Genome-wide association study of classical Hodgkin lymphoma identifies key regulators of disease susceptibility

Sud, A. et al. (2017) Genome-wide association study of classical Hodgkin lymphoma identifies key regulators of disease susceptibility. Nature Communications, 8, 1892. (doi: 10.1038/s41467-017-00320-1) (PMID:29196614) (PMCID:PMC5711884)

Abstract

Several susceptibility loci for classical Hodgkin lymphoma have been reported. However, much of the heritable risk is unknown. Here, we perform a meta-analysis of two existing genome-wide association studies, a new genome-wide association study, and replication totalling 5,314 cases and 16,749 controls. We identify risk loci for all classical Hodgkin lymphoma at 6q22.33 (rs9482849, P = 1.52 × 10−8) and for nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma at 3q28 (rs4459895, P = 9.43 × 10−17), 6q23.3 (rs6928977, P = 4.62 × 10−11), 10p14 (rs3781093, P = 9.49 × 10−13), 13q34 (rs112998813, P = 4.58 × 10−8) and 16p13.13 (rs34972832, P = 2.12 × 10−8). Additionally, independent loci within the HLA region are observed for nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma (rs9269081, HLA-DPB1*03:01, Val86 in HLA-DRB1) and mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma (rs1633096, rs13196329, Val86 in HLA-DRB1). The new and established risk loci localise to areas of active chromatin and show an over-representation of transcription factor binding for determinants of B-cell development and immune response.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Muir, Dr Kenneth and Jarrett, Professor Ruth and Montgomery, Mrs Dorothy and Lake, Ms Annette
• Authors: Sud, A., Thomsen, H., Law, P. J., Försti, A., da Silva Filho, M. I., Holroyd, A., Broderick, P., Orlando, G., Lenive, O., Wright, L., Cooke, R., Easton, D., Pharoah, P., Dunning, A., Peto, J., Canzian, F., Eeles, R., Kote-Jarai, Z., Muir, K., Pashayan, N., Hoffmann, P., Nöthen, M. M., Jöckel, K.-H., von Strandmann, E. P., Lightfoot, T., Kane, E., Roman, E., Lake, A., Montgomery, D., Jarrett, R. F., Swerdlow, A. J., Engert, A., Orr, N., Hemminki, K., and Houlston, R. S.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity; College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Infection & Immunity > Centre for Virus Research
• Journal Name: Nature Communications
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• ISSN: 2041-1723
• ISSN (Online): 2041-1723
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2017 The Authors
• First Published: First published in Nature Communications 8:1892
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons License