Journal article
Methylation of breast cancer predisposition genes in early-onset breast cancer: Australian breast cancer family registry
CM Scott, JHE Joo, N O'Callaghan, DD Buchanan, M Clendenning, GG Giles, JL Hopper, EM Wong, MC Southey
Plos One | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2016
Abstract
DNA methylation can mimic the effects of both germline and somatic mutations for cancer predisposition genes such as BRCA1 and p16INK4a . Constitutional DNA methylation of the BRCA1 promoter has been well described and is associated with an increased risk of early-onset breast cancers that have BRCA1-mutation associated histological features. The role of methylation in the context of other breast cancer predisposition genes has been less well studied and often with conflicting or ambiguous outcomes. We examined the role of methylation in known breast cancer susceptibility genes in breast cancer predisposition and tumor development. We applied the Infinium HumanMethylation450 Beadchip (HM450K..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The Australia site of Breast Cancer Family Registry was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, the New South Wales Cancer Council, the Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Australia) and grant UM1 CA164920 from the USA National Cancer Institute. The content of this manuscript does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the National Cancer Institute or any of the collaborating centers in the Breast Cancer Family Registry (BCFR), nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the USA Government or the BCFR. JLH is a Senior Principle Research Fellow and MCS is a Senior Research Fellow of the NHMRC. CMS is a recipient of a Genetic Epidemiology Laboratory Honors Scholarship, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne.