Nature Communications (Jul 2017)
Genome-wide association and expression quantitative trait loci studies identify multiple susceptibility loci for thyroid cancer
- Ho-Young Son,
- Yul Hwangbo,
- Seong-Keun Yoo,
- Sun-Wha Im,
- San Duk Yang,
- Soo-Jung Kwak,
- Min Seon Park,
- Soo Heon Kwak,
- Sun Wook Cho,
- Jun Sun Ryu,
- Jeongseon Kim,
- Yuh-Seog Jung,
- Tae Hyun Kim,
- Su-jin Kim,
- Kyu Eun Lee,
- Do Joon Park,
- Nam Han Cho,
- Joohon Sung,
- Jeong-Sun Seo,
- Eun Kyung Lee,
- Young Joo Park,
- Jong-Il Kim
Affiliations
- Ho-Young Son
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Yul Hwangbo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Seong-Keun Yoo
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School
- Sun-Wha Im
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- San Duk Yang
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School
- Soo-Jung Kwak
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Seoul National University Graduate School
- Min Seon Park
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Soo Heon Kwak
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Sun Wook Cho
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Jun Sun Ryu
- Center for Thyroid Cancer, National Cancer Center
- Jeongseon Kim
- Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention, Molecular Epidemiology Branch, Research Institute, National Cancer Center
- Yuh-Seog Jung
- Center for Thyroid Cancer, National Cancer Center
- Tae Hyun Kim
- Center for Thyroid Cancer, National Cancer Center
- Su-jin Kim
- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Kyu Eun Lee
- Department of Surgery, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Do Joon Park
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Nam Han Cho
- Department of Preventive Medicine Ajou University School of Medicine
- Joohon Sung
- Department of Epidemiology and Institute of Environment and Health, School of Public Health, Seoul National University
- Jeong-Sun Seo
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Eun Kyung Lee
- Center for Thyroid Cancer, National Cancer Center
- Young Joo Park
- Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- Jong-Il Kim
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Seoul National University College of Medicine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15966
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 8,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
Thyroid cancer is the most common cancer in Korea but previous genome-wide association studies on risk loci have been conducted only in Europeans. Here the authors identify three previously reported loci and seven putatively new loci in the Korean population.
