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Haplotypes of the estrogen receptor beta gene and breast cancer risk

Cox, David G ; Bretsky, Philip ; Kraft, Peter ; Pharoah, Paul ; Albanes, Demetrius ; Altshuler, David ; Amiano, Pilar ; Berglund, Göran LU ; Boeing, Heiner and Buring, Julie , et al. (2008) In International Journal of Cancer 122(2). p.387-392
Abstract
Exposure to exogenous (oral contraceptives, postmenopausal hormone therapy) and endogenous (number of ovulatory cycles, adiposity) steroid hormones is associated with breast cancer risk. Breast cancer risk associated with these exposures could hypothetically be modified by genes in the steroid hormone synthesis, metabolism and signaling pathways. Estrogen receptors are the first step along the path of signaling cell growth and development upon stimulation with estrogens. The National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium has systematically selected haplotype tagging SNPs in genes along the steroid hormone synthesis, metabolism and binding pathways, including the estrogen receptor beta (ESR2) gene. Four htSNPs tag... (More)
Exposure to exogenous (oral contraceptives, postmenopausal hormone therapy) and endogenous (number of ovulatory cycles, adiposity) steroid hormones is associated with breast cancer risk. Breast cancer risk associated with these exposures could hypothetically be modified by genes in the steroid hormone synthesis, metabolism and signaling pathways. Estrogen receptors are the first step along the path of signaling cell growth and development upon stimulation with estrogens. The National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium has systematically selected haplotype tagging SNPs in genes along the steroid hormone synthesis, metabolism and binding pathways, including the estrogen receptor beta (ESR2) gene. Four htSNPs tag the 6 major (>5% frequency) haplotypes of the ESR2 gene. These polymorphisms have been genotyped in 5,789 breast cancer cases and 7,761 controls nested within the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, Multiethnic Cohort, Nurses' Health Study and Women's Health Study cohorts. None of the SNPs were independently associated with breast cancer risk. One haplotype of the ESR2 gene was associated with breast cancer risk before correction for multiple testing (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.07-1.28, p = 0.0007). This haplotype remained associated with breast cancer risk after adjustment for multiple testing using a permutation procedure. There was no statistically significant heterogeneity in SNP or haplotype odds ratios across cohorts. These data suggest that inherited variants in ESR2 (while possibly conferring a small increased risk of breast cancer) are not associated with appreciable (OR > 1.2) changes in breast cancer risk among Caucasian women. (Less)
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risk, haplotype, polymorphism, breast cancer, estrogen receptor beta
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International Journal of Cancer
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122
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2
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387 - 392
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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  • pmid:17935138
  • scopus:36849014030
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0020-7136
DOI
10.1002/ijc.23127
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English
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  abstract     = {{Exposure to exogenous (oral contraceptives, postmenopausal hormone therapy) and endogenous (number of ovulatory cycles, adiposity) steroid hormones is associated with breast cancer risk. Breast cancer risk associated with these exposures could hypothetically be modified by genes in the steroid hormone synthesis, metabolism and signaling pathways. Estrogen receptors are the first step along the path of signaling cell growth and development upon stimulation with estrogens. The National Cancer Institute Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium has systematically selected haplotype tagging SNPs in genes along the steroid hormone synthesis, metabolism and binding pathways, including the estrogen receptor beta (ESR2) gene. Four htSNPs tag the 6 major (>5% frequency) haplotypes of the ESR2 gene. These polymorphisms have been genotyped in 5,789 breast cancer cases and 7,761 controls nested within the American Cancer Society Cancer Prevention Study II, European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition, Multiethnic Cohort, Nurses' Health Study and Women's Health Study cohorts. None of the SNPs were independently associated with breast cancer risk. One haplotype of the ESR2 gene was associated with breast cancer risk before correction for multiple testing (OR 1.17, 95% CI 1.07-1.28, p = 0.0007). This haplotype remained associated with breast cancer risk after adjustment for multiple testing using a permutation procedure. There was no statistically significant heterogeneity in SNP or haplotype odds ratios across cohorts. These data suggest that inherited variants in ESR2 (while possibly conferring a small increased risk of breast cancer) are not associated with appreciable (OR > 1.2) changes in breast cancer risk among Caucasian women.}},
  author       = {{Cox, David G and Bretsky, Philip and Kraft, Peter and Pharoah, Paul and Albanes, Demetrius and Altshuler, David and Amiano, Pilar and Berglund, Göran and Boeing, Heiner and Buring, Julie and Burtt, Noel and Calle, Eugenia E and Canzian, Federico and Chanock, Stephen and Clavel-Chapelon, Françoise and Colditz, Graham A and Spencer Feigelson, Heather and Haiman, Christopher A and Hankinson, Susan E and Hirschhorn, Joel and Henderson, Brian E and Hoover, Robert and Hunter, David J and Kaaks, Rudolf and Kolonel, Laurence and LeMarchand, Loic and Lund, Eiliv and Palli, Domenico and Peeters, Petra H M and Pike, Malcolm C and Riboli, Elio and Stram, Daniel O and Thun, Michael and Tjonneland, Anne and Travis, Ruth C and Trichopoulos, Dimitrios and Yeager, Meredith}},
  issn         = {{0020-7136}},
  keywords     = {{risk; haplotype; polymorphism; breast cancer; estrogen receptor beta}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{387--392}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{International Journal of Cancer}},
  title        = {{Haplotypes of the estrogen receptor beta gene and breast cancer risk}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.23127}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/ijc.23127}},
  volume       = {{122}},
  year         = {{2008}},
}