Journal
LEUKEMIA
Volume 36, Issue 1, Pages 119-125Publisher
SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41375-021-01344-9
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- National Institutes of Health [R25 CA92049, R01 AG58266, R01 CA235026, R01 CA197120, R01 CA200703, P50 CA097274, P01-CA081534]
- VA Research Service
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This study found significant associations between 41 CLL susceptibility variants and CLL-PRS with MBL risk, while little evidence of any association between MBL risk and environmental factors was observed. The CLL-PRS showed significant associations with EA-CLL risk and AA-CLL risk, indicating the need for further research in this population.
Monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis (MBL) is a precursor to CLL. Other than age, sex, and CLL family-history, little is known about factors associated with MBL risk. A polygenic-risk-score (PRS) of 41 CLL-susceptibility variants has been found to be associated with CLL risk among individuals of European-ancestry(EA). Here, we evaluate these variants, the PRS, and environmental factors for MBL risk. We also evaluate these variants and the CLL-PRS among African-American (AA) and EA-CLL cases and controls. Our study included 560 EA MBLs, 869 CLLs (696 EA/173 AA), and 2866 controls (2631 EA/235 AA). We used logistic regression, adjusting for age and sex, to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals within each race. We found significant associations with MBL risk among 21 of 41 variants and with the CLL-PRS (OR = 1.86, P = 1.9 x 10(-29), c-statistic = 0.72). Little evidence of any association between MBL risk and environmental factors was observed. We observed significant associations of the CLL-PRS with EA-CLL risk (OR = 2.53, P = 4.0 x 10(-63), c-statistic = 0.77) and AA-CLL risk (OR = 1.76, P = 5.1 x 10(-5), c-statistic = 0.62). Inherited genetic factors and not environmental are associated with MBL risk. In particular, the CLL-PRS is a strong predictor for both risk of MBL and EA-CLL, but less so for AA-CLL supporting the need for further work in this population.
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