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Christopher R. Flowers

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Etiologic Heterogeneity Among Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes: The InterLymph Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes Project

2014

Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is the most common hematologic malignancy and the fifth most common type of cancer in more developed regions of the world (1). Numerous NHL subtypes with distinct combinations of morphologic, immunophenotypic, genetic, and clinical features are currently recognized (2,3). The incidence of NHL subtypes varies substantially by age, sex, and race/ethnicity (4–7). However, the etiological implications of this biological, clinical, and epidemiological diversity are incompletely understood. The importance of investigating etiology by NHL subtype is clearly supported by research on immunosuppression, infections, and autoimmune diseases, which are the strongest and most e…

AdultMaleCancer ResearchAdolescentChronic lymphocytic leukemiaFollicular lymphomaComorbidityDiseaseNon-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)ArticleYoung AdultRisk Factorsimmune system diseasesOccupational Exposurehemic and lymphatic diseasesOdds RatiomedicineCluster AnalysisHumansRisk factorFamily historyLife StyleAgedAged 80 and overInternational Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph)business.industryLymphoma Non-HodgkinAustraliaCase-control studyGeneral MedicineOdds ratioMiddle Agedmedicine.diseaseLymphomaEuropeOncologyCase-Control StudiesNorth AmericaImmunologyFemalebusinessJNCI Monographs
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Genetically predicted longer telomere length is associated with increased risk of B-cell lymphoma subtypes

2016

International audience; Evidence from a small number of studies suggests that longer telomere length measured in peripheral leukocytes is associated with an increased risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). However, these studies may be biased by reverse causation, confounded by unmeasured environmental exposures and might miss time points for which prospective telomere measurement would best reveal a relationship between telomere length and NHL risk. We performed an analysis of genetically inferred telomere length and NHL risk in a study of 10 102 NHL cases of the four most common B-cell histologic types and 9562 controls using a genetic risk score (GRS) comprising nine telomere length-associa…

0301 basic medicineSerumMaleLymphomaanalysisChronic lymphocytic leukemiaFollicular lymphomaGlobal Health[ SDV.CAN ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Cancerimmunologysurgery0302 clinical medicineEndocrinologyimmune system diseasessingle nucleotide polymorphismGermanyhemic and lymphatic diseasesLondon80 and overOdds RatiogeneticsProspective StudiesB-cell lymphomaAssociation Studies ArticleGenetics (clinical)Aged 80 and overeducation.field_of_studytelomereGenomeLeukemiaAge FactorsGeneral MedicineEnvironmental exposureGenomicsMiddle Agedb-cell lymphomasmall cell lymphomaItaly030220 oncology & carcinogenesisMedicineepidemiologyFemaleFranceRisk of B-cell lymphoma subtypesRiskAdultCanadaChinaLymphoma B-CellGenotypeAdolescentleukocytesetiologyPopulationPopulation[SDV.CAN]Life Sciences [q-bio]/CancerBiologyEnvironmentRisk AssessmentmethodsTime03 medical and health sciencesmedicineHumansFamilyGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseeducationMolecular BiologyAllelesOccupational HealthGenetic Association StudiesAgedB-CellInternational AgenciesOdds ratioEnvironmental Exposuremedicine.diseaseTelomereNon-Hodgkin's lymphoma030104 developmental biologyImmunologyphysiologyChronic DiseasepathologyLaboratoriesmetabolism
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HLA Class I and II Diversity Contributes to the Etiologic Heterogeneity of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Subtypes

2018

Abstract A growing number of loci within the human leukocyte antigen (HLA) region have been implicated in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) etiology. Here, we test a complementary hypothesis of “heterozygote advantage” regarding the role of HLA and NHL, whereby HLA diversity is beneficial and homozygous HLA loci are associated with increased disease risk. HLA alleles at class I and II loci were imputed from genome-wide association studies (GWAS) using SNP2HLA for 3,617 diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCL), 2,686 follicular lymphomas (FL), 2,878 chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphomas (CLL/SLL), 741 marginal zone lymphomas (MZL), and 8,753 controls of European descent. Both DLBCL…

Male0301 basic medicineHeterozygoteCancer Researchmedicine.medical_specialtySUSCEPTIBILITY LOCIChronic lymphocytic leukemiaEPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCHGenome-wide association studyHuman leukocyte antigenBiologyCLASSIFICATIONANTIGENSArticleGenetic Heterogeneity03 medical and health sciencesimmune system diseaseshemic and lymphatic diseasesInternal medicinemedicineINTERLYMPHHumans1112 Oncology and CarcinogenesisOncology & CarcinogenesisProspective StudiesGENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATIONAlleleHLA ComplexScience & TechnologyHematologyCHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC-LEUKEMIAGenetic heterogeneityLymphoma Non-HodgkinHistocompatibility Antigens Class IHistocompatibility Antigens Class IIHETEROZYGOTE ADVANTAGEmedicine.disease3. Good healthLymphoma030104 developmental biologyOncologyCase-Control StudiesImmunologyB-VIRUS INFECTIONFemaleLife Sciences & BiomedicineNEOPLASMSGenome-Wide Association StudyCancer Research
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Associations of non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) risk with autoimmune conditions according to putative NHL loci.

2015

Autoimmune conditions and immune system-related genetic variations are associated with risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). In a pooled analysis of 8,692 NHL cases and 9,260 controls from 14 studies (1988-2007) within the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium, we evaluated the interaction between immune system genetic variants and autoimmune conditions in NHL risk. We evaluated the immunity-related single nucleotide polymorphisms rs1800629 (tumor necrosis factor gene (TNF) G308A), rs1800890 (interleukin-10 gene (IL10) T3575A), rs6457327 (human leukocyte antigen gene (HLA) class I), rs10484561 (HLA class II), and rs2647012 (HLA class II)) and categorized autoimmune conditions as prim…

LymphomaEpidemiologyOriginal Contributionstumor necrosis factorFollicular lymphomaNon-HodgkininteractionSingle-nucleotide polymorphismHuman leukocyte antigenmedicine.disease_causePolymorphism Single NucleotideAutoimmune DiseaseMedical and Health SciencesMathematical SciencesAutoimmunityAutoimmune DiseasesRare Diseasesimmune system diseasesHLA Antigenshuman leukocyte antigenhemic and lymphatic diseasesGenotypemedicineGeneticsHumans2.1 Biological and endogenous factorsPolymorphismAetiologyCancerbusiness.industryTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaLymphoma Non-HodgkinInflammatory and immune systemautoimmune conditionsOdds ratioSingle NucleotideHematologymedicine.diseaseAutoimmune conditions - risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL)LymphomaInterleukin-10Case-Control StudiesImmunologyHIV/AIDSbusinessDiffuse large B-cell lymphomaenvironment
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Genome-wide association study identifies multiple susceptibility loci for diffuse large B cell lymphoma

2014

Diffuse large B cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is the most common lymphoma subtype and is clinically aggressive. To identify genetic susceptibility loci for DLBCL, we conducted a meta-analysis of 3 new genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and 1 previous scan, totaling 3,857 cases and 7,666 controls of European ancestry, with additional genotyping of 9 promising SNPs in 1,359 cases and 4,557 controls. In our multi-stage analysis, five independent SNPs in four loci achieved genome-wide significance marked by rs116446171 at 6p25.3 (EXOC2; P = 2.33 × 10 '21), rs2523607 at 6p21.33 (HLA-B; P = 2.40 × 10 '10), rs79480871 at 2p23.3 (NCOA1; P = 4.23 × 10 '8) and two independent SNPs, rs13255292 and rs47336…

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