous auricular vagus nerve stimulation
KW  - transcutaneous cervical vagus nerve stimulation
Y1  - 2021
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-234346
SN  - 1662-5161
VL  - 14
ER  -