Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk

B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) is a common childhood cancer. Here, the authors conducted a meta-analysis with four genome-wide association studies, totalling 5,321 cases and 16,666 controls of European descent, identifying B-ALL risk loci, whose integration with epigenomic profiling in...

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Main Authors: Jayaram Vijayakrishnan, Maoxiang Qian, James B. Studd, Wenjian Yang, Ben Kinnersley, Philip J. Law, Peter Broderick, Elizabeth A. Raetz, James Allan, Ching-Hon Pui, Ajay Vora, William E. Evans, Anthony Moorman, Allen Yeoh, Wentao Yang, Chunliang Li, Claus R. Bartram, Charles G. Mullighan, Martin Zimmerman, Stephen P. Hunger, Martin Schrappe, Mary V. Relling, Martin Stanulla, Mignon L. Loh, Richard S. Houlston, Jun J. Yang
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13069-6
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spelling doaj-fe499f58e3cb45709aa02c81074cf6192021-05-11T12:06:34ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232019-11-011011910.1038/s41467-019-13069-6Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia riskJayaram Vijayakrishnan0Maoxiang Qian1James B. Studd2Wenjian Yang3Ben Kinnersley4Philip J. Law5Peter Broderick6Elizabeth A. Raetz7James Allan8Ching-Hon Pui9Ajay Vora10William E. Evans11Anthony Moorman12Allen Yeoh13Wentao Yang14Chunliang Li15Claus R. Bartram16Charles G. Mullighan17Martin Zimmerman18Stephen P. Hunger19Martin Schrappe20Mary V. Relling21Martin Stanulla22Mignon L. Loh23Richard S. Houlston24Jun J. Yang25Division of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchDivision of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, New York University Langone HealthNorthern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle UniversityDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalGreat Ormond HospitalDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalWolfson Childhood Cancer Research Centre, Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle UniversityCentre for Translational Research in Acute Leukaemia, Department of Paediatrics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of SingaporeDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Tumor Cell Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalInstitute of Human Genetics, University HospitalDepartment of Oncology, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical SchoolDepartment of Paediatrics and Centre for Childhood Cancer Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at The University of PennsylvaniaDepartment of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Schleswig-HolsteinDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalDepartment of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Hannover Medical SchoolDepartment of Pediatrics, Benioff Children’s Hospital and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San FranciscoDivision of Genetics and Epidemiology, The Institute of Cancer ResearchDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, St. Jude Children’s Research HospitalB-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) is a common childhood cancer. Here, the authors conducted a meta-analysis with four genome-wide association studies, totalling 5,321 cases and 16,666 controls of European descent, identifying B-ALL risk loci, whose integration with epigenomic profiling indicates cell-cycle and B-cell development deregulation as central mechanisms in B-ALL susceptibility, often in a subtype-specific fashion.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13069-6
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author Jayaram Vijayakrishnan
Maoxiang Qian
James B. Studd
Wenjian Yang
Ben Kinnersley
Philip J. Law
Peter Broderick
Elizabeth A. Raetz
James Allan
Ching-Hon Pui
Ajay Vora
William E. Evans
Anthony Moorman
Allen Yeoh
Wentao Yang
Chunliang Li
Claus R. Bartram
Charles G. Mullighan
Martin Zimmerman
Stephen P. Hunger
Martin Schrappe
Mary V. Relling
Martin Stanulla
Mignon L. Loh
Richard S. Houlston
Jun J. Yang
spellingShingle Jayaram Vijayakrishnan
Maoxiang Qian
James B. Studd
Wenjian Yang
Ben Kinnersley
Philip J. Law
Peter Broderick
Elizabeth A. Raetz
James Allan
Ching-Hon Pui
Ajay Vora
William E. Evans
Anthony Moorman
Allen Yeoh
Wentao Yang
Chunliang Li
Claus R. Bartram
Charles G. Mullighan
Martin Zimmerman
Stephen P. Hunger
Martin Schrappe
Mary V. Relling
Martin Stanulla
Mignon L. Loh
Richard S. Houlston
Jun J. Yang
Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk
Nature Communications
author_facet Jayaram Vijayakrishnan
Maoxiang Qian
James B. Studd
Wenjian Yang
Ben Kinnersley
Philip J. Law
Peter Broderick
Elizabeth A. Raetz
James Allan
Ching-Hon Pui
Ajay Vora
William E. Evans
Anthony Moorman
Allen Yeoh
Wentao Yang
Chunliang Li
Claus R. Bartram
Charles G. Mullighan
Martin Zimmerman
Stephen P. Hunger
Martin Schrappe
Mary V. Relling
Martin Stanulla
Mignon L. Loh
Richard S. Houlston
Jun J. Yang
author_sort Jayaram Vijayakrishnan
title Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk
title_short Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk
title_full Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk
title_fullStr Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk
title_full_unstemmed Identification of four novel associations for B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk
title_sort identification of four novel associations for b-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia risk
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2019-11-01
description B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (B-ALL) is a common childhood cancer. Here, the authors conducted a meta-analysis with four genome-wide association studies, totalling 5,321 cases and 16,666 controls of European descent, identifying B-ALL risk loci, whose integration with epigenomic profiling indicates cell-cycle and B-cell development deregulation as central mechanisms in B-ALL susceptibility, often in a subtype-specific fashion.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13069-6
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