• 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)
    • Lung cancer risk in never smokers of European descent is associated with genetic variation in the 5P15.33 TERT-CLPTM1L Region 

      Hung, Rayjean J.; Spitz, Margaret R.; Houlston, Richard S.; Schwartz, Ann G.; Field, John K.; Ying, Jun; Li, Yafang; Han, Younghun; Ji, Xuemei; Chen, Wei; Wu, Xifeng; Gorlov, Ivan P.; Na, Jie; Andrade, Mariza de; Liu, Geoffrey; Brhane, Yonathan; Diao, Nancy; Wenzlaff, Angela; Davies, Michael P.A.; Liloglou, Triantafillos; Timofeeva, Maria; Muley, Thomas; Rennert, Hedy; Saliba, Walid; Ryan, Bríd M.; Bowman, Elise; Barros-Dios, Juan-Miguel; Pérez-Ríos, Mónica; Morgenstern, Hal; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh; Skaug, Vidar; Ugolini, Donatella; Bonassi, Stefano; van der Heijden, Erik H.F.M.; Tardon, Adonina; Bojesen, Stig; Landi, Maria Teresa; Johansson, Mattias; Bickeböller, Heike; Arnold, Susanne; Le Marchand, Loic; Melander, Olle; Andrew, Angeline; Grankvist, Kjell; Caporaso, Neil; Teare, M. Dawn; Schabath, Matthew B.; Aldrich, Melinda C.; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; H-Erich, Wichmann; Lazarus, Philip; Mayordomo, Jose; Neri, Monica; Haugen, Aage; Zhang, Zuo-Feng; Ruano-Raviña, Alberto; Brenner, Hermann; Harris, Curtis C.; Orlow, Irene; Rennert, Gadi; Risch, Angela; Brennan, Paul; Christiani, David C.; Amos, Christopher I.; Yang, Ping; Gorlova, Olga Y. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Introduction: Inherited susceptibility to lung cancer risk in never-smokers is poorly understood. The major reason for this gap in knowledge is that this disease is relatively uncommon (except in Asians), making it difficult ...