A variant in FTO shows association with melanoma risk not due to BMI
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Summary, in English
We report the results of an association study of melanoma that is based on the genome-wide imputation of the genotypes of 1,353 cases and 3,566 controls of European origin conducted by the GenoMEL consortium. This revealed an association between several SNPs in intron 8 of the FTO gene, including rs16953002, which replicated using 12,313 cases and 55,667 controls of European ancestry from Europe, the USA and Australia (combined P = 3.6 x 10(-12), per-allele odds ratio for allele A = 1.16). In addition to identifying a new melanomasusceptibility locus, this is to our knowledge the first study to identify and replicate an association with SNPs in FTO not related to body mass index (BMI). These SNPs are not in intron 1 (the BMI-related region) and exhibit no association with BMI. This suggests FTO's function may be broader than the existing paradigm that FTO variants influence multiple traits only through their associations with BMI and obesity.
Department/s
- Surgery (Lund)
- Breastcancer-genetics
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
- BioCARE: Biomarkers in Cancer Medicine improving Health Care, Education and Innovation
Publishing year
2013
Language
English
Pages
428-432
Publication/Series
Nature Genetics
Volume
45
Issue
4
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
Topic
- Surgery
- Cancer and Oncology
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 1546-1718