2008- Selected Publications
- Haiman CA, Hsu C, de Bakker P, Frasco M, Sheng X, Van Den Berg D, Casagrande JT, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L, Hankinson SE; Han J, Dunning AM, Pooley KA, Freedman ML, Hunter DJ, Wu AH, Stram DO, Henderson BE. Comprehensive Association Testing of Common Genetic Variation in DNA Repair Pathway Genes in Relationship with Breast Cancer Risk in Multiple Populations. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Mar 15; 17(6):825-34 (Epub 2007 Dec 3)
- Albert CM, Nam EG, Rimm EB, Jin HW, Hajjar RJ, Hunter DJ, MacRae CA, Ellinor PT. Cardiac sodium channel gene variants and sudden cardiac death in women. Circulation. 2008 Jan 1;117(1):16-23 (Epub 2007 Dec 10)
- Cox DG, Bretsky P, Kraft P, Pharoah P, Albanes D, Altshuler D, Amiano P, Berglund G, Boeing H, Buring J, Burtt N, Calle EE, Canzian F, Chanock S, Clavel-Chapelon F, Colditz GA, Feigelson HS, Haiman CA, Hankinson SE, Hirschhorn J, Henderson BE, Hoover R, Hunter DJ, Kaaks R, Kolonel L, LeMarchand L, Lund E, Palli D, Peeters PH, Pike MC, Riboli E, Stram DO, Thun M, Tjonneland A, Travis RC, Trichopoulos D, Yeager M. Haplotypes of the estrogen receptor beta gene and breast cancer risk. Int J Cancer. 2008 Jan 15;122(2):387-92
- Hazra A, Chanock S, Giovannucci E, Cox DG, Niu T, Fuchs C, Willett WC, Hunter DJ. Large-Scale Evaluation of Genetic Variants in Candidate Genes for Colorectal Cancer Risk in the Nurses’ Health Study and the Health Professionals’ Follow-up Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Feb;17(2):311-9
- Thomas G, Jacobs KB, Yeager M, Kraft P, Wacholder S, Orr N, Yu K, Chatterjee N, Welch R, Hutchinson A, Crenshaw A, Cancel-Tassin G, Staats BJ, Wang Z, Gonzalez-Bosquet J, Fang J, Deng X, Berndt SI, Calle EE, Feigelson HS, Thun MJ, Rodriguez C, Albanes D, Virtamo J, Weinstein S, Schumacher FR, Giovannucci E, Willett WC, Cussenot O, Valeri A, Andriole GL, Crawford ED, Tucker M, Gerhard DS, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hoover R, Hayes RB, Hunter DJ, Chanock SJ. Multiple loci identified in a genome-wide association study of prostate cancer. Nat Genet. 2008 Mar;40(3):310-5 (Epub 2008 Feb 10)
- Qureshi AA, Laden F, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ. Geographic variation and risk of skin cancer in US women. Differences between melanoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and basal cell carcinoma. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Mar 10;168(5):501-7
- He C, Tamimi RM, Hankinson SE, Hunter DJ, Han J.A prospective study of genetic polymorphism in MPO, antioxidant status, and breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Res Treat. (Epub 2008 Mar 14)
- Haiman CA, Hsu C, de Bakker PI, Frasco M, Sheng X, Van Den Berg D, Casagrande JT, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L, Hankinson SE, Han J, Dunning AM, Pooley KA, Freedman ML, Hunter DJ, Wu AH, Stram DO, Henderson BE. Comprehensive association testing of common genetic variation in DNA repair pathway genes in relationship with breast cancer risk in multiple populations. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Mar 15;17(6):825-34 (Epub 2007 Dec 3)
- Crous-Bou M, De Vivo I, Porta M, Pumarega JA, López T, Alguacil J, Morales E, Malats N, Rifà J, Hunter DJ, Real FX; For the PANKRAS II Study Group. CYP1B1 Polymorphisms and K-ras Mutations in Patients with Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. Dig Dis Sci. 2008 May;53(5):1417-21 (Epub 2008 Mar 18)
- Chen YC, Giovannucci E, Kraft P, Hunter DJ. Sequence variants of elaC homolog 2 (E. coli) (ELAC2) gene and susceptibility to prostate cancer in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study. Carcinogenesis. 2008 May;29(5):999-1004 (Epub 2008 Mar 28)
- Lettre G, Jackson AU, Gieger C, Schumacher FR, Berndt SI, Sanna S, Eyheramendy S, Voight BF, Butler JL, Guiducci C, Illig T, Hackett R, Heid IM, Jacobs KB, Lyssenko V, Uda M; Diabetes Genetics Initiative; FUSION; KORA; Prostate, Lung Colorectal and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial; Nurses’ Health Study; SardiNIA, Boehnke M, Chanock SJ, Groop LC, Hu FB, Isomaa B, Kraft P, Peltonen L, Salomaa V, Schlessinger D, Hunter DJ, Hayes RB, Abecasis GR, Wichmann HE, Mohlke KL, Hirschhorn JN. Identification of ten loci associated with height highlights new biological pathways in human growth. Nat Genet. 2008 May;40(5):584-91 (Epub 2008 Apr 6)
- Chen YC, Giovannucci E, Kraft P, Hunter DJ. Association between genetic polymorphisms of macrophage scavenger receptor 1 gene and risk of prostate cancer in the health professionals follow-up study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Apr;17(4):1001-3
- Garcia-Closas M, Hall P, Nevanlinna H, Pooley K, Morrison J, Richesson DA, Bojesen SE, Nordestgaard BG, Axelsson CK, Arias JI, Milne RL, Ribas G, González-Neira A, Benítez J, Zamora P, Brauch H, Justenhoven C, Hamann U, Ko YD, Bruening T, Haas S, Dörk T, Schürmann P, Hillemanns P, Bogdanova N, Bremer M, Karstens JH, Fagerholm R, Aaltonen K, Aittomäki K, von Smitten K, Blomqvist C, Mannermaa A, Uusitupa M, Eskelinen M, Tengström M, Kosma VM, Kataja V, Chenevix-Trench G, Spurdle AB, Beesley J, Chen X, Australian Ovarian Cancer Management Group, Kathleen Cuningham Foundation Consortium For Research Into Familial Breast Cancer, Devilee P, van Asperen CJ, Jacobi CE, Tollenaar RA, Huijts PE, Klijn JG, Chang-Claude J, Kropp S, Slanger T, Flesch-Janys D, Mutschelknauss E, Salazar R, Wang-Gohrke S, Couch F, Goode EL, Olson JE, Vachon C, Fredericksen ZS, Giles GG, Baglietto L, Severi G, Hopper JL, English DR, Southey MC, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Kolonel LN, Le Marchand L, Stram DO, Hunter DJ, Hankinson SE, Cox DG, Tamimi R, Kraft P, Sherman ME, Chanock SJ, Lissowska J, Brinton LA, Peplonska B, Klijn JG, Hooning MJ, Meijers-Heijboer H, Collee JM, van den Ouweland A, Uitterlinden AG, Liu J, Lin LY, Yuqing L, Humphreys K, Czene K, Cox A, Balasubramanian SP, Cross SS, Reed MW, Blows F, Driver K, Dunning A, Tyrer J, Ponder BA, Sangrajrang S, Brennan P, McKay J, Odefrey F, Gabrieau V, Sigurdson A, Doody M, Struewing JP, Alexander B, Easton DF, Pharoah PD. Heterogeneity of breast cancer associations with five susceptibility loci by clinical and pathological characteristics. PLoS Genet. 2008 Apr 25;4(4):e1000054 PMCID: PMC2291027
- Loos RJ, Lindgren CM, Li S, Wheeler E, Zhao JH, Prokopenko I, Inouye M, Freathy RM, Attwood AP, Beckmann JS, Berndt SI; Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial, Jacobs KB, Chanock SJ, Hayes RB, Bergmann S, Bennett AJ, Bingham SA, Bochud M, Brown M, Cauchi S, Connell JM, Cooper C, Smith GD, Day I, Dina C, De S, Dermitzakis ET, Doney AS, Elliott KS, Elliott P, Evans DM, Sadaf Farooqi I, Froguel P, Ghori J, Groves CJ, Gwilliam R, Hadley D, Hall AS, Hattersley AT, Hebebrand J, Heid IM; KORA, Lamina C, Gieger C, Illig T, Meitinger T, Wichmann HE, Herrera B, Hinney A, Hunt SE, Jarvelin MR, Johnson T, Jolley JD, Karpe F, Keniry A, Khaw KT, Luben RN, Mangino M, Marchini J, McArdle WL, McGinnis R, Meyre D, Munroe PB, Morris AD, Ness AR, Neville MJ, Nica AC, Ong KK, O’Rahilly S, Owen KR, Palmer CN, Papadakis K, Potter S, Pouta A, Qi L; Nurses’ Health Study, Randall JC, Rayner NW, Ring SM, Sandhu MS, Scherag A, Sims MA, Song K, Soranzo N, Speliotes EK; Diabetes Genetics Initiative, Syddall HE, Teichmann SA, Timpson NJ, Tobias JH, Uda M; SardiNIA Study, Vogel CI, Wallace C, Waterworth DM, Weedon MN; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Willer CJ; FUSION, Wraight, Yuan X, Zeggini E, Hirschhorn JN, Strachan DP, Ouwehand WH, Caulfield MJ, Samani NJ, Frayling TM, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Mooser V, Deloukas P, McCarthy MI, Wareham NJ, Barroso I, Jacobs KB, Chanock SJ, Hayes RB, Lamina C, Gieger C, Illig T, Meitinger T, Wichmann HE, Kraft P, Hankinson SE, Hunter DJ, Hu FB, Lyon HN, Voight BF, Ridderstrale M, Groop L, Scheet P, Sanna S, Abecasis GR, Albai G, Nagaraja R, Schlessinger D, Jackson AU, Tuomilehto J, Collins FS, Boehnke M, Mohlke KL. Common variants near MC4R are associated with fat mass, weight and risk of obesity. Nat Genet. 2008 Jun;40(6):768-75 (Epub 2008 May 4)
- Hazra A, Fuchs CS, Chan AT, Giovannucci EL, Hunter DJ. Association of the TCF7L2 polymorphism with colorectal cancer and adenoma risk. Cancer Causes Control. 2008 Nov;19(9):975-80. Epub 2008 May 14
- Han J, Kraft P, Nan H, Guo Q, Chen C, Qureshi A, Hankinson SE, Hu FB, Duffy DL, Zhao ZZ, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Hayward NK, Thomas G, Hoover RN, Chanock S, Hunter DJ. A genome-wide association study identifies novel alleles associated with hair color and skin pigmentation. PLoS Genet. 2008 May 16;4(5):e1000074 PMCID: PMC2367449
- Nan H, Qureshi AA, Hunter DJ, Han J. Interaction between p53 codon 72 polymorphism and melanocortin 1 receptor variants on suntan response and cutaneous melanoma risk. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Aug;159(2):314-21. Epub 2008 May 28
- Berndt SI, Potter JD, Hazra A, Yeager M, Thomas G, Makar KW, Welch R, Cross AJ, Huang WY, Schoen RE, Giovannucci E, Chan AT, Chanock SJ, Peters U, Hunter DJ, Hayes RB. Pooled analysis of genetic variation at chromosome 8q24 and colorectal neoplasia risk. Hum Mol Genet. (Epub 2008 Jun 4)
- Han J, Haiman C, Niu T, Guo Q, Cox DG, Willett WC, Hankinson SE, Hunter DJ. Genetic variation in DNA repair pathway genes and premenopausal breast cancer risk. Breast Cancer Res Treat. (Epub 2008 Jun 13)
- Patel AV, Cheng I, Canzian F, Le Marchand L, Thun MJ, Berg CD, Buring J, Calle EE, Chanock S, Clavel-Chapelon F, Cox DG, Dorronsoro M, Dossus L, Haiman CA, Hankinson SE, Henderson BE, Hoover R, Hunter DJ, Kaaks R, Kolonel LN, Kraft P, Linseisen J, Lund E, Manjer J, McCarty C, Peeters PH, Pike MC, Pollak M, Riboli E, Stram DO, Tjonneland A, Travis RC, Trichopoulos D, Tumino R, Yeager M, Ziegler RG, Feigelson HS. IGF-1, IGFBP-1, and IGFBP-3 Polymorphisms Predict Circulating IGF Levels but Not Breast Cancer Risk: Findings from the Breast and Prostate Cancer Cohort Consortium (BPC3). PLoS ONE. 2008 Jul 2;3(7):e2578 PMCID: PMC2440354
- Yu K, Wang Z, Li Q, Wacholder S, Hunter DJ, Hoover RN, Chanock S, Thomas G. Population substructure and control selection in genome-wide association studies. PLoS ONE. 2008 Jul 2;3(7):e2551 PMCID: PMC2432498
- Han J, Qureshi AA, Prescott J, Guo Q, Ye L, Hunter DJ, De Vivo I. A Prospective Study of Telomere Length and the Risk of Skin Cancer. J Invest Dermatol. 2009 Feb;129(2):415-21. Epub 2008 Jul 31
- Tamimi RM, Cox D, Kraft P, Colditz GA, Hankinson SE, Hunter DJ. Breast cancer susceptibility loci and mammographic density. Breast Cancer Res. 2008 Aug 5;10(4):R66. (Epub 2008 August 5) PMCID: PMC2575539
- Qi L, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Hu FB. The common obesity variant near MC4R gene is associated with higher intakes of total energy and dietary fat, weight change and diabetes risk in women. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Nov 15;17(22):3502-8. (Epub 2008 Aug 12)
- Yeager M, Xiao N, Hayes RB, Bouffard P, Desany B, Burdett L, Orr N, Matthews C, Qi L, Crenshaw A, Markovic Z, Fredrikson KM, Jacobs KB, Amundadottir L, Jarvie TP, Hunter DJ, Hoover R, Thomas G, Harkins TT, Chanock SJ. Comprehensive resequence analysis of a 136 kb region of human chromosome 8q24 associated with prostate and colon cancers. Hum Genet. 2008 Sep;124(2):161-70. (Epub 2008 Aug 14) PMCID: PMC2525844
- Gajdos ZK, Butler JL, Henderson KD, He C, Supelak PJ, Egyud M, Price A, Reich D, Clayton PE, Le Marchand L, Hunter DJ, Henderson BE, Palmert MR, Hirschhorn JN. Association studies of common variants in ten hypogonadotropic hypogonadism genes with age at menarche. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Nov;93(11):4290-8. Epub 2008 Aug 26.
- Ahn J, Berndt SI, Wacholder S, Kraft P, Kibel AS, Yeager M, Albanes D, Giovannucci E, Stampfer MJ, Virtamo J, Thun MJ, Feigelson HS, Cancel-Tassin G, Cussenot O, Thomas G, Hunter DJ, Fraumeni JF Jr, Hoover RN, Chanock SJ, Hayes RB. Variation in KLK genes, prostate-specific antigen and risk of prostate cancer. Nat Genet. 2008 Sep;40(9):1032-4
- Hazra A, Kraft P, Selhub J, Giovannucci EL, Thomas G, Hoover RN, Chanock SJ, Hunter DJ. Common variants of FUT2 are associated with plasma vitamin B12 levels. Nat Genet. 2008 Oct;40(10):1160-2. Epub 2008 Sep 7
- Gu F, Qureshi AA, Niu T, Kraft P, Guo Q, Hunter DJ, Han J. Interleukin and interleukin receptor gene polymorphisms and susceptibility to melanoma. Melanoma Res. 2008 Oct;18(5):330-5
- Mikhak B, Hunter DJ, Spiegelman D, Platz EA, Wu K, Erdman JW Jr, Giovannucci E. Manganese Superoxide Dismutase (MnSOD) Gene Polymorphism, Interactions with Carotenoid Levels, and Prostate Cancer Risk. Carcinogenesis. 2008 Dec;29(12):2335-40. Epub 2008 Sep 10
- McGrath M, Lee IM, Buring J, Hunter DJ, De Vivo I. Novel breast cancer risk alleles and endometrial cancer risk. Int J Cancer. 2008 Dec 15;123(12):2961-4.. Epub 2008 Sep 10
- Nan H, Qureshi AA, Hunter DJ, Han J. A functional SNP in the MDM2 promoter, pigmentary phenotypes, and risk of skin cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 2009 Mar;20(2):171-9. Epub 2008 Sep 24
- Gates MA, Tworoger SS, Terry KL, De Vivo I, Hunter DJ, Hankinson SE, Cramer DW. Breast cancer susceptibility alleles and ovarian cancer risk in 2 study populations. Int J Cancer. 2009 Feb 1;124(3):729-33
- Nosho K, Irahara N, Shima K, Kure S, Kirkner GJ, Schernhammer ES, Hazra A, Hunter DJ, Quackenbush J, Spiegelman D, Giovannucci EL, Fuchs CS, Ogino S. Comprehensive biostatistical analysis of CpG island methylator phenotype in colorectal cancer using a large population-based sample. PLoS ONE. 2008;3(11):e3698. (Epub 2008 Nov 12) PMCID: PMC2579485
- Nan H, Niu T, Hunter DJ, Han J. Missense polymorphisms in matrix metalloproteinase genes and skin cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Dec;17(12):3551-7.
- Willer CJ, Speliotes EK, Loos RJ, Li S, Lindgren CM, Heid IM, Berndt SI, Elliott AL, Jackson AU, Lamina C, Lettre G, Lim N, Lyon HN, McCarroll SA, Papadakis K, Qi L, Randall JC, Roccasecca RM, Sanna S, Scheet P, Weedon MN, Wheeler E, Zhao JH, Jacobs LC, Prokopenko I, Soranzo N, Tanaka T, Timpson NJ, Almgren P, Bennett A, Bergman RN, Bingham SA, Bonnycastle LL, Brown M, Burtt NP, Chines P, Coin L, Collins FS, Connell JM, Cooper C, Smith GD, Dennison EM, Deodhar P, Elliott P, Erdos MR, Estrada K, Evans DM, Gianniny L, Gieger C, Gillson CJ, Guiducci C, Hackett R, Hadley D, Hall AS, Havulinna AS, Hebebrand J, Hofman A, Isomaa B, Jacobs KB, Johnson T, Jousilahti P, Jovanovic Z, Khaw KT, Kraft P, Kuokkanen M, Kuusisto J, Laitinen J, Lakatta EG, Luan J, Luben RN, Mangino M, McArdle WL, Meitinger T, Mulas A, Munroe PB, Narisu N, Ness AR, Northstone K, O’Rahilly S, Purmann C, Rees MG, Ridderstråle M, Ring SM, Rivadeneira F, Ruokonen A, Sandhu MS, Saramies J, Scott LJ, Scuteri A, Silander K, Sims MA, Song K, Stephens J, Stevens S, Stringham HM, Tung YC, Valle TT, Van Duijn CM, Vimaleswaran KS, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Wallace C, Watanabe RM, Waterworth DM, Watkins N; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium, Witteman JC, Zeggini E, Zhai G, Zillikens MC, Altshuler D, Caulfield MJ, Chanock SJ, Farooqi IS, Ferrucci L, Guralnik JM, Hattersley AT, Hu FB, Jarvelin MR, Laakso M, Mooser V, Ong KK, Ouwehand WH, Salomaa V, Samani NJ, Spector TD, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Uda M, Uitterlinden AG, Wareham NJ, Deloukas P, Frayling TM, Groop LC, Hayes RB, Hunter DJ, Mohlke KL, Peltonen L, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, Wichmann HE, McCarthy MI, Boehnke M, Barroso I, Abecasis GR, Hirschhorn JN; Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits Consortium. Six new loci associated with body mass index highlight a neuronal influence on body weight regulation. Nat Genet. 2009 Jan;41(1):25-34. Epub 2008 Dec 14.