• ABCB1/4 gallbladder cancer risk variants identified in India also show strong effects in Chileans 

    Boekstegers, Felix; Marcelain, Katherine; Barahona-Ponce, Carol; Baez Benavides, Pablo F.; Müller, Bettina; De Toro, Gonzalo; Retamales, Javier; Barajas, Olga; Ahumada, Monica; Morales, Erik; Rojas, Armando ORCID; Sanhueza, Verónica; Loader, Denisse; Rivera, María T.; Gutiérrez, Lorena; Bernal, Giuliano; Ortega, Alejandro; Montalvo, Domingo; Portiño, Sergio; Bertrán, María E.; Gabler, F.; Spencer, Loreto; Olloquequi, Jordi; González-Silos, Rosa; Fischer, Christine; Scherer, Dominique; Jenab, Mazda; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Katzke, Verena; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Moradi, Tahereh; Fischer, Krista; Bossers, Willem; Brenner, Hermann; Hveem, Kristian; Eklund, Niina; Völker, Uwe; Waldenberger, Melanie; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; González-José, Rolando; Bedoya, Gabriel; Bortolini, María C.; Canizales, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Rothhammer, Francisco; Lorenzo-Bermejo, Justo (2020)
    Background: The first large-scale genome-wide association study of gallbladder cancer (GBC) recently identified and validated three susceptibility variants in the ABCB1 and ABCB4 genes for individuals of Indian descent. ...

  • Gallstones, body mass index, C-reactive protein, and gallbladder cancer: Mendelian randomization analysis of Chilean and European genotype data 

    Barahona-Ponce, Carol; Scherer, Dominique; Brinster, Regina; Boekstegers, Felix; Marcelain, Katherine; Gárate-Calderón, Valentina; Müller, Bettina; De Toro, Gonzalo; Retamales, Javier; Barajas, Olga; Ahumada, Monica; Morales, Erik; Rojas, Armando ORCID; Sanhueza, Verónica; Loader, Denisse; Rivera, María T.; Gutiérrez, Lorena; Bernal, Giuliano; Ortega, Alejandro; Montalvo, Domingo; Portiño, Sergio; Bertrán, María E.; Gabler, F.; Spencer, Loreto; Olloquequi, Jordi; Fischer, Christine; Jenab, Mazda; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Katzke, Verena; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Bonet, Catalina; Moradi, Tahereh; Fischer, Krista; Bossers, Willem; Brenner, Hermann; Hveem, Kristian; Eklund, Niina; Völker, Uwe; Waldenberger, Melanie; Fuentes-Guajardo, Macarena; González-José, Rolando; Bedoya, Gabriel; Bortolini, María C.; Canizales, Samuel; Gallo, Carla; Ruiz-Linares, Andres; Rothhammer, Francisco; Lorenzo-Bermejo, Justo (2021)
    Background and Aims: Gallbladder cancer (GBC) is a neglected disease with substantial geographical variability: Chile shows the highest incidence worldwide, while GBC is relatively rare in Europe. Here, we investigate the ...