Large scale meta-analysis identifies new genetic risk loci for esophageal adenocarcinoma (EA) and the first EA risk locus independent of Barrett’s esophagus by Palles, C, Tomlinson, I, Chegwidden, L, Gharahkhani, P, MacGregor, S, Vaughan, T, Schumacher, J, Jankowski, J, Fitzgerald, R, Gockel, I, Buas, M, Knapp, M, Noethen, M, Becker, J, Pharaoh, P, Whiteman, D

“…Bioinformatic analysis provided further support for an involvement of the identified loci in development of BE and EA.</p>…”

Germline genetic variants and risk of Barrett's esophagus and esophageal adenocarcinoma: a large scale meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies by Palles, C, Tomlinson, I, Chegwidden, L, Gharahkhani, P, MacGregor, S, Vaughan, T, Schumacher, J, Jankowski, J, Fitzgerald, R, Gockel, I, Buas, M, May, A, Gerges, C, Anders, M, Becker, J, Kreuser, N, Noder, T, Venerito, M, Veits, L, Schmidt, T, Manner, H, Schmidt, C, Hess, T, Böhmer, A, Izbicki, J, Hölscher, A, Lang, H, Lorenz, D, Schumacher, B, Hackelsberger, A, Mayershofer, R, Pech, O, Vashist, Y, Ott, K, Vieth, M, Weismüller, J, Nöthen, M, Attwood, S, Barr, H, de Caestecker, J, Harrison, R, Love, S, MacDonald, D, Moayyed, P, Prenen, H, Watson, R, Iyer, P, Anderson, L, Bernstein, L, Chow, W, Hardie, L, Lagergren, J, Liu, G, Risch, H, Wu, A, Ye, W, Bird, N, Shaheen, N, Gammon, M, Corley, D, Caldas, C, Moebus, S, Knapp, M, Peters, W, Neuhaus, H, Rösch, T, Ell, C, Pharaoh, P, Whiteman, D

“…This study aimed to identify novel genetic risk factors for BE and EA.</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>Within an international consortium of groups involved in the genetics of BE/EA, we performed the first meta-analysis of all genome-wide association studies (GWAS) available, involving 6,167 BE patients, 4,112 EA patients, and 17,159 representative controls, all of European ancestry, genotyped on Illumina high-density SNP-arrays, collected from four separate studies within North America, Europe, and Australia. …”