• Elevated platelet count appears to be causally associated with increased risk of lung cancer. A Mendelian randomization analysis 

      Zhu, Ying; Wei, Yongyue; Zhang, Ruyang; Dong, Xuesi; Shen, Sipeng; Zhao, Yang; Bai, Jianling; Albanes, Demetrius; Caporaso, Neil E.; Landi, Maria Teresa; Zhu, Bin; Chanock, Stephen J.; Gu, Fangyi; Lam, Stephen; Ming-Sound, Tsao; Shepherd, Frances A.; Tardon, Adonina; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Fernandez-Tardon, Guillermo; Chen, Chu; Barnett, Matthew J.; Doherty, Jennifer; Bojesen, Stig E.; Johansson, Mattias; Brennan, Paul; McKay, James D.; Carreras-Torres, Robert; Muley, Thomas; Risch, Angela; Wichmann, Heinz-Erich; Bickeboller, Heike; Rosenberger, Albert; Rennert, Gad; Saliba, Walid; Arnold, Susanne; Field, John K.; Davies, Michael P.A.; Marcus, Michael W.; Wu, Xifeng; Ye, Yuanqing; Le Marchand, Loic; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Melander, Olle; Manjer, Jonas; Brunnström, Hans; Hung, Rayjean J.; Liu, Geoffrey; Brhane, Yonathan; Kachuri, Linda; Andrew, Angeline S.; Duell, Eric J.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; van der Heijden, Erik H. F. M.; Haugen, Aage; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh; Skaug, Vidar; Grankvist, Kjell; Johansson, Mikael; Woll, Penella; Cox, Angela; Taylor, Fiona; Teare, Dawn; Lazarus, Philip; Schabath, Matthew B.; Aldrich, Melinda C.; Houlston, Richard S.; McLaughlin, John; Stevens, Victoria L.; Shen, Hongbing; Hu, Zhibin; Dai, Juncheng; Amos, Christopher I.; Han, Younghun; Zhu, Dakai; Goodman, Gary E.; Chen, Feng; Christiani, David C. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Background: Platelets are a critical element in coagulation and inflammation, and activated platelets are linked to cancer risk through diverse mechanisms. However, a causal relationship between platelets and risk of lung ...
    • Identification of susceptibility pathways for the role of chromosome 15q25.1 in modifying lung cancer risk 

      Ji, Xuemei; Bossé, Yohan; Landi, Maria Teresa; Gui, Jiang; Xiao, Xiangjun; Qian, David C; Joubert, Philippe; Lamontagne, Maxime; Li, Yafang; Gorlov, Ivan; de Biasi, Mariella; Han, Younghun; Gorlova, Olga; Hung, Rayjean J.; Wu, Xifeng; McKay, James; Zong, Xuchen; Carreras-Torres, Robert; Christiani, David C.; Caporaso, Neil; Johansson, Mattias; Liu, Geoffrey; Bojesen, Stig E.; Le Marchand, Loic; Albanes, Demetrios; Bickeboller, Heike; Aldrich, Melinda C.; Bush, William S.; Tardon, Adonina; Rennert, Gad; Chen, Chu; Teare, M. Dawn; Field, John K.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Lazarus, Philip; Haugen, Aage; Lam, Stephen; Schabath, Matthew B.; Andrew, Angeline S.; Shen, Hongbing; Hong, Yun-Chul; Yuan, Jian-Min; Bertazzi, Pier A.; Pesatori, Angela C.; Ye, Yuanqing; Diao, Nancy; Su, Li; Zhang, Ruyang; Brhane, Yonathan; Leighl, Natasha; Johansen, Jakob S.; Mellemgaard, Anders; Saliba, Walid; Haiman, Christopher; Wilkens, Lynne; Fernandez-Somoano, Ana; Fernandez-Tardon, Guillermo; van der Heijden, Erik H. F. M.; Kim, Jin Hee; Dai, Juncheng; Hu, Zhibin; Davies, Michael P.A.; Marcus, Michael W.; Brunnström, Hans; Manjer, Jonas; Melander, Olle; Muller, David C.; Overvad, Kim; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Tumino, Rosario; Doherty, Jennifer; Goodman, Gary; Cox, Angela; Taylor, Fiona; Woll, Penella; Brüske, Irene; Manz, Judith; Muley, Thomas; Risch, Angela; Rosenberger, Albert; Grankvist, Kjell; Johansson, Mikael; Shepherd, Frances; Ming-Sound, Tsao; Arnold, Susanne M.; Haura, Eric B.; Bolca, Ciprian; Holcatova, Ivana; Janout, Vladimir; Kontic, Milica; Lissowska, Jolanta; Mukeria, Anush; Ognjanovic, Simona; Orlowski, Tadeusz M.; Scelo, Ghislaine; Swiatkowska, Beata; Zaridze, David; Bakke, Per S.; Skaug, Vidar; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh; Duell, Eric J.; Butler, Lesley M.; Koh, Woon-Puay; Gao, Yu-Tang; Houlston, Richard; McLaughlin, John; Stevens, Victoria; Nickle, David C.; Obeidat, Ma'en; Timens, Wim; Zhu, Bin; Song, Lei; Artigas, María Soler; Tobin, Martin D.; Wain, Louise V.; Gu, Fangyi; Byun, Jinyoung; Kamal, Ahsan; Zhu, Dakai; Tyndale, Rachel F.; Wei, Wei-Qi; Chanock, Stephen; Brennan, Paul; Amos, Christopher I. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)
    • Obesity, metabolic factors and risk of different histological types of lung cancer: A Mendelian randomization study 

      Carreras-Torres, Robert; Haycock, Philip C.; Wade, Kaitlin H.; Relton, Caroline L.; Martin, Richard M.; Smith, George Davey; Albanes, Demetrius; Aldrich, Melinda C.; Andrew, Angeline S.; Arnold, Susanne M.; Bickeböller, Heike; Bojesen, Stig E.; Brunnström, Hans; Manjer, Jonas; Brüske, Irene; Caporaso, Neil E.; Chen, Chu; Christiani, David C.; Christian, W. Jay; Doherty, Jennifer A.; Duell, Eric J.; Field, John K.; Davies, Michael P. A.; Marcus, Michael W.; Goodman, Gary E.; Grankvist, Kjell; Haugen, Aage; Hong, Yun-Chul; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; van der Heijden, Erik H. F. M.; Kraft, Peter; Johansson, Mikael B.; Lam, Stephen; Landi, Maria Teresa; Lazarus, Philip; Le Marchand, Loïc; Liu, Geoffrey; Melander, Olle; Park, Sungshim L.; Rennert, Gad; Risch, Angela; Haura, Eric B.; Scelo, Ghislaine; Zaridze, David; Mukeriya, Anush; Savić, Milan; Lissowska, Jolanta; Swiatkowska, Beata; Janout, Vladimir; Holcatova, Ivana; Mates, Dana; Schabath, Matthew B.; Shen, Hongbing; Tardon, Adonina; Teare, M Dawn; Woll, Penella; Tsao, Ming-Sound; Wu, Xifeng; Yuan, Jian-Min; Hung, Rayjean J.; Amos, Christopher I.; McKay, James; Brennan, Paul (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      Background Assessing the relationship between lung cancer and metabolic conditions is challenging because of the confounding effect of tobacco. Mendelian randomization (MR), or the use of genetic instrumental variables to ...