TY - JOUR AU - Gálvez-Montosa, Fernando AU - Peduzzi, Giulia AU - Sanchez-Maldonado, José Manuel AU - Ter Horst, Rob AU - Cabrera-Serrano, Antonio J AU - Gentiluomo, Manuel AU - Macauda, Angelica AU - Luque, Natalia AU - Ünal, Pelin AU - García-Verdejo, Francisco Javier AU - Li, Yang AU - López López, José Antonio AU - Stein, Angelika AU - Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas AU - Arcidiacono, Paolo Giorgio AU - Zanette, Dalila Luciola AU - Kahlert, Christoph AU - Perri, Francesco AU - Soucek, Pavel AU - Talar-Wojnarowska, Renata AU - Theodoropoulos, George E AU - Izbicki, Jakob R AU - Tamás, Hussein AU - Van Laarhoven, Hanneke AU - Nappo, Gennaro AU - Petrone, Maria Chiara AU - Lovecek, Martin AU - Vermeulen, Roel C H AU - Adamonis, Kestutis AU - Reyes-Zurita, Fernando Jesus AU - Holleczek, Bernd AU - Sumskiene, Jolanta AU - Mohelníková-Duchoňová, Beatrice AU - Lawlor, Rita T AU - Pezzilli, Raffaele AU - Aoki, Mateus Nobrega AU - Pasquali, Claudio AU - Petrenkiene, Vitalija AU - Basso, Daniela AU - Bunduc, Stefania AU - Comandatore, Annalisa AU - Brenner, Hermann AU - Ermini, Stefano AU - Vanella, Giuseppe AU - Goetz, Mara R AU - Archibugi, Livia AU - Lucchesi, Maurizio AU - Uzunoglu, Faik Guntac AU - Busch, Olivier AU - Milanetto, Anna Caterina AU - Puzzono, Marta AU - Kupcinskas, Juozas AU - Morelli, Luca AU - Sperti, Cosimo AU - Carrara, Silvia AU - Capurso, Gabriele AU - van Eijck, Casper H J AU - Oliverius, Martin AU - Roth, Susanne AU - Tavano, Francesca AU - Kaaks, Rudolf AU - Szentesi, Andrea AU - Vodickova, Ludmila AU - Luchini, Claudio AU - Schöttker, Ben AU - Landi, Stefano AU - Dohan, Orsolya AU - Tacelli, Matteo AU - Greenhalf, William AU - Gazouli, Maria AU - Neoptolemos, John P AU - Cavestro, Giulia Martina AU - Boggi, Ugo AU - Latiano, Anna AU - Hegyi, Péter AU - Ginocchi, Laura AU - Netea, Mihai G AU - Sánchez-Rovira, Pedro AU - Canzian, Federico AU - Campa, Daniele AU - Sainz, Juan TI - Polymorphisms within autophagy-related genes as susceptibility biomarkers for pancreatic cancer: A meta-analysis of three large European cohorts and functional characterization. JO - International journal of cancer VL - 156 IS - 2 SN - 0020-7136 CY - Bognor Regis PB - Wiley-Liss M1 - DKFZ-2024-01930 SP - 339-352 PY - 2025 N1 - 2025 Jan 15;156(2):339-352 AB - Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is one of the most lethal cancers with patients having unresectable or metastatic disease at diagnosis, with poor prognosis and very short survival. Given that genetic variation within autophagy-related genes influences autophagic flux and susceptibility to solid cancers, we decided to investigate whether 55,583 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within 234 autophagy-related genes could influence the risk of developing PDAC in three large independent cohorts of European ancestry including 12,754 PDAC cases and 324,926 controls. The meta-analysis of these populations identified, for the first time, the association of the BIDrs9604789 variant with an increased risk of developing the disease (ORMeta = 1.31, p = 9.67 × 10-6). We also confirmed the association of TP63rs1515496 and TP63rs35389543 variants with PDAC risk (OR = 0.89, p = 6.27 × 10-8 and OR = 1.16, p = 2.74 × 10-5). Although it is known that BID induces autophagy and TP63 promotes cell growth, cell motility and invasion, we also found that carriers of the TP63rs1515496G allele had increased numbers of FOXP3+ Helios+ T regulatory cells and CD45RA+ T regulatory cells (p = 7.67 × 10-4 and p = 1.56 × 10-3), but also decreased levels of CD4+ T regulatory cells (p = 7.86 × 10-4). These results were in agreement with research suggesting that the TP63rs1515496 variant alters binding sites for FOXA1 and CTCF, which are transcription factors involved in modulating specific subsets of regulatory T cells. In conclusion, this study identifies BID as new susceptibility locus for PDAC and confirms previous studies suggesting that the TP63 gene is involved in the development of PDAC. This study also suggests new pathogenic mechanisms of the TP63 locus in PDAC. KW - autophagy (Other) KW - functional characterization (Other) KW - genetic variants (Other) KW - pancreatic cancer (Other) KW - polymorphisms (Other) KW - susceptibility (Other) LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16 C6 - pmid:39319538 DO - DOI:10.1002/ijc.35196 UR - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/293614 ER -