Genome-wide association study identifies susceptibility loci for acute myeloid leukemia

Wei-Yu Lin, Sarah E Fordham, Eric Hungate, Nicola J Sunter, Claire Elstob, Yaobo Xu, Catherine Park, Anne Quante, Konstantin Strauch, Christian Gieger, Andrew Skol, Thahira Rahman, Lara Sucheston-Campbell, Junke Wang, Theresa Hahn, Alyssa I Clay-Gilmour, Gail L Jones, Helen J Marr, Graham H Jackson, Tobias MenneMathew Collin, Adam Ivey, Robert K Hills, Alan K Burnett, Nigel H Russell, Jude Fitzgibbon, Richard A Larson, Michelle M Le Beau, Wendy Stock, Olaf Heidenreich, Abrar Alharbi, David J Allsup, Richard S Houlston, Jean Norden, Anne M Dickinson, Elisabeth Douglas, Clare Lendrem, Ann K Daly, Louise Palm, Kim Piechocki, Sally Jeffries, Martin Bornhäuser, Christoph Röllig, Heidi Altmann, Leo Ruhnke, Desiree Kunadt, Lisa Wagenführ, Heather J Cordell, Rebecca Darlay, Mette K Andersen, Genome-wide acute myeloid leukemia study group

Abstract

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a hematological malignancy with an undefined heritable risk. Here we perform a meta-analysis of three genome-wide association studies, with replication in a fourth study, incorporating a total of 4018 AML cases and 10488 controls. We identify a genome-wide significant risk locus for AML at 11q13.2 (rs4930561; P = 2.15 × 10-8; KMT5B). We also identify a genome-wide significant risk locus for the cytogenetically normal AML sub-group (N = 1287) at 6p21.32 (rs3916765; P = 1.51 × 10-10; HLA). Our results inform on AML etiology and identify putative functional genes operating in histone methylation (KMT5B) and immune function (HLA).

OriginalsprogEngelsk
Artikelnummer6233
TidsskriftNature Communications
Vol/bind12
Udgave nummer1
Sider (fra-til)6233
ISSN2041-1722
DOI
StatusUdgivet - 29 okt. 2021

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