2024
Autoimmune Diseases and Risk of Non‐Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Mendelian Randomisation Study
Shi X, Wallach J, Ma X, Rogne T. Autoimmune Diseases and Risk of Non‐Hodgkin Lymphoma: A Mendelian Randomisation Study. Cancer Medicine 2024, 13: e70327. PMID: 39506244, PMCID: PMC11540836, DOI: 10.1002/cam4.70327.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaNon-Hodgkin's lymphomaAutoimmune diseasesMendelian randomisationType 1 diabetesAssociated with risk of non-Hodgkin lymphomaWeak instrument biasNon-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypesTwo-sample MRNon-Hodgkin lymphoma riskRisk factorsSusceptibility to type 1 diabetesMendelian randomisation studiesCohorts of European ancestryAssociated with riskNo significant associationPotential pleiotropyPotential risk factorsUK BiobankFinnGen studyNon-HodgkinHaematological malignanciesRandomised studyEuropean ancestrySignificant association
2021
Genetic determinants of blood-cell traits influence susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Kachuri L, Jeon S, DeWan AT, Metayer C, Ma X, Witte JS, Chiang CWK, Wiemels JL, de Smith AJ. Genetic determinants of blood-cell traits influence susceptibility to childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2021, 108: 1823-1835. PMID: 34469753, PMCID: PMC8546033, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2021.08.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedBiomarkers, TumorBlood PlateletsCase-Control StudiesChildFemaleGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyHumansLymphocytesMaleMendelian Randomization AnalysisMiddle AgedMonocytesNeutrophilsPrecursor Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-LymphomaPrognosisProspective StudiesQuantitative Trait LociUnited KingdomConceptsTrait-associated variantsMulti-trait GWASBlood cell homeostasisWide association studyGenetic risk lociTrait variationHematologic traitsRisk lociAssociation studiesCell typesGenetic determinantsLociInfluence susceptibilityUK BiobankMendelian randomization analysisGWASEtiological relevanceRandomization analysisTraitsHomeostasisSusceptibilityAcute lymphoblastic leukemia
2020
Genetic Determinants of Blood Cell Traits Play a Role in Susceptibility to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Kachuri L, Jeon S, DeWan A, Metayer C, Witte J, Ma X, Chiang C, Wiemels J, de Smith A. Genetic Determinants of Blood Cell Traits Play a Role in Susceptibility to Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Blood 2020, 136: 10-11. DOI: 10.1182/blood-2020-141443.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGenome-wide association studiesBlood cell traitsLD score regressionTrait variationTwo-stage genome-wide association studyGenome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) dataGenome-wide SNP dataTrait-specific lociScore regressionSingle nucleotide polymorphism dataNucleotide polymorphism dataLikely causal variantsEuropean ancestryCell type ratiosEuropean ancestry individualsMulti-trait analysisUK BiobankGenetic variationPolymorphism dataGenetic basisSNP dataCausal variantsPutative novelRisk lociGenetic level