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

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  • 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
  • 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
  • Sara S. Strom

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
JournalNature Genetics
Volume42
Issue number8
Pages (from-to)661-664
Number of pages4
ISSN1061-4036
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2010

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