Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for B-cell childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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  • Jayaram Vijayakrishnan
  • James Studd
  • Peter Broderick
  • Ben Kinnersley
  • Amy Holroyd
  • Philip J. Law
  • Rajiv Kumar
  • James M. Allan
  • Christine J. Harrison
  • Anthony V. Moorman
  • Ajay Vora
  • Eve Roman
  • Sivaramakrishna Rachakonda
  • Sally E. Kinsey
  • Eamonn Sheridan
  • Pamela D. Thompson
  • Julie A. Irving
  • Rolf Koehler
  • Per Hoffmann
  • Markus M. Nöthen
  • Stefanie Heilmann-Heimbach
  • Karl Heinz Jöckel
  • Douglas F. Easton
  • Paul D.P. Pharaoh
  • Alison M. Dunning
  • Julian Peto
  • Frederico Canzian
  • Anthony Swerdlow
  • Rosalind A. Eeles
  • ZSofia Kote-Jarai
  • Kenneth Muir
  • Nora Pashayan
  • Mel Greaves
  • Martin Zimmerman
  • Claus R. Bartram
  • Martin Schrappe
  • Martin Stanulla
  • Kari Hemminki
  • Richard S. Houlston
  • Brian E. Henderson
  • Christopher A. Haiman
  • Sara Benlloch
  • Fredrick R. Schumacher
  • Ali Amin Al Olama
  • Sonja I. Berndt
  • David V. Conti
  • Fredrik Wiklund
  • Stephen Chanock
  • Victoria L. Stevens
  • Nordestgaard, Børge
  • The Practical Consortium

Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have advanced our understanding of susceptibility to B-cell precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia (BCP-ALL); however, much of the heritable risk remains unidentified. Here, we perform a GWAS and conduct a meta-analysis with two existing GWAS, totaling 2442 cases and 14,609 controls. We identify risk loci for BCP-ALL at 8q24.21 (rs28665337, P = 3.86 × 10-9, odds ratio (OR) = 1.34) and for ETV6-RUNX1 fusion-positive BCP-ALL at 2q22.3 (rs17481869, P = 3.20 × 10-8, OR = 2.14). Our findings provide further insights into genetic susceptibility to ALL and its biology.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1340
JournalNature Communications
Volume9
Issue number1
Number of pages14
ISSN2041-1723
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018

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