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Integrative eQTL-based analyses reveal the biology of breast cancer risk loci.


ABSTRACT: Germline determinants of gene expression in tumors are infrequently studied due to the complexity of transcript regulation caused by somatically acquired alterations. We performed expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL)-based analyses using the multi-level information provided in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Of the factors we measured, cis-acting eQTLs accounted for 1.2% of the total variation of tumor gene expression, while somatic copy-number alteration and CpG methylation accounted for 7.3% and 3.3%, respectively. eQTL analyses of 15 previously reported breast cancer risk loci resulted in the discovery of three variants that are significantly associated with transcript levels (false discovery rate [FDR] < 0.1). Our trans-based analysis identified an additional three risk loci to act through ESR1, MYC, and KLF4. These findings provide a more comprehensive picture of gene expression determinants in breast cancer as well as insights into the underlying biology of breast cancer risk loci.

SUBMITTER: Li Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4165609 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Integrative eQTL-based analyses reveal the biology of breast cancer risk loci.

Li Qiyuan Q   Seo Ji-Heui JH   Stranger Barbara B   McKenna Aaron A   Pe'er Itsik I   Laframboise Thomas T   Brown Myles M   Tyekucheva Svitlana S   Freedman Matthew L ML  

Cell 20130101 3


Germline determinants of gene expression in tumors are infrequently studied due to the complexity of transcript regulation caused by somatically acquired alterations. We performed expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL)-based analyses using the multi-level information provided in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). Of the factors we measured, cis-acting eQTLs accounted for 1.2% of the total variation of tumor gene expression, while somatic copy-number alteration and CpG methylation accounted for  ...[more]

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