Nature Communications (Aug 2016)

Association of variations in HLA class II and other loci with susceptibility to EGFR-mutated lung adenocarcinoma

  • Kouya Shiraishi,
  • Yukinori Okada,
  • Atsushi Takahashi,
  • Yoichiro Kamatani,
  • Yukihide Momozawa,
  • Kyota Ashikawa,
  • Hideo Kunitoh,
  • Shingo Matsumoto,
  • Atsushi Takano,
  • Kimihiro Shimizu,
  • Akiteru Goto,
  • Koji Tsuta,
  • Shun-ichi Watanabe,
  • Yuichiro Ohe,
  • Yukio Watanabe,
  • Yasushi Goto,
  • Hiroshi Nokihara,
  • Koh Furuta,
  • Akihiko Yoshida,
  • Koichi Goto,
  • Tomoyuki Hishida,
  • Masahiro Tsuboi,
  • Katsuya Tsuchihara,
  • Yohei Miyagi,
  • Haruhiko Nakayama,
  • Tomoyuki Yokose,
  • Kazumi Tanaka,
  • Toshiteru Nagashima,
  • Yoichi Ohtaki,
  • Daichi Maeda,
  • Kazuhiro Imai,
  • Yoshihiro Minamiya,
  • Hiromi Sakamoto,
  • Akira Saito,
  • Yoko Shimada,
  • Kuniko Sunami,
  • Motonobu Saito,
  • Johji Inazawa,
  • Yusuke Nakamura,
  • Teruhiko Yoshida,
  • Jun Yokota,
  • Fumihiko Matsuda,
  • Keitaro Matsuo,
  • Yataro Daigo,
  • Michiaki Kubo,
  • Takashi Kohno

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12451
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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EGFR mutations in lung adenocarcinoma are more frequent in East Asians compared to other populations. Here, the authors carry out a genome-wide association study in EGFRmutant cancers and identify loci that are associated with risk of developing this molecular subtype of cancer.