Lung cancer screening, version 3.2018, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology

DE Wood, EA Kazerooni, SL Baum, GA Eapen… - Journal of the National …, 2018 - jnccn.org
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related mortality in the United States and
worldwide. Early detection of lung cancer is an important opportunity for decreasing …

A decade of GWAS results in lung cancer

Y Bossé, CI Amos - Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, 2018 - AACR
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) were successful to identify genetic factors
robustly associated with lung cancer. This review aims to synthesize the literature in this field …

Identification of susceptibility pathways for the role of chromosome 15q25. 1 in modifying lung cancer risk

X Ji, Y Bossé, MT Landi, J Gui, X Xiao, D Qian… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) identified the chromosome 15q25. 1 locus as a
leading susceptibility region for lung cancer. However, the pathogenic pathways, through …

α9‐and α7‐containing receptors mediate the pro‐proliferative effects of nicotine in the A549 adenocarcinoma cell line

V Mucchietto, F Fasoli, S Pucci… - British journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Background and Purpose Tobacco smoke contains many classes of carcinogens and
although nicotine is unable to initiate tumourigenesis in humans and rodents, it promotes …

The daunting polygenicity of mental illness: making a new map

SE Hyman - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
An epochal opportunity to elucidate the pathogenic mechanisms of psychiatric disorders has
emerged from advances in genomic technology, new computational tools and the growth of …

Education, smoking, and cohort change: Forwarding a multidimensional theory of the environmental moderation of genetic effects

R Wedow, M Zacher, BM Huibregtse… - American …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Sociologists interested in the effects of genes on complex social outcomes claim
environmental conditions structure when and how genes matter, but they have only studied …

Response dynamics of midbrain dopamine neurons and serotonin neurons to heroin, nicotine, cocaine, and MDMA

C Wei, X Han, D Weng, Q Feng, X Qi, J Li, M Luo - Cell discovery, 2018 - nature.com
Heroin, nicotine, cocaine, and MDMA are abused by billions of people. They are believed to
target midbrain dopamine neurons and/or serotonin neurons, but their effects on the …

Genome-wide association study of familial lung cancer

J Byun, AG Schwartz, C Lusk, AS Wenzlaff… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
To identify genetic variation associated with lung cancer risk, we performed a genome-wide
association analysis of 685 lung cancer cases that had a family history of two or more first or …

Propofol suppresses growth, migration and invasion of A549 cells by down-regulation of miR-372

H Sun, D Gao - BMc cancer, 2018 - Springer
Background Propofol, a commonly used intravenous anesthetic during cancer resection
surgery, has been found to exhibit tumor inhibitory effects in vitro and in vivo. The role of …

Germline mutations in young non-smoking women with lung adenocarcinoma

I Donner, R Katainen, LJ Sipilä, M Aavikko, E Pukkala… - Lung Cancer, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Although the primary cause of lung cancer is smoking, a considerable proportion
of all lung cancers occur in never smokers. Gender influences the risk and characteristics of …