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Genome-wide association study of follicular lymphoma identifies a risk locus at 6p21.32

  • Lucia Conde
  • , Eran Halperin
  • , Nicholas K. Akers
  • , Kevin M. Brown
  • , Karin E. Smedby
  • , Nathaniel Rothman
  • , Alexandra Nieters
  • , Susan L. Slager
  • , Angela Brooks-Wilson
  • , Luz Agana
  • , Jacques Riby
  • , Jianjun Liu
  • , Hans Olov Adami
  • , Hatef Darabi
  • , Henrik Hjalgrim
  • , Hui Qi Low
  • , Keith Humphreys
  • , Mads Melbye
  • , Ellen T. Chang
  • , Bengt Glimelius
  • Wendy Cozen, Scott Davis, Patricia Hartge, Lindsay M. Morton, Maryjean Schenk, Sophia S. Wang, Bruce Armstrong, Anne Kricker, Sam Milliken, Mark P. Purdue, Claire M. Vajdic, Peter Boyle, Qing Lan, Shelia H. Zahm, Yawei Zhang, Tongzhang Zheng, Nikolaus Becker, Yolanda Benavente, Paolo Boffetta, Paul Brennan, Katja Butterbach, Pierluigi Cocco, Lenka Foretova, Marc Maynadié, Silvia De Sanjosé, Anthony Staines, John J. Spinelli, Sara J. Achenbach, Timothy G. Call, Nicola J. Camp, Martha Glenn, Neil E. Caporaso, James R. Cerhan, Julie M. Cunningham, Lynn R. Goldin, Curtis A. Hanson, Neil E. Kay, Mark C. Lanasa, Jose F. Leis, Gerald E. Marti, Kari G. Rabe, Laura Z. Rassenti, Logan G. Spector, Sara S. Strom, Celine M. Vachon, J. Brice Weinberg, Elizabeth A. Holly, Stephen Chanock, Martyn T. Smith, Paige M. Bracci, Christine F. Skibola
  • University of California at Berkeley
  • Tel Aviv University
  • International Computer Science Institute
  • Translational Genomics Research Institute
  • Karolinska Institutet
  • National Institutes of Health
  • German Cancer Research Center
  • University of Freiburg
  • Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN
  • Provincial Health Services Authority
  • Simon Fraser University
  • Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
  • Harvard University
  • Statens Serum Institut
  • Northern California Cancer Center
  • Stanford University
  • Uppsala University
  • University of Southern California
  • Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
  • Wayne State University
  • City of Hope National Med Center
  • The University of Sydney
  • St. Vincent's Hospital Sydney
  • University of New South Wales
  • University of Strathclyde
  • Yale University
  • Institute Catala Oncologia
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer
  • University of Cagliari
  • Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute
  • Université de Bourgogne
  • University College Dublin
  • University of British Columbia
  • University of Utah
  • Duke University
  • University of California at San Diego
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
  • University of California at San Francisco

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Abstract

To identify susceptibility loci for non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes, we conducted a three-stage genome-wide association study. We identified two variants associated with follicular lymphoma at 6p21.32 (rs10484561, combined P = 1.12 × 10-29 and rs7755224, combined P = 2.00 × 10-19; r2 = 1.0), supporting the idea that major histocompatibility complex genetic variation influences follicular lymphoma susceptibility. We also found confirmatory evidence of a previously reported association between chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma and rs735665 (combined P = 4.24 × 10-9).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)661-664
Number of pages4
JournalNature Genetics
Volume42
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2010

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