HLA gene polymorphism is a modifier of age-related breast cancer penetrance in carriers of BRCA1 pathogenic alleles.
Ekatherina Sh KuliginaAleksandr A RomankoTatjana JankevicAleksandr S MartianovAlexandr O IvantsovTatyana N SokolovaDmitry TrofimovAniruddh KashyapCezary CybulskiJan A LubińskiEvgeny N ImyanitovPublished in: Breast cancer research and treatment (2024)
HLA polymorphism may play a role in modifying the penetrance of BRCA1 pathogenic variants. Certain HLA alleles or HLA homozygosity may modify the risk of BC in BRCA1 carriers.