RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Lupus-related single nucleotide polymorphisms and risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma JF Lupus Science & Medicine FD Lupus Foundation of America SP e000187 DO 10.1136/lupus-2016-000187 VO 4 IS 1 A1 Sasha Bernatsky A1 Héctor A Velásquez García A1 John J Spinelli A1 Patrick Gaffney A1 Karin E Smedby A1 Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman A1 Sophia S Wang A1 Hans-Olov Adami A1 Demetrius Albanes A1 Emanuele Angelucci A1 Stephen M Ansell A1 Yan W Asmann A1 Nikolaus Becker A1 Yolanda Benavente A1 Sonja I Berndt A1 Kimberly A Bertrand A1 Brenda M Birmann A1 Heiner Boeing A1 Paolo Boffetta A1 Paige M Bracci A1 Paul Brennan A1 Angela R Brooks-Wilson A1 James R Cerhan A1 Stephen J Chanock A1 Jacqueline Clavel A1 Lucia Conde A1 Karen H Cotenbader A1 David G Cox A1 Wendy Cozen A1 Simon Crouch A1 Anneclaire J De Roos A1 Silvia de Sanjose A1 Simonetta Di Lollo A1 W Ryan Diver A1 Ahmet Dogan A1 Lenka Foretova A1 Hervé Ghesquières A1 Graham G Giles A1 Bengt Glimelius A1 Thomas M Habermann A1 Corinne Haioun A1 Patricia Hartge A1 Henrik Hjalgrim A1 Theodore R Holford A1 Elizabeth A Holly A1 Rebecca D Jackson A1 Rudolph Kaaks A1 Eleanor Kane A1 Rachel S Kelly A1 Robert J Klein A1 Peter Kraft A1 Anne Kricker A1 Qing Lan A1 Charles Lawrence A1 Mark Liebow A1 Tracy Lightfoot A1 Brian K Link A1 Marc Maynadie A1 James McKay A1 Mads Melbye A1 Thierry J Molina A1 Alain Monnereau A1 Lindsay M Morton A1 Alexandra Nieters A1 Kari E North A1 Anne J Novak A1 Kenneth Offit A1 Mark P Purdue A1 Marco Rais A1 Jacques Riby A1 Eve Roman A1 Nathaniel Rothman A1 Gilles Salles A1 Gianluca Severi A1 Richard K Severson A1 Christine F Skibola A1 Susan L Slager A1 Alex Smith A1 Martyn T Smith A1 Melissa C Southey A1 Anthony Staines A1 Lauren R Teras A1 Carrie A Thompson A1 Hervé Tilly A1 Lesley F Tinker A1 Anne Tjonneland A1 Jenny Turner A1 Claire M Vajdic A1 Roel C H Vermeulen A1 Joseph Vijai A1 Paolo Vineis A1 Jarmo Virtamo A1 Zhaoming Wang A1 Stephanie Weinstein A1 Thomas E Witzig A1 Andrew Zelenetz A1 Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A1 Yawei Zhang A1 Tongzhang Zheng A1 Mariagrazia Zucca A1 Ann E Clarke YR 2017 UL http://lupus.bmj.com/content/4/1/e000187.abstract AB Objective Determinants of the increased risk of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) in SLE are unclear. Using data from a recent lymphoma genome-wide association study (GWAS), we assessed whether certain lupus-related single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were also associated with DLBCL.Methods GWAS data on European Caucasians from the International Lymphoma Epidemiology Consortium (InterLymph) provided a total of 3857 DLBCL cases and 7666 general-population controls. Data were pooled in a random-effects meta-analysis.Results Among the 28 SLE-related SNPs investigated, the two most convincingly associated with risk of DLBCL included the CD40 SLE risk allele rs4810485 on chromosome 20q13 (OR per risk allele=1.09, 95% CI 1.02 to 1.16, p=0.0134), and the HLA SLE risk allele rs1270942 on chromosome 6p21.33 (OR per risk allele=1.17, 95% CI 1.01 to 1.36, p=0.0362). Of additional possible interest were rs2205960 and rs12537284. The rs2205960 SNP, related to a cytokine of the tumour necrosis factor superfamily TNFSF4, was associated with an OR per risk allele of 1.07, 95% CI 1.00 to 1.16, p=0.0549. The OR for the rs12537284 (chromosome 7q32, IRF5 gene) risk allele was 1.08, 95% CI 0.99 to 1.18, p=0.0765.Conclusions These data suggest several plausible genetic links between DLBCL and SLE.