A common deletion at BAK1 reduces enhancer activity and confers risk of intracranial germ cell tumors

Autor: Kyuto Sonehara, Yui Kimura, Yoshiko Nakano, Tatsuya Ozawa, Meiko Takahashi, Ken Suzuki, Takashi Fujii, Yuko Matsushita, Arata Tomiyama, Toshihiro Kishikawa, Kenichi Yamamoto, Tatsuhiko Naito, Tomonari Suzuki, Shigeru Yamaguchi, Tomoru Miwa, Hikaru Sasaki, Masashi Kitagawa, Naoyuki Ohe, Junya Fukai, Hideki Ogiwara, Atsufumi Kawamura, Satoru Miyawaki, Fumihiko Matsuda, Nobutaka Kiyokawa, Koichi Ichimura, Ryo Nishikawa, Yukinori Okada, Keita Terashima
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
87850524
DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-32005-9
Popis: Intracranial germ cell tumors (IGCTs) are rare brain tumors mainly diagnosed in children and young adults. Here, the authors conduct a genome-wide association study for IGCTs, identify a risk locus at BAK1, and characterize its functional consequences.
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