Trans-ancestry genome-wide association meta-analysis of prostate cancer identifies new susceptibility loci and informs genetic risk prediction

DV Conti, BF Darst, LC Moss, EJ Saunders, X Sheng… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Prostate cancer is a highly heritable disease with large disparities in incidence rates across
ancestry populations. We conducted a multiancestry meta-analysis of prostate cancer …

Photodynamic therapy for prostate cancer–A narrative review

M Osuchowski, D Bartusik-Aebisher… - Photodiagnosis and …, 2021 - Elsevier
This article is a review of approaches to treatment of low and high-grade prostate cancer
including a discussion of active treatment vs. active surveillance for patients with low-grade …

Genomic testing in patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer: a pragmatic guide for clinicians

AS Merseburger, N Waldron, MJ Ribal, A Heidenreich… - European Urology, 2021 - Elsevier
Context Genomic testing is becoming increasingly important in patients with advanced
prostate cancer (PC) and is being incorporated in clinical practice to guide treatment …

[HTML][HTML] Cognitive disorders associated with hospitalization of COVID-19: Results from an observational cohort study

J Zhou, C Liu, Y Sun, W Huang, K Ye - Brain, behavior, and immunity, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction Our understanding of risk factors for COVID‑19, including pre-existing medical
conditions and genetic variations, is limited. To what extent the pre-existing clinical condition …

[HTML][HTML] Translating polygenic risk scores for clinical use by estimating the confidence bounds of risk prediction

J Sun, Y Wang, L Folkersen, Y Borné, I Amlien… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
A promise of genomics in precision medicine is to provide individualized genetic risk
predictions. Polygenic risk scores (PRS), computed by aggregating effects from many …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic contributions to prostate cancer disparities in men of West African descent

JR Johnson, L Woods-Burnham, SE Hooker Jr… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most frequently diagnosed malignancy and the second
leading cause of death in men worldwide, after adjusting for age. According to the …

[HTML][HTML] Identification of germline genetic variants that increase prostate cancer risk and influence development of aggressive disease

EJ Saunders, Z Kote-Jarai, RA Eeles - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary The potential importance of germline genetic variation for identifying men
at increased risk of prostate cancer has become increasingly recognised in recent years. We …

[HTML][HTML] The genetic architecture of temperature adaptation is shaped by population ancestry and not by selection regime

KA Otte, V Nolte, F Mallard, C Schlötterer - Genome Biology, 2021 - Springer
Background Understanding the genetic architecture of temperature adaptation is key for
characterizing and predicting the effect of climate change on natural populations. One …

Differential methylation of genes in the human placenta associated with bisphenol A exposure

X Song, Z Wang, Z Zhang, M Miao, J Liu, M Luan… - Environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) is associated with numerous adverse health
outcomes among offspring. Although DNA methylation is considered one of the underlying …

[HTML][HTML] Germline genetics of prostate cancer: prevalence of risk variants and clinical implications for disease management

DK Doan, KT Schmidt, CH Chau, WD Figg - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Advances in our understanding of the molecular basis of prostate cancer
have resulted in the discovery of a subset of patients harboring germline variants that places …