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Table 3 Summary of selected published genome wide association studies in different canine tumors

From: Genetics of canine cancer: a guide for the veterinary oncologist

Author /Year

Breed (s)

Cancer

Lead SNP from GWAS

Genes highlighted as putatively implicated in disease risk

Arendt 2015 [45]

Golden retriever

Mast cell tumors

US Chr14:11,765,081

EU Chr20:45,596,213

Combined Chr14: 11,721,433, 11,807,161 (equally associated)

Chr14: SPAM1, HYAL4, HYALP1

Chr20: HYAL1, HYAL2, HYAL3, GNAI2

Biasoli 2019 [49]

Labrador retriever

Mast cell tumors

Chr31:34,694,234

Chr31: DSCAM

Evans 2021 [50]

Flat-coated retriever

Histiocytic sarcoma

Chr5:33,001,550

Chr19:(conditional, heterozygotes for Chr5 lead SNP):52,487,724

Chr5: PIK3R6

Chr19: TNFAIP6

Hayward 2016 [51]

Labrador retriever

Mast cell tumors

Chr36:16,889,272

Chr36: ITGA6

Hedan 2021 [52]

Bernese mountain dog (BMD)

Golden retriever (GR)

Flat coated retriever (FCR)

Rottweiler (RW)

Histiocytic sarcoma (HS)

Mast cell tumor (MCT)

Lymphoma (LSA)

BMD HS Chr11:41,161,441

BMD HS LSA Chr11:41,161,441

BMD GR LSA HS Chr5:32824053a

BMD HS MCT Chr11:41,161,441

BMD GR HS MCT Chr20:33321282a

BMD HS Chr11:41215628b

BMD FCR HS Chr11:41252822b

BMD FCR RW Chr11:41252822b

Chr1: RSPH3( other locus than lead SNP)

Chr2: PFKFB3 (other locus than lead SNP)

Chr5: SPNS3, TRPC6, BORCS6,

Chr11: CDKN2A/B, CDKN2B_AS1, MTAP, CAAP1, TUSC1, C9orf72

Chr14: POT1, PSMD4, LEP, CPA1,

Chr20: FHIT, ARHGEF3, IL17RD, C3orf67

ChrX: TBL1X, SHROOM

Karlsson 2013 [13]

Greyhound (GH)

Rottweiler (RW)

Irish wolfhound (IW)

Osteosarcoma

GH Chr11:41,375,800

RW Chr1:113,616,670

IW Chr5:12,259,066

Chr11: CDKN2A/B (Shared locus across breeds)

Chr1: Multiple genes in this locus

Chr5: BLID

Karyadi 2013 [53]

Standard poodle

Digital squamous cell carcinoma

Chr15:29,371,013

Chr 15: KITLG

Labadie 2020 [54]

Golden retriever

T-Zone Lymphoma (TZL)

Mast cell tumors (MCT)

TZL Chr8:53,818,371 (TZL)

TZL + MCT Chr14:11794735a

Chr8: DIO2, TSHR

Chr14: SPAM1, HYAL4, HYALP1

Letko 2021 [55]

Leonberger

Osteosarcoma

Chr11:39,434,964

Chr11: CDKN2A/B

Melin 2016 [11]

English springer spaniel

Mammary tumors

Chr11:73,290,522

Chr11: CDK5RAP2

Mortlock 2023 [56]

Bullmastiff

Lymphoma

Chr33:8,104,361

Chr33: SENP7, NFKBIZ,

Chr13: MYC (other locus than lead SNP)

Parker 2024 [48]

Shetland Sheepdog (SS)

Multiple breeds

Urothelial cell carcinoma

SS alone and SS + multiple breeds Chr13:44,493,602, 44,508,476, 44,520,164 (SNPs equally associated)

Chr13: NIPAL1

Shearin 2012 [46]

Bernese mountain dog

Histiocytic sarcoma

EU Chr14:11,076,261

US Chr11 38,330,565

Combined Chr11:38,330,565

Chr11: CDKN2A/B, MTAP

Soh 2023 [57]

Border collie

Lymphoma

Chr18: 18:38,704,682

Chr18: DLA79,

Chr27: WNT10B, LMBR1L, KMT2D,

CCNT1 (other locus than lead SNP)

Tonomura 2015 [12]

Golden retriever

Hemangiosarcoma (HSA)

B cell lymphoma (BLSA)

HSA Chr5:29,892,306

BLSA Chr5:33,845,636

HSA + BLSA Chr5:29,892,306

Chr5: TRPC6, STX8

Truve 2016 [23]

Multiple breeds

Glioma

Chr26:9,780,187

Chr26: CAMKK2, P2RX7, DENR

Zapata 2019 [40]

Greyhound (GH)

Rottweiler (RW)

Irish wolfhound (IW)

Osteosarcoma

RW IW Chr1:1,136,161,670

GH RW IW Chr25:16,672,073

Chr25: FGF9 shared locus across breedsa

Genes nominated in other loci: CDKN2A/B, AQP4, OTX2, EWSR1 retrogene, BMPER, MTMR7, MARCO, NELL1, FBRSL1, IGF1, MTMR9, TANGO2

  1. The table summarizes the author information, breeds involved in the study, cancers / tumor types studied and location of the most associated SNP, as well as putative genes suggested to be implicated in the disease. Positions are shown on CanFam3.1
  2. aIndicates that data recycled from other publications have been used in this analysis
  3. bAnalysis performed with a larger imputed SNP dataset