Whole-Exome Sequencing of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Families Reveals Novel Variants Potentially Involved in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma.

ABSTRACT: Genetic susceptibility is likely involved in nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a cancer caused by Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. Understanding of genetic factors involved in NPC and how they contribute to EBV-induced carcinogenesis is limited. We conducted whole-exome capture/sequencing among 251 individuals from 97 multiplex families from Taiwan (205 affected, 21 obligate carriers, and 25 unaffected) using SeqCap EZ Human Exome Library v3.0 and Illumina HiSeq. Aligned sequences were filtered to identify likely-to-be-functional deleterious variants that co-segregated with disease. Ingenuity Pathway analysis was performed. Circulating magnesium levels were measured in 13 individuals in 2 families with NIPAL1 mutations and in 197 sporadic NPC cases and 237 controls. We identified variants

SUBMITTER: Yu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617453 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature