Publication Date:
2014-06-19
Description:
Article Studies have shown that breast cancer prognosis is hereditary. Here the authors show that a genetic variant in CCL20 , a chemokine ligand involved in immune response, is significantly associated with breast cancer survival and may therefore represent an important therapeutic or prognostic target. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms5051 Authors: Jingmei Li, Linda S. Lindström, Jia N. Foo, Sajjad Rafiq, Marjanka K. Schmidt, Paul D. P. Pharoah, Kyriaki Michailidou, Joe Dennis, Manjeet K. Bolla, Qin Wang, Laura J. Van ‘t Veer, Sten Cornelissen, Emiel Rutgers, Melissa C. Southey, Carmel Apicella, Gillian S. Dite, John L. Hopper, Peter A. Fasching, Lothar Haeberle, Arif B. Ekici, Matthias W. Beckmann, Carl Blomqvist, Taru A. Muranen, Kristiina Aittomäki, Annika Lindblom, Sara Margolin, Arto Mannermaa, Veli-Matti Kosma, Jaana M. Hartikainen, Vesa Kataja, Georgia Chenevix-Trench, kConFab Investigators, Kelly-Anne Phillips, Sue-Anne McLachlan, Diether Lambrechts, Bernard Thienpont, Ann Smeets, Hans Wildiers, Jenny Chang-Claude, Dieter Flesch-Janys, Petra Seibold, Anja Rudolph, Graham G. Giles, Laura Baglietto, Gianluca Severi, Christopher A. Haiman, Brian E. Henderson, Fredrick Schumacher, Loic Le Marchand, Vessela Kristensen, Grethe I. Grenaker Alnæs, Anne-Lise Borresen-Dale, Silje Nord, Robert Winqvist, Katri Pylkäs, Arja Jukkola-Vuorinen, Mervi Grip, Irene L. Andrulis, Julia A. Knight, Gord Glendon, Sandrine Tchatchou, Peter Devilee, Robert Tollenaar, Caroline Seynaeve, Maartje Hooning, Mieke Kriege, Antoinette Hollestelle, Ans van den Ouweland, Yi Li, Ute Hamann, Diana Torres, Hans U. Ulmer, Thomas Rüdiger, Chen-Yang Shen, Chia-Ni Hsiung, Pei-Ei Wu, Shou-Tung Chen, Soo Hwang Teo, Nur Aishah Mohd Taib, Cheng Har Yip, Gwo Fuang Ho, Keitaro Matsuo, Hidemi Ito, Hiroji Iwata, Kazuo Tajima, Daehee Kang, Ji-Yeob Choi, Sue K. Park, Keun-Young Yoo, Tom Maishman, William J. Tapper, Alison Dunning, Mitul Shah, Robert Luben, Judith Brown, Chiea Chuen Khor, Diana M. Eccles, Heli Nevanlinna, Douglas Easton, Keith Humphreys, Jianjun Liu, Per Hall, Kamila Czene
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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