• Aggregation tests identify new gene associations with breast cancer in populations with diverse ancestry 

      Mueller, Stefanie H.; Lai, Alvina G.; Valkovskaya, Maria; Michailidou, Kyriaki; Bolla, Manjeet K.; Wang, Qin; Dennis, Joe; Lush, Michael; Abu-Ful, Zomoruda; Ahearn, Thomas U.; Andrulis, Irene L.; Anton-Culver, Hoda; Antonenkova, Natalia N.; Arndt, Volker; Aronson, Kristan J.; Augustinsson, Annelie; Baert, Thais; Freeman, Laura E. Beane; Beckmann, Matthias W.; Behrens, Sabine; Benitez, Javier; Bermisheva, Marina; Blomqvist, Carl; Bogdanova, Natalia V.; Bojesen, Stig E.; Bonanni, Bernardo; Brenner, Hermann; Brucker, Sara Y.; Buys, Saundra S.; Castelao, Jose E.; Chan, Tsun L.; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Chanock, Stephen J.; Choi, Ji-Yeob; Chung, Wendy K.; Sahlberg, Guro Kristine Kleivi; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Ottestad, Lars; Kåresen, Rolf; Schlichting, Ellen; Holmen, Marit Muri; Sauer, Torill; Haakensen, Vilde Drageset; Engebråten, Olav; Naume, Bjørn; Fosså, Alexander; Kiserud, Cecile E.; Reinertsen, Kristin Valborg; Helland, Åslaug; Riis, Margit; Geisler, Jürgen; Grenaker, Grethe Irene; Colonna, Sarah V.; Cornelissen, Sten; Couch, Fergus J.; Czene, Kamila; Daly, Mary B.; Devilee, Peter; Dörk, Thilo; Dossus, Laure; Dwek, Miriam; Eccles, Diana M.; Ekici, Arif B.; Eliassen, A. Heather; Engel, Christoph; Evans, D. Gareth; Fasching, Peter A.; Fletcher, Olivia; Flyger, Henrik; Gago-Dominguez, Manuela; Gao, Yu-Tang; García-Closas, Montserrat; García-Sáenz, José A.; Genkinger, Jeanine; Gentry-Maharaj, Aleksandra; Grassmann, Felix; Guénel, Pascal; Gündert, Melanie; Haeberle, Lothar; Hahnen, Eric; Haiman, Christopher A.; Håkansson, Niclas; Hall, Per; Harkness, Elaine F.; Harrington, Patricia A.; Hartikainen, Jaana M.; Hartman, Mikael; Hein, Alexander; Ho, Weang-Kee; Hooning, Maartje J.; Hoppe, Reiner; Hopper, John L.; Houlston, Richard S.; Howell, Anthony; Hunter, David J.; Huo, Dezheng; Marsh, Deborah; Scott, Rodney; Baxter, Robert; Yip, Desmond; Carpenter, Jane; Davis, Alison; Pathmanathan, Nirmala; Simpson, Peter; Graham, Dinny; Sachchithananthan, Mythily; Ito, Hidemi; Iwasaki, Motoki; Jakubowska, Anna; Janni, Wolfgang; John, Esther M.; Jones, Michael E.; Jung, Audrey; Kaaks, Rudolf; Kang, Daehee; Khusnutdinova, Elza K.; Kim, Sung-Won; Kitahara, Cari M.; Koutros, Stella; Kraft, Peter; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Kubelka-Sabit, Katerina; Kurian, Allison W.; Kwong, Ava; Lacey, James V.; Lambrechts, Diether; Le Marchand, Loic; Li, Jingmei; Linet, Martha; Lo, Wing-Yee; Long, Jirong; Lophatananon, Artitaya; Mannermaa, Arto; Manoochehri, Mehdi; Margolin, Sara; Matsuo, Keitaro; Mavroudis, Dimitrios; Menon, Usha; Muir, Kenneth; Murphy, Rachel A.; Nevanlinna, Heli; Newman, William G.; Niederacher, Dieter; O’Brien, Katie M.; Obi, Nadia; Offit, Kenneth; Olopade, Olufunmilayo I.; Olshan, Andrew F.; Olsson, Håkan; Park, Sue K.; Patel, Alpa V.; Patel, Achal; Perou, Charles M.; Peto, Julian; Pharoah, Paul D. P.; Plaseska-Karanfilska, Dijana; Presneau, Nadege; Rack, Brigitte; Radice, Paolo; Ramachandran, Dhanya; Rashid, Muhammad U.; Rennert, Gad; Romero, Atocha; Ruddy, Kathryn J.; Ruebner, Matthias; Saloustros, Emmanouil; Sandler, Dale P.; Sawyer, Elinor J.; Schmidt, Marjanka K.; Schmutzler, Rita K.; Schneider, Michael O.; Scott, Christopher; Shah, Mitul; Sharma, Priyanka; Shen, Chen-Yang; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Simard, Jacques; Surowy, Harald; Tamimi, Rulla M.; Tapper, William J.; Taylor, Jack A.; Teo, Soo Hwang; Teras, Lauren R.; Toland, Amanda E.; Tollenaar, Rob A. E. M.; Torres, Diana; Torres-Mejía, Gabriela; Troester, Melissa A.; Truong, Thérèse; Vachon, Celine M.; Vijai, Joseph; Weinberg, Clarice R.; Wendt, Camilla; Winqvist, Robert; Wolk, Alicja; Wu, Anna H.; Yamaji, Taiki; Yang, Xiaohong R.; Yu, Jyh-Cherng; Zheng, Wei; Ziogas, Argyrios; Ziv, Elad; Dunning, Alison M.; Easton, Douglas F.; Hemingway, Harry; Hamann, Ute; Kuchenbaecker, Karoline B. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background Low‐frequency variants play an important role in breast cancer (BC) susceptibility. Gene‐based meth‐ ods can increase power by combining multiple variants in the same gene and help identify target genes. Methods ...
    • LIMT is a novel metastasis inhibiting lncRNA suppressed by EGF and downregulated in aggressive breast cancer 

      Sas-Chen, Aldema; Aure, Miriam Ragle; Leibovich, Limor; Carvalho, Silvia; Enuka, Yehoshua; Körner, Cindy; Polycarpou-Schwarz, Maria; Lavi, Sara; Nevo, Nava; Kuznetsov, Yuri; Yuan, Justin; Azuaje, Francisco; Ulitsky, Igor; Diederichs, Sven; Wiemann, Stefan; Yakhini, Zohar; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Yarden, Yosef; Sauer, Torill; Geisler, Jürgen; Hofvind, Solveig; Bathen, Tone Frost; Borgen, Elin; Engebråten, Olav; Fodstad, Øystein; Garred, Øystein; Geitvik, Gry; Kåresen, Rolf; Naume, Bjørn; Mælandsmo, Gunhild; Russnes, Hege Elisabeth Giercksky; Schlichting, Ellen; Sørlie, Therese; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Sahlberg, Kristine Kleivi; Skjerven, Helle; Fritzman, Britt (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs) are emerging as regulators of gene expression in pathogenesis, including cancer. Recently, lncRNAs have been implicated in progression of specific subtypes of breast cancer. One aggressive, ...
    • Noninvasive profiling of serum cytokines in breast cancer patients and clinicopathological characteristics 

      Jabeen, Shakila; Espinoza, Jaime; Torland, Lilly Anne; Zucknick, Manuela; Kumar, Surendra; Haakensen, Vilde Drageset; Luders, Torben; Engebraaten, Olav; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Kyte, Jon A.; Gromov, Pavel; Naume, Bjørn; Kristensen, Vessela N.; Gromova, Irina; Tekpli, Xavier (Oncoimmunology;8(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-05)
      Cancers elicit an immune response by modifying the microenvironment. The immune system plays a pivotal role in cancer recognition and eradication. While the potential clinical value of infiltrating lymphocytes at the tumor ...
    • Serum cytokine levels in breast cancer patients during neoadjuvant treatment with bevacizumab 

      Jabeen, Shakila; Zucknick, Karola Manuela; Nome, Marianne Eikhom; Dannenfelser, Ruth; Fleischer, Thomas; Kumar, Surendra; Luders, Torben; Gythfeldt, Hedda; Troyanskya, Olga; Kyte, Jon A.; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Naume, Bjørn; Tekpli, Xavier; Engebråten, Olav; Kristensen, Vessela N. (Oncoimmunology;7(11), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-01-08)
      A high concentration of circulating vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in cancer patients is associated with an aggressive tumor phenotype. Here, serum levels of 27 cytokines and blood cell counts were assessed in ...
    • Time series analysis of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and bevacizumab-treated breast carcinomas reveals a systemic shift in genomic aberrations 

      Møller, Elen Kristine; Nord, Silje; Wedge, David C.; Lingjærde, Ole Christian; Silwal-Pandit, Laxmi; Gythfeldt, Hedda; Vollan, Hans Kristian Moen; Fleischer, Thomas; Krohn, Marit; Schlichting, Ellen; Borgen, Elin; Garred, Øystein; Holmen, Marit Muri; Wist, Erik; Naume, Bjørn; Van Loo, Peter; Børresen-Dale, Anne-Lise; Engebråten, Olav; Kristensen, Vessela N. (Genome medicine;10(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-29)
      Background Chemotherapeutic agents such as anthracyclines and taxanes are commonly used in the neoadjuvant setting. Bevacizumab is an antibody which binds to vascular endothelial growth factor A (VEGFA) and inhibits its ...