Epigenetic analysis leads to identification of HNF1B as a subtype-specific susceptibility gene for ovarian cancer

• Main Authors: Shen, H., Fridley, B.L., Song, H.L., Lawrenson, K., Cunningham, J.M., Ramus, S.J., Cicek, M.S., Tyrer, J., Stram, D., Larson, M.C., Kobel, M., Ziogas, A., Zheng, W., Yang, H.P., Wu, A.H., Wozniak, E.L., Woo, Y.L., Winterhoff, B., Wik, E., Whittemore, A.S., Wentzensen, N., Weber, R.P., Vitonis, A.F., Vincent, D., Vierkant, R.A., Vergote, I., Van Den Berg, D., Van Altena, A.M., Tworoger, S.S., Thompson, P.J., Tessier, D.C., Terry, K.L., Teo, S.H., Templeman, C., Stram, D.O., Southey, M.C., Sieh, W., Siddiqui, N., Shvetsov, Y.B., Shu, X.O., Shridhar, V., Wang-Gohrke, S., Severi, G., Schwaab, I., Salvesen, H.B., Rzepecka, I.K., Runnebaum, I.B., Rossing, M.A., Rodriguez-Rodriguez, L., Risch, H.A., Renner, S.P., Poole, E.M., Pike, M.C., Phelan, C.M., Pelttari, L.M., Pejovic, T., Paul, J., Orlow, I., Omar, S.Z., Olson, S.H., Odunsi, K., Nickels, S., Nevanlinna, H., Ness, R.B., Narod, S.A., Nakanishi, T., Moysich, K.B., Monteiro, A.N.A., Moes-Sosnowska, J., Modugno, F., Menon, U., McLaughlin, J.R., McGuire, V., Matsuo, K., Adenan, N.A.M., Massuger, L.F.A.G., Lurie, G., Lundvall, L., Lubinski, J., Lissowska, J., Levine, D.A., Leminen, A., Lee, A.W., Le, N.D., Lambrechts, S., Lambrechts, D., Kupryjanczyk, J., Krakstad, C., Konecny, G.E., Kjaer, S.K., Kiemeney, L.A., Kelemen, L.E., Keeney, G.L., Karlan, B.Y., Karevan, R., Kalli, K.R., Kajiyama, H., Ji, B.T., Jensen, A., Jakubowska, A.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: R Medicine; RG Gynecology and obstetrics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10828/; http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n3/pdf/ncomms2629.pdf

HNF1B is overexpressed in clear cell epithelial ovarian cancer, and we observed epigenetic silencing in serous epithelial ovarian cancer, leading us to hypothesize that variation in this gene differentially associates with epithelial ovarian cancer risk according to histological subtype. Here we com...