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Common genetic variation at 15q25.2 impacts on chronic lymphocytic leukaemia risk

  • Dalemari Crowther-Swanepoel
  • , Maria Chiara Di Bernardo
  • , Krzysztof Jamroziak
  • , Lidia Karabon
  • , Irena Frydecka
  • , Silvia Deaglio
  • , Giovanni D'Arena
  • , Davide Rossi
  • , Gianluca Gaidano
  • , Bianca Olver
  • , Amy Lloyd
  • , Peter Broderick
  • , Luca Laurenti
  • , Zofia Szemraj-Rogucka
  • , Tadeusz Robak
  • , Daniel Catovsky
  • , Richard S. Houlston

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Abstract

A genome-wide association study of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) suggested that common variants at 15q25.2 (rs783540) and 18q21.1 (rs1036935) influence CLL. To validate these associations and explore their relationship with CLL risk we genotyped case-control datasets from Poland, UK and Italy totalling 1428 cases and 1920 controls. Combined data from these and previously genotyped series (2503 cases and 5789 controls) provided evidence for an association between 15q25.2 and 18q21.1 loci and CLL risk (Pcombined=1·10×10-7 and 1·30×10-5 respectively). These data provide further evidence for the involvement of common genetic variants in CLL risk and insight into the biological basis of disease development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)229-233
Number of pages5
JournalBritish Journal of Haematology
Volume154
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2011

Keywords

  • CPEB1
  • Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia
  • Common variant
  • Risk

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