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SUBMITTER: Weinhold N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5056630 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Weinhold Niels N Johnson David C DC Chubb Daniel D Chen Bowang B Försti Asta A Hosking Fay J FJ Broderick Peter P Ma Yussanne P YP Dobbins Sara E SE Hose Dirk D Walker Brian A BA Davies Faith E FE Kaiser Martin F MF Li Ni L NL Gregory Walter A WA Jackson Graham H GH Witzens-Harig Mathias M Neben Kai K Hoffmann Per P Nöthen Markus M MM Mühleisen Thomas W TW Eisele Lewin L Ross Fiona M FM Jauch Anna A Goldschmidt Hartmut H Houlston Richard S RS Morgan Gareth J GJ Hemminki Kari K
Nature genetics 20130317 5
A number of specific chromosomal abnormalities define the subgroups of multiple myeloma. In a meta-analysis of two genome-wide association studies of multiple myeloma including a total of 1,661 affected individuals, we investigated risk for developing a specific tumor karyotype. The t(11;14)(q13;q32) translocation in which CCND1 is placed under the control of the immunoglobulin heavy chain enhancer was strongly associated with the CCND1 c.870G>A polymorphism (P = 7.96 × 10(-11)). These results p ...[more]