@article{b1da74fdae4245189075566362292049,
title = "Atlas of prostate cancer heritability in European and African-American men pinpoints tissue-specific regulation",
abstract = "Although genome-wide association studies have identified over 100 risk loci that explain ∼33% of familial risk for prostate cancer (PrCa), their functional effects on risk remain largely unknown. Here we use genotype data from 59,089 men of European and African American ancestries combined with cell-type-specific epigenetic data to build a genomic atlas of single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) heritability in PrCa. We find significant differences in heritability between variants in prostate-relevant epigenetic marks defined in normal versus tumour tissue as well as between tissue and cell lines. The majority of SNP heritability lies in regions marked by H3k27 acetylation in prostate adenoc7arcinoma cell line (LNCaP) or by DNaseI hypersensitive sites in cancer cell lines. We find a high degree of similarity between European and African American ancestries suggesting a similar genetic architecture from common variation underlying PrCa risk. Our findings showcase the power of integrating functional annotation with genetic data to understand the genetic basis of PrCa.",
keywords = "Acetylation, African Americans, Atlases as Topic, Cell Line, Tumor, Epigenesis, Genetic, European Continental Ancestry Group, Genetic Loci, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Genome-Wide Association Study, Histones, Humans, Inheritance Patterns, Linkage Disequilibrium, Male, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Prostatic Neoplasms, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.",
author = "Alexander Gusev and Huwenbo Shi and Gleb Kichaev and Mark Pomerantz and Fugen Li and Long, {Henry W} and Ingles, {Sue A} and Kittles, {Rick A} and Strom, {Sara S} and Rybicki, {Benjamin A} and Barbara Nemesure and Isaacs, {William B} and Wei Zheng and Pettaway, {Curtis A} and Yeboah, {Edward D} and Yao Tettey and Biritwum, {Richard B} and Adjei, {Andrew A} and Evelyn Tay and Ann Truelove and Shelley Niwa and Chokkalingam, {Anand P} and John, {Esther M} and Murphy, {Adam B} and Signorello, {Lisa B} and John Carpten and Leske, {M Cristina} and Suh-Yuh Wu and Hennis, {Anslem J M} and Christine Neslund-Dudas and Hsing, {Ann W} and Lisa Chu and Goodman, {Phyllis J} and Klein, {Eric A} and Witte, {John S} and Graham Casey and Sam Kaggwa and Cook, {Michael B} and Stram, {Daniel O} and Blot, {William J} and Eeles, {Rosalind A} and Douglas Easton and Zsofia Kote-Jarai and {Al Olama}, {Ali Amin} and Sara Benlloch and Kenneth Muir and Graham Giles and Southey, {Melissa C} and Fitzgerald, {Liesel M} and Nordestgaard, {B{\o}rge G} and {PRACTICAL consortium}",
year = "2016",
month = apr,
day = "7",
doi = "10.1038/ncomms10979",
language = "English",
volume = "7",
pages = "1--13",
journal = "Nature Communications",
issn = "2041-1723",
publisher = "nature publishing group",
}