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 |
|---|---|
| Article number | 5751 |
| Pages (from-to) | 1-7 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Nature Communications |
| Volume | 6 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 8 Jan 2015 |
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