• Assessing the role of genome-wide DNA methylation between smoking and risk of lung cancer using repeated measurements: the HUNT Study 

      Sun, Yi-Qian; Richmond, Rebecca C.; Suderman, Matthew; Min, Josine L; Battram, Thomas; Flatberg, Arnar; Beisvag, Vidar; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Guida, Florence; Jiang, Lin; Wahl, Sissel Gyrid Freim; Langhammer, Arnulf; Skorpen, Frank; Walker, Rosie M; Bretherick, Andrew D; Zeng, Yanni; Chen, Yue; Johansson, Mattias; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Relton, Caroline L; Mai, Xiao-Mei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: It is unclear if smoking-related DNA methylation represents a causal pathway between smoking and risk of lung cancer. We sought to identify novel smoking-related DNA methylation sites in blood, with repeated ...
    • The blood metabolome of incident kidney cancer: A case-control study nested within the MetKid consortium 

      Guida, Florence; Tan, VY; Smith-Byrne, K; Alcala, Karine; Langenberg, C; Butterworth, AS; Surendran, P; Achaintre, David; Adamski, P; Bergmann, MM; Bull, CJ; Dahm, CC; Gicquiau, Audrey; Giles, GG; Gunter, MJ; Haller, T; Langhammer, Arnulf; Larose, TL; Ljungberd, B; Metspalu, A; Milne, RL; Muller, DC; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Prehn, C; Riboli, E; Rinaldi, S; Rothwell, JA; Scalbert, A.; Severi, G; Sieri, S; Vermeulen, R; Vincent, EE; Waldenberger, M; Timpson, NJ; Johansson, M (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
    • The blood proteome of imminent lung cancer diagnosis 

      Albanes, Demetrius; Alcala, Karine; Alcala, Nicolas; Amos, Christopher I.; Arslan, Alan A.; Bassett, Julie K.; Brennan, Paul; Cai, Qiuyin; Chen, Chu; Feng, Xiaoshuang; Freedman, Neal D.; Guida, Florence; Hung, Rayjean J.; Hveem, Kristian; Johansson, Mikael; Johansson, Mattias; Koh, Woon-Puay; Langhammer, Arnulf; Milne, Roger L.; Muller, David; Onwuka, Justina; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Robbins, Hilary A.; Sesso, Howard D.; Severi, Gianluca; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Sieri, Sabina; Smith-Byrne, Karl; Stevens, Victoria; Tinker, Lesley; Tjønneland, Anne; Visvanathan, Kala; Wang, Ying; Wang, Renwei; Weinstein, Stephanie; Yuan, Jian-Min; Zahed, Hana; Zhang, Xuehong; Zheng, Wei (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Identification of risk biomarkers may enhance early detection of smoking-related lung cancer. We measured between 392 and 1,162 proteins in blood samples drawn at most three years before diagnosis in 731 smoking-matched ...
    • Circulating cotinine concentrations and lung cancer risk in the Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium (LC3) 

      Larose, Tricia L; Guida, Florence; Anouar, Fanidi; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Stevens, Victoria L.; Jacobs, Eric J.; Smith-Warner, Stephanie A.; Giovannucci, Edward; Albanes, Demetrius; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Freedman, Neal D.; Prentice, Ross; Pettinger, Mary; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Cai, Qiuyin; Wu, Jie; Blot, William J; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Le Marchand, Loic; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Haiman, Christopher A.; Zhang, Xuehong; Stampfer, Meir J; Hodge, Allison M.; Giles, Graham G.; Severi, Gianluca; Johansson, Mikael; Grankvist, Kjell; Wang, Renwei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Gao, Yu-Tang; Koh, Woon-Puay; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Li, Honglan; Lan, Qing; Visvanathan, Kala; Hoffman Bolton, Judith; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Caporaso, Neil; Purdue, Mark; Sesso, Howard D.; Buring, Julie E.; Lee, I-Min; Gaziano, J. Michael; Manjer, Jonas; Brunnström, Hans; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Background Self-reported smoking is the principal measure used to assess lung cancer risk in epidemiological studies. We evaluated if circulating cotinine—a nicotine metabolite and biomarker of recent tobacco exposure—provides ...
    • Circulating high sensitivity C reactive protein concentrations and risk of lung cancer: Nested case-control study within Lung Cancer Cohort Consortium 

      Muller, David C.; Larose, Tricia L; Hodge, Allison; Guida, Florence; Langhammer, Arnulf; Grankvist, Kjell; Meyer, Klaus; Cai, Qiuyin; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Albanes, Demetrius; Giles, Graham G.; Sesso, Howard D.; Lee, I-Min; Gaziano, J. Michael; Yuan, Jian-Min; Hoffman Bolton, Judith; Buring, Julie E.; Visvanathan, Kala; Le Marchand, Loic; Purdue, Mark P.; Caporaso, Neil E.; Midttun, Øivind; Ueland, Per Magne; Prentice, Ross L.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Stevens, Victoria L.; Zheng, Wei; Blot, William J.; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zhang, Xuehong; Xiang, Yong-Bing; Koh, Woon-Puay; Hveem, Kristian; Thomson, Cynthia A.; Pettinger, Mary; Engström, Gunnar; Brunnström, Hans; Milne, Roger L.; Stampfer, Meir J.; Han, Jiali; Johansson, Mikael; Brennan, Paul; Severi, Gianluca; Johansson, Mattias (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Objectives: Inflammation may play an important role in lung cancer pathogenesis. Previous studies have suggested an association between C-reactive protein (CRP) as a marker of inflammation, and risk of lung cancer, but ...
    • Epidemiology of 40 blood biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism, vitamin status, inflammation, and renal and endothelial function among cancer-free older adults 

      Zahed, Hana; Johansson, Mattias; Ueland, Per Magne; Midttun, Øivind; Milne, Roger L.; Giles, Graham G.; Manjer, Jonas; Sandsveden, Malte; Langhammer, Arnulf; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Grankvist, Kjell; Johansson, Mikael; Freedman, Neal D.; Huang, Wen-Yi; Chen, Chu; Prentice, Ross; Stevens, Victoria L.; Wang, Ying; Le Marchand, Loic; Wilkens, Lynne R.; Weinstein, Stephanie J.; Albanes, Demetrius; Cai, Qiuyin; Blot, William J.; Arslan, Alan A.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Shu, Xiao-Ou; Zheng, Wei; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Visvanathan, Kala; Sesso, Howard D.; Zhang, Xuehong; Gaziano, J. Michael; Fanidi, Anouar; Muller, David; Brennan, Paul; Guida, Florence; Robbins, Hilary A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Imbalances of blood biomarkers are associated with disease, and biomarkers may also vary non-pathologically across population groups. We described variation in concentrations of biomarkers of one-carbon metabolism, vitamin ...
    • Epigenetic mechanisms of lung carcinogenesis involve differentially methylated CpG sites beyond those associated with smoking 

      Petrovic, Dusan; Bodinier, Barbara; Dagnino, Sonia; Whitaker, Matthew; Karimi, Maryam; Campanella, Gianluca; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Polidoro, Silvia; Palli, Domenico; Krogh, Vittorio; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Panico, Salvatore; Lund, Eiliv; Dugué, Pierre-Antoine; Giles, Graham G; Severi, Gianluca; Southey, Melissa; Vineis, Paolo; Stringhini, Silvia; Bochud, Murielle; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Vermeulen, Roel CH; Guida, Florence; Chadeau-Hyam, Marc (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Smoking-related epigenetic changes have been linked to lung cancer, but the contribution of epigenetic alterations unrelated to smoking remains unclear. We sought for a sparse set of CpG sites predicting lung cancer and ...
    • Evaluation of pre-diagnostic blood protein measurements for predicting survival after lung cancer diagnosis 

      Feng, Xiaoshuang; Muller, David C.; Zahed, Hana; Alcala, Karine; Guida, Florence; Smith-Byrne, Karl; Yuan, Jian-Min; Koh, Woon-Puay; Wang, Renwei; Milne, Roger L.; Bassett, Julie K.; Langhammer, Arnulf; Hveem, Kristian; Stevens, Victoria L.; Wang, Ying; Johansson, Mikael; Tjønneland, Anne; Tumino, Rosario; Sheikh, Mahdi; Johansson, Mattias; Robbins, Hilary A. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background To evaluate whether circulating proteins are associated with survival after lung cancer diagnosis, and whether they can improve prediction of prognosis. Methods We measured up to 1159 proteins in blood ...
    • Lung cancer risk discrimination of prediagnostic proteomics measurements compared with existing prediction tools 

      Feng, Xiaoshuang; Wu, Wendy Yi-Ying; Onwuka, Justina Ucheojor; Haider, Zahra; Alcala, Karine; Smith-Byrne, Karl; Zahed, Hana; Guida, Florence; Wang, Renwei; Bassett, Julie K.; Stevens, Victoria; Wang, Ying; Weinstein, Stephanie; Freedman, Neal D.; Chen, Chu; Tinker, Lesley; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Koh, Woon-Puay; Muller, David; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra M.; Tumino, Rosario; Hung, Rayjean J.; Amos, Christopher I.; Lin, Xihong; Zhang, Xuehong; Arslan, Alan A.; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Sørgjerd, Elin Pettersen; Severi, Gianluca; Hveem, Kristian; Brennan, Paul; Langhammer, Arnulf; Milne, Roger L.; Yuan, Jian-Min; Melin, Beatrice; Johansson, Mikael; Robbins, Hilary A.; Johansson, Mattias (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Background We sought to develop a proteomics-based risk model for lung cancer and evaluate its risk-discriminatory performance in comparison with a smoking-based risk model (PLCOm2012) and a commercially available ...