Abstract
Genetic variants located within the 12p13.33/RAD52 locus have been associated with lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC). Here, within 5,947 UADT cancers and 7,789 controls from 9 different studies, we found rs10849605, a common intronic variant in RAD52, to be also associated with upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) squamous cell carcinoma cases (OR = 1.09, 95%CI: 1.04-1.15, p = 6x10-4). We additionally identified rs10849605 as a RAD52 cis-eQTL inUADT(p = 1x10-3) and LUSC (p = 9x10-4) tumours, with the UADT/LUSC risk allele correlated with increased RAD52 expression levels. The 12p13.33 locus, encompassing rs10849605/RAD52, was identified as a significant somatic focal copy number amplification in UADT(n = 374, q-value = 0.075) and LUSC (n = 464, q-value = 0.007) tumors and correlated with higher RAD52 tumor expression levels (p = 6x10-48 and p = 3x10-29 in UADT and LUSC, respectively). In combination, these results implicate increased RAD52 expression in both genetic susceptibility and tumorigenesis of UADT and LUSC tumors.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | e0117639 |
| Journal | PLoS ONE |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Mar 20 2015 |
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