Bowang Chen
German Cancer Research Center
70 Papers
527 Citations
Bowang Chen is an academic researcher from German Cancer Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Single-nucleotide polymorphism. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 64 publications.
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Papers
Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases A Mendelian Randomization Study
Philip C Haycock,Stephen Burgess,Aayah Nounu,Jie Zheng,G N Okoli,Jack Bowden,Kaitlin H Wade,Nicholas J. Timpson,David M. Evans,Peter Willeit,Abraham Aviv,Tom R. Gaunt,Gibran Hemani,Massimo Mangino,Hayley P Ellis,Kathreena M Kurian,Karen A. Pooley,Rosalind A. Eeles,Jeffrey E. Lee,Shenying Fang,Wei V. Chen,Matthew Law,Lisa Bowdler,Mark M. Iles,Qiong Yang,Bradford B. Worrall,Hugh S. Markus,Rayjean J. Hung,Christopher I. Amos,Amanda B. Spurdle,Deborah J. Thompson,Tracy A. O'Mara,Brian M. Wolpin,Laufey T. Amundadottir,Rachael Z. Stolzenberg-Solomon,Antonia Trichopoulou,N. Charlotte Onland-Moret,Eiliv Lund,Eric J. Duell,Federico Canzian,Gianluca Severi,Kim Overvad,Marc J. Gunter,Rosario Tumino,Ulrika Svenson,Andre M. van Rij,Annette F. Baas,Matthew J. Bown,Nilesh J. Samani,Femke N G van t'Hof,Gerard Tromp,Gregory T. Jones,Helena Kuivaniemi,James R. Elmore,Mattias Johansson,James McKay,Ghislaine Scelo,Robert Carreras-Torres,Valerie Gaborieau,Paul Brennan,Paige M. Bracci,Rachel E. Neale,Sara H. Olson,Steven Gallinger,Donghui Li,Gloria M. Petersen,Harvey A. Risch,Alison P. Klein,Jiali Han,Christian C. Abnet,Neal D. Freedman,Philip R. Taylor,John M. Maris,Katja K.H. Aben,Lambertus A. Kiemeney,Sita H. Vermeulen,John K. Wiencke,Kyle M. Walsh,Margaret Wrensch,Terri Rice,Clare Turnbull,Kevin Litchfield,Lavinia Paternoster,Marie Standl,Gonçalo R. Abecasis,John Paul SanGiovanni,Yong Li,Vladan Mijatovic,Yadav Sapkota,Siew-Kee Low,Krina T. Zondervan,Grant W. Montgomery,Dale R. Nyholt,David A. van Heel,Karen A. Hunt,Dan E. Arking,Foram N. Ashar,Nona Sotoodehnia,Daniel Woo,Jonathan Rosand,Mary E. Comeau,W. Mark Brown,Edwin K. Silverman,John E. Hokanson,Michael H. Cho,Jennie Hui,Manuel A. R. Ferreira,Philip J. Thompson,Alanna C. Morrison,Janine F. Felix,Nicholas L. Smith,Angela M. Christiano,Lynn Petukhova,Regina C. Betz,Xing Fan,Xuejun Zhang,Caihong Zhu,Carl D. Langefeld,Susan D. Thompson,Feijie Wang,Xu Lin,David A. Schwartz,Tasha E. Fingerlin,Jerome I. Rotter,Mary Frances Cotch,Richard A. Jensen,Matthias Munz,Henrik Dommisch,Arne S. Schaefer,Fang Han,Hanna Ollila,Ryan P. Hillary,Omar M. E. Albagha,Stuart H. Ralston,Chenjie Zeng,Wei Zheng,Xiao-Ou Shu,André Reis,Steffen Uebe,Ulrike Hüffmeier,Yoshiya Kawamura,Takeshi Otowa,Tsukasa Sasaki,Martin L. Hibberd,Sonia Davila,Gang Xie,Katherine A. Siminovitch,Jin-Xin Bei,Yi Xin Zeng,Asta Försti,Bowang Chen,Stefano Landi,Andre Franke,Annegret Fischer,David Ellinghaus,Carlos Flores,Imre Noth,Shwu-Fan Ma,Jia Nee Foo,Jianjun Liu,Jong-Won Kim,David G. Cox,Olivier Delattre,Olivier Mirabeau,Christine F. Skibola,Clara S. Tang,Merce Garcia-Barcelo,Kai-Ping Chang,Wen-Hui Su,Yu-Sun Chang,Nicholas G. Martin,Scott D. Gordon,Tracey D. Wade,Chaeyoung Lee,Michiaki Kubo,Pei-Chieng Cha,Yusuke Nakamura,Daniel Levy,Masayuki Kimura,Shih-Jen Hwang,Steven C. Hunt,Tim D. Spector,Nicole Soranzo,Ani Manichaikul,R. Graham Barr,Bratati Kahali,Elizabeth K. Speliotes,Laura M. Yerges-Armstrong,Ching-Yu Cheng,Jost B. Jonas,Tien Yin Wong,Isabella Fogh,Kuang Lin,John Powell,Kenneth Rice,Caroline L Relton,Richard M. Martin,George Davey Smith +197 more
TL;DR: It is likely that longer telomeres increase risk for several cancers but reduce risk for some non-neoplastic diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, as well as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that are strongly associated with telomere length in the general population.
Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for multiple myeloma
Jonathan S. Mitchell,Ni Li,Niels Weinhold,Niels Weinhold,Asta Försti,Asta Försti,Mina Ali,Mark van Duin,Gudmar Thorleifsson,David W. Johnson,Bowang Chen,Britt Marie Halvarsson,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Daniel F. Gudbjartsson,Rowan Kuiper,Owen W. Stephens,Uta Bertsch,Peter Broderick,Chiara Campo,Hermann Einsele,W Gregory,Urban Gullberg,Marc Henrion,Jens Hillengass,Per Hoffmann,Per Hoffmann,Graham Jackson,Ellinor Johnsson,Magnus Jöud,Sigurur Y. Kristinsson,Stig Lenhoff,Oleg Lenive,Ulf-Henrik Mellqvist,Gabriele Migliorini,Hareth Nahi,Sven Nelander,Jolanta Nickel,Markus M. Nöthen,Thorunn Rafnar,Fiona M. Ross,Miguel Inacio da Silva Filho,Bhairavi Swaminathan,Hauke Thomsen,Ingemar Turesson,Annette Juul Vangsted,Ulla Vogel,Anders Waage,Brian A Walker,Anna-Karin Wihlborg,Annemiek Broyl,Faith E. Davies,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Unnur Thorsteinsdottir,Christian Langer,Markus Hansson,Martin Kaiser,Pieter Sonneveld,Kari Stefansson,Gareth J. Morgan,Hartmut Goldschmidt,Kari Hemminki,Kari Hemminki,Björn Nilsson,Björn Nilsson,Richard S. Houlston +64 more
TL;DR: Eight new loci are discovered at 6p22.3, which localize in or near to JARID2, ATG5, SMARCD3, CCAT1, CDKN2A, WAC, RFWD3 and PREX1, providing additional support for a polygenic model of MM and insight into the biological basis of tumour development.
Genome-wide association study on differentiated thyroid cancer.
Aleksandra Köhler,Bowang Chen,Federica Gemignani,Rossella Elisei,Cristina Romei,Gisella Figlioli,Monica Cipollini,Alfonso Cristaudo,Franco Bambi,Per Hoffmann,Per Hoffmann,Stefan Herms,Stefan Herms,Michał Kalemba,Dorota Kula,Shelley Harris,Peter Broderick,Richard S. Houlston,Susana Pastor,Susana Pastor,Ricard Marcos,Ricard Marcos,Antonia Velázquez,Antonia Velázquez,Barbara Jarzab,Kari Hemminki,Stefano Landi,Asta Försti +27 more
TL;DR: The findings provide additional insights into the genetic and biological basis of inherited genetic susceptibility to DTC and additional studies are needed to determine the role of the identified polymorphisms in the development of DTC
The CCND1 c.870G>A polymorphism is a risk factor for t(11;14)(q13;q32) multiple myeloma
Niels Weinhold,David W. Johnson,Daniel Chubb,Bowang Chen,Asta Försti,Asta Försti,Fay J. Hosking,Peter Broderick,Yussanne Ma,Sara E. Dobbins,Dirk Hose,Brian A Walker,Faith E. Davies,Martin Kaiser,Ni L Li,W Gregory,Graham Jackson,Mathias Witzens-Harig,Kai Neben,Per Hoffmann,Markus M. Nöthen,Markus M. Nöthen,Thomas W. Mühleisen,Lewin Eisele,Fiona M Ross,Anna Jauch,Hartmut Goldschmidt,Richard S. Houlston,Gareth J. Morgan,Kari Hemminki,Kari Hemminki +30 more
TL;DR: A meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies of multiple myeloma including a total of 1,661 affected individuals provides a model in which a constitutive genetic factor is associated with risk of a specific chromosomal translocation.
Somatic alterations in the melanoma genome: a high-resolution array-based comparative genomic hybridization study.
Andreas Gast,Dominique Scherer,Bowang Chen,Sandra Bloethner,Stephanie Melchert,Antje Sucker,Kari Hemminki,Dirk Schadendorf,Rajesh Kumar +8 more
TL;DR: The data suggest involvement of distinct genetic pathways that are driven either through oncogenic BRAF and NRAS mutations complemented by aberrations in the CDKN2A and PTEN genes or involve amplification ofoncogenic genomic loci and loss of 13q and 16q.
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