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Low-frequency variation near common germline susceptibility loci are associated with risk of Ewing sarcoma.


ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is a rare, aggressive solid tumor of childhood, adolescence and young adulthood associated with pathognomonic EWSR1-ETS fusion oncoproteins altering transcriptional regulation. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 6 common germline susceptibility loci but have not investigated low-frequency inherited variants with minor allele frequencies below 5% due to limited genotyped cases of this rare tumor. METHODS:We investigated the contribution of rare and low-frequency variation to EwS susceptibility in the largest EwS genome-wide association study to date (733 EwS cases and 1,346 unaffected controls of European ancestry). RESULTS:We identified two low-frequency variants, rs112837127 and rs2296730, on chromosome 20 that were associated with EwS risk (OR = 0.186 and 2.038, respectively; P-value < 5×10-8) and located near previously reported common susceptibility loci. After adjusting for the most associated common variant at the locus, only rs112837127 remained a statistically significant independent signal (OR = 0.200, P-value = 5.84×10-8). CONCLUSIONS:These findings suggest rare variation residing on common haplotypes are important contributors to EwS risk. IMPACT:Motivate future targeted sequencing studies for a comprehensive evaluation of low-frequency and rare variation around common EwS susceptibility loci.

SUBMITTER: Lin SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7470401 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Low-frequency variation near common germline susceptibility loci are associated with risk of Ewing sarcoma.

Lin Shu-Hong SH   Sampson Joshua N JN   Grünewald Thomas G P TGP   Surdez Didier D   Reynaud Stephanie S   Mirabeau Olivier O   Karlins Eric E   Rubio Rebeca Alba RA   Zaidi Sakina S   Grossetête-Lalami Sandrine S   Ballet Stelly S   Lapouble Eve E   Laurence Valérie V   Michon Jean J   Pierron Gaelle G   Kovar Heinrich H   Kontny Udo U   González-Neira Anna A   Alonso Javier J   Patino-Garcia Ana A   Corradini Nadège N   Bérard Perrine Marec PM   Miller Jeremy J   Freedman Neal D ND   Rothman Nathaniel N   Carter Brian D BD   Dagnall Casey L CL   Burdett Laurie L   Jones Kristine K   Manning Michelle M   Wyatt Kathleen K   Zhou Weiyin W   Yeager Meredith M   Cox David G DG   Hoover Robert N RN   Khan Javed J   Armstrong Gregory T GT   Leisenring Wendy M WM   Bhatia Smita S   Robison Leslie L LL   Kulozik Andreas E AE   Kriebel Jennifer J   Meitinger Thomas T   Metzler Markus M   Krumbholz Manuela M   Hartmann Wolfgang W   Strauch Konstantin K   Kirchner Thomas T   Dirksen Uta U   Mirabello Lisa L   Tucker Margaret A MA   Tirode Franck F   Morton Lindsay M LM   Chanock Stephen J SJ   Delattre Olivier O   Machiela Mitchell J MJ  

PloS one 20200903 9


<h4>Background</h4>Ewing sarcoma (EwS) is a rare, aggressive solid tumor of childhood, adolescence and young adulthood associated with pathognomonic EWSR1-ETS fusion oncoproteins altering transcriptional regulation. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified 6 common germline susceptibility loci but have not investigated low-frequency inherited variants with minor allele frequencies below 5% due to limited genotyped cases of this rare tumor.<h4>Methods</h4>We investigated the contrib  ...[more]

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