A genome-wide association study of marginal zone lymphoma shows association to the HLA region

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2015

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Vijai, Joseph
Wang, Zhaoming
Berndt, Sonja I
Skibola, Christine F
Slager, Susan L
de Sanjose, Silvia
Melbye, Mads
Glimelius, Bengt
Bracci, Paige M
Conde, Lucia

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Abstract

Marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) is the third most common subtype of B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Here we perform a two-stage GWAS of 1,281 MZL cases and 7,127 controls of European ancestry and identify two independent loci near BTNL2 (rs9461741, P=3.95 × 10(-15)) and HLA-B (rs2922994, P=2.43 × 10(-9)) in the HLA region significantly associated with MZL risk. This is the first evidence that genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex influences MZL susceptibility.

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Computational Biology, European Continental Ancestry Group, Genome-Wide Association Study, Genotype, Humans, Lymphoma, B-Cell, Marginal Zone, Major Histocompatibility Complex, Membrane Glycoproteins, Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide, Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

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Vijai, J, Wang, Z, Berndt, S I, Skibola, C F, Slager, S L, de Sanjose, S, Melbye, M, Glimelius, B, Bracci, P M, Conde, L, Birmann, B M, Wang, S S, Brooks-Wilson, A R, Lan, Q, de Bakker, P I W, Vermeulen, R C H, Portlock, C, Ansell, S M, Link, B K, Riby, J, North, K E, Gu, J, Hjalgrim, H, Cozen, W, Becker, N, Teras, L R, Spinelli, J J, Turner, J, Zhang, Y, Purdue, M P, Giles, G G, Kelly, R S, Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, A, Ennas, M G, Monnereau, A, Bertrand, K A, Albanes, D, Lightfoot, T, Yeager, M, Chung, C C, Burdett, L, Hutchinson, A, Lawrence, C, Montalvan, R, Liang, L, Huang, J, Ma, B, Villano, D J, Maria, A, Corines, M, Thomas, T, Novak, A J, Dogan, A, Liebow, M, Thompson, C A, Witzig, T E, Habermann, T M, Weiner, G J, Smith, M T, Holly, E A, Jackson, R D, Tinker, L F, Ye, Y, Adami, H-O, Smedby, K E, De Roos, A J, Hartge, P, Morton, L M, Severson, R K, Benavente, Y, Boffetta, P, Brennan, P, Foretova, L, Maynadie, M, McKay, J, Staines, A, Diver, W R, Vajdic, C M, Armstrong, B K, Kricker, A, Zheng, T, Holford, T R, Severi, G, Vineis, P, Ferri, G M, Ricco, R, Miligi, L, Clavel, J, Giovannucci, E, Kraft, P, Virtamo, J, Smith, A, Kane, E, Roman, E, Chiu, B C H, Fraumeni, J F, Wu, X, Cerhan, J R, Offit, K, Chanock, S J, Rothman, N & Nieters, A 2015, 'A genome-wide association study of marginal zone lymphoma shows association to the HLA region', Nature Communications [E], vol. 6, 5751. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms6751