Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries

0582876 - ÚEM 2024 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Fernandez-Rozadilla, C. - Timofeeva, M. - Chen, Z. - Law, P. - Thomas, M. - Bien, S. - Diez-Obrero, V. - Li, L. - Fernandez-Tajes, J. - Palles, C. - Sherwood, K. - Harris, S. - Svinti, V. - McDonnell, K. - Farrington, S. - Vaughan-Shaw, P. - Shu, X. O. - Long, J. - Cai, Q. - Guo, X. - Lu, Y. - Scacheri, P. - Studd, J. - Huyghe, J. - Harrison, T. - Vodička, Pavel - Vodičková, Ludmila - Vymetálková, Veronika … Total 213 authors
Deciphering colorectal cancer genetics through multi-omic analysis of 100,204 cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestries.
Nature Genetics. Roč. 55, č. 1 (2023), s. 89-103. ISSN 1061-4036. E-ISSN 1546-1718
Institutional support: RVO:68378041
Keywords : LD score regression * association * heritability * metaanalysis
OECD category: Human genetics
Impact factor: 30.8, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-022-01222-9

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide. We conducted a genome-wide association study meta-analysis of 100,204 CRC cases and 154,587 controls of European and east Asian ancestry, identifying 205 independent risk associations, of which 50 were unreported. We performed integrative genomic, transcriptomic and methylomic analyses across large bowel mucosa and other tissues. Transcriptome- and methylome-wide association studies revealed an additional 53 risk associations. We identified 155 high-confidence effector genes functionally linked to CRC risk, many of which had no previously established role in CRC. These have multiple different functions and specifically indicate that variation in normal colorectal homeostasis, proliferation, cell adhesion, migration, immunity and microbial interactions determines CRC risk. Crosstissue analyses indicated that over a third of effector genes most probably act outside the colonic mucosa. Our findings provide insights into colorectal oncogenesis and highlight potential targets across tissues for new CRC treatment and chemoprevention strategies.
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