@article{df56fdb442584782adb2abe360e7dfc7,
title = "Common variation at 2q22.3 (ZEB2) influences the risk of renal cancer",
abstract = "Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of renal cell cancer (RCC) have identified four susceptibility loci thus far. To identify an additional RCC common susceptibility locus, we conducted a GWAS and performed a meta-analysis with published GWASs (totalling 2215 cases and 8566 controls of European background) and followed up the most significant association signals [nine single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in eight genomic regions] in 3739 cases and 8786 controls. A combined analysis identified a novel susceptibility locus mapping to 2q22.3 marked by rs12105918 (P = 1.80 × 10-8; odds ratio 1.29, 95% CI: 1.18-1.41). The signal localizes to intron 2 of the ZEB2 gene (zinc finger E box-binding homeobox 2). Our findings suggest that genetic variation in ZEB2 influences the risk of RCC. This finding provides further insights into the genetic and biological basis of inherited genetic susceptibility to RCC.",
author = "Marc Henrion and Matthew Frampton and Ghislaine Scelo and Mark Purdue and Yuanqing Ye and Peter Broderick and Alastair Ritchie and Richard Kaplan and Angela Meade and James Mckay and Mattias Johansson and Mark Lathrop and James Larkin and Nathaniel Rothman and Zhaoming Wang and Chow, {Wong Ho} and Stevens, {Victoria L.} and {Ryan Diver}, W. and Gapstur, {Susan M.} and Demetrius Albanes and Jarmo Virtamo and Xifeng Wu and Paul Brennan and Stephen Chanock and Timothy Eisen and Houlston, {Richard S.}",
note = "Funding Information: SORCE is coordinated by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and funded principally by the MRC and Cancer Research UK with an educational grant from Bayer. Additional funding was provided by Cancer Research UK (C1298/ A8362 supported by the Bobby Moore Fund). Marc Henrion was supported by Leukaemia Lymphoma Research. NHS funding for the Royal Marsden Biomedical Research Centre and Cambridge University Health Partners is acknowledged. Funding for the SEARCH team was provided by Cancer Research UK (C490/A10124). The US kidney GWAS was funded by the Intramural Research Program of the National Cancer Institute, NIH.",
year = "2013",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1093/hmg/dds489",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "22",
pages = "825--831",
journal = "Human molecular genetics",
issn = "0964-6906",
publisher = "Oxford University Press",
number = "4",
}