Multiple newly identified loci associated with prostate cancer susceptibility.

Prostate cancer is the most common cancer affecting males in developed countries. It shows consistent evidence of familial aggregation, but the causes of this aggregation are mostly unknown. To identify common alleles associated with prostate cancer risk, we conducted a genome-wide association study (GWAS) using blood DNA samples from 1,854 individuals with clinically detected prostate cancer diagnosed at (1)Any substance capable of instigating the immune system into action, inciting a specific immune response and reacting with the products of that response.(2)A substance that when introduced into the body, stimulates the production of an antibody. It can be a protein.(3)A protein or other molecule that can elicit an immune response; the antibody protein that is produced binds to the antigen.

" data-original-title="Antigen" data-html="true" data-trigger="foucs">antigen (PSA) concentration (<0.5 ng/ml). We analyzed these samples for 541,129 SNPs using the Illumina Infinium platform. Initial putative associations were confirmed using a further 3,268 cases and 3,366 controls. We identified seven loci associated with prostate cancer on chromosomes 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, 19 and X (P = 2.7 x 10(-8) to P = 8.7 x 10(-29)). We confirmed previous reports of common loci associated with prostate cancer at 8q24 and 17q. Moreover, we found that three of the newly identified loci contain candidate susceptibility genes: MSMB, LMTK2 and KLK3.

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