Journal
GENOMICS
Volume 98, Issue 1, Pages 9-14Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2011.03.007
Keywords
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Autoimmune diseases; Genome-wide association studies; Human leukocyte antigen
Funding
- National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health [CA122663, CA104682, CA45614, CA89745]
- Wellcome Trust [076113, 085475]
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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a hematological malignancy of the immune system, and, as with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases (ADs), is influenced by genetic variation in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Persons with a history of specific ADs also have increased risk of NHL As the coexistence of ADs and NHL could be caused by factors common to both diseases, here we examined whether some of the associated genetic signals are shared. Overlapping risk loci for NHL subytpes and several ADs were explored using data from genome-wide association studies. Several common genomic regions and susceptibility loci were identified, suggesting a potential shared genetic background. Two independent MHC regions showed the main overlap, with several alleles in the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) class II region exhibiting an opposite risk effect for follicular lymphoma and type I diabetes. These results support continued investigation to further elucidate the relationship between lymphoma and autoimmune diseases. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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