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.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 5751 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Nature Communications [E] |
Volume | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- 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