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Hi-C dataset for testicular germ cell tumour GWAS risk loci, as described in the Oncoarray Litchfield et al. 2016 paper.


ABSTRACT: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have transformed our understanding of testicular germ cell tumour (TGCT) susceptibility but much of the heritability remains unexplained. Here we report a new GWAS, a meta-analysis with previous GWAS and a replication series, totalling 7,319 TGCT cases and 23,082 controls. We identify 19 new TGCT risk loci, approximately doubling the number of known TGCT risk loci to 44. By performing in-situ Hi-C in TGCT cells, we establish a network of physical interactions between all 44 TGCT risk SNPs and candidate causal genes. Our findings reveal widespread disruption of developmental transcriptional regulators as a basis of disease susceptibility, consistent with failed primordial germ cell differentiation as an initiating step in TGCT oncogenesis1. Defective microtubule assembly and dysregulation of KIT-MAPK signalling also feature as recurrently disrupted pathways. Our findings support a polygenic model of disease risk and provide insight into the biological basis of TGCT.

PROVIDER: EGAS00001001930 | EGA |

REPOSITORIES: EGA

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