• 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 ...
    • Immune-mediated genetic pathways resulting in pulmonary function impairment increase lung cancer susceptibility 

      Kachuri, Linda; Johansson, Mattias; Rashkin, Sara R.; Graff, Rebecca E.; Bossé, Yohan; Manem, Venkata; Caporaso, Neil E.; Landi, Maria Teresa; Christiani, David C.; Vineis, Paolo; Liu, Geoffrey; Scelo, Ghislaine; Zaridze, David; Shete, Sanjay S.; Albanes, Demetrius; Aldrich, Melinda C.; Tardón, Adonina; Rennert, Gad; Chen, Chu; Goodman, Gary E.; Doherty, Jennifer A.; Bickeboller, Heike; Field, John K.; Davies, Michael P.; Teare, M. Dawn; Kiemeney, Lambertus A.; Bojesen, Stig E.; Haugen, Aage; Zienolddiny, Shanbeh; Lam, Stephen; Le Marchand, Loïc; Cheng, Iona; Schabath, Matthew B.; Duell, Eric J.; Andrew, Angeline S.; Manjer, Jonas; Lazarus, Philip; Arnold, Susanne; McKay, James D.; Emami, Nima C.; Warkentin, Matthew T.; Brhane, Yonathan; Obeidat, Ma’en; Martin, Richard M.; Relton, Caroline; Smith, George Davey; Haycock, Philip C.; Amos, Christopher I.; Brennan, Paul; Witte, John S.; Hung, Rayjean J. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Impaired lung function is often caused by cigarette smoking, making it challenging to disentangle its role in lung cancer susceptibility. Investigation of the shared genetic basis of these phenotypes in the UK Biobank and ...