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Hyunkyung Kong

National Cancer Institute

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Research Focus:fine-mapping· 2 Organism:human· 2 Approach:statistical model· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Assay:GWAS summary statistics· 1 Research Focus:variant effect prediction· 1 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Integrative screening identifies functional variants and VNTRs underlying GWAS signals at the 5p15.33 multi-cancer susceptibility locus

Aidan O’Brien, Hyunkyung Kong, Harsh Patel, Michelle Ho, Minal B. Patel, Jun Zhong, Mai Xu, Brenen W. Papenberg, Katelyn E. Connelly, Irene J. Collins, Rebecca C. Hennessey, Rohit Thakur, Hayley Sowards, Karen M. Funderburk, Thong Luong, , Laufey Thora Amundadottir

The paper identifies functional variants and VNTRs at the 5p15.33 locus using fine-mapping, MPRA, and CRISPRi screens, revealing their role in cancer susceptibility through antagonistic pleiotropy.

medRxiv · Mar 7, 2026 · PreprintGenetic & Genomic Medicine

Functional characterization of a multi-cancer risk locus on chromosome band 2q33.1 near CASP8

Hyunkyung Kong, Jiyeon Choi, Tongwu Zhang, Cathrin Gräwe, Mai Xu, Rohit Thakur, Hayley Sowards, Rebecca C. Hennessey, Andrew H. Vu, Jianxin Shi, D Timothy Bishop, Julia Newton-Bishop, Jérémie Nsengimana, Mark Martin Iles, Maria Teresa Landi, , Kevin M. Brown

The paper identifies rs3769823 as a functional variant near CASP8 influencing its expression in a cell-type specific manner and associated with multiple cancers.

bioRxiv · Jan 6, 2026 · PreprintGenetics