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A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis

A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis
A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis

Identifying the underlying genetic drivers of the heritability of breast cancer prognosis remains elusive. We adapt a network-based approach to handle underpowered complex datasets to provide new insights into the potential function of germline variants in breast cancer prognosis. This network-based analysis studies ~7.3 million variants in 84,457 breast cancer patients in relation to breast cancer survival and confirms the results on 12,381 independent patients. Aggregating the prognostic effects of genetic variants across multiple genes, we identify four gene modules associated with survival in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative and one in ER-positive disease. The modules show biological enrichment for cancer-related processes such as G-alpha signaling, circadian clock, angiogenesis, and Rho-GTPases in apoptosis.

2041-1723
Eccles, Diana
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Escala-Garcia, Maria
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Tapper, William
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et al.
Eccles, Diana
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Escala-Garcia, Maria
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Tapper, William
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Escala-Garcia, Maria , et al. (2020) A network analysis to identify mediators of germline-driven differences in breast cancer prognosis. Nature Communications, 11 (1), [312]. (doi:10.1038/s41467-019-14100-6).

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Identifying the underlying genetic drivers of the heritability of breast cancer prognosis remains elusive. We adapt a network-based approach to handle underpowered complex datasets to provide new insights into the potential function of germline variants in breast cancer prognosis. This network-based analysis studies ~7.3 million variants in 84,457 breast cancer patients in relation to breast cancer survival and confirms the results on 12,381 independent patients. Aggregating the prognostic effects of genetic variants across multiple genes, we identify four gene modules associated with survival in estrogen receptor (ER)-negative and one in ER-positive disease. The modules show biological enrichment for cancer-related processes such as G-alpha signaling, circadian clock, angiogenesis, and Rho-GTPases in apoptosis.

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Accepted/In Press date: 17 December 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 16 January 2020
Published date: 1 December 2020
Additional Information: Publisher Copyright: © 2020, The Author(s).

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Local EPrints ID: 439145
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/439145
ISSN: 2041-1723
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ORCID for Diana Eccles: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-9935-3169
ORCID for William Tapper: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-5896-1889

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Author: Diana Eccles ORCID iD
Author: Maria Escala-Garcia
Author: William Tapper ORCID iD
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