Grant Number:	5R01CA151933-04 Interpret this number
Primary Investigator:	Claus, Elizabeth
Organization:	Yale University
Project Title:	The Meningioma Consortium: Genome-Wide Association Study
Fiscal Year:	2013

Project Summary/ Abstract Meningioma is the most common primary brain tumor, present in up to one percent of adults, and although often considered benign, has survival comparable to breast cancer. Information on risk factors is extremely limited. In an effort to better define such factors, we are conducting a comprehensive population-based, case/control study of meningioma that includes 1600 cases and 1600 controls drawn from Massachusetts, Connecticut, North Carolina, California and Texas. This will represent the largest population-based collection of meningioma cases worldwide, with more than double the number of cases of any existing study. We are currently collecting biological specimens, and extensive exposure and phenotypic data with funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH R01s CA109468, CA109461, CA109745, CA108473, and CA109475). In this application we request funds to genotype the study subjects to find inherited risk loci for meningioma. Our aims are to 1) Conduct the first genome wide association study (GWAS) of meningioma using the 1360 Caucasian cases from our ongoing case/control project and 3420 Caucasian controls drawn from the first half of three control series a) 600 controls from our ongoing case/control project, b) 1699 controls from Illumina iControlDB and c) 1121 controls from the Cancer Genetic Markers of Susceptibility (CGEMs) study, 2) Using 700 additional Caucasian meningioma subjects drawn from our clinical series and the second half of the above mentioned controls (n=3420), replicate candidates from Aim 1 that yielded p<10-5 for association with meningioma. Variants with p < 5.0*10-8 will be considered significant for genome wide association with meningioma risk from combined stage 1 and stage 2 analyses, 3) Replicate previous associations from the Interphone study8a of meningioma risk with variants in BRIP1 (the breast cancer susceptibility gene (BRCA1)-interacting protein) and ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated gene) and 4) Replicate previous associations from the Tineas Capitas study of meningioma risk with variants in DNA repair genes (KRAS2, ERCC2, CCND1).107 The proposed genetic analyses would represent the first GWAS data for meningioma and also provide important replication of previously observed associations with strong biological plausibility given the established association between meningioma risk and ionizing radiation. Identification of risk loci for meningioma will likely have strong etiologic significance with importance for both prevention and treatment.





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