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Novel pleiotropic risk loci for melanoma and nevus density implicate multiple biological pathways

Authors :
David L. Duffy
Gu Zhu
Xin Li
Marianna Sanna
Mark M. Iles
Leonie C. Jacobs
David M. Evans
Seyhan Yazar
Jonathan Beesley
Matthew H. Law
Peter Kraft
Alessia Visconti
John C. Taylor
Fan Liu
Margaret J. Wright
Anjali K. Henders
Lisa Bowdler
Dan Glass
M. Arfan Ikram
André G. Uitterlinden
Pamela A. Madden
Andrew C. Heath
Elliot C. Nelson
Adele C. Green
Stephen Chanock
Jennifer H. Barrett
Matthew A. Brown
Nicholas K. Hayward
Stuart MacGregor
Richard A. Sturm
Alex W. Hewitt
Melanoma GWAS Consortium
Manfred Kayser
David J. Hunter
Julia A. Newton Bishop
Timothy D. Spector
Grant W. Montgomery
David A. Mackey
George Davey Smith
Tamar E. Nijsten
D. Timothy Bishop
Veronique Bataille
Mario Falchi
Jiali Han
Nicholas G. Martin
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Melanocytic nevus count is associated with melanoma risk. In this study, a meta-analysis of 11 nevus GWAS studies identifies novel SNPs in KITLG and 9q32, and bivariate analysis with melanoma GWAS meta-analysis reveals that most nevus genes affect melanoma risk, while melanoma risk loci do not alter the nevus count.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.ffdbab560c8441628effd5dbb028717d
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06649-5