Aim: Recessive genetic variation is thought to play a role in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) etiology. Runs of homozygosity (ROH), defined based on long, continuous segments of homozygous SNPs, can be used to estimate both measured and unmeasured recessive genetic variation. We sought to examine genome-wide homozygosity and NHL risk. Methods: We used data from eight genome-wide association studies of four common NHL subtypes: 3061 chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), 3814 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), 2784 follicular lymphoma (FL), and 808 marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) cases, as well as 9374 controls. We examined the effect of homozygous variation on risk by: (1) estimating the fraction of the autosome containing runs of homozygosity (FROH); (2) calculating an inbreeding coefficient derived from the correlation among uniting gametes (F3); and (3) examining specific autosomal regions containing ROH. For each, we calculated beta coefficients and standard errors using logistic regression and combined estimates across studies using random-effects meta-analysis. Results: We discovered positive associations between FROH and CLL (β = 21.1, SE = 4.41, P = 1.6 × 10-6) and FL (β = 11.4, SE = 5.82, P = 0.02) but not DLBCL (P = 1.0) or MZL (P = 0.91). For F3, we observed an association with CLL (β = 27.5, SE = 6.51, P = 2.4 × 10-5). We did not find evidence of associations with specific ROH, suggesting that the associations observed with FROH and F3 for CLL and FL risk were not driven by a single region of homozygosity. Conclusion: Our findings support the role of recessive genetic variation in the etiology of CLL and FL; additional research is needed to identify the specific loci associated with NHL risk.

Genome-wide homozygosity and risk of four non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes

Boffetta, Paolo;
2021

Abstract

Aim: Recessive genetic variation is thought to play a role in non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) etiology. Runs of homozygosity (ROH), defined based on long, continuous segments of homozygous SNPs, can be used to estimate both measured and unmeasured recessive genetic variation. We sought to examine genome-wide homozygosity and NHL risk. Methods: We used data from eight genome-wide association studies of four common NHL subtypes: 3061 chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), 3814 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL), 2784 follicular lymphoma (FL), and 808 marginal zone lymphoma (MZL) cases, as well as 9374 controls. We examined the effect of homozygous variation on risk by: (1) estimating the fraction of the autosome containing runs of homozygosity (FROH); (2) calculating an inbreeding coefficient derived from the correlation among uniting gametes (F3); and (3) examining specific autosomal regions containing ROH. For each, we calculated beta coefficients and standard errors using logistic regression and combined estimates across studies using random-effects meta-analysis. Results: We discovered positive associations between FROH and CLL (β = 21.1, SE = 4.41, P = 1.6 × 10-6) and FL (β = 11.4, SE = 5.82, P = 0.02) but not DLBCL (P = 1.0) or MZL (P = 0.91). For F3, we observed an association with CLL (β = 27.5, SE = 6.51, P = 2.4 × 10-5). We did not find evidence of associations with specific ROH, suggesting that the associations observed with FROH and F3 for CLL and FL risk were not driven by a single region of homozygosity. Conclusion: Our findings support the role of recessive genetic variation in the etiology of CLL and FL; additional research is needed to identify the specific loci associated with NHL risk.
2021
Moore, Amy; Machiela, Mitchell J; Machado, Moara; Wang, Sophia S; Kane, Eleanor; Slager, Susan L; Zhou, Weiyin; Carrington, Mary; Lan, Qing; Milne, Roger L; Birmann, Brenda M; Adami, Hans-Olov; Albanes, Demetrius; Arslan, Alan A; Becker, Nikolaus; Benavente, Yolanda; Bisanzi, Simonetta; Boffetta, Paolo; Bracci, Paige M; Brennan, Paul; Brooks-Wilson, Angela R; Canzian, Federico; Caporaso, Neil; Clavel, Jacqueline; Cocco, Pierluigi; Conde, Lucia; Cox, David G; Cozen, Wendy; Curtin, Karen; De Vivo, Immaculata; de Sanjose, Silvia; Foretova, Lenka; Gapstur, Susan M; Ghesquières, Hervè; Giles, Graham G; Glenn, Martha; Glimelius, Bengt; Gao, Chi; Habermann, Thomas M; Hjalgrim, Henrik; Jackson, Rebecca D; Liebow, Mark; Link, Brian K; Maynadie, Marc; McKay, James; Melbye, Mads; Miligi, Lucia; Molina, Thierry J; Monnereau, Alain; Nieters, Alexandra; North, Kari E; Offit, Kenneth; Patel, Alpa V; Piro, Sara; Ravichandran, Vignesh; Riboli, Elio; Salles, Gilles; Severson, Richard K; Skibola, Christine F; Smedby, Karin E; Southey, Melissa C; Spinelli, John J; Staines, Anthony; Stewart, Carolyn; Teras, Lauren R; Tinker, Lesley F; Travis, Ruth C; Vajdic, Claire M; Vermeulen, Roel C H; Vijai, Joseph; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Weinstein, Stephanie; Doo, Nicole Wong; Zhang, Yawei; Zheng, Tongzhang; Chanock, Stephen J; Rothman, Nathaniel; Cerhan, James R; Dean, Michael; Camp, Nicola J; Yeager, Meredith; Berndt, Sonja I
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