A GWAS in uveal melanoma identifies risk polymorphisms in the CLPTM1L locus.
Uveal melanoma, a rare malignant tumor of the eye, is predominantly observed in populations of European ancestry. A genome-wide association study of 259 uveal melanoma patients compared to 401 controls all of European ancestry revealed a candidate locus at chromosome 5p15.33 (region rs421284: OR = 1.7, CI 1.43-2.05). This locus was replicated in an independent set of 276 cases and 184 controls. In addition, risk variants from this region were positively associated with higher expression of CLPTM1L. In conclusion, the CLPTM1L region contains risk alleles for uveal melanoma susceptibility, suggesting that CLPTM1L could play a role in uveal melanoma oncogenesis.
- Type: Other
- Archiver: European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)
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| Dataset ID | Description | Technology | Samples |
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| EGAD00010001463 | Illumina HumanOmni5 | 279 |
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A GWAS in uveal melanoma identifies risk polymorphisms in the CLPTM1L locus.
NPJ Genom Med 2: 2017 5 |
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Different Pigmentation Risk Loci for High-Risk Monosomy 3 and Low-Risk Disomy 3 Uveal Melanomas.
J Natl Cancer Inst 114: 2022 302-309 |
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Functional characterization of 5p15.33 risk locus in uveal melanoma reveals rs452384 as a functional variant and NKX2.4 as an allele-specific interactor.
Am J Hum Genet 109: 2022 2196-2209 |
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