Communications Biology (Oct 2022)

Copy number variants as modifiers of breast cancer risk for BRCA1/BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers

  • Christopher Hakkaart,
  • John F. Pearson,
  • Louise Marquart,
  • Joe Dennis,
  • George A. R. Wiggins,
  • Daniel R. Barnes,
  • Bridget A. Robinson,
  • Peter D. Mace,
  • Kristiina Aittomäki,
  • Irene L. Andrulis,
  • Banu K. Arun,
  • Jacopo Azzollini,
  • Judith Balmaña,
  • Rosa B. Barkardottir,
  • Sami Belhadj,
  • Lieke Berger,
  • Marinus J. Blok,
  • Susanne E. Boonen,
  • Julika Borde,
  • Angela R. Bradbury,
  • Joan Brunet,
  • Saundra S. Buys,
  • Maria A. Caligo,
  • Ian Campbell,
  • Wendy K. Chung,
  • Kathleen B. M. Claes,
  • GEMO Study Collaborators,
  • EMBRACE Collaborators,
  • Marie-Agnès Collonge-Rame,
  • Jackie Cook,
  • Casey Cosgrove,
  • Fergus J. Couch,
  • Mary B. Daly,
  • Sita Dandiker,
  • Rosemarie Davidson,
  • Miguel de la Hoya,
  • Robin de Putter,
  • Capucine Delnatte,
  • Mallika Dhawan,
  • Orland Diez,
  • Yuan Chun Ding,
  • Susan M. Domchek,
  • Alan Donaldson,
  • Jacqueline Eason,
  • Douglas F. Easton,
  • Hans Ehrencrona,
  • Christoph Engel,
  • D. Gareth Evans,
  • Ulrike Faust,
  • Lidia Feliubadaló,
  • Florentia Fostira,
  • Eitan Friedman,
  • Megan Frone,
  • Debra Frost,
  • Judy Garber,
  • Simon A. Gayther,
  • Andrea Gehrig,
  • Paul Gesta,
  • Andrew K. Godwin,
  • David E. Goldgar,
  • Mark H. Greene,
  • Eric Hahnen,
  • Christopher R. Hake,
  • Ute Hamann,
  • Thomas V. O. Hansen,
  • Jan Hauke,
  • Julia Hentschel,
  • Natalie Herold,
  • Ellen Honisch,
  • Peter J. Hulick,
  • Evgeny N. Imyanitov,
  • SWE-BRCA Investigators,
  • kConFab Investigators,
  • HEBON Investigators,
  • Claudine Isaacs,
  • Louise Izatt,
  • Angel Izquierdo,
  • Anna Jakubowska,
  • Paul A. James,
  • Ramunas Janavicius,
  • Esther M. John,
  • Vijai Joseph,
  • Beth Y. Karlan,
  • Zoe Kemp,
  • Judy Kirk,
  • Irene Konstantopoulou,
  • Marco Koudijs,
  • Ava Kwong,
  • Yael Laitman,
  • Fiona Lalloo,
  • Christine Lasset,
  • Charlotte Lautrup,
  • Conxi Lazaro,
  • Clémentine Legrand,
  • Goska Leslie,
  • Fabienne Lesueur,
  • Phuong L. Mai,
  • Siranoush Manoukian,
  • Véronique Mari,
  • John W. M. Martens,
  • Lesley McGuffog,
  • Noura Mebirouk,
  • Alfons Meindl,
  • Austin Miller,
  • Marco Montagna,
  • Lidia Moserle,
  • Emmanuelle Mouret-Fourme,
  • Hannah Musgrave,
  • Sophie Nambot,
  • Katherine L. Nathanson,
  • Susan L. Neuhausen,
  • Heli Nevanlinna,
  • Joanne Ngeow Yuen Yie,
  • Tu Nguyen-Dumont,
  • Liene Nikitina-Zake,
  • Kenneth Offit,
  • Edith Olah,
  • Olufunmilayo I. Olopade,
  • Ana Osorio,
  • Claus-Eric Ott,
  • Sue K. Park,
  • Michael T. Parsons,
  • Inge Sokilde Pedersen,
  • Ana Peixoto,
  • Pedro Perez-Segura,
  • Paolo Peterlongo,
  • Timea Pocza,
  • Paolo Radice,
  • Juliane Ramser,
  • Johanna Rantala,
  • Gustavo C. Rodriguez,
  • Karina Rønlund,
  • Efraim H. Rosenberg,
  • Maria Rossing,
  • Rita K. Schmutzler,
  • Payal D. Shah,
  • Saba Sharif,
  • Priyanka Sharma,
  • Lucy E. Side,
  • Jacques Simard,
  • Christian F. Singer,
  • Katie Snape,
  • Doris Steinemann,
  • Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet,
  • Christian Sutter,
  • Yen Yen Tan,
  • Manuel R. Teixeira,
  • Soo Hwang Teo,
  • Mads Thomassen,
  • Darcy L. Thull,
  • Marc Tischkowitz,
  • Amanda E. Toland,
  • Alison H. Trainer,
  • Vishakha Tripathi,
  • Nadine Tung,
  • Klaartje van Engelen,
  • Elizabeth J. van Rensburg,
  • Ana Vega,
  • Alessandra Viel,
  • Lisa Walker,
  • Jeffrey N. Weitzel,
  • Marike R. Wevers,
  • Georgia Chenevix-Trench,
  • Amanda B. Spurdle,
  • Antonis C. Antoniou,
  • Logan C. Walker

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03978-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The risk of germline copy number variants (CNVs) in BRCA1 and BRCA2 pathogenic variant carriers in breast cancer is assessed, with CNVs overlapping SULT1A1 decreasing breast cancer risk in BRCA1 carriers.