Publications 2022

Ahearn TU, Zhang H, Michailidou K, Milne RL, Bolla MK, Dennis J, Dunning AM, Lush M, Wang Q, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Aronson KJ, Auer PL, Augustinsson A, Baten A, Becher H, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Blomqvist C, Bojesen SE, Bonanni B, Børresen-Dale AL, Brauch H et al. (2022)
Common variants in breast cancer risk loci predispose to distinct tumor subtypes
Breast Cancer Res, 24 (1), 2
DOI 10.1186/s13058-021-01484-x, PubMed 34983606

Publications 2021

Breast Cancer Association Consortium, Dorling L, Carvalho S, Allen J, González-Neira A, Luccarini C, Wahlström C, Pooley KA, Parsons MT, Fortuno C, Wang Q, Bolla MK, Dennis J, Keeman R, Alonso MR, Álvarez N, Herraez B, Fernandez V, Núñez-Torres R, Osorio A, Valcich J, Li M, Törngren T, Harrington PA, Baynes C et al. (2021)
Breast Cancer Risk Genes - Association Analysis in More than 113,000 Women
N Engl J Med, 384 (5), 428-439
DOI 10.1056/NEJMoa1913948, PubMed 33471991

Publications 2019

Escala-Garcia M, Guo Q, Dörk T, Canisius S, Keeman R, Dennis J, Beesley J, Lecarpentier J, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Abraham J, Andrulis IL, Anton-Culver H, Arndt V, Auer PL, Beckmann MW, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bernstein L, Blomqvist C, Boeckx B, Bojesen SE, Bonanni B, Børresen-Dale AL et al. (2019)
Genome-wide association study of germline variants and breast cancer-specific mortality
Br J Cancer, 120 (6), 647-657
DOI 10.1038/s41416-019-0393-x, PubMed 30787463

Vaclavikova R, Klajic J, Brynychova V, Elsnerova K, Alnaes GIG, Tost J, Kristensen VN, Rob L, Kodet R, Skapa P, Mrhalova M, Soucek P (2019)
Development of high‑resolution melting analysis for ABCB1 promoter methylation: Clinical consequences in breast and ovarian carcinoma
Oncol Rep, 42 (2), 763-774
DOI 10.3892/or.2019.7186, PubMed 31173253

Publications 2017

Bjørklund SS, Panda A, Kumar S, Seiler M, Robinson D, Gheeya J, Yao M, Alnæs GIG, Toppmeyer D, Riis M, Naume B, Børresen-Dale AL, Kristensen VN, Ganesan S, Bhanot G (2017)
Widespread alternative exon usage in clinically distinct subtypes of Invasive Ductal Carcinoma
Sci Rep, 7 (1), 5568
DOI 10.1038/s41598-017-05537-0, PubMed 28717182

Helland T, Henne N, Bifulco E, Naume B, Borgen E, Kristensen VN, Kvaløy JT, Lash TL, Alnæs GIG, van Schaik RH, Janssen EAM, Hustad S, Lien EA, Mellgren G, Søiland H (2017)
Serum concentrations of active tamoxifen metabolites predict long-term survival in adjuvantly treated breast cancer patients
Breast Cancer Res, 19 (1), 125
DOI 10.1186/s13058-017-0916-4, PubMed 29183390

Milne RL, Kuchenbaecker KB, Michailidou K, Beesley J, Kar S, Lindström S, Hui S, Lemaçon A, Soucy P, Dennis J, Jiang X, Rostamianfar A, Finucane H, Bolla MK, McGuffog L, Wang Q, Aalfs CM, ABCTB Investigators, Adams M, Adlard J, Agata S, Ahmed S, Ahsan H, Aittomäki K, Al-Ejeh F et al. (2017)
Identification of ten variants associated with risk of estrogen-receptor-negative breast cancer
Nat Genet, 49 (12), 1767-1778
DOI 10.1038/ng.3785, PubMed 29058716

Publications 2015

Alnaes GI, Ronneberg JA, Kristensen VN, Tost J (2015)
Heterogeneous DNA Methylation Patterns in the GSTP1 Promoter Lead to Discordant Results between Assay Technologies and Impede Its Implementation as Epigenetic Biomarkers in Breast Cancer
Genes (Basel), 6 (3), 878-900
DOI 10.3390/genes6030878, PubMed 26393654

Bjørklund SS, Kristensen VN, Seiler M, Kumar S, Alnæs GI, Ming Y, Kerrigan J, Naume B, Sachidanandam R, Bhanot G, Børresen-Dale AL, Ganesan S (2015)
Expression of an estrogen-regulated variant transcript of the peroxisomal branched chain fatty acid oxidase ACOX2 in breast carcinomas
BMC Cancer, 15, 524
DOI 10.1186/s12885-015-1510-8, PubMed 26183823

Borge KS, Nord S, Van Loo P, Lingjærde OC, Gunnes G, Alnæs GI, Solvang HK, Lüders T, Kristensen VN, Børresen-Dale AL, Lingaas F (2015)
Canine Mammary Tumours Are Affected by Frequent Copy Number Aberrations, including Amplification of MYC and Loss of PTEN
PLoS One, 10 (5), e0126371
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0126371, PubMed 25955013

Grawenda AM, Møller EK, Lam S, Repapi E, Teunisse AF, Alnæs GI, Børresen-Dale AL, Kristensen VN, Goding CR, Jochemsen AG, Edvardsen H, Bond GL (2015)
Interaction between p53 mutation and a somatic HDMX biomarker better defines metastatic potential in breast cancer
Cancer Res, 75 (4), 698-708
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-2637, PubMed 25649770

Jabeen S, Holmboe L, Alnæs GI, Andersen AM, Hall KS, Kristensen VN (2015)
Impact of genetic variants of RFC1, DHFR and MTHFR in osteosarcoma patients treated with high-dose methotrexate
Pharmacogenomics J, 15 (5), 385-90
DOI 10.1038/tpj.2015.11, PubMed 25778468

Lei J, Rudolph A, Moysich KB, Rafiq S, Behrens S, Goode EL, Pharoah PP, Seibold P, Fasching PA, Andrulis IL, Kristensen VN, Couch FJ, Hamann U, Hooning MJ, Nevanlinna H, Eilber U, Bolla MK, Dennis J, Wang Q, Lindblom A, Mannermaa A, Lambrechts D, García-Closas M, Hall P, Chenevix-Trench G et al. (2015)
Assessment of variation in immunosuppressive pathway genes reveals TGFBR2 to be associated with prognosis of estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer after chemotherapy
Breast Cancer Res, 17 (1), 18
DOI 10.1186/s13058-015-0522-2, PubMed 25849327

Michailidou K, Beesley J, Lindstrom S, Canisius S, Dennis J, Lush MJ, Maranian MJ, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Shah M, Perkins BJ, Czene K, Eriksson M, Darabi H, Brand JS, Bojesen SE, Nordestgaard BG, Flyger H, Nielsen SF, Rahman N, Turnbull C, BOCS, Fletcher O, Peto J, Gibson L et al. (2015)
Genome-wide association analysis of more than 120,000 individuals identifies 15 new susceptibility loci for breast cancer
Nat Genet, 47 (4), 373-80
DOI 10.1038/ng.3242, PubMed 25751625

Stone J, Thompson DJ, Dos Santos Silva I, Scott C, Tamimi RM, Lindstrom S, Kraft P, Hazra A, Li J, Eriksson L, Czene K, Hall P, Jensen M, Cunningham J, Olson JE, Purrington K, Couch FJ, Brown J, Leyland J, Warren RM, Luben RN, Khaw KT, Smith P, Wareham NJ, Jud SM et al. (2015)
Novel Associations between Common Breast Cancer Susceptibility Variants and Risk-Predicting Mammographic Density Measures
Cancer Res, 75 (12), 2457-67
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-14-2012, PubMed 25862352

Publications 2014

Li J, Lindström LS, Foo JN, Rafiq S, Schmidt MK, Pharoah PD, Michailidou K, Dennis J, Bolla MK, Wang Q, Van 't Veer LJ, Cornelissen S, Rutgers E, Southey MC, Apicella C, Dite GS, Hopper JL, Fasching PA, Haeberle L, Ekici AB, Beckmann MW, Blomqvist C, Muranen TA, Aittomäki K, Lindblom A et al. (2014)
2q36.3 is associated with prognosis for oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer patients treated with chemotherapy
Nat Commun, 5, 4051
DOI 10.1038/ncomms5051, PubMed 24937182

Publications 2013

Aure MR, Leivonen SK, Fleischer T, Zhu Q, Overgaard J, Alsner J, Tramm T, Louhimo R, Alnæs GI, Perälä M, Busato F, Touleimat N, Tost J, Børresen-Dale AL, Hautaniemi S, Troyanskaya OG, Lingjærde OC, Sahlberg KK, Kristensen VN (2013)
Individual and combined effects of DNA methylation and copy number alterations on miRNA expression in breast tumors
Genome Biol, 14 (11), R126
DOI 10.1186/gb-2013-14-11-r126, PubMed 24257477

Publications 2012

Vachon CM, Scott CG, Fasching PA, Hall P, Tamimi RM, Li J, Stone J, Apicella C, Odefrey F, Gierach GL, Jud SM, Heusinger K, Beckmann MW, Pollan M, Fernández-Navarro P, Gonzalez-Neira A, Benitez J, van Gils CH, Lokate M, Onland-Moret NC, Peeters PH, Brown J, Leyland J, Varghese JS, Easton DF et al. (2012)
Common breast cancer susceptibility variants in LSP1 and RAD51L1 are associated with mammographic density measures that predict breast cancer risk
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 21 (7), 1156-66
DOI 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0066, PubMed 22454379

Publications 2010

Biong M, Gram IT, Brill I, Johansen F, Solvang HK, Alnaes GI, Fagerheim T, Bremnes Y, Chanock SJ, Burdett L, Yeager M, Ursin G, Kristensen VN (2010)
Genotypes and haplotypes in the insulin-like growth factors, their receptors and binding proteins in relation to plasma metabolic levels and mammographic density
BMC Med Genomics, 3, 9
DOI 10.1186/1755-8794-3-9, PubMed 20302654

Publications 2009

Kraggerud SM, Oldenburg J, Alnaes GI, Berg M, Kristensen VN, Fossa SD, Lothe RA (2009)
Functional glutathione S-transferase genotypes among testicular germ cell tumor survivors: associations with primary and post-chemotherapy tumor histology
Pharmacogenet Genomics, 19 (10), 751-9
DOI 10.1097/FPC.0b013e3283304253, PubMed 19741569

Publications 2008

Nordgard SH, Alnaes GI, Hihn B, Lingjaerde OC, Liestøl K, Tsalenko A, Sørlie T, Lønning PE, Børresen-Dale AL, Kristensen VN (2008)
Pathway based analysis of SNPs with relevance to 5-FU therapy: relation to intratumoral mRNA expression and survival
Int J Cancer, 123 (3), 577-85
DOI 10.1002/ijc.23541, PubMed 18498133

Nordgard SH, Johansen FE, Alnaes GI, Bucher E, Syvänen AC, Naume B, Børresen-Dale AL, Kristensen VN (2008)
Genome-wide analysis identifies 16q deletion associated with survival, molecular subtypes, mRNA expression, and germline haplotypes in breast cancer patients
Genes Chromosomes Cancer, 47 (8), 680-96
DOI 10.1002/gcc.20569, PubMed 18398821

Rønneberg JA, Tost J, Solvang HK, Alnaes GI, Johansen FE, Brendeford EM, Yakhini Z, Gut IG, Lønning PE, Børresen-Dale AL, Gabrielsen OS, Kristensen VN (2008)
GSTP1 promoter haplotypes affect DNA methylation levels and promoter activity in breast carcinomas
Cancer Res, 68 (14), 5562-71
DOI 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-07-5828, PubMed 18632608

Vaclavikova R, Nordgard SH, Alnaes GI, Hubackova M, Kubala E, Kodet R, Mrhalova M, Novotny J, Gut I, Kristensen VN, Soucek P (2008)
Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the multidrug resistance gene 1 (ABCB1): effects on its expression and clinicopathological characteristics in breast cancer patients
Pharmacogenet Genomics, 18 (3), 263-73
DOI 10.1097/FPC.0b013e3282f60a91, PubMed 18300948

Publications 2007

Nordgard SH, Johansen FE, Alnaes GI, Naume B, Børresen-Dale AL, Kristensen VN (2007)
Genes harbouring susceptibility SNPs are differentially expressed in the breast cancer subtypes
Breast Cancer Res, 9 (6), 113
DOI 10.1186/bcr1784, PubMed 18036273

Nordgard SH, Ritchie MD, Jensrud SD, Motsinger AA, Alnaes GI, Lemmon G, Berg M, Geisler S, Moore JH, Lønning PE, Børresen-Dale AL, Kristensen VN (2007)
ABCB1 and GST polymorphisms associated with TP53 status in breast cancer
Pharmacogenet Genomics, 17 (2), 127-36
DOI 10.1097/FPC.0b013e328011abaa, PubMed 17301692

Publications 2006

Kristensen VN, Tsalenko A, Geisler J, Faldaas A, Grenaker GI, Lingjaerde OC, Fjeldstad S, Yakhini Z, Lønning PE, Børresen-Dale AL (2006)
Multilocus analysis of SNP and metabolic data within a given pathway
BMC Genomics, 7, 5
DOI 10.1186/1471-2164-7-5, PubMed 16412218

Lahermo P, Liljedahl U, Alnaes G, Axelsson T, Brookes AJ, Ellonen P, Groop PH, Halldén C, Holmberg D, Holmberg K, Keinänen M, Kepp K, Kere J, Kiviluoma P, Kristensen V, Lindgren C, Odeberg J, Osterman P, Parkkonen M, Saarela J, Sterner M, Strömqvist L, Talas U, Wessman M, Palotie A et al. (2006)
A quality assessment survey of SNP genotyping laboratories
Hum Mutat, 27 (7), 711-4
DOI 10.1002/humu.20346, PubMed 16786507